Alberta Hunter

Nobody Know You When You're Down and Out - Alberta Hunter

Alberta Hunter #bornonthisday (April 1, 1895 – October 17, 1984) was an American jazz and blues singer and songwriter from the early 1920s to the late 1950s.

(...) She peeled potatoes by day and hounded club owners by night, determined to land a singing job. Her persistence paid off, and Hunter began a climb from some of the city's lowest dives to a headlining job at its most prestigious venue for black entertainers, the Dreamland ballroom. She had a five-year association with the Dreamland, beginning in 1917, and her salary rose to $35 a week.

She first toured Europe in 1917, performing in Paris and London. The Europeans treated her as an artist, showing her respect and even reverence, which made a great impression on her. (...)

Hunter said that when her mother died in 1957, because they had been partners and were so close, the appeal of performing ended for her. She reduced her age, "invented" a high school diploma, and enrolled in nursing school, embarking on a career in health care, in which she worked for 20 years. (...)

After twenty years of working as a nurse, Hunter resumed her singing career in 1977. via Wikipedia

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The Empress of the Blues, Bessie Smith, released her first record 100 years ago today on February 13, 1923. “Down Hearted Blues” went on to become one of the most popular songs of 1923, and Smith went on the become one of the most popular recording artist of the 1920’s. ___________________________ Down Hearted Blues Music by Lovie Austin; Lyrics by Alberta Hunter

Gee, but it's hard to love someone When that someone don't love you

I'm so disgusted, heartbroken too I've got those downhearted blues Once I was crazy 'bout a man He mistreated me all the time The next man I get has got to promise me To be mine, all mine

Trouble, trouble I've had it all my days Trouble, trouble I've had it all my days It seems like trouble Going to follow me to my grave

I ain't never loved but Three mens in my life I ain't never loved But three men in my life My father, my brother The man that wrecked my life

It may be a week It may be a month or two It may be a week It may be a month or two But the day you quit me, honey It's comin' home to you

I got the world in a jug The stopper's in my hand I got the world in a jug The stopper's in my hand I'm gonna hold it until you Meet some of my demands

T’AINT NOBODY’S BIZNESS: QUEER BLUES DIVAS OF THE 1920’S

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Remember My Name

In the hands of most Hollywood directors, the tale of a prison parolee out for revenge on the ex-husband whose behavior led to a 12-year sentence would be a straight-up thriller. In the hands of Alan Rudolph, REMEMBER MY NAME (1978, TCM, Plex, Prime) is a moody character study, a deconstruction of personality as a series of masks.

Geraldine Chaplin stars as Emily, who did time for running down then-husband Anthony Perkins’ mistress. She’s come to the small town where he’s reinvented himself as a construction worker living with his younger wife (Berry Berenson, Perkins’ off-screen wife). She cons her way into a job at their local thrift store (run by a young Jeff Goldblum and Alfre Woodard), seduces her building’s super (Moses Gunn) into adding special touches to her threadbare apartment and starts stalking her ex. Little pranks — ruining a flower bed, late-night calls, a broken window — escalate until she simply walks in and confronts Berenson. This is all told elliptically. You get to assemble hints about how Chaplin ended up in prison, why Perkins, the least working-class of Hollywood actors, is working a blue-collar job and the nature of his current marriage. Tak Fujimoto shoots it all fluently, moving through the mundane world as if it were an alien landscape, and Rudolph scores it all effectively to songs performed by blues singer Alberta Hunter. It all gives the film a seductive air.

Robert Altman produced the film, and his influence on Rudolph is clear in the snippets of strange conversations overheard in the background, quirky supporting characters and unconventional casting. But it all works. Chaplin knows how to modulate her little-girl face and light voice to put on the various masks the character adopts to survive. There are scenes where her transitions from flirtatious to pleading to vicious are almost breath-taking. And Perkins performs with a furtive air, as if even before he becomes aware of Chaplin’s presence, he were waiting for his past to catch up with him. He even pulls off the macho persona required for his job and his casual dominance of his wife. Berenson isn’t really an actress. Her line readings are flat and often unconvincing. But Rudolph uses her face beautifully to write her character’s psychology on screen. People looking for a conventional revenge thriller will be disappointed, and the film was met with mixed reviews and poor box office. But if you go in looking for an exploration of characters fighting to adjust to a hostile world, you’ll find a lot to love.

Another 1923 sound recording that will become public domain on January 1, 2024 is Bessie Smith's (1894-1937) first single "Down Hearted Blues" (B-side was "Gulf Coast Blues". The song was written by Alberta Hunter (1895-1984) and composed by Lovie Austin (1887-1972). Smith's single sold 780,000 copies in its first six months. Smith's version was recorded on February 15, 1923 in New York City for Columbia. It was released in 1923.

(Sources: Discography of American Historical Recordings for photo, and info on recording. Deborah G. Felder's 2001 book The 100 Most Influential Women of All Time pg. 285 via Wikipedia for sales info)

Alternative dark outfit design for Bane.

Inspired by these clothes by Alberta Ferretti

April 15, 2024

Mr. Hunter: I rise in support of Bill 204, the Municipal Government (National Urban Parks) Amendment Act, 2023. I am going to start off today by speaking about a distant cousin of man’s best friend, the dog; wolves. The grey wolf is a canine located in North America and Eurasia. Like people, wolves organize themselves into nuclear families and have highly social behaviour. Wolves like to settle in one place and put down roots in a home. They are highly territorial, establishing large territories to ensure that they can hunt enough food for their pack and their young to survive. On average wolves’ core territories are a size of 35 square kilometres. They typically will only leave their territories in times of famine or if other wolves are breaking away from the pack.

The most notable and important characteristic of wolves, Mr. Speaker, is their specialization in pack hunting. Wolves use their numbers to great success when hunting large prey. A pack of 15 wolves can take down even a moose. By banding together and working for the good of the whole, they are able to conquer challenges and opponents which they could never face down on their own. A lone wolf would get trampled and easily put down by an adult moose, but together they are stronger and can face it. In the same way, the federal government seeks to divide us, making us weaker and not able to stand up to its overreaches.

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In January of 2023 wolves in Yellowstone national park were able to band together and win a fight against a grizzly bear. The wolves, despite their smaller size, were able to win against this fearsome and larger opponent. We need to support this legislation so that our province and our municipalities can do the same.

I saw your post about Alluka. I worked hard on this and I want to spread it around. Especially with the state of the world right now. 😬

hell yeah dude c:

we have to protect trans kids at all costs; there's a trans genocide that the government wants to put into play, and we can't just sit idly by. the hot topic to do with this right now is certain happenings in Alberta. They are taking away the rights transgender youth of medical things and even to the point that if a trans child asks a teacher if it possible to be called by another name that teacher is legally required to talk the parents by calling them; this could endanger so many people for clear reasons. we can't keep quiet, and we can't just lie down and die. spread the word all you can. (While I'm here in serious mode, on a bit of a tangent; free Palestine.)

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Cynthia Erivo as Alberta Hunter in Mr. Selfridge

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Hey y’all, I’m going to otafest in calgary, I’ll be going the whole weekend!!! I’m going Friday and Sunday as kel from omori and I’ll be going as Hunter from the owl house on Saturday (might be a closet cosplay, might be canon, I don’t know if I’ll have the money for a full cosplay lol). If you wanna say hi please don’t be shy!! Photos and videos are always welcome as long as I’m not busy, I also love meeting fellow cosplayers so if you wanna exchange socials I’m almost always down. I’ll be posting myself in the cosplays once they’re both finished, so look out for that if you don’t wanna geuss my face lol