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thatbanjobusiness · 4 years ago

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I want to briefly talk bluegrass fashion.

I appreciate and enjoy bluegrass from its roots to its present. I think creative growth over the decades has allowed for incredible and diverse music. Whether it’s disco influenced jamming, rock-bluegrass fusions, or classical music inspiration, there’s cool stuff to be had anywhere in the timeline. That said, one thing I wish contemporary bluegrass bands did more of was take fashion tips from the first generation bands.

In the 1920s, barn dance type radio programs featuring hillbilly music and rural style entertainment became popular. Some of these radio shows like the WLS National Barn Dance and WSM Grand Ole Opry had stage shows where you could watch the program in person. Costuming and presentation of the performing cast tended to be rough rube depictions, even caricatures, of rural people. George D. Hay, who founded and hosted the Grand Ole Opry, himself named the bands things like “The Gully Jumpers” and “The Possum Hunters.”

But when Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys auditioned and were made members of the Grand Ole Opry in October 1939, Monroe detested this rough presentation that could quickly engender degrading opinions of hillbilly stereotypes. He opted instead to dress in a more classy manner. His band came out in white shirts, ties, jodhpurs, and boots.

This is something Bill Monroe bragged about even as the decades went on. For Monroe, it was important to dress well and in dignity when you got onstage. You respect yourself and you respect audiences when you come out in your best.

By the mid-1940s Bill Monroe’s band had accumulated a number of musical features that today our ears would recognize as bluegrass. It’s interesting to notice that bandmembers who left Monroe and went on to do their own bluegrass music often... took with them some of Bill’s ideas about stage presentation. Flatt & Scruggs, when they left Monroe and started their own band, are sometimes seen in early images wearing jodhpurs.

Early bluegrass bands on occasion might have had an “exception” to the rule. At the very least, you see this in Flatt & Scruggs in the late 1940s and first half of the 1950s. But I believe what they were doing reflected a trend that existed in the broader hillbilly music industry. I’d like investigate that more later to understand better. Unlike today’s concerts that involve music and only music, in those times, comedy was a more expected part of a show. White banjo performers, prior to bluegrass, were essentially all comedians; and in ensembles, someone (as I’ve often seen, the bass player) might take a comedy role. So you could’ve gotten a well-dressed band... and then the bassist dressed in comic rube garb.

That said, each first generation bluegrass band ended up creating their own unique presentation. It’s variation around a theme: dress up nice to respect audiences and put your best foot forward. How you present yourself onstage has impact. Audiences aren’t coming out to see some tattered everyday person; they’re coming out here to listen to music stars.

And so you see bands and acts coordinating their outfits in classy ways like...

(The 1958 screencap above doesn’t 100% evoke this, but I’ve noticed Flatt & Scruggs in the mid-50s through mid-60s would often do a 2-2-2 coordination. Everyone would wear hats. The band leaders would wear matching jackets and string ties. Two band members would wear the same collared shirts and the same string ties as the leaders. The last two band members, who were a duet and comedy team, would wear vests or different hats or some other distinguishing marker. Everyone’s clothes would carry the same overall color theme. Very well-thought out wardrobe presentation.)

SEE? EVERYONE IS DRESSED UP AND LOOKS GOOD.

You can tell they’re an act. You can tell they’re professional. You can tell, the second they step up to perform, they mean business. It helps elevate them into STARS.

As new generations took up bluegrass, the social context of how to dress changed. The Folk Revival of the 1960s brought many Northerners, urban people, and hippies into the bluegrass world. I haven’t read up as much on this part of bluegrass history, but I believe it was starting here that new bluegrass ensembles quit thinking about dressing up to be onstage. I’ve certainly seen photos of the early bluegrass festivals of the late 60s and 70s, and some second generation bluegrass groups would wear extremely casual things onstage. Other groups would coordinate by wearing the same collared shirt, which meant they were matching, but also (to me) making less of a “statement.”

It makes sense. First generation bluegrass performers were seeking to dress to impress and get away from crappy hillbilly stereotypes. Later generations of bluegrass performers might not have been from the South or a country lifestyle at all, and would feel more inclined to try to evoke a “working class” vibe by wearing everyday or ragged clothing. Today, I feel many bands do this to evoke their own form of an authentic stage presentation.

This means that today, many groups wear rather casual clothing. I feel I see this especially in jamgrass. And for the record, these are all VERY talented, well-known ensembles; I’m not comparing pros to locals or something.

And they’re dressed better here than what I’ve seen for bands at concerts.

I think it’s ironic that Bill Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass, sought to escape tattered clothing that actual country people wouldn’t wear on the fields, let alone onstage... only to have bluegrass musicians half a century later revert to costuming concepts Monroe had rejected. Today’s clothes of course aren’t the torn-up straw hat and single-strapped overalls of the early Opry, but it’s the same idea: dress down to look “country.” I don’t think there’s any objective disrespect to bluegrass’s history to dress like that, but I do think there’s a point that everyday clothes don’t make as much of an impression for your band.

Now of course not all groups have gone this route. In any generation of bluegrass, you still see bands that dressed more “traditionally.” But it’s certainly been a trend—since at least the 70s—to see bluegrass groups, either at the local or professional level, wearing everyday clothes. Get jeans, maybe some flannel, and you’re good to go. I see it oh-so-often now.

It doesn’t resonate as much to me. I get the point of their presentation, trying to evoke a casual non-mainstream working class image, but I feel there’s other ways you can set a vibe for your ensemble that doesn’t come off as lazy, everyday, or unnoticeable.

I’d be much more interested seeing:

YEAH!!!!! YOU GO RHONDA VINCENT AND THE RAGE!

I think it’s interesting to see this mindset about proper bluegrass performance attire recur in interviews. I’ve watched a number of 2000s and 2010s interviews for first and early second generation bluegrass performers, and one common thing the old-timers complain about is how people don’t dress up anymore. They feel it doesn’t respect the audience or make a good impression for the ensemble. How you present yourself onstage is half of the performance; it can be an effective means of enhancing a show when you do it well.

And I’ve seen it in conversations with people like Steve Martin, showing how in the 2010s, there’s still negative “hillbilly” images to butt against:

INTERVIEWER: Does it bother you that quite possibly the most famous banjo song in pop culture is "Dueling Banjos" from "Deliverance"?

MARTIN: It doesn't bother me at all. Actually I might argue with that because another most famous song would be the theme from "The Beverly Hillbillies" or "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," the song from "Bonnie and Clyde." So there are a couple of 'most famous' banjo songs.

INTERVIEWER: But still… the theme song from "The Beverly Hillbillies"?

MARTIN: It's just something we have to face. And everything changes. That's why I always wear a suit and tie when I play bluegrass.

INTERVIEWER: Do you feel like you're helping changing the face of bluegrass?

MARTIN: I don't know. That's what I do when I go on stage. I don't make hillbilly jokes or things like that. I'm just playing it as the person I am, not pretending to be anything else. The band I play with, we all dress in suits and ties.

One of my favorite contemporary bands also has one of my favorite wardrobes. What they choose to wear is a huge element of their stage presentation, amplifies their show powerfully, and contributes to the entire vibe of their music product. Good costuming can be part of marketing, and they market themselves spectacularly.

The Dead South almost marries the best of both worlds between “dress up” and “dress as the everyday man.” Their clothes aren’t “formal” in the sense of suits and ties. There’s more casualness to it. At the same time, what they wear—blatantly Southern and Western gear that matches with variation across the band—isn’t something everyday Joe or Janet would put on to go to Walmart. It’s got a little more of a “period” feel to it while also being modern enough to feel authentic. Altogether, it makes them classy without being formally classy.

It’s perfect for them. This is a “controversially” bluegrass band who knows that, while they play string band music, its creative reach extends beyond what you’d expect of something labeled “bluegrass.” They have called themselves “a rock band without a drummer, a bluegrass band without a fiddler.” Elsewhere, they’ve marketed themselves as “a gold rush vibing four-piece acoustic set from Saskatchewan [that] infuse[s] the genre's traditional trappings with an air of frontier recklessness, whiskey breakfasts and grizzled tin-pan showmanship.” This is a band I’ve always said plays to a “degenerate” image, songs filled with cowboy shootouts, barfights, gun-wielding robberies, alcoholic nights, and more.

And doesn’t their wardrobe evoke that spotlessly? There is CLASS and INTENTION with how they present themselves, to the point the band almost always stands in that order left-to-right, and has used their unique wardrobe choices for album covers and stage design.

Check out how the stage’s stained glass window lights behind them evoke both images from their songs, and have the tie, beard, skull, string tie theme on them. Every band member stands in front of his respective window.

That is *WAY* cooler, more effective, more impacting, more resonating, more memorable, more vibing, than simply tossing on my latest t-shirt.

(And yes, the last photos are from when I went to their concert last year. One of the best concerts I’ve EVER been to, and it’s because they knew how to put on a SHOW.)

Performance entails everything from the sounds you make to the personality you evoke to the clothes you wear. It’s why I prefer the first generation bluegrass bands’ approach to “dress well” over some modern string band trends. And again, bands like The Dead South show alternate ways you can dress up and rock out.

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tamashley4888-blog · 5 years ago

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y2kbeautyandother2000sstuff · 3 months ago

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Famous Stars and Straps Hoodie

mid-late 2000s, maybe early 2010s? I know I had some FSS stuff in 2006 in high school.

Found on Ebay, user sell_vience

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lanamemories · 7 years ago

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#001 CHARACTER SHEET:

Full Name: Lana Rose Jameson Meaning of Name: The Greek and American meaning is ‘light’, whereas the English meaning is ‘fair/good looking’. Nickname: None. Birth Date: June 18th, 1996. Astrological Sign and Details: Gemini. Common star sign traits are ‘quick-witted’, ‘expressive’ and ‘sociable’. Lana firmly believes that a person’s star sign speaks volumes about the content of their character and is always suspicious of anyone that she meets that’s a Taurus. Birth Place: Her mother went into labour backstage at the rock concert of one of the bands Lana’s father manages. She was born in New York Presbyterian. Age: 21.

Nationality: American. Race: Caucasian. Hair Color: Auburn. Hair Style: Long and wavy. Distinct Features of Face: Plump lips and thick eyebrows. Glasses or Contacts: None. Eye Color: Hazel. Skin Tone: She vacations a lot during summer, so she has a sun-kissed glow that lasts for a long while into winter. Scars or Distinguishing Marks: A heart shaped freckle on the inside of her right thigh, subtle freckles over the bridge of her nose and cheeks. Disabilities: None. Build or Body Type: Naturally slim, maintained by ballet. Height: 5″9′. Weight: i searched for so long n i can’t find bridgets weight anywhere bt... essentially she’s skinny Speech Patterns: Talks a mile a minute, especially when nervous. Laughs at everything and nothing. Uses a lot of filler words because she’s constantly thinking aloud so her sentence is never planned out before she says it. Tag Words: Says “like”, “totally”, “anyways” and “um” a lot. Gestures: Almost always wildly flinging her hands around. Most of the time she finds any excuse to have some form of physical contact with the person she’s speaking to, e.g. playing with their hair, dusting lint from their shoulder.

FAMILY AND CHILDHOOD

Mother: Victoria Jameson. Father: Richard Jameson. Mother’s Occupation: Former model, presently operating as a socialite and doing charity work. Father’s Occupation: CEO of Jameson Records. Family Finances: Wealthy. Birth Order: Caleb Jameson is the oldest, Lana the youngest. Brothers: One, Caleb Jameson. Sisters: None. Other Close Family: None particularly, save for a handful of cousins they see during holidays. Best Friend: Frankie Vigo. Other Friends: Teddy Lawrence, Ophelia Knox, Gabe Leitner, Imogen Bauer, Elias Elliot, A.J. Sullivan, Melody Forbes, Jude Hayward. Probably more that I’m missing. Lana’s quite a social butterfly. Enemies: None. Pets: None. Home Life During Childhood: Lana was often treated like she didn’t exist. She could go for days on end without her parents ever saying one word to her. She’d often have to sort out her own meals because they’d forget about her and she was so touch starved growing up, it’s likely that’s one of the main contributors towards her sex addiction today. One of her most vivid memories as a child was reaching to hold her mother’s hand when she got nervous crossing the road, only to have her slap her off her and turn her head the other way. What Did His, Her or Their Bedroom Look Like: An explosion of pink. Picture every teenage girls room from a chick flick in the early 00′s. Very Jennifer Check, posters everywhere, giant fluffy cushions, the works. Any Sports or Clubs: She used to be a cheerleader in high school and she’s always done ballet from being tiny. Schooling: She went to high school further into the city (New York) and obviously is now enrolled at Lockwood to complete her diploma. Favorite Subject: Growing up, she used to love art and also debate as well as dance. Now it’s probably just dance. Popular or Loner: Popular. Important Experiences or Events: Caleb shipping off to the army as well as Caleb being discharged on grounds of PTSD after his unit were attacked, seeing him losing his best friend right in front of him. He was never the same after that and therefore the one person that Lana actually thought she mattered to in the world was essentially gone. Health Problems: ADHD and sex addiction. Religion and beliefs: Atheist.

PERSONAL

Bad Habits: Sleeping with people to avoid dealing with her feelings, biting her lip when she’s nervous, playing with her hair and generally fidgeting when people speak to her. Good Habits: Obsessively always keeping a pack of gum on her because she hates bad breath, sending good morning texts and practising her ballet. Best Characteristic: Her ability to start up a conversation with just about anyone. Worst Characteristic: Her inability to open up and have a serious conversation about her emotions. Worst Memory: Her mother finding out that she got blackout drunk and had a threesome with two of her father’s close associates. She didn’t seem to take into account the fact that it was vastly inappropriate for them to be talking to Lana in the way they had which lead to the encounter, or the fact that she was drunk when it happened. She told Lana she was disgusting and didn’t look at her in the face again after for three months. Best Memory: Having a childish bicker with Caleb at the park and throwing his whole loaf of bread into the duck pond in protest. When he was mad at her, she attempted to reach out and fish it back only to fall in, herself. She’d never seen him laugh that hard before and eventually she was joining in, too. It was the last time she can remember him smiling. Proud of: Nothing in particular. Embarrassed by: The fact that her parents don’t love her and she can’t work out why. Driving Style: Wild, anxious and erratic. Screams a lot, particularly when navigating busy junctions or highways. Strong Points: Exuberant, good-willed for the majority, quick-witted, sociable, charming, imaginative and resilient. Temperament: Ridiculously animated and sunshine bright, usually. Attitude: Same as above, except she can sometimes be unintentionally rude in the name of humour and not realise just how insensitive she’s being. Weakness: Her stubborn refusal to let anyone hear what she’s actually thinking in terms of serious matters. Considering she talks so much, it’s amazing just how little she actually says. Fears: Loneliness. Irrelevancy. The death of a loved one. Phobias: Pigeons and blood. Secrets: Her sex addiction. Regrets: Letting Caleb sign up to the army without putting up more of a fight. Feels Vulnerable When: Someone asks her something personal about herself. Pet Peeves: Bad breath, poor sense of personal hygiene, making a commitment. Sexuality: Pan-sexual. Exercise Routine: She has a lot of ballet rehearsals and training weekly, so that along with a vigorous (to put it lightly) sex life keep her well in shape. Day or Night Person: Both. Introvert or Extrovert: Extrovert. Optimist or Pessimist: Optimist.

LIKES AND PREFERENCES

Music: Synth-pop and disco, mostly. She also loves early 2000′s classics, e.g. Britney, Robyn. She also selectively listens to classic rock records as a result of her father’s influence. Books: Lana isn’t particularly a huge reader, although she used to be obsessive over the Twilight books during her early teens. Magazines: Any trashy celebrity magazine, Lana loves to flip through. She’s a fiend for salacious gossip and anything that discusses the wild escapades of Lindsay Lohan. Foods: Lana eats anything and everything. She particularly loves Greek yogurt mixed in with honey, though, as well as any kind of candy. She has a big sweet tooth. Drinks: Again, she’s pretty flexible in this department. She really likes cherry cola, though. Animals: Lana’s a big dog person. She also has always had an affinity for sloths because she loves how slow they move and how long their arms are. Sports: Dance. Gymnastics, briefly, when she was younger, as well as cheer, but currently she only actively pursues dance, ballet in particular. Social Issues: She thinks Trump is ugly and is a big advocate for trans-sectional feminism. Favorite Saying: Country booooyyeee, ah luuuurve yew... Color: Red. Clothing: Seventies style, Penny Lane inspired jackets with fur fringed cuffs. Any kind of boldly coloured fur coat, actually. Glittery boots. Spaghetti strap mini’s. Shrunken cartoon t-shirts that wear like a crop. Anything flamboyant and colourful, Lana loves. She dresses a lot like Cher from Clueless, Rachel Green from the early Friends seasons and Brittany Murphy’s character in Uptown Girls. Jewelry: None in particular. Games: She used to always play Saints Row when she was younger. Websites: Twitter, Tumblr, Vine and PornHub. TV Shows: Girlboss and Sex in the City. Movies: Almost Famous, Heathers and Stand By Me. Greatest Want: To be the centre of someone’s world. Greatest Need: For somebody to show that they care.

LIFESTYLE

Home: Currently lives in her sorority house. Household furnishings: Her room has lots of fluffy cushions, a hamburger on-the-cord phone like Ellen Page’s in Juno, a holographic vinyl record player from Urban Outfitters. She also has a whole bunch of fairy lights and a neon mood light. Lots of feather boa’s and strange costume pieces strewn around as well as scantily clad lingerie. Very aesthetically pleasing, very messy, very Tumblr. Favorite Possession: A stack of polaroids her and Frankie have amassed over their many wild adventures. Neighborhood: Rochester. Town or City Name: New York. Married Before: No. Significant Other Before: She’s had a whole string of exes, each one equally awful. Lana settles for pretty much anyone, as long as they pay her attention. She doesn’t really believe she deserves much more. Children: N/A. Relationship with Family: Strained. Her parents do their best never to talk to her. She does her best to keep in contact with Caleb, but he prefers to isolate himself and self destruct rather than seek her help. Car: None, although she keeps test driving a vintage Cadillac and has her eye on buying it, despite the impracticality of the purchase. Pets: None. Career: Student. Salary: N/A. Other Income: N/A. Dream Career: Professional ballet dancer. She dreams of performing as the black swan. Dream Life: One furnished with close friends and family, all of which actually value her presence. She wouldn’t have to struggle with a sex addiction in an ideal world, either. Sex could be something treasured and intimate, not something she feels a compulsion to tick off a list. Love Life: On the rocks with Teddy and battling a whole fistful of crushes on just about everyone she’s close to. In other words, a mess. Sexual Turn Ons: Assertiveness, teasing, exhibitionism. Sexual Turn Offs: Constantly asking if she’s enjoying herself, awkwardness, any amount of romance. Hobbies: Ballet, cruising Craigslist for sex ads with strangers, aimlessly tapping through Omegle chats, shopping, going to parties. Guilty Pleasure: She knows all of the words and choreography to the Hoedown Throwdown by Hannah Montana. Sports or Clubs: Ballet. Talents or Skills: Ballet, networking. Intelligence Level: While she isn’t particularly book smart, Lana is thoroughly creative and a great people person.

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onthebridle · 5 years ago

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2020 Prix Du Jockey Club Preview

Change. It comes with many guises. Good, bad, forced and sometimes in coin form too. We can all recount a story for each with the ease of listing your families names or horses that have carried that coin form to victory. With any positive change we must regretfully suffer the other pole of the spectrum; bad or forced. The latter is where we have stood for over 100 days now and the grand fête of Prix De Diane & Jockey Club day in a sun-kissed Chantilly will lack its colour, its glamour, its congregation but perhaps the most important. Its joie de vivre.

Fear not, as we endure this seemingly never ending campaign of terror upon the world, a change for good will come again. We will trade the facemasks for smiles, the waves replaced by hugs and the empty stands for the grand fêtes that have been confiscated. For now.

One thing that will forcibly change is the Prix Du Jockey Club winner. Sottsass bore the crown for a year and a new King must be crowned on Sunday. Let’s change the mood and get stuck into the runners eh.

VICTOR LUDORUM

As children we are told of fairytales. Dopey we may be at that young age we delighted in hearing of the stories in which you can swap a cow for magic beans or change your life for the better and be given a golden goose. Fairytales were then cast onto the big screen by Walt Disney. Crowds would flock to see them and leave not Grumpy or Bashful but Happy. The great animator himself would struggle to believe the fairytale that lies ahead of Victor Ludorum.

The royal blue of Godolphin has been carried only once to victory in this most historic of races. Frankie Dettori and Shamardal formed a fierce alliance in 2005, winning 6 of their 7 races together including 4 at the grandest of tables; Group 1s. A partnership as strong as that of the Brothers Grimm one may say. Twleve years later in 2017 the late champion sired Victor Ludorum. Following in his fathers footsteps, Victor has lost just one of his 5 career races to date and formed a fierce alliance with Mickael Barzalona. The myth of him not training on and floundering at 3 as his siblings have done was firmly Snow White’d in the Poulains. Cruising past the 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300 and finally the 1400m pole he revved up and bound clear in the final 100m. Eight up for his princely trainer and the premier victory for his ally Mickael. Yet to race over 1600m+ we venture into the dark forest with the Jockey Club throne as our guiding light but what a story it would make.

If dreams do come true and fairytales become reality, the Brothers could not invent one any better than this. We will never know if Sheikh Mohammed himself is a fairytale follower but should his homebred heir return the riches of Chantilly to the Dubai ruler 15 years on from his maiden, well it would just be happily ever after.

OCEAN ATLANTIQUE

The dynasty of Coolmore has no equal. Their ability to breed talent, spot talent, cultivate talent and most importantly showcase talent is unrivalled. Their changes for good in the Racing world are based exactly where they should be, on four legs on the biggest and most grand pistes in the world. They’ve had them all from homebred staying superpower Yeats to champion of champions Galileo, wondermares such as Found and the eagle eager eye of MV Magnier and his family have spotted talent from speedball Choisir to the history making American Pharoah.

It is the latter we look to with Ocean Atlantique, now even Coolmore will admit they didnt get much coin form change out of their €1,100,000 purchase but he could change their future immeasureably. Iron runs through the veins of the 3yo thanks to his dam’s sire Giant’s Causeway. A big strapping sort himself he has a way to go to emulate the palmares of his grandfather but he is sailing the right seas.

A record the “lads” will be happy to change for the better is of theirs in the French Derby. The famous tangerine Tabor silks have once been victorious with Montjeu but those of the Magnier family are yet to taste the celebratory Chantilly cuvee.

It took until a summery Saint Cloud september afternoon for Andre Fabre to unleash Ocean Atlantique and a second on debut is hardly to be scoffed at. Wrongs were changed to rights in an 8L demolition next time up and the maiden tag shed. The winter came and went as did the early spring. The gates of ParisLongchamp flung open on May 11th (for horses anyway..) and three days later Ocean Atlantique was back in business in the G3 La Force. Caught on the rail and in the pathway of a reversing Another Sky, second would have to do again behind Pao Alto. Wrongs righted once again on his next run in the Listed de Suresnes this time by a mere 5L demolition.

At home over 10f as was his father and grandfather, can Ocean Atlantique navigate his way to the Winners Enclosure at Chantilly and change his and Coolmore’s history for the better?

PAO ALTO

Change is frequent in Palo Alto. The place, not the horse whose name shares such resemblence. It is a true centre of excellence. Without this small corner of San Francisco we would not have life-changing spies companies such as (breathe): Google, Facebook, Apple, Paypal, HP, Dell, Xerox, Skype and Tesla. The final enterprise on that list is perhaps the most exciting, most forward thinking and most ludicrous. One fact remains however, horsepower is the name of the game for Tesla, the brainchild of lunatic maverick Elon Musk. Their desire to prove they are the best whilst maintaing all the style, glamour and substance is endering and these qualities are retained in the Christophe Ferland trained Pao Alto.

Pao Alto is visually one of the most beautiful chestnut colts you could possibly see with a flash of milky white on his left fore and an emblem-esque diamond between his eyes. Style. Owned by the uber elegant Wertheimer et frere he carries the famous sky blue and white silks that have bibles of Group wins to their name. Glamour. Beaten only once on his debut he has conquered a mile and graduated to ten furlongs too picking up the Group 3 La Force on the way. Substance.

He like the two before has champion blood racing through his veins. The son of 2013 winner Intello, he would take Gerard et Alain to two wins in the Jockey Club putting them ahead of their illustrious father Jacques and the patriarch of it all (their grandfather) Pierre. Pao is not a homebred as many of the brorthers horses are but heck, they cannot get much closer than having a son of their first Derby winner.

The La Force was a real triumph. The metal broke from the latch and he was out and away, relaxed for the first 400. Showing fine balance on the long downhill sweeping of ParisLongchamp he turned into the false straight tracking the rear end of Ocean Atlantique. A jolt of this head to the left told Guyon which way he wanted to go and when the air cleared he took off. One swipe of the foam was enough and a few bumps from Max saw him home comfortably ahead.

He will get to see, like Tesla, if he can be the best this Sunday where it matters most. On the turf at Chantilly.

MISHRIFF

What were we saying before about fairytales? Believe in something and you can achieve it. Make Believe in something and anything is possible! A fourth entrant into the race with champion blood in his veins, Mishriff is the son of the 2015 Poulains winner and the pride and joy of Prince Faisal Al Saud. It would also provide a fairytale culmination for his trainer John Gosden. The master of Clarehaven has triumphed in almost all the Classics you could name. The (Epsom) Derby? Got two. The (Epsom) Oaks? Three of those. Irish Derby? Yep, tick. Irish Oaks? Of course, next. Hollywood Derby? Hell yes. Prix De Diane? Oui. Prix Du Jockey Club? Ah, erm...

The elsuive Prix Du Jockey Club remains the outstanding empty square in his sticker book of Classics. It has been lean pickings for the master trainer since 2000 with 4th being his highest placed finisher too.

In the five races in Mishriff’s career he has filled all the places, 4th on debut before 3rd next time up. Skipping a place to win by as far as he wanted at Nottingham to end his season he returned with a 2nd in the Saudi Derby. His UK reappearance was a romp on the Rowley Mile. Posted on the flank by David Egan he had tremendous balance in the dip and despite having the whole of Newmarket to his right he kept his head down and his line almost straight to win by 4L. The form of his Newmarket Stakes win has twice been franked by Volkan Star and Al Aasy so tick that box as well.

What were we saying before about change? It would be for the ultimate good should John Harry Martin Gosden complete his sticker book of Classics.

THE OTHERS

Port Guillaume - Jean Claude Rouget has been the man for the big occasion in this race winning three of the last five. His 2020 entrant whilst having a record of straight 1′s has to make the almighty leap from Class 1 to Group 1. A prominent front runner he will be the horse to watch and the gauge by which we measure the ferocity of the race. Not ruled out but it is a thankless task making the running in a race like this and questions remain over his quality at the level.

Ecrivain - The final orders bell is ringing in the Ecrivain Arms. A real talking horse coming into the season he finished 2nd in the Fontainebleau ahead of Victor Ludorum but was firmly put to the back of the class in the Poulains. Excuses have been graciously allowed given the virus rampaging around the Laffon Parias yard at the time but now its time to put up or shut up. Unfortunately the latter seems the more likely option.

Hurricane Dream - Those fairytales get everywhere! Jumps trainer Mickael Mescam would send shockwaves around the world should his colt be victorious. Team Valor were quick to swoop in after his win in the provinces and their judgement was justified as he swept aside a talented field over course and distance last time. Another making the leap from Class 1 to Group 1 he may have the class to challenge for places in this race and more should a few underperform.

The Summit - A real surprise package at 3 he has outperformed expectations time after time after time. His win in the Fontainebleau upcycled to 2nd in the Poulains and with a new set of emperors silks this could be his swansong in France. Alex Pantall has worked wonders with him and with Peslier in the plate anything is possible.

San Fabrizio - If you watch his last race you’ll be bamboozled as to the run he gets. Or well doesn’t get! PCB appeared to have boatfuls left in his hands but with nowhere to go he simply had to ride out at no more than a trot. He was behind Pao Alto on debut but that was a long time ago now. Soumi rides so he gets a boost but coming off the pace at Chantilly in the Jockey Club and having to be 4 or 5 wide? Tough ask.

VERDICT

First of all, expect a messy race. This event is rarely without a gripe from at least one participant and with only a thin strip of perfect ground at Chantilly everyone wants a piece that they cannot have. Second of all, stay away from the rail unless you are clear in front. It cannot be emphasised enough how important it is to treat that rail like an enemy if you are trying to come off the pace.

Victor Ludorum was mine and many many others guy for the Poulains and he will retain that with those many many others but not me. His win at Deauville was sensational but there was mitigating factors that day. His proximity to the rail from the start and the open runway he had to stroll down thanks to Alson being the main two. Fabre cannot hide his affection for this horse but is he better over the mile? We’ll see. Stall #1 isnt exactly super for him being a hold up horse, he could get a whack early on as they break and that may trap him in the group as they fall towards the rail. Pao Alto was superb when winning the La Force under Guyon. The doubt creeps into the mind about the state of the Fabre string during the opening period however. Did he catch his opponents on an off day? Maybe. Did he capitalise? Certainly. He appears to have the substance for the trip but will he be able to keep up now the pack have caught up too? Maybe not. He has not raced since that day and that too could be a concern. Stall #9 for him and that is about where you’d want to be. OCEAN ATLANTIQUE will have the perfect man on board for this race. PCB is imperious around the undulations of Chantilly. He will devour the distance and he is more than quick enough to win despite posting a slow time LTO but he did win by 5L. The tactics employed in the Suresnes could work wonders given his pace and his jockeys ability to dictate a race but he is likely to have company upfront with Port Guillaume and The Summit in there too. The undoubted ability at staying the trip is hugely beneficial to him and will count hugely later on as they climb up the straight but it must be said that the red diamond on PC’s helmet could work as a real target. He was given a raw deal in stall #14 but the long run to the bend at Chantilly will give PC time to look at the pack and pick his best hand to play on a versatile horse. It would be a story told for years if Hurricane Dream could win for Mescam & Team Valor and he has a chance to finish in the top 4 without doubt. Eyquem has been given the steering wheel and stall #11 is prime real estate also.

In my opinion, the seas of change will blow the way of Ocean Atlantique and Coolmore team itheir first Prix Du Jockey Club in the colours of the Boss.

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rodger-that-studios · 5 years ago

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My Top 20 Albums of All Time

Before The Storm, part 1 of 2

A top 20? (that should be, part one of a top twenty, so a top ten? yeah?)

Wow, how original.

I can practically hear your anguished cries.

Maybe so.

“There certainly haven’t been approximately 417.803 of those published since last Friday”

But sit down and strap in. This one’s a doozy.

Before we start, let me add that you don’t have to love these albums as much as I do, but trust me, arrogant as this sounds, you’re going to want to check them out.

To that you’re obviously crying out “You don’t know me!”

It doesn’t matter. Don’t have to.

These albums changed my life, so without further ado, lets get started. Are you sitting comfortably?

The Final (ish) Countdown (Albums 20-11)

20 – Tapestry – Carole King (1971)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQXY8zwQgmc

It’s a beauty

Let’s start as we mean to go on.

Presented here is one of the first songs I ever remember ‘freaking out’ to. To clarify, I mean that amazing, goosebumps inducing effect that music can have on you.

The ‘whoa’ moment, if you will.

That song is the immortal Natural Woman from this seminal album. It’s also a family favourite. Maybe we’ll never know if it was written for one James Taylor (who might make an appearance later on) but frankly, who cares. This is a beautiful record.

19 – Curtain Call: The Hits – Eminem (2005)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yhyp-_hX2s

Eminem is angry about…everything

Blimey. A Rap album as early as this?

Guess I’m full of surprises.

I’m no Eminem ‘fan’, but this one is special. There’s a swagger to this album that never fails to make me feel a thousand feet tall. Slim Shady exploded onto the scene with classic after satirical classic. Lose Yourself is outstanding, as is the insanity and genuine comedy of My Name Is. I think we all know what his name is now. Mic drop.

18 – A/B – Kaleo (2016)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-7IHOXkiV8

People from Iceland frighten me

This one is by far the youngest album on our list. But if I had to describe the debut for Kaleo, an imposing bunch of vikings (er, Icelanders) led by the incredibly talented Jökull Júlíusson (ridiculous name alert) in a few words, ‘ass kicking masterpiece’ comes to mind.

The band have gone from strength to strength since they dropped this monster in June 2016, thanks in large part to the lead single from A/B, Way Down We Go. It’s hauntingly beautiful and stays with you long after its finished. Another highlight is the albums opening track, No Good, which is a rip roaring way for the band to say hello. It’s absolutely filthy, but oh so fantastic.

17 – The Cult – Pure Cult (The Singles) 1984-1985) – 2000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCOSPtyZAPA

Drum Fill Drum Fill Drum FILLLLLL

An absolute riot of an album.

It’s frankly ludicrous for a band to release a singles anthology that lasts for 77 bloody minutes, but The Cult are that good.

Prick up your ears for Rain and She Sells Sanctuary, which are definite stand outs. Rain batters against your eardrums with screaming guitars, while Sanctuary shifts the focus onto the drums. The song only contains a handful of lyrics, but one listen to the drum fill before the final chorus will make you understand why. Some songs speak for themselves.

16 – Greatest Hits – Simon And Garfunkel – 1972

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-JQ1q-13Ek

This one has stayed with me because I still remember the first listen to this album.

I was sat in my Grandma’s lounge. Family have always played a part in the albums I’ve carried into adulthood. It didn’t take me long to learn why she loves these two. This album will make you cry, make you cheer and everything in-between.

The best albums tell stories, and ones told by this ’72 collection like The Boxer and Bridge Over Troubled Water will live for a very long time.

Gorgeous stuff.

15 – Where The Light Is, John Mayer Live in LA – 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2DQ8XBRbU

Smooooooooth Mr Mayer

The following descriptions accurately describe Mr John Mayer;

Guitar Prodigy

Remarkable Songwriter

Harmonic Whizkid

Arrogant Arsehole

Okay, okay. I’ll explain why.

Mayer’s ego may be bigger than his stacked discography, but sadly it’s for a very good reason. The man is a modern musical artist, and doesn’t he know it.

But this album makes it okay, and here’s why.

Mayer played a one off sold out show in the Nokia Theatre in his home town of LA back in ’08, playing hits straight out of his strange little head to a sea of adoring fans.

It was an elegant affair, with Mayer and his touring band taking centre stage for almost three hours worth of jazz and blues. Indeed the sense of rhythm, melody and especially harmony on hits like Daughters, In Your Atmosphere and Gravity (which Johnny boy performs here with a full gospel choir) is absolutely stunning. A personal highlight is his incredible arrangement of Tom Petty’s Free Fallin’(RIP Tom we love you), which leaves me speechless every single time. Overalll Mayer offers a soaring and beautiful album which is perhaps the most intimate and honest thing he’s ever written.

And remember, all thats coming from the dude that wrote Your Body is a Wonderland. Damn smooth.

14 – Vessel – Twenty One Pilots – 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szp9x1ZlZn4

Kick Some Ass lads

Twenty One Pilots needed something big to break onto the international scene. The rock duo had already amassed a huge following in the good old US of A, but Europe was a different beast. And with Vessel they knocked it out of the park.

Hits from this album introduced Tyler Joseph and Josh Dunn to the world. Joseph flip flops between sonorous masterclasses and rapping like a demon while Dunn channels the greats behind the kit. Copeland, Moon, Rich. The gang’s all here, and its as if they’re controlling Dunn’s arms and telling his brain what to do like the plot from a terrible 80s horror movie.

It is indeed a rip rollicking tour de force of an album. Migrane will make you think, Guns for Hands (bloody ridiculous song title) will make you groove, and my personal favourite here, Trees, will make you grit your teeth and maybe even shed a few tears, an entire spectrum of feelings is contained to 12 songs.

How many other bands can do that?

Put simply, check this one out. It’s remarkable.

13 – Celebrity Skin – Hole – 1998

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0CYB5V9e64

Tears you to pieces

Lets summarise the short lived story of Hole, shall we?

In equal parts the tortured love child of Courtney Love and Courtney Love’s grief over the terrible loss of Kurt Cobain, Hole created a very special album.

Love and Cobain were of course famously writing countless songs together before he died, and many of them would, in one way or another, make up the famous track list offered here. Heartbreak can often create strangely beautiful things, and Celebrity Skin is the epitome of that.

From the first second you can feel Love’s fury at society. Thats why it works, because its as relevant to hate the world today as it was back in ’98. To that end, honestly the album’s title track is, in a word, aggressive. Listening to it really puts you into her head. It’s as if someone took a confetti cannon, filled it with that typical 90s neon-soaked angst and rage and then fired it point blank into your face.

CAN YOU FEEL IT YET?

Okay calm down.

Don’t know what came over me there.

But then come back to earth and pair track one with the other clear stand out, Malibu. This song is effortlessly haunting and heartbreakingly beautiful. The listener is oblivious to what the lyrics warn them of running away from, but we somehow know we just need to listen to the warning. Perhaps this song was written for Kurt and he will tragically never know, but we’ll know and this song, indeed this album, will tear you apart and stay with you forever.

12 – What’s The Story Morning Glory – Oasis – 1995

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI-5uv4wryI

Liam Gallagher looks like he’s wearing handcuffs every time he sings. Don’t believe me? Watch and learn

Oasis have been a part of my life for pretty much as long as I can remember.

We had them on perpetually when I was growing up, and I remember the first time my Dad introduced me to the standout song on this album full of standout songs, Champagne Supernova.

“Kid!”

“Yeah?”

“Check out this tune!”

Plays Supernova in our living room

It’s incredible, yes, but there’s only one question I have when the song fades.

“But Dad, what even is a Champagne Supernova?”

“Shut up Will, it’s ironic.”

leaves

One listen was all it took.

While the also classic Heathen Chemistry perhaps hit me more upon first impressions, as I’ve grown up my love for this album has positively skyrocketed. Although I still have a soft spot for Little By Little, one of the first songs I ever learned on guitar.

God these are the useless facts I know you want out of a musical countdown.

What’s The Story is special, though. It’s a special, perfectly Brit-Pop record. For me at least, songs like Some Might Say, She’s Electric and the aforementioned alcoholic death of a star have gotten me through some incredibly tough times. I look fondly back at the album now and remember nights in, up to my neck in GCSE revision with one of those terrible bedside lamps, which made it look like I was doing Algebra in Gollum’s cave. I’d whack on this record and all the stress would go away for a few glorious moments. It was almost fun to work stuff out with Noel Liam and the rest of the lads screaming down my earholes. It somehow made it okay.

Champagne Supernova, though, as you’ve probably guessed, is simply something else. Of course it lasts for seven minutes, but every second is captivating. Its an untouchable song, and an awesome album.

11 – Appetite For Destruction – Guns N Roses – 1987

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gORKiQ0h1ZA

Fuck Yeah

This one is simply the motherfucking king of debut albums.

Guns N Roses redefined sweet rock and roll with this album, and it was the first thing they ever released. Since it was released back in ’87 the album has rocked up (not sorry about the pun) 28 Million album sales. Numbers like that don’t lie. So here’s my take on one of the greatest rock albums of all time.

Standout one is the opening track, Welcome To The Jungle

Literally.

This song, despite being track one, is a dark horse, but I don’t know how much that means when your album is made up of majestic stallions. Guns N Roses collectively smash down your defences and musically kick the shit out of you with outstanding guitar and pounding drums. But don’t worry its all executed so beautifully you’ll probably stand yourself up dust yourself off, say thank you and dive straight back in. Trust me you ain’t seen nothing yet.

We continue with Paradise City. Its safe to say that Axl Rose Slash and company do not pull punches. This is one of the greatest guitar performances of all time. GNR present a sprawling 6 minute journey into madness, and you’re gonna want to be along for the ride. Prick up your ears for the closing solo, which is Slash at his most powerful. Slash is a god among men. Won’t take you long to discover why.

The third, and final (but not final) standout is the immortal Sweet Child O Mine

I’m already playing air guitar just thinking about this one and you are too don’t even lie.

If you were to open a Guns N Roses art museum, in which different songs became famous paintings, then Sweet Child O Mine is the ceiling of the Cistene fucking Chapel. it’s that good. Its many things. What do you want? A story about love? Yep, its there. A Stadium Anthem for the ages? Yeah no worries. A Masterpiece? I damn well think so. In fact thats the perfect description for Appetite for Destruction. Its a flawless album, indeed the spirit of sex drugs rock and roll in a CD case.

*takes breath*

Okay. Pause. Hit pause.

Christ on a bike.

I’ve been rambling for EVER.

Listen hard to these ten, and strap in for part 2

#carole king #eminem #guns n roses #oasis #hole #twenty one pilots #john mayer #kaleo #simon and garfunkel #the cult

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Press preview for Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll by j- No Via Flickr: The Metropolitan Museum of Art April 1, 2019

A groundbreaking exhibition presenting a spectacular array of iconic instruments of rock and roll - "one of the most influential artistic movements of the 20th century and the objects that made the music possible" - go on view at The Met on April 8, through September.

“Rarely Seen Guitars, Bass, Drum Kits, Keys, and Horns from More than 80 Renowned Musicians Celebrate the Unique Role of Instruments in Rock.” Christie's and Sotheby's must be kicking themselves for missing out on what surely would have netted them millions in auctioneer's commissions, if placed on the market instead of donated to a museum.

On April 1, the press was treated to a preview of the show, teased with what many of us thought to be an April Fool joke: appearances by musicians Jimmy Page, Steve Miller, Tina Weymouth, and others. Nope, it wasn't a joke. Towering over the packed hall were Greco-Roman statues of (appropriately) shamelessly full-frontal nude men and ladies, lit by sunlight streaming through the skylight and floor-to ceiling window.

Typically, for rock & roll, the start was delayed, but eventually out strode those very rock stars. Remarks about the year-long labor of putting together such a monumental exhibition were made by museum staff and a rep from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, who sponsored the exhibit. Following brief, anecdotal remarks from the Led Zep guitar god, the original Space Cowboy, Steve Miller, gave a long walk-through about putting the show together, as well as much technical tidbits that no doubt flew way over the heads of all who are not guitarists themselves. He also promised that he would be working with the Met to improve their music-hostile acoustics. Talking Head and Tom-Tom Clubber Tina Weymouth read from a very long essay by a Catholic priest about, basically, the importance of finding your own rhythm. The audience perked up from nodding off completely, when she worked in a quote of the title of TTC's "Happiness Can't Buy Money", which, given the head-nodding, hardly anyone present was familiar with, despite it being one of her biggest hits.

After the formalities, there was a completely unexpected solo performance by Don Felder on his truly iconic (sorry for the overuse of this adjective, but it's true) double 12- and 6-string white guitar used on just about every performance of "Hotel California" the Eagles ever gave. video links: https://flic.kr/p/2fpobAn https://flic.kr/p/2eiqZpW

Room after room featured worshipful displays of performance setups, surrounded by walls completely covered - like my teenage bedroom - with concert posters from back in the day when those were actually serious works of art (not to mention when rock stars were accomplished serious musicians and composers, unlike the majority of today’s autotuned stars who can’t play anything, drone over lifeless iMac-generated beats, and require an entire village to compose and score their songs).

As a strictly Ibanez person myself, I was disappointed to see the only representative of my (let's face it, budget-minded) brand, was one donated by Joni Mitchell. I can only hope that it was used on the two or three songs of her's that I like.

The exhibition begins with Chuck Berry's ES-350T (1957) electric guitar, which was used to record "Johnny B. Goode"; followed by Lady Gaga's custom-designed piano; Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Texas Flood" composite Stratocaster "Number One"; the guitar that Keith Richards is known to have used when the Rolling Stones appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1966; Flea's "punk" bass used throughout RHCP's career, and Jimmy Page's dragon-embroidered costume, which he wore during Led Zeppelin's live performances from 1975 to 1977.

In addition to Prince's iconic gold 'love symbol' guitar, included in the exhibit is the Purple One's 1980s "cherub" suit, and the famous "disappearing" Tele-style H.S. Anderson Mad Cat guitar he played on his 2004 show-stopping, jaw-dropping solo during the all-star tribute performance of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” for the induction of George Harrison into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. A performance which provides a perfect bookend to Hendrix's "flaming" finale, opening for The Who. OK, blue-eyed soulsters, lemme see ya top this! Boom. https://youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y

The remains of Kurt Cobain's Fender used on Nirvana's In Utero tour are on display, which he destroyed upon spotting Eddie Van Halen (another renowned guitar killer) in the audience.

Wall cards accompanying many of the instruments testify to the comradery among musicians in that so many classic instruments were passed from one to another out of respect for their craft and contributions, as well as collaborations that led to technological advances, e.g. Keith Emerson and Robert Moog, Les Paul with Gibson guitars, and Todd Rundgren's restorations for Eric Clapton and others.

*view many more photos at https://flic.kr/s/aHskTsXCvJ

And no history of electric guitars would be complete without the reverse-strung Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" on at Woodstock, as well as at the Monterey Pops festival, AND the shard that is left of the Strat that he incinerated at Monterey Pops.

A bit of trivia that was new to me was that the reason so many early guitars had hideous pale yellow finishes was because it looked better on television in the days of black & white. Many musicians had theirs repainted after color tv came in in the mid-to-late 1960s.

Axes from other rock stars of note include The White Stripes' Jack White, Gerry Garcia's singular "Wolf" Irwin, Bo Diddley's candy apple red hambonin' "Twang Machine" self-modified box Gretch, Cheap Trickster Rick Nielsen's insane 4-bodied Hamer, many from Eric "God" Clapton, Ravi Shankar's sitar, Muddy Waters' "The Hoss" blood red Telecaster, the original and hugely influential erotic gospel axe-shredder Sister Rosetta "rock me" Tharpe (whose modified light Les Paul Gibson was later copied for Jimi Hendrix, The Who, AC/DC, and the Allman Brothers), and of course, the Beatles.

All together now: in one photo, appearing for the first time, the signature guitar used by Elvis Presley, flanked by those of George Harrison, and 50s rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson.

Drums and bass take a back seat (beat?) in the show, as do keyboards and brass, but still, respect is given with displays from notable kits from Keith Moon, Patti Smith's clarinet, the Mellontron used by the Stones on "2000 Light Years from Home" (which, for you youngsters, was an analog keyboard-operated instrument that played acetate taped notes recorded from any source, including human voices, used heavily by late psychedelic bands like Tangerine Dream and Genesis, and even a band that I was in [dating myself]), Louis Jordan's alto sax, Ray Manzarek's organ used on the Door's ""Light My Fire", Keith Emerson's knife-embedded "raped" Hammond organ and massive Moog synth, B-52 Kate Pierson's Farfisa organ (I stupidly sold mine for a mere $50, to buy drugs, of course) and a gold Steck grand piano used by pioneering rock pals Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.

The exhibit's promo postcard features Joan Jett's guitar "Melody Maker" girl power guitar, which remains an important part of her onstage (& offstage LGBT) identity.

Creators and innovators of amps, pedals, and effects like feedback, distortions, fuzz, wah-wah and sequencing, were almost totally absent, despite their overwhelming influence on the development of rock. No Ike Turner, Link Wray, Dick Dale, or any surf guitar innovators whatsoever. No Frippertronics or Enosification. Then again, the absence of any mention of sex and drugs in a show about rock stars is pretty glaring, also.

Contemporary rock is mostly absent, as is most post-80s, save Cobain and White and an obviously egregious curatorial plug for St. Vincent, who seems to be way out of her league surrounded by Clapton, Townsend, Beck, Hendirx, and Page. And aside from Joe Strummer's Telecaster, with it's duct-taped strap and Jett’s Melody Maker, punk is not represented here at all, either because it was not deemed part of rock and roll (Johnny Rotten famously declared that punk was meant to be the death of rock and roll, but admitted that it failed by actually reviving it) or deemed unworthy. Or maybe they simply could’t afford to give up their instruments. But being enshrined in the Metropolitan Museum, though, would not be very punk, now would it?

#MetRockandRoll #guitar #rock #rockandroll #musician #musicalinstruments

#Flickr #guitar #rock and roll #metropolitain museum of art

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rawk-leroj-blog1 · 8 years ago

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Taylor Swift Plastic Surgery Before and After Photos – Boob Job?

Did Taylor Swift Undergo Plastic Surgery?

Like the saying goes, Rome wasn't built in a day, but boobs can be built in two weeks! Lately, Taylor Swift has been the subject of much plastic surgery speculations. The famous American singer has surprised many when she appeared to have much bigger boobs. Well, unless she is having a second puberty growth spurt.. but at age 27, that is very unlikely. Known to embed her private life stories into her songs, there is still no hint of any boob job in her songs. So, that keeps all her fans guessing.

Photo Credit: (left) Juan Naharro Gimenez Getty Images, (right) Kevin Winter BMA2015 Getty Images

No article about Taylor Swift is complete without a complete analysis of her career and the changes over the years. Many times, after analysing the before and after photos, the changes in a celebrity's face or body could just be due to heavy makeup or that “SUPER TECH” push up bra. Let's turn back the clock and witness the changes in Taylor Swift over the years.

The Early Life of Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift expressed major interest in music since the age of 9. While others are busy with academic exams, she took up vocal and acting lessons. Despite her failed demo submissions to various record labels, Taylor Swift was relentless to pursue her dreams. She had the full support of her parents and eventually got signed by the Sony/ATV Tree Publishing house.

Here is a picture of her in 1994, wearing the in-thing during the 1990s – Zipped Up Turtle Necks!

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At a young age, Taylor Swift was already writing songs for other singers. Who would have expected this young girl to blossom into one of the biggest stars today?

Taylor Swift in the 2000s – Our Song and Should've Said No

in the 2000s, Taylor Swift had the attention of the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart. Two of her most successful single at that time, Our Song and Should've Said No, reached the number one spot on the charts. Here she is in 2006, looking youthful and fresh faced. Not much makeup around the eyes, but her trademark flowing long hair is evident.

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Here is Taylor Swift in Our Song Video:

Taylor Swift 2007 – More Recognition For Her Country Music

This was the year when Taylor Swift got more recognition in the music industry. Its about time anyway.

Still aged 18, she became the youngest person to be honored with Nashville Songwriters Association's Artist of the Year.She also won the Top New Female Vocalist from the Academy of Country Music Awards, and the Favorite Country Female Artist at the American Music Awards.

Here she is at the CMT Music Awards in 2007. This time, she took more effort to put on more makeup to smoothen out the edges or her nose. And those eyelashes, well curled up and looking more alluring. Check out her signature gaze:

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Taylor Swift 2008 – Fearless and Her Acting Debut in 2009 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Her next album built up some monstrous momentum. The album Fearless went on to top the Billboard 200 and became the best selling album in 2009. Her Music Viceo “You Belong With Me” won the Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Award. You got to watch this video:

Wow, the energy that Taylor Swift had in the video is just unbelievable. Here is a shot of Taylor Swiftin the 2008 CMT Music Awards:

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In this photo she is starting to realise the power of her eyes. The seductive effects of eyeliners are put into great use here. Her clever use of the lipstick creates the illusion of plumper lips. There is zero signs of plastic surgery here. After all, she is only aged 19. Notice that her cleavage is still not showing despite wearing a low cut dress.

Taylor Swift in 2009

In 2009, Taylor Swift had her first taste of acting when she played the role of a rebellious teenager in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Here is a picture of Taylor Swift in 2009 at the 57th Annual BMI Country Awards, looking smooth and pretty with her trademark wavy long locks.

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Taylor Swift has mastered the art of eye makeup. Her arching eyebrows and that “squinty” gaze is fast becoming her hallmark expression.

Taylor Swift in 2010

In 2010, Taylor Swift decided its about time for a change. Her appearance at the American Music Awards was truly different. With her hair covering the forehead, she looked every bit like the girl-next-door with a tinge of playfulness within. Her “ironed out” long tresses also spices up her looks. Again, the stand out features are her eyes, though now she appears to have some eye bags. Still a very pretty Taylor Swift:

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Taylor Swift in 2011

In 2011, Taylor Swift grossed over $123 million for her Speak Now World Tour. But the apparent success of her tour did not change her appearance much. Other than keeping her hair short, Taylor Swift decides to go for the bright red lipstick. Somehow, her lips look slightly deflated this time. The short hair created a broader face, not the best combination in our opinion. But nonetheless, she is Taylor Swift – and she is still a beauty to behold!

Taylor Swift at the 2011 Vanity Fair Oscar Party:

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Watch Taylor Swift in an interview on the Ellen Show in 2011:

Compare that to a recent interview where Taylor Swift answered 73 questions:

Taylor Swift in 2012

In 2012, Taylor Swift broke the Guinness Book of Records by being the first female artist to have two million-selling album openings. But Taylor Swift decided to go back to her long silky smooth look. She has not made any significant changes to her looks. Her boobs are still are not that significantly big yet.

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Taylor Swift in 2013

In 2013, Taylor Swift won the Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards for the single “ I Knew You Were Trouble”. And still, with her fast rising popularity and fame, the ultra talented Taylor Swift remained true to her real looks and kept to her traditional style of light makeup and curled eyelashes. In the photo below she arrives at the “One Chance” Premiere:

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Taylor Swift in 2014 – “Shake It Off”, “Blank Space” and “Bad Blood”

In 2014, we see Taylor Swift releasing one her most successful albums to date. Her Album 1989, spawned three Number one singles “Shake It Off”, “Blank Space” and “Bad Blood”. For her superb achievements in 2014, Taylor Swift was named Billboard's Woman of the Year in 2014. Here she is attending the “Charles James: Beyond Fashion” Costume Institute Gala:

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In this photo, Taylor Swift stuck to her proven formula, except for the rare bright red lipstick. And those mesmerising eyes look incredible. But you can see what a good dress can do – it pushed Taylor Swift's boobs up – creating an upper outline of her “round” boobs.

In her 2014 Video for Blank Space, you can see Taylor Swift flaunting her boobs in some parts of the video. But it is still not clear if her boob size increase is due to her dress or a boob job.

Taylor Swift in 2015

In March 2015, Taylor Swift made headlines when she dated Scottish DJ and record producer Calvin Harris. Though the relationship was declared over in June 2016, Calvin Harris' expression at the Billboard Music Awards is worth noting. Check out the photos below:

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This is the first time since that “round” boobs shot in 2014 where Taylor Swift's cleavage shows up. And her cleavage shows up “deep” time! She looked surprised in the photo below and perhaps her fans are surprised too!

Taylor Swift 2016 – Boobs back to the same size now?

In 2016, Taylor Swift appears to thwart all the boob job rumors – by appearing without seemingly enlarged boobs. In the photo below, Taylor Swift attends the 64th Annual BMI Pop Awards wearing a spaghetti strap dress. She shows off a slight upper outline of her upper boob. But such “cleavage” can be created easily with a push up bra.

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Overall, those boob job rumors about Taylor Swift seems to be just plain rumors. Perhaps Taylor Swift just found a wear to make her boobs appear bigger, that's all. Furthermore, with Taylor Swift's naturally skinny frame, its hard to max out the size of her boobs as it will create an unbalanced look. Other than her boobs, her facial features look very much natural. What is more important is to look forward to more hit songs from Taylor Swift. What do you think of Taylor Swift plastic surgery rumors? Boob job or no?

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Value Proposition – Glycine Combat 6 Classic Moonphase

When talking about affordable field watches, brands like Hamilton and Seiko come to mind with reliable, no-nonsense mechanical pieces. Of course, you can spend more on luxury watches from the likes of Weiss or Longines, but a mature field watch from Glycine with an upscale complication can be had for a surprisingly accessible price. The Combat 6 Classic Moonphase offers the requisite field watch legibility and reliability but spruces things up with a moon phase for a high-end touch. And it’s from a proper Swiss brand that never left Biel/Bienne in over a hundred years of operations to boot.

BACKGROUND

Glycine was founded in 1914 by watchmaker Eugène Meylan in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Meylan had an initial focus on luxury with gold and platinum pocket watches, and precise, miniature movements for women’s wristwatches. The brand prioritized wealthy clientele and in the 1930s, Meylan invented his own automatic movement and also launched a range of certified chronometers. As World War II intensified, Swiss brands paid a heavy price as export markets were effectively cut off, but Glycine weathered the storm and was one of only 29 exhibitors at the 1938 Basel Fair, never missing the event since.

The brand’s most famous line launched in 1953, the AIRMAN, which was one of the first GMT pilot’s watches. It was so well received that it remains largely unchanged today and among Glycine’s longest-running models. Three decades after World War II wreaked havoc on the Swiss watch industry, the quartz crisis stormed in and around 60,000 jobs were ultimately lost. Glycine was dealt another serious blow, but again kept its head above water. In 1984, the brand was purchased by Hans Brechbühler, who introduced quartz watches to the portfolio and pursued expansion in countries like Scandinavia, Italy, Holland and Germany. Quartz movements continued to dominate in the 1990s, but the AIRMAN 2000 returned to its mechanical roots with an ETA 2893-2 automatic in 1998. The COMBAT, first launched in 1967, was reinvigorated with mechanical movements along with other lines like the OBSERVER, KMU and INCURSORE.

An early Glycine Combat (circa 1967) – source omegaforums.net

In 2016, Glycine was acquired by Invicta, a controversial move as the brand had a bit of a stigma for mass-producing cheap watches. Glycine remained independently run and its products were never negatively influenced, however, and Invicta simply focused on marketing and distribution development for the brand.

CASE AND DESIGN

The Combat 6 Classic Moonphase has a 316L stainless steel case with a 40mm diameter and height of 12.2mm. The case is mostly polished with vertical brushing on the top of the lugs, giving it a dressy vibe. A narrow, rounded bezel surrounds a domed sapphire crystal with multiple anti-reflective coatings. The signed crown is fully guarded by an extension of the case and doesn’t screw down, so water-resistance is limited to 50 metres. That’s fine for rain, splashes and a light swim, and perfectly adequate for a field watch. The caseback features a mineral glass exhibition window, which should remain scratch-free against your wrist, despite not being sapphire. The lugs have a nice curvature and at 22mm, are a bit wide for a 40mm piece. It adds to the wrist presence and the watch consequently wears larger than the diameter suggests.

DIAL AND HANDS

The matte black dial has a subtle sunray finish and also comes in white, blue or anthracite. The moon phase above 6 o’clock is the eye-catcher and features a polished gold moon and stars against a dark blue background. I find this really complements the case design for an upscale aesthetic, but the latest models introduced a more skeuomorphic grey moon and stars. These have a sportier, more casual field watch vibe and I don’t really prefer one variant over the other.

The polished baton-style hands have Super-LumiNova inserts near the tips and all indices are filled with Super-LumiNova as well. Just inside the indices are Arabic numerals for 24-hour time, fairly standard for such a piece. A date window sits at 3 o’clock with a white frame and white print on a black background, and it tastefully blends into the dial. White with black print would’ve stuck out a bit.

MOVEMENT

Powering the Glycine Combat 6 Classic Moonphase is the GL280 calibre, a slightly modified Sellita SW280 automatic. It has 26 jewels, beats at 28,800vph (4Hz) with a 38-hour power reserve. Functions include central hours, minutes, hacking seconds, date at 3 o’clock and moon phase at 6 o’clock. Seen through the exhibition caseback, it’s clean but undecorated, although the rotor has GLYCINE engraved twice at the end. The moon phase is accurate to approximately +8.81 hours per year if the mainspring is continuously wound.

STRAP

The black dial version comes with a 22mm black leather strap with a faux alligator pattern and steel pin buckle. It looks great with the watch, but is just too stiff out of the box. It should loosen up after a reasonable break-in period, but as a self-proclaimed strap snob, I replaced it almost immediately. The importance of a comfortable (or properly sized) strap seems to be a bit overlooked these days, but fortunately, there’s an endless supply of aftermarket straps to choose from. It is nice when a watch just comes ready to go. Your mileage may vary on this one.

FINAL THOUGHTS

The Glycine Combat 6 Classic Moonphase is an excellent field watch for those looking for a Swiss piece with an upscale vibe. The 40mm diameter is a perfect, contemporary size for most and the moon phase doesn’t throw off the dial’s balance. It might not have that no-nonsense military aesthetic like Hamilton’s new Khaki Field Titanium, but that’s also what makes it special. It can easily dress up or down and looks great with a suit and tie (I can’t quite say that for a Hamilton Khaki). I wish the strap wasn’t like a thick piece of cardboard, although it does look great, but I keep a healthy variety of straps on-hand anyway, so I can only complain so much. This piece is more versatile than many in its price range and is a slick, under-the-radar Swiss watch going back to the 1960s.

Let’s talk about the price – it retails for CHF 1,200, which certainly isn’t cheap and more than double what you can get from brands like Hamilton or Seiko, although not off the mark for having a more advanced complication. However, this is one of those pieces that you don’t have to pay retail for. It’s easy to find online for under CHF 400, which is a steal for such a well put together Swiss automatic with a moon phase. Why the price discrepancy? I suspect it has something to do with Invicta’s acquisition, but I’m certainly not complaining. And at that price, I couldn’t recommend this watch more. For more information, visit Glycine’s website.

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Sex in house? An awkward talk we will need to have

Since the 1960s, astronauts and NASA outreach folks have not hesitated to clarify how one goes to the toilet in house, even to kindergartners, nor to define the numerous ways in which an astronaut might die on an area mission. But when contemplating one of the crucial pure human capabilities—sexual exercise, what will occur as women and men enterprise on longer and longer house missions collectively—properly that was not a matter for press conferences. The public had to await the film and tv trade to weigh in on the matter, even via the 1980s and 90s.

But because the prospect of Mars colonization grows on the general public radar display screen, intercourse talk shouldn’t be as a lot of a taboo subject because it was in the early days. It’s talked about in documentaries about house, it is proven in science fiction films and TV packages set in house, and the aspiring company house tourism trade is properly conscious that it will be a problem quickly. And when it comes to authorities house companies, properly, they’re beginning to talk about it. But it is nonetheless awkward.

The 400 kilometer-high membership?

Men and girls have been flying collectively in house collectively since 1982, when cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya went into orbit, together with male colleagues. Since that point, and particularly because the International Space Station (ISS) started operations in the early 2000s, the existence of 400 kilometer excessive membership has been the topic of nice hypothesis. But house companies, together with NASA, have broached the topic with the awkwardness of a reluctant father trying to have “the talk” together with his daughter earlier than her first highschool dance.

“There was a time when the closest consideration of ‘sex’ in the space industry was the engineering challenge of developing different gadgets for men and women astronauts to permit using the toilet effectively,” stated social psychologist Sheryl Bishop Ph.D., a Professor on the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Over the previous couple of a long time, Bishop has researched human efficiency in crew conditions—together with Antarctic bases, mountaineering, desert survival, and different environments which might be analogous to long-duration house flight.

Perhaps, this explains why the toilet query was one of many high issues requested of astronauts by folks of all ages over time. But Bishop has seen enchancment on the intercourse concern over time. “Today, we have the first space gynecologist who I’m proud to claim as one of those I’ve mentored over the years,” she stated.

Nancy and Mark in house

But NASA’s willingness to broach the topic didn’t come abruptly. The STS-147 house shuttle mission in 1992 included Nancy Jan Davis and Mark C. Lee—a newlywed couple. It was a “Space Lab” mission, so in the cargo bay the automobile carried a specially-designed laboratory filled with science experiments. These included investigations of human physiology and the way weightlessness and house radiation affected the biology of rooster embryos, frog eggs, plant sees, and fruit flies. Consequently, there was so much for the press to ask about, but the media had been most in whether or not any human reproductive experiments is perhaps in progress. After all, by this time the picture of James Bond floating weightless wrapped in a sheet with Dr. Holly Goodhead on the finish of the 1979 movie Moonraker was properly ingrained in the minds of many individuals, so it was a pure query.

But to nagging reporters, NASA stated, “It’s none of your business.”

Since 1992, issues have developed, however this raises the query of whether or not intercourse in a weightless setting can be worthwhile.

Dealing with Newton’s third Law

There has been hypothesis as to whether or not the truth that each motion produces an equal and reverse response would make intercourse bodily extraordinarily difficult in weightlessness—even to the purpose that one author this 12 months, discussing house intercourse in the net journal Fusion Net, instructed the next:

But, as you’ll see, getting it on in house remains to be very a lot a case of ‘close but no cigar.’ And no house intercourse means no house infants, which will be a bummer for our plans to stay on Mars–or anyplace else in outer house.

It ought to be identified that, whereas we’ll need analysis to ensure that a being pregnant on a Mars colony may be taken to time period yielding a wholesome toddler, Mars colonists will not be weightless. The gravitational pull on the Martian floor is about 38 % that on the Earth’s floor. Newton’s third Law will not be an issue. You’ll merely be 38 % your Earth weight and with the identical quantity of power, and so amazingly agile. Sex on the Martian floor might really be improbable.

Proposed treatments

Newton’s third Law is often cited as a possible hurdle for house intercourse, at the very least in a spacecraft that lacks synthetic gravity: something subjected to a push will transfer in the path of the push and proceed transferring. As famous earlier, folks did not hear about this being a possible drawback in the early days of house exploration, when NASA was in its awkward, speaking to adolescents stage. As for science fiction speculating in regards to the concern, most sci-fi house setting have a tendency to assume using synthetic gravity. Thus, Captain Kirk of the unique Star Trek collection might have all the ladies he needed, even whereas on board the Enterprise, with no explanations labored into the script. As for James Bond in an area shuttle, floating in a sheet in 1979, audiences could not have cared about Newton being ignored, however as we speak, with the prospect of Mars colonization on the horizon, speaking about house intercourse shouldn’t be as taboo because it as soon as was.

Recently, when one reporter requested about sexual contact throughout a present house mission, NASA’s public relations workplace gave a response fairly developed from the 1992 “none of your business” comment. This time, the reply was: “While we expect our employees to behave in a professional manner at all times, their personal lives are their own until it begins to directly affect their job performance.”

That’s from a authorities company that has to be very cautious to be diplomatic, however consultants in house and physics from each science and industrial communities are nonetheless extra candid.

Neil deGrasse Tyson—an astrophysicist, science TV star, and avid admirer of Isaac Newton—has gone so far as to provide potential options options and one that will make Newton smile:

“You need things like straps” Tyson as soon as remarked. “Bring a lot of leather belts. Keep things strapped down and you’ll be just fine,” Then, he added, “There are probably some people who are fully equipped with this anyway.”

Some extra industrial-minded options have been dreamed up as properly. The most well-known was proposed by the late novelist and essayist, Vonna Bonta, who in the early 2000s designed the 2-suit. Essentially, every accomplice would put on a garment that may very well be unzipped, then zipped along with the counterpart garment of the opposite accomplice. Others have instructed specially-designed constructions inside house habitats, corresponding to a conch shell-shaped tunnel, in which a pair might get progressively pushed nearer collectively (added elastic partitions to the design would possibly enhance the plausibility.

Fractional gravity

As people spend longer intervals of time in house, and as bases and colonies are constructed on the moon, Mars, and elsewhere, the problem will not be weightlessness a lot as assorted gravity environments. On the moon, one weighs about 16 % of his or her Earth weight. On Mars, it is 38 %. There can also be rotating spacecraft and rotating house accommodations sooner or later. By spinning, corresponding to craft might create synthetic gravity. The quicker a craft spins, the upper the gravity, but when the radius of rotation is pretty brief, quicker spinning creates side-effects, corresponding to vertigo and problem transferring physique elements. To cut back such results, an area resort or house vessel is perhaps rotated at a pace simply excessive sufficient to create partial gravity—corresponding to Mars gravity, or lunar gravity—however not Earth gravity. People trying sexual relations in such fractional G environments mustn’t have any drawback when it comes to Newton’s third Law. But they may very well be extra agile as they’re on Earth, so—excuse the pun—maybe they’d get the very best of each worlds.

A model of this text initially appeared on the GLP on September 1, 2016.

David Warmflash is an astrobiologist, doctor and science author. BIO. Follow him on Twitter @CosmicEvolution.

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Hello Fashionista’s,

The next must have item in our capsule closet has to be the little black dress also known as L.B.D. In fact I would go so far as categorically stating that no modern women’s wardrobe can be considered complete if it does not have one of them. The popularity of this must have item has by Fashion Historians been ascribed to the 1920’s designs of Coco Chanel.

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Lets pay homage to this incredible women by finding out a little bit more about them. Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel was born on the 19th August 1883 in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France to Eugenie Jeanne Devolle (who went by the name of Jeanne) her Mother who was unmarried and her father, Albert Chanel. Her mother was a laundrywoman who spent her days working at a charity hospital which was run by the Sisters of Providence. This was a government run facility which took care of and gave support to the very needy in society. Coco had an older sister called Julia who was born less than a year earlier.

Her father made a living peddling work clothes and undergarments traveling to and from market towns to do so. After being persuaded to marry her by her family the couple wed in 1884. When she was born, Coco’s name was entered into the official registry as “Chasnel”,her mother Jeanne was to unwell to attend the registration. With both parents absent, the infants’s name was misspelled – suspicion being that it was a clerical mistake. The couple had three other children, another girl and two boys. Growing up was extremely cramped as they resided in a one-room lodging in the town of Brive-la-Gallarde, France.

Tragically her mother died of Tuberculosis when she was 12, her mother perishing at the young age of 32. Her brothers were sent to work as farm labourers and her father sent his three daughters to a convent called Aubazine in Correze which is about 10 km’s away from Brive-la-Gallarde. The orphanage , was “founded to care for the poor and rejected, including running homes for abandoned and orphaned girls”. Life in the orphanage was stark, sparse and the nuns demanded strict discipline. Historians agree that despite the tragic circumstances which landed her in the orphanage, it was here where she learned to sew. When she turned eighteen, she went to live in a boarding house for Catholic girls in the town of Moulins. Interestingly it is widely reported that Chanel would tell a somewhat different version of her own childhood when she was older often telling people that after her mother died, her father sailed to America to persue his fortune. Or that she was sent to live with her Aunts. It seems she regailed a far more glamorous childhood than the tragic one afforded to her which saw her loose her mother at such a young age and her being sent to grow up in an institution.

Her name Coco arose from a somewhat different earlier career she enjoyed as a singer – albeit a brief one. She would sing at various clubs in Vichy and Moulins in France. Chanel herself is quoted as saying the name is a “shortened version of cocotte, the French word for ‘kept woman’”. It soon became apparent that a stage career was not for her.

A young Gabrielle Chanel

Coco Chanel and her Aunt, Adrienne outside her first store in Deauville

Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel in her youth

The young Coco Chanel

An association with Etienne Balson when she was twenty years old prompted her early foray into fashion when he assisted her in starting a millinery business in Paris. When she met Arthur “Boy” Capel – an even wealthier associate of Etienne’s she promptly dumped him. The stylish Arthur was an impeccably dressed man and his influence is widely associated with Chanel’s concept look. Her first boutique was opened in 1913 in Deauville with Arthur’s financial assistance. The store introduced the world to her range of casual and sportswear. It marked the start of future success. By 1915 a second boutique opened its doors in Biarritz. The establishment of her Maison de couture at 31 rue Cambon took place in 1919.

Coco Chanel introduced the world to the Little Black Dress in the 1920’s. Her intention being that the dress be affordable and easy-to-wear this being in stark contrast to the restrictive fashion of the time which included constrictive corsets which were used an essential piece of underwear forcing a women’s waist thinner. She will remain forever enshrined in the fashion worlds hall of fame for freeing women of corsets, daring them to wear short skirts – short enough for their ankles to be shown in public. It is for this and her elegant, comfortable and practical approach to women’s fashion that revolutionized the world of women’s fashion forever.

In 1921 Coco introduced the world to her first fragrance – named after her as – Chanel No. Five. The Number Five was included as Chanel had been told it was her lucky number by a fortune teller. This floral scent was created by Ernest Beaux and he was briefed by Chanel to create a perfume that ‘smelled like a women”. She did not want it to smell like a rose or lily of valley but rather as a floral composition. The original scent has been adapted since then by Henri Robert and Jacques Polge

‘I am told that when Mlle Chanel met Ernest Beaux she asked him to create ‘a perfume that will make even the perfumers jealous’. She said he could use the richest products available, and so he used the best he had – jasmine from Grasse, May rose, a special quality of ylang-ylang – and, at the end, he added some aldehydes to let all that richness fly a little,’ Polge said.

Chanel No. 5 was adored by Marilyn Monroe who family said she wears Chanel No. 5 and nothing else to bed. The perfume remains on the best selling perfumes in the world – adored by celebrities and man across the world.

During the World War II, she was accused of being a Nazi spy. At the end of the war in 1945 Chanel moved to Switzerland. She remained there for nine years eventually returning to Paris in 1954, this marked the re-opening of her couture houses. Chanel, aged 71 is reportedly to have told the famous actress Marlene Dietrich that it was because she was “dying of boredom”. Her new collection wasn’t well received by Parisians as the taint of being a Nazi spy continued to haunt her. However, her designs were well regarded and endorsed by the British and the Americans.

Another iconic Chanel piece is undoubtedly the Chanel Handbag which was created in 1955. Owning one of these incredible handbags is akin to being accepted into an exclusive sorority. For decades the classic flap has been incredibly sought after. The 2.55 Reissued helped revive the style of this icon in the mid 2000’s. The redesign appealed to a modern looking new generation of customers who didn’t want to be seen wearing their mothers handbags.

Many other designers and retailers from Urban Outfitters to Marc Jacobs has been accused of stealing from Chanel’s signature bag, and there’s a good reason for that – it’s timeless, iconic and still as relevant to luxury customers today as it was back in the 1950s. Chain straps and quilted leather have become nearly synonymous with the idea of the designer handbag, and the Chanel flap may even be more well-known across the world than the illustrious handbag holy grail, the Hermes Birkin. Its pricey at about $ 3,000 but then again you would be buying one of the most sought after handbags in the world and you would own a legend.

On 10 January 1971 Chanel died at the hotel Ritz in Paris at the age of 87. It is widely reported that she uttered her last words to her maid Celine were, “You see, this is how you die.” A recent biography written by Lisa Chaney called “Coco Chanel: An Intimate Life” lays claim that she frequently used opiates and considered the use of morphine as a simple sedative. All of which surfaced with discovered love letters and other archives which go on to claim her bisexuality. Chanel’s funeral was organized at eglise de Madeleine. She rests in peace in the Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Her life has been captured on two films both released in 2009: Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky starring Anna Mouglalis and based on a novel of the same name, and Coco before Chanel starring Audrey Tautou.

No matter what is portrayed of her posthumously, her influence on the fashion world is unmistakable and her legacy will remain forever. When a women today puts on a pair of trouser she can credit Chanel that she no longer needs to be squeezed into a corset. Jackie Kennedy was wearing one of her pink suits on the day JFK was assassinated in Dallas in 1963. In the 1980’s Karl Lagerfield took over as head of design and he is much credited with appealing to a younger more modern women. The company owns 100 boutiques around the world and is still one of the most recognized names in fashion and perfume.

In his book, Chanel: A Woman of Her Own, Axel Madsen says, “Coco was the Pied Piper who led women away from complicated, uncomfortable clothes to a simple, uncluttered, and casual look that is still synonymous with her name. It conveys prestige, quality, taste, and unmistakable style.”

Today her namesake company continues to thrive. Although it is privately held, it is believed to generate hundreds of millions in sales each year.

When I think of a black dress I fondly remember my first trip to the far east in 2007. A shopping trip to the famous Xiushui Street in Beijing. The Market is in the extension line of Chang’an Street, near to International CBD Commercial Area, so it enjoys convenient location and transport.

Among the extensive variety of goods on offer ranging from branded clothes, shoes, bags, leather goods, sportswear, handicrafts, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy, clocks, watches and glasses to name a few I came across a black dress which caught my eye. We were a bit weary after making our way through the maze of people selling their goods. The reason for our weariness stemming from the sellers clutching on to you and whinging that you must by their goods and having to be quite abrupt and stern with them to get rid of them. It quickly dawned on me to avoid making an eye contact with any sellers as this was an invitation for a sale…I can distinctly remember the sound of “best price” and “only so many $’s” as clear as if it were yesterday.

The black dress was an exquisite Chloe black dress – complete with a mandarin collar and ruffled detail on the bodice. The pleated skirt was pure perfection with a ribbon belt which perfectly accentuated the waist. IT WAS PERFECT and then I tried it on…EVEN MORE PERFECT that it was hanging up in all its splendid glory. Then I heard the price which was a little more than I was budgeting on spending but I thought surely I can haggle down the price. So I began in earnest with a price which was immediately cut down – No the price remained. According to my colleague Amanda who was on hand to assist with the translation who also attempted (in Mandarin I might add) to negotiate better terms – the dress was the actual one the real deal and not a knock off. Hence the price was justified and not negotiable. With a heavy heart I exercised restraint and walked away. Everything else in the market after seeing that glorious dress was boring, plain and to me at least uninteresting. As our visit to the market was drawing to its inevitable conclusion my head filled with horror that I might never get a chance to wear that dress. I simply could not leave without that dress – it was haunting me. No matter which way we tried the seller was not budging – not even an inch – not even when we argued that if she was a licensed agent she would have to give me a warranty something she was unwilling to do. So I handed over the cash and the dress looked similar to this one:

I am pleased to report that the dress still hangs in my closet (although I fear it might not fit at the moment as I am carrying some Winter weight which I need to shed). Equally pleased to report that the dress has attended important events, weddings and sadly a few funerals. It has been there for girlfriends who have equally needed a Little Black Dress for an occasion – in fact it forms part of a travelling wardrobe between the girlfriends.

It must be said that the dress – with its classic feminine style – has been worth every cent. The dress wears beautifully, launders well and remains in perfect shape. Whilst I may not have acquired it from a licensed Chloe Store or Agent it’s longevity has been curious to me as to its true origins.

Or perhaps it is simply the nostalgia of remembering those items you buy when you are visiting foreign lands. They unlock memories, smells, sights and sounds with them of that trip. We have a standing joke at home that my husband only shops when he is abroad – cause oh boy can he shop! It is like the minute he gets to a foreign land he becomes a true shopper. I will never forget the look of sheer delight and enjoyment when we entered an Abercrombie and Finch store in Singapore. Oh and they smell great – whatever they use to scent their stores with.

Regrettably for us mere mortals, travels to foreign lands to acquire your full wardrobe is not quite realistic at this stage. However, with the incredible technology at our fingertips today we can order anything, from anywhere, pay for it and have it delivered. It is truly amazing and astounding.

So no matter what the event is you going to be it a funeral, dinner, dance or even a wedding a little black dress will work. It remains chic, modern and relevant even after all these years. One of the most iconic and stylish women of our times, Diana was often seen wearing a stylish Little Black Dress. I have recently listened to the Audiobook “Diana: In her own Words” by Andrew Morton which is a series of the Icon’s own insights recorded during “Morton tapes,” of secret interviews recorded by the princess and sent to the journalist. The one story which I recall is during the early years, Charles admonished Diana for wearing black to an event and she simply ignored his “oh no wearing black is for a funeral comment” and wore that Little Black Dress. By the way if you are a massive fan of her then you simply have to listen to the audio book which strikes a deep chord as it is her voice, her thoughts, her fears, her delights and her love of the boys which is so unscripted and real. Well worth a listen. You will really admire those royal heirs even more…

So as is immortalized in Coco Chanel and Diana to name a few the Little Black Dress is really worthy of its status as a staple piece and building block of any women’s wardrobe.

So here are some of my investment Little Black Dresses that I would recommend:

I hope you have enjoyed this as much as I have putting together its roots and giving the Little Black Dress an insight into its illustrious history which is continuing to evolve among each and everyone of us.

xxx

Hello Fashionista’s, The next must have item in our capsule closet has to be the little black dress also known as L.B.D.

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Hyperallergic: The Idiosyncratic Writings of Leonora Carrington, a Reluctant Surrealist

The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington, published by the Dorothy Project (2017) (image courtesy the Dorothy Project)

Frida Kahlo despised being called a Surrealist. She deemed the term a European invention and a misreading of her work. But Surrealism’s leader, André Breton, disregarded her protests, calling her “a young woman endowed with all the gifts of seduction, one accustomed to the company of men of genius.” She was from Mexico, which, to him and his male peers, was “the Surrealist place par excellence,” overflowing with dreamlike imagery. Breton’s commentary sums up much of Surrealism’s chauvinism and pompousness, as it shamelessly coopted another’s culture and regarded women artists as muses. “The problem of woman is the most marvelous and disturbing problem in all the world,” Breton famously proclaimed in his second Surrealist manifesto in 1929. This fascination was particularly directed to women under the age of about 25 — the femme enfant, or woman-child — whose mystical, erotic, and naïve spirit bewitched and aided men in channeling their irrational side.

Kahlo was not alone in her frustrations. As Whitney Chadwick brilliantly documents in her 1985 book Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement, the majority of women artists associated with Surrealism did not identify with it — they were uninterested in unleashing the subconscious through illogical, uncanny compositions. Rather, they articulated their work in much more personal and purposeful terms, often grounded in autobiography. “I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality,” Kahlo once said. And while it’s notable how many women participated in Surrealism, albeit on the sidelines, the movement was sexist even as it pretended to exalt women and encourage their liberation. (A somewhat indignant Meret Oppenheim countered this view when she told Chadwick, “Personally I consider the problem of female versus male as solved, although I know that many have not arrived at this point.”)

To understand the macho, egocentric nature of Surrealism and the eliding of women artists of this time, you need look no further than the fiercely imaginative and belatedly recognized artist Leonora Carrington. Born in 1917 to an overbearing, well-to-do family in Lancashire, England, Carrington entered Surrealist circles upon falling in love with the revered artist Max Ernst, who was 26 years her senior. Together they lived idyllically in the French countryside, making art and hosting festive dinner parties where Carrington served up omelettes with locks of her hair. Their romance, however, came to an abrupt halt with World War II, when Ernst was interned at a concentration camp. Carrington shortly thereafter went to Madrid, where she suffered a nervous breakdown and was taken to an insane asylum.

A spread from Whitney Chadwick’s Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement, featuring Leonora Carrington (left) and one of her self-portraits (right) (photo by the author for Hyperallergic)

Carrington could’ve been the perfect profile for a femme enfant: in her early twenties, beautiful, eccentric, and subject to a bout of insanity. As Chadwick explains, for the femme enfant, “[t]he element of instability, often bordering on madness, … was as much a part of her image as was her naiveté.” Breton, who wrote Nadja, a novel based on his romance with a woman who went mad, was captivated by Carrington’s episode — he believed that insanity in a woman gave her visionary power, becoming even more transporting and mythical in men’s eyes. As Chadwick writes, Breton rendered the mad woman “a subject for scientific and poetic inquiry,” where she in turn was “passive, powerless, and at the mercy of the unconscious.”

But Carrington avidly rejected the label of a femme enfant. As she put it in 1983, “I didn’t have time to be anyone’s muse … I was too busy rebelling against my family and learning to be an artist.” Similarly, while trapped in an insane asylum, she was too busy either suffering unfathomable pain from the Cardiozal injections that induced seizures or hallucinating naked and strapped to a bed, as she lay in her own feces. There was nothing glorifying about her condition. “It was very much like having been dead,” she later said.

Down Below by Leonora Carrington, published by NYRB Classics (image courtesy New York Review Books)

Carrington wrote about her time at the asylum three years after being released, in 1944, and at the suggestion of Breton. By this time, she was already living in Mexico City, where she moved after marrying a Mexican diplomat to escape her controlling family. She would remain in Mexico City until her death in 2011, leading an autonomous artistic life and becoming increasingly feminist in her outlook. In that vein, Down Below is not about a surreal spell of madness, but is a startlingly lucid book that on the one hand demystifies mental illness, and on the other reveals how the episode brought her clarity and power of mind. Indeed, this slim but heavy account, just reissued by the New York Review Books, makes it difficult to treat Carrington as a passive, otherworldly specimen to analyze as she breaks down her own experience.

As someone who had only really known Carrington’s visual art, I found myself questioning the Surrealist interpretations that surround it upon reading Down Below, and my suspicions were only confirmed upon learning more about her life and reading more of her writing. In addition to Down Below, the New York Review Books has published a collection of her illustrated children’s stories, The Milk of Dreams, and the Dorothy Project issued a complete anthology of her short stories, which span the 1930s to the ’70s. Taken together, this body of work, which isn’t widely known, illuminates the artist’s profound and lifelong investigation into the self and articulates her vision of the world, which was definitely not Surrealist.

Spread from Leonora Carrington: The Milk of Dreams (image courtesy New York Review of Books)

It’s easy to mistake Carrington’s paintings of animal and human hybrids in fantastical landscapes for Surrealist art. But her images aren’t fanciful because she made free, irrational associations like her male peers. Rather, her art is a reflection of a serious and real affinity with animals, as she consciously drew on the Celtic legends on which her Irish mother and nanny raised her. From a young age, Carrington absorbed stories about animals that had telepathic powers, especially the horse, which in both her art and writing appears as her sort of alter-ego — such as in her famous self-portrait from 1937–38, where she portrays herself with mane-like hair, beside a rocking horse, while a real horse runs in the distance. She is also in the company of a hyena, an animal that appears in Carrington’s story “The Debutante” (also from 1937–38), where it saves a young girl from her social obligations by killing a housemaid and ripping her face off to wear as a disguise.

“I think animals have everything — maybe a bit more than we have, but I believe that human beings are animals,” Carrington said in an interview with Hans Ulrich Olbrist. In her children’s stories, a beautiful, cruel boy finds his equal in a grinning crocodile and an imaginative youth has wings for ears, allowing him to fly. The illustrations feel like sketches for Carrington’s paintings, allowing you to contemplate individual characters — like a vulture stuck in gelatin or a six-legged monster — that seem to convene in her more elaborate landscapes.

Leonora Carrington: The Milk of Dreams (image courtesy New York Review Books)

Her short stories reveal a solitary world where humans are cruel, “whip” vegetables, and have a “sickening smell.” Company is only found in animals — as one character remarks, “I have few friends and am glad to have a horse for a friend.” Carrington’s writing style is matter of fact, unfazed by its absurd descriptions and oftentimes violent events. She sneaks in strange, evocative details without calling attention to them, such as a gentleman’s “white hands gesturing like an elephant’s trunk” or a woman’s “long hair, always full with nocturnal animals.” What we see as fantasy, Carrington experienced as real. “Even though you won’t believe me / my story is beautiful,” she writes in a coda to a story.

Down Below is similarly steeped in its own logic, whereby Carrington’s possessions, like night creams and a nail buff, have cosmic powers, and she at turns becomes a car, the Sun, or the Moon, and where an unpleasant nurse is perceived as a vacuum cleaner. Carrington rationalized her experiences at the asylum in terms of both her Celtic upbringing and fascination with alchemical transformation. In describing the initial stages of her breakdown, she writes, “I was still limited to my own solar system, and was not aware of other people’s systems.” But she would eventually become painfully and acutely attuned to them. “I suddenly became aware that I was both mortal and touchable and that I could be destroyed. I didn’t think so before,” she reflected years later.

Spread from Leonora Carrington: The Milk of Dreams (image courtesy New York Review of Books)

In her memoir and fiction — and, in retrospect, her visual art as well — Carrington strives to understand people’s “systems;” to peer into them and visualize all their beautiful or ugly selves, often through animal incarnations, as in fables. Evil characters have hair “like black vipers” or “a little bird’s laugh,” and good ones have skin that glints like stars. In Pamela Robertson-Pearce’s 2000 film about women Surrealist artists, Gifted Beauty, Carrington advises, “We have to listen to the soul … and to know when it’s a soul. … Each soul has a daemon.” It seems to me that both her writing and visual art takes up this very exercise — a kind of study of the human soul.

Carrington wasn’t interested in letting the mind go and seeing where it might wander, but rather wanted to probe and question it more deeply. She considered this gift specific to the woman artist, whom she described as a kind of magician — though her magic wasn’t used to bewitch men, but to give her independence. “A soul is very important,” Carrington reiterates in Gifted Beauty. “You have to own your soul as far as it’s possible. … To hand it over to some half-assed male — I wouldn’t recommend it.”

Spread from Leonora Carrington: The Milk of Dreams (image courtesy New York Review of Books)

Down Below and The Milk of Dreams by Leonora Carrington are out from New York Review Books. The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington is out from the Dorothy Project.

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Analysis: Trump has successfully created an alternate reality

WASHINGTON — People live in realities on the subject of the Russia research. On one aspect is the intelligence network, and on the other aspect is a Republican Party that very lots believes President Donald Trump’s alternative information.

Including, reputedly, that Trump’s offices have been wiretapped all through the 2016 election.

A new CBS ballot indicates three in 4 Republicans accept as true with it is at least “really probable” that Trump’s places of work were wiretapped or below a few form of surveillance at some point of the campaign. Whilst 35 percent agree with it’s “very in all likelihood,” 39 percentage say it’s “really possibly.” About half of (49 percentage) of independents additionally say it’s as a minimum “incredibly likely.”

Trump contended in a chain of tweets some weeks back that Trump Tower had been wiretapped and that none other than President Barack Obama became in the back of it. But even Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., the Residence Intelligence Committee chairman beneath hearth for being too pleasant with the White House, has stated that announcement is incorrect.

Nunes has stated that “there has been no wiretapping of Trump Tower. That did no longer happen.” He has also said, “Clearly, the president was incorrect.”

Nunes, of a route, then claimed last week that there may be proof that Trump and his buddies’ communications have been swept up in what is referred to as “incidental series.” However, that doesn’t suggest Trump became simply targeted by the surveillance. Though, this led Trump to claim partial vindication.

For the record, here’s the query CBS requested: “How probably do you observe it is that Donald Trump’s offices had been wiretapped, or underneath authorities surveillance for the duration of the 2016 presidential marketing campaign?” Strictly talking, even Nunes has recounted Trump’s offices have been not under surveillance.

So what we’ve got here is some other state of affairs in which Trump makes an evidence-loose declare, the White Residence movements the aim posts to suggest he become announcing something less extreme than he virtually said, and subsequently, sufficient reasonable doubt emerges for partisans to give Trump the advantage of the doubt.

That is par for the course. The Trump-Russia saga has already confirmed that Republicans are very tons inclined to take Trump’s phrase for it in place of trust the intelligence community – and, by using an extension, the media.

Polls have lengthy proven that Republicans do not even consider the intelligence community’s evaluation that Russia interfered in the presidential election. And some of the few who trust that it did, many do not believe it without a doubt attempted to help Trump – any other consensus conclusion of the intelligence network. And the new CBS ballot additionally shows this. It shows simply one in 4 Republicans accept as true with Russia interfered, as opposed to 64 percentage who trust it did not even try to do so. And simply thirteen percent of Republicans trust the intelligence network’s conclusion that this interference existed and become supposed to assist Trump – one in 8.

What is fantastic Approximately this is that not even the White Residence certainly contends with the realization that Russia attempted to interfere. Rather, it has centered on casting doubt on the concept that the interference definitely mattered, and it has argued towards the concept that there has been collusion among the Trump team and Russia. Yet here we are nowadays, and nonetheless, a completely strong majority of Republicans accept as true with Russia didn’t even intrude inside the first location.

What we are left with: situations wherein Republicans agree with in something that even Trump isn’t always truly arguing for anymore. At the same time as the White House has abandoned his most tough-line stances in opposition to the intelligence community’s conclusions, they nonetheless loom large in his political Birthday celebration.

Certainly, it appears he does not truly even need to argue for them anymore.

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