[And that goes double for this ape here.]
@harryskeeler
A million stories are trembling to be crystallized on the black ribbon of the typewriter. Located in Chicago, London of the West. Portrait by Al Hirschfeld. Join the Keeler Society: https://site.xavier.edu/polt/keeler/join.html
[And that goes double for this ape here.]
[Rainbow Batman of the day]
[Note to librarians: Do not allow this ape access to Defoe, Stevenson, or Melville.]
[Astor PantaleΓ³n Piazzolla, nuevo tango composer and bandoneon master, was BOTD in 1921 in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The Quinteto Astor Piazzola keeps the music alive; they'll be playing in Northridge next week.]
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Earlier I implied that I escorted yo' momma through the Strait of Hormuz. I apologize for the misinformation. Yo' momma's too fat for such a narrow passageway and whatnot.
Holy shit. Those wockaflockas canceled ALL of 'em?
[Already a century ago nobody could spell Edgar Allan Poe.]
[Amazing Stories first appeared on newsstands 100 years ago today.]
Come if you can!
www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/choose-seats...
[And here's a cat song from Angela.]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuyW...
[Happy 86th birthday to Dean Ormsby Torrence, of Jan and Dean, known for "Surf City"! After "Universal Coward," a right-wing rebuttal to "Universal Soldier," didn't win over the kids, they recorded a Batman-themed LP, featuring this Joker song.]
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[Angela Morley was BOTD in 1924. As Wally Stott, she was the music director of the Goon Show; later she was the first openly transgender Oscar nominee, for best song in THE LITTLE PRINCE (1974), and composed the memorable score for WATERSHIP DOWN (1978).]
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βThat phony thesis,β put in Hogaboom helpfully, βis where he got the name, in London, of Paramoecium Pete, and some similar hooey, on amoebae, in South Africa, similarly βbackedβ up, gave him the name of Amoeba Ambrose.β
[Jucika and the Parrot]
which one is Sydney?
Fantastic! I'm so happy about this.
[Happy 81st Birthday to Circus Boy star George Michael Dolenz, Jr.]
[It's getting difficult to deliver jolts of amusement relief these days.]
[Spanish actor and activist Francisco Rabal was born a century ago today, to star in 3 BuΓ±uel classics, NAZARIN (1959), VIRIDIANA (1961) and BELLE DE JOUR (1967), as well as Friedkin's SORCERER (1977). AlmodΓ³var's Β‘ΓTAME!, and Stuart Gordon's DAGON (2001).]
[Happy 83rd birthday to singer Gayle Rienette Peevey, who had a hit in 1953 at age 10 with "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas." Here's Gayla on Ed Sullivan.]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwVS...
[Alan Hovhaness, b. 3/8/1911
Sonata Fred the Cat, Op. 301
3. Fred the Cat and Distant Mountain]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgpY...
[Mr. Kitty Fluff passes through the Hope Free Gate.]
[Happy 80th birthday to Hiroko Sakurai, who played adorable photographer Yuriko Edogawa on the greatest TV series ever made, Ultra Q (1965), which introduced Garamon/Pigmon and the concept of Ultraness. Watch on the Archive; best episodes: 9, 13, 16, 19.]
archive.org/details/ultr...
About time! β€οΈ
[Kiki Dee and Chaka Khan]
[It already sounds unbearable, plus it's directed by a condescending billionaire, plus the leads are gleeful ailurophobes! Vote for Sinners, I guess.]
Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Arkestra, "Let's Go Fly a Kite" (1989 Atlanta Jazz Festival, MLK Center)
youtu.be/DRjZIQXC17Q
[Many miniature wheelbarrows.]