“It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way around.”
-Mary Pickford #BOTD
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A white sleeveless T-Shirt on which is written in black pen the following: Open T shirt to Derek Jarman from Vivienne Westwood JUBILEE I had been to see it once and thought it the most boring and therefore disgusting film I had ever seen. I went to see it again for afterall, hadn’t you pointed your nose in the right direction? Rather than I deal with spectacular crap as other film makers do, you had looked at something here & now of absolute relevance to anybody in England with a brain still left let’s call it soul. I first tried very hard to listen to every word spoken in the flashbacks to Eliz. I. What were you saying? Eliz: ‘This vision exceedeth by far all expectation. Such an abstract never before I spied.’ And so she went on – fal de ray la lu lullay the day! And John Dee spoke ‘poetry’ according to Time Out (those old left overs from a radio programme, involving a panel of precocious Sixth formers, called “Cabbages & Kings”, whose maturity concerns being rather left from a position of safety) though even now I can remember no distinguishing phrase from amongst the drone, only the words, ‘Down down down’ (Right on)! And Ariel who flashed the sun in a mirror, & considered a diamond & had great contact lenses: ‘Consider the world’s diversity & worship it. By denying its multiplicity you deny your own true nature. Equality prevails not for god but for man’s sake.’ Consider that! What an insult to my VIRILITY! I am punk man! And as you use the valves you give to punks as a warning, am I supposed to see old Elizabeth’s england as some state of grace? Well, I’d rather consider that all this grand stuff and looking at diamonds is something to do with a gay (which you are) boy’s love of dressing up & playing at charades. (Does he have a cock between his legs or doesn’t he? Kinda thing)…
Vivienne Westwood, #botd 1941.
Here’s her ‘Open T-Shirt’ to Jarman after she watched ‘Jubilee’.
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Mary Pickford, #botd, and Douglas Fairbanks placing their footprints in the forecourt at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
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Sonja Henie #BOTD was on all the major airline's blacklist, and not allowed to travel with any of them. Henie once had a tantrum, and threw hot coffee in the face of a hostess because she was denied another alcoholic beverage on a TWA flight.
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“When you write a song, most of the words you use are in black and white, and then, from time to time, you use one that’s in color. These words in color are a part of ourselves, because we give them a meaning. If you like, we give them a third dimension.”
-Jacques Brel #BOTD
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‘La Doña’ María Félix nació en este día en el 1914. #botd #MariaBonita
"I don't think I'm the Queen Bee... I am the Queen Bee."
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Headline Act: Premier Jester
Blending everything from nu-metal and deathcore to techno and EDM check out more about Premiere Jester in our feature!
moshville.co.uk/feature/botd...
#metal #heavymetal #EDM #crossover #HeadlineAct #BotD #BandOfTheDay #MoshvilleTimes
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Celebrating Walter Connolly, born April 8, in 1887
Over 45 roles incl Libeled Lady, Nothing Sacred, Broadway Bill, Twentieth Century, Too Hot to Handle, Fifth Avenue Girl, The Good Earth - & of course Ellie's father in It Happened One Night!
#botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/walter-connolly
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BTS on the set of Hot Ones, posing with Sean at the table.
Yoongi 😂
#방탄소년단 #BTS #DailyBTS #DailyBangtan #BOTD #BangtanOfTheDay
Src: x.com/firstwefeast...
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Take the Day Off! Today is the International Holiday in Honor of María Félix. Octavio Paz said she was "free like the wind, she disperses the clouds, or illuminates them with the lightning flash of her gaze." All Hail the Mexican Screen Goddess.
#botd #MaríaFélix #FilmSky #MovieSky #CinemaSky
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#BOTD 1914
María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña: Mexican actress and singer. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s and 1950s.
www.theguardian.com/news/2002/ap...
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"This thing that we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down."
Celebrating Mary Pickford born April 8, in 1892 - Movie Star & Film Pioneer.
Over 245 roles, produced over 30 films, and co-founded United Artists.
#botd
http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/mary-pickford/
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A movie industry pioneer, a talented actor. Here’s to Mary Pickford, born on April 8, 1892. #botd “The girl with the curls”
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8 Classic Movie Birthdays Today 4/8 incl Mary Pickford, Sonja Henie, John Gavin, Walter Connolly (pictured in that order), plus Marion Mack and more. #botd
Full List: www.classicmoviehub.com/database/births/month/ap...
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Morning #bird
A Black Phoebe perching on his favorite Acacia tree; early morning at the Gilbert Riparian area in Gilbert AZ.
#birdphotography #photography #birding #birds #wildlifephotography #botd #birdoftheday #BlackHeads
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Kingsolver’s widely read books formed a literary landscape from the 1990s to the present day. It’s a place readers know they’ll find eloquent descriptions of the things they value: like ethical com- passion, empathetic perspectives, and paths toward something that feels like home. Several literary committees have praised Kingsolver’s writing. In 2000, The Poisonwood Bible received the Indies Choice Book Award for Adult Fiction. Her mixture of memoir and journalism, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle earned the 2008 James Beard Award for Literary Writing. And in 2023, Kingsolver’s novel Demon Copperhead was recognized with the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Photo of author Barbara Kingsolver, circa 2023 Image source: Orion Magazine
“Everything you're sure is right can be wrong in another place."
-American storyteller Barbara Kingsolver, born on this day in 1955
#WriterSky #BookSky #BeanTrees #AnimalDreams #ThePoisonwoodBible #DemonCopperhead #BOTD
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Film still from 2001: A Space Odyssey showing of a closeup of Keir Dullea in a space helmet staring out in wonder, with streaks of light falling across his face. The headline is "Douglas Trumbull showed us the future."
As visual effects supervisor, Trumbull, #botd in 1942, gave us a visceral look at the future in films such as 2001, Close Encounters, Star Trek and Blade Runner. As a director, he also focused on sci-fi with Silent Running and his last film, the tragic production of Brainstorm.
#filmsky #moviesky
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#BOTD in 1920 was British sociologist Thomas Bottomore. He bridged the gap between Marxist theory and democratic realism, dissecting social hierarchies to make sense of our modern class struggles.
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Happy birthday to Vivienne Westwood 🎬 🎂☕🎈
From punk rock roots with the Sex Pistols to red carpet icon, she dressed culture itself. Designer, disruptor, legend—serving looks louder than any soundtrack. #BOTD #VivienneWestwood #Fashion
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Sepia photo of Seymour Hersh, photo by Giorgio Montersino. The headline is "Sisyphus and Seymour Hersh" The text below is "On Hersh's birthday, let us recall that only 11% of Americans approved of the William Calley guilty verdict in 1971."
Hersh, #botd in 1937, broke the story of My Lai, and while estimates of deaths varied, it was a measurably horrific war crime...and yet. So bad news: Many look the other way at Trump crimes. Good news (sorta): We've always done that! Just gotta keep trying.
#booksky #writers #journalism
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#BOTD April 8, 1917 #MorrisEngel - a self portrait by the American photographer, cinematographer and filmmaker. Born to immigrant parents from Lithuania. In 1935 he enrolled in a class at the New York Photo League, a group dedicated to raising social consciousness through documentary photography.
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Kingsolver has a new book coming out in October: Partita, also set in Appalachia.
#booksky #writers #botd
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Schaap had three things that a good jazz historian needs: a father who was a jazz historian, a home in Queens that was walking distance to the homes of some of the greatest jazz musicians who ever lived, and an encyclopedic memory. Around the age of six, Schaap also had the curiosity and confidence to go to the musicians’ homes, knock on their doors, and ask them about the music they played.
When Schaap was five, he met Jo Jones, a drummer for Count Basie’s orchestra. Jones asked the little boy if he knew of Prince Robinson and Schaap talked about Robinson playing tenor sax with McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – a jazz group that formed and played decades before Schaap was born. After that, Jones became an occasional baby sitter for Schaap, who eagerly listened to the drummer’s stories about Count Basie, other musicians, and the music they made. About 10 years later, during the subway strike of 1966, Schaap somehow managed to get a ride into the city with Count Basie himself, who was amazed to hear stories he knew – and a few he didn’t – about his own band. Jazz drummer and composer Max Roach told the New York Times “There isn’t anyone in the country who knows more about this music than Schaap does. He knows more about us than we know about ourselves.”
Schaap went to Columbia to study history and he became a disc-jockey, hosting a jazz show for the University’s radio station. He also helped New York’s West End Club book jazz musicians – some of the same people who opened their doors to him when he was little. Many had stopped working as musicians, but resumed playing when asked by Schaap. He said “They were my friends, my teachers. They were geniuses.”
His writing about jazz connected musical styles and musicians in new and unexpected ways. It wasn’t long before Schaap became an in-demand jazz educator and speaker. He taught graduate-level jazz courses at Columbia, Rutgers, and Julliard. He also worked behind the scenes cleaning up old jazz recordings. For his engineering and production work, Schaap was nominated for eleven Grammy Awards. He won seven.
It is the birthday in 1951 of the respected jazz historian Phil Schaap. His story is like no other.
#MusicSky #Jazz #Swing #CountBasie #Bird #Bebop #Radio #Columbia #Rutgers #Julliard #Grammy #History #BOTD
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The man himself, performing his powerful ballad "Amsterdam" (also covered by Bowie)
You don't need to understand French to be moved by Jacques Brel's gut-wrenching performance.
#musicsky #BOTD
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