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[completeandrandommusic]

The Brothers Johnson *✰* Strawberry Letter 23 *✰*

#youtube #music.youtube.com #youtube.com #70s soul #70s funk #70s rnb #70s r&b #soul #funk #old school #george johnson #lous e johnson #louis e. johnson #the brothers johnson #strawberry letter

[nnato]

Podium shots by Lou Johnson || 2022 Formula E World Champions

#the first two shots blow my mind #thanks for giving us close ups #fucking obsessed #podium pic my beloved #fe #formula e #lou johnson #stoffel vandoorne #ian james #seoul eprix 2022

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[albertserra]

my trans/faggot reading list

The Queer Art of Failure by Jack Halbertsam

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Going Stealth: Transgender Politics and U.S. Surveillance Practices by Toby Beauchamp

Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano

gay masculinities by peter nardi

Homosexuality in Cold War America : Resistance and the Crisis of Masculinity by Robert J Corber

Out of the Shadows: Reimagining Gay Men's Lives by Walt Odets

nevada by imogen binnie

gender nihilism by alyson escalante + addendum

Trans-in-Asia, Asia-in-Trans: An Introduction 

Trans Exploits: Trans of Color Cultures and Technologies in Movement by  Jian Neo Chen

The Terrible We: Thinking with Trans Maladjustment by Cameron Awkward-Rich

Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity (various)

Acceptable femininity? Gay male misogyny and the policing of queer femininities Sadie E Hale and Tomás Ojeda

Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis by grace e lavery

delusions of gender by cordelia fine

a failed man by michael v smith (part of persistence: all ways butch and femme)

time is the thing a body moves through by T. Fleischmann

kai cheng thom’s writing

we want it all: an anthology of trans radical poetics

second skins: the body narratives of transsexuality by jay prossner

transgender warriors by leslie feinberg

the faggots and their friends between revolutions by larry mitchell

translating the queer: body politics and transnational conversations by hector dominguez ruvalcaba

captive genders: trans embodiment and the prison industrial complex

we both laughed in pleasure: the selected diaries of lou sullivan

how we get free: black feminism and the combahee river collective

trans girl suicide museum by hannah baer

dagger: on butch women by lily burana

black queer studies: a critical anthology by e patrick johnson and mae g Henderson

queer sex by juno roche

black on both sides: a racial history of trans identities by C. Riley Snorton

transgender liberation by leslie feinberg

female masculinity by jack halberstam

transecology by douglas a vakoch

street transvestite action revolutionaries : survival, revolt, and queer antagonistic struggle (Sylvia Rivera , Marsha P. Johnson)

a body that is ultra body: in conversation with fred moten and elysia crampton

building an abolitionist trans and queer movement with everything we’ve got (morgan bassichis, alexander lee and dean spade, 2011)

feminism and the (trans)gender entrapment of gender nonconforming prisoners (julia oparah, 2012)

normal life: administrative violence, critical trans politics, and the limits of law (dean spade, 2015)

Tseng Kwong Chi: Performing for the Camera by Việt Lê

detransition, baby by torrey peters

paul takes the form of a mortal girl by andrea lawlor

a failed man by michael v. smith (part of persistence: all ways butch and femme)

my new vagina wont make me happy by andrea long chu

sexing the body by Anne Fausto-Sterling

something that may shock and discredit you by danny lavery

the argonauts by maggie nelson

gender outlaws by kate bornstein

special mentions for articles ive read that were already very formative for me

Masquerading As the American Male in the Fifties: Picnic, William Holden and the Spectacle of Masculinity in Hollywood Film by Steven Cohan

The Production and Display of the Closet: Making Minnelli's "Tea and Sympathy” by David Gerstner

huge thanks to @mypocketsnug who sent #20-40

this is not at all intended to be some kind of definitive resource as ive literally read none of these yet save for the two i mention at the bottom and im compiling this for my personal use, im only publishing this bc an anon asked me to! feel free to reblog and also recommend me more but keep this disclaimer in mind

#reading list

[whitewolfcraft]

Jake Dennis, Formula E World Champion (📸 Lou Johnson)

#Jake Dennis #Andretti FE #Formula E #FE #Motorsports

[thealmightyemprex]

I watched Spielbergs first feature :Sugarland Expresss

Today I am looking at Spielbergs first feature....And one I knew nothing about going in.No one talks bout this film and I didnt even know what the plot was .I went in completely blind .Honestly this movie was a pleasent surprise

This 1974 film follows Lou Jean Poplin (Goldie Hawn ) who breaks her husband Clovis (William Atherton) out of prison and kidnaps a patrolman  Maxwell Slide(Michael Sacks ) in order to try and get their baby back out of the hands of foster parents

It is basrd on a true story,though I dont know how accurate it is,so I am just viewing it as a movie

So I found this really enjoyable .For his first feature Spielberg does a really good job .I like crime movies that blur the line over who is the good guy and whose the bad guy,and I like films were the situation escelates.Thats the kind of film this is .There is a bit of humor....But and underlying feeling of dread

Goldie Hawn and William Atherton are good leads,a loving couple who just want their kid back .A lot of humor comes from how impulsive they are and how smart they think they are ,but it also ,without giving anything away,leads to that feeling of dread cause we the audience,while we dont know how its gonna end ,we know it probabbly wont end well .They keep going down this path that we know oprobabbly wont end the way they want,but they dont know what else to do Goldie Hawn is of course always great,but I was really impressed by William Atherton,who most audiences know for playing jerks in movies like Die Hard and Ghostbusters,here plays a rather sympathetic character.My favorite scene is when Lou Jean and Clovis,hold up in a RV for the night ,look out and see a nearby drive in playing Wil E Coyote shorts,and he does the sound effects.Its starts off funny and romantic...But then he gets this look on his face that makes it somewhat poinent to me

Veteren actor Ben Johnson plays Tanner plays the main cop chasing thejm and trying to do whatever he can to end the situation peacefully .I always like Ben Johnson and I think he was perfect for this character

I was impressed by Michael Sacks ,who didnt do much after this movie ,but he did a good job as the kidnapped by the book cop ,who is just trying to talk the pair down .He also handled the humor very well

I also like how crazy things get with some people for the couple,even giving them gifts.....To others trying to bring the law in their own hands and murder the two(With no concern for Slide)

If I have an issue with the film its that the foster parents feel to unsympathetic to me ,I wouldve liked mor nuance with them

Also I am mixed on the ending ,but wont give it away .I mostly like it but....There is s9omething said in text ,I wouldve liked to see on screen

OVerall good film,reccomended

@ariel-seagull-wings @amalthea9 @angelixgutz @princesssarisa@goodanswerfoxmonster @filmcityworld1 @theancientvaleofsoulmaking @themousefromfantasyland @the-blue-fairie

[carmenvicinanza]

Joan as Police Woman

https://www.unadonnalgiorno.it/joan-as-police-woman/

Ho cercato di scrivere canzoni che parlano di speranza, di essere aperta e libera. Sapevo che sarebbe stato più difficile a causa dei cliché legati alla positività. Ho scritto e riscritto i testi fino a quando non mi sono sembrati verosimili. Non è facile essere ingenui! In realtà non è facile nemmeno essere umani a volte. Io non sto vivendo un’esistenza illusoria, semplicemente ho constatato che il mio pensiero plasma la mia realtà. Sto puntando alla libertà totale. Per cos’altro vale la pena di vivere? Mi ci avvicino ogni volta che mi viene da ridere, che scelgo la gentilezza invece della paura e della frustrazione, che imparo ad abbandonarmi al trasporto dei sensi.

Joan as Police Woman è il nome d’arte di Joan Wasser, cantautrice, violinista e chitarrista statunitense.

Nata a Biddeford, nel Maine il 26 luglio 1970, ha iniziato a suonare il pianoforte a sei anni. Dopo un paio di anni è passata al violino, con cui si è presto esibita in varie orchestre scolastiche tra cui la Boston University Symphony Orchestra. Si è laureata in musica classica nonostante avesse tutt’altra propensione musicale.

Aveva vent’anni quando ha iniziato a suonare coi Dambuilders, fortunata band con cui ha girato il mondo e venduto milioni di dischi. Sperimentando vari percorsi musicali ha sviluppato un suo personalissimo stile che l’ha portata a farsi un nome nell’ambito del panorama indie rock che le è avvalso collaborazioni celebri con mostri del rock come Lou Reed, Elton John, Nick Cave, Anthony and the Johnsons e molti altri.

Nel 1997 ha subito la straziante perdita del suo compagno, il musicista Jeff Buckley, annegato in un fiume.

Ha assunto il nome d’arte di Joan as a Police Woman in un trio del 2002, il nome è nato per omaggiare l’attrice Angie Dickinson nella fortunata serie televisiva degli anni ’70.

Il primo disco, un omonimo EP autoprodotto risale al 2004, l’ha portata alla ribalta internazionale.

Nel 2006 è uscito il suo primo album da solista, Real Life che, due anni dopo, è stato premiato agli Independent Music Awards come miglior disco pop rock.

Da allora vari album si sono succeduti, celebri collaborazioni e tour in tutto il mondo, anche se resta un’artista di nicchia, per palati raffinati.

Artista camaleontica è cantautrice, compositrice e polistrumentista. Nella sua carriera è saltata con maestria da uno stile all’altro toccando rock, soul, folk, elettronica e rifacimenti celebri.

#unadonnalgiorno #joan as police woman #musica

[dustedmagazine]

Sally Anne Morgan — Carrying (Thrill Jockey)

Photo by Khalila Early-Zald

Carrying by Sally Anne Morgan

Sally Anne Morgan’s last album, the pandemic-recorded Cup, felt abstract and cerebral, a folk music broken down into atoms and reconstructed in surprising ways.  Carrying, by contrast, has a rich, warm profusion to it, a fertility that, perhaps, reflects Morgan’s own experience of becoming a mother for the first time. It also brings in the band in a way that all-solo Cup did not, enlisting psychedelic folk regulars like Nathan Bowles, Andrew Zinn and Joe DeJarnette to fill out lilting folk-nodding songs and nudge them close to rock.

Morgan is, of course, a force in contemporary, cosmic folk, hewing close to tradition in the hymnal-loving House and Land and spinning out wild in sprawling Pelt. She also oversees Spinster Records, a female-centric, folk experimental nexus of creativity that introduced Rosali and Lou Turner to the world. Her own work pushes gently against convention, acknowledging it, understanding it, but refusing to be constrained by it. She upends the rules so fluidly that it causes no friction; the songs are old and modern at the same time.

Consider, for instance the lilting purity “Streets of Derry,” a fine old Irish air about love and politics and death by gallows. Two guitars dance together in shimmering air, and Morgan sings a duet with Joseph O’Connell, all very true to the song’s origins. The synth or e-bow that hovers over the tune, though, gives it a strange, ghostly oddity that doesn’t in the least distract or feel tacked on.

Or listen to “Awake” with its liquid lines of blues folk guitar, its effortless cascades of vocal melody. A roughness slips in with long, vibrating tremolo tones, but rather than contradict the song’s tone, this hint of corrosion only underlines the lovely, fleeting nature of Morgan’s song.

“Diamond Joe,” a Ramblin’ Jack Elliott cover, is, perhaps, the disc’s most visceral and fully fleshed out song, with its martial beat and jangling tangle of guitars. Ripley Johnson from Rose City Band stops by to spin out questing, cosmic country riffs in between verses, and Morgan sings with fluting, flickering transparency, but the song kind of rocks. Where Cup presented an intricate and lovely puzzle, Carrying takes your hands and draws you into a whirling eddy of sensation. It is open-hearted and generous and full of gorgeous moments.

Jennifer Kelly

#sally anne morgan #carrying #thrill jockey #jennifer kelly #albumreview #dusted magazine #folk #cosmic country #pelt #house and land #nathan bowles #ripley johnson

[salamanderpie]

All of my Fallout characters, in one single location. Descriptions under the readmore.

Gavine Belmonte- young adult Boomer teen wanting to learn about the rest of the world and maybe get away from his family. Trans and gay.

Jasper Shi- mean lesbian Great Khan who’s grappling with her heritage and what the Khans mean to her.

Wendy Shi- the mean lesbian’s mother. Trying to be there for her adult daughter but it’s a mixed bag.

Lou Carver- a former field medic exposed to many terrible things on the front, he suffered a “fast” ghoulification and then wandered the continent before settling down in Louisiana. About 260 years old.

Leo- ghoulified Chinese Sole Survivor here to smoke cigarettes and meditate on the nature of the apocalypse.

Robin Yu- art thief based on the East Coast, somewhere between a counterfeiter and cat burglar. Loves to sell garbage to rich idiots who don’t know better and can spin yarns very quickly and easily.

Tierra Fontana- a mechanical mind who considers the Kings to be extended family, she works with the Followers to repair water spigots, piping, vehicles, robots, and the occasional musical instrument. An older Latina trans butch lesbian with a good to strained relationship with her siblings.

Josue Fontana- a caravaner and traveling merchant by trade, who likes to make friends in each town. A little flighty. A little bit of a charmer. Very bisexual.

Mack Fontana- a bisexual biracial bigender Chairman entertainer who moonlights as an assassin. Loyal to Benny and his plan to take the Strip from House. Might even start out a little hostile to the courier.

Charlotte “Charlie” Nash- granddaughter of Ruby and Johnson Nash in Primm. She is in the process of becoming a doctor and hopes to open an office in Primm, since the closest is Doc Mitchell in Goodsprings.

Magnolia “Magpie” Pines- a young thief born in the Central Wastes (Kansas), who joined a group that rebuilt a train system, explored a crashed space station, and might have stopped a faction of supermutants kidnapping ghouls. After a long time, they have all gone their separate ways, and Magpie’s way was a floating city with her girlfriend.

Beans- beans.

Isabella- Railroad associated Sole Survivor. Before the war, she was hellbent on taking Robert House down. After the war... who knows?

Grace- Minuteman Sole Survivor, more focused on moving on from the prewar era and rebuilding than looking back.

Mx. Stitches- independent courier with a penchant for explosives. Slowly ghoulifying and is trying to make the best of having most of their skin.

Sweet Caroline- a crawrad rancher who has stayed in the same multigenerational farm her entire life and has only recently been meddling in the affairs of others.

Ginko- a problematic fave lone wanderer courier who buckles psychologically at the wrong moment. A poor decision for her and for everyone on the continent, being a primary tool in the NCR’s expansion eastward. Her ‘adventures’ continue into Wasteland 2 and 3. In the end, her agency is denied at every level.

C6-38- later known as Courier-6, a synth in the far future after the NCR finds the Institute’s tech and starts building its own synth coursers based on the brainscans made of Ginko herself. She is tasked with the same kind of horrid work that Ginko was made to do, a diplomatic first contact in most cases.

Daisuke Kubo- a nuclear physicist from before the war, who, after the war, has decided to become a land steward. Hated by the Brotherhood of Steel. Gay.

Zoe Nicolazzo- a Follower botanist and environmental scientist who learns about Vault 22 and gets extremely pissed about it.

???- what if Y-17 Trauma Harnesses were just a little more fucked up than they are in the base game? What then?

Washington Richardson- an evil bastard. Originally a Legion playthrough courier but it’s a little up in the air. Grew up so hateful of the NCR for what it did that he would give anything to see its ruin. Imagine Wile E. Coyote but so much worse. His singular humanizing trait: he likes dogs.

#fallout new vegas #fallout 4 #sole survivor #courier six #falloutfun #fnv boomers #Great Khans #fnv freeside #lone wanderer #fnv chairmen #fnv enclave

[dailyfe]

Alex Lynn from Mahindra Racing at the Valencia E-Prix (25.04.21) by Lou Johnson

#alex lynn #mahindra #formula e #*edit #by eline #valencia eprix 2021

[alice-and-ethel]

U.S. First Ladies + Purple

Nancy Reagan • Michelle Obama* •  Grace Coolidge’s dress Rosalynn Carter • Hillary Clinton • Eleanor Roosevelt’s dress Laura Bush • Ida McKinley’s gown • Betty Ford Dr. Jill Biden • Mary Lincoln’s gown • Lady Bird Johnson Betty Ford • Caroline Harrison • Jacqueline Kennedy Lou Hoover’s dress • Barbara Bush • Michelle Obama

*Michelle Obama is particularly partial to purple – she wore it a lot more frequently as First Lady than I was able to show here!

#I know Grace Coolidge's isn't *quite* purple but I'm in love with it and had to use it #Hillary's inaugural gown beats them all though imo #fashion #fashion history #nancy reagan #michelle obama #grace coolidge #rosalynn carter #hillary clinton #eleanor roosevelt #laura bush #ida mckinley #betty ford #jill biden #mary lincoln #lady bird johnson #caroline harrison #jacqueline kennedy #lou hoover #barbara bush #first ladies #first lady #u.s. history #us history #american history #nineteenth century #twentieth century #victorian #jackie kennedy #dr. jill biden

[diceriadelluntore]

Storia Di Musica #166 - Cowboy Junkies, The Trinity Session, 1988

La serie di storie di musica che si inaugura oggi, giorno di Pasqua (Auguri!) seguiranno un percorso particolare: ho scelto delle storie di dischi caratterizzate dal modo unico, economico e a volte totalmente improvvisato con cui vennero registrati. Il primo ci porta al 27 Novembre del 1987, dove in una chiesa di Toronto, la Santa Trinità, un gruppo sta iniziando a suonare, usando solo un microfono. Questo gruppo ha le sue origini una decina di anni prima, quando Michael Timmins e Alan Anton formano un duo, gli Hunger Project, e partono per la Gran Bretagna, dove si uniscono ad un gruppo rock sperimentale, i Germinal. Tornati in Canada, Timmins chiama ad unirsi alle sue imprese musicali la sorella Margot e il fratello minore Peter, e formano un gruppo, a cui danno il nome strano di Cowboy Junkies. Inizia qui, siamo a metà anni ‘80, la parabola di uno dei gruppi alternativi più talentuosi della sua generazione, sia per le scelte stilistiche che per canzoni da interpretare. Il primo disco è Whites Off Earth Now!!!, che esce nel 1986: solo Take Me è scritta dalla coppia Margot e Micheal Timmins, per il resto una selezione di blues (John Lee Hooker, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Bukka White, Robert Johnson) che si sviluppano in atmosfere sognati e delicate, eteree, che trovano il fulcro nella voce, magnetica e fantastica, di Margot, che dà il meglio di sè nella cover di State Trooper di Bruce Springsteen. Il disco è l’occasione per un tour di accompagnamento ad altre band negli Stati Uniti, che serve ad amalgamare la band e a trovare un ulteriore gradino di avanzamento del loro stile. Che avviene nella sera di Novembre a cui accennavo prima. L’idea della band era di registrare direttamente le canzoni su nastro, usando un solo microfono: a rendere il tutto piuttosto complicato, era il fatto che oltre ai tre Timmins e a Anton, c’era l’ultimo fratello Timmins, John, alla chitarra, due armonicisti (Jeff Bird e Steve Shearer),  Kim Deschamps alle slide guitar e Jaro Czwewinec alla fisarmonica. Oltre a questo, c’era il fatto che la band insieme aveva provato pochissimo, e per completare le registrazioni, pagarono 25 dollari canadesi due guardie della sicurezza della Chiesa per poter provare altre due ore insieme. Il risultato però fu che The Trinity Session (1988) è il loro disco più bello, più famoso e uno dei dischi più significativi degli anni ‘80. Alla base blues la band aggiunge elementi country (figli del lungo tour negli Usa, soprattutto negli Stati del Sud), l’atmosfera rilassata e affascinante da esibizione live in un club della registrazione, la scelta di brani, sia autografi che cover, azzeccatissima. Si parte con Mining For Gold, traditional dei cercatori di ventura dell’800, riportata in auge da uno dei personaggi più importanti della musica popolare canadese, James Gordon: la voce di Margot Timmins è già da brividi, nello scarno e sottilissimo accompagnamento musicale della band; il secondo pezzo è invece la loro canzone più famosa, e per me la più bella che abbiano scritto: Misguided Angel è una toccante ballata, cantata magistralmente, dal ritmo ondeggiante e rilassante, un piccolo gioiello. E gioielli sono le loro composizioni autografe, come I Don't Get It, To Love Is to Bury,  200 More Miles (molto country, dedicata alle miglia percorse nel tour americano) e la quasi spettrale e affascinante Postcard Blues. Tra le cover, meravigliosa la rilettura del classico di Hank Williams I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Dreaming My Dreams With You di  Allen Reynolds, il traditional degli schiavi afroamericani delle piantagioni Working On A Building (che non c’era nella prima versione originale del disco) ma soprattutto due cover, una più bella dell’altra: Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis) è una versione in cui al classico di Rodgers e Hartz portato al successo da Elvis Presley è aggiunta una parte di testo scritta dai fratelli Timmins; e poi una Sweet Jane, che come riferimento ha la versione rallentata del classico di Lou Reed scritto per i Velvet Underground, e che diviene una sorta di racconto per la voce magnetica di Margot: Reed apprezzerà tantissimo e la versione fu usata da Oliver Stone nella colonna sonora di Natural Born Killers (1994). Il disco diviene un piccolo culto, venderà milioni di copie, per la gioia del produttore Peter Moore, che si dice lo abbia prodotto con soli 900 dollari. The Trinity Session è presente nelle più importanti classifiche dei dischi più belli di sempre: in alcuni però è descritto come il capostipite del cosiddetto “sad rock”, per le atmosfere cupe e “depresse” che trasmette. In verità è una forzatura bella e buona, dato che basta ascoltare la forza e la bellezza della voce di Margot per credere, già così, tutt’altro. Che il disco sia stato un culto lo dimostra il fatto che a 20 anni esatti dalla storica serata di registrazione, i Cowboy Junkies si sono ritrovati insieme ad altri amici (Natalie Merchant, Vic Chesnutt, Ryan Adams) nella stessa Holy Trinity Church di Toronto per risuonare l’intero disco, che verrà ripubblicato con il titolo Trinity Revisited: la magia non è la stessa, ma è anch’esso un bel disco per scoprire questa band interessantissima, che da ormai 35 anni sforna piccoli dischi deliziosi e preziosi.

#cowboy junkies #the trinity session #1988 #recensione

[meanstreetspodcasts]

Wolfe in Sheep's Clothing

“I rarely leave my house. I do like it here. I would be an idiot to leave this chair, made to fit me.” (Rex Stout, Before I Die)

Nero Wolfe made his first appearance in 1934, and his adventures are still being enjoyed nearly eighty years later in books, TV shows, and - beginning on April 10, 1943 - radio dramas.  Not bad for a man who hated leaving his house more than nearly anything in the world.

Wolfe, the eccentric genius who weighs a seventh of a ton, was created by writer Rex Stout.  Stout made a tidy sum inventing a system to track the money school children saved in their accounts, and he used his earnings and royalties to travel the world and embark on a career as a writer.  His first Wolfe novel, Fer-de-Lance, was published in 1934, and Stout would go on to write 33 novels and 39 stories featuring Wolfe until his death in 1975.  Over the course of the novels and stories, Stout fleshed out the character, who enjoyed fine food and good beer, tended to his orchids, and solved mysteries when he had to earn a fee, always with the aid of his assistant (and the narrator of the stories), Archie Goodwin.

Stout’s brilliant stroke was to combine two archetypes of detective fiction into one duo.  Nero Wolfe was a classic refined detective in the mold of Sherlock Holmes, right down to his eccentricities, anti-social personality, and acute agoraphobia.  He could listen to clues as they were presented to him in his drawing room and deduce the solution to a crime without ever leaving the chair especially designed for his massive weight.  At his side was Archie, a more streetwise sleuth in the mold of (though not nearly as hard-boiled) Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe.  Archie carried a gun and had an eye for a blonde like his brethren, but he drank milk instead of bourbon and he had a playful demeanor - particularly with his boss and their frequent foil on the police force, Inspector Cramer.

Wolfe came to the screen in 1934 and 1937, but it would take almost ten years for the character to make his radio debut.  From 1943 to 1944, ABC aired The Adventures of Nero Wolfe which starred J.B. Williams, Santos Ortega, and Luis Van Rooten as Wolfe during various points in the run.  A falling out between ABC and Stout’s representatives prevented the series from continuing, but a new version would premier on the Mutual Network in 1946.  Francis X. Bushman starred as Wolfe, with Elliott Lewis, a veteran radio actor who would soon take the director’s chair on Suspense, as Archie.  

But it is the 1950 NBC series The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe that is most fondly remembered and which came the closest to capturing the essence of Stout’s stories.  First and foremost, they found an actor who could fully embody Wolfe’s larger than life persona - Sydney Greenstreet.

A longtime theater actor, Greenstreet’s big break came as Kasper Gutman (“The Fat Man”) opposite Humphrey Bogart’s Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon in 1941 at age 62. After receiving an Academy Award nomination for the role, Greenstreet appeared in films like Casablanca, The Mask of Demetrios, and Across the Pacific.  At age 71, he was cast as Wolfe, and his trademark characteristics - arched speech, droll laugh, deliberate intonation - perfectly fit Nero Wolfe’s larger than life personality.

Over the course of the series, no fewer than six actors were heard as Archie Goodwin. Each of the first three episodes featured a different Archie: Wally Maher (October 20); Lamont Johnson (October 27); and Herb Ellis (November 10). Beginning on November 24, actor Larry Dobkin assumed the role.  Dobkin had previously been heard as Louie the cab driver on The Saint and as Detective Lt. Matthews on The Adventures of Philip Marlowe.  After eight episodes, Dobkin left and his old co-star Gerald Mohr voiced Goodwin for the next four episodes. Mohr was on a radio detective roll; he had just wrapped his two-year run as Marlowe and would return for a Marlowe summer series a few months after his gig as Archie came to a close.  Harry Bartell, a veteran of Escape and Dragnet as well as the Petri Wine announcer for The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, stepped into Archie’s shoes for the final ten episodes of the series.

Why so many Archies to one Nero?  There’s no definite answer.  Some have said it was because Greenstreet was difficult to work with; others speculate the revolving door of co-stars was a sign of retooling to see if the ratings would improve.

And while the series was well done, with even Rex Stout praising Greenstreet’s performance (he was less complimentary of the program itself), it did not fare well enough in the ratings to earn a second year.  The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe wrapped up its run on April 27, 1951.  Fortunately for fans, the entire series run are available in great condition.  One can listen to the full run and hear Greenstreet lend his one-of-a-kind voice to Wolfe, and even with so many actors playing Archie Goodwin, none is sub-par.  Each brings his own style to the character while staying true to Stout’s creation.  And backing up Greenstreet and his Goodwins every week are a great cast, including Bill Johnstone as Inspector Cramer, Howard McNear, Betty Lou Gerson, Peter Leeds, and Barney Phillips.

Since the radio era came to an end, Nero Wolfe has continued to entertain fans outside of the books. Several TV shows have aired, including one single-season program starring radio veteran William Conrad as Wolfe and an absolutely delightful but criminally short-lived production on A&E with Timothy Hutton as Archie and Maury Chaykin as Wolfe. And for fans who want more audio adventures of the pair, the CBC mounted an impressive series of adaptations in 1982.

Check out this episode!

#old time radio #golden age of radio

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Page 2: Apparel (Women)

Bottoms

Dresses

Footwear

Gloves

1 Ball Mitts by Lion Brand Yarn

Fingerless Granny Square Mitts by Amy Jayne

Headwear

Alpine Crochet Headband by Crochet 365 Knit Too

Autumn Breeze Earwarmer by Crochet 'n' Create

Avalyn Beanie Messy Bun Hat by StitchesbyTrudyAU ($)

Bow Headband Tutorial by People Webs

Crochet Ear Warmer by CanoeMountainDesignCo ($)

Crochet Twisted Ear Warmer by CanoeMountainDesignCo ($)

Country Cottage Headband by The Turtle Trunk

Dancing Clusters Headband by @the-crochet-crevice on Tumblr

Gray Skies Crochet Chevron Headband by Stitching Together

Hairpin Lace Headband by Iren Johnson

Jasmine Flower Hat by Jessica Bie

Lucy Velvet Ear Warmer by StoryKnits ($)

Ponderosa Headband by April Garwood ($)

Retro-Vintage Inspired Crochet Headband by Tales of Butterflies

Sailor Knot Crochet Headband by Persia Lou

Traveling Vine Crochet Earwarmer by Briana K Designs

Velvet Headband by Jennifer E. Ryan

Outfits

Lightweight Headwrap/Scarf/Belt by BrennaAnnHandmade ($)

Overwear

2 Ball Poncho by Lion Brand Yarn

2 Ball Poncho #2 by Lion Brand Yarn

3 Ball Crochet Poncho by Lion Brand Yarn

3 Ball Shrug by Lion Brand Yarn

4 Ball Ruana by Lion Brand Yarn

5 Color Wrap by Lion Brand Yarn

1960’s Crochet Hippie Vest by Lion Brand Yarn

Blanket Dressing Plaid Shawl Vest by Caron Yarns

Boxy Checks Sweater by Yarnspirations Design Studio

Scarves & Shawls

1-2-3 Easy Diagonal Shawl-Scarf by Lion Brand Yarn

2 Ball Diagonal Shawl by Lion Brand Yarn

2 Hour Ponchette by Lion Brand Yarn

45-Minute Cowl by Lion Brand Yarn

6-Ball V Neck Scarf by Lion Brand Yarn

Autumn Chill Cowl by @crochetmelovelyy on Tumblr ($)

Cabled Edge Crochet Wrap by Red Heart Design Team

Caron Zigzag in Time Shawl by Caron Yarns

Ocean Waves Shawl by Kateryna Wiggins ($)

Simple Scarf by Crochet in the Sun (With A Mod By Me)

Sweet Shop Scarf by Fiber Flux

Tops

Crop Top Puffy Sleeves by Polina Kozlovska

Timmy Top by Mong’s Crochet ($)

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𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐀 𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍, 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐀 𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 --- os ex-alunos abaixo vão ser recepcionados na reunião da turma de 2008 da east wenk high school. os players dos personagens abaixo têm vinte e quatro horas para enviar suas contas.

THE FACADE, na verdade, se chama ALISSA HOWE. e por mais que vocês lembrem dela com o rostinho de KAIA GERBER, agora ela se parece muito mais com a KEIRA KNIGHTLEY e trabalha como DESIGNER/ESTILISTA.

THE GOSSIP, na verdade, se chama EUGENIE PARK. e por mais que vocês lembrem dela com o rostinho de KARINA YOO, agora ela se parece muito mais com a LEE JOOBIN e trabalha como FOTÓGRAFA DA REVISTA MARIE CLAIRE.

THE AESTHETE, na verdade, se chama TERESA AMELIA HUNT. e por mais que vocês lembrem dela com o rostinho de MADELYN CLINE, agora ela se parece muito mais com a LILY JAMES e trabalha como DIRETORA DO CURSO DE TEATRO NA JUILLIARD SCHOOL.

THE QUEEN BEE, na verdade, se chama BARBARA LOU BERGMANN. por mais que vocês lembrem dela com o rostinho de ALISHA BOE, agora ela se parece muito mais com a JASMINE TOOKES e trabalha como DIRETORA DA HOUSE OF B.

THE BENEVOLENT, na verdade, se chama WALTER K. SCHOTSMAN. por mais que vocês lembrem dele com o rostinho de MICHAEL PROVOST, agora ele se parece muito mais com o JOE ALWYN e trabalha como ARQUITETO/PROFESSOR UNIVERSITÁRIO.

THE QUARTERBACK, na verdade, se chama CONNOR MONTGOMERY FITZGERALD. por mais que vocês lembrem dele com o rostinho de JACOB ELORDI, agora ele se parece muito mais com THEO JAMES e trabalha como QUARTERBACK DO NEW YORK GIANTS.

THE REVELLER, na verdade, se chama URSULA DE LA MORA. por mais que vocês lembrem dela com o rostinho de YVETTE MONREAL, agora ela se parece muito mais com NATHALIE KELLEY e trabalha como DONA DE UM BAR.

THE DILIGENT, na verdade, se chama NANCY COLEMAN. por mais que vocês lembrem dela com o rostinho de NICOLE WALLACE, agora ela se parece muito mais com MERRITT PATTERSEN e trabalha como CHEFE DA UNIDADE DE CIÊNCIA FORENSE DO FBI.

THE BASTARD, na verdade, se chama LEONARD WOOLRICH. por mais que vocês lembrem dele com o rostinho de MAXENCE DANET-FUVEL agora ele se parece muito mais com LUCA MARINELLI e trabalha como COMPOSITOR.

THE RECKLESS, na verdade, se chama MURIEL KNOX DIXON. por mais que vocês lembrem dele com o rostinho de HERO FIENNES-TIFFIN, agora ele se parece muito mais com CASEY DEIDRICK e trabalha como LUTADOR E EMPRESÁRIO.

THE ECCENTRIC, na verdade, se chama LEOPOLD MONTFORT-CAVENDISH. por mais que vocês lembrem dele com o rostinho de JACK GILINSKY, agora ele se parece muito mais com MATTHEW DADDARIO e trabalha como EMPRESÁRIO.

THE SOUTHERN, na verdade, se chama JAYDEN O’CONNELL. por mais que vocês lembrem dele com o rostinho do THOMAS DOHERTY, agora ele se parece muito mais com SEBASTIAN STAN e trabalha como PROFESSOR INTÉRPRETE.

THE COQUETTE, na verdade, se chama ELIZABETH ANNE SINCLAIR. por mais que vocês lembrem dela com o rostinho de COURTNEY EATON, agora ela se parece muito mais com CAMILA MENDES e trabalha como BARTENDER.

THE CLOWN, na verdade, se chama SAM CLAY BARNES. por mais que vocês lembrem dele com o rostinho de ASA BUTTERFIELD, agora ele se parece muito mais com AARON TAYLOR JOHNSON e trabalha como DIRETOR DE CINEMA.

THE CHEERLEADER, na verdade, se chama LUCINE CARRINGTON. por mais que vocês lembrem dela com o rostinho de SAMANTHA LOGAN, agora ela se parece muito mais com LAURA HARRIER e trabalha como CHEFE DE COZINHA.

THE LOTHARIO, na verdade, se chama LUCA TARANTINO. por mais que vocês lembrem dele com o rostinho de ERIC SOHN, agora ele se parece muito mais com ALEX LANDI e trabalha como BOMBEIRO.

THE JOCK, na verdade, se chama LUKE COLEMAN. por mais que vocês lembrem dele com o rostinho de CODY CHRISTIAN, agora ele se parece muito mais com CHRIS EVANS e trabalha como ADVOGADO.

THE ECCLESIAST, na verdade, se chama CATHERINE ROSE SINCLAIR. por mais que vocês lembrem dela com o rostinho de AULI’I CRAVALHO, agora ela se parece muito mais com VANESSA HUDGENS e trabalha como PRODUTORA.

#aceitos.

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Happy 45th anniversary, Bionic Woman!

January 14 marked the 45th anniversary of the first broadcast of The Bionic Woman, the Emmy-winning spin-off of The Six Million Dollar Man and the first-ever US prime time series featuring a female superhero (Joanna Cameron’s Secrets of Isis, the actual first-ever for US TV, was a Saturday morning show, and Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman didn’t debut as a proper series until April 1976).

Lindsay Wagner become the first lead performer in a sci-fi series to win a lead acting Emmy for her work as Jaime Sommers, a former tennis pro and onetime fiancee to Six Million Dollar Man Steve Austin who becomes a secret agent for the deceptively named Office of Scientific Information (OSI) when a parachuting trip goes horribly wrong and she loses an arm, both legs and an ear. Using nuclear-powered life-like prosthetics called bionics she was given the ability to flip cars one-handed, jump 30 feet into the air, hear a pin drop from half a mile away, and run more than 100 miles per hour. (That last isn’t an exaggeration - in an early episode, she actually outpaces a race car pursuing her and they take pains to show its speedometer).

Using the slow-motion photography techniques developed for capturing the power of NFL players in action, we got to see Jaime in action for three seasons, two on ABC and then the series moved to NBC. Her co-stars, Richard Anderson as her boss, Oscar Goldman (who the later actor later confirmed was secretly in love with Jaime) and Martin E. Brooks as Dr. Rudy Wells, the inventor of bionics, became the first actors in history to appear on two shows airing simultaneously on two networks as they also kept their roles in The Six Million Dollar Man (though the frequent crossovers with Steve Austin, such as the epic 3-part “Kill Oscar” arc, came to an end).

Sometimes called a “more human” counterpart to Six Mil, the Bionic Woman tended to focus more on personal stories than “save the world” ones - though the two-part “Doomsday is Tomorrow”, which put her on the clock from stopping a doomsday device from eliminating all life on earth, remains one of the most amazing storylines of its day:

And Jaime tended to use her charm to try and defuse situations before she had to start throwing people around. Or firing off a tennis ball like a missile (a trick I’m surprised she didn’t try on the bad guys):

I loved this show growing up and, yes, I had a crush on Lindsay like so many others did. (As I write this I am greatly enjoying seeing CGI-de-aged Lindsay, resembling her Bionic Woman years, in the video game Death Stranding that I got for Christmas.) Yes, there were silly episodes that haven’t aged well (one where she infiltrates a beauty pageant more than a decade before Sandra Bullock’s Miss Congeniality; another where she pretends to be a WWE-style wrestler), and some early episodes were straight remakes of Six Mil episodes because of the very short notice the producers got to create a series after Jaime was introduced on Six Mil, immediately killed off, and then the hue and cry from viewers was so great the entire opening of Six Mil’s next season had to be reworked with mere weeks’ notice to a) revive Jaime somehow (with shades of Doctor Who’s Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald, it involved her forgetting about her relationship with Steve) and b) set her up for a new series to debut a few months later. For a while, reportedly, Lindsay wasn’t sure she wanted to put her growing film career on hold to do a TV series, so the show almost didn’t happen.

One of BW’s strengths is its heroine was not just a “punch-clock hero” who did what she was told. There were episodes where she openly disagreed with having to take on missions and the show’s finale (minor spoiler) was actually reminiscent of Patrick McGoohan’s classic The Prisoner as she tries to leave the OSI, only to find herself (befitting the episode’s title) “on the run”. In 1978 it was still rare for TV series, especially shows in the sci-fi/action genre, to have finale episodes, but BW got one. Years later, Jaime and Steve reunited for three TV movies that gave closure to both characters’ story arcs.

The magic of the Bionic Woman has proven difficult to recapture. A remake series in 2007 starring later Doctor Who one-off companion actress Michelle Ryan failed in part because they took too many liberties with the characters (including taking elements from Martin Caidin’s original novel, Cyborg, upon which Six Mil was based - Jaime herself was the creation of Kenneth Johnson, later the creator of “V” and producer of Bill Bixby/Lou Ferrigno’s “The Incredible Hulk” and the “Day One” Fox network series “Alien Nation”), plus many felt Ryan was miscast (I disagree) and the show never really had a chance due to a writer’s strike that forced it to end production after only about a half dozen episodes. There were also rumours of a remake starring Jennifer Aniston at one point, and another that reportedly was going to feature a non-superpowered lead with “bionic woman” being a “metaphor for the human condition” or something like that.

Glad that last one didn’t happen. Jaime Summers was (and, let’s be honest, remains) part of an elite group of female superheroes with their own TV shows. And I still think it’s one of the best. In fact, the one-two combination of Jaime Summers and the soon-to-debut Wonder Woman (plus the watered-down-for-kids-but-still-intriguing Isis on Saturday mornings) made 1976 something of a golden year for female superheroes. Nothing beats Jaime taking on Bigfoot or her recurring version of the Daleks, the Fembots. Sadly, a crossover between Jaime and WW never happened, even though they were on the same network at the time; it wasn’t until a couple years ago that DC Comics and Dynamite Comics (who have been doing BW comics for a few years) made that finally happen. 

Ultimately, though, full credit for the success of the original Bionic Woman goes to Lindsay Wagner. Some years ago the Bionic Blonde Youtube channel posted what has become a classic fan video tribute to Jaime. Titled “Bionic Kashmir” it’s just a snapshot of her in action (bookended by scenes from a 1980s reunion movie), but it’s fun. The series is available on DVD and streaming, and I recommend it if you’re interested in some retro fun and experiencing an iconic character again or for the first time.

#the bionic woman #lindsay wagner #jaime summers #classic tv