Pearl Bailey.
Archie Savage.
Thelma Carpenter.
Billie Holiday.
Inez Dickerson.
Ladybird Cleveland.
Carmen De Levallade.
Diahann Carroll.
Eartha Kitt.
Alvin Ailey
Lush rich portraits & incredible layers of textile by Carl Van Vechten. Color galore!!! via Beinecke Rare Book Library
Book Dept. just finished a 400 page monograph on the artist Wayne White. Here is proof of his genius:
Peter Gabriel’s video for Big Time 1986.
Miss Vesta Tillery
Miss Vesta Tillery “the dandiest fellah turned sixteen”
Thanks to the University of Saskatchewan’s extremely thorough archive of gay and lesbian culture I bring to you — Ambisextrous Vaudeville. This archive features brilliant sheet music covers along with the most famous drag personas in British and American Vaudeville. I posted the best of the fellahs—women dressed as dandies.
THE SLITS.
MARINE GIRLS.
My two favorite punk bands from the 80s. Totally Rad! Listen to the beats then shave yr head!
B alerted me to the most incredible blessing to enter our lives since moving to HQBK—our most favorite love commune cult —THE SOURCE is coming to town!!
April 8 YA HO WA 13 at the Knitting Factory. $15
April 9 The Untold Story of Father Yod, YA HO WA 13 and the Source Family with Isis Aquarian and Electricity Aquarian 7:15 pm $15
soul jerky welcome authors isis aquarian and electricity aquarian,
editor jodi wille, and ex-members of that family in the flesh! the
group grounds a 2-hour audio-visual survey of the life and times of
this seminal ’70s countercultural force in los angeles spirituality,
music and lifestyle (their famous restaurant the source). a slideshow
and rare peek at family home movies and ’70s cable access video clips,
and numerous ya ho wa 13 musical selections serve as springboards for
anecdotes and discussion.
More info on The Source NYC events here, more info on YA HO WA 13 here
PS: Obviously, we’ll be attending all 3 events (including book signing). Cannot wait!
I am reading Beloved Son: A Story of the Jesus Cults by Steve Allen. So far the book (up to page 63) is mostly the musings on the life of Steve Allen—married at 21, three kids, late night radio show in Hollywood, adultery, moved to NYC, television show, divorced 1st wife, married Jayne Meadows—with little mention of Jesus cults. Since I barely have heard of this mid century celebrity I decided view some vintage Steve Allen. I stumbled onto some good stuff—Jack Kerouac, Bob Dylan and this incredibly young Frank Zappa clip. Actually, Steve Allen seems like a nice guy. A square who respects weirdos. So nice, I have gotten distracted by the whole reason I am reading the book—Jesus cults!!
Steve Allen Show with Frank Zappa age 22, 1962.
And to round this back to cults—Frank Zappa mentions the movie he just composed the soundtrack for The World’s Greatest Sinner.
The plot concerns a man (played by Carey) who quits his day job and starts preaching radical ideas to an ever growing crowd. Eventually, he gains a large group of followers who call him God and listen to his teachings about eternal life.
Score! PS: Thanks to Brock for taking this book out of the NY Public Library. And extending his interests in cults to me.
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