IF: tape
Richard Nixon — the originator of the mix tape.
Archive of entries posted by joshpincusiscrying
DCS: sharon jones
I saw Sharon Jones and her band, The Dap Kings, at one of the last Appel Farm Music and Arts Festivals in Salem County, New Jersey. Despite blistering hot temperatures, Sharon and her nattily-dressed rhythm ensemble brought the crowd to its feet with its infectious funk. Sharon’s powerful and soulful voice soared and filled the stage …
IF: spider
Remember that horrible story about beehive hair-dos?
DCS: leonard cohen
I did my best, it wasn’t much I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you And even though it all went wrong I’ll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
IF: aquatic
Before Steve Zissou lived his life aquatic, Mike Nelson did it first.
DCS: kay kendall
What was that magical power Rex Harrison had over women? This is the third story I’ve presented about a woman who was obsessed with the late actor. Kay Kendall appeared in both comedies and dramas, including a Golden Globe-winning performance in 1957 musical Les Girls, opposite Gene Kelly. She had a lengthy romance with Charlie …
IF: steam
A dancer since the age of five, Carol Haney left her native New Bedford, Massachusetts for Hollywood. She was spotted by choreographer Jack Cole in some bit parts and was hired as his partner in the middle 1940s. Soon, she paired up with the great Gene Kelly as his assistant choreographer on such classic MGM musicals …
DCS: lupe vélez
Lupe Velez got her show business start singing and dancing in Mexican vaudeville in the 1920s. She was recommended to American theater director Richard Bennett (father of actress Joan Bennett) by a friend who had seen her perform. Bennett needed an actress to play a Mexican cantina singer for a play he was staging and Lupe fit …
IF: stripes
“Do these stripes make my ass look felonious?”
inktober 2016: week five (and a little bit more)
Okay. Okay. Last one…. really. Here is my final Inktober 2016 drawing. I’ll tell you once. Won’t tell you twice. You better wise up, Janet Weiss.