#Norman Orr

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Black Sabbath, Joe Walsh, 1970

Artwork by Norman Orr

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ONLY MY HEART THAT WON'T GIVE UP

nuvola rossa: bagnaia and ducati's perfect comb1nation - ducati corse // motogp twitter account // tin cup - gregory orr //rider ratings (german gp) - simon patterson // la forma de tus huesos - louta // adieu to norman, bon jour to joan and jean-paul - frank o'hara // a lo mejor eres tú mismo el tren que pita y se mete bajo... - blanca varela // sunrise - louise glück // the voices - alice notley //

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Season 1 of Le Daryl just wrapped,Norman on his way to New York.

If the rumours are true and they are filming the seasons back to back,then maybe season 2 takes place in New York/New Jersey?

Unless he is just going to NY to visit friends/family...Could be...

What if...and i know it's a BIG what if...

(This is me speculating a bit)

What if the bottle post Rick threw in the ocean,turns up at Oceanside?

Maybe Carol orr someone els who knows Rick finds it?

I would guess Rick wrote down the location of where he has been,if Carol knows exactly where he is.

I would assume she would lead the charge of a rescue mission,to try and find him to bring him home.

There is a picture on twitter of Norman in a boat,i assume that's how Daryl gets home.

Maybe Daryl ends up in New Jersey not far from where Rick is?

We get the Rick and Daryl reunion,maybe he gets captured as well and that's how he finds Rick.

Then here comes Carol to save the day,she blows some shit up..

She finds Rick and Michonne

I got your letter sunshine

Maybe Rick is the one who tells Carol about Daryl being there as well,maybe it's been a year orr two since she last saw him?

There reunion has to be better then Terminus,the only thing that can beat that... is if they run to each other and lock lips....a reunion with a kiss 🤞🤞

[russmorris]

From my Fillmore West handbill collection…

BG264-PC Cold Blood, Boz Scaggs, The Voices of East Harlem, Stoneground.

Dec 31, 1970 by Norman Orr

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1960s Psychedelia and its Art Nouveau Influences

If you're familiar with older music, you've probably seen the famous music posters and handbills of the 1960s. Featuring vibrant colors and lurid designs, these advertisements sought to absorb and reflect the contemporary cultural ideas of revolution, psychedelia, and free love.

The artistic styling of these posters was strongly influenced by the Art Nouveau movement that had taken Europe and America by storm over half a century before. Art Nouveau took inspiration from nature to create architecture, interior design, and fine art with lurid, organic shapes, a direct contrast to the square, gray cityscapes of the Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s/1900s.

See below the metro entrances designed by Hector Guimard, installed in Paris between 1900 and 1912; The Kiss (1907) by Gustav Klimt; the Pond Lily Table Lamp (1903) created by Louis Comfort Tiffany, heir to Tiffany & Co.

But why was Art Nouveau so popular with the artists behind music posters in the Summer of Love?

Although Art Nouveau pieces often depict scenes of harmony, simplicity, and love, the movement itself had existed as a form of revolution, a call for a return to peace with nature. Likewise, the hippie movement and other counterculture scenes of the 1960s were in part a rebellion against the strict cultural hegemony of the post-World War II era. The children of the suburban Baby Boom generation just now coming into adulthood saw in Art Nouveau a similar yearning for change and harmony with Mother Earth.

The congruence between these two movements is undeniable. Several famous music posters of the late 1960s even directly lifted figures from Art Nouveau paintings, most often from the work of the famed Czech commercial artist Alphonse Mucha.

Left: Job By Alphonse Mucha 1896, Right: Big Brother and the Holding Company Poster by Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley (1966)

Like the quickly evolving landscape wrought by the Industrial Revolution at the turn of the century, the 1960s were also a time of great cultural upheaval. The hippie, Civil Rights, and anti-war movements drove young people to protests and concerts featuring experimental new music and new ideas. The artists behind the music posters of the era turned to Art Nouveau to reflect a similar time of cultural change, as well as the re-emerging desire to connect to nature seen within the hippie movement.

Alphonse Mucha was famous for his hundreds of paintings featuring women, whom he often used to depict natural forces such as weather or the change of seasons. Norman Orr, an artist for the 1960s musician Bill Graham, was inspired by the "sensuality of the graceful, flowing lines of the Mucha's work and the way that the female form was combined with the sensuality of the line work."

Below: Absinthe Robette By Henri Privat-Livemont (1886) and Pink Floyd Marquee Club by Bob Masse (1966).

The sensual female form employed by Mucha (and much of Art Nouveau in general) was combined with the drug-fueled psychedelia of the time to create the famous eye-catching posters, perfectly reflecting the cultural fervor of the late 1960s. The posters themselves became valued collectors items, taken home by the young, revolution-minded fans who flooded the cities where these musicians played.

Today we can empathize with the emotions these posters convey. Like the artists of the Industrial Revolution and their audiences, the counterculture youth of the late 1960s sought revolutionary change. Artists of the time naturally drew inspiration from the art of a previous revolutionary period with similar sentiment. Could another rebirth of Art Nouveau be approaching as our generation fights the climate crisis and rebels in music and on the streets?

sources:

Art Nouveau: The Ornate Architectural Style That Defined the Early 20th Century, Jessica Stewart, mymodernmet.com

SFO Exhibit Shows How Artists Adapted Art Nouveau to Rock Posters, Rachael Myrow, KQED.org

The Psychedelic Art Nouveau, Karlin Lojo, czechcenter.org

Art Movement: Art Nouveau, Shira Wolfe, magazine.artland.com

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THE FRONT ROOM (2024)

Starring Brandy Norwood, Andrew Burnap, Neal Huff, Kathryn Hunter, David Manis, Mary Catherine Wright, Ellen J. Maddow, Mary Testa, Morgen McKynzie, Kerry Flanagan, Rueby Wray, Chasity Monroe Orr, Charlize Essence Orr, Scottie DiGiacomo, Toree Hill, Desi Ramos and the voice of Wendy Heagy.

Screenplay by Max Eggers & Sam Eggers.

Directed by Max Eggers & Sam Eggers.

Distributed by A24. Pictures. 95 minutes. Rated R.

That is 95 minutes of my life that I will never get back. Look, you learn early on in the movie reviewing world that you won’t like every movie you see. That’s just part of the gig. However, it’s a pretty rare stinker which makes you literally angry as you are walking out of the theater – I spent my time watching this when I could have been doing… anything else in the world?

Truth to tell, I went into The Front Room pretty naïve to what it was about. I had seen the trailer, so I had a basic idea of the storyline. (By the way, it turns out the trailer gives away a pretty significant late plot point which should have never been included in the ad, and it probably wouldn’t have been in a better film, or a better trailer.)

However, two things kind of intrigued me about the film. First of all, it was a horror film starring Brandy (Norwood), the 90s soul-pop singer (“The Boy Is Mine,” “Have You Ever” and “Sittin’ In My Room”) and TV actress (Moesha, Cinderella). It’s not even that surprising that she was doing horror, because she was in the two late ‘90s I Know What You Did Last Summer retro-slasher films. I was not even that big a fan of Brandy’s work, but it had been probably 20-25 years since I had seen her do anything of note. So, the attraction was more about me wondering whatever became of her. (Well, I did see her in a bad Netflix Christmas romance movie last year with Heather Graham and Jason Biggs on Netflix. But no matter how bad that film was, it’s Citizen Kane as compared to this.)

The other interesting thing to me is that it was being distributed by A24, a movie studio which is known for taking some real chances and releasing some truly eccentric films. Honestly, only about one in three of their films totally work – and lots of them are extremely strange – but they are always interesting and different.

Well in fairness, The Front Room is different. It’s even interesting, I suppose – I was never bored or distracted during the film. Of course, that was partially because I was constantly shocked that this movie could sink as low and be as heavy-handed and completely unrealistic as it was. I mean, I get it, horror movies aren’t supposed to make sense in real life (and honestly, this was not so much scary as it was disturbing and disgusting), but even by the loose logical standards of thrillers, The Front Room is built on some real whoppers.

And the bogeyman in this film is a 5’1” tall, extremely frail little old lady who needs two canes to walk.

The story… so to speak… is about Belinda (Brandy) and Norman (Andrew Burnap), a young academic mixed-race couple expecting their first child. (I mention the fact that they are biracial not because I care about it, but because that becomes a plot point later.) She is an adjunct professor at a local college hoping to get full-time status, he’s a struggling lawyer hoping that a big upcoming case will open the door for his dream job. They have bought their dream home, and they are struggling financially (she can’t even afford to buy paint for the baby’s nursery).

Everything changes when Norman receives a call from Solange (Kathryn Hunter), his stepmother. From the second that he hears her voice, Norman goes into PTSD mode; a simpering, deadened, frightened child. Solange tells Norman that his father is dying of cancer and if he wants to make amends with dad, it’ll have to be now. Norman refuses to go to see him, calling his stepmother a holy roller, evil and the bane of his existence. However, when dad dies, Belinda convinces him to go to the funeral, saying he’d never forgive himself if he didn’t.

At the funeral they are given a Faustian bargain. Solange would give them all of her money (it is never said exactly how much that was, but it was obviously a very substantial amount) if they would allow her to live with them, which was apparently dad’s last wish. They are torn – particularly Norman, who actively dislikes the woman – but with that money so many of their problems would be solved.

Therefore, they agree to it, and Solange starts to insinuate herself into their life and home. From the beginning she is a cramp on their lifestyles, her devout religiosity, her backhanded compliments, her insistence on imposing her will on the house and their new baby, her frailty and medical issues. Many of Solange’s snipes are small and petty – she insists on referring to Belinda as Belinder and Norman as Norman Gene (which reminded me of Marilyn Monroe every single time she did it). And it turns out that she is a proud daughter of the Confederacy, which of course makes Belinda uncomfortable.  

Soon she is spitefully using her frailty as a weapon – I’m serious, you’ve never seen so much poop, pee and vomit in your life – to make Belinda’s life a living hell. Oddly, Norman, who was so afraid of the woman that he nearly faded into himself just weeks earlier, seems to settle into Solange’s chaos with a shrug. Also, it appears that Solange may have some sort of psychic power – she seems to know things she would have no way of knowing. She also may be less feeble than she seems (Belinda sees her walking without her canes at one point). And she is constantly bringing weird religious friends into the house who seem like cast members from a road company of Rosemary’s Baby.

Now, it may be a fool’s errand to point out the many, many plot inconsistencies which pop up here. For example, when Solange’s medical needs become too much for Belinda to deal with, why don’t they just hire a home health nurse? They suddenly have all of Solange’s money, they could undoubtedly afford it. Also, how does Norman go from despising and distrusting Solange to taking the old woman’s word over that of his own wife?

The biggest problem is Solange herself, though. The character is so over-the-top, so cartoonish, so completely unbelievable that she is nearly impossible to take seriously as a villain. Hey, I dislike holy rollers as much as the next guy, and I have my share of crotchety elderly relatives, but I don’t buy this character for a second. Frankly, it’s pretty ageist and anti-religious.

Then The Front Room uses the most cynical, amoral “happy” ending that it could possibly have grafted onto its diseased flesh. I actually cringed when I heard people clapping for this plot point at the screening I went to.

I cannot stress strongly enough how much I hated (yes, I used the “h” word) The Front Room. Avoid it at all costs.

Jay S. Jacobs

Copyright ©2024 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: September 6, 2024.

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Norman Orr

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KONINNIT!

I'M GONNA WRITE THIS TIME~

ALSOOO THESE ARE HC!! WITH A READER WHO SPEAKS RUSSIAN!!

NO ANGST BTW ONLY HC

TPN BTW!!.

HC

1- (IDK IF I'M DOING THIS RIGHT BTW SOOOO)

ANYWAYS HC FOR READER BTW

1:You yell at people in Russian when your angry orr just wanna be stubborn

2:You randomly speak Russian when your excited

3:You sometimes annoy them by speaking russiann~

NOW HC FOR THE TRIO!

1:Emma just gets confused and asked the others for help!! (the others don't know either)

2:Sometimes Ray keeps Russian dictionarys with him!! Just incase but he could care less about you anyways!!

3:Norman just sometimes stares at you blankly butttttt he sometimes asked you to teach him?? (I think Norman would do that idk)

EHHEHE THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY!! THANK YOUU ALSO THIS ISN'T MY BEST BC I'M TO LAZY :3 FEEL FREE TO REQUEST IDEAS!!

BYE BYEEE

~PRINCE KOKICHI

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The central image on this outstanding “Poster From The Past” is a hand drawn Artwork of a Tiger, a Leopard. a Lion, a Chimpanzee, two Giraffes, an Antelope and several Elephants ALL charging the viewer…. Whoa!! Also in the image are three African drummers. There is a lot going on here and a great deal of detail in the lettering and borders as well. A truly fine piece done by the artist Norman Orr in his very first poster that he did for Bill Graham. His style is characterized by a great deal of detail and precision and he always strove for a high degree of realism in his drawings which enabled him to create images which often seemed to approach what I feel is close to photo realism!

Interesting foot note here…. On the left side of the Lion at the top, If that’s not Carlos Santana, it looks enough like him that he, (so I’ve learned), that he purchase the original Artwork around the time of the concert!

And sooo, It was 53 years ago over at the Fillmore West here in San Francisco, that Santana, Dr. John The Night Tripper, & Luther Allison played four consecutive nights of Dance/concerts Light show for those nights was provided by “Heavy Water”. This is Number #248 in the original BG series and was printed only one time.

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Spirit, Elvin Bishop Group, 1971.

Artwork by Norman Orr.

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Norman is out and about likeing everything that has a romantic Caryl vibe these days,as for the main show..Norman wanted Daryl to be singel durring the earlier years,me personaly think that had more to do with Norman loveing the ide of Daryl being seen as the heart-throb of TWD,he got a lot of action from different Daryl fan girls at TWD events

After the Terminus reunion s5 it would have been perfect to have them go full cannon in the s5 final

We could have had a Caryl kid in the time jump s9,insted of getting the Connie/Leah shipbate or Carol/Ezekiel romance

Norman changed his mind durring s7,when he was on Talking Dead he said he was not against the ide of a Carol and Daryl romance.

I belive it was the same TD eps he said I love Melissa, more then Daryl loves Carol

In the original spinoff written by Angela, Daryl and Carol was supose to go full cannon.We don't know if Zabel wants them to go cannon in s2 orr if he is just going to leave them secretly in love with each other to draw in viewers in a never ending will they orr not saga...

I honestly can't understand why keep wanting and hoping for romantic canon when since the beginning NR went out of his way to stop from happening. I get it it's important for people and they can get comfort from the characters but when one of the actors goes on saying he stopped from happening in season 2 and never talks about caryl in a romantic light I take it as a sign that he doesn't want it.

Yeah it can be debated that he's just an actor and has to follow the script but Daryl is a original character and it was created for HIM, he always had a say in what happens. He always used words like brother and sister, little kid and others to keep it platonic.

He got the solo spin off with his character name as the title like it isn't more clear than that, it's HIS show now, Melissa signing a new contract won't change that.

I just hope people can find comfort elsewhere cause I have a feeling things will only get worse.

My question is why is it so easy to believe Norman has all this power, but Melissa has none whatsoever? I know sexism and misogyny are still really big problems, I know that Melissa has been subjected to that, and I know she's not immune to it all of a sudden. But when it was her choice to come back, you don't think she'd even bother to negotiate for things she and Carol (and Caryl) deserve? There's all this debate about Melissa's agency and it's not as simple as some are making it out to be, but I'd like to think we could at least agree that she didn't willingly sign on just to live in Norman's shadow.

Naming the show after Daryl was stupid though, and they should definitely change it for S2. I’d also really love to see cast and EP’s openly support romantic Caryl. It would go a long way.

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Poster by Norman Orr - 1971

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Norman posting from his hotel room in NY,upfronts tomorrow in NY.

So is Melissa in France filming orr does she show up with Norman at the upfronts? 🤞🤞🙏🙏🥂

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From my Fillmore West handbill collection…

BG268-PC Electric Hot Tuna, Allman-Brothers, 24 Piece Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band.

Jan 28, 1971 by Norman Orr

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so is oras akari may or...?

I would assume so; in this instance I think it would make more sense for Oras!Akari to be May since we just directly linked them to Norman. It’s a bit different from what we did with orre!Akari ^^;