Old movies, old guitars, old records, old books, old photos.
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The Road: In Search of America is Nathan Asch's 1937 record of his travels by bus across a country devastated by the Depression and the Dust Bowl. More a kaleidoscope of woes than a narrative, it speaks of a writer exhausted by despair, despite his talk of hopes for the U.S.
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You may not know Semie Mosely (June 13, 1935 - August 7, 1992) by name, and you might not be too familiar with his Mosrite guitar company, but you will certainly recognize the Mosrite twang in the first ten notes of this song:
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@jaxbra.bsky.social This might be pertinent to your interests.
From now on, if the movie doesn’t have men being turned inside out, I’m not watching it.
@bobfreelander.bsky.social I was listening to the Defining Psychotronic Film episode and I was pleasantly surprised to hear you mention Hootenanny Hoot, one of my faves and one I never hear mentioned. It would be a good flash-in-the-pan music trend double bill with It’s Trad, Dad!
Raj Patel
Neglected Books
Here’s a great post from @jessnevins.bsky.social about The Skeleton Horseman, a character from a penny dreadful published in 1865. Is The Skeleton Horseman a true phantom or is he just a guy who dresses up as one to fight injustice? Read on to discover the truth.
#PhantomsFriday
Winnie Lightner in a publicity portrait for Lloyd Bacon’s Sit Tight (1931)
I AM A CAMERA (1955)
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Before Liza Minnelli in "Cabaret" (1972), there was Julie Harris in "I Am A Camera" (1955)
Based on Christopher Isherwood's 1945 "The Berlin Stories."
With Laurence Harvey, Shelley Winters, and Anton Diffring.
#juliharris #lizaminnelli
Tim McDermott
Kennedy Center workers getting the scaffolding poses just right
