#Richard Huey

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Taken by a WPA photographer between 1935 and 1941, this picture shows diners at Aunt Dinah's Kitchen in Harlem. Established by Richard Huey, an actor in the Harlem theater scene, it was located in the basement of 172 West 135th Street, next to the YMCA. As the sign indicates, it was the go-to dining spot for Harlem's theater folk in the 1930s and 1940s. It also hosted one-act plays and forums and supported actors who needed a free meal.

From 1933 until Huey's death in 1948, the restaurant's “down-home grub” drew such luminaries as Rose McClendon, Ethel Waters, Langston Hughes, Carl Van Vechten, Juano Hernandez, Richard B. Harrison, Olive Borden, Georgette Harvey, Countee Cullen, Claude McKay, Frederick O’Neal, Count Basie, and others to his “hangout for hams.”

The family-style dining room attracted both locals and theater stars. Inspired by his roots in Monroe, Louisiana, Huey lined the walls with newspaper as a tribute to the restaurant walls back home which used the papers "partly to keep the wind out and partly for decoration."

Photo: NYC Dep't of Records Facebook

[insomnibrarian]

A stack of some of my favorite books by Black authors.

"Tell My Horse" by Zora Neale Hurston

"Native Son" by Richard Wright

"Jambalaya" by Luisah Teish

"Parable of the Sower" by Octavia E. Butler

"Revolutionary Suicide" by Huey P. Newton

"Zami: A New Spelling of My Name" by Audre Lorde

"Black Feminist Thought" by Patricia Hill Collins

[retrocgads]

UK 1985

[odk-2]

Robert Gordon w/ Link Wray - Sea Cruise (1978) Huey "Piano" Smith from: "Fresh Fish Special" (LP) "Sea Cruise" / "The Way I Walk" (Single)

Rock and Roll | Rockabilly Revival | Roots Rock and Roll

JukeHostUK (left click = play) (320kbps)

Personnel: Robert Gordon: Vocals Link Wray: Lead Guitar The Wild Cats: Billy Cross: Rhythm Guitar Rob Stoner: Bass Howie Wyeth: Drums

Richard Gottehrer: Piano

Produced by Richard Gottehrer / Robert Gordon

Recorded: @ Plaza Sound Studios in New York City, New York USA December, 1977

Album Released: on June 15, 1978

Single Released: on June 17, 1978

Private Stock Records

+++ Huey "Piano" Smith 1934 - 2023 +++

[readreadbookblog]

Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long by Richard D. White Jr.

https://books.google.com/books/about/Kingfish.html?id=_0CKVuAldzEC

Among Father Coughlin and maybe even Charles Lindbergh, Huey P. Long were the biggest dangers to American democracy during the rising age of fascism in Europe. This book, Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long, by Richard D. White Jr. tells how Senator Long came to be. 

So the book is really more about the political side of Long rather than any biography. It charts Long’s rise and all his time in Louisiana collecting power. The little non-political part of the book is regarding Long’s early life from childhood to salesmen and second election attempt, which was only about forty minutes of the eight hours. In fact I think there is only sentence mention of black people, leaving one to think that he wasn’t racist (something tells me that he was). I also say second because Long lost his first election but the book barely mentions this and really only starts during his second election with references to his failed first. This book is deep in terms of Long’s tenure as Louisiana’s representative. It really details how Long bribed, did favors, and destroyed anyone who refused him. It even tells how Long went to D.C. and in a section that I personally felt was missing some more information that it wasn’t as long the previous chapters.

Some people might enjoy this book but I personally felt that the book was repeating itself at times with Long firing all his enemies and hiring all his friends and allies, ignoring Louisiana law until his is assassinated. But this is probably the best book on Long there is.

[thatsrightice]

You know that audio trending a while back going “Huey, Dewey, and Louie? Nononono, their names were supposed to be Jet, Turbo, and Rebel!” And then then one of them is like “I could have been Turbo???? I coULD HAVE BEEN TURBO??!?”

That’s me. Right now. Like literally just right now when I found out we could have had a

CARRIER-BASED

SWEPT-WING

NAVAL VARIANT OF THE

F-22 RAPTOR

J U S T L O O K A T H E R

The US CONGRESS literally went “hey, you should totally do that like we just made that Naval Advanced Tactical Fighter (NAFT) program for you in 1988 so you should def do it.” And in order to make it more appealing, they told the Air Force to evaluate the carrier-based stealth bomber as a potential replacement for their F-111, basically saying the Navy and Air Force would share development costs in theory as both branches could employ both variants or some shit because having an aircraft be multi-role is super appealing.

So thus the NATF-22 was created and very shortly thereafter crumbled up and thrown into the trash by an Admiral Richard Dunleavy as if it were nothing because it was (and I’m using a mocking tone of voice here) too expensive.

And for the record, I see no difference in how the rest of fighter jet history played out, we ended up with a multi-role fighter just as expensive. Like don’t get me wrong, I love the F-35 and it’s quirks like it’s not its fault it was brought up in a society with so much attention on it. The media outreach and coverage in todays world is unprecedented, like no aircraft has been scrutinized or so intensely studied and watched before her.

BUT WE COULD HAVE HAD A TOMCAT RAPTOR DUDE COME ONE

I imagine this program would have been Iceman’s BABY. He may not have been nearly high enough up in the chain at the time to have any knowledge of it let alone say in the matter, but you just know that when he found out what they could have had he was DEVASTATED. Full on, “WE COULD HAVE HAD A TOMCAT?!?!” moment right there. He mourned. He was inconsolable he straight up mourned his Rapcat. Or is it Tomtor?

And when the F-35 program rolled around you know he ain’t letting that happen again, with or without swept wings. He’s getting his F-35C.

[workingclasshistory]

On this day, 15 August 1970, Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton delivered a speech in New York City where he criticised the previous attitude of the party, and other left groups towards women and LGBT+ people. He criticised homophobia and sexism in revolutionary movements, commenting that "homosexuals… might be the most oppressed people in… society", and called on the left to desist using homophobic language to describe "enemies of the people" like president Richard Nixon. He argued that all radical events should include "full participation of the gay liberation movement and the women's liberation movement". The move came after the foundation of the Gay Liberation Front, which supported the Black liberation movement, and militantly raised issues such as homophobia within radical organisations. We discuss that in our podcast episodes 25-26 about the GLF and the Stonewall rebellion: https://workingclasshistory.com/2019/05/13/e21-22-the-stonewall-riots-and-pride-at-50/ https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/2058647807653692/?type=3

[bungowife]

what kind of brushes do you use on Procreate (mainly for lineart or coloring)? and are there any tips you have for people trying to learn animation? i've been using space goofs for a reference as art a lot

The brushes I bought is this architect pencil by artofwendyxu and these Microns from Halftone Hospital! The brush that already came with Procreate I use often is the Ink Bleed brush

For animation.... this might just be how my brain works but something I'd do is watch any cartoon that I liked how it was animated and then lowered the frame rate to study each frame and how the inbetweens were spaced. I did this a lot with Cats Don't Dance, Space Goofs s2, and The Baby Huey Show

I mentioned in a past post how I learned animation from Preston Blair's book. Everyone recommends Richard Williams' The Animator's Survival Kit but personally it was way too technical to understand (I have stoopid baby brain) and the Preston Blair one was easier to digest though it doesn't cover everything.

Acting out in real life how a character is moving is helpful to me too. I memorize how I want something to move but I've also recorded myself acting in case I forgot....mostly everything in animation moves in arcs, the times where I make a character move in a straight line to the next key frame are usually done for comedic effect.

I could go more in depth about animating specific stuff like appendages if someone's interested, I hope this was helpful lol I'm really scatter brained so I am not the best at explaining things

[pussinbootsandbountyhunter]

Once Upon a Studio (Series) Season One; Episode Eleven: The Princess and the Outlaw

(A Special Episode)

Info: Disney and Pixar decided to open up the annual festival of archery and sword-fighting! While Robin Hood tried to impress the princesses, one certain lass decided to show the boys how to do it. Meanwhile, Arthur helped Melody to learned how to use a sword.

Characters that would be in this episode: Robin Hood, Maid Marian, Little John, Frair Tuck, Sheriff of Nottingham, Sir Hiss, Prince John, Lady Kluck, Alan-a-Dale, Nutsy, Trigger, King Richard, Skippy, Toby Turtle, Sis Bunny, Mother Church Mouse, Father Church Mouse, Merida, Queen Elinor, King Fergus, the triplets, Mickey Mouse, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Minnie Mouse, Ortensia, Judy Hopps, Nick Wild, Beast, Belle, Gaston, Lumire, Cogswoth, Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, Goofy, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Clarabelle, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Launchpad McQuack, Scrooge McDuck, Della Duck, Aladdin, Abu, Iago, the Genie, Olaf, Anna, Elsa, Krisoff, Maui, Moana, Rapunzel, Eugene, Arthur, Merlin, Chip, Dale, the Mad Doctor, Gremlin Prescott and Gremlin Gus (properly more characters since this is a special episode of season one)

Hint: This episode shows that Robin Hood does have a crush on Merida and which Marian doesn’t mind as she knew boys would be like; This episode shows Gremlin Prescott’s talent for archery and sword-fighting as it was meant to be part of my au story of Epic Mickey 3: The Forgotten Trust; and the Mad Doctor cheered on Mickey for supporting even though he didn’t hit the target

Note: I'm planning to do some once upon a studio series as everyone wants to see if they can lend a hand for me by likes, comments and reblogs their ideas and create arts if they want!

A special episode which is the best idea I’ve ever come as an inspiration to this video!

[50s-music-tournament]

Week 1

Blue Moon, The Marcells - I Only Have Eyes For You, The Flamingos

We Wanna Boogie, Sonny Burgess - Heartbreak Hotel, Elvis Presley

Tutti Frutti, Little Richard - Santa Baby, Eartha Kitt

Beyond the Sea, Bobby Darin - Rockin Robin, Bobby Day

El Paso, Marty Robbins - Be Bop a Lula, Gene Vincent

Get a Job, The Silhouettes - Shout, The Isley Brothers

Tequila, The Champs - Who Do You Love, Bo Diddley

Unforgettable, Nat King Cole - Secret Love, Doris Day

La Bamba, Ritchie Valens - 16 Tons, Tennessee Ernie Ford

Week 2

The Masochism Tango, Tom Lehrer - Kansas City, Wilbert Harrison

Silhouettes, The Rays - Carolina Moon, Connie Francis

Hound Dog, Big Mama Thornton - Jim Dandy, LaVern Baker

Here in My Heart, Al Martino - I Put A Spell On You, Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Whole Lotta Shaking Going On, Big Maybelle - A Teenager In Love, Dion & The Belmonts

Fever, Little Willie John - Old Cape Cod, Patti Page

Summertime Blues, Eddie Cochran - Lovers Question, Clyde McPhatter

Summertime, Ella Fitzgerald/ Louis Armstrong - Dont You Just Know it, Huey Piano Smith & His Clowns

Lonely Teardrops, Jackie Wilson - Wonderful! Wonderful!, Johnny Mathis

Week 3

Earth Angel, The Penguins - Rumble, Link Wray

Blueberry Hill, Fats Domino - Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Frankie Lymon

Put Your Head on My Shoulder, Paul Anka - Stagger Lee, Lloyd Price

Cold, Cold Heart, Hank Williams - I Hear You Knocking, Smiley Lewis

Sh'Boom, The Chords - Rebel Rouser, Duane Eddie

Brown Eyed Handsome, Man Chuck Berry - Speedo, The Cadillacs

In the Still Of The Night, The Five Satins - Freight Train, Elizabeth Cotten

Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean Ruth Brown - Everyday Buddy Hollly & The Crickets

Come & Go With Me, The Del Vikings - Love Potion No. 9, The Clovers

Week 4

My Baby Just Cares For Me, Nina Simone - (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock, Bill Haley & His Comets

That's Amore, Dean Martin - Betty Lou Got A New Pair Of Shoes, Bobby Freeman

I Walk The Line, Johnny Cash - Work With Me Annie, Hank Ballard & The Midnighters

Cry Me A River, Julie London - Come On-a My House, Rosemary Clooney

Be Anything (but Be Mine), Peggy Lee - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Platters

The Book of Love, The Monotones - Mr. Sandman, The Chordettes

Pink Shoelaces, Dodie Stevens - Let's Have A Party, Wanda Jackson

Ain't Got No Home, Clarence "Frogman" Henry - Fly Me To The Moon, Kaye Ballard

Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), Harry Belafonte - Blue Suede Shoes, Carl Perkins

[newyorkthegoldenage]

DuBose Heyward's Porgy started out as a novel, was turned into a play by Heyward's wife Dorothy, and finally an opera by George Gershwin, by which it is best known. This is a scene from the play, which opened in 1927. It was a big hit, running for 367 performances.

In this scene from Act II, Scene 1, left to right: Jack Carter as Crown, Wesley Hill as Jake, A. B. Comethiere as Simon Frazier, Rose MacClendon as Serena, Richard Huey as Mingo, Frank Wilson as Porgy, unidentified actor in the background, Georgette Harvey as Maria and Evelyn Ellis as Bess.

Photo: Museum of the City of NY

[wanderingmind867]

My Voting Record (US Democratic Primaries: 1844-2024):

1844 Democratic Primaries: Martin Van Buren

1848 Democratic Primaries: George Dallas

1852 Democratic Primaries: William O. Butler

1856 Democratic Primaries: N/A (No candidate sounds very good)

1860 Democratic Primaries: N/A (No candidate sounds good)

1864 Democratic Primaries: N/A (No candidate sounds very good).

1868 Democratic Primaries: James E. English

1872 Democratic Primaries: N/A (Democrats supported the Liberal Republicans that year. Their primary is in my Third party primaries notes).

1876 Democratic Primaries: Samuel Tilden

1880 Democratic Primaries: N/A (None of the candidates sound very good, honestly).

1884 Democratic Primaries: Grover Cleveland

1888 Democratic Primaries: Grover Cleveland

1892 Democratic Primaries: Horace Boies

1896 democratic Primaries (Top Four):

1. William Jennings Bryan

2. Richard P. Bland

3. Horace Boies

4. Henry Teller

1900 Democratic Primaries: William Jennings Bryan

1904 Democratic Primaries (Top Two):

1. Alton B. Parker

2. Nelson A. Miles

1908 Democratic Primaries: William Jennings Bryan

1912 Democratic Primaries: Judson Harmon

1916 Democratic Primaries: N/A (although I like Woodrow Wilson's fashion sense, he's also a rascist eugenicist. I can't support him).

1920 Democratic Primaries (Top Two):

1. Thomas R. Marshall

2. Al Smith

1924 Democratic Primaries (Top Three):

1. Al Smith

2. Robert L. Owen

3. Oscar Underwood (mostly just because he hated the KKK)

1928 Democratic Primaries: Al Smith

1932 Democratic Primaries: Al Smith

1936 Democratic Primaries: Upton Sinclair (my protest vote against Roosevelt from the left. How I wish Huey Long could have ran that year…)

1940 Democratic Primaries: Franklin D. Roosevelt

1944 Democratic Primaries: Franklin D. Roosevelt

1948 Democratic Primaries: Harry Truman (although I wish Henry Wallace was one of the candidates).

1952 Democratic Primaries (Top Two Candidates):

1. G. Mennen Williams

2. Estes Kefauver

1956 Democratic Primaries: Estes Kefauver

1960 Democratic Primaries: Wayne Morse

1964 Democratic Primaries: Lyndon B. Johnson

1968 Democratic Primaries: Eugene McCarthy

1972 Democratic Primaries (Top Five Candidates):

1. George McGovern

2. Shirley Chisholm

3. Hubert Humphrey

4. Patsy Mink

5. Terry Sanford

1976 Democratic Primaries (Top Three Candidates):

1: Frank Church

2: Mo Udall

3: Fred Harris

1980 Democratic Primaries: Jimmy Carter (my beliefs might be closer to Ted Kennedy, but I hate the Kennedy Clan. Except Eunice. Eunice is fine).

1984 Democratic Primaries (My Top Three Candidates):

1. Jesse Jackson

2. George McGovern

3. Walter Mondale

1988 Democratic Primaries (my top two candidates):

1. Jesse Jackson

2. Paul Simon

1992 Democratic Primaries: Tom Harkin

1996 Democratic Primaries: Nobody (I hate Bill Clinton)

2000 Democratic Primaries: Bill Bradley

2004 Democratic Primaries (Top Three Candidates):

1. Dennis Kucinich

2. Carol Moseley Braun

3. A tie between Al Sharpton and Howard Dean

2008 Democratic Primaries: John Edwards

2012 Democratic Primaries: Barack Obama

2016 Democratic Primaries: Bernie Sanders (I'd have taken Martin O'Malley too though)

2020 Democratic Primaries (Top Four Candidates):

1. Bernie Sanders

2. Elizabeth Warren

3. Tom Steyer

4. Marianne Williamson (She is definitely weird and new agey, but Wikipedia's summary of her policies don't sound too bad)

2024 Democratic Primaries: Marianne Williamson (I don't expect her to win at all, but I appreciate the challenge to Biden from the left. Remind him the progressive wing is still alive. Also, screw RFK Jr. I hate all the Kennedys. Except Eunice. She made the special Olympics; she can stay.)

PS: I made one of these for the Republican Primaries too. I might post that later.

[komododad1]

The 1960 U.S. presidential election was one of the most contentious of the post-war era in the Black Sun continuity. The Democratic and Republican Parties struggled to regain power, the Socialist party fought to continue its agenda of radical reform, and the American party sought to "save America's soul."

Vice President Jacob Olson pledged not only to continue his predecessor's agenda of economic and social reforms, but to also a more aggressive foreign policy against the provocations and expansionist aims of Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and their varied allies and minions. Despite a precarious and contentious start to his presidency from his narrow electoral victory, Olson's navigation of multiple crises at home and abroad would lead to him being re-elected in 1964 with the highest threshold that the Socialist party had yet to receive.

Kennedy family scion, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., aimed to restore the Democratic Party's national viability after years in the political wilderness - caused by the disastrous wartime presidency of Huey Long. Polls showed him highly competitive in the weeks before election day. While failing to win the White House in 1960, Kennedy offered one of the stronger Democratic showings since 1940. He would be re-elected to a third term in his senate seat in Massachusetts in 1964 despite a Socialist wave that accompanied President Olson's own re-election. In 1968, Kennedy would stage a stunning comeback, finally winning the presidency as candidate for the new National Union party - formed from a merger of the moderate remnants of both the Democratic and Republican parties after the disastrous 1964 presidential election.

California senator Richard Nixon was seen as his party's best hope at maintaining relevance. The Republicans had been struggling after conservative rebels formed the American Party during the 1948 election in protest against President Thomas Dewey's more liberal policies. Nixon not only struggled to stake out a distinctive position amid the crowded field of candidates and ideologies, but also failed to match the more powerful charisma of both Olson and Kennedy - made especially noticeable during the first ever televised presidential debates. Nixon would narrowly lose re-election to his senate seat in 1962, which effectively finished his career in national politics. His final press conference has become well known for his embittered comments to reporters: "you don't have Nixon to kick around any more..."

Indiana senator William E. Jenner was seen as the great white hope of American conservatives. Virulently anti-Socialist and willing to keep quiet on civil rights in order to get support from the South, he promised a "return to normalcy and tradition for all Americans." Though Jenner offered a surprisingly strong showing, he came no where close to victory, even with running mate Strom Thurmond attracting significant support in the South. He was only just barely able to win his home state of Indiana - with the Olson coming a close second. Jenner chose not to seek re-election in 1964, facing a increasingly difficult electoral map. A socialist candidate would gain his seat that same year. Jenner largely disappeared from politics from that point on, returning to the private sector for the rest of his life.

[cl0udbursting]

2022 reads!

since everyone is doing this, i figured i might as well join in! i track my reading through thestorygraph and aim for 30 books in a year, though i don't usually count shorter texts read for class or the plays i skim when looking for material in my acting classes. favorites in each category are bolded. feel free to ask questions on any of these!

FICTION: 

House of Leaves – Mark Z. Danielewski

Detransition, Baby – Torrey Peters

Sula – Toni Morrison

The Infinite Noise – Lauren Shippen

A Neon Darkness – Lauren Shippen

Some Faraway Place – Lauren Shippen

Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn

Paradise – Toni Morrison

Gideon the Ninth (Reread) – Tamsyn Muir

Harrow the Ninth (Reread) – Tamsyn Muir

Sharp Objects – Gillian Flynn

A Psalm for the Wild-Built – Becky Chambers

This is How You Lose the Time War – Max Gladstone & Amal El-Mohtar

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Taylor Jenkins Reid

A Room Called Earth – Madeleine Ryan 

Nona the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir

Frankenstein (Reread) – Mary Shelley

Hell Followed with Us – Andrew Joseph White

Dracula (through Dracula Daily) – Bram Stoker 

Eartheater – Dolores Reyes (trans. Julia Sanches)

My Heart is a Chainsaw – Stephen Graham Jones

Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov 

NON-FICTION:

Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right – Angela Nagle

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Reread) – Alison Bechdel

POETRY: 

War of the Foxes – Richard Siken

Poetry: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology – W. Todd Kaneko & Amorak Huey

Life on Mars – Tracy K. Smith

Anglo-Saxon Judith – Unknown

Beowulf – Unknown

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight – The Pearl Poet

PLAYS:

Cloud 9 – Caryl Churchill 

How I Learned to Drive – Paula Vogel

Mr. Burns and Other Plays – Anne Washburn

In the Other Room (The Vibrator Play) – Paula Vogel

Becky Shaw – Gina Gionfriddo

The Skriker – Caryl Churchill

The Tempest – William Shakespeare

This is Our Youth – Kenneth Lonergan

Bully – Amina Henry 

The Merchant of Venice (Reread) – William Shakespeare

The Marriage of Bette and Boo – Christopher Durang

Measure for Measure (Reread) – William Shakespeare

[backatthechickenshack]

WFDU.fm HD2 193rd show 7/12/23

the Reveliars - Fuel Injection

Baby Washington - a Handful of memories

Hop Wilson - Chicken stuff

Barbara Pittman - I need a Man

Warren Smith - Do I Love You

Hayden Thompson - Fairlaine Rock

Tommy Blake - You Better believe it

Jerry Lee lewis - Real wild child

Huey Piano Smith & the Clowns - popeye

the senors - Searching for his Olive Oyl

Don Covay - Popeye twist

Tabby Thomas - popeye Train

James booker - Beale Street Popeye

Popeye cartoon theme (Sammy Lerner)

Dr Ross - the Boogie Disease

Dr Ross - Cat Squirrel

Dr Ross - Chicago breakdown

Dr Ross - Cannonball

Dr Ross - Polly put the Kettle on

Dr Ross - Going to the River

Porter Waggoner - Cold Hard Facts of Life

Perrey & Kingsley - Barnyard in Orbit

Lloyd Hendricks - the Sno-Cone

Gwen McRae - Lead me On

Little Joe Mixon - What you see is What you get

Mandrill - Mandrill

Tony Joe White - they caught the devil & put him in Jail in Eudora Ark

Mothers of Invention - Directly from My Heart to You

Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels - I'd rather go to Jail

Shadows of Knight - Bad Little woman

Richard & the Young Lions - open up your door

ray ellis orchestra - the Sheik

the MC5 - Ramblin Rose

T Rex - Solid gold Easy Action

Television - Friction

Eric Burdon & WAR - Tobacco road