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heather-b · 2 years

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Hey guys 💖 I've been studying Astrology since 2011 and within the last 3 years or so, I've seen a lot of social media "astrologers" downplay the importance of the Sun sign, especially in favor of less prominent placements (Moon, Rising, Mercury, Venus, Mars, North Node, Chart Ruler/s, etc). So I'd like to go over why the Sun is the most prominent placement in ones birth chart. Obviously, you are your entire chart, but the Sun is the most important placement.

• Your Sun is your Soul sign. In Latin languages, the word Sun is Sol, Sole, Soleil, etc.

• The sun is who you are at your core; the heart of who you are. Leo is ruled by the Sun, and the body part that Leo rules is the heart. In Latin languages, the word Heart is CORazón, Cuore, Cœur, etc. (Like "core").

• The Sun is the center of all the planets, and is the biggest influence on life being able to exist on earth. The Sun is what allows us to live our lives everyday, experience new things, learn life lessons, etc.

• Great astrologers of our modern times, such as B. R. Taylor, William Meader, Santos Bonacci, and William Schreib, as well as ancient astrologers like Julius Firmicus Maternus, all say that the Sun sign is the most important placement in a birth chart.

• All of your major life lessons that you experience and re-experience come from your Sun sign.

• Because your Sun sign is who you are in your purest, most raw form, your other planets are like filters over the Sun sign, adding unique lenses and qualities that specify your gifts, shortcomings, and lessons in life, while your houses are areas and situations in life that you'll find yourself in.

2. For those who say the Moon sign is the most important placement:

• Your Moon sign is your second most important placement. Traditionally, the Moon is how you process your emotions. Your moon does not determine the quality or quantity of your emotions and feelings as that is determined by your Sun sign (who you are at your core). Your Moon sign tells you in which way you will process and express those emotions you have. Esoterically, the Moon sign represents your major liabilities in life, and this tends to come out more as you get older. Your Moon sign is very telling in which areas of your life you need to pay more attention to and heal/fix.

For those who say the Rising sign is the most important placement:

• Your Rising sign is the third most important placement. Traditionally, the Rising sign is the sign of your body and subconscious. Your Rising sign determines your bone structure as well as your gait/walking style (the Rising doesn't rule facial appearances, however, as that is ruled by the Sun sign since your face is an expression of your personality and who you are). Remember, the houses in Astrology are not personality traits like the planets are, but rather areas/situations of your life that you eventually will encounter. Esoterically, the Rising sign is the vehicle one uses to get to the higher, more evolved version of your Sun sign. It holds the key that unlocks your higher self/higher soul.

I hope this helps in understanding the importance of one's Sun sign, especially in a time where so many people are so quick to denounce or downplay their Sun sign in favor of another placement. I believe this has become trendy and cool for a few reasons - Firstly, I think because Sun sign Astrology has been the norm for decades, people want to come off like they know more than others about Astrology so they kind of ignore the Sun sign when talking about astrology, and secondly, because we live in a society that pushes us to dislike ourselves and who we truly are, which is reflected in people who don't like to acknowledge their Sun (soul) sign.

#astrology #leo #sun and moon #sagittarius rising #aires #pisces

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byneddiedingo · 2 years

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The Glass Key (Stuart Heisler, 1942) Cast: Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Bonita Granville, Joseph Calleia, Richard Denning, Frances Gifford, Donald MacBride, Margaret Hayes, Moroni Olsen, Eddie Marr, Arthur Loft, George Meader. Screenplay: Jonathan Latimer, based on a novel by Dashiell Hammett. Cinematography: Theodor Sparkuhl. Art direction: Haldane Douglas, Hans Dreier. Film editing: Archie Marshek. Music: Victor Young, Walter Scharf. There's something a little febrile about The Glass Key, and I don't just mean the movie -- it' s inherent in Dashiell Hammett's novel, too. The movie heightens it with the casting of Veronica Lake, who always seems a little out of it in her movies, on which she often clashed with directors and/or stars. And William Bendix's sadistic thug has a special menace for those of us who remember him in his familiar sitcom role, as the working-class schlub in The Life of Riley. It was a breakthrough role for Alan Ladd as the semi-conscientious right-hand man to Brian Donlevy's shady politician. Ladd gets beaten into the hospital by Bendix, where he spends a lot of time doing what he does best: flirting, in this case with the nurse. He also flirts with Lake, as the daughter of Donlevy's political rival turned ally, as well as with Bonita Granville, as Donlevy's sister, and even the wife of the corrupt newspaper publisher who wants to frame Donlevy for murder. And so on, in a reasonably faithful translation of Hammett's book that only misses the author's dryly tough prose style.

#The Glass Key #Stuart Heisler #Dick Powell #Brian Donlevy #William Bendix #Veronica Lake

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papermoonloveslucy · 7 years

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Lucy Gets Mooney Fired

S6;E9 ~ November 6, 1967

Synopsis

When there's a shortage of forty eight cents at the bank, Lucy pulls the change out of her own pocket to solve the crisis. As a result, Mr. Cheever fires Mr. Mooney. A guilt-ridden Lucy schemes to get Mr. Mooney his job back by 'gaslighting' Mr. Cheever.

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney), Roy Roberts (Harrison Winfield Cheever), Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane Lewis)

Guest Cast

Joan Swift (Joan Cosgrove) makes the fifth of her six appearances on the series. Swift also did two episodes of “Here’s Lucy.” Her final screen credit was 1975’s “Lucy Gets Lucky” with Lucille Ball and Dean Martin.

This is the third time Joan Swift has played a bank secretary, each with different names. They all, however, dress in pink. Cosgrove is the surname of Milton Berle's real-life wife Ruth and was also the surname of a character played by Doris Singleton in “Lucy and Art Linkletter” (S4;E16). However, her last name is not spoken in the dialogue.

Vanda Barra (Vanda Wilson) makes the second of her six appearances on the series. She was married to Sid Gould (who appeared in more than 45 episodes), so is Lucille Ball's cousin-in-law. She will also make 23 appearances on “Here's Lucy” as well as appearing in Ball's two 1975 TV movies “Lucy Gets Lucky” (with Dean Martin) and “Three for Two” (with Jackie Gleason).

Irwin Charone (Henry) makes the second of his five appearances on “The Lucy Show.” This is the first time he has been seen since 1963. The expressive character actor also did an equal number of “Here’s Lucy” episodes. He died in January 2016 in Maplewood, New Jersey, at the age of 93.

Joan Carey (Bank Clerk, uncredited, above left) was a regular background performer on “I Love Lucy” and “The Lucy Show,” eventually becoming Lucille Ball’s camera and lighting stand-in.

William Meader (Bank Clerk, uncredited) had appeared as an airport extra in “The Ricardos Go to Japan,” a 1959 episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.” He made many appearances on “The Lucy Show,” most times as a clerk in Mr. Mooney’s bank.

James Gonzales (Bank Clerk, uncredited) was a popular Hollywood extra who first acted with Lucille Ball in the 1953 film The Long, Long Trailer. He was previously seen on the series as Stan Williams in “Lucy Digs Up a Date” (S1;E2). He was seen in more than 20 episodes of “The Lucy Show” and 3 episodes of “Here’s Lucy.”

Judith Woodbury (Bank Clerk, uncredited) makes the last of her eight (mostly) uncredited appearances on “The Lucy Show.” She also appeared in one episode of “Here’s Lucy.”

Freda Jones (Bank Clerk, uncredited) was born in 1897 as Margaret Malloy. This is one of 25 screen credits. She was 70 years old when she made her only appearance on the series.

Other bank clerks are played by uncredited background performers.

This episode was filmed on September 21, 1967.

Lucy and Mary Jane watch Gaslight (1944) on TV. Lucy sums up the plot for Mary Jane: “Charles Boyer tries to convince Ingrid Bergman that she is seeing things that aren't there.” This inspires Lucy to try to make Mr. Cheever think that he is going crazy, much like the plot of the film. The movie was based on Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 play Gas Light (known in the United States as Angel Street). It inspired a 1940 British film before the 1944 Hollywood version.

This is the first time we have seen the study of Mr. Mooney's California home. The first time we saw inside his home it was his living room in “Lucy the Robot” (S4;E23).

In that episode a portrait of Mr. Mooney hung above the fireplace. Lucy (as Major Fun Fun) and Mr. Mooney's nephew Wendell threw eggs at it.

Although we are now in a different room of the house, the same portrait (in color now), is hanging over the study fireplace.

The first poem Mr. Mooney ever wrote in the third grade hinted at his future career in banking. In college Mr. Mooney was voted 'the man most likely to foreclose.' His first puppy was named Escrow.

Here are a few ways the wily Lucy tries to 'gaslight' Mr. Cheever:

She hides Mr. Cheever's lit cigarette and ashtray in his drawer.

Mr. Cheever asks for the Montgomery file and Lucy hands him the Bradshaw file telling him that is what he asked for.

She asks Mr. Cheever to sign a letter, then, after switching it with an unsigned letter, gives it to him and tells him he forgot to sign it.

Mr. Mooney makes a delivery disguised as a messenger, but Lucy claims it was a delivery boy.

Mr. Mooney returns as a window washer. When Mr. Cheever asks Lucy if the man looked like Mr. Mooney to her, she replies “What man?”

Lucy reads back the letter Mr. Cheever just dictated but when she does so it is a letter to his mother about his guilt over firing Mr. Mooney.

For the big finish, Lucy puts a cold compress over Mr. Cheever's eyes and gives him earplugs so he can rest. Meanwhile, Lucy transforms the office:

She turns the walls psychedelic, and replaces the small fern with a huge one;

She replaces George Washington's portrait with a similar one featuring Mr. Mooney as George Washington;

And she dresses as a rabbit!

Mr. Mooney enters as Mrs. Callucci, an old Italian cleaning lady singing “O Solo Mio!” Mr. Mooney does one of his famous cartwheels as he exits in full drag. Overwhelmed, Mr. Cheever finally relents and re-hires Mr. Mooney to save his sanity.

The underscoring throughout the 'gaslighting' makes extensive use of the Theremin, an instrument that was frequently used in sci-fi and fantasy films.

Callbacks!

“Lucy and the Dummy” (ILL S5;E3) also made extensive use of the Theremin in the underscoring. During Lucy Ricardo's imaginings of Hollywood fame at the expense of her family life, a Theremin was heard, giving the sequence a dreamy, surreal quality. Over the final credits, the announcer says: “Theremin effects by Dr. Samuel Hoffman.“ At the time, Hoffman was the 'go-to’ man for this sort of thing. He went on to play Theremin in dozens of Hollywood films like Hitchcock’s Spellbound, as well as for Lucille Ball and Bob Hope’s 1950 comedy Fancy Pants. Sadly his career on the instrument ended with the invention of an electronic Theremin in 1959, which is likely what was used here.

The stars of Gaslight (1944) were Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer. Boyer memorably met Lucy Ricardo in Paris in “Lucy Meets Charles Boyer” (ILL S5;E19). Bergman won an Oscar for her role and Boyer was nominated but lost to Barry Fitzgerald in Going My Way.

Blooper Alerts!

Portrait Placement! The portrait of George Washington has returned to the wall behind Mr. Mooney's desk for plot purposes. It was last seen in “Lucy Gets Trapped” (S6;E2). The skyline painting was back the next week.

Where The Floor Ends! The camera pulls back too far when Lucy is hopping across the office and we can see where the office carpet meets the cement soundstage floor. This is a frequent occurrence on “The Lucy Show.”

Gravity Wins! When Lucy rips off her blue skirt to and puts it on the side table, it immediately slides off onto the floor.

“Lucy Gets Mooney Fired” rates 3 Paper Hearts out of 5

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frankenpagie · 5 years

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8.22.19

#letterboxd #watched #film #man made monster #george waggner #lionel atwill #lon chaney jr #anne nagel #frank albertson #samuel s. hinds #william b. davidson #ben taggart #constance bergen #ivan miller #chester gan #george meader

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classicfilmfan64 · 3 years

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This is a good one and it is on DVD and BluRay.

THE GLASS KEY Paramount, 1942. Directed by Stuart Heisler. Camera: Theodor Sparkuhl. With Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd, Bonita Granville, Richard Denning, Joseph Calleia, William Bendix, Frances Gifford, Donald MacBride, Margaret Hayes, Moroni Olsen, Eddie Marr, Arthur Loft, George Meader, Pat O'Malley, Ed Pell, Sr., James Millican, Jack Mulhall.

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mycrazystrangeworld · 5 years

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It has been a long hiatus, though to me it didn’t seem to be one. Time flies. June and July have flied by so fast, and I can’t keep up, shit things happening one after the other, and I’m still coping… But it’s a process. I’m functioning now enough to write and interact on this blog.

As I promised, this first post is a list of June releases (from June 3rd) and the reviews I found about them until now. You’re all welcome to let me know if you have a review that I forgot to add.

Since July is also over, I’m also sharing this month’s books and reviews.

As always, updating is constantly happening, if you know about a book or have a review, just let me know! 😉

Welcome back on Swift Coffee, everyone!

For the newbies (welcome 😘): if you don’t yet know what this is all about: I’m posting a list every Monday of the books that get released during the current week. I also include other people’s reviews about them! I try to do a blog hop from time to time and spread the word about this feature, but I obviously can’t find every review that’s related, so a sign that you have one would be very much appreciated! Every review is eligible that is written about a book published on the week in question, even if it was written before said week!

So… one question remains:

Would you like to join the ride?

It’s very easy!

These are the rules:

To be featured, you don’t have to do anything else, but to leave a comment below this post, or contact me by any other way, and let me know you have a review. A link to it makes it easier, but if you only say your review comes out on x day of the week, that’s okay as well, I’ll watch out for it! Following me is not a must, but I appreciate it very much, if you do! 🙂

I continuously update this post according to your infos/comments, and I share it again every time I’ve made an update.

The book you reviewed don’t have to be from the list here, if it’s not listed, but published this week, I’ll add the book, too!

You can also send me a review for next week, because these posts are scheduled! 😉

Books Published in June:

‘After the End’ by Clare Mackintosh mystery/thriller

‘All the Missing Girls’ by Megan Miranda mystery

‘A Merciful Promise’ by Kendra Elliot mystery/romantic suspense

‘A Nearly Normal Family’ by M.T. Edvardsson, Rachel Willson-Broyles (Translation) mystery/thriller

‘Ayesha at Last’ by Uzma Jalaluddin romance

‘Beyond Āsanas: The Myths and Legends behind Yogic Postures’ by Pragya Bhatt, Joel Koechlin (Photographer)

‘Bound to the Battle God’ by Ruby Dixon fantasy/romance

‘Briar and Rose and Jack’ by Katherine Coville middle grade

‘Bunny’ by Mona Awad horror

‘City of Girls’ by Elizabeth Gilbert historical fiction

‘Close to Home’ by Cate Ashwood M M romance

‘Dear Wife’ by Kimberly Belle mystery/thriller

‘Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life and Work’ by Victoria Ortiz non-fiction/middle grade

‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ by Taffy Brodesser-Akner contemporary

‘Five Midnights’ by Ann Dávila Cardinal horror

‘Fix Her Up’ by Tessa Bailey romance

‘Fixing the Fates: A Memoir’ by Diane Dewey non-fiction

‘Ghosts of the Shadow Market’ YA fantasy

‘Gun Island’ by Amitav Ghosh cultural/India/historical fiction

‘If Only’ by Melanie Murphy

‘Just One Bite’ by Jack Heath mystery/thriller

‘Like a Love Story’ by Abdi Nazemian YA/LGBT

‘Magic for Liars’ by Sarah Gailey fantasy/mystery

‘More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)’ by Elaine Welteroth non-fiction

‘Mrs. Everything’ by Jennifer Weiner historical fiction

‘Mostly Dead Things’ by Kristen Arnett contemporary/LGBT

‘Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune’ by Roselle Lim contemporary/romance

‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ by Ocean Vuong poetry

‘Rapture’ by Lauren Kate YA fantasy

‘Recursion’ by Blake Crouch science fiction

‘Searching for Sylvie Lee’ by Jean Kwok mystery

‘Somewhere Close to Happy’ by Lia Louis romance

‘Sorcery of Thorns’ by Margaret Rogerson fantasy

‘Storm and Fury’ by Jennifer L. Armentrout fantasy

‘Summer of ’69’ by Elin Hilderbrand historical fiction

‘Sweet Tea and Secrets’ by Joy Avon cozy mystery

‘Teeth in the Mist’ by Dawn Kurtagich horror

‘The Accidental Girlfriend’ by Emma Hart romance

‘The Bookshop on the Shore’ by Jenny Colgan contemporary/women’s fiction

‘The First Mistake’ by Sandie Jones thriller

‘The Friends We Keep’ by Jane Green women’s fiction

‘The Friend Zone’ by Abby Jimenez contemporary/romance

‘The Girl in Red’ by Christina Henry fantasy/horror

‘The Haunted’ by Danielle Vega horror

‘The Holiday’ by T.M. Logan

‘The July Girls’ by Phoebe Locke mystery/thriller

‘The Last House Guest’ by Megan Miranda mystery/thriller

‘The Most Fun We Ever Had’ by Claire Lombardo contemporary/literary fiction

‘The New Achilles’ by Christian Cameron historical fiction

‘The Red Labyrinth’ by Meredith Tate fantasy

‘The Resurrectionists’ by Michael Patrick Hicks horror

‘The Rest of the Story’ by Sarah Dessen YA contemporary/romance

‘Ollie Oxley and the Ghost: The Search for Lost Gold’ by Lisa Schmid middle grade

‘The Space Between Time’ by Charlie Laidlaw

‘The Stationery Shop’ by Marjan Kamali historical fiction

‘The Summer Country’ by Lauren Willig historical fiction

‘They Called Me Wyatt’ by Natasha Tynes mystery

‘This Might Hurt a Bit’ by Doogie Horner YA

‘Time After Time’ by Lisa Grunwald historical/science fiction

‘Waiting for Tom Hanks’ by Kerry Winfrey contemporary/romance

‘We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir’ by Samra Habib non-fiction

‘We Were Killers Once’ by Becky Masterman mystery/thriller

‘Where The Story Starts’ by Imogen Clark women’s fiction

‘Wicked Fox’ by Kat Cho YA fantasy

‘Wild and Crooked’ by Leah Thomas YA contemporary/LGBT

‘Wolf Rain’ by Nalini Singh paranormal romance

Reviews:

‘Sorcery of Thorns’ by Stephanie at Between Folded Pages

‘The Rapture’ at Book Bound

‘The Resurrectionists’ by Jen at Shit Reviews of Books

‘The Haunted’ by Kris at Boston Book Reader

‘The Friends We Keep’ by Vicky at Women in Trouble Book Blog

‘This Might Hurt a Bit’ by Amanda at Between the Shelves

‘Wild and Crooked’ by Amanda at Between the Shelves

‘The Haunted’ by Mandy at Book Princess Reviews

‘We Were Killers Once’ by Vicky at Women in Trouble Book Blog

‘Five Midnights’ by Sian at Sci-fi & Scary

‘Wolf Rain’ by Corina at Book Twins Reviews

‘Just One Bite’ by Berit at Audio Killed the Bookmark

‘Where the Story Starts’ by Anjana at Superfluous Reading

‘The Red Labyrinth’ by Anjana at Superfluous Reading

‘Fixing the Fates’ by Anjana at Superfluous Reading

‘Gun Island’ by Anjana at Superfluous Reading

‘If Only’ by Anjana at Superfluous Reading

‘Sweet Tea and Secrets’ by Rekha at The Book Decoder

‘Storm and Fury’ by Claire at bookscoffeeandrepeat

‘The New Achilles’ by Zoé at Zooloo’s Book Diary

‘Time After Time’ by Ashley at Ashes Books and Bobs

‘Recursion’ by Lilyn G at Sci-fi & Scary

‘The Space Between Time’ by Rekha at The Book Decoder

‘The Rumor’ by Vicky at Women in Trouble Book Blog

‘The Search for the Lost Gold’ by Lilyn G at Sci-fi & Scary

‘They Call Me Wyatt’ by Jen at Shit Reviews of Books

‘After the End’ by Linda at Linda’s Book Bag

‘Beyond Asanas’ by Shashank at Wonder’s Book Blog

‘The July Girls’ by Nicola at Short Book and Scribes

‘We Have Always Been Here’ by Kristin at Kristin Kraves Books

‘Close to Home’ by T. J. Fox

‘Dissenter on the Bench’ by Taylor at Tays Infinite Thoughts

‘Bound to the Battle God’ by Corina at Book Twins Reviews

‘Briar and Rose and Jack’ by Briana at Pages Unbound

‘Teeth in the Mist’ at Lori’s Bookshelf Reads

‘All the Missing Girls’ by Celine at Celinelingg

‘The Holiday’ by Zoe at Zooloo’s Book Diary

‘The July Girls’ by Joanna at Over the Rainbow Book Blog

‘More Than Enough’ by Jessica at Jess Just Reads

‘Somewhere Close to Happy’ at Jess Just Reads

‘The Accidental Girlfriend’ by Tijuana at Book Twins Reviews

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Books Published in July:

‘Along the Broken Bay’ by Flora J. Solomon historical fiction

‘A Stranger on the Beach’ by Michele Campbell mystery/thriller

‘A Whisker In The Dark’ by Leighann Dobbs cozy mystery

‘Dark Age’ by Pierce Brown science fiction

‘Depraved’ by Trilina Pucci romance/erotica

‘Deserve to Die’ by Miranda Rijks thriller

‘Drummer Girl’ by Ginger Scott YA romance

‘False Step’ by Victoria Helen Stone mystery/thriller

‘Girls Like Us’ by Cristina Alger mystery/thriller

‘Gods of Jade and Shadow’ by Silvia Moreno-Garcia fantasy/historical fiction

‘Good Guy’ by Kate Meader romance

‘Gore in the Garden’ by Colleen J. Shogan cozy mystery

‘How to Hack a Heartbreak’ by Kristin Rockaway romance

‘Last Summer’ by Kerry Lonsdale contemporary

‘Life Ruins’ by Danuta Kot audiobook/mystery

‘Lock Every Door’ by Riley Sager mystery/thriller

‘Maybe This Time’ by Kasie West contemporary

‘Never Have I Ever’ by Joshilyn Jackson mystery/thriller

‘Never Look Back’ by Alison Gaylin mystery/thriller

‘Nightingale Point’ by Luan Goldie

‘Reclaimed by Her Rebel Knight’ by Jenni Fletcher historical romance

‘Resist’ by K. Bromberg romance

‘Salvation Day’ by Kali Wallace science fiction

‘Season of the Witch’ by Sarah Rees Brennan YA fantasy

‘Sisters of Willow House’ by Susanne O’Leary

‘Spin the Dawn’ by Elizabeth Lim fantasy

‘That Long Lost Summer’ by Minna Howard

‘The Betrayed Wife’ by Kevin O’Brien mystery/thriller

‘The Bookish Life of Nina Hill’ by Abbi Waxman contemporary/romance

‘The Chain’ by Adrian McKinty thriller

‘The Gifted School’ by Bruce Holsinger contemporary fiction

‘The Golden Hour’ by Beatriz Williams historical fiction

‘The Guy on the Right’ by Kate Stewart NA romance

‘The Last Book Party’ by Karen Dukess historical fiction

‘The Marriage Trap’ by Sheryl Browne thriller

‘The Merciful Crow’ by Margaret Owen fantasy

‘The Miraculous’ by Jess Redman middle grade

‘The Need’ by Helen Phillips horror/thriller

‘The Nickel Boys’ by Colson Whitehead historical fiction

‘The Rogue King’ by Abigail Owen paranormal romance

‘The Seekers’ by Heather Graham mystery

‘The Silent Ones’ by K.L. Slater thriller

‘The Storm Crow’ by Kalyn Josephson fantasy

‘The Wedding Party’ by Jasmine Guillory romance

‘Three Women’ by Lisa Taddeo non-fiction/feminism

‘To Be Devoured’ by Sara Tantlinger horror

‘Truly Madly Royally’ by Debbie Rigaud YA romance

‘Under Currents’ by Nora Roberts romance

‘War’ by Laura Thalassa fantasy/romance

‘Whisper Network’ by Chandler Baker mystery/thriller

‘Wilder Girls’ by Rory Power YA horror/mystery

A fantastic review of…

‘Reclaimed by her Rebel Knight’ by Demetra at Demi Reads

‘The Merciful Crow’ by Clarissa at Clarissa Reads It All

‘The Bookish Life of Nina Hill’ at Flavia the Bibliophile

‘The Merciful Crow’ by Kaleena at Reader Voracious

‘The Guy On the Right’ by Astrid at The Bookish Sweet Tooth

‘False Step’ by Jordann at The Book Blog Life

‘The Guy On the Right’ by Angela at Reading Frenzy Book Blog

‘Reclaimed by Her Rebel Knight’ by Joules at Northern Reader

‘Depraved’ by Demetra at Demi Reads

‘Never Have I Ever’ by Steph AT Steph’s Book Blog

‘Reclaimed by Her Rebel Knight’ by Jennifer C. Wilson

‘That Long Lost Summer’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews

‘Sisters of Willow House’ by Joanne at Portobello Book Blog

‘A Whisker in the Dark’ by Berit at Audio Killed the Bookmark

‘The Rouge King’ by Ashley at Falling Down the Book Hole

‘Good Guy’ by Astrid at The Bookish Sweet Tooth

‘Drummer Girl’ by Astrid at The Bookish Sweet Tooth

‘The Need’ by T. J. Fox

‘The Seekers’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews

‘The Silent Ones’ by Steph at StefLoz Book Blog

‘Resist’ by Tijuana at Book Twins Reviews

‘Reclaimed by Her Rebel Knight’ by Jess Bookish Life

‘Sisters of Willow House’ by Joanna at Over the Rainbow Book Blog

‘How To Hack a Heartbreak’ by Corina at Book Twins Reviews

‘Somebody Else’s Baby’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews

‘Life Ruins’ by Amanda at mybookishblogspot

‘The Miraculous’ by Chris at Plucked from the Stacks

‘The Betrayed Wife’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews

‘Salvation Day’ by Lilyn G at Sci-fi & Scary

‘The Marriage Trap’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews

‘The Chain’ at Jess Just Reads

‘To Be Devoured’ by Sam and Gracie at Sci-fi & Scary

‘Truly Madly Royally’ by Olivia at The Candid Cover

‘Season of the Witch’ by Jill at Jill’s Book Blog

‘Gore in the Garden’ by Rekha at The Book Decoder

‘Never Look Back’ by Berit at Audio Killed the Bookmark

‘Wilder Girls’ by Kathy at Pages Below the Vaulted Sky

‘Deserve to Die’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews

‘Sisters of Willow House’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews

‘Sisters of Willow House’ by Berit at Audio Killed the Bookmark

‘Nightingale Point’ by Amanda at mybookishblogspot

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Which are your favorites?

I’m so happy to be here with you bookish guys again!!

Don’t forget to let me know if you have a review!

Oh, and in the near future comes another post with the releases of the beginning of August! You can send me reviews for that post, as well.

Have a wonderful time!

Hugs 🙂

I’m back! – A Master List of Book Releases of June and July + Reviews! It has been a long hiatus, though to me it didn't seem to be one. Time flies.

#books published this week #new books #new releases #sharing reviews

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veroticker · 4 years

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In skates trouble - Kate Meader

Summary (from Kate Meader’s website)

He'll give her what she needs . . .

Addison Williams isn't looking for romance, but when she encounters an eavesdropping stranger on an adjoining hotel balcony, she figures she's due a little fun. She just hadn't reckoned on the "fun" escalating so quickly to "out of control." One minute she's flirting with a whiskey-graveled voice in the dark, the next that same voice is telling her to do things. Hot, wicked things.

Cup-winning hockey player Ford "Killer" Callaghan can't believe he let the anonymous woman who blew his mind slip away into the night. He'll track her down because once could never be enough—even if discovering her identity places her strictly out of bounds.

Stolen kisses. Secret hook-ups. Deliciously forbidden in every way. Can a passion that started in the dark find a lifetime of love in the light?

Blurb

“He turned the phone over on the side table,unbidden thoughts of the sultry-voiced goddess ensuring his wicked hard-on still raged. Christ, he hadn’t sported that much wood in forever. The woman’s voice had done that. Addy’s voice.

What would she say if he knocked on her door—assuming it was her door?

What would he say?

I couldn’t help overhearing your conversation and how you’re looking for a guy who won’t play games. Who knows his way around a woman’s body. Can tongue-fuck all night long. Bonus: a full head of glorious hair, no creative Mohawks here. A veritable salad.

Yeah, that’d go over well. You’re an idiot, Callaghan.

He stood, the throb in his dick lessening as the reality of the situation crowded out his fantasy. Nice while it lasted. Resigned to a lonely night with his right hand and the memory of his neighbor’s voice for company, he gripped the balcony door and slid it back.

A husky sound echoed in the still of the night, so quiet that for a moment he imagined it was in his head.

“Leaving so soon, Mr. Eavesdropper?””

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Review

Another hotest-than-hot novel from Kate Meader. In 2 chapters, she gives us the equivalent of phone sex, but live. On a balcony. Between two strangers who don’t even see each other’s face. That’s how she begins her book. Damn!

And in the following chapters, we learn who those two people are, and the tropes she used resonated with me: the big older woman who seduces the younger athlete. Granted, she’s also a lingerie model, so I can’t exactly relate. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t hot.

Meader also has a knack to create--and describe, and make believable--interesting relationships. I’m thinking Ford and his brother--there’s a lot of drama here--or Addison and her friend Harper. Through witty dialogues, she brushes the dynamics in both.

To explain the fact that--again--there isn’t much hockey in this hockey romance, she writes her story in the off-season, after Ford’s team has won the Cup. Clever.

I once again highly recommend Kate Meader’s books, this one include. I can’t wait to read the rest of the series!

Quickie

Series: Chicago Rebels #0.5 (it’s a prequel)

Hashtags: #hockey romance #lingerie model #older-woman/younger-man #larger woman

Main couple: Addison Williams & Ford Callaghan

Hotness: 5/5

Romance: 4/5

+ curvy older woman with younger man

- too short?

Stalker mode

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#Kate Meader #In skates trouble #contemporary romance #hockey romance

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Thank you so much for your NA recommendations! And, well, i don’t want to seem rude but since you offered ...... “please sir, more”

You’re welcome and of course, no problem ;) Sorry it took a bit but I’ve been busy and also needed to dig deeper for more, lol

Foolish Kingdoms series by Natalia Jaster - so this is a fantasy setting, not a contemporary one, but it’s new adult and honestly, it’s one of the best series I’ve read this year, the writing is beautiful and moving and another book in a series is just around the corner!

Touch by Natalia Jaster - again, fantasy/mythology setting, although a contemporary one this time - AND IT’S SOOO GOOD, seriously JUST EVERYONE READ NATALIA JASTER’S BOOKS

Starcrossed series by Leisa Rayven - I just read this recently and it’s a pretty good one! The plot is nothing new under the sun but it’s a good mix of hot, emotional and angsty; there are also flashbacks which not everyone is a fan of but in this one, it really works to the story’s advantage

Bossman by Vi Keeland - I gotta say I’m not THAT big of a fan of Vi Keeland’s books because of their repetitiveness but this is a decent office romance

#Starstruck by Sariah Wilson - a cute heartwarming romance with dating celebrity trope; one thing is, it doesn’t really have smut so if you only read the explicit ones, well, this one isn’t (it’s still pretty damn good though!)

Forbidden Hearts series by Alisha Rai - Alisha Rai is one of the most underrated authors and it’s SUCH A SHAME because she writes amazing female characters (and male ones too!)

The Hardest Fall by Ella Maise - sports romance with a cute, awkward as hell female characters

Filthy Gods by R. Scarlett - so this is just an opening novella to “American Gods” series but I’d say - so far, so good; it’s steamy as hell romance with enemies to lovers trope and the rest of the series looks promising as well (trigger warning: sexual assault and it’s used as plot device so UGH, it’s the biggest minus of this book)

The Wall of Winnipeg and Meby Mariana Zapata - this is a REALLY slow burn but it’s GOOD

Chicago Rebels series by Kate Meader - nothing like sport romance series with hot hockey players and strong, independent women

Duke of Manhattan by Louise Bay - this has fake married trope and I don’t know, it’s just…it’s cute and sexy and just lots of fun

Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James - enemies to lovers + office romance + THEY ARE LAWYERS??? Sign me TF up!

Dating the Enemy by Nicole Williams - haven’t read it myself but my good friend whose taste I trust thinks it’s rec-worthy ;)

Ok, I’m out, hope this is enough ;)

#book recs #books #kate talks books #na literature #bookworm #romance #ask #answer #Anonymous

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1963

The biggest news from 1963 was the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, which thrust Lyndon B. Johnson into the role of president. The assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was murdered two days later by nightclub owner Jack Ruby. This was a difficult time to become president, with the mounting troubles in Vietnam where the Viet Cong Guerrillas had now killed 80 American advisers. The continued campaign for civil rights by the black community caused violent reactions from whites in places such as Mississippi, Virginia, and Alabama, where the black civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested. Films included The Birds and The Great Escape, and popular TV programs The Virginian and Lassie. Women’s fashion and hairstyles included fur boots and towering hairdos for evening wear. In music, it was the beginning of Beatlemania, after the release of Meet the Beatles.

Major events

• U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.

• The Beatles release the single “I Want To Hold Your Hand/I Saw Her Standing There” and the album Meet the Beatles, which marks the beginning of Beatlemania.

• The Soviet Union launches the Vostok 6 spacecraft, carrying Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space.

• The Profumo Crisis happens in the UK, caused by war minister John Profumo having an affair with Christina Wheeler, who was also involved with a Soviet Navy officer.

• ZIP codes are implemented in the U.S.

• NASA’s Mercury Mission, carrying astronaut Gordon Cooper, launches from Cape Canaveral.

• Studebaker, the U.S. carmaker, goes out of business and ends production.

• The U.S. senate approves the PTBT (Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty).

• Korea returns to civilian rule.

• American Express introduces credit cards in the UK.

• An earthquake in Libya destroys the village of Barce, leaving 500 dead.

• An earthquake in Ssrikes Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroys 80% of the city.

• Bloodless military coup deposes President George Papadopoulos.

• Typhoon Olive, with 110mph winds, destroys most of the homes on the island of Saipan.

• The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, known as “The Rock”, closes.

• Hurricane Flora, a massive storm, kills 6,000 in Haiti, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, and Grenada.

• First Beeching report suggests closing 25% of British rail.

• The polio vaccine, which is taken with a lump of sugar, is given nationwide in the U.S. and UK.

• Kenya gains independence from Britain.

• In the Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright, it is ruled that a fair trial “cannot be realized if the poor man charged with [the] crime has to face his accusers without a lawyer to assist him.”

• Members of the Ku Klux Klan dynamite the Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 4 young girls and causing wide public outrage and condemnation across the U.S.

• A hurricane and resulting tsunami cause a flooding in East Pakistan, Bangladesh, killing 22,000.

• The Indiana State Fair Coliseum explosion kills 74.

• World religious status is determined to be 890 million Christians, 365 million Hindus, 200 million Buddhists, and 13 million Jews.

• Nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Thresher sinks in the Atlantic Ocean.

• Student riots break out all over Coro and Valencia, in Venezuela.

• Pope John XXIII dies on June 3. Pope Paul VI is elected by College of Cardinals.

• The U.S. and the Soviet Union agree to establish a “hot line” on June 20, a direct communication system between the two nations to prevent a possible nuclear war.

• The Great Train Robbery takes place in Buckinghamshire, England.

• The first U.S. state lottery opens in New Hampshire.

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech.

• James Meredith becomes the first African-American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.

• The Beatles release their first album, Please Please Me.

• The first episode of the BBC television series Doctor Who is broadcast.

• Bob Dylan walks off The Ed Sullivan Show.

Top 10 highest-grossing films in the U.S.

1. Cleopatra (dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

2. How the West Was Won (dir. John Ford, Henry Hathaway and George Marshall)

3. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (dir. Stanley Kramer)

4. Tom Jones (dir. Tony Richardson)

5. Irma la Douce (dir. Billy Wilder)

6. The Sword in the Stone (dir. Wolfgang Reitherman)

7. Son of Flubber (dir. Robert Stevenson)

8. The Birds (dir. Alfred Hitchcock)

9. Dr. No (dir. Terence Young)

10. The V.I.P.s (dir. Anthony Asquith)

Billboard’s number-one music albums (in chronological order)

1. “The First Family” by Vaughn Meader

2. “My Son, the Celebrity” by Allan Sherman

3. “Jazz Samba” by Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd

4. “Songs I Sing on the Jackie Gleason Show” by Frank Fontaine

5. “Days of Wine and Roses” by Andy Williams

6. “Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius” by Stevie Wonder

7. “My Son, the Nut” by Allan Sherman

8. “Peter, Paul and Mary” by Peter, Paul and Mary

9. “In the Wind” by Peter, Paul and Mary

10. “The Singing Nun” by Soeur Sourire, the Singing Nun

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Lucy and the Starmaker

S6;E4 ~ October 2, 1967

Synopsis

Mr. Cheever gets his nephew (Frankie Avalon) a job at the bank, but the young man has his heart set on a career in show business instead. After hearing him sing, Lucy sets out to make his dreams a reality by getting a famous movie producer to come to the bank.

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney), Roy Roberts (Mr. Cheever), Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane Lewis)

Guest Cast

Frankie Avalon (Tommy Cheever) was born in Philadelphia in 1939. A recording star and musician, Avalon’s movie career took off when paired with Annette Funicello in Beach Party (1963) and its string of sequels. He played Teen Angel in Grease (1978) and considers “Beauty School Dropout” to be his most popular song. He returned to work with Lucille Ball in a 1973 episode of “Here’s Lucy” titled “The Carters Meets Frankie Avalon.”

Tommy is Mr. Cheever’s nephew. His uncle calls him ‘Thomas’ but Lucy calls him 'Tom.’ Tommy calls Mr. Cheever 'Uncle Windy,’ a diminutive of his uncle’s middle name 'Winfield.’ We have yet to learn Mr. Cheever’s first name.

Lew Parker (Nelson Penrose) is probably best remembered as the restaurateur father of Ann Marie, Marlo Thomas’ character on TV’s “That Girl” (1966-71). This is the second of his five appearances on “The Lucy Show” and he will return for two episodes of “Here’s Lucy.” From 1928 to 1973 he appeared in Broadway musicals, which must have come in handy during this especially musical episode.

Penrose is a movie producer at the studio where Mary Jane works. He is the “Starmaker” of the title.

George DeNormand (Customer, uncredited) appeared in three films with Lucille Ball from 1937 to 1963. This is the just one of his many appearances on “The Lucy Show” and “Here’s Lucy.”

William Meader (Clerk, uncredited) had appeared as an airport extra in “The Ricardos Go to Japan,” a 1959 episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.” He made many appearances on “The Lucy Show,” most times as a clerk in Mr. Mooney’s bank.

Murray Pollack (Customer, uncredited) was seen as one of the party guest in “Country Club Dance” (ILL S6;E25), the episode that introduced Barbara Eden. Coincidentally, he later appeared on half a dozen episodes of “I Dream of Jeannie.” Like William Meader, he was at the airport when “The Ricardos Go to Japan” (1959). He was seen in the 1963 movie Critic’s Choice with Lucille Ball. Here he makes the second of two appearances on “The Lucy Show” and returned for three episodes of “Here’s Lucy.”

Joan Carey (Customer, uncredited) was a frequent background player on “I Love Lucy” and “The Lucy Show” where she eventually became Lucille Ball’s camera and lighting stand-in.

Other bank clerks and customers are played by uncredited background performers.

This is the first of three “Lucy Show” episodes co-written by veteran TV comedy writer Seaman Jacobs. Jacobs teamed with Fred S. Fox, who had previously written for the show. Jacobs and Fox will return to pen 27 episodes of “Here’s Lucy.” Their final draft of “Lucy and the Starmaker” was dated May 15, 1967.

This is another episode that has fallen into public domain. Some unofficial releases title this episode “Catch a Rising Star” or “Lucy the Starmaker.”

The day this episode first aired (October 2, 1967) Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court. It was a year of change on the civil rights front. The first black man to ever play a credited supporting role on a Lucille Ball sitcom was John Bubbles in “Main Street U.S.A.” (S5;E17) and “Lucy Puts Main Street on the Map” (S5;E18). In her personal life Ball was pro civil rights, even insisting that her black maid be able to ride the main elevator at her upscale New York apartment instead of using the service elevator as was mandated.

That same evening on CBS, Lucille Ball made the first of her four guest appearances on “The Carol Burnett Show.” Burnett had played Carol Bradford on two episodes of “The Lucy Show.” Lucy considered Burnett a protege. The official Season 6 “Lucy Show” DVD collection features a sketch with Carol and Lucy as feuding car rental agencies at the airport who beat up Tim Conway (above). Carol Burnett will return to “The Lucy Show” for two more episodes, this time playing a character named Carol Tilford.

The day after this episode first aired Disney voice artist Pinto Colvig died at age 75. He was the original voice of Pluto and Goofy and provided all the dog barks in “Lucy is Her Own Lawyer” (S2;E23).

Frankie Avalon gets a warm welcome from the studio audience.

Mr. Mooney also had a nephew on the series, Wendell Mooney played by Jay North in “Lucy the Robot” (S4;E23).

Mr. Mooney offers Tommy a cigarette from a box on his desk and Tommy smokes it. Unlike “I Love Lucy,” recreational smoking is not a part of “The Lucy Show.” Smoking is only used if it is part of the comic action of the scene and then only rarely. Lucille Ball, however, was a life-long smoker off screen. In 1965, Congress required all cigarette packages carry a health warning. In 1969, cigarette advertising on television and radio was banned.

Lucy’s trusty transistor radio makes yet another appearance. When she switches it on while having lunch at her desk, it briefly plays a jazzy version of “This Can’t Be Love,” a song from the 1938 Rodgers and Hart musical The Boys from Syracuse.

When Lucy turns on the radio again, she hears a song she says is one of her favorites, “Walking Happy.” Tommy agrees and performs it for Lucy in the office. As 'gaffe squad’ members have pointed out, Avalon is poorly lip-syncing the song. It is the title tune from the 1966 Broadway musical Walking Happy with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn. The show was nominated for six 1967 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, but won none. The title song was originally meant to be used in the 1963 film Papa’s Delicate Condition, sung by Jackie Gleason, but was dropped before the film’s release. In the lyrics, the words “chappie” and “bloomin'” betray that the show is set in England. It was based on the play Hobson’s Choice by Harold Brighouse.

When Lucy expresses her thwarted theatrical ambitions, Tommy replies “Well, everyone can’t be another Annette Funicello.” This is an inside reference to former Mousketeer and Frankie Avalon’s frequent co-star on screen. They were so often paired that the names 'Frankie and Annette’ became one in the public’s mind.

Lucy’s wacky filing system (a running joke on the series) finds the bottles of lemon pop filed under “C” for “Cold Lemon.”

After singing for Lucy, Tommy says he never thought he had more than an average voice. Lucy replies “if that is an average voice Elizabeth Taylor is an average housewife.” Glamorous movie star Elizabeth Taylor was frequently mentioned on both “The Lucy Show” and “I Love Lucy.” Taylor married actor Richard Burton in 1964 and the two will appear together as themselves on “Here’s Lucy” in 1970.

When Mr. Mooney cuts off Tommy’s 'audition’ after a few notes Lucy says “Dizzie Gillespie would have had a better chance with Lawrence Welk!” John Birks Gillespie (1917– 93) was a jazz trumpeter, composer, and singer. He was particularly known for his bluesy riffs and free-form style. Lawrence Welk (1903-92) was a hugely popular bandleader who would appear as himself on a 1970 episode of “Here’s Lucy.” He was known for his waltzes, a much more structured and straight-laced musical sound than jazz. Gillespie would definitely not be a good fit with Welk’s Champagne Music Makers. Welk was previously mentioned in “Lucy and Clint Walker” (S4;E24).

When Mr. Mooney threatens to send Lucy to Fort Knox to be made into gold bars and carved up ingot by ingot, Lucy says to Tommy: “Who does he think he is? Goldfinger?” Goldfinger was a James Bond film released in the US in early 1965. The title character was a wealthy psychopath (played by Gert Fröbe) obsessed with gold. Fort Knox, an Army base in Kentucky where most of the US gold reserves are held, is also featured in Goldfinger. Mr. Mooney gets exit applause after laying out his gold-plated plan to fire Mrs. Carmichael.

After luring producer Penrose to the bank on the pretense of verifying his signature on a check, Tommy sings“I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover” written by Harry Woods in 1927 but with original lyrics pertaining to the episode.

Tommy, with the full bank staff and customers participating, sings “When the Feeling Hits You” by Bobby Doyle. It was also the title of a 1965 album by Sammy Davis Jr.

Tommy also plays the trumpet during the number, which is the musical talent that got Avalon into show business as young man.

Callbacks!

Lucy previously tried to advance the career of a young male singer named Wayne Newton in “Lucy Discovers Wayne Newton” (S4;E14).

Blooper Alerts!

During some parts of the song “Walking Happy,” you can hear Frankie Avalon singing, but his mouth isn’t moving. It this were “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Avalon would certainly be told to sashay away!

During the number the camera pulls back too far and we can see where the office carpeting meets the cement sound stage floor. This is a regular occurrence on “The Lucy Show.”

Mr. Mooney says Mr. Cheever “owns” the bank! No one person “owns” a bank. Banks are 'owned’ by investors who may or may not be depositors. Banks are for-profit corporations, with declared earnings paid to stockholders only.

Lucy tells Tommy that when she came out to Hollywood she wanted to be an actress and it took her a long time to realize she just didn’t have it. In previous episodes it was clear that Lucy’s brushes with show business were more happenstance than the desire to fulfill career goals. In “Lucy Meets Sheldon Leonard” (S5;E22) the TV producer asks her if she’s ever done any acting and Lucy promptly replies “No, sir.”

Lucy offers Tommy a “bottle of pop.” Being raised on the East Coast, Lucy would probably refer to the carbonated beverage as “soda” or “soda pop.” The bottles also have no labels on them.

“Lucy and the Starmaker” rates 3 Paper Hearts out of 5

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Here's the course description for a class I'm teaching at the Chautauqua Institution first week of August. You’ll be able to enroll later this week: http://ciweb.org/season

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The History of Mid-Century Comedy Day One - 1920s and 1930s The Chitlin Circuit, Broadway Revues, Vaudeville & the Origins of Stand-up.

Featuring the stories of Moms Mabley, Fanny Brice, Pigmeat Markham, Bert Williams, Eddie Cantor, Jack Benny, Frank Fay, The Marx Brothers, Eddie Anderson, Mantan Moreland

Day Two 1930s and 1940s Mafia controlled Comedy Venues, the Hillbilly Circuit, Radio Comedians versus Corporate Advertising, the Early Female Stand-ups.

Featuring the stories of The Copacabana, Chez Paree, Ciro's, the Grand Ole Opry, Milton Berle, Joe E. Lewis, Minnie Pearl, Judy Canova, Stringbean, Cass Daley, Imogene Coca, Jean Carroll, Fred Allen, Henry Morgan, Allan Drake (a comedian whose wife was killed by the Mob), Nipsey Russell

Day Three 1950s and 1960s The Evolution from old school Catskill types to progressive Coffeehouse Comedians, the Invention of Las Vegas, the Comedy Record Boom, the Demise of Supperclubs, the Roots of Modern Comedy Clubs.

Featuring the stories of Alan King, Jack Carter, Myron Cohen, Henny Youngman, Totie Fields, Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, Jonathan Winters, Mike Nichols & Elaine May, Phyllis Diller, Joan Rivers, Dick Gregory, Slappy White, Redd Foxx, LaWanda Page, Timmie Rogers, Don Rickles, Vaughn Meader, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Robert Klein, Lily Tomlin.

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USA: New York Voices Celebrate 30 Years of Singing Together with "Reminiscing in Tempo" (Aug. 16, Origin Records)

New York Voices

Celebrate 30 Years of Singing Together

With "Reminiscing in Tempo,"

Set for Release August 16 by Origin Records

Anniversary Album Features Originals,

Works by Iconic Jazz Composers,

Pop and Classical Selections,

With a Vocal Quartet Lineup Unchanged Since 1994

July 25, 2019

Thirty years after they began, the members of the vocal jazz quartet New York Voices remain undimmed in their commitment to making music together -- a commitment they celebrate with Reminiscing in Tempo, set for an August 16 release on Origin Records. Produced by Elliot Scheiner, the album reaffirms NYV's position in the elite of vocal jazz with an ambitious program of originals, standards, rediscovered jazz gems, tunes by Ivan Lins and the Beatles, and two pieces by 19th-century Cuban classical composer Ignacio Cervantes.

Reminiscing in Tempo features New York Voices' long-lived lineup, with alto Lauren Kinhan, who joined the band in 1992, alongside original members Peter Eldridge (baritone), Darmon Meader (tenor), and Kim Nazarian (soprano). (Originally a quintet, NYV solidified as a four-piece with the departure of Caprice Fox in 1994.) "We're just a big family at this point," Meader says.

Meader is the band's musical director and primary arranger, but all four of the Voices contribute arrangements, ideas, and compositions. "We really try to make sure that the four of us, as a four-headed artist and individually, get as much creative expression as you can garner from the ensemble," says Kinhan. While the stunning, virtuosic "Round, Round, Round (Blue Rondo à la Turk)" mostly comprises Meader's arrangement of Dave Brubeck's classic (with Al Jarreau's lyrics), Kinhan wrote its central vocalese section based on sections of Brubeck and Paul Desmond's original 1959 solos. Meader and Eldridge cowrote the arrangement of Fred Hersch's "A Dance for Me," while Nazarian suggested (and contributed ideas for) the Duke Ellington title track, which features lyrics by Mel Tormé. NYV also perform two original compositions, with Meader penning "Moments in a Mirror" and Kinhan and Eldridge joining forces for "The Forecast Is Sunny."

The album also honors the band's inspirations outside of jazz. The Beatles get the NYV treatment with the a cappella closer "In My Life"; their friend and sometime muse, Brazilian singer-songwriter Ivan Lins, is honored with "Answered Prayers (É De Deus)," with a beautiful English lyric by Eldridge. In addition, they enter new territory with their explorations of Cervantes' syncopated classical works "Los Tres Golpes" and "Invitación." "There are still some firsts on this record for New York Voices," Nazarian enthuses, "and after 31 years, I think that's pretty amazing!"

Peter Eldridge, Lauren Kinhan, Darmon Meader, Kim Nazarian.

New York Voices began in the mid-1980s at Ithaca College, when Peter Eldridge, Kim Nazarian, and Darmon Meader came together in the school's vocal jazz ensemble. Director Dave Riley included all three of them, as well as Caprice Fox, in an ensemble he'd been invited to bring on a tour of European jazz festivals. It went over so well that they decided to stay together and become a professional ensemble, moving to New York City in 1988. There they met Sara Krieger, who became the fifth member of the band Riley had named "New York Voices."

Krieger left the band in 1991, to be replaced by Lauren Kinhan. After two more years as a quintet, Fox moved on to other things in 1994, leaving the band in the quartet formation in which it would continue. With the dawn of the 21st century, NYV increased its currency in the jazz world via collaborations with institutions such as the Count Basie Orchestra, Paquito D'Rivera, and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band. They also launched a jazz education initiative, inaugurating its Vocal Jazz Camp for aspiring jazz singers in 2008.

With Reminiscing in Tempo -- their first non-holiday album under their own power in over a decade -- New York Voices show their energy and inspiration to be unfaded, and their chops and taste only improved in their longevity. "It's four grown-up people who are content in themselves," says Eldridge. "It's somewhere between a fine wine and an old married couple."

New York Voices will be performing in the coming months at the following venues: 8/3 Dalton Center Recital Hall/WMU, Kalamazoo, Mi; 8/14 Hollywood Bowl (with Ivan Lins), Los Angeles; 8/15 MIM, Phoenix, AZ; 8/17 St. Peter Armenian Apostolic Church, Watervliet, NY; 8/30MODEON, Marktoberdorf, Germany; 9/14 The Great Hall, Needham, MA; 11/8-9 Cuesta Vocal Jazz Festival, San Luis Obispo, CA; 11/10 Yoshi's, Oakland; 11/12-13 Jazz Alley, Seattle; 11/17William Paterson U., Wayne, NJ; 12/1 Riviera Maya Jazz Festival, Playa del Carmen, Mexico; 12/5 Arizona Musicfest, Scottsdale, AZ; 12/6 The Sheen Center, NYC; 12/13-15 Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Photography: Sandrine Lee

New York Voices: Reminiscing in Tempo

Web Site: newyorkvoices.com

Peter: petereldridge.com

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