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Songs That Sound Alike
Swingstrumentals that ARE alike In 1933 David Rose, then conductor at WGN-Chicago, penned I've Got "It", first plattered by Jack Teagarden. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w20Zh7tVMuY Teagarden later joined Paul Whiteman, who did the chart as Itchola, with Frank Trumbauer's sax soli writing... -
This is just painful to watch
Still...this is gonna be the old folks' email/facebook forward of the month. GOOD GRAVY MARGE, WHAT ARE WE COMING TO?- Fletch
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Young Tailor of the Year.
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What are you listening to?
More of those great Bluebird platters...one side each, anyway. These cats played and sang with Whiteman - sort of an early-day Four Freshmen. They project a jazz feeling while keeping the actual jazz to a minimum. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px4_7cWtOoY Next, an atmospheric rumba-foxtrot... -
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook on PBS
Good news...the show is just starting a new series. This time out you meet Michael's mom and dad, who are nice as pie. The show visited some cool collections and collectors, gents of laid back enthusiasm. One 89yo dude in LA even sang Auf Wiedersehen My Dear as Mike played an old pianola. And...- Fletch
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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FS: Signature Series Indy - Style Goatskin Adventurer Jacket. New. L
PM'd you...- Fletch
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- Forum: Classifieds
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What are you listening to?
2 early-day Johnny Mercer hits with Mr. 78 himself, Dick Robertson. 1934. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICZSgyWVjfY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOYDfvHHIMo -
Joe McGlynn: Vintage Menswear GOD
There really are no right places. You have to always keep an eye peeled, because the clothes have to find you.- Fletch
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Joe McGlynn: Vintage Menswear GOD
Joe's obviously been favored by nature too - he has a modest build and all his hair. Some of us into our difficult middle years couldn't model much beyond sober bankers' and politicians' suits with the requisite straining about the vest buttons.- Fletch
- Post #6
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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What are you listening to?
Ted Lewis' Band (or so the label says) in 1933 with a sort of ultra-jazz-novelty feature with hillbilly singin'. Don't be scairt, it's good! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS-c1U47v90 -
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PBS - American Songbook, tonight:
Texas gets this, while Iowa gets Jesse James and Annie Oakley. Who's the wide open spaces now????- Fletch
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What's for Dinner?
Chicken breasts pan simmered in tarragon and white wine sauce. A Pierre Frenay recipe that is a family favorite.- Fletch
- Post #1,012
- Forum: The Connoisseur
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Musician's hats
Appalachian songster Roscoe Holcomb, who just from his appearance, might be called the William S. Burroughs of the 5-string banjo. I don't think Armstrong wore hats enough. Earl Hines sure did. Jimmy Dorsey with (hatless) arranger Fud Livingston. -
Seabiscuit Costumes by John David Ridge
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A Day in the Life of the Massmans
Those particular glasses add 20 years to her face. Lynn becomes Evalyn before our very eyes. I see he did OCS at Newport. My mom did, too, in 1957. Housing was unbelievably tight there during the war (so much so they made movies about it). They're lucky they had a window.- Fletch
- Post #9
- Forum: The Golden Era
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B3 Missing Zipper Tooth
This is kind of the "hidden cost" of having high-end repro jackets. The zippers will occasionally lose a tooth, etc., and you basically have to send them back to the maker and pay thru the nose or you really devalue the jacket.- Fletch
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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What are you listening to?
80 is the new...what? Ponder the answer to the rhythms of the year 1932. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwRrUHDxTpU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX8BFJhm_-k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A08n_JBUbyk And admire the new Chevrolet Six while you listen to this sales talk... -
Seabiscuit Costumes by John David Ridge
That brown job looks great. It just breaks so many rules that we have today about suits, and all so subtly. -
I want to buying A-2 jacket Real McCoy's
Ciao Fabio - please see pix of my RM Real McQueen on Flickr here. It's labeled 46 but fits more like a trim 42. It may please you.- Fletch
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- Forum: Classifieds
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Short men CAN pull off big hats!
One of my favorite fedora pics is of orchestra leader Joe Haymes. A dapper 5'6", he was affectionately called the "little giant of jazz." (I have to tell you, I'm 5'11", stocky and bigheaded and I couldn't bring off this hat.)
