#Young lion Cecil

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We've found quite a variety of books being released today. There is romance, fantasy, music, murder, and more in the pages of these books. What will you add to your TBR pile?

Wild Dreamers by Margarita Engle Atheneum Books for Young Readers

In this stirring young adult romance from award-winning author Margarita Engle, love and conservation intertwine as two teens fight to protect wildlife and heal from their troubled pasts.

Ana and her mother have been living out of their car ever since her militant father became one of the FBI’s most wanted. Leandro has struggled with debilitating anxiety since his family fled Cuba on a perilous raft.

One moonlit night, in a wilderness park in California, Ana and Leandro meet. Their connection is instant—a shared radiance that feels both scientific and magical. Then they discover they are not a huge mountain lion stalks through the trees, one of many wild animals whose habitat has been threatened by humans.

Determined to make a difference, Ana and Leandro start a rewilding club at their school, working with scientists to build wildlife crossings that can help mountain lions find one another. If pumas can find their way to a better tomorrow, surely Ana and Leandro can too.

Saint-Seducing Gold (Forge & Fracture Saga #2) by Brittany N. Williams Amulet Books

The second book in the stunning YA historical fantasy trilogy that New York Times bestselling author Ayana Gray called “nothing short of spectacular”

There’s danger in the court of James I. Magical metal-worker Joan Sands must reforge the Pact between humanity and the Fae to stop the looming war. As violence erupts across London and the murderous spymaster Robert Cecil closes in, the Fae queen Titanea coerces Joan into joining the royal court while holding her godfather prisoner in the infamous Tower of London. Now Joan will have to survive deadly machinations both magical and mortal all while balancing the magnetic pull of her two loves—Rose and Nick—before the world as she knows it is destroyed forever.

Off With Their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta Disney Hyperion

Fans of Chloe Gong and Judy I. Lin will devour this Korean-inspired Alice in Wonderland retelling about two very wicked girls, forever bonded by blood and betrayal . . .

In a world where Saints are monsters and Wonderland is the dark forest where they lurk, it’s been five years since young witches and lovers Caro Rabbit and Iccadora Alice Sickle were both sentenced to that forest for a crime they didn’t commit—and four years since they shattered one another’s hearts, each willing to sacrifice the other for a chance at freedom.

Now, Caro is a successful royal Saint-harvester, living the high life in the glittering capital and pretending not to know of the twisted monster experiments that her beloved Red Queen hides deep in the bowels of the palace. But for Icca, the memory of Caro’s betrayal has hardened her from timid girl to ruthless hunter. A hunter who will stop at nothing to exact her On Caro. On the queen. On the throne itself.

But there’s a secret about the Saints the Queen’s been guarding, and a volatile magic at play even more dangerous to Icca and Caro than they are to each other…

Lush, terrifying, and uncanny, Zoe Hana Mikuta—author of Gearbreakers and Godslayers —takes a delicate knife straight through the heart of this beloved surrealist fairytale.

Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers

Los Angeles, 1932: Lulu Wong, star of the silver screen and the pride of Chinatown, has a face known to practically anyone, especially to the Chow sisters—May, Gemma, and Peony—Lulu’s former classmates and neighbors. So the girls instantly know it’s Lulu whose body they discover one morning in an out-of-the-way stable, far from the Beverly Hills mansion where she moved once her fame skyrocketed.

The sisters suspect Lulu’s death is the result of foul play, but the LAPD—known for being corrupt to the core—doesn’t seem motivated to investigate. Even worse, there are signs that point to the possibility of a police cover-up, and powerful forces in the city want to frame the killing as evidence that Chinatown is a den of iniquity and crime, even more reason it should be demolished to make room for the construction of a new railway depot, Union Station.

Worried that neither the police nor the papers will treat a Chinese girl fairly—no matter how famous and wealthy—the sisters set out to solve their friend’s murder themselves, and maybe save their neighborhood in the bargain. But with Lulu’s killer still on the loose, the girls’ investigation just might put them square in the crosshairs of a coldblooded murderer.

Punk Rock Karaoke by Bianca Xunise Viking Books for Young Readers

When life gives you guitars, smash them!

School is out for summer and Ariel Grace Jones is determined to make it one for the books! Together with their bestie bandmates, Michele and Gael, Ariel believes they’re destined to break into the music industry and out of Chicago’s Southside by singing lead in their garage punk band, Baby Hares.

But before Baby Hares can officially get into the groove, the realities of post grad life start to weigh on this crew of misfits. Ari begins to worry that it’s time to pull the plug on their dreams of making it big.

Just when all hope feels lost, a fellow punk and local icon takes an interest in their talent. It seems like he might be the only one Ariel can rely on as frustrations between bandmates reach at an all-time high.

Punk Rock Karaoke is a coming-of-age tale that draws upon the explosive joy of the underground scene, while raising questions about authenticity, the importance of community and what it means to succeed on your own terms.

Song of the Six Realms by Judy I. Lin Feiwel & Friends

Xue, a talented young musician, has no past and probably no future. Orphaned at a young age, her kindly poet uncle took her in and arranged for an apprenticeship at one of the most esteemed entertainment houses in the kingdom. She doesn’t remember much from before entering the House of Flowing Water, and when her uncle is suddenly killed in a bandit attack, she is devastated to lose her last connection to a life outside of her indenture contract.

With no family and no patron, Xue is facing the possibility of a lifetime of servitude playing the qin for nobles that praise her talent with one breath and sneer at her lowly social status with the next. Then one night she is unexpectedly called to the garden to put on a private performance for the enigmatic Duke Meng. The young man is strangely kind and awkward for nobility, and surprises Xue further with an irresistible offer: serve as a musician in residence at his manor for one year, and he’ll set her free of her indenture.

But the Duke’s motives become increasingly more suspect when he and Xue barely survive an attack by a nightmarish monster, and when he whisks her away to his estate, she discovers he’s not just some country noble: He’s the Duke of Dreams, one of the divine rulers of the Celestial Realm. There she learns the Six Realms are on the brink of disaster, and incursions by demonic beasts are growing more frequent.

The Duke needs Xue’s help to unlock memories from her past that could hold the answers to how to stop the impending war… but first Xue will need to survive being the target of every monster and deity in the Six Realms.

Blood Justice (Blood Debts #2) by Terry J. Benton-Walker Tor Teen

Cristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice.

They took back their family’s stolen throne to lead New Orleans’ magical community into the brighter future they all deserve.

But when Cris and Clem restored their family power, Valentina Savant lost everything. Her beloved grandparents are gone and her sovereignty has been revoked—she will never be Queen. Unless, of course, someone dethrones the Trudeaus again. And lucky for her, she’s not the only one trying to take them down.

Cris and Clem have enemies coming at them from all directions: Hateful anti-magic protesters sabotage their reign at every turn. A ruthless detective with a personal vendetta against magical crime is hot on their tail just as Cris has discovered her thirst for revenge. And a brutal god, hunting from the shadows, is summoned by the very power Clem needs to protect the boy he loves.

Cris’s hunger for vengeance and Clem’s desire for love could prove to be their family’s downfall, all while new murders, shocking disappearances, and impossible alliances are changing the game forever.

Welcome back to New Orleans, where gods walk among us and justice isn’t served, it’s taken.

#new releases #young adult books #ya lit

[wrecklwj]

My art for a new fic for the mdzs reverse big bang @mdzsrbb , 一拍即合 | Well Suited, written by the wonderful Cecil!

Cecil’s writing is absolutely moving and their fic made me feel so many emotions 💕

一拍即合 | Well Suited, E, 24k

by Cecil

🦁 LWJ is captivated by a handsome dancer in the Yunmeng Lion Dance troupe

🦁 Likewise, WWX is drawn to this dashing young executive

🦁 Cue sparks and shenanigans!

Read it here!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/39410196

#mdzs #魔道祖师 #mdzs fanart #wangxian #忘羡

[oldshrewsburyian]

The Talisman, Week 4

Whew! So many nocturnal shenanigans this week, and also what might seem to the reader a very strange emphasis on Berengaria of Navarre’s general thoughtlessness and flightiness. This, I believe, can be at least partly attributed to the knots that Sir Walter is tying himself in trying to figure out the Richard and Berengaria relationship. Whether that relationship, in historical terms, was functional or dysfunctional may lie largely in the eye of the beholder. But 19th-century historians and antiquarians were not really prepared to consider the possibility that Richard Coeur-de-Lion, paragon of chivalry enabling England to be Top Nation etc. etc., was Not Straight.

For a Romantic author like Sir Walter, of course, having a Good King without a conspicuously functional partnership means that poor Berengaria is narratively doomed to be a Not Very Good Queen. And I would argue that this is true even though, to his credit be it said, Sir Walter is not lionizing (sorry) Richard. Somehow this is even less weird than Cecil B. DeMille’s reading of Richard and Berengaria’s marriage as a chivalric romance, and Berengaria as a devout and luminous paragon of charitable virtue in the person of Loretta Young, but I digress.

In the coming week: will our himbo protagonist die halfway through the book?

#the talisman #medievalism #medievalism readalong

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“Everybody Hollerin’ GOAT” — Derek Taylor’s 2022

I’ve been reverentially pilfering Bill Steber’s photos as visual ledes for as long as I’ve been writing these Year End paeans (the first was in 2003, making this one the nineteenth). There’s something about Steber’s keen eye for negative space, composition and context that makes me think of Blue Note’s Francis Wolff, if transplanted to the Mississippi hill country. No blues to speak of in the stack of recordings this time around, at least as sourced from that legendary, loamy region, but still lots that’s helped keep my head screwed on and faculties relatively fog-free over the past twelve-months.

Wadada Leo Smith

Smith’s ascendance to octogenarian eminence was simply too merry and momentous an occasion to be contained to a single year. As the concluding two entries in a hexalogy of releases on the Finnish TUM label highlighting facets of his multifarious output, Emerald Duets and String Quartets, Nos. 1-12 dropped in May and were also arguably the most ambitious. The Dusted bullpen collectively dug in on both sets in a rousing Listening Post roundtable that forgivably favored the more accessible exploratory encounters with drummers Jack DeJohnette, Andrew Cyrille, Han Bennink and Pheeroan AkLaff.

Joe McPhee

The Powerhouse from Poughkeepsie turned 83 years young in November and as with past years his productive spirit appears immune to enervation or ennui. Ensemble efforts like Survival Unit III’s The Art of Flight (Astral Spirits/Instigation) and Pride of Lion’s No Question No Answers (RogueArt) continue to be the common currency of his artistic realm, but McPhee also found aegis for the release of exhilarating duets with cellist (and freshly-minted MacArthur “genius”) Tomeka Reid (Let Our Rejoicing Rise) and British sax eidolon Evan Parker (Sweet Nothings (For Milford Graves), both pressed on the prolific Corbett vs. Dempsey imprint (see below).

Peter Brötzmann

Speaking again of unstoppable octogenarians, Herr Brötzmann came out of COVID isolation with renewed vigor and a concert calendar still compellingly competitive with musicians a fraction his age. New entries in his edifice-sized discography weren’t nearly as plentiful, but a pair of archival releases still packed a gobsmacking punch. Historic Music Past Tense Future (Black Editions Archive) drops the German reedist and bassist William Parker into the precision polyrhythmic maelstrom of Milford Graves circa spring 2002 across a double slab of vinyl. In a State of Undress (FMP/Be!) is free jazz of a more formal sort with the one-off aggregate of trumpeter Manfred Schoof, bassist Jay Oliver and drummer Willi Kellers tempering the leader’s orotund edges.

Tyshawn Sorey + Greg Osby — The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)

Keeping up with Tyshawn Sorey’s indefatigable activities is a lot like keeping pace with Joe McPhee, a full-time pursuit worth every penny and effort. This three-disc set has the instant enticement of capturing his working trio in the hothouse context of an extended gig at the Jazz Gallery in NYC. Add to that a program of alchemized standards sourced from the Great American Songbook and jazz brethren along with altoist Greg Osby in a rare sideman station and the results become an irresistible trigger pull. In a word: epic.

Cecil Taylor

Taylor’s been gone four-plus-years, but his in-life prolificacy continues to bestow posthumous gifts. Revelatory and digital-only, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert at the Town Hall, NYC, November 4, 1973 (Oblivion) expands greatly on its previously truncated incarnation, Spring of Two Blue-J’s originally on Taylor’s own Unit Core imprint back in 1974. Respiration (Fundacja Słuchaj!) and Live in Ruvo Di Puglia 2000 (Enja) reveal previously unreleased prototypes of his solo repertoire separated by the span of thirty-two years. Sharing a surname with the pianist probably suggests the presence of bias, but I will still ardently go on record in stating that all three are essential.

Albert Ayler — Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental)

Previous editions of this material are now obsolete thanks to this magnificent, meticulously assembled set. So invasive were earlier edits and excisions, particularly as concerns the catalytic contributions of Ayler’s life and musical partner Mary Parks (aka Mary Maria), that it’s like hearing the concerts anew. Parks’ memory and jazz history are restored by producer Zev Feldman and his retinue of collaborators. The results are glorious, both in terms of restored fidelity and the extended majesty of Ayler’s last band firing on collective, conflagratory cylinders.

Chris Dingman — Journeys Vols. 1 & 2 (Inner Arts)

Chris Dingman nearly topped my Year End list two-years ago with an ambitious five-disc opus Peace, a dedicatory body of work for solo vibraphone initially conceived as an aural paregoric for his ailing father. The elder Dingman passed away prior to its release and in navigating the grief in the years since, the son’s doubled down on the unaccompanied format as means of realizing Albert Ayler proffered adage that “music is the healing force of the universe.” Journey’s 1 & 2 reflect their predecessor, but also refract it through a sequence of malleted excursions emphasizing melody and repetition in rippling, elliptical patterns that soothe and enthrall.

Corbett vs Dempsey

John Corbett is indicative of my favorite species of record collector: an altruist whose obsessiveness in the endeavor is exceeded by his ardor for sharing the spoils of this searches through reissues that completely do the artifacts justice. Chief among the offerings this year, German free jazz pianist Georg Gräwe’s first two forays as a leader, New Movements (1976) and Pink Pong (1978), and the pivotal Globe Unity (1967), which restores Alexander von Schlippenbach’s first multinational large ensemble enterprise to circulation. Also of note, another stack of entries inspired by the Sequesterfest series of concerts initiated during the pandemic. Drummer Hamid Drake’s Dedications features solo percussion-planted encomia to his influences and is probably my pick of the eight titles released so far.

The Pyramids — Aomawa: The 1970s Recordings (Strut)

A box set that brings a personal blind spot into bracing focus and rectifies it. The Pyramids initial three albums plus a concert air shot given the deluxe treatment by the Strut label. Ancient to the Future with audible Sun Ra Arkestra and Art Ensemble influences, reedist Idris Ackamoor’s ensemble is never slavish or supine in its interpretations of precedence. Percussion jams are plentiful, as are spiritual jazz overtones, and it all combines in an earthy gestalt that also has a healthy respect and acumen for groove. I’m of an age where regrets feel increasingly impractical, but it’s still good to catch up.

Grounation — The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari (Soul Jazz)

An arguable Jamaican analog to Aomawa in its assemblage of certain analogous ingredients, Groundnation was also something else entirely. Sprawling across three LPs (a milestone in the country’s recording industry), The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari resonates as history lesson, call to arms, sacred text, and adulatory celebration among other appellations. Count Ossie, Cedric IM Brooks and their confreres mined both zeitgeist and musical alloy that had lasting effects not just on reggae, but self-determinate roots-oriented music of all sorts. Soul Jazz’s painstaking attention to accurate reproduction and contextualization is admirable and immersive.

Robbie Basho — Bouquet (Lost Lagoon)

Self-produced, released and circulated in 1984, Basho’s penultimate album tests and perhaps proves the prevailing theory that detractors of his singing far outnumber those of guitar playing. Still, he succeeds where other great polarizers of the pipes like Irene Aebi, Yoko Ono and Ethel Merman fail in his unflappable earnestness and credulity. The self-doubt and cumulative frustrations that haunted Basho in life subsume in the sincerity of his music, strangely sui generis in its intensely personalized strains of borrowed religion, spirituality and mysticism. Mileage varies, but there’s no denying Basho’s commitment to his muses.

Sun Ra

Labels like Modern Harmonic and Cosmic Myth Ra continue to keep Ra relevant even though the Saturnian left the planet decades ago. This year’s passel of reissues includes timely returns of Ra to the Rescue and Universe in Blue, each augmented with extra and/or extended tracks. The latter album includes several showstopping John Gilmore spotlights and ample Ra organ-omics while the former gets its most complete edition yet with a survey of snapshots across 1970s sessions. A genuinely new release, Prophet zeroes in on Ra’s 1986 in-studio experiments with the then-newfangled eponymous console and he responds like a kid in a keyboard candy store with select Arkestral band members, including an ailing June Tyson, in exuberant, if fleeting, support.

Steeplechase

The Danish label is an old reliable in these pages, plugging along with current releases from its international stable of artists alongside occasional, but always welcome, reissues. Stephen Riley’s My Romance isn’t the tenorist’s first recording with B-3 organ, but it does mark his first as a leader. Electing Brian Charette to cover the keys with just Billy Drummond on cans in support is a stripped-down stroke of genius. Vintage concert performances with bop pianist Duke Jordan in the company of Danish tenorist Bent Jaedig (Montmartre ’73) and archival recordings by tenorist Brew Moore (Special Brew) and dearly departed Philly guitarist Monette Sudler (In My Own Way) stand out, too.

Bear Family

Bear Family basically has access to a bank vault-sized archive when it comes to vintage country fare. It’s a mighty good thing because Bill Carter holds at best token traction with the 21st century arbiters of the genre. Sixty-seven tracks across two discs chart the ups, downs, and all arounds of Carter’s career (The Complete Recordings from 1953 to 1961) jumping from Western Swing to hillbilly to honkytonk to rockabilly. Perhaps best of all, Carter was 92, lucid, and around to see the release back in March. Western Swing legend Bob Wills’ younger brother Billy Jack was the recipient of similar treatment with Cadillac In Model ‘A’, a comparatively stingy 31-track survey and latest in the label’s long running Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight series.

Ezz-thetics

Born out of both providence and necessity, the Ezz-thetics label exists in the continued absence of the venerated Hat Hut lineage of imprints. The earlier catalogs are tied up in legal proprietary knots, leaving owner Werner X. Uehlinger to throw caution to the curb and pursue a longstanding dream of applying his decades-honed judgment as a producer to free/jazz classics. The venture immediately ran afoul of critics who took umbrage with his audacity in side-stepping stateside copyright considerations and reimagining sacred texts. Wherever one opines on those controversies, there’s no denying the new lease audio engineer Michael Brandli has accorded the source materials. Cecil Taylor’s (With) Exit to Student Studies Revisited, Paul Bley’s Play Annette Peacock Revisited, and Sun Ra’s Nothing Is… Completed & Revisited are exemplary stand outs.

Fresh Sound

Lisbon-based Fresh Sound is another reissue label that continuously courts its share of contention. The logical, if admittedly self-serving counter is that American rights holders to nearly all of the music that they traffic in couldn’t be bothered to apply even a fraction of the care or quality they bring to bear. Exacting attention to the most esoteric and obscure jazz artists has long been the archetype. This year’s batch includes definitive collections of trumpeter Dave Burns (1962 Sessions), baritone saxophonist Virgil Gonsalves (Jazz in the Bay Area 1954-1959), altoist Joe “Mouse” Bonati (Portrait of a Jazz Hero) and Belgian vibraphonist Fats Sadi (Sadi’s Vibes: A Retrospective 1953-61).

Morteza Mahjubi — Selected Improvisations from Golha, Parts 1 & 2 (Death is Not the End)

Tempered instruments aren’t an intuitive match for micro-tonal composition, but that hasn’t hindered musicians of manifold ethnicities from adapting them to the intricacies of indigenous music. Iranian pianist Morteza Mahjubi did so prolifically during his lifetime, recording his innovations for Golha (Flowers of Persian Song and Poetry) radio programs between 1956 and his passing in 1965. Spread over two album-length discs (with hopefully future volumes to follow), Mahjubi applies his custom tuning system to the ivories and approximates the sonorities of endemic instruments like the tar (lute) and santur (hammered dulcimer).

Branko Mataja — Over Fields and Mountains (Numero)

Mataja’s biography reads like a Spielbergian screenplay. Abducted from his native Belgrade and conscripted to a German work camp during WWII, the lifelong guitar enthusiast worked a variety of trades after being liberated, before emigrating to England, then Canada, and finally a string of stateside cities. Mataja eventually settled in Los Angeles where he worked as a barber and started a side business a freelance guitar technician. Memories of his home country haunted him, and he recorded a pair of albums in his garage studio/workshop from which this LP is sourced. Milky, murky reverb and sustain are calling cards, alongside an improvisatory approach to traditional Croatian melodies that’s equal parts melancholic and mysterious.

V/A — Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry 1955-1969 (Soundway)

A double-LP + 7” survey stacked with sublime discoveries from coordinates geographic and temporal that beg for an even deeper dive. Reverb-dipped guitars and swirling, droning organs are persistent common denominators alongside varied hand percussion and a revolving cast of melancholic crooners across genders and dialects. It’s cross-cultural music that’s exotica-adjacent and still ripely redolent of American soul. Ghost World’s Enid would’ve had a field day immersing herself in this stuff. I know I have.

Jalaleddin

Old, but still new to me, and perhaps my most listened to platters among the many vinyl discoveries procured on record shop safaris this year. Discogs lists seven albums to Jalaleddin’s name, and I feel fortunate to have found six on the cheap in a single shop. Based in San Francisco in the 1970s and a master of the kanun (Turkish trapezoidal zither,) Jalal Takesh started his musical career cutting belly dance records. Benefiting from a Santana-like broadmindedness, his bandleading would soon conscript musicians of other traditions including Indian ragas, Greek rebetika, and Spanish flamenco. Hand-sketched and colored by an academic friend of Takesh’s, the album cover illustrations are aces, as well.

25 More in No Fixed Order…

Andrew Cyrille/William Parker/Enrico Rava — 2 Blues for Cecil (TUM)

Michael Bisio Quartet — MBefore (Tao Forms)

Ingrid Laubrock/Brandon Lopez/Tom Rainey — No Es La Playa (Intakt)

Patricia Brennan — More Touch (Pyroclastic)

Mark Turner — Return from the Stars (ECM)

Jeb Bishop/Pandelis Karayorgis/Damon Smith — Duals (Driff/Balance Point Acoustics)

Ches Smith — Interpret it Well (Pyroclastic)

Sam Rivers — Caldera (NoBusiness)

Toots Thielemans & Rob Franken — The Studio Sessions 1973-1983 (Dutch Jazz Archive)

The Pyramids — Penetration! (Sundazed)

Horace Tapscott Quintet — S/T (Mr. Bongo)

V/A — Girls with Guitars Gonna Shake (Ace)

John Ondolo — The Hypnotic Guitar of John Ondolo (Mississippi)

Biluka y Los Canibales — Leaf-Playing in Quito 1960 to 1965 (Honest Jon’s)

Myra Melford’s Fire & Water Quintet — For the Love of Fire & Water (RogueArt)

Ndikho Xaba & The Natives — S/T (Trilyte/Mississippi)

Brandon Seabrook — In the Swarm (Astral Spirits)

Sirone — Artistry (Moved by Sound)

William Parker — Universal Tonality (Centering)

Charles Mingus — The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott’s (Resonance)

Markos Vamvakaris — Death is Bitter (Mississippi)

Jeff Parker — Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy (Eremite/Aguirre)

Mal Waldron — Searching in Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert (Tompkins Square)

Allan Botschinsky Quintet — Live at The Tivoli Gardens 1996 (Stunt)

Jimmy Castor Bunch — The Definitive Collection (Robinsongs)

Derek Taylor

#yearend 2022 #dusted magazine #derek taylor #wadada leo smith #joe mcphee #tyshawn sorey #greg osby #cecil taylor #albert ayler #chris dingman #corbett vs dempsey #hamid drake #the pyramids #grounation #robbie basho #sun ra #steeplechase #stephen riley #bear family #bill carter #ezz-thetics #paul bley #fresh sound #fats sadi #morteza mahjubi #branko mataja #Padang Moonrise #jalaleddin

[whatdoesshedotothem]

[KISS] Wednesday 1 August 1832

10 ½

11 ½

she could only sleep on the right side last night  it was well she was ready for me without any trouble moving a pretty good kiss on getting into bed and another about an hour after she nothing loth and seeming to have had two good ones said after the first she thought I had done her good and in the midst of the second said how delightful tried to go to sleep but M- suffered much from her ear - up about 2 to get some camphorated spirit of wine - then again up at 4 ½ and I got up too and rubbed her ear with brandy - then thought of Eau de cologne, and bathed her ear with that - the fomentation with hot water before getting into bed last night had relieved for the time but done no permanent good - both had a disturbed night - lay about an hour talking this morning if she saw me at all before my leaving England should see me at Leamington where they would probably spend the winter  I made no definite replay thinking of myself she talks of if she sees me at all but I avoided making any unpleasant remark and all went off well  Cordingley came to say I was wanted just before I got up - said the man must call again - it was Mallinson from the Norcliffe who had called and left Keartons’ notice to quit his farm (Lower place) - down to breakfast at 11 ½ in the drawing room - my aunt with us - then just took leave of my father and Marian and I off with M- in her carriage to Halifax at 12 ½ - she told me of a young person aetatis 21 of Scarbro’ that her sister Eliza much recommended - begged her to make further inquiries and to see Smith the bookbinder’s daughter (12 Cecil street Strand) for me in London - that I had some writing about last spring at Hastings - stopt at the White Lion to take up little Mariana Belcombe and Watson and Grantham when Dr. HSB- has quite cured and saw M- off from Halifax at 1 10 she asked me if I would go farther which I declined I asked as we drove down the back if she cared for me yes if she thought of me  yes often and much but she still thinks she shall not be long lived and that δ- will survive her and somehow the calmness or indifference of her manner annoyed me  I asked if she would go to Holland again  no she did not wish to travel liked her hens and chickens better  somehow I said to myself on leaving well I never think of her without irritation  I felt relieved to be rid of her and anxious to get her out of my mind Shall I said I to myself ever dislike her  I am glad her visit is over yet no one as my aunt owns would see any difference from formerly in the manner of either of us  but said I there is a great difference at heart    called at the Saltmarshes – not at home – returned up the o.b. sometime at Pickersgills’ – then sometime at the cunnery Matty mending my pelisse – then at Wellroyde new road and footpath, and home at 5 ¾ - dinner at 6 ¼ - afterwards had Mr. George Robinson – shewed him the entries of payments for the mill in Mr. Briggs’ rough book and desired him to ask Mr. Briggs what he had paid since 8 March and about the 2 bank payments of cash 3 May and 12 May = about £26 – then asleep on the sofa till near 9 – then till 9 ½ wrote all the above of today and read my letter (very kind letter) a full ½ sheet and 1p. and one end of the ½ sheet envelope – all went off well yesterday – the happy pair went from Whitehall after the ceremony to the Lodge! – Lady Gordon in London – talked much of me – Skimmed over the courier – came upstairs at 10 ½ - very fine day – F65° at 10 ¾ p.m.

[theloniousbach]

On the WGTE Jazz Spectrum webpage:

THE FRIENDS OF HERBIE NICHOLS

By Kim Kleinman, Contributing Writer

I first learned of Herbie Nichols through AB Spellman’s Four Lives in the Bebop Business. It is a sad book on the whole, but there is a battered pride: Cecil Taylor, fierce and defiant, yet vulnerable; Jackie McLean, overcoming detours not solely self-imposed; and Ornette Coleman, fragile and lonely. But Herbie Nichols?!?! Surviving on Dixieland gigs? What the hell? Sad and proud, but mostly sad.

On that basis, I dutifully bought a Blue Note collection of his which turns out to have been the lion share of his recorded output. I liked it well enough but my young ears criminally underappreciated it. I didn’t play it often. Coleman was challenging, but I had glimmers of understanding his aims, whereas Taylor was simply overwhelming. I had no idea what Monk was doing, but I liked him and bought as many of his records as I could. By comparison, I couldn’t understand why Nichols didn’t work and record. He was more accessible than Coleman and Taylor. He wasn’t Ahmad Jamal or Oscar Peterson, but why was he different from the pianists of his era who were sidemen on the albums from that era that I did buy?

More recently, I listened to him, Elmo Hope, and Bud Powell by way of trying to understand Thelonious Monk in the context of his generation. Monk isn’t just another piano player or composer, but I have only reluctantly concluded he also wasn’t simply delivered from the gods. He had predecessors and contemporaries. The harmonic and rhythmic ingenuity of these four, including hearing chords that shouldn’t be there but are and giving the most angular lines an insistent swing, is a shared trait. Nichols was neither alone nor unfamiliar. Powell and Monk were revered in their own time—and ours. Hope was also obscure but he worked and recorded, including as a sideman. But Nichols somehow was the outlier.

Nichols’s tunes are quirky but perfectly charming and one of them, “Serenade,” with Billie Holliday’s lyrics became “Lady Sings the Blues.” That is a singular contribution to the art and should have counted for something. Those compositions deserve to be heard—and they are getting to be. There are a handful of albums that are specifically dedicated to these tunes, a conscious effort to call attention to this oeuvre as a whole. It is more than simply playing one of these tunes among some standards as part of a set or a recording of a composition of Tadd Dameron’s or some other established composer. The friends of Herbie Nichols, the players who have participated in these celebrations—Roswell Rudd, Steve Lacy, George Lewis, Misha Mengelberg, Han Bennik, and Frank Kimbrough and Ben Allison—indicate his impact on the music. He speaks to them and they in turn incorporate his aesthetic in their own.

Roswell Rudd, a Nichols sideman in the early 1960s, is one of the most important friends of Herbie Nichols as he was at the very center of this nexus of the earliest recordings that celebrated and uncovered “the unheard Herbie Nichols.” Before making two albums by that name more than a decade later, he enlisted his old friend Steve Lacy in 1983 for “Regeneration,” which featured three Nichols tunes juxtaposed quite naturally with their usual celebration of Monk’s music. Rudd and Lacy had backgrounds in Dixieland and their trombone/soprano saxophone has a hint of that part of the tradition even when they are at their freest.

The pianist on “Regeneration,” Misha Mengelberg, is the leader of “Change of Season” (1985) with Lacy, trombonist George Lewis, and drummer Han Bennik playing an all Nichols program. Beside once again pairing soprano and trombone, the album features Mengelberg and Bennik, whom I first knew from Eric Dolphy’s “Last Date.” Nichols’s appeal to those drawn to that adventurous side of the music is as telling as the Dixieland ones.

Rudd’s two volumes of “The Unheard Herbie Nichols,” featuring a trio with guitarist Greg Millar and percussionist John Bacon, provide completely different voicings—sparer with a guitar as the chordal instrument—on tunes that Nichols could never record.

It is that same spirit that drove Ben Allison and Frank Kimbrough to form the Herbie Nichols Project to mine the treasure trove of manuscripts in the Library of Congress as well as arranging the trio recordings for quintet. They recorded three albums from 1995-2001. Kimbrough brought that same fastidious curation to his monumental “Monk’s Dreams,” which is “the complete compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk” over six glorious CDs.

When Kimbrough died in 2020, his colleagues paid him the fitting tribute of recording 58 of his compositions with the same loving reconstruction from recordings and manuscripts. Kimbrough’s playing was rich, reflecting such wonderful influences as Monk, Nichols, Andrew Hill, and Paul Bley. He was very much a friend of Herbie Nichols.

And his friend Ben Allison has recently returned to Nichols’s music with a trio album with guitarist Steve Cardenas and tenor saxist Ted Nash that approaches these tunes with an ensemble as fresh as Rudd’s very different trio.

Thanks to such friends, the music of Herbie Nichols is not completely unheard anymore, making our listening as fans that much richer.

#2024 #jazz #wgte Jazz spectrum

[abwwia]

In our youth-obsessed culture, there is a fixation on vilifying women for simply doing what they’re meant to do as people: age.

But Jane Fonda is not having it:

“I’m super-conscious that I’m closer to death. And it doesn’t really bother me that much. You know, you can be really old at 60, and you can be really young at 85,” she said.

read: www.self.com/story/jane-fonda-age Jane Fonda Knows She’s ‘Closer to Death.’ Here’s How She Feels About It. By Serena Coady (2022)

____ Jane Seymour Fonda (born Dec 21, 1937)

is an American actress, activist, and former fashion model.

Recognized as a film icon, Fonda is the recipient of various accolades including

two Academy Awards,

two British Academy Film Awards,

seven Golden Globe Awards,

a Primetime Emmy Award,

the AFI Life Achievement Award,

the Golden Lion Honorary Award,

the Honorary Palme d'Or,

and the Cecil B. DeMille Award.

Fonda was a political activist in the counterculture era during the Vietnam War. She was photographed sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun on a 1972 visit to Hanoi, during which she gained the nickname "Hanoi Jane". During this time, she was effectively blacklisted in Hollywood.

She has also protested the Iraq War and violence against women, and describes herself as a feminist and environmental activist.

In 2005, along with #RobinMorgan and #GloriaSteinem, she co-founded the #WomensMediaCenter, an organization that works to amplify the voices of women in the media through advocacy, media and leadership training, and the creation of original content. Fonda serves on the board of the organization.

#JaneFonda #greatwomen #agism #Herstory

[bigcatslions]

Photography Sam Mushandu

© "Young lion Cecil and brother"

Panthera leo bleyenberghi

#lion #lions #lion cubs #cubs #lion Cecil #Young lion Cecil #cecil and brother #playing cubs #pride #wild nature #wildlife #wild life photography #Panthera leo bleyenberghi #Photography Sam Mushandu

[oh-sewing-circle]

"The season's most provocative lesbian sequence was in Cecil B. DeMille's The Sign of the Cross (1932). The film, adapted from an 1895 British stage play, depicts the conflict between a Christian community and the powerful Roman state, headed by Nero (Charles Laughton). Nero's right-hand man, Marcus Superbus (Fredric March), falls in love with a young Christian woman, Mercia (Elissa Landi). Though he tries to bring her around to the Roman way of life, her faith eventually inspires him to face the lions with her. Despite the film's Christian message, it was packed with eroticized, violent spectacle, including gorillas and alligators attacking nearly nude women in chains, a battle between Amazons and Little People, and packs of lions attacking and eating Christians. Reprising the bacchanalia in Manslaughter (1930), female same-sex desire is embedded in the sexual excess of ancient Rome. There are no female inverts, although some of the men are sissyish, particularly Nero. The first potentially lesbian moment occurs when Nero's wife, Empress Poppaea (Claudette Colbert), bathes in a pool of asse's milk. After slipping off her robe and lowering herself into the milk, Poppaea invites a female slave to join her. The camera modestly looks away, panning to two cats lapping milk from the edge of the pool. This look away suggests that a sexual encounter might occur; the lapping cats intimate oral sex."

-From Girls Will Be Boys Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934 by Laura Horak

#The Sign of the Cross #Claudette Colbert #1930s #30s #classic hollywood #lesbian representation #bisexual representation #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq+ #old hollywood #classic cinema #queer film #queer cinema

[guildwuff2]

Hera Dragonhowl (Holosmith) - Lion’s Arch mercenary. Born and raised on the pirate vessel Wyvern’s Song, when she was old enough to strike out on her own she found work in Lion’s Arch. She’s defended the city from both the Risen and Scarlet Briar attacks, and considers it her home. Very flat affect, but otherwise pretty chill. Believes actions speak louder than words. Has an affinity for plushies and the color pink. Has a pet cat named Rapscallion. Cecil the Envoy (Scourge) - A strange charr who can communicate with and actively channels the dead. They serve as a guide of sorts to the spirits who haunt Tyria, from unfinished business or otherwise. In short, they’re a grief counselor for the dead. Odd-mannered, but harmless.

Red Claws Flashing (Firebrand) - Former Voice Attendant, current mercenary. When the Rage of Koda killed her sanctuary’s Claw and nearly killed her, her disillusionment with Koda’s way caused her to leave her home. She earns her keep in central Tyria by guarding caravans and otherwise working as hired muscle. She’s standoffish and embittered by her experience, but more open-minded in terms of her perspectives on the other races of Tyria. That said, she still has a lot to learn.

Ghost of the Mists (Chronomancer) - Charr(?). A highly unusual charrlike being who appeared one day out of a broken dwarven vessel. They remember little of the Other Tyria they came from, but do their best to live in the now, experiencing their new home to the fullest.  Xere Brightsnarl (Tempest) - Former Flame, Current Ash Legion (Snarl Warband). A rebel from a young age, Xere learned fire magic and combat as soon as she could and often skipped out on her lessons in more domestic arts. When the Flame legion crumbled and eventually found new leadership under Efram, she joined his faction and found a new warband to join in the All-Legion Rally, Snarl Warband. Her new hobbies include scorching things, playing pranks on her ‘bandmates and being a little menace. Jon Garfield (Berserker) - Oh. Oh no.

#GW2 screenshots #charr #gw2 #guild wars 2 #hera dragonhowl #cecil the envoy #red claws flashing #ghost of the mists #xere brightsnarl #jon garfield

[how2skinatiger]

I have spent more nights in my tent crying over lion deaths than I wish to count. Given my lifelong passion for this incredible wild cat, each death cuts me to the core, but some stand out more than others. The lioness whose hind legs were cut off, and whose swollen teats suggested she had only recently given birth – I spent days agonising about what was happening to those newborn cubs, almost certainly starving to death where she had carefully hidden them. Three other tiny lion cubs, speared and piled up in the bush with a wooden stake through their fragile bodies. A young lion, perhaps only two or three years old, whose ravaged paw showed the agony of hours in a wire snare before it died from multiple spear wounds.

A big lioness in the prime of life – one of our collared females – whose poisoning led to utter carnage, with the bodies of five other lions and over 70 critically endangered vultures scattered around her in an orgy of appalling, indiscriminate death. A heavily pregnant poisoned lioness, who we cut open in some vague hope that we might have reached her in time to save the cubs. But no – we instead found the still bodies of three perfect, full-term cubs, never able to play their role in the continuation of the species.

And it goes far beyond lions. The horror of a leopard who died in agony, its right paw trapped in the unforgiving steel of a gin trap. The hyaena we found decapitated in the bush, the beautiful tawny eagles sprawled lifeless on the ground after being poisoned. We see countless deaths, but they still emotionally impact me every time. None of those animals was named, or globally loved like ‘Cecil’ the lion – but their deaths count at least as much, if not more, because their very anonymity shows they lived in wild areas which receive little attention. They died because they had no perceived value to people in those areas, and the sadness I feel for every one of these deaths is awful.

I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that I am deeply, passionately and emotionally committed to the conservation of these incredible animals and the landscapes they live in. The same goes for all our team, who work tirelessly to protect them, and for every field conservation scientist I know. That is why it is always surprising – for example in a recent SciencePlusStory post – when we are portrayed somewhat robotically, apparently surprised that ‘the science’ does not outweigh emotional or moral considerations in conservation debates, such as over trophy hunting. This fits within a wider narrative, which portrays those of us who warn about the risks of banning trophy hunting without viable alternatives as heartless and uncaring about wild animal killing. Literally nothing could be further from the truth.

There is good scientific evidence that banning trophy hunting without better options ready to protect wildlife, habitat and livelihoods risks amplifying major threats such as land conversion and poaching. But my colleagues and I who engage in these debates are very aware that ‘science’ is not enough to win hearts and minds. We have no problem with people getting emotional about wild animal killing: we want that passion, it would be an appalling world without it. Importantly, we feel it strongly ourselves – I am deeply fearful that hasty bans could lead to far more terrible wildlife deaths like those described above. We also have no problem with having celebrities involved in conservation: if well-informed, they can raise awareness of major threats and mobilise positive global action.

But the frustration comes when complex conservation topics are presented as simple soundbites and fragmented snapshots of reality, without discussing the wider context or the risks of extremely serious unintended consequences. We all know that simplistic narratives do very well on social media – it is easy to generate global outrage against an obese trophy hunter grinning over a dead lion, or a woman holding up a giraffe heart on Valentine’s Day. These images are extremely powerful and, crucially, have a clear ‘villain’ that can be used for campaigning and fund-raising. But in truth, conservation is immensely more complicated than it first appears.

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#conservation #poaching #trophy hunting #wildlife #science #gore tw #dead animal

[the-literata-letters]

reading list - 900: history & geography

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☐  901: FOUCAULT, Michel – Les mots et les choses ☐  901: GOULD, Stephen Jay – Questioning the Millenium ☐  901: McNEILL, William H. – The Rise of the West ☐  902: WEIR, Stephen – Encyclopedia Idiotica ☐  907: JONNES, Jill – Eiffel's Tower ☐  909: HARARI, Yuval Noah – Homo Deus ☐  909: ROGAN, Eugene – The Arabs ☐  909: TOYNBEE, Arnold J. – A Study of History ☐  910: POOLE, Robert M. – Explorers House ☐  911: BROTTON, Jerry – A History of the World in 12 Maps ☐  914: SHANAHAN, Brendan – In Turkey I Am Beautiful ☐  914: WEST, Rebecca – Black Lamb and Grey Falcon ☐  915: FLETCHER, David – Brian on the Brahmaputra ☐  918: SIMONS, Eric – Darwin Slept Here ☐  919: KAVENNA, Joanna – The Ice Museum ☐  920: COLLINS, Paul – Banvard's Folly ☐  920: STRACHEY, Lytton – Eminent Victorians ☐  933: PEROWNE, Stuart – The Life & Times of Herod the Great ☐  936: TACITUS – Agricola ☐  937: BEARD, Mary – SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome ☐  937: SUETONIUS – De vita Caesarum ☐  937: TACITUS, Publius Cornelius – Annals ☐  938: McKEOWN, J. C. – A Cabinet of Greek Curiosities ☐  938: THUCYDIDES – History of the Peloponnesian War ☐  939: CLAPP, Nicholas – The Road to Ubar ☐  940: CHURCHILL, Winston – The Second World War ☐  940: MARKS, Leo – Between Silk and Cyanide ☐  940: TUCHMAN, Barbara – The Guns of August ☐  942: FRASER, Antonia – Faith and Treason ☐  943: HETT, Benjamin Carter – Burning the Reichstag ☐  946: ORWELL, George – Homage to Catalonia ☐  946: SHRADY, Nicholas – The Last Day ☐  949: ROSEN, William – Justinian's Flea ☐  951: SCHELL, Orville & DELURY, John – Wealth and Power ☐  951: SPENCE, Jonathan D. – The Gate of Heavenly Peace ☐  955: AXWORTHY, Michael – Revolutionary Iran ☐  956: ROBERTS, Jo – Contested Land, Contested Memory ☐  960: MEREDITH, Martin – The Fate of Africa ☐  966: De VILLIERS, Marq & HIRTLE, Sheila – Timbuktu ☐  967: DINESEN, Isak – Out of Africa ☐  970: KING, Thomas – The Inconvenient Indian ☐  971: HELE, Karl S. – The Nature of Empires and the Empires of Nature ☐  972: GLASSMAN, Steve & ANAYA, Armando – Cities of the Maya in Seven Epochs ☐  973: CUMMINGS, Joseph – Ten Tea Parties ☐  973: DUBOIS, W. E. B. – The Souls of Black Folk ☐  973: FOOTE, Shelby – The Civil War ☐  973: HOFSTADTER, Richard – The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It ☐  973: McPHERSON, James M. – Battle Cry of Freedom ☐  973: TURNER, Frederick Jackson – The Frontier in American History ☐  973: WILLIAMS, William Carlos – In the American Grain ☐  974: CARO, Robert A. – The Power Broker ☐  974: SHORTO, Russell – The Island at the Center of the World ☐  978: DRURY, Bob & CLAVIN, TOm – The Heart of Everything That Is ☐  981: LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude – Tristes Tropiques ☐  985: ADAMS, Mark – Turn Right at Machu Picchu ☐  996: ALEXANDER, Caroline – The Bounty ☐  998: MULVANEY, Kieran – At the Ends of the Earth ☐  999: LEMONICK, Michael D. – Other Worlds

BIOGRAPHY

☐  ADAMS, Henry Brooks – The Education of Henry Adams ☐  ANGELOU, Maya – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ☐  BASCOM, Tom – Chameleon Days ☐  BATE, Walter Jackson – Samuel Johnson ☐  BETANCOURT, Ingrid – Even Silence Has an End ☐  BOYD, Julia – The Excellent Doctor Blackwell ☐  CAMPBELL, Olivia – Women in White Coats ☐  CHANG, Jung – Wild Swans ☐  CHENEY, Margaret – Tesla ☐  EVERITT, Anthony – Cicero ☐  FRANK, Anne – The Diary of a Young Girl ☐  FRANKLIN, Benjamin – The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin ☐  GILMOUR, David – Curzon ☐  GOWING, Lawrence – Vermeer ☐  HACKEL, Steven W. – Junipero Serra ☐  ISAACSON, Walter – The Code Breaker ☐  JAGER, Eric – Blood Royal ☐  JOHNSON, Paul – Mozart ☐  KALANITHI, Paul – When Breath Becomes Air ☐  KAPLAN, Fred – Thomas Carlyle ☐  KAY, Adam – This Is Going to Hurt ☐  LEKUTON, Joseph Lemosolai – Facing the Lion ☐  LEVI, Primo – Se questo è un uomo ☐  LOFTIS, Larry – The Princess Spy ☐  MALCOLM X – The Autobiography of Malcolm X ☐  MAN, John – Attila ☐  MAN, John – Gutenberg ☐  MARCHANT, Jo – The Shadow King ☐  MARKHAM, Beryl – West With the Night ☐  MEYER, G. J. – The Borgias ☐  MILTON, Giles – Samurai William ☐  MUKHERJEE, Siddhartha – The Emperor of All Maladies ☐  NABOKOV, Vladimir Vladimirovich – Insomniac Dreams ☐  NABOKOV, Vladimir Vladimirovich– Speak, Memory ☐  NIMURA, Janice P. – The Doctors Blackwell ☐  OLSZEWSKI, Erin Marie – Undercover Epicenter Nurse ☐  PARKER, Richard – The Improbable Return of Coco Chanel ☐  PAUSCH, Randy & ZASLOW, Jeffrey – The Last Lecture ☐  RANDALL, Margaret – Che on My Mind ☐  SCHILLACE, Brandy – Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher ☐  SINCLAIR, David – The Land That Never Was ☐  SKLOOT, Rebecca – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks ☐  STEINEM, Gloria – Marilyn ☐  TWAIN, Mark – The Autobiography of Mark Twain ☐  WALLS, Jeannette – The Glass Castle ☐  WASHINGTON, Booker T. – Up From Slavery ☐  WEATHERFORD, Jack – Genghis Khan ☐  WELSH, Mary Sue – One Woman in a Hundred ☐  WESTOVER, Tara – Educated ☐  WHITAKER, Robert – The Mapmaker's Wife ☐  WOLFF, Tobias – This Boy's Life ☐  WOODHAM-SMITH, Cecil – Florence Nightingale ☐  WRIGHT, Richard – Black Boy ☐  XUE, Xinran – Sky Burial

#books #reading list #what to read #dewey decimal system #nonfiction #history #geography #biography #autobiography #academia #give me recommendations

[unbreakabletrust]

Men of a Certain Age: 50 States of Denial

https://www.mixcloud.com/epicharmus/men-of-a-certain-age-50-states-of-denial/

1971 Astor Piazzolla (born in 1921) y Su Quinteto “Primavera porteña (nueva versión)” From Concierto para quinteto (RCA Victor) Released in 1971

1972 Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan (born in 1922) "Raga Sindhi Bhairavi" (excerpt) From In Concert 1972 (Apple) Recorded live in 1972; released in 1973

1973 The Modern Jazz Quartet (feat. Milt Jackson, born in 1923) "Regret?" From Blues on Bach (Atlantic) Recorded in 1973; released in 1974

1974 Chet Atkins (born in 1924) and Merle Travis "Boogie for Cecil" From The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show (RCA Victor) Recorded and released in 1974

1975 B. B. King (born in 1925) "Lucille Talks Back (Copulation)" From Lucille Talks Back (ABC) Released in 1975

1976 Tony Bennett (born in 1926) and Bill Evans "A Child is Born" From Together Again (Improv) Recorded in 1976; released in 1977

1977 Ralph Stanley (born in 1927) and the Clinch Mountain Boys "Oh Death" From Clinch Mountain Gospel (Rebel) Recorded and released in 1977

1978 Serge Gainsbourg (born in 1928) "Sea, Sex, and Sun" 7" single A side (Philips) Released in 1978

1979 Chet Baker (born in 1929) and Wolfgang Lackerschmid "Five Years Ago" From Ballads for Two (Sandra Music Productions) Recorded and released in 1979

1980 Ray Charles (born in 1930) “Compared To What” From Brother Ray Is at It Again (Atlantic) Released in 1980

1981 George Jones (born in 1931) "You Can't Get The Hell Out Of Texas" From Still the Same Ole Me (Epic) Released in 1981

1982 Johnny Cash (born in 1932) "We Must Believe in Magic" From The Adventures of Johnny Cash (Columbia) Album recorded in 1981-1982; released in 1982

1983 James Brown (born in 1933) "Bring It On...Bring It On" From Bring It On! (Augusta Sound) Recorded and released in 1983

1984 Charley Pride (born in 1934) "Stagger Lee" From Power of Love (RCA Victor) Released in 1984

1985 Jerry Lee Lewis (born in 1935) "Keep My Motor Running" From Class of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming (America) Recorded in 1985; released in 1986

1986 Kris Kristofferson (born in 1936) and the Borderlords "They Killed Him" From Repossessed (Mercury) Released in 1986

1987 Merle Haggard (born in 1937) "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" From Chill Factor (Epic) Released in 1987

1988 Fela Kuti (born in 1938) and Egypt 80 "O.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake)" (excerpt) Recorded live at Lagos Sunsplash in 1988; never officially released

1989 Dion (born in 1939) "Written On The Subway Wall / Little Star" From Yo Frankie (Arista) Released in 1989

1990 The Pharaoh Sanders Quartet (feat. Pharaoh Sanders, born in 1940) "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" From Welcome to Love (Timeless) Recorded in 1990; released in 1991

1991 Harry Nilsson (born in 1941) "How About You" From The Fisher King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (MCA) Released in 1991

1992 Lou Reed (born in 1942) "What's Good (The Thesis)" From Magic and Loss (Sire) Recorded in 1991; released in 1992

1993 Lucio Dalla (born in 1943) and Tosca "Rispondimi" From Henna (Pressing) Released in 1993

1994 Barry White (born in 1944) "Come On" From The Icon Is Love (A&M) Album recorded in 1993–1994; released in 1994

1995 Neil Young (born in 1945) Untitled Track #9 From the Dead Man soundtrack (Vapor) Recorded and released on movie soundtrack in 1995; officially released on record in 1996

1996 Donovan (born in 1946) "Deep Peace" From Sutras (American Recordings) Album recorded 1995-1996; released in 1996

1997 Buckwheat Zydeco (born in 1947) "Allons a Boucherie" From Trouble (Mesa) Released in 1997

1998 Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (born in 1948) "Most High" From Walking into Clarksdale (Atlantic) Released in 1998

1999 Papa Wemba (born in 1949) "O'Koningana" From M’Zée Fula-Ngenge (Suave) Released in 1999

2000 David Johansen (born in 1950) and the Harry Smiths "Delia" From David Johansen and the Harry Smiths (Chesky) Recorded in 1999; released in 2000

2001 Keb' Mo' (born in 1951) "America the Beautiful" From Big Wide Grin (Sony Wonder) Released in 2001

2002 Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto (born in 1952) "Duoon" From Vrioon (Raster-Noton) Released in 2002

2003 Robert Cray (born in 1953) "Time Makes Two" From Time Will Tell (Sanctuary) Released in 2003

2004 Elvis Costello (born in 1954) and The Imposters "Button My Lip" From The Delivery Man (Lost Highway) Released in 2004

2005 Gang Of Four (feat. Jon King, born in 1955) "Ether" From Return the Gift (V2) Released in 2005

2006 Easy Star All-Stars feat. Sugar Minott (born in 1956) "Exit Music (For a Film)" From Radiodread (Easy Star) Released in 2006

2007 Robert Pollard (born in 1957) "Rud Fins" From Coast to Coast Carpet of Love (Merge) Released in 2007

2008 Grandmaster Flash (born in 1958) "Good Times (playing around at home) 2008" Recorded in 2008; released on YouTube in 2021

2009 Youssou N'Dour (born in 1959) and Le Super Etoile "Ndakarou" From Spécial Fin D'Année 2009 (Xippi) Released in 2009

2010 Public Enemy (feat. Chuck D, born in 1960) "Say It Like It Really Is" From Bring The Noise (The Hits, Vids And Doc Box - Greatest Sites And Sounds (Chapter 2 1999-2009)) (Slam Jamz) Released in 2010

2011 Toby Keith (born in 1961) "Made in America" From Clancy's Tavern (Show Dog-Universal) Recorded in 2011; released in 2011

2012 Bill Orcutt (born in 1962) "The Star Spangled Banner I" 7" single A side (Palilalia) Released in 2012

2013 My Bloody Valentine (feat. Kevin Shields, born in 1963) "Wonder 2" From m b v (m b v) Album recorded in 1996–1997 and 2006–2012; released in 2013

2014 Koshi Inaba (born in 1964) "念書" ["Written Pledge"] From Singing Bird (Vermillion) Released in 2014

2015 Dr. Dre (born in 1965) feat. Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius, and Candice Pillay "Genocide" From Compton (Aftermath) Released in 2015

2016 Anthony Joseph (born in 1966) "Caribbean Roots" From Caribbean Roots (Heavenly Sweetness) Recorded and released in 2016

2017 The Mountain Goats (feat. John Darnielle, born in 1967) "Wear Black" From Goths (Merge) Recorded and released in 2017

2018 Kenny Chesney (born in 1968) feat. Mindy Smith "Better Boat" From Songs for the Saints (Blue Chair) Released in 2018

2019 Beyoncé, Jay-Z (born in 1969), and Childish Gambino feat. Oumou Sangaré "Mood 4 Eva" From The Lion King: The Gift (Parkwood) Recorded and released in 2019

2020 Brad Mehldau (born in 1970) "Suite: April 2020: XII. lullaby" From Suite: April 2020 (Nonesuch) Recorded and released in 2020

2021 Snoop Dogg (born in 1971) feat. Mozzy "Gang Signs" From From tha Streets 2 tha Suites (Doggy Style) Album recorded in 2020–21; released in 2021

[classic-laugjhing-hollywood]

Phyllis Virginia "Bebe" Daniels (January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971) was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer.

She began her career in Hollywood during the silent film era as a child actress, became a star in musicals such as Rio Rita, and later gained further fame on radio and television in Britain. In a long career, Daniels appeared in 230 films.

Daniels was born Phyllis Virginia Daniels (Bebe was a childhood nickname) in Dallas, Texas. Her father was a travelling theater manager, Scottish-born Melville Daniel MacNeal who changed his name to Danny Daniels after a disagreement with his own father over his ambition to change from the medical profession to show business. Her mother was a stage actress, born Phyllis de Forest Griffin, who was in Danny's travelling stock company when their child was born. At the age of ten weeks her father proudly carried her on stage even though there was no part in the play for a baby. The family moved to Los Angeles, California in her childhood, and she began her acting career at the age of four in the first version of The Squaw Man. The same year, she went on tour in a stage production of Shakespeare's Richard III. The following year, she participated in productions by Oliver Morosco and David Belasco.

By the age of seven, Daniels had her first starring role in film as the young heroine in A Common Enemy. At the age of nine, she starred as Dorothy Gale in the 1910 short film The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. At the age of 14, she starred with film comedian Harold Lloyd in a series of two-reel comedies, starting with the 1915 film Giving Them Fits. The two eventually developed a publicized romantic relationship and were known in Hollywood as "The Boy" and "The Girl."

In 1919, she decided to move to greater dramatic roles and accepted a contract offering from Cecil B. DeMille, who gave her secondary roles in Male and Female (1919), Why Change Your Wife? (1920), and The Affairs of Anatol (1921).

In the 1920s, Daniels was under contract with Paramount Pictures. She made the transition from child star to adult in Hollywood in 1922 and by 1924 was playing opposite Rudolph Valentino in Monsieur Beaucaire. Following this, she was cast in a number of light popular films, namely Miss Bluebeard, The Manicure Girl, and Wild Wild Susan. Paramount dropped her contract with the advent of talking pictures. Daniels was hired by Radio Pictures (later known as RKO) to star in one of their biggest productions of the year.[which?] She also starred in the 1929 talkie Rio Rita. It proved to be one of the more successful films of that year, Bebe Daniels became a star, and RCA Victor hired her to record several records for their catalog.

Radio Pictures starred her in a number of musicals including Dixiana (1930) and Love Comes Along (1930). Toward the end of 1930, Bebe Daniels appeared in the musical comedy Reaching for the Moon. However, by this time, musicals had gone out of fashion, and most of the musical numbers from the film had to be removed before it could be released. Daniels had become associated with musicals, and Radio Pictures did not renew her contract. Warner Bros. realized she was a box office draw, and she was offered a contract. During her years at Warner Bros., she starred in My Past (1931), Honor of the Family (1931), and the 1931 pre-code version of The Maltese Falcon. In 1932, she appeared in Silver Dollar (1932) and the successful Busby Berkeley choreographed musical comedy 42nd Street (1933) in which she sang once again. The same year, she played in Counsellor at Law. Her last film for Warner Bros. was Registered Nurse (1934).

In 1934, Daniels and husband Ben Lyon, whom she had married in June 1930, garnered press attention while having to testify against Albert F. Holland, a 36-year-old World War I veteran with a history of stalking Daniels. Holland had been under the delusion that he had attended school with Daniels and that they had married in Mexico in 1925. In 1931, he broke into Daniels' hotel room in San Francisco, confronting and terrifying her, and had to be removed by security. He was arrested and committed to the Arizona State Asylum. Holland escaped from the institution in 1932 and began sending over one hundred and fifty threatening letters to Daniels. Arrested once more, he was again placed in a psychiatric institution. Following his release, another confrontation took place and Holland was again arrested. A lengthy trial in Los Angeles took place, with Holland conducting most of his own defense, including a lengthy cross-examination of Daniels' husband, Ben Lyon. Actress Doris Kenyon, a friend of Daniels and Lyon, testified for the prosecution. Ultimately, the jury found Holland to be mentally unfit and he was committed to a psychiatric facility for an indefinite period. Daniels and Lyon subsequently moved to London.

Bebe Daniels retired from Hollywood in 1935 with her husband, film actor Ben Lyon, and their two children, and then she moved to London. In February 1939, Daniels and Lyon co-starred in a series of commercial radio shows, the Rinso Radio Revue, recorded in London for Radio Luxembourg. They and Bebe's mother Phyllis all went back to the U.S. on 14 June 1939, leaving Barbara and Richard in Los Angeles in the care of Phyllis, and then returned to London seven weeks later. After the start of World War II, they worked for the BBC, most notably starring in the comedy radio series Hi Gang! Born from an idea by Ben, and with most of the dialogue by Bebe, it enjoyed considerable popularity. A few years later, Daniels starred in the London production of Panama Hattie in the title role originated by Ethel Merman. The couple remained in England through the days of The Blitz.

Following the war, Daniels was awarded the Medal of Freedom by Harry S Truman for war service. In 1945, she returned to Hollywood for a short time to work as a film producer for Hal Roach and Eagle-Lion Films. She returned to the UK in 1948 and lived there for the remainder of her life. Daniels, her husband, her son Richard and her daughter Barbara all starred in the radio sitcom Life with the Lyons (1951 to 1961), which later made the transition to television.

Daniels married actor Ben Lyon in June 1930. They had two children: daughter Barbara in 1932 and a son Richard (born Bryan Moore in 1935), whom they adopted from a London orphanage. In an issue of the contemporary magazine Radio Pictorial, she explained how she saw Richard peering through the railings and instantly thought "A brother for Barbara".

Daniels suffered a severe stroke in 1963 and withdrew from public life. She suffered a second stroke in late 1970. On March 16, 1971, Daniels died of a cerebral hemorrhage in London at the age of 70. She died eight days after her co-star Harold Lloyd. Her remains were cremated at London's Golders Green Crematorium and the ashes returned to the United States; she was interred at the Chapel Columbarium at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Upon his death in 1979, Ben Lyon's remains were interred next to Daniels'.

A biography Bebe and Ben was written by Jill Allgood, a personal friend who worked with them at the BBC.

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COUCH TOUR: MARQUIS HILL QUARTET, THE JAZZ GALLERY, 22 APRIL 2021

The chance to see a group of young lions play a program signaled in advance to be the work of significant composers made this a have to show. Marquis Hill played Jazz St. Louis with Melissa Aldana and the Emmet Cohen Trio a couple of years ago. At the time it struck me as an odd pairing but they are together on Cohen’s Future Stride and, well, yeah, Hill shares with the other a deep respect for the traditions, witness this program. His playing is bright and thoughtful, exploratory but grounding.

Immanuel Wilkins on alto maybe pushed things out there more and he was given lots of deserved room to do so. His playing had growls and went over the range of the horn the way tenors more often do. But he sang.

It was just a quartet, no piano or guitar, which gave space for the ever remarkable Marcus Gilmore who was subtly propulsive while listening big. It was only after seeing him provoke huge grins from Chick Corea at a trio gig here did I discover that he’s Roy Haynes’s grandson. That legacy and lineage endures. It was Rashaan Carter who is the new and welcome acquaintance with jagged contributions to the conversation and developed solos with strums and horn like lines.

The first tune, it turned out, was Sonny Rollins’s East Broadway Rundown which was suitably adventurous before segueing into Bud Powell’s bright but spiky bebop line Un Poco Loco. Ambitious but varied choices played well. Then it was a Jackie McLean ballad (For Hafsa???), well placed and showing that they could play pretty too. The closer also sounded like a bop/hard bop line. Again Wilkins led the way. Hill though throughout made strong succinct statements and led generously.

The publicity listed Cecil Taylor and George Cables (glad to see him recognized for his tunes as I’ve discovered them and him in this season of streams) as the other composers they wanted to get to. So that must have been quite a second set.

#jazz #2021 #concert review #couch tour #the jazz gallery

[mistyshine]

My Books

The Adventure Bible (The letters B. I. B. L. E. likely stand for Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth and includes Genesis tells how God created us. Next comes Exodus & Leviticus. Numbers & Deuteronomy tell great stories of wandering Israel. Joshua has stories of war & victory. Judges tells of problems in Jewish history. Next comes Ruth; you'll find in this book; the story of Boaz & the wife he took. Samuel contains books 1 & 2. Kings & Chronicles also do. In Ezra & Nehemiah the Jews come home. Esther's the story of a rise to the throne! Job's a story of hope & sadness, the Psalms are songs of praise & gladness, Proverbs gives us wise things to do, Ecclesiastes gives us much good advice too. Song of Songs/Solomon - a poem of love & devotion - is expressed in words of strong emotion, Isaiah & Jeremiah are books of prophecy, Lamentations laments a sad time in history, Ezekiel & Daniel take place in captivity. Hosea, Joel & Amos are the next three, Obadiah's a short little book, Jonah's a great story; why don't you take a look, Micah, Nahum & Habakkuk prophesy, then come Zephaniah & Haggai, Zechariah & Malachi are at the end, then a long time of silence God did send... Matthew & Mark along with Luke & John tell of the teachings of God's son. Acts reports on the apostles' work with the people of the early church. If you take a look at Romans; you'll find within how faith in Jesus can cover sin. next comes 1st & 2nd Corinthians followed by Galatians, Ephesians & Philippians. Colossians explains what faith can do. Thessalonians & Timothy have books 1 & 2. Titus tells us to carry on. The next in line's Philemon. Hebrews is a mystery book? We don't know who wrote it but take a good look. James tells what a Christian should do, followed by Peter books 1 & 2, then come John's letters 1, 2 & 3. Jude's next & as brief as can be. The Revelation of John is at the end & tells of a Savior who's coming again!)

Kenner Collegiate Vocational Institute Yearbook1

Kenner Collegiate Vocational Institute Yearbook2

Lo Ellen Park Secondary School Yearbook

Student’s Oxford Canadian Dictionary Second Edition

The Book of Historically Significant Architecture of Millbrook

The Kingfisher Young People’s Atlas of the World

Pokémon Deluxe Essential Handbook

Armchair Reader; The Book of Incredible Information

The Book of Weird & Unusual Trivia

Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada; A Commemorative Guide

Butterflies & Moths

The R.O.M. Field Guide to Butterflies of Ontario

The Cat Encyclopedia1

The Cat Encyclopedia2

Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul

Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cat Really Did That?

Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Very Good, Very Bad Cat

Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cat Did What?

Chicken Soup for the Soul: I Can't Believe My Cat Did That!

The Cat Lover's Compendium

The Cat in the Window & Other Stories of the Cats We Love

Cats: A portrait in pictures & words

Cats: An anthology of stories & poems

A Cat’s Life

The World of Cats

The Elegance of the Cat

Kiki of Kingfisher Cove

The Cat That God Sent

Dewey the Library Cat

The Nine Lives of Christmas

Shy Charlene & Sharyl

Newt’s Emerald: Magic, Maids & Masquerades

The BFG

The Hobbit (Prequel to The Lord of the Rings)

The Lord of the Rings1 The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings2 The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings3 The Return of the King

Anton & Cecil1 Anton & Cecil: Cats at Sea

ANTON & CECIL2 ANTON & CECIL: CATS ON TRACK

ANTON & CECIL3 ANTON & CECIL: CATS ALOFT!

Carmen Sandiego1 Who in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

Carmen Sandiego2 Clue by Clue

CARMEN SANDIEGO3 THE STCKY RICE CAPER

CARMEN SANDIEGO4 THE FISHY TREASURE CAPER

CARMEN SANDIEGO5 ENDANGERED OPERATION

Carmen Sandiego6 Jetpack Attack

CARMEN SANDIEGO7 SECRETS OF THE SILVER LION

CARMEN SANDIEGO8 CHASING PAPER CAPER

Harry Potter1 Harry Potter & the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter2 Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter3 Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter4 Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter5 Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter6 Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter7 Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter Extras1 Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them

Harry Potter Extras2 The Tales of Beedle the Bard

HARRY POTTER EXTRAS3 QUIDDITCH THROUGH THE AGES

The Inheritance Cycle1 Eragon

The Inheritance Cycle2 Eldest

The Inheritance Cycle3 Brisingr

The Inheritance Cycle4 Inheritance

ERAGON'S GUIDE TO ALAGAESIA

The Hunger Games1 The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games2 Catching Fire

The Hunger Games3 Mockingjay

Divergent1 Divergent

Divergent2 Insurgent

Divergent3 Allegiant

Divergent4 Four: A Divergent Collection

The Borrowers1 The Borrowers

The Borrowers2 The Borrowers Afield

The Borrowers3 The Borrowers Afloat

The Borrowers4 The Borrowers Aloft

The Borrowers5 The Borrowers Avenged

The 39 Clues; The Clue Hunt1 The Maze of Bones

The 39 Clues; The Clue Hunt2 One False Note

The 39 Clues; The Clue Hunt3 The Sword Thief

The 39 Clues; The Clue Hunt4 Beyond the Grave

The 39 Clues; The Clue Hunt5 The Black Circle

The 39 Clues; The Clue Hunt6 In Too Deep

The 39 Clues; The Clue Hunt7 The Viper's Nest

The 39 Clues; The Clue Hunt8 The Emperor's Code

The 39 Clues; The Clue Hunt9 Storm Warning

The 39 Clues; The Clue Hunt10 Into the Gauntlet

The 39 Clues; The Clue Hunt11 Vespers Rising

The 39 Clues; Cahills Vs. Vespers1 The Medusa Plot

The 39 Clues; Cahills Vs. Vespers2 A King's Ransom

The 39 Clues; Cahills Vs. Vespers3 The Dead of Night

The 39 Clues; Cahills Vs. Vespers4 Shatterproof

The 39 Clues; Cahills Vs. Vespers5 Trust No One

The 39 Clues; Cahills Vs. Vespers6 Day of Doom

The 39 Clues; Unstoppable1 Nowhere to Run

The 39 Clues; Unstoppable2 Break-away

The 39 Clues; Unstoppable3 Count-down

THE 39 CLUES; UNSTOPPABLE4 FLASH-POINT

THE 39 CLUES; DOUBLE-CROSS1 MISSION TITANIC

THE 39 CLUES; DOUBLE-CROSS2 MISSION HINDENBURG

THE 39 CLUES; DOUBLE-CROSS3 MISSION HURRICANE

THE 39 CLUES; DOUBLE-CROSS4 MISSION ATOMIC

THE 39 CLUES; SUPER-SPECIAL OUT-BREAK

The 39 Clues; The Black Book of Buried Secrets

The Boy Sherlock Holmes (his 1st Case) Eye of the Crow

The Boy Sherlock Holmes (his 2nd Case) Death in the Air

The Boy Sherlock Holmes (his 3rd Case) Vanishing Girl

The Boy Sherlock Holmes (his 4th Case) The Secret Fiend

The Boy Sherlock Holmes (his 5th Case) The Dragon Turn

The Boy Sherlock Holmes (his 6th & Final Case) Becoming Holmes

Nancy Drew1 The Secret of the Old Clock

Nancy Drew2 The Hidden Staircase

Nancy Drew3 The Bungalow Mystery

Nancy Drew4 The Mystery at Lilac Inn

Nancy Drew5 The Secret of Shadow Ranch

Nancy Drew6 The Secret of Red Gate Farm

Nancy Drew7 The Clue in The Diary

Nancy Drew8 Nancy’s Mysterious Letter

Nancy Drew9 The Sign of The Twisted Candles

Nancy Drew10 The Password to Larkspur Lane

Nancy Drew11 The Clue of the Broken Locket

Nancy Drew12 The Message in the Hollow Oak

Nancy Drew13 The Mystery of the Ivory Charm

Nancy Drew14 The Whispering Statue

Nancy Drew15 The Haunted Bridge

Nancy Drew16 The Clue of the Tapping Heels

NANCY DREW17 THE MYSTERY OF THE BRASS-BOUND TRUNK

Nancy Drew18 The Mystery at the Moss-Covered Mansion

Nancy Drew19 The Quest of the Missing Map

Nancy Drew20 The Clue in the Jewel Box

Nancy Drew21 The Secret in the Old Attic

Nancy Drew22 The Clue in the Crumbling Wall

NANCY DREW23 THE MYSTERY OF THE TOLLING BELL

Nancy Drew24 The Clue in the Old Album

Nancy Drew25 The Ghost of Blackwood Hall

Nancy Drew26 The Clue of the Leaning Chimney

Nancy Drew27 The Secret of The Wooden Lady

Nancy Drew28 The Clue of the Black Keys

Nancy Drew29 The Mystery at the Ski Jump

Nancy Drew30 The Clue of the Velvet Mask

Nancy Drew31 The Ring-master’s Secret

NANCY DREW32 THE SCARLET SLIPPER MYSTERY

NANCY DREW33 THE WITCH TREE SYMBOL

Nancy Drew34 The Hidden Window Mystery

NANCY DREW35 THE HAUNTED SHOWBOAT

NANCY DREW36 THE SECRET OF THE GOLDEN PAVILION

Nancy Drew37 The Clue in the Old Stagecoach

NANCY DREW38 THE MYSTERY OF THE FIRE DRAGON

Nancy Drew39 The Clue of the Dancing Puppet

Nancy DREW40 THE MOONSTONE CASTLE MYSTERY

Nancy Drew41 The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes

Nancy Drew42 The Phantom of Pine Hill

Nancy Drew43 The Mystery of the 99 Steps

NANCY DREW44 THE CLUE IN THE CROSSWORD CIPHER

Nancy Drew45 The Spider Sapphire Mystery

Nancy Drew46 The Invisible Intruder

Nancy Drew47 The Mysterious Mannequin

NANCY DREW48 THE CROOKED BANNISTER

Nancy Drew49 The Secret of Mirror Bay

NANCY DREW50 THE DOUBLE JINX MYSTERY

Nancy Drew51 The Mystery of the Glowing Eye

Nancy Drew52 The Secret of the Forgotten City

Nancy Drew53 The Sky Phantom

NANCY DREW54 THE STRANGE MESSAGE IN THE PARCHMENT

NANCY DREW55 THE MYSTERY OF CROCODILE ISLAND

NANCY DREW56 THE THIRTEENTH PEARL

Silver-wing1 Silver-wing

SILVER-WING2 SUN-WING

SILVER-WING3 FIRE-WING

SILVER-WING4 DARK-WING

Wings of Fire Arc1 The Dragonet Prophecy1 The Dragonet Prophecy

Wings of Fire Arc1 The Dragonet Prophecy2 The Lost Heir

Wings of Fire Arc1 The Dragonet Prophecy3 The Hidden Kingdom

Wings of Fire Arc1 The Dragonet Prophecy4 The Dark Secret

Wings of Fire Arc1 The Dragonet Prophecy5 The Brightest Night

Wings of Fire Arc2 The Jade Mountain Prophecy1 Moon Rising

Wings of Fire Arc2 The Jade Mountain Prophecy2 Winter Turning

Wings of Fire Arc2 The Jade Mountain Prophecy3 Escaping Peril

Wings of Fire Arc2 The Jade Mountain Prophecy4 Talons of Power

Wings of Fire Arc2 The Jade Mountain Prophecy5 Darkness of Dragons

WINGS OF FIRE ARC3 THE LOST CONTINENT PROPHECY1 THE LOST CONTINENT

WINGS OF FIRE ARC3 THE LOST CONTINENT PROPHECY2 THE HIVE QUEEN

WINGS OF FIRE ARC3 THE LOST CONTINENT PROPHECY3 THE POISON JUNGLE

Warriors: Supers1; Fire-star's Quest

Warriors: Supers2; Blue-star's Prophecy

Warriors: Supers3; Sky-Clan's Destiny

Warriors: Supers4; Crooked-star's Promise

Warriors: Supers5; Yellow-fang's Secret

Warriors: Supers6; Tall-star's Revenge

Warriors: Supers7; Bramble-star's Storm

Warriors: Supers8; Moth Flight's Vision

Warriors: Supers9; Hawk-wing's Journey

Warriors: Supers10; Tiger-heart's Shadow

Warriors: Supers11; Crow-feather's Trial

Warriors: Supers12; Squirrel-flight's Hope

Warriors: Supers13: Gray-stripe’s Vow

Warriors Field Guides1; Secrets of the Clans

Warriors Field Guides2; Cats of the Clans

Warriors Field Guides3; Code of the Clans

Warriors Field Guides4; Battles of the Clans

Warriors Field Guides5; Warriors: The Ultimate Guide

Warriors Grey-stripe's Adventure1; The Lost Warrior, Warriors Grey-stripe's Adventure2; Warrior's Refuge & Warriors Grey-stripe's Adventure3; Warrior's Return

Warriors Raven-paw's Path 1; Shattered Peace, Warriors Raven-paw's Path2; A Clan in Need & Warriors Raven-paw's Path3; The Heart of a Warrior

WARRIORS TIGER-STAR & SASHA1; INTO THE WOODS, WARRIORS TIGER-STAR & SASHA2; ESCAPE FROM THE FOREST & WARRIORS TIGER-STAR & SASHA3; RETURN TO THE CLANS

WARRIORS SKY-CLAN & THE STRANGER1; THE RESCUE, WARRIORS SKY-CLAN & THE STRANGER2; BEYOND THE CODE & WARRIORS SKY-CLAN & THE STRANGER3; AFTER THE FLOOD

WARRIORS SOLOS1; THE RISE OF SCOURGE

WARRIORS SOLOS2; A SHADOW IN RIVER-CLAN

Warriors: The Untold Stories1; Holly-leaf's Story, Warriors: The Untold Stories2; Misty-star's Omen & Warriors: The Untold Stories3; Cloud-star's Journey

Warriors: Tales from the Clans1; Tiger-claw's Fury, Warriors: Tales from the Clans2; Leaf-pool's Wish & Warriors: Tales from the Clans3; Dove-wing's Silence

Warriors: Shadows of the Clans1; Maple-shade's Vengeance, Warriors: Shadows of the Clans2; Goose-feather's Curse & Warriors: Shadows of the Clans3; Raven-paw's Farewell

Warriors: Legends of the Clans1; Spotted-leaf's Heart, Warriors: Legends of the Clans2 Pine-star's Choice & Warriors: Legends of the Clans3; Thunder-star's Echo

Warriors: Path of a Warrior1; Red-tail's Debt, Warriors: Path of a Warrior2; Tawny-pelt's Clan & Warriors: Path of a Warrior3; Shadow-star's Life

Warriors: A Warrior's Spirit1; Pebble-shine's Kits, Warriors: A Warrior's Spirit2; Tree's Roots & Warriors: A Warrior's Spirit3; Moth-wing's Secret

Warriors: The Prophecies Begin1; Into the Wild

Warriors: The Prophecies Begin2; Fire & Ice

Warriors: The Prophecies Begin3; Forest of Secrets

Warriors: The Prophecies Begin4; Rising Storm

Warriors: The Prophecies Begin5; A Dangerous Path

Warriors: The Prophecies Begin6; The Darkest Hour

Warriors: The New Prophecy1; Midnight

Warriors: The New Prophecy2; Moon-rise

Warriors: The New Prophecy3; Dawn

Warriors: The New Prophecy4; Star-light

Warriors: The New Prophecy5; Twilight

Warriors: The New Prophecy6; Sunset

Warriors: Power of Three1; The Sight

Warriors: Power of Three2; Dark River

Warriors: Power of Three3; Outcast

Warriors: Power of Three4; Eclipse

Warriors: Power of Three5; Long Shadows

Warriors: Power of Three6; Sunrise

Warriors: Omen of the Stars1; The Fourth Apprentice

Warriors: Omen of the Stars2; Fading Echoes

Warriors: Omen of the Stars3; Night Whispers

Warriors: Omen of the Stars4; Sign of the Moon

Warriors: Omen of the Stars5; The Forgotten Warrior

Warriors: Omen of the Stars6; The Last Hope

Warriors: Dawn of the Clans1; The Sun Trail

Warriors: Dawn of the Clans2; Thunder Rising

Warriors: Dawn of the Clans3; The First Battle

Warriors: Dawn of the Clans4; The Blazing Star

Warriors: Dawn of the Clans5; A Forest Divided

Warriors: Dawn of the Clans6; Path of Stars

Warriors: A Vision of Shadows1; The Apprentice's Quest

Warriors: A Vision of Shadows2; Thunder & Shadow

Warriors: A Vision of Shadows3; Shattered Sky

Warriors: A Vision of Shadows4; Darkest Night

Warriors: A Vision of Shadows5; River of Fire

Warriors: A Vision of Shadows6; The Raging Storm

Warriors: The Broken Code1; Lost Stars

Warriors: The Broken Code2; The Silent Thaw

WARRIORS: THE BROKEN CODE3; VEIL OF SHADOWS

If CAPITALIZED I don’t have it!