#Steve Roebuck

[askrigg21]

Omega on the move again

Jamie Christian, left, and Steve Roebuck QUIETLY and without any fuss, one of Sheffield’s most famous restaurants and function venues closed its doors just before Christmas – for the second time. The Omega decided not to renew its lease at Abbeydale Sports Club after five years Now bosses Jamie Christian and Steve Roebuck, who carried on the tradition and name of the original Omega at Psalter…

[eye-candy-film-enjoyer]

Wes Anderson character(s) + songs

Multi + Not Strong Enough by Boygenius

[powerpointprofessor]

Favourite Wes Anderson characters

I've seen all of his movies and yet never posted on which character's are my favourites? CRIMINAL! ARREST ME!

(This was based on a question i asked one of my mutuals @cornelleus2nd and thought i might ask this question)

For Rushmore

Max Fischer. He's an interesting little guy.

The Royal Tenenbaums

Margot Tenenbaum and Eli Cash

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Ned Zissou and Jane Winslette-Richardson

The Darjeeling Limited

All of the brothers. I can't pick which one i like or dislike

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Kristofferson. He's really silly

Moonrise Kingdom

Suzy Bishop. I actually related to her (also Bob Balaban's outfit goes hard🔥)

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Zero Moustafa,Agatha and Monsieur Gustave H

Isle of dogs

Professor Ben Watanabe, Duke and Chief

The French Dispatch

Simone,Moses Rosenthaler,Roebuck Wright,Nescaffier

Asteroid City

Augie Steenbeck,Midge Cambell,All of the Junior Stargazers,Conrad Earp

[oldshowbiz]

Steve Allen dismissed the films of Abbott and Costello as Sears-Roebuck comedies that could only entertain a small-town moron.

[rugbylovers]

"Clean slate" - Sir Clive Woodward selects five players who MUST start for England In an exclusive for Mail Online, ... #funny #memes #sports #live #tweets #win #twitter #tweet #bet #manchester #rugbymen #rugby union #irish rugby #super rugby

[tamsinbeybey-she-no-porcupine]

So I am rewatching The living and the dead (in the middle of the night because I'm very good at making bad decisions)

and omg hello vintage, suicidal, non-vegan version of Terry from one of my other favourite shows about dead people

Come to think of it ... farmer ghost from 1894 anyone?

[hishazeleyes]

It's Super Steve Sunday ALL DAY LONG!

[lserver362reviews]

I had grown so tired of Wes Anderson, but this masterpiece woke me up from the slumber. For me, most of his movies have a third act problem, usually involving a chase scene, that just seems irrelevant from everything that we've seen up to that point. Perhaps due to the nature of a vignette, I found every one of these succinct stories to be delightful and exactly the right amount of plot for me, and executed so well. Outstanding performances by Adrien Brody, Benicio Del Toro, and Jeffrey Wright. Steve Park's dialogue in the the cut pages from Roebuck Wright's story made me cry, and being perfectly placed, my emotions built up to the point where I teared up again at the ending, much to my surprise as I usually just don't get Bill Murray. This movie also reminded me how gay I am for Saoirse Ronan. It was nice to see all the usual faces of an Anderson joint, as well as some of the newcomers to the fold. I really appreciated the use of French speaking actors/actresses throughout. I was so dubious that I was going to really enjoy this movie, and have it be something I return to more than once, but this completely hit the mark. Now everybody say, "Thank you, Wes."

[wutbju]

William Howard Kitchen, 91, of Social Circle, GA, went to be with the Lord on December 5, 2020. Bill was born in Vestaburg, PA on December 16 at the home of his parents, Charles and Mary (Crockett) Kitchen. He lived much of his childhood in Monongahela, PA, and started his first job delivering newspapers at age 10. He earned a BA from Bob Jones University in 1950 and enlisted in the Air Force after graduation. He served as a 1st Lieutenant during the Korean Conflict and was honorably discharged in 1953, then served in the Air Force Reserves until 1960. He met and married his beloved wife, Carolyn (Heard), while stationed in Orlando, FL. They celebrated their 67th anniversary on March 20. He entered the Sears Roebuck management training program in 1954 and worked in various management positions, retiring from the Ponce de Leon Atlanta headquarters in 1984. He then established Hard Labor Creek Blueberry Farm in Social Circle, GA, and actively ran the farm until his second retirement in 2015 at age 86. Lewis Grizzard once wrote a column criticizing blue food, so Bill took a bucket of blueberries to Grizzard's office. In response, Grizzard wrote an article about the farm which accelerated its success, and his farm was often featured in the AJC. During the farm's off-season, he worked at Farm & Home Supply in Social Circle, spearheading a modernization of their merchandising efforts. Despite his many work accomplishments, faith and family mattered the most to Bill. He was a longtime active member of First Baptist Church in Social Circle, serving as a deacon, Sunday School Director, teacher, and head of multiple ministries. He often visited people in the community, bringing a loaf of bread that he had baked. He kept his Bible beside his favorite chair along with a personal prayer notebook which contained multiple pages listing what he prayed about daily. He is survived by his loving family: wife Carolyn, sister Jay Nelson of Longmont, CO, children Kathy (Steve) Nelsen of Atlanta, Doug (Jan Jenkins) Kitchen of Murphy, NC, Carol (Andy) Cunningham of Lawrenceville, and Sandra (Russ) Dukes of Athens, 8 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, 2 nieces, and a nephew. A private graveside service was held on December 10, 2020. A public memorial service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to First Baptist Church of Social Circle. Meadows Funeral Home, Inc. was in charge of arrangements.

[askrigg21]

Jamie (left) and Steve – old faces in a new setting

IT’S STILL the same. The table holds a two tone loaf, half white, half brown, on a board with a bread knife to cut it yourself,  dish of butter,  bottle of tap and  crudities of red onion and tomato with Melba toast, just like before. The dining room is smaller but the view from the picture windows is better: a rugby pitch instead of a car park, grass not concrete.

We have made it at last to the Omega at Abbeydale, the true heir and offspring of the fabled, legendary and sorely missed Baldwin’s Omega banqueting suite on Brincliffe Hill, Sheffield, which closed after 37 years last summer.

Its champagne and strawberry bashes, Caribbean evenings and Eighties disco nights, the works and office knees-ups and the cracking lunches staged by David Baldwin (Mr B or The Big ‘Un, depending on who was talking) and his wife Pauline deserved to live on and they have.

The surroundings may have changed and the name slightly altered – this is now The Omega at Abbeydale Sports Club – but the ethos is the same: great food, much better than you’d expect for the price, Value For Money written in big, shiny letters of Sheffield Steel.

View from our table

That has been transported across the city by two men: head chef Steve Roebuck  and former Operations Manager, sommelier and front–of-house man Jamie Christian. Their belief that the city still values the Baldwin’s concept has been backed up by the diners: we couldn’t get in before Christmas and the dining room is full this Friday.

The menu is still the same, a two course TDH for £16 or a pricier carte, and there’s still roast beef carved at the table, calves liver and that Sheffield speciality starter, Yorkshire pud and gravy.

All it wants is Mr B, I say to my wife, and suddenly there he is in the corner, having driven up on his invalid buggy from his home in Dore. Where once he would have toured the tables with a joke and a casually dropped expletive, now they come to him. I notice that nearly all the tables, most of them former customers, drop by to pay their respects.

Sea bass with tiger prawns

Jamie and Steve have had a nightmare opening the place. A school bus crashed into the building, not once but twice, asbestos was discovered and windows did not fit. But that is all in the past.

Jamie gives us a tour of the place: the bar which looks directly onto the pitch, a terrace which will be lovely in summer, a private dining room, function room upstairs with stage and the restaurant itself , 50 covers instead of the old Rib Room’s 80. “We’re getting a lot of old faces and new ones from the sports club,” he says.

In the restaurant, still run by Angela Jackson, the food hits the spot time after time. I have a satisfying cod and parsley fishcake surmounted by two fat chips in a pea puree and loin of pork stuffed with large pieces of mushroom, segmented, with creamed and crispy leeks and a rich, rewarding Calvados-spiked sauce. Dessert, an extra fiver from  the carte menu, is apple strudel.  Most kitchens would have delivered a flibbety-jibbet filo pastry affair but this was proper crisp pastry, firm apple and, if a custard can be stunning, this was: a splendour in vanilla.

Pork fillet, Calvados gravy

My wife proves to be high maintenance: a starter of sweet scallops, fried hazelnuts and crispy Serrano ham with a celeriac puree (£10) followed by a fishy special of pan-fried sea bass, the skin properly crispy, with excellent tiger prawns and wispy asparagus on a lustrous red pepper sauce (£16). They do know their sauces here. She ends with an Omega favourite, cranachan, whisky, cream, raspberries and oatmeal. The food rates alpha-plus.

I take a peek in the kitchen, much smaller “but not as far to walk,” says Steve. He’s keeping to the same menu, I observe. “People won’t let us change but we are branching out here and there.”

The operation also has to work as the feeding station for the different sporting groups which use the club. There have been innovations. Those expecting match day chip butties have been met by tagines and cous cous. The jury is still out on that as far as the ladies’ hockey team is concerned.

The table is set

Old hands will recognise the old lectern at the entrance to the restaurant and Jamie is still considering whether to use the ‘flaming torches’ from the old Omega foyer. The bar, also with great views onto the pitch, has four screens tuned to Sky Sports but the sound is turned off and muzak on. And, just as at Brincliffe Hill, there is plenty of parking.

For the new Omega there is plenty of potential for a brave, new era. The atmosphere may be a little different but there is still the same bright, accurate and reassuring cooking. The ‘Baldwin’s’ may have been dropped from the name but every time Mr B drops in at his corner table will be a reminder of the glory days.

The Omega at Abbeydale is on Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield S17  3LJ.  Tel: 0114 236 7011. Web: http://www.omegaatabbeydale.co.uk

  New Omega gets an alpha-plus IT'S STILL the same. The table holds a two tone loaf, half white, half brown, on a board with a bread knife to cut it yourself,  dish of butter,  bottle of tap and  crudities of red onion and tomato with Melba toast, just like before.

[80yrscap]

Steve says “I’m not Hedy Lamarr” before punching a Nazi straight through the machine he built. This phrase would be readily understood by a 1940s audience to mean “Save your breath; I’m incapable of understanding the workings of that complicated radio-electric device.” 

This popular catch phrase eventually became the famous Sears Roebuck ad slogan, “Who do I look like, Hedy Lamarr?” which was used to highlight ease-of-use in consumer electronics. 

While less common today, it hasn’t completely fallen out of usage. Just the other day I was showing my grandpa the functions on his new tv remote and he cut me off with “Where do I press to get the ball game? I’m no Hedy Lamarr!”

All Winners #1, on sale May 1941.

[schraubd]

What Went On Downballot Tonight

A bunch of states held primaries today, but for the most part they weren't too interesting. The biggest news by far was the defeat of White supremacist (and former Ted Cruz presidential campaign chair) Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King, who was ousted by State Sen. Randy Feenstra. While this probably locks the normally solid red seat up for the GOP (unless King runs as an independent), most progressives still cheered the defeat of the most avowedly racist member of Congress. Aside from that, though, there were very few marquee races. Incumbents won, generally quite handily. Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D), who defeated former Rep. Elijah Cummings' widow in a special election a few months ago, repeated the feat in tonight's primary to win the Democratic nomination in Maryland's 7th congressional district. There was some barking by the left at targeting House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, but he crushed progressive challenger with little trouble. Over in Pennsylvania, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, one of the few House Republicans who still can kinda-sorta gesture at being a moderate, looks like he managed to turn back a challenge from his right -- he's up 56/44 with just over half reporting (this seat will be a Democratic target come November). So barring major action in the federal races, is there anything worth reporting further down the ballot? Potentially. Start in Massachusetts, which had two State House special elections tonight. Democrats held the HD-37 in Middlesex, and, perhaps more importantly, flipped a Republican seat (HD-3) in Bristol. This follows on the heels of Democrats flipping to Massachusetts State Senate seats from red to blue a few weeks ago. While this has no immediate impact on the Bay State political arena -- Democrats enjoy commanding leads in both legislative chambers -- it still represents good news. The Bristol seat is one where Democrats have historically done well at the top of the ballot but have struggled in more local races; if voters of this ilk are becoming more solidly blue, that can only be a good thing. Moving over to New Mexico, where a slate of progressive challengers sought to tackle right-wing incumbent Democrats who had joined Republicans to block reproductive rights legislation. In the State Senate, it looks like at least three Democratic incumbents have been defeated, in the 5th, 28th, and 35th Senate districts. Another two races, the 30th district and the 38th district (where the incumbent is State Senate President Pro Tem Mary Kay Papen) are too close to call. Also in New Mexico, Teresa Leger Fernandez defeated Valarie Plame to become the Democratic nominee for the third congressional district, vacated by Rep. Ben Lujan (D). I'm not sad about this result. Montana kind of was a New Mexico in reverse, with the state GOP divided between a moderate "Solutions Caucus" wing (which has been working with legislative Democrats and incumbent Democratic Governor Steve Bullock) and a hard-line ".38 Special" group, which views cooperation as an anathema. Members of both groups faced primary challenges from the other wing, and the overall results were mixed. Right-wing challengers targeted two moderate state Senators as well as ten state Representatives. On the Senate side, they split (ousting the incumbent in the SD-28 but falling short in the SD-10). In the House, they won in the HD-35, HD-37, and HD-68 but lost in the HD-7, HD-14, HD-21, HD-39, HD-70, HD-86 and HD-88. Meanwhile, centrist challengers took on four .38 special incumbents in the state House, defeating two. The moderates prevailed in the HD-9 and HD-75, while the conservative incumbents hung on the HD-10 and HD-11. Overall, close to a wash. Our final stop tonight is Pennsylvania, where a bunch of Democratic incumbents appear to be in trouble, but I've yet to find a clear story as to why. Well, that's not wholly true -- in the SD-17, the incumbent is facing sexual harassment allegations, which probably has a lot to do with his troubles. But Democratic incumbents are also trailing in the SD-1 (Farnese), HD-20 (Ravenstahl), HD-182 (Sims), HD-185 (Donatucci), HD-188 (Roebuck), and HD-190 (Green). So far, I haven't found a clear through narrative for these races akin to what we're seeing in New Mexico or Montana. Of the endangered incumbents, Sims is probably the highest profile -- he recently went viral after accusing Republican colleagues of hiding a positive coronavirus diagnosis from House Democrats, placing them in danger. A lot of votes are still being tabulated because they were sent by mail, so I've been cautioned that some of the closer races (including Sims') may change. Oh, one last thing: in Iowa, just one incumbent lost her primary race -- longtime Democratic state Rep. Vicki Lensing was ousted by University of Iowa law professor Christina Bohannan. I have no idea what these means politically, but I'm always happy to see law professors succeed in their life projects. via The Debate Link https://ift.tt/3cv2sYq

[lovelyirony]

nostalgia + stevetony? if you want and if you ship them otherwise don’t worry!

I do! You’re all good :) 

Steve misses a lot of things. Radio doesn’t sound the same. He can’t listen to his mother tell him about his uncle back in Ireland, who hit King Edward VII with an old potato. The sound of laughter against old stone, movies for a nickel, and he remembers vaudeville. 

Nostalgia. Hell of a thing to have. He doesn’t always like talking about it, because the future has so many great things about it. And he can still listen to his music, and he can still watch movies. (Not for a damned nickel, but still.) 

Tony, however, has no such qualms about talking about it late at night, when they’re both in the study. Steve has one of his old books splayed in his lap--he had found it again in a book shop. He had lent his copy to Sally Hayes, and then she never returned it. Tony is currently rereading one of his fantasy series that he likes. 

“What do you miss?” Tony asks quietly. So Steve thinks for a moment. 

“Gramophones. My mom’s soup. Movies that I snuck into.” 

“You can still do that.” 

“Nah, not really. I’m not dirt poor, and it wouldn’t be as fun knowing that the employees would get in more trouble.” 

“Then I can charge you money here to watch a movie and have you get around it?” Steve laughs. He pulls Tony onto his chest. 

“Thanks babe.” 

Tony and Steve go antiquing quite often. Well, Tony goes antiquing. Steve goes and keeps telling all the vendors that he remembers having some of the stuff they’re charging well over five hundred dollars for, and “it wasn’t even worth half a penny in ‘29, and it’s not worth a penny now.” 

Steve’s vice is furniture. He remembers his mother digging the Sears-Roebuck catalogs out sometimes, looking at the fashion and furniture and decorations. She would ask Steve to draw out his dream home, and she would add little pops of color here and there. 

Tony remembers his mother’s plans, her journals that dictated how she wanted each room decorated. There was no deviation from it, ever. She hated going up to Tony’s room, seeing the slate-gray walls plastered in rock band posters and movie posters, the ceiling marred with a model plane or two. 

“Do you honestly have to?” she would say. Tony would shrug and ask if they had tape in the kitchen. 

Their styles mismatch, but the couple wouldn’t have it any other way. Behind Steve’s prized gramophone (lovingly restored for his sixth anniversary) is a poster of Black Sabbath. Their kitchen has the retro posters of housework, designed personally by Steve to have all of the Avengers in them. 

Nostalgia still rests in his heart. But it’s a different kind. It’s the kind of nostalgia that he can act on, when he sees his husband making breakfast again. It’s always going to be like that, thankfully. 

“You have a good rest, darling?” Tony hums. He moves lithely around the kitchen, as if he’s a dancer. 

“You know all about the kind of rest I had,” Steve teases. “Do we have any raspberries in the freezer?” 

“Yes, I suppose,” Tony sighs. “Heathen.” He laughs at the light insult, getting over to the fridge and pulling it up, feeling a feather-light kiss being pressed against his shoulder. 

“Have you made coffee yet.” 

“Mm, no. I couldn’t find the kinds we bought at the shop yesterday. Where did you put them?” 

“I had to move them, Clint and Bruce found the stash again. Check the huge soup pots, down below.” 

“God, I married a genius,” Tony declares, getting out the yellow and magenta package. “I’m so glad we took that walking adventure when we did. Who knows if we would have found the best coffee in the world otherwise?” Steve nods. 

“I’ll get the fruit out.” 

It’s domestic. It’s everything he used to dream about, and then some more. 

[hishazeleyes]

It's Super Steve Sunday....with just a little tongue....

[olusheyi31]

In honor Father's Day we honor 2 great musical fathers: Black Music Month Profile (Day 20)(1 of 4):Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) was an American gospel and R&B musician.A "pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s and 70s," he was an accomplished songwriter, guitarist and singer. He was the patriarch and member of singing group The Staple Singers, which included his son Pervis and daughters Mavis, Yvonne, and Cleotha.When growing up he heard, and began to play with, local blues guitarists such as Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, and Son House.He dropped out of school after the eighth grade, then sang with a gospel group before marrying and moving to Chicago in 1935.He sang with the Trumpet Jubilees while working in the stockyards, in construction work, and later in a steel mill. In 1948 Roebuck and his wife Oceola Staples formed The Staple Singers to sing as a gospel group in local churches, with their children. The Staple Singers first recorded in the early 1950s for United and then the larger Vee-Jay Records.In the 1960s the Staple Singers moved to Riverside Records and later Stax Records, and began recording protest, inspirational and contemporary music, reflecting the civil rights and anti-war movements of the time. They gained a large new audience with "Respect Yourself" (which featured Pops.)Pops Staples also recorded a blues album, Jammed Together, with fellow guitarists Albert King and Steve Cropper.In 1976, Staples also appeared in the movie documenting The Band's final concert, The Last Waltz (released in 1978). Pops Staples shared vocals with his daughters and with Levon Helm and Rick Danko on "The Weight." The group appeared in the concert on stage, but their later performance shot on a soundstage was used in the final film.After Mavis left for a solo career in the 1980s, Pops Staples began a solo career, appearing at international "blues" festivals,and tried his hand at acting. His 1992 album Peace to the Neighborhood won a Grammy nomination, and in 1995 he won a Best Contemporary Blues Album Grammy for Father, Father.In 1986, Roebuck played the role of Mr. Tucker, a voodoo witch doctor, in the Talking Heads film https://www.instagram.com/p/CQVdovMLna3/?utm_medium=tumblr

[1962dude420-blog]

Today we remember the passing of Pop Staples who Died: December 19, 2000 in Chicago, Illinois

Roebuck "Pops" Staples was an American gospel and R&B musician. A "pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s and 1970s," he was an accomplished songwriter, guitarist and singer. He was the patriarch and member of singing group The Staple Singers, which included his son Pervis and daughters Mavis, Yvonne, and Cleotha.

Roebuck Staples was born near Winona, Mississippi, the youngest of 14 children. He grew up on a cotton plantation near Drew, Mississippi. From his earliest years he heard, and began to play with, local blues guitarists such as Charlie Patton (who lived on the nearby Dockery Plantation), Robert Johnson, and Son House. He dropped out of school after the eighth grade, then sang with a gospel group before marrying and moving to Chicago in 1935.

There he sang with the Trumpet Jubilees while working in the stockyards, in construction work, and later in a steel mill. In 1948 Roebuck and his wife Oceola Staples formed The Staple Singers to sing as a gospel group in local churches, with their children. The Staple Singers first recorded in the early 1950s for United and then the larger Vee-Jay Records, with songs including 1955's "This May Be the Last Time" (later adapted by The Rolling Stones as "The Last Time") and "Uncloudy Day". In the 1960s the Staple Singers moved to Riverside Records, Epic Records, and later Stax Records and began recording protest, inspirational and contemporary music, reflecting the civil rights and anti-war movements of the time. They gained a large new audience with "Respect Yourself" (which featured Pops, nearly 57 at the time, on lead on the long version for more than two minutes), the 1972 US # 1 hit "I'll Take You There", "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)", and other hits. "Let's Do It Again" topped the Hot 100 on December 27, 1975, the day before his 61st birthday. Pops Staples (as Pop Staples) also recorded a blues album, Jammed Together, with fellow guitarists Albert King and Steve Cropper.

In 1976, Staples also appeared in the movie documenting The Band's final concert, The Last Waltz (released in 1978). Pops Staples shared vocals with his daughters and with Levon Helm and Rick Danko on "The Weight." The group appeared in the concert on stage, but their later performance shot on a soundstage was used in the final film. It is considered by some fans as the definitive version of the song.

After Mavis left for a solo career in the 1980s, Pops Staples began a solo career, appearing at international "blues" festivals (though steadfastly refusing to sing the blues). Over the course of his career, he was nominated for three Grammy Awards, winning the 1995 Best Contemporary Blues Album Grammy for Father, Father.

Staples also tried his hand at acting. In 1986, Roebuck played the role of Mr. Tucker, a voodoo witch doctor, in the Talking Heads film True Stories, during which he performed "Papa Legba". He appeared as himself in the 1997 Barry Levinson film Wag the Dog, singing "Good Old Shoe" with Willie Nelson.

He died after suffering an ultimately fatal concussion in a fall at his home, just nine days short of his 86th birthday. After his death, his daughters Yvonne and Mavis gave one of his guitars to country and gospel musician Marty Stuart