#sylvia halliday

[joannerenaud]

Sylvia Baumgarten (aka Sylvia Halliday, Louisa Rawlings and Ena Halliday), 1933-2024

My friend Sylvia Baumgarten died on the morning of February 1rst. Our friendship began in the 1990s, when I wrote her a fan letter about one of her early Harlequin historicals, Wicked Stranger, and she wrote back a long type-written letter about her influences and research and sent me a copy of Stranger in My Arms as well. I interviewed her for my old blog in 2011-- sadly, that interview has been lost. But we also met in 2016 for dinner, and she sent me her collection of books about the French Revolution. She was a great talent, as well as witty, opinionated and immensely generous. I will miss her very much.

She graduated from Brown University in 1955, and from 1982 to 2015 wrote for a variety of publishers, including Pocket Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., Harlequin, and Diversion Books. She was also a President of the Romance Writers of America/ New York City Chapter, and her books were nominated for multiple awards. Forever Wild was a finalist for the RWA/Golden Medallion award, Best Historical Romance (1986). Stolen Spring (which I reviewed for Dear Author) received a Romantic Times nomination as Best French Historical (1988), while Promise of Summer [archive.org link] received the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award as the Best Historical Romance set in France (1989). Wicked Stranger had also been nominated for a Rita Award by the Romance Writers of America.

Baumgarten's papers are available in the Manuscripts Division of Brown University, and include press kits, book reviews, news clippings, public relations material (including photographs), interviews, correspondence about her books, and the manuscripts of Stolen Spring and Dreams So Fleeting.

She also blogged extensively about her observations and experiences selling wedding dresses at Macy's in New York.

#sylvia halliday #louisa rawlings #ena halliday #obituary post #historical romance #romancelandia #romance fiction #romance genre

[perfettamentechic]

17 ottobre … ricordiamo …

17 ottobre … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2019: Bill Macy, nome vero Wolf Martin Garber, è stato un attore televisivo, cinematografico e teatrale americano, meglio conosciuto per il suo ruolo nella serie televisiva Maude. (n. 1922) 2017: Danielle Darrieux, all’anagrafe Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux, è stata un’attrice francese, attiva dagli anni trenta.  (n. 1917) 2015: Danièle Delorme, all’anagrafe Danièle Girard, è stata…

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[peroxideprinces]

the doctor and fitz, love and spring .

history 101; mags l. halliday // the blind assassin; margaret atwood // as consciousness is harnessed to flesh: journals and notebooks; susan sontag // near to the wild heart; clarice lispector // speaking tree; joy harjo // success that is partly the results of chance: or, an uncertain course of events; alysse kathleen mccanna // mccall's magazine illustration // “spring”, lessons on expulsion; erika l. sánchez // dominion; nick walters // couplets: a love story; maggie millner // the moon and the yew tree; sylvia plath // red bird; mary oliver

#fitz kreiner #the eighth doctor #eightfitz #doctor who #classic who #the doctor #web weave #web weaving #jake jests #dwposting

[butchboromir]

POETRY RECSSSS oh em geee so you have to read Divorced Fathers and Pizza Crusts by Mark Halliday i love it so much. and there’s also Fever 103° by Sylvia Plath it’s. explodes. and lastly Ginsburg by Julia Vino. The poems i like r SAD btw but i love them so much. mwah.

NORA!!!!! ty for the recs these were all lovely. my fav of the three was definitely divorced fathers and pizza crusts — it reminded me of my dad lol (+ the other two weeks also really good! i loved the lines „Tongues of dull, fat Cerberus / Who wheezes at the gate.“ in fever 103)

#asks #friends #blorb0

[weirdgirlification]

2022 book list

favorites bolded, sorted by dates read

catch the rabbit by lana bastasic

grandmaster of demonic cultivation, volume 1 by mo xiang tong xiu

heaven official’s blessing, volume 1 by mo xiang tong xiu

cassandra at the wedding by dorothy baker

ms ice sandwich by mieko kawakami

like by ali smith

annihilation by jeff vandermeer

sarahland by sam cohen

drive your plow over the bones of the dead by olga tocarczuk

problems by jade sharma

winter by ali smith

a novel obsession by caitlin barasch

mislaid by nell zink

milk fed by melissa broder

asymmetry by lisa halliday

certain american states by catherine lacey

heaven official’s blessing, volume 2 by mo xiang tong xiu

spring by ali smith

girl meets boy by ali smith

either/or by elif batuman

nightshift by kiare ladner

tin man by sarah winman

white ivy by susie yang

acts of service by lillian fishman

sea of tranquility by emily st. john mandel

time is a mother by ocean vuong

fates and furies by lauren groff

girls can kiss now by jill gutowitz

jade legacy by fonda lee

the accidental by ali smith

i’m glad my mom died by jennette mccurdy

crimson by niviaq korneliussen

our wives under the sea by julia armfield

the answers by catherine lacey

babel by r.f. kuang

history of wolves by emily fridlund

the bell jar by sylvia plath

second place by rachel cusk

my brilliant friend by elena ferrante

everything i need i get from you by kaitlyn tiffany

[paolatelesca]

Paola Telesca Heute Raumbesichtigung Kunst "nacht & tag" in den Gerichtshöfen Sa. 10.09.2022 - 16:00-24:00 Uhr So. 11.09.2022 - 13:00-18:00 Uhr Veranstaltung organisiert von Birgit Bayer/Eva Sörensen/Andrea Wallgren (Kunst in den Gerichtshöfen e.V.) Führungen: Dr. Karin Rase (CundKGalerie) Dr. Sabine Ziegenrücker (Kunsthistorikerin) Kunst in den Gerichtshöfen Zugang über Gerichtstraße 12-13 und Wiesenstraße 62 13347 Berlin-Wedding Gäste-etage: Heather Halliday Johanna von Oldershausen Sylvia Seelmann Paola Telesca Nadia Valeska Devonish Nikolas Kraneis Sandra Hilleckes Natascha Paulick Riccarda Raabe Sabine Zentek Bettina Paschke Edvardas Racevicius Petra Steeger Ateliers: Helene Appel Silke Bartsch Christine Bayer Leda Bourgogne Mariechen Danz Kerstin Ergenzinger Sibylle Gädeke Annette Goessel Helmut Gutbrod Anette Haas Michael Hakimi Amélie von Heydebreck Patrick Huber Alanna Lawley Peter Kortmann Birgit Megerle Anton Milagros Simon Olley Valerie Otte Ilke Penzlien Tim Plamper Jakob Roepke Wolfgang Rohloff Matthias Rühl Wolfgang Rüppel Susanne Schirdewahn Helga Schmelzle Kate Schneider SENNF (Sennert) Christine Sinner Wolfgang Spahn Eva Sörensen Andrea Wallgren Ulrich Werner Anna Zett Gäste in den Ateliers: Anke Aust Matt Davis Helmut Draxler Tobias Ecke Sam Grigorian Bnaya Halperin Kaddari Barbara Hindahl Jakob Knapp Regine Kuschke Matthias Maus Megan Francis Sullivan www.gerichtshoefe.de mit freundlicher Unterstützung der GESOBAU #gerichtshoefe #paolatelesca #gästeetageindengerichtshöfe #nachtundtagindengerichtshöfen (hier: Weddinger Gerichtshöfe) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiIoQv1s2Zd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#gerichtshoefe #paolatelesca #gästeetageindengerichtshöfe #nachtundtagindengerichtshöfen

[sweetsavageflame]

Historical Romance Review: Stranger in My Arms by Louisa Rawlings

Historical Romance Review: Stranger in My Arms by Louisa Rawlings

Stranger in My Arms, Louisa Rawlings, Harlequin, 1991, cover artist George H. Jones She gazed into eyes that held love and joy and laughter. The laughter that had always been in him—only needing her to bring it out. “Oh, my dearest,” she answered, her heart swelling with wonder and gratitude for the beautiful man who bent above her. “You’re Love.” STRANGER IN MY ARMS SPOILER ALERT ⚠ Harlequin…

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#5 star review #all time favorites #bodice ripper #bodice ripper lite #bookblog #favorites #france #Harlequin #Harlequin Historical #Historical Romance #INSTANT LOVE #Louisa Rawlings #napoleon #rape in romance #review #romance #romancebookblog #secret identity #Sylvia Halliday #twins

[fantasmicly]

Books read in 2019

1. Educated, Tara Westover 2. Dark Places, Gillian Flynn 3. Stiff, Mary Roach 4. The Immortalists, Chloe Benjamin 5. Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn 6. Not That Bad: Dispatches From Rape Culture, Roxane Gay 7. The Rules Do Not Apply, Ariel Levy 8. The Round House, Louise Erdrich 9. Broken Monsters, Lauren Beukes 10. From Here to Eternity, Caitlin Doughty 11. The Nix, Nathan Hill 12. Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng 13. The Psychopath Test, Jon Robson 14. The Friend, Sigurd Núñez 15. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, Mary Roach 16. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan 17. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Caitlin Doughty 18. The Grownup, Gillian Flynn 19. There There, Tommy Orange 20. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, Sherman Alexie 21. Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng 22. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delila Owens 23. My Absolute Darling, Gabriel Tallent 24. The Idiot, Elif Batuman 25. The Girls, Emma Cline 26. The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai 27. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, Wes Moore 28. The Thing Around Your Neck, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 29. The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath 30. My Sister, the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite 31. Murder in the Bayou, Ethan Brown 32. Dead Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 33. Fruit of the Drunken Tree, Ingrid Rojas Contreras 34. The Roanoke Girls, Amy Engel 35. The Woman in the Window, A.J. Finn 36. The Death of Mrs. Westaway, Ruth Ware 37. Small Fry, Lisa Brennan-Jobs 38. Asymmetry, Lisa Halliday 39. If You See Me, Don’t Say Hi, Neel Patel 40. The Vegetarian, Han Kang 41. No Visible Bruises, Rachel Louise Snyder 42. The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides 43. The Perfect Nanny, Leila Slimani 44. Normal People, Sally Rooney 45. Evicted, Matthew Desmond 46. Difficult Women, Roxane Gay 47. Into the Water, Paula Hawkins 48. Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty 49. Conversations with Friends, Sally Rooney 50. In Pieces, Sally Field 51. The White Albums, Joan Didion 52. The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins 53. In the Spaces, Anna Lisabeth

#books #read in 2019

[jondalars]

movies, tv shows, and books of 2018

((as before,  * is a rewatch/reread; currently watching; can’t get through))

Muppets Most Wanted (2014)

Hanna (2011)

20th Century Women (2016)

Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver

The Disaster Artist (2017)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway *

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

The Big Sick (2017)

Call Me By Your Name (2017)

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi *

The End of the F***ing World (s1)

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

13 Going on 30 (2004) **

I, Tonya (2017)

Room (2015) *

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi *

Must Love Dogs (2005) *

The Shape of Water (2017)

Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi *

Black Mirror (s4, s3, s2, s1)

The White Album by Joan Didion

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) *

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Kedi (2016)

Training Day (2001)

Notes from Underground & The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

The Little Friend by Donna Tartt

The Good Place (s2, s3)

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

My So-Called Life (s1*)

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas

When We First Met (2018)

The Preppie Connection (2015)

Blackfish (2013)

The Reivers by William Faulkner

Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) *

The Truman Show (1998)

Good Time (2017)

Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2017)

Ariel by Sylvia Plath

The Babysitter (2017)

When Harry Met Sally (1989) *

Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

Cool Runnings (1993) *

Game of Thrones (s1*)

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

World War Z by Max Brooks *

The Stranger by Albert Camus *

Undercover Boss (s1, s2)

The Princess Bride (1987) *

Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke *

Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke

Shaun of the Dead (2004) *

Black Panther (2018)

Coco (2017)

The Florida Project (2017)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) *

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson *

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) *

Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson *

7 Days in Hell (2015) *

Adventureland (2009)

Adore (2013)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

Looper (2012)

Seven Seconds (s1)

The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel *

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) *

I Am Legend (2007) *

Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut

Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides trans. Anne Carson

A Series of Unfortunate Events (s2)

The Kingdom of Ordinary Time by Marie Howe

The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin

Why Did I Ever by Mary Robison

I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

Decreation by Anne Carson

Troy: Fall of a City (s1)

The Stranger Manual by Catie Rosemurgy

The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews

Sunshine Cleaning (2008)

The Valley of Horses by Jean M. Auel *

The Hours (2002)

Beauty and the Beast (2017)

The Complete Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

The 100 (s5)

The Handmaid’s Tale (s2)

The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. Auel *

The Beauty of the Husband by Anne Carson **

The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon

Real World by Natsuo Kirino 

John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (2018)

Oh Hello on Broadway (2017) *

The New Clean by Jon Sands

What the Living Do by Marie Howe

Glass, Irony & God by Anne Carson & *

White Flock by Anna Akhmatova trans. Andrey Kneller

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey *

An Oresteia: Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripides trans. Anne Carson

Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist (s1)

The Hours by Michael Cunningham

The Dead Eat Everything by Michael Mlekoday

Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

13 Reasons Why (s2)

You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn

War and the Iliad by Simone Weil and Rachel Bespaloff

Battle Royale (2000) *

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult *

Annihilation (2018)

Love, Simon (2018)

A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

Molly’s Game (2017)

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (s4)

Arrested Development (s4:FC)

Naked by David Sedaris

Miracle (2004)

Set It Up (2018) & *

The Staircase (s1)

Killing Eve (s1)

Queer Eye (s1, s2)

The Tale (2018)

Letterkenny (s1, s2, s3, s4)

Thoroughbreds (2018)

The Death of Stalin (2018)

The Princess Diaries (2001) *

A Cinderella Story (2004) *

The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem

Sharknado (2013)

The Covenant (2006) *

A Quiet Place (2018)

Leon: The Professional (1994)

Orbiter 9 (2017)

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

America’s Sweethearts (2001) *

Short Talks by Anne Carson

Sense and Sensibility (1995) *

Sharp Objects (s1)

Timeless (s2)

Far From the Madding Crowd (2015)

The Waves by Virginia Woolf

The Secret History by Donna Tartt *

Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

Anne with an E (s2)

The Bonesetter’s Daugher by Amy Tan

Lady Bird (2017) *

Superstar (1999)

Selected Poems by Anna Akhmatova trans. D.M. Thomas

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

Fire to Fire by Mark Doty

A Christmas Story (1983)

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

Casablanca (1942)

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

The Sound of Music (1965)

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

Citizen Kane (1941)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 by Frank Bidart

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Remains of the Day (1993)

The Libertines Bound Together by Anthony Thornton/Roger Sargent

I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

Calypso by David Sedaris

The End of the Tour (2015)

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

Tenth of December by George Saunders

The Love of a Good Woman by Alice Munro

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018) & *

Insecure (s1, s2, s3)

Threepenny Memoir: The Lives of a Libertine by Carl Barât

The Magicians (s1, s2, s3)

The King’s Men by Nora Sakavic

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

The House of Names by Colm Toibin

Atlanta (s1, s2)

Hereditary (2018)

South and West: From a Notebook by Joan Didion

Ocean’s Eight (2018)

The Sundial by Shirley Jackson

The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

The Counterfeiters by Andre Gide

The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

The Great British Baking Show (s5, s6)

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Game Night (2018)

American Animals (2018)

Two Weeks Notice (2002) *

The Spectacular Now (2013)

Maurice (1987)

Ordeal by Innocence (s1)

American Vandal (s2)

When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris

Maniac (s1)

Circe by Madeline Miller

Table 19 (2017)

All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Man Up (2015)

The Hateful Eight (2015)

Eighth Grade (2018)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (s1, s2)

The Sellout by Paul Beatty

Bojack Horseman (s5)

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen *

Persuasion by Jane Austen *

Veep (s1, s2, s3)

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges

The Haunting of Hill House (s1)

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges

Copycat (1995) *

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Dare Me by Megan Abbott *

Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion *

North & South (s1) *

Cam (2018)

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments by David Foster Wallace

Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Venom (2018)

Sorry to Bother You (2018)

How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer

Nocturnal Animals (2016)

Dumplin’ (2018)

Bird Box (2018)

Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

The White Queen (s1*)

Pastoralia by George Saunders

Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday

The Man in the High Castle (s1)

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt *

#2018 #personal #a little life... absolutely killed me ive.. never been so sad #jude :(((( #why am i a real human person watching undercover boss??? i cant explain #tfc was... lmao something sweet iced tea 5 yrs of college?? SODA who knows #read persuasion years ago and remember not thinking much of it #just reread it tho and uhhhhhhuhhuhu lmao kill me :(((((((

[godsavethegold]

David Bowie and Sylvia Halliday godsavethegold.tumblr.com

#class #fashion #cine #celebrity #vintage #classic #rare #quality #photo #cool

[newyorktheater]

See August 1

See August 5

See August 7

See August 8

See Aug 10

See Aug 16

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See Aug 23

See Aug 26

Below is the day-by-day calendar of “theater openings”* in August, 2020, a month of abundance: Two theatrical celebrations of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage (Aug 16 & 18), two ways to re-experience Amiri Baraka’s landmark play “The Dutchman” (Aug 8 & 20), at least two annual summer theater festivals re-imagined, and three “reunion readings” of plays with their original starry casts.

  And that’s just what we know about as the month begins. Since physical theaters were shut down in March, many  shows are put together at the last minute, sometimes not even announced until the very day of their launch. (And there have also been last-minute cancellations.) That’s why  I will be updating this preview guide every day, and highlighting the offerings each new day with a new link up top. This calendar as of this moment offers a glimpse of what’s in store. Come back day by day for a better look. (Some of the plays listed do require advance reservation.)

Several ongoing series have been consistent in quality and output, many of them new or even ad-hoc.

Four offer live performances (usually referred to as readings), often of original plays:

The Homebound Project (See Aug 5) Livelabs: One Acts from MCC Play-PerView (See Aug 1, 8 and 15th) Viral Monologues from 24 Hour Plays (some 10 short new monologues almost every Tuesday) This month, the similar 48Hours in…Harlem celebrates its 10th anniversary, by going online. (See August 20.)

There is also Stars in the House, a twice-daily variety and talk show that, twice a week — on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons — presents Plays in the House,  Zoom readings of well-known plays, often classics…and a Sunday matinee for teenagers.

*My definition of theater for the purposes of this calendar generally does not extend to variety shows, cast reunions, galas, panel discussions, documentaries, classes, interviews — of which there are plenty, many worth checking out. My focus here is on creative storytelling in performance. (I make an occasional exception for a high-profile Netathon,involving many theater artists, such as Broadway Bares on Aug 1.)

A reminder that this calendar lists when the shows “open.” Some are live and available only for that one performance. Other shows are available for four days, or a week, or longer.

August 1

playwright Lydia Diamond

Crystal Monee Hall

Jelani Aladdin

Stick Fly Plays in the House 2 p.m. Available until August 5 The Zoom reading of Lydia Diamond’s play (which ran on Broadway in 2011)  is the latest matinee  in the twice-weekly spinoff series of Stars in the House. The affluent, African-American LeVay family is gathering at their Martha’s Vineyard home for the weekend, and brothers Kent and Flip have each brought their respective ladies home to meet the parents for the first time. The cast features Jelani Alladin, Crystal Monee Hall, Caroline Innerbichler, Keith Randolph Smith, Tiffany Rachelle Stewart, Daniel J. Watts and Renika Williams. New original music by Crystal Monee Hall

RoosevElvis Play-PerView Launches at 5 p.m. $5-$50 A reunion reading of The TEAM’s 2013 comedy, directed by Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown, Great Comet): On a hallucinatory road trip from the Badlands to Graceland, the spirits of Elvis Presley and Theodore Roosevelt battle over the soul of Ann, a painfully shy meat-processing plant worker, and what kind of man or woman Ann should become.

Verdi’s Ernani Metropolitan Opera 7:30 p.m. available for 23 hours A complicated story based on a Victor Hugo play about a young woman and the three men vying for her affection

Murder in Montgomery Manor Broadway Whodunit $21.30 8 p.m. The first in a series of virtual unscripted murder mysteries created by Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen), where we play detective after one Broadway star is murdered to figure out which Broadway star was the killer. The eight-member cast this time features Feldman as host Laurence Montgomery VI, Alex Boniello as Giuseppe Romano, The Lawyer (I’ll bet he winds up the killer), Will Roland and Shereen Pimentel.

Broadway Bares 9:30 p.m. The annual strip show for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has gone online this year, featuring (clothed) appearances by Nick Adams, Charles Busch, Lea DeLaria, J. Harrison Ghee, Jane Krakowski, Nathan Lane, Beth Leavel, Judith Light, Andrew Lippa, Lesli Margherita, Angie Schworer, Marc Shaiman, Miriam Shor, Christopher Sieber, Wesley Taylor

August 2

Martin Luther On Trial Fellowship for the Performing Arts 4 p.m. A courtroom drama featuring Hitler, Freud, MLK Jr and Pope Francis as witnesses in a reenactment of Satan’s rebellion and his failed attempt to enlist Michael the Archangel!

Today I Saw A Bird…and Waze Playdate Theatre Two 15-minute plays on day two of this new theater company’s festival. In Ben Kaye’s “Today I Saw A Bird and Watched You Fly Away With It,” Sean (Owen Thiele) logs on for a work call with Roxie (Wonza Johnson), but discovers he’s in for something else entirely. In Lizz Bogaard’s “Waze,” Casey’s desire to get a job at Waze is thwarted when his grandmother causes a ruckus during his interview.

Frankie Faison

Happy by Alan Zweibel Playing on Air

In Alan Zweibel’s audio play, starring Frankie Faison and Scott Adsit, directed by Fred Berner, a baseball fan shows up at the home of his childhood hero, George “Happy” Halliday. Has the stranger come to pay his respects or to throw a curveball?

Wagner’s Die Walküre Metropolitan Opera 7:20 p.m. available for 23 hours The second installment of Wagner’s four-part Ring cycle, the most popular and most self-contained episode. It combines the mythical machinations of gods and demigods with the love story of the brave hero Siegmund and the dignified Sieglinde, whose passion is undiminished even when they discover that they are long-lost brother and sister,

August 3

The Olympians Theater Breaking Through Barriers 7:30 p.m. The first of eight new plays from the festival entitled Voices from the Great Experiment, which will be presented on TBTBTheater’s YouTube channel every night at 7:30 through August 10.

August 4

Who’s There New Ohio Theater Available through August 8 Cross-cultural encounter involving artists based in Singapore, Malaysia, and the United States: Accusations, feuds, and revelation. Created by The Transit Ensemble, co-directed by Sim Yan Ying “YY” and Alvin Tan.

August 5

  Homebound Project # 5 7 p.m. Available through August 9 The fifth anthology of short new plays (and planned as the last), this time with a cast featuring Laurie Metcalf, Kelli O’Hara, Brian Cox, Austin Pendleton, Daniel K. Isaac, performing in works by playwrights Craig Lucas, Lena Dunham, Sylvia Khoury, Stephen Karam, Donnetta Lavinia Grays.

Black Trans Women at the Center Long Wharf Theater 8 p.m. A free Zoom reading of three short plays: Dezi Bing’s “Things Unknown,” CeCe Suazo’s “You Will Nevaaa …” and Douglas Lyons’s “Sunshine.”

August 6

The Bathroom Plays Eden Theater Company 8 p.m. All three plays take place in a bathroom, and will be streamed on Eden’s YouTube channel In Amy Berryman’s “Pidgeons,” a woman confesses to a priest via Zoom, as she “lurks the bowels of the Internet” after her husband’s death. In E.E. Adams’s “Mary,” a young woman who is sheltering in place alone attempts to befriend the ghost haunting her bathroom. In Brennan Vickery’s “Monogamous Animals,” the characters would’ve never thought being so close could make them feel so lonely. A cigarette, a bathtub and a one-night getaway from quarantine might just break them.

August 7

Lin-Manuel Miranda as Usnavi

In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams PBS Great Performances A documentary of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first Broadway musical, as part of the program’s new “Broadway at Home” series. A cool follow-up to Hamilton on Disney+ (still available to subscribers) and the Freestyle Love Supreme documentary on Hulu (ditto.)

The Understudy Play Reading Fridays 7 p.m. Theresa Rebeck’s comedy focuses on Roxanne, who is charged with running the understudy rehearsal for the Broadway premiere of a heretofore undiscovered masterpiece by Franz Kafka. She is rattled when she discovers it’s her ex-fiance who is understudy for Jake, a mid-tier action star yearning for legitimacy.

August 8

WeSongCycle Tokyo Performing Arts 8:45 a.m. The season finale of an online documentary-style series, centered on several cultures’ definition of “Heroism.” The 16-member cast hails from the U.S., the U.K., Australia and Japan.

Dutchman Play-PerView 7 p.m. A read of Amiri Baraka’s 1964 play that’s a stark, allegorical confrontation between Lula, a white woman, and Clay, a black man, on the subway in New York, featuring the cast of the 2007 Cherry Lane production — Dulé Hill, Jennifer Mudge, and Christopher Meyer.

August 9

Anniversary Playing on Air Sarah Sokolovic, Michael Esper, Sue Jean Kim, and Steven Boyer star in this play by Rachel Bonds in which a grieving New Yorker finds herself drawn to a quirky, flirtatious friend-of-a-friend.

  August 10

Songs from an Unmade Bed 8 p.m. B.D. Wong and videographer videographer Richert Schnorr create a series of music videos out of this song cycle by librettist Mark Campbell and 18 composers about the inner musings and romantic life of a gay man living in New York.

Corkscrew 4.0 Available through August 23. What was going to be the fourth annual  Corkscrew Festival has been delayed until August 2021. HOWEVER, in the meantime, “the creative teams behind the five world premiere productions have adapted, reimagined, and exploded their plays, ending up with five unique interactive web experiences.” So, for example: “In Yankees, it’s Study Abroad Florence 2015! Introduce yourself to the Facebook group, check out the program website, and get ready to become a citizen of the WORLD…’

August 13

A Burning Church New Ohio Theater Available for two days Staged as a religious service as part of the Ice Factory Festival, this new musical traces the lives of church leaders and congregants amid protest movements, tragedies, and spiritual rebirth.

August 14

Danielle Brooks and Grantham Coleman

Much Ado About Nothing PBS Great Performances A recording of the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production starring Danielle Brooks as Beatrice. (My review at the Delacorte)

August 15

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity Play-PerView The tenth annual reunion reading of this play written and directed by Kristoffer Diaz. Macedonio “The Mace” Guerra is a middle rank wrestler who may have discovered his ticket to the big time: a charismatic, trash-talking Indian kid from Brooklyn whom he recruits as the perfect foil to the all-American champion, Chad Deity. But when their rivalry is used to exploit racial stereotypes in the name of ratings, all three men find themselves fighting for much more than the championship title.  (My review of the play Off-Broadway in 2010.)

August 16

Cell Playing on Air Tonya Pinkins, Condola Rashad, and Melanie Nicholls-King star in this audio play by Cassandra Medley:When a jaded guard at an immigrant detention center finds jobs for her sister and niece, family tensions erupt into a battle over home and homeland security.

August 18

Finish the Fight New York Times 7 p.m. The play by Ming Peiffer (“Usual Girls”) was commissioned by the Time to mark the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote The performance is available for free to viewers who R.S.V.P. in advance.

August 19

The Hombres Two River Theater 7 p.m. $25 A look at the complexity and intimacy of male friendship. Set somewhere off the New Jersey Transit line, the play follows Julián, a Latino yoga teacher, as he clashes with the Latino construction workers outside his studio—particularly the older head of the crew, Héctor, who seeks from Julián something he never expected.

  August 20

The six producers of Harlem9 (three dropped out over the years) Back row: Jonathan McCrory, Garlia Cornelia Jones, Sandra A. Daley-Sharif and Spencer Scott Barros. Bottom row: Bryan E. Glover and Eric Lockley.

48Hours in…Harlem Harlem9 7 p.m. Available for four days The 10th anniversary edition of the annual theatre festival begins August 20. The new plays were written in 48 hours July 17–19, then rehearsed and recorded during an additional 48-hour period July 24–25. For this year’s festival, playwrights were inspired by the same six Black plays from 48 Hours in..’s. inaugural year: Zooman and the Sign, The Colored Museum, Day of Absence, Funnyhouse of a Negro, Dutchman, and Black Terror. The festival brings together six playwrights, six directors, and 18 actors, including A Strange Loop star Larry Owens and its choreographer Raja Feather Kelly. Penning the pieces are playwrights  Keith Josef Adkins, Brittany K. Allen, Tracey Conyer Lee, Nadine Mozon, Jeremy O’brian, and L. Trey Wilson. (My article on the ninth annual 48 Hours in Harlem)

August 21

The King and I PBS Great Performances

August 23

Julie Halston,

Lois Smith

playwright David Ives

St. Francis Preaches to the Birds Playing on Air An audio play by David Ives sarring Carson Elrod, Julie Halston, and Matthew Saldivar with cameos by Lois Smith and Ives In the middle of the desert, two vultures find their lunch interrupted by a man of faith. Now, they have a bone to pick with Saint Francis of Assisi.

August 24

August 26

Talking Statues Monumental Women This nine-minute “dialogue” (or 11 minutes in Spanish) will accompany “Monumental Women,” a 14 foot tall statue being unveiled in Central Park that depicts three pioneers in women’s rights, Sojourner Truth. Susan B. Anthony and Cady Stanton, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the women’s right to vote. The cast: Jane Alexander, Viola Davis, America Ferera, Rita Moreno, Zoe Saldana and Meryl Streep! There will be an app, and also a Qcode at the site of the monument. Will there also be a website? Stay tuned.

Sunken Cathedral Here Arts 7 p.m.

August 27

Real-life married couple Ed Harris and Amy Madigan as unhinged, unhappily married couple in Beth Henley’s The Jacksonian in 2013.

The Jacksonian The New Group $10-$25 7 p.m Continuing with the company’s reunion reading series, a starry cast (Ed Harris, Jane Krakowski , Amy Madigan, Juliet Brett,Bill Pullman) star in Beth Henley’s play set in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1964 – a town poisoned by racism – as a dentist Bill Perch (Harris), kicked out by his wife, commences a downward spiral at the Jacksonian Motel. (My 2013 Off-Broadway review)

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Using Names in Song Lyrics

Using someone’s name in lyrics you write can be powerful. And I probably don’t need to tell you that there approximate 8 million names of females who men have written about. There are female artists who write about names as well, but ironically, they are mostly woman as well. Joline by Dolly Parton, for example is about her begging another romantic rival to leave her relationship alone with her “man”. There are quite a few songs with male names in them, but by far more famous songs with female names.

This can be tricky. Because lyrics with names can get cheesy. The cheese factor is big. It needs to be written correctly and musically composed correctly. Here are some things to think about when writing lyrics with names in them.

When using a name in song lyrics sometimes it takes relatability out of the song for the listener. Except of course whose name is the same name in the lyrics. Think about it, I bet you can think of a song, a famous song, that sings your name. Because you think it could relate to you…even if it doesn’t at all. If it does it makes an even greater impact.

Using name in lyrics can be very loving and romantic. It shows the person you care enough about them and thinking enough about them to put their name in to a piece of artwork. That’s pretty cool.

Names in lyrics are fun and can have a great impact for the person you are writing it for. If the lyrics and song are good enough, they can have a very wide appeal – as you can see from this ridiculously long list of names from the website flashback.com:

1. Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles

2. Cecilia – Simon & Garfunkel

3. Suite Judy Blue Eyes – Crosby, Stills and Nash

4. Martha My Dear – The Beatles

5. Along Comes Mary – The Association

6. Lola – The Kinks

7. Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) – Looking Glass

8. Mandy – Barry Manilow

9. My Sharona – The Knack

10. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – Simon & Garfunkel

11. Aimee – Pure Prairie League

12. Michelle – The Beatles

13. Beth – KISS

14. Gloria – Them

15. A Rose for Emily – The Zombies

16. Ruby (Don’t Take Your Love to Town) – Kenny Rogers

17. Billie Jean – Michael Jackson

18. Lovely Rita – The Beatles

19. Layla – Derek and the Dominos

20. Sarah Smile – Hall and Oates

21. Sheena is a Punk Rocker – The Ramones

22. Rhiannon – Fleetwood Mac

23. Josie – Steely Dan

24. Help Me, Rhonda – The Beach Boys

25. Cara-Lin – The Strangeloves

26. Sally G -Paul McCartney

27. Melissa – The Allman Brothers

28. Lucille – Kenny Rogers

29. Peg- Steely Dan

30. Aubrey – Bread

31. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – The Beatles

32. Come on Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runners

33. The Wind Cries Mary – Jimi Hendrix and the Experience

34. Rosanna – Toto

A tribute to Rosanna Arquette – sadly, she wasn’t impressed.

35. See Emily Play – Pink Floyd

36. Lucille – Little Richard

37. Fanny (Be Tender with My Love) – Bee Gees

38. Roxanne- The Police

39. Matilda Mother – Pink Floyd

40. Sweet Jane – Velvet Underground

41. Victoria – The Kinks

42. Wendy – Beach Boys

43. Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond

44. My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder

45. Jennifer Juniper – Donovan

46. (Love Song) For Annie – Kaleidoscope

47. Maggie Mae – Rod Stewart

48. My Maria – BW Stephenson

49. Angie – The Rolling Stones

50. Valerie – The Monkees

51. Angie Baby – Helen Reddy

52. Peggy Sue – Buddy Holly

53. Candida – Tony Orlando and Dawn

54. Bernadette – The Four Tops

55. Annie’s Song – John Denver

56. Charlena – Ruben and the Jets

57. Fannie Mae – Buster Brown

58. Jennie Lee – Shuggie Otis

59. Jessica – Allman Brothers

60. Linda Lu – Ray Sharpe

61. Sheila – Tommy Roe

62. Darling Nikki – Prince and the Revolution

63. Sheila Take a Bow – The Smiths

64. Mary Ann – Link Wray

65. Rosalie – The Searchers

66. Barbara Ann – The Beach Boys

67. Sylvia’s Mother – Dr. Hook

68. Ophelia – The Band

69. Mary Lou – Buddy Knox

70. Suzie Q – Dale Hawkins

71. She Sheila – The Producers

72. Rio – Duran Duran

73. Candy-O – The Cars

74. Emily – Frank Sinatra

75. Jolene – Dolly Parton

76. Sara – Fleetwood Mac

77. Windy – The Association

78. Wake Up Little Susie – The Everly Brothers

79. Barbara Ann – The Beach Boys

80. Elvira – The Oak Ridge Boys

81. Amanda – Waylon Jennings

82. Carrie Ann – The Hollies

83. Think of Laura – Christopher Cross

84. Christine 16- KISS

85. Delilah – Tom Jones

86. Sherry – Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

87. Eleanor – The Turtles

88. Nadine – Chuck Berry.

89. Sad Lisa – Cat Stevens

90. Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett

91. Jamie’s Cryin’ – Van Halen

92. Caroline – Status Quo

93. Oh! Ma Jolie Sarah – Johnny Halliday

94. Denise – Randy & The Rainbows

95. Rosie – Joan Armatrading

96. Alice Long – Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

97. Pamela – Toto

98. Sorry Suzanne – The Hollies

99. Jeanette – The English Beat (UK The Beat)

100. Eloise – Barry Ryan

101. Runaround Sue – Dion & The Belmonts

102. Alice’s Restaurant – Arlo Guthrie

103. Lady Samantha – Orange Bicycle

104. Sweet Lorraine – Uriah Heep

105. Charlotte the Harlot – Iron Maiden

106. Jenny Artichoke – Kaleidoscope

107. Suzy Creamcheese – Frank Zappa

108. Izabella – Jimi Hendrix

109. Oh, Candy – Cheap Trick

110. Anna (El Negro Zumbon) – Esquivel

111. Ballade de Melody Nelson – Serge Gainsbourg

112. Roberta – Billy Joel

113. Cinderella – Sonics

114. Tracy- Cuff Links

115. Hello Mabel – The Bonzo Dog Band

116. Sweet Rosie Jones – Buck Owens

117. 867-5309/Jenny – Tommy Tutone

118. Daisy Mae – The Seeds

119. Jennifer Tomkins – Street People

120. Jennifer Eccles – The Hollies

121. Margorine – Tinkerbells Fairydust

122. Hallo Susie – Amen Corner

123. Fade Away Maureen – Cherry Smash

124. Sara Wells – Stone Circus

125. Caroline Goodbye – Colin Blunstone

This is the list, from the website and here are some others in the comments section… it’s literally almost never ending!

Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke

Carmelita - Warren Zevon

Marie - Randy Newman

Polk Salad Annie - Tony Joe White

Middle to lower:

Thoughts of Mary Jane - Nick Drake

Alison - Elvis Costello

Corinna - Taj Majal

Visions of Johanna - Bob Dylan

Maggie's Farm - Bob Dylan

Queen Jane Approximately - Bob Dylan

Angelina/Zooma Zooma - Louis Prima

Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole

Hadie Brown (My Little Lady) - Roy Rogers & the Sons of the Pioneers

Angie - Rolling Stones

Blue Jean - David Bowie

Venus - Shocking Blue

Molina - CCR

Sandy - Bruce Springsteen

Candy-O - The Cars

Candy's Room - Bruce Springsteen

Are you ready to write your lyrics with someone’s name in them?

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2019: Bill Macy, nome vero Wolf Martin Garber, è stato un attore televisivo, cinematografico e teatrale americano, meglio conosciuto per il suo ruolo nella serie televisiva Maude. (n. 1922) 2017: Danielle Darrieux, all’anagrafe Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux, è stata un’attrice francese, attiva dagli anni trenta.  (n. 1917) 2015: Danièle Delorme, all’anagrafe Danièle Girard, è stata…

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Montreux Jazz kicked off a bit more than a week ago. The 52d edition is inaugurating a House of Jazz placed within the Petit Palais premises facing the entrance of Montreux Palace. I had the privilege to experience three massive pop-art performances by Charlotte Gainsbourg, Massive Attack and Etienne Daho. Before the Breton singer, there’s another gigantic name on the bill at the world famous Stravinski Hall, He is to step on the stage. Paolo Conte, a former notary in northern Italy. He brought over the decades the italian jazz to an international playground. I’d like to talk about that very respectable singer to begin with. He is a real maestro and Montreux Jazz Festival is home for him, like Leonard Cohen or David Bowie were when they were with us. 

A light in night in the city of Montreux, the famous logo shines everywhere.

First keys hit on the piano and here’s a shock: “Azzurro” pops out and goes straight to my ears. It is genuine, straight forward, vibrant… patriotic in a very romantic way. This is indeed an hymn for Italians from all over the world, a sort of alternative “Fratelli d’Italia”, that a large group of vocal italian-speaking members of the audience sing along with their heart out. Chills in the backbone and shivers all along the skin, that song reaches its goal, it is moving, comfortably reassuring, a “crowdpleaser”. The title was written by Vito Palavicini to go along with music made by Paolo Conte.

Paolo Conte, from the stage at the Stravinski Hall, courtesy of Paolo Conte official

In their professional generosity, the title will be actually popularized by a star of the Italian cantautori Adriano Celentano. Paolo Conte uses his piano skills, not only for the usic purpose, but also to set the tune of a warm summernight tale. His fingers walk his board on the white and black keys. The jazzman marks with his rocky voice every single piece of lyrics of his rich repertoire. That “jazz standard” written for Adriano Celentano is also his after all. We have the impression of a nice mix of Leonard Cohen, for the low voice, Serge Gainsbourg for the originality and Louis Armstrong for the pop dramaturgy of his jazz pieces.

While Conte sings, Montreux Palace facing the House of Jazz enlighted

The singer is very inspired by the gestures and the performances of his musicians on stage. The accordionist moves his two hands like a ballet dancer would move his legs gently first, then with some kind of sudden madness, as if a tango competition was taking place in a crowded milonga from Buenos Aires. Conte worships his musicians and pushes forward every little shot of happiness, clouds of lightness, drops of rhythms to storm into a song, meaning to massage the eardrum in the mist of trumpet sound waves… Conte is the mastermind of a plot where something special always happens. The magnetic Piedmontese octogenarian is here for the show and also for a communion with both his fellow musicians and his audience. A sort of pope of emo-jazz, a melting-pop conductor, a “gentile” speaker of very few words coming out of his deeply low mouth in between songs. The overflowing respect of the demanding mentor transpires all over.

“Via con me” is being played, the famous “It’s wonderful…”, another moment of fusion in awe, while the audience asks for more (for one of the greatest standards “Un Gelato Al Limon” many times, for instance). The classical guitarist that is in charge of multiple soli is ecstatic. He trips on a very catchy riff while the crazy violinist seems to reach the nirvana. It is a music night, it is the opening night of Montreux Jazz Festival and Daho is on deck. The once pop superstar of the French charts came back last year with a brilliant new electro-rock LP called “Blitz” but we’ll talk about it a bit later. Let us move on to the most spectacular drummer in sight Monday night. Charlotte Gainsbourg’s drumbanger sets the tempo and it is magic.

Drummer in the dark, using his sticks to beat the drum as a metronome, well done!

This is the moment at the Montreux Jazz Lab, last Monday night, that Charlotte Gainsbourg shows that she is really moved. She starts “Charlotte Forever” as a tribute to her highly admired father. Serge is here with us with that song being played. She also goes on with a very pure and ethereal hommage to her sister Kate Barry who died in 2013, a song that was written fir “Rest”, her latest album. Plunging the audience into an early-night nostalgia for the past and delivering a pleasant and sweet snapshot of the present. An hour with Charlotte is precious, a sort of musical romance that comes and goes with a selection of inventive songs inviting electro beats, sepulchral vocals, fragile chorus close to the bone, a sophisticated machinery.

The group around Charlotte brings an orchestral grandeur to the very intimate lyrics in both French and English, gathered in his latest LP co-written and produced with electro french-touch reference SebastiAn, with the help of guests like Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo from Daft Punk, Dangermouse, Connan Mockasin, Paul McCartney or the poet Sylvia Plath. The visual part of the show with large neon back and white frames (something that Charlotte shares with her once duo partner Daho) strikes the eyes as if it was a stroboscobic night in a mininal techno club somewhere in an old Berlin neighborhood in the 1990’s. I loved the set and I loved the light show, a bit like I did for Etienne Daho three nights prior.

Daho, stealing the show with new songs from his rockier than ever LP “Blitz”

The pop veteran Daho shares with Charlotte Gainsbourg more than a futuristic decorum on stage. He also managed to transform “Bleu comme toi”, “Week-end à Rome” into all new gigantic electro-rock pieces, helped in that respect by long-time music-production partner Jean-Louis Pierot (from the French pop duet Les Valentins) who knows Etienne’s dreams by heart. They also share the same sensation when it comes to propel a certain idea of France on a much anglosaxon background. Daho is very much indeed a british influenced rock n’pop French representative. Rennes, his hometown is also the capital city of indie pop music in France. And there is a whole new cycle of old-timers of the Rennes’ rock scene reuniting these days, Daho with his fans to begin with and Marquis de Sade, a band that will be on tour these coming months to the pleasure of many fans who were left to wait alone with weaker projects from the members of the band somewhere between 1981 and 2017. Maybe one day, Niagara will come out of the darkness too, who knows?

Daho, let’s talk about this man, always very generous, warm in his relationship with his fans, also warm with that very peculiar voice that seemed barely upfront in old records. Production from back in the days did not know the old emphasized sound of a voice take “à la Abbey Road”. With the years passing, Daho learnt how to play with his natural organ. It completely changed for an all-over-the-place “low” way of singing, something really touching as Daho is happy to hold the microphone to take over his shyness. Nothing is tamed in his live show, his new approach is much noisier, in your face. The voice is compressed by the technological means, the guitars are struggling with one aim: to reach a form of wall of sound, Smoke, lights, everything is here to impress the guests. The melodies of the 1980’s are rejuvenated, the recent hits like “Le Premier Jour” are rougher and groovier. Daho renewed himself and seems fighting fit to fill up big arenas. Some Johnny Halliday’s fans that I know were here, convinced. For them, Daho succeeded in galvanizing Montreux.

  Daho, music partner Jean-Louis Pierot in white shirt and the rest of the band

Last but not least, the wonderful comeback of Massive Attack struck me as a real epitomy of my Montreux experience in 2018. 3D (Robert Del Naja) and Daddy G (Grantley Evan Marshall) are still rolling around the world, more politically conscious than ever about their responsability as human beings, contradicting obscurantism with peaceful anthems that are still resonating as chants for unification of torn appart societies. “Safe From Harm”, “Unfinished Sympathy”, “Blue Lines”, “Protection”, “Karmacoma”, “Angel”, “Teardrop”… the list of songs that turned people’s ears’ on from all over the world remains impressive. The visual show projects news agencies feeds in French about the migrants or the populist crisis that hits Europe. The slogans about the world controlled by its population, the pictures of desperate people who left their villages to risk their lives across northern african places and the mediterrean sea push the audience to step out of their comfort zone and think. And as Phil Collins said in a song, “it ‘s another day in paradise for you and me” and it is another day safe from harm for the Montreux Jazz attendance. The British trip-hop moguls display an unselfish carreer helping the poorest and the most people at stake within their country and all around the world, Something that the Queen of England or the newcomers in the international political stage Salvini or Kurz would never do. Just for that, I want to say thank you, let me vote for you whenever you decide to found your own political party.

By David Glaser.

    FUTURISTIC POP & ITALIAN PRESTIGE Montreux Jazz kicked off a bit more than a week ago. The 52d edition is inaugurating a House of Jazz placed within the Petit Palais premises facing the entrance of Montreux Palace.

#charlotte gainsbourg #etienne daho #massive attack #montreux jazz #paolo conte

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My Lady Gloriana by Sylvia Halliday

My Lady Gloriana by Sylvia Halliday

  Enter to Win a  Print Copy of MY LADY GLORIANA   MY LADY GLORIANA Sylvia Halliday  Releasing Nov 24th, 2015 Diversion In this twist on the Pygmalion story, a duke makes a wager that he can bed the uncouth Lady Gloriana. But the bet takes on a life of its own… The year is 1725. Lady Gloriana Baniard is a beautiful fish out of water. Brought up on the mean streets of London, she is a…

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