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Waiting for water to boil, listening to npr (got my old boombox out and rarely turn it off now), bf snoring

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How Marilyn Monroe changed Ella Fitzgerald’s life

If asked “Who played an important role in the musical career of Ella Fitzgerald?” you might respond with names like Chick Webb, Louis Armstrong, Norman Granz, and Dizzy Gillespie.

The name Marilyn Monroe (who passed away 50 years ago this August), however, might not come to mind.

While touring in the ’50s under the management of Norman Granz, Ella, like many African-American musicians at the time, faced significant adversity because of her race, especially in the Jim Crow states. Granz was a huge proponent of civil rights, and insisted that all of his musicians be treated equally at hotels and venues, regardless of race.

Despite his efforts, there were many roadblocks and hurdles put in to place, especially for some of the more popular African-American artists. Here is one story of Ella’s struggles (as written in chicagojazz.com):

Once, while in Dallas touring for the Philharmonic, a police squad irritated by Norman’s principles barged backstage to hassle the performers. They came into Ella’s dressing room, where band members Dizzy Gillespie and Illinois Jacquet were shooting dice, and arrested everyone. “They took us down,” Ella later recalled, “and then when we got there, they had the nerve to ask for an autograph.”

Across the country, black musicians, regardless of popularity, were often limited to small nightclubs, having to enter through the back of the house. Similar treatment was common at restaurants and hotels.

Enter Marilyn Monroe

During the ’50s, one of the most popular venues was Mocambo in Hollywood. Frank Sinatra made his Los Angeles debut at Mocambo in 1943, and it was frequented by the likes of Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Lana Turner.

Ella Fitzgerald was not allowed to play at Mocambo because of her race. Then, one of Ella’s biggest fans made a telephone call that quite possibly changed the path of her career for good. Here, Ella tells the story of how Marilyn Monroe changed her life:

“I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt … she personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him – and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status – that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman – a little ahead of her times. And she didn’t know it.”

Learning from Ella

Ella had an influence on Marilyn as well. Monroe’s singing had a tendency to be overshadowed by dress-lifting gusts of wind and the flirtatious “Happy Birthday, Mr. President,” not to mentions her movies and marriage to Joe DiMaggio. But years prior to the Mocambo phone call, Monroe was studying the recordings of Ella.

In fact, it was rumored that a vocal coach of Monroe instructed her to purchase Fitzgerald’s recordings of Gershwin music, and listen to it 100 times in a row.

Continued study of Ella actually turned Marilyn into a relatively solid singer for about a decade, but again became overlooked as her famous birthday tribute song to JFK in 1962 ends up being the vocal performance that is widely remembered.

Source: How Marilyn Monroe changed Ella Fitzgerald’s life – Groove Notes by KNKX

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Grumman F-14A Tomcat VF-1 Wolfpack 🤩Registration: 158627 / NK-101 (cn 28)San Diego - Miramar MCAS (NAS) / Mitscher Field (NKX / KNKX) California, USA - August 31, 1973

The first Tomcat delivered to a fleet squadron. Photo: S. M. Reeves #aviation #avgeeks

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Excerpt from KNKX Public Radio:

[Terminal Velocity controversy]

“Another piece that stirs the blood in a different way is Terminal Velocity. It’s a collage made up of pictures of people as they jumped from the World Trade Towers on Sept. 11, 2001.

‘I wanted to be as close as possible to the image of these few people who had been depicted falling through space. And then I began enlarging them and enlarging them until I saw more clearly, the shoe, the shirt, the pocket of the jacket, the hair blowing.’

—Carolee Schneemann

Terminal Velocity was completed one month after the tragedy. Schneemann says Terminal Velocity is a memorial piece.

Yet it was greeted with anger and hostility. The images are enlarged to the degree where it might be possible for people to identify their loved ones lost that day.”

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John Kessler served as BirdNote’s senior producer for over 18 years. But before BirdNote existed, he was recording the sounds of Seattle for public radio station KPLU, now called KNKX. After capturing many of Seattle’s well-known spots on tape, he broadened his scope by connecting with local birders to find the best places to hear birds around town. Shortly after, BirdNote's founder, Chris Petersen, sought out John's musical ear to help create a sound-rich show highlighting the joy of birds.

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Richard Bona | KNKX Studio Session

Richard Bona - bass, vocals 

Jesus Pupo - piano 

Harvel Nakundi - drums

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Ahoy-hoy

I guess this is an obligatory thing I should be doing...

Ahoy-hoy. I'm Jaida.

I am a self-proclaimed queer witchy christian. How does that work? It’ll sound complicated... but firstly, I am a Henotheist. Second of all, I see nature as a mere extension of the work of God, allowing us to worship through the elements he has given us to be steward over. A spell is merely prayer of supplication for others over elements.

I am also a libertarian socialist - somewhere between Council and Ancom. The government and the market are both oppressive forces and cannot be trusted to humans.

Specifically, I’m a panromantic eriscarnal aegosexual androgyne who fancies faerself with big skirts, cute stuff, faeries, and knights. I’m also a bit of a stan for the real Elizabeth Bathory, not the myth of the evil vampiress. I get passionate about how trans people are treated in my state.

And yes, I use fae/faer pronouns.

I like reblogging pastoral photographs that have a sense of... Faewild to it. Like the kind of place where you might bump into a faerie, give them your name and gender and they will give you the ones you’ve always desired.

I also like reblogging wisdom of other witches, and if anyone posts some wise theology stuff, maybe that too.

And coffee. A cup of coffee sounds really nice right now, especially with KNKX’s jazz24 or SiriusXM Watercolors in the background.

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Jake Shimabukuro | KNKX Studio Session

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Arturo Sandoval | KNKX Studio Session

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Bellamy Pailthorp for KNKX reports on now-free running river:

“'You know, tribal people typically don't brag, but we like to brag about this project,' said Russell Hepfer, vice chairman of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe."

Ryan Elofson holds up a coho he caught during the limited October fishery. It was the first fish he'd caught on the Elwha in 18 yeas. (Bellamy Pailthorp)

After decades of working to get dams removed from the Elwha River, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe succeeded, and now has fisheries in shady pools for coho salmon.

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“'Yeah, I mean, the river is completely different than we remember it — than I remember it,' said Vanessa Castle, who grew up on this river with her extended family. ...she remembers on the first day of the fishery, how she caught her first fish, a big female, and was overcome by emotion.

'I was able to feed my whole family – ten people – including our children, with that fish, that evening,' Castle said."

Full story

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Judith Hill | KNKX Studio Session

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Brandee Younger | KNKX Studio Session

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Judith Hill | KNKX Studio Session