#Edith Katz

[mothelette]

first line up of sims for my new save ☘️🎪

[zchug]

Part 174: Sunday, 24th October 1965, 10.15 p.m.

Sam, after a “stormy passage” (according to what the heart specialist told Lily, who saw him unbeknown to Sam) seems to be on the mend. A week or so ago he was, in fact, moved to another ward, bur felt bad, and came back to his original ward, where he still is, but now looking much more cheerful, and being allowed up for an hour a day. One – or at least I – can only help. Mrs Goldberg (Doreen‘s…

[disease]

The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records: Volumes 1 & 2 are a series of compilation albums released by Rhino Records in 1983 & 1985. They purport to compile the worst music ever recorded and feature mostly novelty songs, parodies and cover versions of popular songs, performed very poorly (though in many cases, intentionally so, either as a novelty or as a joke). The original first volume included an airsickness bag and a warning that the album 'may cause internal discomfort.' Full track lists include...

VOLUME 1 [1983]: 1. "The Crusher" (The Novas) 2. "Big Girls Don't Cry" (Edith Massey and The Eggs) 3. "I Want My Baby Back" (Jimmy Cross) 4. "I Like" (Heathen Dan) 5. "Kazooed on Klassics" (The Temple City Kazoo Orchestra) 6. "Fluffy" (Gloria Balsam) 7. "Paralyzed" (Legendary Stardust Cowboy) 8. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" (The Seven Stooges) 9. "Boogie Woogie Amputee" (Barnes and Barnes) 10. "Kinko the Clown" (Ogden Edsl) 11. "Umbassa and the Dragon" (The Turtles) 12. "Ugly" (Johnny Meeskite) 13. "Surfin' Tragedy" (The Breakers) 14. "Young at Heart" (Wild Man Fischer) [YOUTUBE: FULL ALBUM]

VOLUME 2 [1985]: 1. "Downtown" (Mrs. Miller) 2. "K'nish Doctor" (Mickey Katz) 3. "Party in My Pants" (Barnes and Barnes) 4. "Foreign Novelty Smash" (The Credibility Gap) 5. "Nag" (The Halos) 6. "Who Hid the Halibut on the Poop Deck" (Yogi Yorgesson) 7. "Goodbye Sam" (Shad O'Shea) 8. "Just a Big Ego" (Bob Rivers and Zip) 9. "Candy Rapper" (Bird & MacDonald/"Sticky Fingers") 10. "Hands" (Debbie Dawn) 11. "Baseball Card Lover" (Rockin' Richie Ray) 12. "Fudd on the Hill" (Little Roger and the Goosebumps) 13. "Split Level Head" (Napoleon XIV) 14. "Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage" (Killer Pussy) 15. "The Troggs Tapes" (The Troggs)

[killed-by-choice]

Edith Clark, 29 (USA 1971)

New York had just legalized abortion when Edith Clark traveled out of state from her home in Newark, New Jersey to Sparkill, New York. She went to the office of abortionist Robert Livingston on June 24, 1971 for a completely legal suction curettage abortion at approximately 9 weeks.

Shortly after Edith was anesthetized with an IV combination of fentanyl, Innovar and atropine, her blood pressure became undetectable. Resuscitation efforts failed. She went into cardio-respiratory arrest and died. Her death was thought to be due to an abnormal reaction to Innovar. However, before Edith’s death, the state had further loosened its abortion regulations to allow abortions outside of hospitals. This posed a greater risk to the client, and it’s possible that the resources and on-site emergency care of a hospital might have saved her.

Edith was the first recorded maternal death by legal abortion in Rockwell County after New York’s early legalization of abortion. She would not be the last.

White Plains Journal-News, May 18, 1972

United States Social Security Death Index database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTZ2-WT5 : 11 January 2021), Edith Clark, Jun 1971; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

“Maternal Mortality Associated With Legal Abortion in New York State: July 1, 1970 – June 30, 1972,” Berger, Tietze, Pakter, Katz, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 43:3, March 1974, 325.

(Edith is Case 20)

[infjtarot]

6 of Pentacles. Pastoral Tarot

Element: Earth Sephirah: Tipheret (Beauty), sephirah six in Assiyah (Action) Major Arcana: Lovers, Tower Rider Theme: Unequal relationships/generosity Golden Dawn Title: Material Success Decan: 11-20 degrees Taurus, ruled by the moon Harmony in the physical world. A blending of opposites that allows people to come together and to make something of their conditions. These are the themes if we consider the Pythagorean idea. We might add financial success, especially from an unlikely partnership. Good physical health would be another theme. The Rider image seems to illustrate both the theme I have stated of unequal relationships and Ellen Goldberg’s idea of generosity. Giving charity is the very essence of generosity, and yet what could be more unequal than people on their knees, begging? At first glance, this card seems perfectly to fulfill the Virtue of Charity. Notice, however, how carefully he seems to drop the few coins, how he keeps his scales perfectly balanced. Maybe he attends to Prudence more than Charity. Waite says something odd about this card in The Pictorial Key: “A person in the guise of a merchant…” Why not simply “a merchant?” Bad writing, perhaps, but Tarotist and teacher Edith Katz suggested years ago that “guise” might mean “disguise,” and pointed to the scales to suggest it was really Justice giving people what they need, rather than what they want. Readings—Partnership, in work and other practical areas. Harmony in the workplace, good health. Charity, but with a mind to what a person can afford. Justice working out in people’s lives. Spirituality in daily life. Rachel Pollack

[projazznet]

Eddie Higgins Quintet With Strings – Moonlight Becomes You

Eddie Higgins – piano, quintet arrangement Jay Leonhart – bass Joe Ascione – drums Joe Locke – vibes Joe Cohn – guitar Dick Lieb – conductor & string arrangement Harumi Rhodes, Svetlana Tsoneva, Edith Hines – violins Charles Curtis, Andre Emelianoff – cellos Lois Martin, Shmuel Katz – violas

[progressivejudaism]

From LGBTQ+ activist Edith Windsor to funnyman Jerry Lewis, we lost some wonderful Jews this past year!

[bisexualbumblebee-writes]

The Magnus Archives OCs

Oc Count: 5

Name: Arwen Ingrid Katz

Birthday: September 20

Likes: Peach tea, romance novels, interior design, cotton candy, cartoons

Dislikes: People touching her hair, sewing, heights, abandoned buildings, traveling

Personality: Kind, nurturing, sweet, loyal, passionate 

Ship: Martin Blackwood

Side note(s):

Arwen’s parents love The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings books, hence the name 

She works in the library, where all the statements are and she receives as well as brings statements to whoever requests them 

She doesn’t like people touching her hair because of a bad experience with a supernatural creature 

Name: Mavis Alana Whitlock 

Birthday: February 28

Likes: Collecting mugs, creepy things, calligraphy, dancing, history

Dislikes: Big roller coasters, darkness, comedies, long walks, being late

Personality: Curious, simple, genuine, sweet, witty 

Ship: Jonathan Sims 

Side note(s):

Despite the fact that Mavis has worked at the Magnus Institute for years now, she didn’t actually meet Jon until he was searching for a statement while Arwen was out 

Name: Clara Edith Florence 

Birthday: August 14

Likes: Crafts, fruity drinks, plants, adventures, blanket forts

Dislikes: Complaining, too much tv, hail, most vegetables, dolls

Personality: Intellectual, trustworthy, thoughtful, adventurous, diligent 

Ship: Tim Stoker

Side note(s):

Clara is another archival assistant, having got the job via Sasha and that’s where she met Tim 

Name: Daphne Elise Ward 

Birthday: September 25

Likes: Creepy things/the occult, being productive, mystery books, mythology, pottery 

Dislikes: Closed spaces, fights, chalk/chalkboards, the color green, disorganization 

Personality: Compassionate, reasonable, optimistic, imaginative, loyal

Ship: Elias Bouchard

Side note(s):

When Daphne began working at the Magnus Institute neither she nor Elias expected to fall in love 

She’s his personal assistant to be specific, so they spent a lot of time together even before they began dating

(Spoiler) obviously she didn’t know that he was an avatar of The Beholding for a long time 

(If you can’t tell I’m an Elias apologist) 

Name: Danica Odette Cromwell

Birthday: November 1

Likes: Christmas, white chocolate, writing, cooking, history

Dislikes: World War talk, arguing, gossip, heat/summer, incense

Personality: Happy, genuine, curious, intelligent, funny

Ship: Michael Shelley (pre-Distortion)

Side note(s):

Danica began working at the institute just a few months before Michael as a researcher

She and Michael grew close while working in the library together (when they had nothing else to do of course) and Michael finally asked her out one day while in there

[so-many-minis]

Miniature polymer clay chair and cane by Edith אידית Fischer-Katz פישר-כץ Via Flickr: Polymer clay miniature chair and walking cane. Wire armature, polymer clay, klidoscope cane-work and acrylic paint. scale 1:10

[bootlegspiders]

Slashers/Horror Masterlist

[Halloween (OG and RZ)]

Michael Myers

Laurie Strode

[Friday the 13th]

Jason Voorhees

[Carrie]

Carrie White

[The Boy]

Brahms Heelshire

Greta Evans

Malcolm

[House of Wax]

Bo Sinclair

Vincent Sinclair

Lester Sinclair

[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (OG and remake)]

Thomas Hewitt

Bubba Sawyer

[Black Christmas]

Billy Lenz

Jess Bradford

[Candyman]

Daniel Robitaille

[Child's Play]

Tiffany Valentine

Charles Lee Ray

Glen/da Ray (platonic/gen unless they make an appearance in the show)

[Sleepaway Camp]

Angela Baker (platonic/gen)

[Psycho]

Norman Bates

[Hellraiser]

Pinhead/ Elliot Spencer

Kirsty Cotton

Fem!Cenobite/ Nikoletta

[The Collector]

Asa Emory

Arkin O'Brien

Elena Peters

[Scream]

Billy Loomis

Stu Macher

Sydney Prescott

[American Mary]

Mary Mason

[Let The Right One In]

Eli (platonic/gen)

Oskar (platonic/gen)

[Malignant]

Gabriel May

Madison Lake-Mitchell/ Emily May

Sydney Lake

[House of 1000 Corpses]

Baby Firefly

Otis Driftwood

[The Conjuring]

Valak/ The Nun

[13 Ghosts]

Dennis Rafkin

[Laid to Rest]

Chromeskull/ Jesse Chromeans

Spann

[Hellfest]

The Other

[The Shape of Water]

Eliza Esposito

The Creature

[The Mummy]

Evelyn Carnahan

Rick O'Connell

Ardeth Bay

Jonathan Carnahan

Imhotep

Anck Su Namun

[Hannibal (show and movies)]

Hannibal Lecter

Clarice Starling

Will Graham

Alana Bloom

Beverly Katz

Bedelia du Maurier

Freddie Lounds

Francis Dolarhyde

Reba McClane

Margot Verger

[Crimson Peak]

Chiyoh

Edith Cushing

Thomas Sharpe

Lucille Sharpe

Alan McMichael

[Predator]

Yautja

[The Crow]

Eric Draven

[Sinister]

Bughuul

[theadriananobrega]

PRIMEIRAS REFERÊNCIAS

Dennis Creffield

Käthe Kollwitz

Leon Kossoff

Frank Auerbach

Henry Moore

Nikolai Blokhin

Alison Lambert

Tony Orrico

Chris Odgers

Ricardo Martinez

Adonna Khare

Marina Richterová

Barry Moser

Eduard Wiiralt

Konstantin Kalynovych

Skirill

Livio Abramo

Lasar Segall

Oswaldo Goeldi

Edith Behring

Renina Katz

Iberê Camargo

Fayga Ostrower

Anna Letycia

Darel Valença

David Lynch

[zchug]

Part 164: Wednesday, 21st July 1965, 10.05 a.m.

Part 164: Wednesday, 21st July 1965, 10.05 a.m.

Writing this in classroom at F.B.C.S. Miss W. has arranged for me to take 4th yr. girls after play, leaving me free before play. Not looking forward to the girls. Feeling generally limp. Staff cricket match on Monday evening (4.30 – 6.30 rain washed out half the game, J.W. scored 2 and carried his bat), followed by rehearsal till 10.05. Yesterday at parents’ evening from 7-9.40. Translation job…

[melancholialake]

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Opera by Rossini

Michael Hampe | Stage director

Ezio Frigerio | Stage sets and costumes

Mauro Pagano | Stage sets and costumes

David Kuebler | Count Almaviva

Carlos Feller | Bartolo

Cecilia Bartoli | Rosina

Gino Quilico | Figaro

Robert Lloyd | Basilio

Klaus Bruch | Fiorello

Edith Kertész-Gabry | Berta

Paul Keppeler | Ambrogio

Eberhard Katz | An Officer

Gustav Lütgenthey | A Notary

Cologne Opera Chorus

Hans Wolfgang Schmitz | Chorus director

Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Gabriele Ferro | Music director

Synopsis

I.

Count Almaviva is in love with Rosina, the rich niece and ward of Dr. Bartolo. Disguised as the poor student Lindoro, he serenades her, which arouses the suspicion of Bartolo, who wants to marry her herself for her money. Almaviva's former servant Figaro devises a plan to give Almaviva access to Rosina and thwart the intended marriage between her and Bartolo. With Figaro’s help, Almaviva has himself quarried as a drunken soldier in Bartolo's house, but the latter has him arrested.

II

In order to still be able to visit Rosina, Almaviva plays the replacement for Rosina's 'suddenly ill' music teacher Basilio. Thus both lovers devise an escape plan. Although Bartolo is distracted as best he can by Figaro, he nevertheless overhears something about this and expels the two men from his home. Bartolo now wants to marry Rosina quickly and makes her believe that "Lindoro" is a liar, so that she not only reveals the night flight plan, but also agrees to marry Bartolo. When this evening thinks to lure Figaro and Almaviva into a trap, both manage to convince Rosina of Almaviva's sincere love. Bartolo tries to prevent their marriage, but stops trying when he is offered Rosina’s dowry.

Synopsis source

[introvertguide]

Vertigo (1958); AFI #9

We are taking another dip into the AFI top 10 with the highest rated Hitchcock film, Vertigo (1958). This film was not well rated critically or at the box office upon initial release despite being game changing with its innovation in plot and filming. The film was nominated for Best Sound and Best Set Direction, but those were 2 aspects of the film that seemed the least award worthy. I am not sure about the sound design, but I agree with the set direction. Worthy of nomination would have been cinematography and score as well. Maybe best adapted screenplay. I would not say this is Hitchcock’s best directing since he did more as a producer pulling together great talents then he did as a director. We can discuss more about that, but I want to go over the plot first:

MAJOR SPOILER WARNING! WATCH THE MOVIE BEFORE READING FURTHER!!

The film starts with a rooftop chase in which a policeman dies trying to help a detective who slipped and is about to fall. The policeman dies attempting to save the detective and the detective is mentally traumatized by the event.

The detective turns out to be Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart) and he has decided to retire from the force because of his acrophobia that brings on a sense of vertigo. (Note: There was a very poor understanding of phobias at the time and almost all of the information given seems pretty silly compared to the accepted understanding of phobias today, so I consider it more that the characters do not understand. I don’t want to nitpick a 60 year old film when the psychological field has progressed so much since then.) He has a friend named Midge (Barbara Bel Geddes) that wants to help him get over his fear and get back on the force, but Scottie seems like he will have to take it slow. 

Right as Scottie has healed physically, he is contacted by an old friend to act as a private detective. Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore) requests that Scottie follow his wife around since she is acting strange and has an unhealthy attachment to a woman who committed suicide in the 1800s after losing a child. The wife is named Madeleine (Kim Novak) and Scottie tails her throughout the day and finds that she purchases things associated with this dead woman and goes to places related to the woman. He finally witnesses her attempt suicide by jumping into a bay and he jumps in and saves her. There is a scene of what today seems awkward because Scottie brings Madeleine home and strips here out of her wet clothes instead of taking her to a hospital. I guess it was normal at the time because she is thankful and then she leaves in the morning.

Scottie has become smitten so he tracks down Madeleine the next morning and spends the day with her but doesn’t mention he was hired by the husband. They spend the day together and she goes in and out of a trance like state until they finally go to an old mission and Madeleine runs up into a bell tower and commits suicide. Scottie tries to follow and stop her but his acrophobia slows him down enough that he doesn’t see the jump, only the falling body. In any case, Madeleine is dead and Scottie is again traumatized.

Scottie is not blamed for the death, but he goes into a catatonic state and stays at a sanitarium for an undetermined amount of time. The doctor tells a visiting Midge that it could take 6-12 months to get past his trauma, and she mentions that Scottie was in love with Madeleine and the doctor says that is even worse. Scottie eventually is released, yet he has not completely recovered and goes to all the places that Madeleine used to go. He becomes more obsessed and is elated when he bumps into a woman named Judy Barton who looks identical to Madeleine (also played by Novak). Scottie creepily follows Judy home and talks his way into her apartment. 

This is where things get weird. Scottie talks his way into her apartment and then takes her on a date. It is revealed to the audience (but not Scottie) through a flashback that this is the same woman that was known as Madeleine, but a different woman had been thrown from the bell tower right as Madeleine had reached the top of the tower and Scottie had missed it due to his problems with vertigo at heights. The woman has brown hair and wears a different style of clothes, so Scottie becomes obsessed with changing Judy until she looks just like Madeleine. The audience doesn’t know who to feel sorry for because Judy is made out to be lying to make Scottie feel crazy, but she obviously has feelings for Scottie. He, on the other hand, has been tricked and is going crazy becoming dangerous and emotionally abusive to Judy. 

They go around to different shops and services until Judy is successfully transformed back into Madeleine when she makes a mistake of putting on a necklace that was one that Madeleine was supposed to be obsessed over and Scottie realizes he has been tricked. He suddenly decides to drive Judy (completely dressed as Madeleine) back to the bell tower and it is revealed that Judy was a paid actress that Scottie was asked to follow thinking it was Elster’s wife while the real wife was killed and thrown off the roof. Scottie was chosen specifically because he wouldn’t be able to climb the tower despite seeing her go up. 

Scottie physically (and abusively) pushes Judy up the stairs up to the top where she confesses everything. They are suddenly surprised by a nun who is coming up to ring the bell and Judy falls to her death from the same bell tower. The nun rings the bell and Scottie looks down and the movie ends.

One thing to note about the movie is that the whole thing takes place in and around San Francisco. It is very scenic and at times seems almost like an industrial film promoting tourism for the area. This is prominent because the location was the first thing decided about the movie. Alfred Hitchcock went to San Francisco, called it the Paris of America, and decided to make a movie set in the city before he had any kind of story in mind. This was not the first time he did this, but it still seems like a weird starting point to me. Needless to say, there is a really cool driving tour about all the Vertigo locations in the Bay Area that makes for a really nice overview of the area.

I understand that Hitchcock was a fan of blonde actresses in their 20s and that he had a great working relationship with Jimmy Stewart as his go to lead actor, but this made for somewhat awkward love interests in some of the movies in the late 50s and early 60s and this was no exception. It is especially awkward when Scottie is going crazy and forcing Judy to dress in a certain way and pushes her up to the top of a bell tower. Knowing the stories of Hitchcock, that might have been entirely intentional. Another aspect that is a little weird is how obviously bad that Scottie is at being a detective. His inability to follow a suspect without being blatantly obvious is laughable at times. 

Despite this being called Hitchcock’s masterwork, I can’t praise this movie without noting all the things that he did not do. San Francisco gets points for being naturally beautiful. Associate producer Herbert Coleman did a great job finding beautiful locations. The screenplay of Vertigo is an adaptation of the French novel D'entre les morts (From Among the Dead) by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. The actual adaptation went through the hands of 3 different writers finally ending with Samuel Taylor, the writer of other classics such as Sabrina and Avanti. The intro to the movie was done by the great Saul Bass. The costumes were done by the great Edith Head. The 1st unit DP Robert Brooks made all of the location shots blend beautifully and the 2nd unit DP Irmin Roberts invented shots to create the vertigo effect. Bernard Hermann once again stepped in and created a haunting score that was robbed for not getting an Oscar nomination. Of course, Alfred would have been lost without the help and patience of his wife Alma, who was never credited but apparently helped quite a bit with the editing process on this film. 

Even beyond the original making of the movie, the film negatives were restored to amazing quality by Robert Harris and James Katz in 1996. Hitchcock held on to the negatives and the movie was not shown until after his death and the prints look faded and dingy when finally released in 1984. Over a decade later, the movie was chosen for restoration and it was suddenly considered an artistic classic. It has been opined by critics that the film actually looks better now than Hitchcock ever imagined it would, so it can be argued that this is much more than a Hitchcock movie. 

I do think that the restored film is a beautiful masterpiece, but I can imagine that the film was not as well received on initial release because the first hour is almost completely beauty shots of San Francisco and it would have gone over pretty poorly if the film was of low quality. Maybe a bit of a hot take, but I think the movie has become better over time. This seems more apparent because the recognition for the movie didn’t happen when it was first rereleased into the public in 1984, but suddenly became a masterpiece in the late 90s after it was remastered. 

So should this movie be on the AFI list? Oh yes. Shot as almost a love note to San Francisco and the California Bay Area, this is a very American film. Also, the invention of the dolly zoom to imitate the feeling of vertigo has been used widely throughout the industry. Also, the idea of introducing the plot twist to the audience 30 minutes before the main character was risky but ingenious. Absolutely one of the best movies (at least the restored version I have seen) of all time. Would I recommend it? Yes. It is neither my favorite movie of all time nor is it even my favorite Hitchcock film (that goes to Rear Window), but it is a truly great movie and worth going out and finding for a watch. Appreciate the acting, the use of color, the vertigo zoom, the beautiful scenery, and the great story that was conceived on a trip in 1951 and was eventually restored to near perfection almost 50 years later. Please see it and enjoy.

[skowhegan]

Proud to be included in a show entitled Slab City Rendezvous at the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, Maine with Alex Katz [Alumni 49-50; Res. faculty '60, '63; Visiting faculty '64, '67 '71, '75, '95]. Bernard Langlais [Alumni '49, '50, '51]; Red Grooms [visiting faculty- '69, '79]; Mini Gross [alumni '59]; Jean Cohen [Alumni '50]; Neil Welliver [Visiting faculty '73]; Rudy Burckhardt, [Resident faculty '88, visiting faculty '72]; Lois Dodd [Resident faculty '79], Yvonne Jacquette, [resident faculty '94, visiting faculty '77]. Other artists in the show are Rackstraw Downs, Emily Brown and Edith Schloss.

The show is up until February 20, 2020.

Photo shows two of my drawings: upper left Untitled 1969, lower left, At Welliver's. On the right  Alex Katz' untitled painting c. 1954, and below right, Bernard Langlais's painting. My Old Car, 1956.

Web site for the show: https://www.farnsworthmuseum.org/exhibition/slab-city-rendezvous/

[qchefsdental]

Die Zahnfee hat's eingepackt - fürs Tierheim - das ist Fakt! Einfach so - ganz ohne Grund! Was Gutes tun für Katz & Hund! 21 Spendenpakete voller Zahnputzkäse gingen raus an: ❤️ Tierheim Hof ❤️ Tierheim Coburg ❤️ Tierheim Feucht ❤️ Tierheim Cham e.V. ❤️ Tierheim Schwandorf ❤️ Tierschutzverein Cottbus e.V. ❤️ Tierschutz Braunschweig e.V. ❤️ Tierschutzverein Bochum e.V. ❤️ Tierheim der Stadt Halle (Saale) ❤️ Tierheim & Tierschutzverein Nürnberg ❤️ Tierheim "Edith Vogel" Stendal-Borstel ❤️ Tierschutzverein Neumarkt i.d. Oberpfalz ❤️ Tierschutzverein Wunsiedel-Breitenbrunn ❤️ Tierschutzverein Mainz und Umgebung e.V. ❤️ Tierschutzverein Speyer und Umgebung e.V. ❤️ Tierschutzverein Münster und Umgebung e.V. ❤️ Tierheim und Tierschutzfreunde Schwerin e.V. ❤️ Tierschutzverein Potsdam und Umgebung e.V. ❤️ Tierschutzverein Bayreuth und Umgebung e.V. ❤️ Tierschutz Lemuria für das Tierheim Ajucan (ES) ❤️ Tierschutzverein Regensburg und Umgebung e.V.