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Bob Dylan and Barbara Rubin photographed by Daniel Kramer in Princeton, 1964.

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rrrick · 24 days

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#allen ginsberg #my gif #barbara rubin

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davidhudson · 11 months

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Andy Warhol’s Elvis, Barbara Rubin, and Bob Dylan at the Silver Factory in 1965.

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legendarytragedynacho · 3 months

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The Factory days

On Couch L to R: Gerard Malanga, Nico, Donovan, Barbara Rubin. Behind couch L to R: John Cale, Danny Williams, Sterling Morrison, Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, Moe Tucker and someone behind Lou and Andy

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Source: Barbara Rubin Film IG

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ray-rabies · 2 years

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Filmmaker Barbara Rubin and John Cale with Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable 1966

#Barbara Rubin #John Cale #The Velvet Underground #The Exploding Plastic Inevitable #Andy Warhol #60s #1960s #sharing a blanket on the bus #JohnCale

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atlas-to-thelighthouse · 2 years

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mthguy · 20 days

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Stephen Sondheim’s Follies

The legendary 1985 concert performance of Stephen Sondheim's acclaimed musical Follies was presented by the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center.

The thrilling - and possibly historic - New York Philharmonic concert version of Follies presented at Avery Fisher Hall was a reunion of sorts, albeit one with a happier ending. To cast this all too transitory event, the producer Thomas Z. Shepard brought together veterans of Sondheim musicals stretching from the 1964 Anyone Can Whistle to Sunday in the Park With George - among them, Lee Remick, Elaine Stritch, George Hearn, Liz Callaway and Mandy Patinkin. They were joined by other stellar musical-comedy hands who exemplify the Broadway heyday whose passing Follies mourns - Barbara Cook, Carol Burnett, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Once this company paraded before the orchestra to the glittering melody of the opening song, ''Beautiful Girls,'' it was impossible to separate the fictional show-biz reunion dramatized in Follies from the real one unfolding on stage. The audience, more than willing to let the distinction slide, simply erupted into pandemonium.

The cheering rarely subsided thereafter, and not without reason. Mr. Shepard assembled this evening to record the complete Follies score, which was mangled on its original Broadway cast album. Although there were still a few elisions (mainly of dance music) in the concert, this version was as complete, gorgeously sung and sumptuously played as Mr. Sondheim or his fans could wish. But there were other reasons for the thunderous response as well. Even in concert, Follies proved much more than merely a star-studded recording session. The performance made the case that this Broadway musical can take its place among our musical theater's very finest achievements. (Frank Rich, The New York Times)

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thebrownees · 4 months

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Eleanor and Frank Perry's last movie together was their best, a wonderful adaptation of Sue Kaufman's "Diary of a Mad Housewife".

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papermoonloveslucy · 1 year

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LEAVE THE DRIVING TO US!

Lucy & Busses

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles - but what about busses? When all other forms of transportation failed, there was always reliable bus transportation to rely upon.

In May 1944, the St. Louis (MO) Public Service Company issued bus passes with film promotion for the Lucille Ball motion picture Meet the People co-starring Dick Powell. Such ads on bus passes were not uncommon in larger cities.

Busses were common forms of transportation for touring theatrical performers, including Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra. In early July 1947 they performed in Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin before hitting the road for Akron, Ohio. At the last minute, Arnaz and his brother-in-law, Fred Ball, the band manager, decided to fly to Detroit to see Lucy’s play Dream Girl, while the rest of the orchestra traveled to Akron by bus. Disaster struck as the Checkerway Charter Coach driver James O’Brien fell asleep at the wheel. A westbound truck driver tried to swerve out of the way but couldn’t avoid the out-of-control bus. Nearly everyone inside was hurt - some seriously. The two band members who took Desi’s and Freddy’s regular seats up front were hurt the worst.

THE (BUS) TOUR

“The Tour” (1955) ~ Possibly the most famous example of Lucy and busses came in this memorable episode of “I Love Lucy” when Lucy and Ethel take a bus tour of Hollywood and Beverly Hills while Ricky has lunch with Richard Widmark. This episode integrated studio-shot footage, second unit location filming of the bus in Beverly Hills, and actor doubles. We see Lucy and Ethel boarding the bus (#134) and later walking towards what is supposed to be Richard Widmark’s house, but was in actuality the Arnaz mansion on Roxbury Drive.

They board a Tanner Gray Line Motor Tour, which was an actual guided tour at the time. The Gray Line still operates sightseeing bus tours to this day.

Once aboard, the interior of the bus was recreated in the studio. The tour bus driver was played by Benny Rubin. Other passengers include Barbara Pepper (who takes the seat Lucy wanted), Audrey Bentz (the large woman who sits on Lucy), Vivian’s stand-in Renita Reachi, Desi’s stand-in Bennett Green, and Lucy’s future stand-in Joan Carey are also aboard.

LUCY: Pardon me, this seat is taken. PEPPER (not moving): It sure is, honey.

The tour bus route as it appears today, thanks to Google Earth!

“Lucy Moves To NBC” (1980) ~ The special opens with a tour bus covering the very same route as in “The Tour”. Lucille Ball (playing herself) gets off the bus and we realize she has hitched a ride home!

“Lucy Gets Lucky” (1975) ~ Lucy Collins takes the bus to Las Vegas to see her favorite star, Dean Martin. The bus lets her off at the MGM Grand, but Lucy’s budget has her staying at the less glamorous Cactus Flower Motel.

Stone Pillow (1985) ~ When Florabelle is mistakenly herded onto a bus to the Brooklyn shelter, an overweight woman accidentally sits on her. A similar thing happened in “The Tour” in 1955, when Lucy Ricardo was switching seats on a bus tour of the movie stars’ homes.

SPEAKING OF BUSSES...

“Fred and Ethel Fight” (1952) ~ While trying to repair the Mertzes’ relationship, Lucy and Ricky fight and Ricky leaves. She schemes how to get him back.

ETHEL: I'll call up Ricky and tell him you've been run over by a bus. LUCY: Run over by a bus? Well, that seems rather drastic. ETHEL: Oh, we'll only pretend. Have you got plenty of adhesive tape and bandages in the house? LUCY: Well, that all depends. ETHEL: On what? LUCY: On what kind of a bus I get hit by, local or express. I hope you got the number of the bus that hit me.

“Getting Ready” (1954) ~ No sooner has Lucy agreed to take the train to Hollywood, she re-considers. She peruses the bus schedule, which has been redacted to obscure the brand name: Greyhound.

“Tennessee Ernie Hangs On” (1954) ~ When ‘Cousin’ Ernie visits, he refuses to accept a bus ticket home. The episode becomes about how to get Ernie on the bus home without hurting his pride.

RICKY: Get a load of this. LUCY: What is it? RICKY: This is a bus ticket to Bent Fork. LUCY: He won't take it.

“California, Here We Come!” (1955) ~ Just before the gang leave for California, Lucy’s mother (Kathryn Card) shows up unexpectedly. How did she get there from Jamestown?

Mrs. McGillicuddy: I took the bus. It let me off right in front of the door. Lucy: Wait a minute. The bus doesn't come down this street. Mrs. McGillicuddy: That's what the bus driver tried to tell me.

“Visitor from Italy” (1956) ~ Mario (Jay Novello), a Venitian gondolier they met on their trip to Europe, shows up on the Ricardos’ doorstep looking for his brother. He refuses to accept bus fare to San Francisco, where they believe his brother has gone.

RICKY: (Returning home) Well, that's that. LUCY: You get him on the bus? RICKY: Yep. He's on his way to San Francisco. I stayed there until the bus pulled out.

The doorbell rings. It is Mario’s brother. He’s been visiting a sick friend - Sam Franceso, not in San Francisco. Of course, the episode is best known for Lucy making pizza.

“Lucy and Superman” (1957) ~ Carolyn Appleby (Doris Singleton) tells Lucy and Ricky about the film they saw starring Marilyn Monroe. Although the title is never mentioned, it is clearly a description of Bus Stop, also starring Don Murray. It was released in August 1956, two and a half months before this episode was filmed. The story, from a play by William Inge, takes place primarily at a desolate bus stop cafe.

“Lucy Meets Sheldon Leonard” (1967) ~ Lucy's excuse for being late to work is that the smog was so thick she couldn't find the bus.

“Lucy and Viv Reminisce” (1968) ~ Instead of flying her out, cheapskate Mr. Mooney sends Viv a bus ticket to travel 3,000 miles to come and nurse Lucy when she breaks her leg.

“Leave The Driving To Us” ~ was the advertising slogan of the Greyhound Bus Company. It was first used in 1956 and appeared for the next 40 years. It was used as a punchline in “Lucy the Laundress” (1970), “Lucy Helps Craig Get a Driver’s License” (1969) and “Lucy and the Used Car Dealer” (1969).

BUS SPOTTING

1940 ~ A New York City bus passes by the Roxy Theatre where Desi Arnaz was performing when he eloped with Lucille Ball.

1955 ~ “Lucy Visits Grauman’s” includes stock footage of a bus passing by Grauman’s Chinese theater, where the Clark Gable / Jane Russell film The Tall Men was premiering.

1957 ~ “Lucy and Superman” includes a rare insert shot of the street below the ledge where Lucy intends to ‘crash’ Little Ricky’s birthday party as Superman. This view shows a city bus stopping outside 623 East 68th Street. This disproves Lucy’s assertion to her mother in 1955′s “California Here We Come” that the bus doesn’t come down their street!

1957 ~ In “Lucy Wins a Racehorse” a bus unloads passengers headed into Roosevelt Raceway in this establishing footage.

1958 - Busses in the distance line up to go through customs headed in and out of Tijuana in “Lucy Goes To Mexico”. This second unit footage was shot on location using actor doubles.

1966 ~ The iconic double-decker busses of London crowd Picadilly Circus in this establishing footage from “Lucy in London”, a special shot on location.

SPECIAL BUS ROUTES

“I Love Lucy Comics” (1961) ~ “The School Bus” has Little Ricky missing the bus!

“Lucy is a Process Server” (1964) ~ Tracking Mr. Mooney to the train station, a bedraggled Lucy passes a winter-themed travel poster for Greyhound.

2013 ~ A Toronto sightseeing bus is wrapped with advertising for an “I Love Lucy” stage show.

Busses for the “Lucytown Tours” in Jamestown NY stop at the Lucy-Desi Museum.

The Rat Race (2011) ~ In the film, Cuba Gooding Jr. drives a tour bus full of Lucy look-a-likes!

In a scene deleted from the film (but included on the DVD extras), the bus-load of Lucys encounter a tour bus full of Rickys!

Finally, the most famous bus driver on television, Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason) makes a cameo appearance at the end of “Lucy Visits Jack Benny” (1968). It seems money-hungry Benny charges busses of tourists to tour his Palm Springs home. The tour includes a hamburger or hot dog. Bus driver Kramden opts for a hamburger with dollar bill lettuce!

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littlemisslikestoread · 4 months

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January's TBR booklist

Happy New Year Everyone!

So this year(like all others), I'm going to set an ambitious target of books(to read around 200) that I plan to complete by the end of 2024. In order to hold myself accountable, I'm going to post a list of books that I plan to read each month here, and share my thoughts on each of them(hopefully).

So here it is:-

1.Demon Copperhead By Barbara Kingsolver

2. To The Lighthouse By Virginia Woolf

3.A Tree Grows In Brooklyn By Betty Smith

4.On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous By Ocean Vuong

5. Normal People By Sally Rooney

6. The Woman Destroyed By Simone De Beauvoir

7. Between The World And Me By Ta-Nehisi Coates

8. Catch-22 By Joeseph Heller

9. The Bell Jar By Sylvia Plath

10.Fasting, Feasting By Anita Desai

11. No Longer Human By Osamu Dazai

12. 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teenagers By Sean Covey

13. Letters To A Young Poet By Rainer Maria Rilke

14.Prophet Song By Paul Lynch

15.Exteriors By Annie Ernaux

16.The Creative Act: A Way Of Being By Rick Rubin

17. Becoming By Michelle Obama

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hobosailorrr · 1 year

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Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Barbara Rubin, Bob Dylan, and Daniel Kramer, backstage 1964

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rrrick · 3 months

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a-typical · 6 months

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I asked Brom (A retired brigadier general who works at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv.) if it's true that Israeli arms companies use the fact that their products have been tested on Palestinians to gain international business. "Of course," he replied. "Why not? Marketing [professionals] try to use any advantage and if they can use the advantage that this system was tested operationally and it worked, they will of course use it for marketing."

"It is legitimate because the Vietnam War sold a lot of weapons," he said. "War usually sells weapons. But this is not to say that Israel is seeking war in order to sell weapons." (Uzi Rubin, a founder of Arrow, an Israeli anti-ballistic missiles program, is now a researcher at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies in Bar-Ilan University near Tel Aviv.)

"I'm talking about using the electromagnetic spectrum or high-powered microwaves to get people dizzy," she said. "If you're dizzy you lose your balance. You know, I'd rather people just get an upset stomach and really just have to have diarrhea right in the middle of a demonstration or puke their guts out than to be killed." (Barbara Opall-Rome has spent a few decades covering Israel for DefenseNews, a trade magazine for arms manufacturers.)

[Their] comments reveal much about the sadistic mentality of Israel's weapons-makers and their promoters. For them, Palestinians are not human beings worthy of respect but subjects in one cruel experiment after another.

#Palestine #free palestine #free gaza #gaza #west bank #israel #palestinians #cw violence #israel military

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drrubinspomade · 1 month

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#barbara stanwyck

STILL ROCKIN’.

We post glorious pinups like this one all day, every day! If you dig this pic we’ve found online, u should investigate the creator/subjects of the work and fan them, follow them, hire them.

If you’d like us to remove, or you know who made this so that we can credit, DM. Thanks and greetings from Los Angeles.

YOU ARE THE LIGHT

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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 6 months

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Bidenomics: Economic growth and UAW strike victories.

Remember that time when the media told us that Joe Biden would cause Democrats to lose in 2022 and 2024 because gas was $5.00 a gallon? Republicans branded the inflationary economy as “Bidenomics.” In a deft move—similar to the “Dark Brandon” meme—Joe Biden turned the taunt on its head to describe the astounding performance of the economy during his tenure.

While the ability of US presidents to influence job growth, inflation, and GDP is vastly overrated, Joe Biden is one president who can rightfully claim some credit for an improved economy. His administration has actively intervened in economic crises, invested heavily in the economy, and inserted itself into labor disputes.

Late last week and over the weekend, Biden—and the American people—received terrific news about the growth of the economy and the settlement of a UAW strike against a manufacturer and two suppliers. Jennifer Rubin wrote about the UAW strike settlement in her WaPo op-ed, Opinion | Labor wins bolster Biden’s strategy. (Accessible to all.)

Rubin writes:

Only a few weeks ago, Republicans, pro-business groups and some pundits chided the United Auto Workers for being greedy in their contract demands. They criticized President Biden for walking a picket line with workers. However, with the announcement on Wednesday of a tentative agreement on a generous new contract between Ford and the UAW (followed by word that the UAW was closing in on deals with two other companies), the union’s leadership will reap credit for aggressive bargaining and targeting excessive CEO salaries. Biden will get kudos for helping working Americans maximize earnings. Given Biden’s emphasis on building the economy from the “bottom up and the middle out,” these deals signal some success in addressing the enormous disparity between the salaries of CEOs and ordinary workers. Moreover, Biden’s assertion that he is the most pro-union president in history allows him to claim a measure of credit for substantial increases in workers’ take-home pay. In short, these big union wins bolster the perception that “Bidenomics” is delivering as promised.

Biden took a risk by “going all in” with the UAW—a political risk that paid off for UAW workers—and all workers in general by highlighting the disparity between pay for CEOs and line workers.

And more good news arrived last week. Although Jennifer Rubin also covers the administration’s announcement regarding GDP growth, I include below a description of that good news from Indivisible Santa Barbara’s weekly newsletter. (You can subscribe here.) The newsletter covers several important topics (hence, the title to this week’s newsletter: To h*ll with thoughts and prayers!), but I recommend the section of the newsletter that addresses the frustrating disconnect between the strong economic performance under Biden and public opinion about the economy. Most importantly, Santa Barbara Indivisible suggests an action step you can take to help close that perception gap:

The U.S. economy continues to look remarkably good under the current administration. A recent jobs report shows that the economy continues to add jobs at record rates, more than 13.9 million since President Joe Biden took office. This week we received the stunning news of economic growth at an annual pace of 4.9% in the third quarter of this year, putting the U.S. at the forefront of the world economy. In addition, inflation is back down to 2.4% (close to the Fed’s target of 2%). And yet poll after poll indicates that Americans continue to believe that the economy is poor and many believe it was better under Trump, despite all evidence to the contrary. This stark contrast between perceptions and reality behooves all of us to use our social media and contacts with friends and neighbors to spread good news about the economic accomplishments of the Biden administration.

Take action: Learn about REACH, the Democrats’ new training program for “relational organizing” through communications with family and friends.

The REACH event mentioned at the end of the newsletter refers to a “sharebank” organizing program “built around a simple principle: that our supporters are the best advocates with the closest people in their lives.” Help spread the word about Joe Biden’s tremendous successes to your family and friends! Check out the REACH sharebanks!

[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

#Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter #Robert B. Hubbell #US Economy #Economic growth #UAW

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5 years ago (edited)That is not from `64. As the film continues to roll to the 1:29 mark, you can see that it is clearly The Velvet Underground filmed at the Annual Dinner of the New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry at Delmonico's Hotel in New York City which transpired on January 13, 1966. As a separate matter, it was indeed filmed by Jonas Mekas on 16mm film. Even though Warhol was allegedly familiar with The Velvet Undeground for a while according to a `80 POPism article by Pat Hackett, Gerard Malanga ( via Barbara Rubin ) did not make the formal introduction to Andy and Paul Morrisey until sometime in the very late part of `65 ( December ) at Cafe Bizarre. As an aside, Nico did not meet the Warhol crowd until there was an introduction made by Brian Jones in 1965.

#the velvet underground #jonas mekas #Youtube

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