31 Thursday Jan 2013
Posted in Lana Del Rey, Music
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Blue Jeans, Born to Die, Emile Haynie, Justin Parker, Lana Del Rey, National Anthem, Summertime Sadness, Video Games
In the summer of 2011, Lana Del Rey arrived as if from nowhere, attracting publicity with her gravelly yet girlish voice, pitched somewhere between Tom Waits and Kate Bush; her haunting, dreamlike songs; and her prom queen meets femme fatale persona, all long, red hair and pouting lips. Continue reading
12 Saturday Jan 2013
Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe, Periodicals, Updates
‘American Blondes’, my essay comparing Marilyn Monroe with Lana Turner (originally posted here), is reprinted in the latest issue of the excellent Mad About Marilyn fanzine, which also features Marilyn’s 1956 interview with Elsa Maxwell; a profile of photographer Gene Lester; and a feature on the Moon of Baroda diamond.
If you would like to subscribe to Mad About Marilyn, please email emmadowning@blueyonder.co.uk
09 Wednesday Jan 2013
Posted in Books, Fiction, Film, History, Non-Fiction
≈ Comments Off on Bookish Birthdays: Gypsy Rose Lee
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Burlesque, For Books' Sake, Gypsy, Gypsy Rose Lee, Mother Finds a Body, Striptease, The G-String Murders
My tribute to Gypsy Rose Lee, queen of burlesque, best-selling author and ‘striptease intellectual’, is published today at For Books’ Sake.
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02 Wednesday Jan 2013
Posted in Marilyn Monroe, Music
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hal Schaefer, Irving Berlin, Jazz, Joe DiMaggio, Lionel Newman, Louella Parsons, Marilyn Monroe, Piano, River of No Return, There's No Business Like Show Business, Wrong Door Raid
My tribute to Hal Schaefer, the jazz pianist who died recently. This article can also be read at Immortal Marilyn. Continue reading
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