#George Lombardo

[esqueletosgays]

CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (1980)

Paura nella città dei morti viventi

Director: Lucio Fulci Cinematography: Sergio Salvati

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

TRANS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE 2024 - November 20

Say their names:

NOVEMBER 2023

Savannah Williams

Bernardo Panteleon

Pepper Mychel Peterson

Mariah Ruby Rachel Williams

F. L. “Bubba” Copeland

Lola Laperla Ebony McDaniels

Shandon Floyd

Tiesha McFarland

Kejuan Richardson

Amiri Jean Reid

Mya Finch

Travis Stimeling

DECEMBER 2023

Demita Jo Armstrong

Onteris Owens-Campbell

Jesse Viviano White

Star Possum

Jermaine Golden

Meghan Riley Lewis

Zoey Flye

Madison Montana

Care Hansen

Amber Minor

Ashlei Jasmine Colgate-Edwards

Fleetwood Mars Mozee

Shelby “Lexus” Riddick-Walker

Kimbella Blackshear

Easley Jeffcoat

Tripp Schultz

JANUARY 2024

Lady Fabian Sanchez

James Moen

Dana Randolph “Desiree A. DeMornay”

Quin Joy

Sasha Williams

Jennell Jaquays

Sarina Mihailoff

Sasha Washington-Cohen “Sasha Fierce”

Guelila “Gigi” Iyob

Videl Lombardo

Savannah Rose Rivers Amore

Kathy “Otter” Ottersten

Robin Valentina

Forrest Douglas Buckley

Giselle Stone

Tristan Michael Bustos “Tristyn St. Clair”

Kitty Monroe

FEBRUARY 2024

Natalia Skye

Teddy Reese Curran

Erick Krouse

Noah Jackson Chase

Ellie Walsh

Nex Benedict

Emma “África” Parrilla García

Blakely Hanson

Righteous TK “Chevy” Hill

Ashton Myles Clatterbuck

Madison Nicole Spann “Madison St. Claire”

Cecilia Gentili

MARCH 2024

Diamond Cherish Brigman

Elliot Ganiel

Fae Morganna Barbone

Aurelia A. Legassey

Alex Franco

Meraxes Medina

Ty Geissinger “Ty Holiday”

APRIL 2024

Andrea Doria Dos Passos “Maggie”

Yella Clark

Allister Matthews

Tiffany Azalea Monceaux

Tara Fable

Randy Dudley

River Neveah Goddard

Tee “Ace” Arnold

George A. Schappell

Starr Brown

Robbi Mecus

Basil Brown

MAY 2024

Tayy Dior Thomas

Kita Bee

Kamryn “Cantrell” Smith

Jazlynn Johnson

Daelicious O’hare Mizani

Darri C. Moore

Niomi Jenkins

Michelle Henry

Saanti Bonét Valentino

JUNE 2024

Pauly Likens

M. Tapia

Lynn Conway

Liara Kaylee Tsai

JULY 2024

Dylan Gurley

Griffin Shaun Sivret

Kenji Zemonta Spurgeon

Ev Smith

Shannon Boswell

Levi Castillo

Lily Autumn Rose

Monique Brooks

AUGUST 2024

Noelle Woolley

Indiana Grayson

Vanity Williams

Tai’Vion Lathan

Jhzara “Femmie” Williams

Baxter Zachary Hawk

SEPTEMBER 2024

Kassim Omar

Liam Johns

Mahdia Lynn

Cass Trystero

Chilli Pepper

Barbie Iceland “Redd China”

OCTOBER 2024

Honee Daniels

Serenity Birdsong

Adela Vázquez

San Coleman

Zeta Muirgen Seraph Haber

Despite our best efforts, the names on our list are only those who had the privilege of recognition, the fortune of discovery, or the extraordinary courage to leave indelible proof of their true selves for us to mourn. So many unknown and uncounted people remain that even years from now we will learn the names of people in our community who died this year without the recognition they deserved.

https://www.transremembrance.org/domestic-list

[atheneum-of-you]

I'm so happy so many people have found my tiny library useful! l've added a few more books for everyone!

Books Inside:

Ancient Greek Religion Jon D. Mikalson

Ancient Greek Cults Jennifer Larson

Ancient Greek Divination Sarah /les Johnston

The Odyssey Homer

The Homeric Hymns A Translation, with Introduction and Notes by Rayor Diane J

The llyad Homer translated by Stanley Lombardo

Apollodorus The Library, Volumes 1 and Il Sir James George Frazer

The Orphic Hymns Athanassakis

Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens

A History of Ancient Greece Robin Waterfield

The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion Esther Eidinow and Julia Kindt

A Companion to Greek Religion Daniel Ogden

Theogony Hesiod

Magika Hiera Ancient Greek Magic and Religion Christopher A. Faraone, Dirk Obbink ( donated by @angieisreading )

Women's Dress in the Ancient Greek World Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (donated by @anyrisse )

Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion Ellie Mackin Roberts (donated by @anyrisse )

Understanding Greek Religion Jennifer Larson (donated by @anyrisse )

The Gods of Ancient Greece Jan N. Bremmer and Andrew Erskine (donated by @anyrisse )

Restless Dead Sarah Isles Johnston (donated by @anyrisse )

Myths of the Underworld Journey Radcliffe G. Edmonds III (donated by @anyrisse )

Marriage to Death Rush Rehm (donated by @anyrisse )

Greek Religion Walter Burkert (donated by @anyrisse )

Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy Jon D. Mikalson (donated by @anyrisse )

Greek Magic J.C.B. Petropoulos (donated by @anyrisse )

Greek and Roman Necromancy Daniel Qgden (donated by @anyrisse )

Gods and Garments Cecile Brøns (donated by @anyrisse )

Bride of Hades to Bride of Christ Abbe Lind Walker (donated by @anyrisse )

Aphrodite's Tortoise Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (donated by @anyrisse )

Ancient Mystery Cults Walter Burkert (donated by @anyrisse )

Ancient Greek Love Magic Christopher A. Faraone (donated by @anyrisse )

Some are pdfs and some are epubs but all of them are free for your reading enjoyment and learning!

l'll be adding more as time goes on and at the requests and suggestions of others so if you think something is missing or have a request please don't hesitate to ask me to add it!

As usual a massive thank you to Lord Hermes Dôtor Eaôn/Lord Hermes Arkhos Phêlêteôn for the idea, this library is a dedication and offering to him and adding to it is all in his name ♡

[notthesomefather]

Goddess Hel, divine hostess whose arms lovingly embrace all guests, Watch over those who have crossed your gates against their will. Care for those taken from us and bless them with tranquil rest.

Godx Loki, story-teller and guardian of outcasts, Give words to our sorrow so that we may honor their memories. Breathe air into our lungs so we may bellow our love over hatred.

Goddess Hel, cherisher of life and daughter of metamorphosis, Bestow in their loved ones moments of laughter, healing, and peace. May their names echo not just in sorrow but in smiling remembrance.

Godx Loki, change-bringer and waker of revolution, Spark the flames of unrelenting authenticity within us. Stoke the ember of truth until the hateful are blinded by its light.

Under the cut are the siblings, youth, and elders whose lives were taken due to hatred, bigotry, and fear. I understand it is incredibly triggering, but I believe we owe it to them to read their names.

We love you. We are unendingly sorry and we will never stop fighting until the hatred that stole you from this life has been extinguished. We love you so much.

(December 2023 - November 2024) Savannah Williams Bernardo Panteleon Pepper Mychel Peterson Mariah Ruby Rachel Williams F. L. “Bubba” Copeland Lola Laperla Ebony McDaniels Shandon Floyd Tiesha McFarland Kejuan Richardson Amiri Jean Reid Mya Finch Travis Stimeling Demita Jo Armstrong Onteris Owens-Campbell Jesse Viviano White Star Possum Jermaine Golden Meghan Riley Lewis Zoey Flye Madison Montana Care Hansen Amber Minor Ashlei Jasmine Colgate-Edwards Fleetwood Mars Mozee Shelby “Lexus” Riddick-Walker Kimbella Blackshear Easley Jeffcoat Tripp Schultz Lady Fabian Sanchez James Moen Dana Randolph “Desiree A. DeMornay” Quin Joy Sasha Williams Jennell Jaquays Sarina Mihailoff Sasha Washington-Cohen “Sasha Fierce” Guelila “Gigi” Iyob Videl Lombardo Savannah Rose Rivers Amore Kathy “Otter” Ottersten Robin Valentina Forrest Douglas Buckley Giselle Stone Tristan Michael Bustos “Tristyn St. Clair” Kitty Monroe Natalia Skye Teddy Reese Curran Erick Krouse Noah Jackson Chase Ellie Walsh Nex Benedict Emma “África” Parrilla García Blakely Hanson Righteous TK “Chevy” Hill Ashton Myles Clatterbuck Madison Nicole Spann “Madison St. Claire” Cecilia Gentili Diamond Cherish Brigman Elliot Ganiel Fae Morganna Barbone Aurelia A. Legassey Alex Franco Meraxes Medina Ty Geissinger “Ty Holiday” Andrea Doria Dos Passos “Maggie” Yella Clark Allister Matthews Tiffany Azalea Monceaux Tara Fable Randy Dudley River Neveah Goddard Tee “Ace” Arnold George A. Schappell Starr Brown Robbi Mecus Basil Brown Tayy Dior Thomas Kita Bee Kamryn “Cantrell” Smith Jazlynn Johnson Daelicious O’hare Mizani Darri C. Moore Niomi Jenkins Michelle Henry Saanti Bonét Valentino Pauly Likens M. Tapia Lynn Conway Liara Kaylee Tsai Dylan Gurley Griffin Shaun Sivret Kenji Zemonta Spurgeon Ev Smith Shannon Boswell Levi Castillo Lily Autumn Rose Monique Brooks Noelle Woolley Indiana Grayson Vanity Williams Tai’Vion Lathan Jhzara “Femmie” Williams Baxter Zachary Hawk Kassim Omar Liam Johns Mahdia Lynn Cass Trystero Chilli Pepper Barbie Iceland “Redd China” Honee Daniels Serenity Birdsong Adela Vázquez San Coleman Zeta Muirgen Seraph Haber

[johaerys-writes]

Just saw someone shitting on TSOA yet again (no surprises there) about the fact that Achilles is "canonically" chestnut-haired, and that the fact that he's portrayed as a blonde must be TSOA's fault because, of course, every inaccuracy or misconception about the Iliad or Patrochilles in popular culture can be traced back to TSOA, right? And of course let's ignore the fact that many other popular adaptations like, oh, I don't know, TROY THE MOVIE which was filmed 7 years before TSOA portrays Achilles as a blonde, and that many, many artists several centuries before TSOA was written imagined him as a blonde, starting from the Romans and going aaaaaall the way to the 18th and 19th century to the present day, but let's ignore all of that for a minute, shall we?

The word used to describe Achilles in the Iliad is xanthos, which does not exactly translate as chestnut! It does not exactly translate to any colour word we have in the English language, or probably most modern languages in fact!! Greeks used certain words to describe groups of colours, so xanthos could mean anything from yellow to gold to brown, even ruddy, reddish brown or reddish gold. Translators over the years have used a number of different words to describe Achilles' hair, here are some examples from the translations I have on hand and a couple I searched for this purpose:

George Chapman (1611): yellow

John Dryden (1700): yellow

Alexander Pope (1743): golden

Samuel Butler (1898): yellow

Richard Lattimore (1951): fair

Kazantzakis-Kakridis (1955): blonde

Robert Fagles (1990): fiery

Stanley Lombardo (1997): sandy

Barry B. Powell (2013): light-coloured

Caroline Alexander (2016): tawny

Emily Wilson (2023): chestnut

So, as you can see, there have been many different variations over the years, and none of them are either 100% right or wrong! I don't know what each translator had in mind when they chose to translate xanthos the way they did, what their precise reasoning was, but what we do know is that the word has been used to describe a wealth of different shades so I'm guessing there's a degree of personal interpretation or preference at play here.

And that's all I have to say about that for the moment! Peace out ✌️

[cemeterygrace]

remembering my trans ancestors and those we’ve lost on this trans day of remembrance. they are all so loved by us, and unique in their own ways. fly high and know that you are beloved. for those not on this list, you are known and remembered.

rest in peace and in freedom.

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

NOVEMBER 2023

Savannah Williams

Bernardo Panteleon

Pepper Mychel Peterson

Mariah Ruby Rachel Williams

F. L. “Bubba” Copeland

Lola Laperla Ebony McDaniels

Shandon Floyd

Tiesha McFarland

Kejuan Richardson

Amiri Jean Reid

Mya Finch

Travis Stimeling

DECEMBER 2023

Demita Jo Armstrong

Onteris Owens-Campbell

Jesse Viviano White

Star Possum

Jermaine Golden

Meghan Riley Lewis

Zoey Flye

Madison Montana

Care Hansen

Amber Minor

Ashlei Jasmine Colgate-Edwards

Fleetwood Mars Mozee

Shelby “Lexus” Riddick-Walker

Kimbella Blackshear

Easley Jeffcoat

Tripp Schultz

JANUARY 2024

Lady Fabian Sanchez

James Moen

Dana Randolph “Desiree A. DeMornay”

Quin Joy

Sasha Williams

Jennell Jaquays

Sarina Mihailoff

Sasha Washington-Cohen “Sasha Fierce”

Guelila “Gigi” Iyob

Videl Lombardo

Savannah Rose Rivers Amore

Kathy “Otter” Ottersten

Robin Valentina

Forrest Douglas Buckley

Giselle Stone

Tristan Michael Bustos “Tristyn St. Clair”

Kitty Monroe

FEBRUARY 2024

Natalia Skye

Teddy Reese Curran

Erick Krouse

Noah Jackson Chase

Ellie Walsh

Nex Benedict

Emma “África” Parrilla García

Blakely Hanson

Righteous TK “Chevy” Hill

Ashton Myles Clatterbuck

Madison Nicole Spann “Madison St. Claire”

Cecilia Gentili

MARCH 2024

Diamond Cherish Brigman

Elliot Ganiel

Fae Morganna Barbone

Aurelia A. Legassey

Alex Franco

Meraxes Medina

Ty Geissinger “Ty Holiday”

APRIL 2024

Andrea Doria Dos Passos “Maggie”

Yella Clark

Allister Matthews

Tiffany Azalea Monceaux

Tara Fable

Randy Dudley

River Neveah Goddard

Tee “Ace” Arnold

George A. Schappell

Starr Brown

Robbi Mecus

Basil Brown

MAY 2024

Tayy Dior Thomas

Kita Bee

Kamryn “Cantrell” Smith

Jazlynn Johnson

Daelicious O’hare Mizani

Darri C. Moore

Niomi Jenkins

Michelle Henry

Saanti Bonét Valentino

JUNE 2024

Pauly Likens

M. Tapia

Lynn Conway

Liara Kaylee Tsai

JULY 2024

Dylan Gurley

Griffin Shaun Sivret

Kenji Zemonta Spurgeon

Ev Smith

Shannon Boswell

Levi Castillo

Lily Autumn Rose

Monique Brooks

AUGUST 2024

Noelle Woolley

Indiana Grayson

Vanity Williams

Tai’Vion Lathan

Jhzara “Femmie” Williams

Baxter Zachary Hawk

SEPTEMBER 2024

Kassim Omar

Liam Johns

Mahdia Lynn

Cass Trystero

Chilli Pepper

Barbie Iceland “Redd China”

OCTOBER 2024

Honee Daniels

Serenity Birdsong

Adela Vázquez

San Coleman

Zeta Muirgen Seraph Haber

[general-sleepy]

A while ago I floated the idea of Game of Thrones as a schlocky 80s sword-and-sorcery movie. Well, I've been working on my cast.

Daneyris Targarean: Linnea Quigley

Robert Barratheon: Cameron Mitchell

Ned Stark: David Carradine

Catelyn Stark: Sybil Danning

Jon Snow: John Terry

Robb Stark: Reb Brown

Sansa Stark: Monique Gabrielle

Tywin Lannister: Jack Palance

Tyrion Lannister: Peter O'Farrell

Cersei Lannister: Lana Clarkson

Jaime Lannister: John Allen Nelson

Joffrey Baratheon: Ian Serra

Sandor Clegane: One of the Barbarian Brothers

Gregor Clegane: The other Barbarian Brother

Arya, Bran, Rickon, Tommen, etc.: Weird-looking children dubbed by forty-year-old women

Margaery Tyrell: Tawny Kitaen

Loras Tyrell: Miles O'Keefe

Renly Baratheon: Rick Hill

Petyr Baelish: Richard Lynch

Theon Greyjoy: David Hess

Ramsay Bolton: Giovanni Lombardo Radice

Melisandre: Laura Gemser

Davos Seaworth: Christopher George

Brienne of Tarth: Cynthia Rothrock

That's all I can think of. I'm open to any suggestions. Just remember that if it's an at-all-prominent actor, you have to justify why this person is at the utter nadir of their career.

[film-classics]

Tallulah Bankhead - The Wild Child

Tallulah Brockman Bankhead (born in Huntsville, Alabama on January 31, 1902) was an American actress, primarily of the stage, but has also appeared in several prominent films, including an award-winning performance in Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944). Known as "The Wild Child," her penchant for living life on her own terms, defying societal conventions and hard partying sometimes preceded her talent.

Bankhead was a member of the Bankhead and Brockman family, a prominent Alabama Democratic political family with Irish roots. Her grandfather and her uncle were U.S. senators, and her father was Speaker of the House of Representatives. She was mostly raised in the family estate named "Sunset" in Jasper, Alabama.

Discovering at an early age that theatrics gained her the attention she desired, she wanted to be a performer. Thus, at 15, she submitted her photo to Picture Play, which was conducting a contest, and was awarded a trip to New York plus a movie part based on their photographs. She soon realized her place was on stage rather than screen. After several years in Broadway, Bankhead moved to London, where she found fame and critical acclaim in the West End.

In 1931, under contract to Paramount Pictures she returned to the U.S. and played in a series of roles as a femme fatale in films in films like George Cukor's Tarnished Lady (1931).

Going back to Broadway, Bankhead worked steadily in a series of plays, including brilliant portrayals of Regina Giddens in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes (1939) and Sabina in Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth (1942). Because of her continued success, she was able to command 10 percent of the gross of the play and was billed larger than any other actor in the cast. She also continued to appear in a handful of films, TV shows, and radio shows. Though Tallulah Bankhead's career slowed in the mid-1950s, she never faded from the public eye.

A long time smoker, she died in Manhattan at age 66 due to pleural double pneumonia.

Legacy:

Won the Variety Award for Best Actress of the Year twice: The Little Foxes (1939) and The Skin of Our Teeth (1942)

Won the New York Drama Critics Award for Best Actress in a Production for The Skin of Our Teeth (1942)

Won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress for Lifeboat (1944)

Nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Midgie Purvis (1961)

Has had a cocktail at the Rivoli Bar in the Ritz London called "The Tallulah," which is served in Christian Louboutin stiletto

Is the first white woman to be featured on the cover of Ebony magazine

Is one of the very few film actresses and the only stage actress to have a cover on both Time and Life

Honored as one of the 10 most remarkable women in London in 1928

Served as inspiration for the character Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950) and Cruella De Vil in Walt Disney Pictures' One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)

Is one of the original inductees in the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1972

Inducted in the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1981

Is the main character of Looped, a Broadway play by New York writer Matthew Lombardo, which premiered in 2007

Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6141 Hollywood Blvd for motion picture

[thisisyourdriverspeaking]

Well, this took me a lot of online digging & a lot of patience but this is the top songs in the charts/most popular songs for each of the winners of the Indy 500. I hope you guys enjoy the effort 😂

30th May 1911 - Ray Harroun - Arthur Collins - Steamboat Bill

30th May 1912 - Joe Dawson - Enrico Caruso - Dreams Of Long Ago

30th May 1913 - Jules Goux - Harry Lauder - It's Nicer To Be In Bed

30th May 1914 - Rene Thomas - Heidelberg Quintet - By The Beautiful Sea

31st May 1915 - Ralph DePalma - Alma Gluck - Carry Me Back To Old Viginity

30th May 1916 - Dario Resta - John McCormack - The Sunshine Of Your Smile

31st May 1919 - Howdy Wilcox - Henry Burr & Albert Campbell - i'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

31st May 1920 - Gaston Chevrolet - Al Jolson - Swanee

30th May 1921 - Tommy Milton - Marion Harris - Look For The Silver Lining

30th May 1922 - Jimmy Murphy - Al Jolson - Angel Child

30th May 1923 - Tommy Milton - Carl Fenton - Love Sends A Little Gift Of Roses

30th May 1924 - Lora L Corum & Joe Boyer - Al Jolson - California Here I Come

30th May 1925 - Pete DePaolo - Ted Lewis - O! Katharina

31st May 1926 - Frank Lockhart - Gene Austin - Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue

30th May 1927 - George Soulders - Ben Bernie - Ain't She Sweet?

30th May 1928 - Louis Meyer - Gene Austin - Ramona

30th May 1929 - Ray Keech - Rudy Vallee - Honey

30th May 1930 - Billy Arnold - Rudy Vallee - Stein Song (University Of Maine)

30th May 1931 - Louis Schneider - Bing Crosby - Out Of Nowhere

30th May 1932 - Fred Frame - Louis Armstrong - All Of Me

30th May 1933 - Louis Meyer - Leo Reisman ft Harold Arlen - Stormy Weather

30th May 1934 - Bill Cummings - Duke Ellington - Cocktails For Two

30th May 1935 - Kelly Petillo - Guy Lombardo - What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)

30th May 1936 - Louis Meyer - Benny Goodman - The Glory Of Love

31st May 1937 - Wilbur Shaw - Teddy Wilson ft Billie Holiday - Carelessly

30th May 1938 - Floyd Roberts - Shep Fields - Cathedral In The Pines

30th May 1939 - Wilbur Shaw - Benny Goodman - And The Angels Sing

30th May 1940 - Wilbur Shaw - Bing Crosby - If I Had My Way

30th May 1941 - Floyd David & Mauri Rose - Deanna Durbin - Waltzing In The Clouds

30th May 1946 - George Robson - Denny Dennis & The Skyrockets - Mary Lou

30th May 1947 - Mauri Rose - Bing Crosby - Among My Souvenirs

31st May 1948 - Mauri Rose - Bing Crosby - Galway Bay

30th May 1949 - Bill Holland - Burl Ives - Lavender Blue

30th May 1950 - Johnnie Parsons - Billy Eckstine - My Foolish Heart

30th May 1951 - Lee Wallard - Les Paul & Mary Ford - Mockin' Bird Hill

30th May 1952 - Troy Ruttman - Jo Stafford - A-Round The Corner

30th May 1953 - Bill Vukovich - Frankie Laine - I Believe

31st May 1954 - Bill Vukovich - Doris Day - Secret Love

30th May 1955 - Bob Sweikert - Eddie Calvert - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

30th May 1956 - Pat Flaherty - Ronnie Hilton - No Other Love

30th May 1957 - Sam Hanks - Andy Williams - Butterfly

30th May 1958 - Jimmy Bryan - Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now

30th May 1959 - Rodger Ward - Elvis Presley - A Fool Such As I

30th May 1960 - Jim Rathmann - The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown

30th May 1961 - AJ Foyt - Temperance Seven - You're Driving Me Crazy

30th May 1962 - Rodger Ward - Elvis Presley - Good Luck Charm

30th May 1963 - Parnelli Jones - The Beatles - From Me To You

30th May 1964 - AJ Foyt - Cilla Black - You're My World

31st May 1965 - Jim Clark - Sandie Shaw - Long Live Love

30th May 1966 - Graham Hill - The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black

31st May 1967 - AJ Foyt - The Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden

30th May 1968 - Bobby Unser - Union Gap - Young Girl

30th May 1969 - Mario Andretti - The Beatles with Billy Preston - Get Back

30th May 1970 - Al Unser - England World Cup Squad - Back Home

29th May 1971 - Al Unser - Dawn - Knock Three Times

27th May 1972 - Mark Donohue - T.Rex - Metal Guru

30th May 1973 - Gordon Johncock - Wizzard - See My Baby Jive

26th May 1974 - Johnny Rutherford - Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love

25th May 1975 - Bobby Unser - Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man

30th May 1976 - Johnny Rutherford - J.J Barrie - No Charge

29th May 1977 - A.J Foyt - Rod Stewart - I Don't Want To Talk About It

28th May 1978 - Al Unser - Boney M - Rivers Of Babylon

27th May 1979 - Rick Mears - Blondie - Sunday Girl

25th May 1980 - Johnny Rutherford - Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It

24th May 1981 - Bobby Unser - Adam & The Ants - Stand & Deliver

30th May 1982 - Gordon Johncock - Madness - House of Fun

29th May 1983 - Tom Sneva - The Police - Every Breath You Take

27th May 1984 - Rick Mears - Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

26th May 1985 - Danny Sullivan - Paul Hardcastle - 19

31st May 1986 - Bobby Rahal - Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

24th May 1987 - Al Unser - Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

29th May 1988 - Rick Mears - Wet Wet Wet - With A Little Help From My Friends

28th May 1989 - Emerson Fittipaldi - Gerry Marsden, Paul McCartney, Holly Johnson & The Christians - Ferry Cross The Mersey

27th May 1990 - Arie Luyendyk - Adamski - Killer

26th May 1991 - Rick Mears - Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song

24th May 1992 - Al Unser JR - KWS - Please Don't Go

30th May 1993 - Emerson Fittipaldi - Ace Of Base - All That She Wants

29th May 1994 - Al Unser JR - Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around

28th May 1995 - Jacques Villeneuve - Robson & Jerome - Unchained Melody

26th May 1996 - Buddy Lazier - Buddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seed - Three Lions

27th May 1997 - Arie Luyendyk - Eternal ft Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One

24th May 1998 - Eddie Cheever - Tamperer ft Maya - Feel It

30th May 1999 - Kenny Brack - Shanks & Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate

28th May 2000 - Juan Pablo Montoya - Sonique - It Feels So Good

27th May 2001 - Helio Castroneves - DJ Pied Piper - Do You Really Like It?

26th May 2002 - Helio Castroneves - Eminem - Without Me

25th May 2003 - Gil De Ferran - Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body

30th May 2004 - Buddy Rice - Frankee - F.U.R.B (F U Right Back)

29th May 2005 - Dan Wheldon - Akon - Lonely

28th May 2006 - Sam Hornish JR - Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

27th May 2007 - Dario Franchitti - Rihanna ft Jay-Z - Umbrella

25th May 2008 - Scott Dixon - Rihanna - Take A Bow

24th May 2009 - Helio Castroneves - Dizzee Rascal & Van Helden - Bonkers

30th May 2010 - Dario Franchitti - Dizzee Rascal - Dirtee Disco

29th May 2011 - Dan Wheldon - Pitbull ft Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer - Give Me Everything

27th May 2012 - Dario Franchitti - Fun ft Janelle Monae - We Are Young

26th May 2013 - Tony Kanaan - Naughty Boy ft Sam Smith - La La La

25th May 2014 - Ryan Hunter-Reay - Sam Smith - Stay With Me

24th May 2015 - Juan Pablo Montoya - OMI - Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)

29th May 2016 - Alexander Rossi - Drake ft Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance

28th May 2017 - Takuma Sato - Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber - Despacito

27th May 2018 - Will Power - Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss

26th May 2019 - Simon Pagenaud - Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care

23rd August 2020 - Takuma Sato - Joel Corry ft MNEK - Head & Heart

30th May 2021 - Helio Castroneves - Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U

29th May 2022 - Marcus Ericsson - Harry Styles - As It Was

28th May 2023 - Josef Newgarden - Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding - Miracle

26th May 2024 - Josef Newgarden - Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso

And yes, this wouldn't be a post from me if I didn't create a playlist 😂

[citizenscreen]

On or about February 15, 1932, George Burns and Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on CBS Radio’s "The Guy Lombardo Show" aka “The General Cigar Show”. The Royal Canadians and George and Gracie split the half hour, which quickly became a top 10 show.

[drondskaath]

I need band recs with good drums that stand out

George Kollias | Invictus

What is there to say other than how dominant he is? On his solo record he performs all instruments as well. Quite a boon.

Septicflesh | A Great Mass

This album has it all. Blasts, Rhythm, half counts and doom-like passages. Krimh, although not the drummer on the album, has since taken up the role for the band and has playthroughs on his youtube channel that are incredible to watch.

Hate Eternal | King of All Kings/I, Monarch

Derek Roddy in his absolute prime. He gets so much resonance out of his snare and those albums highlight how sick he is.

Alice in Chains | Dirt

Sean Kinney doesn't get enough praise. Listen to No Excuses and that rhythm, the timbre. It's efficacy is in it's simplicity but trying to maintain that groove for extended periods will have you out of time and out of sorts. He's fantastic and is essential to the bands collaborative sound.

Secrets of the Moon | Privilegivm

This album is just fantastic for drumming. The mix highlights the lows of the floor tom and bass so well. Big fan, underrated gem.

Lamb of God | Ashes of the Wake

Laugh all you want at this rec. Chris Adler is phenomenal and this album came out when I was a kid glued to my drum kit. Groove. Groove. Groove. Such a sick album with unforgettable drum patterns still burnt into my brain and muscle memory.

Slayer | Seasons in the Abyss/South of Heaven/Reign in Blood.

Dave Lombardo is literally the reason I'm a metalhead. I was learning drums and the classic rock book I was learning from with my drum teacher featured patterns in notation from drummers like Dave, Bonham, Peart etc. I think the Seasons album showcases how diverse he can be aside from just being fast as hell. The man has quite the illustrious career behind the kit.

Iron Maiden | Powerslave/The Number of the Beast

Nicko Mcbrain! Groove, melody, fills that highlight the guitar work of Adrian and Dave, the works. I promise you re-listening to old school maiden will have you finding a new-found appreciation for his drum work.

Death | Symbolic/ Individual Thought Patterns

Gene 'The Atomic Clock' Hoglan. What a fucking machine. Both albums are essential masterpieces. Crystal Mountain, with the dual cymbal work, *chef kiss*.

Obituary | Cause of Death

This defined the genre of Death Metal for me. The drumming is so iconic in it's sound and production. I've heard Donald Tardy doesn't like it though?

Nordjevel | Nordjevel

Dominator just going ballistic behind the kit. That's all. That's the rec.

[igottoomuchtime]

Presidential facts.

BANDS/MUSIC

George Washington – English folk songs. +Hated the quality of the army’s songs. +Only president who didn’t hear a marine band.

John Adams – Classical Music.

Thomas Jefferson – Opera/Mozart.

James Madison – Mozart again/Classical, basically with a hint of rock.

James Monroe – We don’t know for sure, but he did have a piano.

John Quincy Adams – Ballads. +Played the flute!

Andrew Jackson – Ballets/’Auld Lang Syne’ song. +At one of his receptions, the Marine Band played this song while guests ate a 1,400 lbs. "Mammoth Cheese".

Martin Van Buren – I literally don’t know, I forgot this guy was a president, all I could find was lullabies and ballets.

William Henry Harrison – Couldn’t find anything again, but apparently, he inspired a political song in 1840, so maybe folk songs? Ha-ha, zinger!

John Tyler – Traditional folk, classical and national anthems.

James K. Polk – I’m personally guessing classical cause he took formal violin lessons.

Zachary Taylor – Polka!!

Millard Fillmore – Jenny Lind = Famous Diva, and Thomas Greene Bethune = Black Concert Piano Performer! + Ms. Fillmore enjoyed playing duets with her talented daughter, Mary Abigail, a fine amateur musician, proficient on the piano, harp and guitar.

Franklin Pierce – National Anthems, Patriotic, Classical.

James Buchanan – Polka and National Anthems? (Don’t take that accurately, he’s still a old fart so he might be into classical too.)

Abraham Lincoln – Operas! Who would’ve guessed he’s a theater nerd. +Couldn’t play a instrument to save his life.

Andrew Johnson – Children’s voices…and war/patriotic.

Ulysses S. Grant – Marine Bands and folk. +Did not enjoy military music!

Rutherford B. Hayes – Gospel.

James A. Garfield – Don’t know, but he was a keyboardist/bassist.

Chester A. Arthur - Fisk Jubilee Singers. +Their performance of "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" moved President Arthur to tears.

Grover Cleveland – Traditional American Folk.

Benjamin Harrison – Marine Bands. +Known for adding music to the White House Easter Egg Roll in 1889.

William McKinley – Jazz. +McKinley and First Lady Ida enjoyed ragtime music and dancing, including the American two-step, which they introduced at a White House Valentine's Day concert in 1901.

Theodore Roosevelt – National Anthems, and classical. +Enjoyed playing for his family and even composed his own pieces. He believed that music was one of the most forceful instruments for refining manners and softening character.

William Howard Taft - Enrico Caruso records, +Taft also had a gifted amateur pianist wife, Helen, who practiced almost every day.

Woodrow Wilson – Classical. +Was a violinist and sung Tenor, During World War I, he famously said, “Music now, more than ever before, is a national need”.

Warren G. Harding – Operas. +“I played every instrument but the slide trombone and the E-flat cornet.”

Calvin Coolidge - Couldn’t find anything, but he was known to play the harmonica in his free time. +After the breakfast, the White House lawns hosted impromptu entertainment by 40 stars from stage and screen, including Ray Miller's Jazz Band.

Herbert Hoover - The Hampton and Tuskegee choirs. +The Hoovers also hosted concerts and "musicales" at the White House, often after important dinners or receptions.

Franklin D. Roosevelt – Country.

Harry S. Truman – Didn’t like “modern noises”, preferred classical. +Truman was known to play piano for guests at the White House.

Dwight D. Eisenhower – Military music and Guy Lombardo. +In 1958, Eisenhower and his wife Mamie became the first presidential couple to bring Broadway musical theater to the White House.

John F. Kennedy - Broadway show tunes and Irish ballads. +First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy actively promoted the arts in the White House, organizing concerts and performances.

Lyndon B. Johnson – Musical Theater and country.

Richard Nixon – Classical and Touch of rock. +Played the piano, violin, clarinet, saxophone, and accordion, also granted Presley a federal narcotics badge during this visit.

Gerald Ford – Blues and Jazz.

Jimmy Carter - The Allman Brothers Band. +"Rock & Roll President.”

Ronald Reagan – Classic Rock.

George H. W. Bush – Classics.

Bill Clinton – Elvis Presley and Rock. +Had a music room in the White House for playing his saxophone, loved Rock and Roll of the '50's and '60's.

George W. Bush – Country.

Barrack Obama – Lizzo, Shakira, and Beyoncé. +On several occasions, he has burst into song, to the delight of his audience.

Donald Trump – Guns ‘N Roses. +Beyoncé, Foo Fighters and Jack White all expressed their dismay at Trump's team appearing to use their work without authorization. (Valid.)

Joe Biden – Adele.

ALL information is off Google, I tried not to use any Wikipedia or easier edited sites, but if anything is wrong, blame the internet, not me.

[grandhotelabyss]

Besides Eliot, were there any prominent writers or critics who were Shakespeare haters?

Yes. Enlightenment-era writers, with their neoclassical aesthetics, took issue with his perceived irrationalism: Voltaire is the most famous example, but even Samuel Johnson in England made a number of sharply critical remarks in his own work on the plays. The Romantics were mostly "pro," but the belatedly neoclassical Byron also dismissed Shakespeare as a vapid plagiarist in his letters, inferior in sublimity to Milton. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the biggest names are Tolstoy, Shaw, and Wittgenstein. All three had some version of the same underlying complaint: his work is unrealistic, sensationalist, and puts forth no coherent, edifying worldview. It's not that different from Eliot's complaint; Pound, too, preferred Chaucer as closer to political and social realities.

In all these cases, we see a reaction against the Romantics, who most valued Shakespeare for his imaginative freedom and "negative capability." (I wrote about some of the anti-Romantic critique here, drawing on George Steiner's eloquent, summative bard-skeptical essay "A Reading Against Shakespeare," collected in No Passion Spent.) I've also suggested—in one of my Invisible College lectures—that Joyce is an undercover Shakespeare hater on more political grounds, anticipating feminist, Marxist, and postcolonial critiques.

I believe those are the biggest names; as I've said elsewhere, the list of Shakespeare haters is as distinguished as the list of anti-Stratfordians, but the Shakespeare haters are far more persuasive, precisely because they're hating the man from Stratford in all his proto-bourgeois ingloriousness. I'm a Shakespeare lover myself, and indifferent to the political critique, but there's something to the argument that much of his work suffers for its lack of metaphysics, of ultimate things, something that, in some moods, can make Dante or Dostoevsky feel more profound. Steiner writes a stirring passage in this vein near the end of his aforementioned essay:

Are there specific gravities of art and literature, of our experience of and response to art and literature, which arise from the felt, indeed declared pressure on art and literature of the presence or absence (in many cases, such as Dostoevsky's or Kafka's, absence is a more radical possibility of presence) of God? The theological-metaphysical enactment of what is gravest and most constant in human questioning, of that which lies, or may lie, on the other side of language, gives to certain texts an indispensable vulnerability and stature. The anguished patience of such questioning comes to possess us in the Oresteia; in Sophocles' Oedipus, Antigone, and Oedipus at Colonus; it presses on us, almost unbearably, in Euripides' Bacchae. We hear it in Marco Lombardo's voice out of the purging smoke in Purgatorio XVI; in Ivan Karamazov's prosecution of God; in the parables of Kafka. There is a very real sense in which Shakespeare does know and say everything; does he know and say anything else?

I'm not sure this is true of King Lear or The Winter's Tale or The Tempest, but, since even these seem pagan-occult rather than concerned with the Platonic or Abrahamic God Steiner is so preoccupied by, I accept his general point.

Maybe artists criticize each other better than actual critics can, because they can in criticizing each other complete each other. Steiner, skeptical of American literature, does not mention Melville, who thought Shakespeare wrote in the fetters of his pre-American and censorious era. Therefore in Moby-Dick Melville might be said to have brought Shakespeare into what the bard had been forced to avoid: a confrontation with God.

[tfc2211]

▶ Al Caiola & Riz Ortolani / Jimmy McGriff - Sleigh Ride / Jingle Bells ▶ Lena Horne - Jingle All The Way ▶ Lou Rawls - Merry Christmas, Baby ▶ Julie London - Warm December ▶ Eddie Dunstedter - Let It Snow! / Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer ▶ June Christy - The Merriest ▶ The Nat King Cole Trio - All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) ▶ Nancy Wilson - The Christmas Waltz ▶ Les Brown / The Starlighters - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm /Jing-A-Ling ▶ Jimmy McGriff - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus ▶ Dean Martin - Baby, It's Cold Outside ▶ George Shearing / Billy May - Snowfall / Snowfall Cha-Cha ▶ Wayne Newton - Jingle Bell Rock ▶ The Ventures - Frosty The Snowman ▶ Bob Atcher & The Dinning Sisters - Christmas Island ▶ Martin Denny - Exotic Night ▶ Peggy Lee - Happy Holiday ▶ Ferrante & Teicher / Les Baxter - Sleigh Ride / Santa Claus' Party ▶ Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - Auld Lang Syne

[medium-observation]

November Release

Beetlejuice - First US National Tour

October 31, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Justin Collette (Beetlejuice), Isabella Esler (Lydia Deetz), Megan McGinnis (Barbara Maitland), Will Burton (Adam Maitland), Jesse Sharp (Charles Deetz), Kate Marilley (Delia Deetz), Lexie Dorsett Sharp (u/s Miss Argentina), Abe Goldfarb (Otho), Brian Vaughn (Maxie Dean), Kris Roberts (Maxine Dean/Juno), Jackera Davis (Girl Scout), Lee N Price (Ensemble), Eric Anthony Johnson (s/w Ensemble), Haley Fish (Ensemble), Kenway Hon Wai K. Kua (Ensemble), Sean McManus (Ensemble), Katie Lombardo (s/w Ensemble), Trevor Michael Schmidt (Ensemble), Corben Williams (Ensemble)

Notes:

Good capture of Halloween! This was filmed on the aisle so you can see some people getting up and walking around at times. LOTS of latecomers during ready set I had to get up to let people into the row, so there is no video there. The guy in front of me wouldn't stop moving so his head can come in and out of frame at times but it's always worked around.

NFT Date: May 1st, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB1KLh

Video is $20

Mean Girls - Second US National Tour (Non-Equity)

October 26, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Natalie Shaw (Cady Heron), Maya Petropoulos (Regina George), Kristen Amanda Smith (Gretchen Wieners), MaryRose Brendel (Karen Smith), Alexys Morera (Janis Sarkisian), Ethan Jih-Cook (Damian Hubbard), Joseph Torres (Aaron Samuels), Shawn Mathews (Kevin Gnapoor), Kristen Seggio (Mrs. Heron/Ms. Norbury/Mrs. George), Justin Phillips (Principal Duvall), Justin O'Brien (Mr. Heron), Justin O'Brien (Coach Carr/Glen Coco/Math Moderator), Thalia Atallah (Dawn Schweitzer), Victoria Mesa (Lizzie Therman/Caroline Krafft), Lucas Hallauer (Tyler Kimble), Jonah Nash (Christian Wiggins), Mikey Corey Hassel (Shane Oman), Oshie Mellon (Sophie Kawachi), Megan Arseneau (s/w Caitlyn Caussin), Brandon Moreno (Jason Weems), Tyler Jung (Marwan Jitla), Reagan Kennedy (Taylor Wedell), Joi D. McCoy (Rachel Hamilton)

Notes:

Nice Capture of the new non-equity tour! There can be a head in the way at some points but it's worked around well. The video can be somewhat grainy at times due to how far I was + how dark the show was. Overall a great video of this incredible cast.

NFT Date: May 1st, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB1e1L

Video is $20

Come From Away - Second US National Tour (Non-Equity)

October 30, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Addison Garner (Beverley/Annette & others), Shawn W. Smith (Kevin T./Garth & others), Andrew Hendrick (Claude & others), Danny Arnold (Oz & others), Hannah Kato (Janice & others), Trey DeLuna (Kevin J./Ali & others), Stanton Morales (Nick/Doug & others), Molly Samson (Diane & others), Candace Alyssa Rhodes (Hannah & others), Kristin Litzenberg (Beulah & others), Kathleen Cameron (Bonnie & others), Jason Tyler Smith (Bob & others)

Notes:

Incredible capture of the new non-equity tour. No obstruction, very little washout in wideshots. Overall a perfect video of a great new cast.

NFT Date: May 1st, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB1DyY

Video is $20

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[perdvivly]

favourite odyssey translation?

Ooooooh, I feel like I gushed pretty hard about Emily Wilson's translation when it came out and to be honest I'm still riding that high.

The translations of The Odyssey that I've read were by Robert Fagles, Walter Shewring, and Emily Wilson. The standard advice is to recommend either Fagles or Fitzgerald but I'm a big Wilson girlie.

I made a few posts about this across various platforms at the time. I remember thinking that Wilson's paying ode to Homer's rhythm and musicality by way of iambic pentameter felt like a mistake. Dactylic hexameter has a markedly different rhythm and it takes some stretching of the themes to call The Odyssey a romantic poem. But translation is hard, and this choice doesn't originate with Wilson. George Chapman gave the first complete translation of The Odyssey into English in 1615 and that was written in iambic pentameter too. I expect there is something untranslatable about the musicality of the iamb in English and perhaps untranslatable in the same or a similar way as the dactyl in Classical Greek.

Fagles uses a five beat line but it's loose where Wilson is strict. The effect is marked. Shewring doesn't write in verse at all, just prose, and that's fine, it's a fairly literal translation and it makes for a good enough read. But still. Go with Wilson.

There are an overwhelming number of translations out there though, and I haven't read most of them. Thomas Hobbes wrote a translation, (yes that Thomas Hobbes!) in 1675, that starts:

Tell me, O Muse, th’ adventures of the man That having sack’d the sacred town of Troy,

Which neatly side-steps the translating of πολύτροπον that has caused so much controversy. And, based on this opening, I'm not expecting it to be too accurate to the original, or all that compelling in its verse, but it is a neat little historical artefact.

I think I'd be interested in reading the Lombardo translation based soley on the impact it seems to have made on Nabakov. The first line is traditionally translated as, "Tell me, Muse" or "Sing to me/ Sing in me, Muse" but Lombardo translates it "Speak, Memory" which is the same title Nabakov chose for his memoir.

Anyway, yeah, I think there are a bunch of really good options to go with. My favourite is Emily Wilson.

But also, there are some really good interpretations of The Odyssey out there too. I want to give a mention to Epic! The Musical. Which is the project of Jorge Rivera-Herrans to turn The Odyssey into a musical, and it kind of slaps. The whole community around it are also offering really compelling takes. For example, this animated music video for one of his songs:

has my favourite depiction of Polyphemus that I think I've ever seen.

I also want to mention that Stephen Fry is expected to release a re-telling of The Odyssey later this year! Late September/ early October, and based on his previous re-tellings of the greek myths, I'm expecting it to be really good.

Lots happening in The Odyssey fandom of late.