IF: mind
“It’s all in your MIND!“
Archive of entries posted by joshpincusiscrying
DCS: quinn o’hara
Born Alice Jones in Edinburgh, Scotland, Quinn O’Hara (taking the more colorful Anglo name) was named the first “Miss Scotland” as an entrant in a beauty contest that predated the Miss Universe Pageant. She moved to southern California when she landed uncredited roles in a trio of Jerry Lewis films in the early 1960s. In 1966, …
IF: team
There is no “I” in “team,” however there is one in “fixed.”
DCS: chris cornell
Chris Cornell, the pioneering grunge guitarist and founder of the bands Soundgarden and Audioslave, performed for the last time on May 17. His final song of the evening was a cover of Led Zeppelin’s In My Time of Dying. After the show, he hanged himself in his Detroit hotel room. He was 52.
IF: mother
My mom, circa late 1939.
DCS: anita ekberg
A runner-up in the 1951 Miss Universe pageant, Anita Ekberg was offered a “starlet’s contract” by Universal Pictures, despite speaking very little English. She was given small roles in a handful of films including Blood Alley, Hollywood or Bust and the Martin & Lewis comedy Artists and Models. However, Anita was the darling of the …
IF: resist
As much as he tried, Eddie just could not resist Linda’s brownies.
DCS: skeeter davis
Mary Frances Penick was given the nickname “Skeeter” by her grandfather because she was a bundle of energy. The outgoing youngster met Betty Jack Davis in high school and the two became best friends. Going by the name “The Davis Sisters,” Skeeter and Betty sang in school, in church and, eventually, on a Detroit radio station. …
IF: shoe
He has given us a sign! The shoe is the sign. Let us follow His example! Let us, like Him, hold up one shoe and let the other be upon our foot, for this is His sign, that all who follow Him shall do likewise.
DCS: dorothy lamour
A clerk at a Chicago Marshall Fields department store, Mary Dorothy Slaton was spotted by band leader Herbie Kay in a local talent show. Herbie introduced her to the vaudeville circuit, where she sang under the stage name “Dorothy Lamour,” a play on her stepfather’s surname of “Lambour.” Soon, Dorothy had her own fifteen minute radio show …