Saturday, December 24, 2011

MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS ~





Chrissie Hynde



The Pretenders - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Various Artists on Grooveshark






last.fm



LEAN ~








Dope Fiend Blues by Mike Ness on Grooveshark






a christmas carol




LONESOME ~





Son Seals



Lonesome Christmas by Son Seals on Grooveshark





he wishes "merry christmas"
www.rapidmusicsan.com



CHRISTMAS LOVE ~





Skip James



Lorenzo Blues by Skip James on Grooveshark





gone by new year's




15 CENTS ~





The Pawnbroker



Christmas Blues by Jimmy Witherspoon on Grooveshark




jimmy witherspoon floats us there
film: The Pawnbroker (1964)
rod steiger
dir: sidney lumet






STAY WARM ~





Billie Holiday




I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm by Billie Holiday on Grooveshark







late at night
BIG NIGHT ~





Jimmy Smith




Walk On The Wild Side by Jimmy Smith on Grooveshark







jazzmusicarchive.com




ROLL IT ALONG ~







A Marshmallow World by Brenda Lee on Grooveshark





cheers!



OUTDOORS FOR CHRISTMAS ~





Tom Waits



Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis by Tom Waits on Grooveshark







grease in the hair
tomwaits.com


HOME ~





Charles Brown



Please Come Home for Christmas by Charles Brown on Grooveshark





hic1.kazserv.com





BELLS ~





John Fahey



Carol Of Bells by John Fahey on Grooveshark





overwhelm
rollingstone.com



BARELY CHRISTMAS ~






December 1936:
"Christmas dinner in home of Earl Pauley near Smithfield, Iowa.
Dinner consisted of potatoes, cabbage and pie."
Photograph by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.





No Christmas in Kentucky by Phil Ochs on Grooveshark





the great phil ochs sang this song for all times



CHRISTMAS EVE ~





Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan



Wintersong by Gerry Mulligan/P.Desmond on Grooveshark





twilight



THE KING ~





Elvis Presley



Merry Christmas Baby by Elvis Presley (Christmas) on Grooveshark







always sounds great when it comes on the radio




RUDOLPH! ~







Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Burl Ives on Grooveshark






morrisanimalfoundation.org




PLAY ON . . .





Eartha Kitt









photo: Gordon Parks (1952)




STILL PLAYING. . .





The Ronettes



Sleigh Ride by The Ronettes on Grooveshark





holiday party



NOW PLAYING. . .







Be My Baby by The Ronettes on Grooveshark




holiday party




CHRISTMAS TREE ~






Season's Greetings!

from Bob & Susan Arnold








photo © susan arnold

one of the rare small balsam trees found and hiked home from our woodlot ~
a place more willing of hemlock & white pine families
our thanks to the bird or animal who moved the seed thar



EARTH ~


Eric Gill

Eric GillAKA Arthur Eric Rowton Gill

Born: 22-Feb-1882
Birthplace: Brighton, Sussex, England
Died: 17-Nov-1940
Location of death: Uxbridge, Middlesex, England
Cause of death: Complications of Surgery
Remains: Buried

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Typographer, Sculptor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Typographer, Gill Sans

Military service: British Royal Air Force (1918)

Studied calligraphy with Edward Johnston, author of the font used on London Underground signage, upon which Gill's ubiquitous Gill Sans is based. Gill also authored the seriffed fonts Perpetua and Joanna.

Lived in a bohemian artists' community in Ditchling, Sussex, from 1907-24. Numbered among its residents was author G. K. Chesterton. Gill founded two other such communities in his lifetime.

The Fiona McCarthy biography of Gill alleges, based on study of his meticulous diary, that Gill committed incest with both of his sisters and two of his daughters; Gill also mentions tersely that he "continued experiment with dog after and discovered that a dog will join with a man."

Father: Arthur Tidman Gill (non-conformist minister)
Mother: Cicely Rose King Gill
Brother: Cecil Ernest Gaspar Gill (physician)
Brother: Kenneth Gill (d., plane crash)
Brother: Vernon Gill
Brother: Evan R. Gill
Brother: MacDonald Gill (cartographer)
Sister: Angela
Sister: Gladys
Sister: Enid Clay
Sister: Cicely (d. 18-Jan-1897)
Wife: Mary Gill (Ethel Hester Moore, b. 1878, m. 6-Aug-1904, d. 1961, 3 daughters)
Daughter: Betty (b. 1905)
Daughter: Petra (b. 1906)
Daughter: Joanna (b. 1910)
Son: Gordian Gill (adopted 1917)
Mistress: May Reeves

High School: Technical and Art School, Chichester, England
University: Calligraphy, Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, England (1902)

Fabian Society 1905
Royal Academy of Arts Associate (1937)
Royal Institute of British Architects Honorary Associate (1935)
Royal Society of British Sculptors Honorary Associate (1937)
Society of Wood-Engravers
Converted to Catholicism 22-Feb-1913
Nervous Breakdown 1930
Risk Factors: Smoking, Lung Cancer

Is the subject of books:
The Life of Eric Gill, 1966, BY: R. Speaight
Eric Gill, 1966, BY: R. Brewer
Eric Gill, The Man Who Loved Letters, 1973, BY: R. Brewer
The Letter Forms and Type Design of Eric Gill, 1976, BY: R. Harling
Eric Gill: A Lover's Quest for Art and God, 1989, BY: Fiona MacCarthy

Author of books:
Essay on Typography (1931, typography)
Autobiography (1940, memoirs)






PLUS!

EARTH ~











I wish when I was born
my first word had been
"Quote"
so my last word could be
"Unquote".

~ Steven Wright