#george meader

[mariocki]

Man-Made Monster (The Atomic Monster, 1941)

"Sometimes I think you're mad."

"I am! So was Archimedes, Galileo, Newton, Pasteur, Lister, and all the others who dared to dream. Fifty years ago, a man was mad to think of anaesthesia; forty years ago, the idea of operating on the brain was madness. Today, we hold a human heart in our hands and watch it beat. Who can tell what tomorrow's madness may be?"

[atlanticcanada]

North American Indigenous Games officially open in Halifax as prime minister attends

The North American Indigenous Games officially kicked off Sunday evening with the prime minister in attendance, as thousands of Indigenous athletes from across the continent filled the main hockey arena in Halifax.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who was greeted by cheers and some boos, told the stadium filled with young athletes they will celebrate not only their athletic achievements, but their identity, culture and futures as Indigenous leaders over the next week.

"You are here, young, strong Indigenous leaders, as the inheritors of a legacy of colonialism, of assimilation, of policies in Canada and the United States, that tried to erase your language, erase your culture, erase your identities," he said. "You are still here and you are still strong."

Trudeau said it was important for his government to help fund the games because they further reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and help Indigenous youth connect with each other.

"You know the legacy of residential schools. You've lived it ... And you are stepping up to reclaim that identity, to speak your language, to celebrate your cultures, to understand your traditions, to be the strong leaders of today and tomorrow that this country and this world needs," he said.

The 2023 games will mix Indigenous culture with sporting events, which bring together about 5,000 athletes, coaches and mission staff from 750 First Nations across the continent.

Competitors from Ontario and Alberta led the procession of athletes into the hockey arena as the stadium gradually filled with young people who waved flags and held banners representing their regions. Athletes came from numerous states and provinces including British Columbia, California and Colorado.

Addison Hoyle, a 12-year-old from Treaty 6 Cree territory in northern Alberta, said she was excited to be in Halifax, where she will watch her brother compete in golfing competitions.

"It's cool to see my people all around here," she said as the parade of athletes approached.

Norman Sylliboy, Grand Chief of the Mik'maq Grand Council, gave an opening address to the gathered athletes, officially opening the games.

"As Indigenous people of Canada, our way of life has been constantly attacked and impacted since the arrival of settlers over 500 years ago, and eventually was replaced by foreign powers," Sylliboy said.

"It was the vision to have Mi'kmaq united again, to see all Indigenous brothers and sisters here today working together ... I believe we have the path of healing and hope all Indigenous communities are one day restored."

Near the end of the ceremonies, Mi'kmaq elder Jane Meader spoke to the thousands of young people about the importance of water to her people's culture and to all peoples.

As women poured water from 13 Mi'kmaq communities into a copper bowl, she explained each of the types of water treasured by her First Nation: salt water of the ocean; fresh water for drinking and cooking; the precipitation "from the heavens ... that comes down to us;" and the "sweet water" that comes from trees.

The "final water" is the amniotic fluid which holds children when they are in their mother's bodies, she said.

"As we pray over this water, my daughter will sing the song to thank Creator for all we have received and all we are given. Remember, honour that water, respect that water ... without that water, we cease to exist," she said, to loud applause from the athletes.

In interviews over the weekend, games president George (Tex) Marshall said the goal is to "infuse" all of the 21 venues with Indigenous traditions.

He said ceremonies such as smudging, where sacred smoke is provided to participants, will be available for athletes, coaches and volunteers. In addition, elders will be on scene to provide advice and comfort, and signage will be in Mi'kmaq, along with English and French.

The games are taking place at venues in Halifax, referred to as Kjipuktuk, along with events at Millbook First Nation, near Truro, N.S., and Sipekne'katik First Nation, about 60 kilometres north of the provincial capital.

Events include the traditional Indigenous sports of canoe/kayak, archery and box lacrosse, as well as soccer, softball, swimming, volleyball, wrestling, beach volleyball, rifle shooting, athletics, badminton, baseball and basketball.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 16, 2023.

from CTV News - Atlantic https://ift.tt/yaFKlgx

[byneddiedingo]

The Glass Key (Stuart Heisler, 1942) Cast: Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Bonita Granville, Joseph Calleia, Richard Denning, Frances Gifford, Donald MacBride, Margaret Hayes, Moroni Olsen, Eddie Marr, Arthur Loft, George Meader. Screenplay: Jonathan Latimer, based on a novel by Dashiell Hammett. Cinematography: Theodor Sparkuhl. Art direction: Haldane Douglas, Hans Dreier. Film editing: Archie Marshek. Music: Victor Young, Walter Scharf. There's something a little febrile about The Glass Key, and I don't just mean the movie -- it' s inherent in Dashiell Hammett's novel, too. The movie heightens it with the casting of Veronica Lake, who always seems a little out of it in her movies, on which she often clashed with directors and/or stars. And William Bendix's sadistic thug has a special menace for those of us who remember him in his familiar sitcom role, as the working-class schlub in The Life of Riley. It was a breakthrough role for Alan Ladd as the semi-conscientious right-hand man to Brian Donlevy's shady politician. Ladd gets beaten into the hospital by Bendix, where he spends a lot of time doing what he does best: flirting, in this case with the nurse. He also flirts with Lake, as the daughter of Donlevy's political rival turned ally, as well as with Bonita Granville, as Donlevy's sister, and even the wife of the corrupt newspaper publisher who wants to frame Donlevy for murder. And so on, in a reasonably faithful translation of Hammett's book that only misses the author's dryly tough prose style.

[frankenpagie]

8.22.19

[classicfilmfan64]

This is a good one and it is on DVD and BluRay. 

THE GLASS KEY  Paramount, 1942.  Directed by Stuart Heisler.  Camera:  Theodor Sparkuhl.  With Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd, Bonita Granville, Richard Denning, Joseph Calleia, William Bendix, Frances Gifford, Donald MacBride, Margaret Hayes, Moroni Olsen, Eddie Marr, Arthur Loft, George Meader, Pat O'Malley, Ed Pell, Sr., James Millican, Jack Mulhall.

[papermoonloveslucy]

Lucy and the Starmaker

S6;E4 ~ October 2, 1967

Synopsis

Mr. Cheever gets his nephew (Frankie Avalon) a job at the bank, but the young man has his heart set on a career in show business instead.  After hearing him sing, Lucy sets out to make his dreams a reality by getting a famous movie producer to come to the bank.

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney), Roy Roberts (Mr. Cheever), Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane Lewis)

Guest Cast

Frankie Avalon (Tommy Cheever) was born in Philadelphia in 1939.  A recording star and musician, Avalon’s movie career took off when paired with Annette Funicello in Beach Party (1963) and its string of sequels. He played Teen Angel in Grease (1978) and considers “Beauty School Dropout” to be his most popular song.  He returned to work with Lucille Ball in a 1973 episode of “Here’s Lucy” titled “The Carters Meets Frankie Avalon.”  

Tommy is Mr. Cheever’s nephew.  His uncle calls him ‘Thomas’ but Lucy calls him 'Tom.’  Tommy calls Mr. Cheever 'Uncle Windy,’ a diminutive of his uncle’s middle name 'Winfield.’  We have yet to learn Mr. Cheever’s first name.  

Lew Parker (Nelson Penrose) is probably best remembered as the restaurateur father of Ann Marie, Marlo Thomas’ character on TV’s “That Girl” (1966-71). This is the second of his five appearances on “The Lucy Show” and he will return for two episodes of “Here’s Lucy.” From 1928 to 1973 he appeared in Broadway musicals, which must have come in handy during this especially musical episode.

Penrose is a movie producer at the studio where Mary Jane works.  He is the “Starmaker” of the title.  

George DeNormand (Customer, uncredited) appeared in three films with Lucille Ball from 1937 to 1963. This is the just one of his many appearances on “The Lucy Show” and “Here’s Lucy.”

William Meader (Clerk, uncredited) had appeared as an airport extra in “The Ricardos Go to Japan,” a 1959 episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.” He made many appearances on “The Lucy Show,” most times as a clerk in Mr. Mooney’s bank.

Murray Pollack (Customer, uncredited) was seen as one of the party guest in “Country Club Dance” (ILL S6;E25), the episode that introduced Barbara Eden. Coincidentally, he later appeared on half a dozen episodes of “I Dream of Jeannie.” Like William Meader, he was at the airport when “The Ricardos Go to Japan” (1959). He was seen in the 1963 movie Critic’s Choice with Lucille Ball. Here he makes the second of two appearances on “The Lucy Show” and returned for three episodes of “Here’s Lucy.”

Joan Carey (Customer, uncredited) was a frequent background player on “I Love Lucy” and “The Lucy Show” where she eventually became Lucille Ball’s camera and lighting stand-in.

Other bank clerks and customers are played by uncredited background performers.

This is the first of three “Lucy Show” episodes co-written by veteran TV comedy writer Seaman Jacobs. Jacobs teamed  with Fred S. Fox, who had previously written for the show.  Jacobs and Fox will return to pen 27 episodes of “Here’s Lucy.” Their final draft of “Lucy and the Starmaker” was dated May 15, 1967.

This is another episode that has fallen into public domain. Some unofficial releases title this episode “Catch a Rising Star” or “Lucy the Starmaker.”

The day this episode first aired (October 2, 1967) Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court. It was a year of change on the civil rights front. The first black man to ever play a credited supporting role on a Lucille Ball sitcom was John Bubbles in “Main Street U.S.A.” (S5;E17) and “Lucy Puts Main Street on the Map” (S5;E18). In her personal life Ball was pro civil rights, even insisting that her black maid be able to ride the main elevator at her upscale New York apartment instead of using the service elevator as was mandated.

That same evening on CBS, Lucille Ball made the first of her four guest appearances on “The Carol Burnett Show.”  Burnett had played Carol Bradford on two episodes of “The Lucy Show.”  Lucy considered Burnett a protege. The official Season 6 “Lucy Show” DVD collection features a sketch with Carol and Lucy as feuding car rental agencies at the airport who beat up Tim Conway (above). Carol Burnett will return to “The Lucy Show” for two more episodes, this time playing a character named Carol Tilford.

The day after this episode first aired Disney voice artist Pinto Colvig died at age 75. He was the original voice of Pluto and Goofy and provided all the dog barks in “Lucy is Her Own Lawyer” (S2;E23).  

Frankie Avalon gets a warm welcome from the studio audience.  

Mr. Mooney also had a nephew on the series, Wendell Mooney played by Jay North in “Lucy the Robot” (S4;E23).  

Mr. Mooney offers Tommy a cigarette from a box on his desk and Tommy smokes it.  Unlike “I Love Lucy,” recreational smoking is not a part of “The Lucy Show.”  Smoking is only used if it is part of the comic action of the scene and then only rarely.  Lucille Ball, however, was a life-long smoker off screen.  In 1965, Congress required all cigarette packages carry a health warning. In 1969, cigarette advertising on television and radio was banned.

Lucy’s trusty transistor radio makes yet another appearance.  When she switches it on while having lunch at her desk, it briefly plays a jazzy version of “This Can’t Be Love,” a song from the 1938 Rodgers and Hart musical The Boys from Syracuse.

When Lucy turns on the radio again, she hears a song she says is one of her favorites, “Walking Happy.”  Tommy agrees and performs it for Lucy in the office.  As 'gaffe squad’ members have pointed out, Avalon is poorly lip-syncing the song. It is the title tune from the 1966 Broadway musical Walking Happy with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn. The show was nominated for six 1967 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, but won none.  The title song was originally meant to be used in the 1963 film Papa’s Delicate Condition, sung by Jackie Gleason, but was dropped before the film’s release. In the lyrics, the words “chappie” and “bloomin'” betray that the show is set in England.  It was based on the play Hobson’s Choice by Harold Brighouse.

When Lucy expresses her thwarted theatrical ambitions, Tommy replies “Well, everyone can’t be another Annette Funicello.” This is an inside reference to former Mousketeer and Frankie Avalon’s frequent co-star on screen.  They were so often paired that the names 'Frankie and Annette’ became one in the public’s mind.  

Lucy’s wacky filing system (a running joke on the series) finds the bottles of lemon pop filed under “C” for “Cold Lemon.”  

After singing for Lucy, Tommy says he never thought he had more than an average voice.  Lucy replies “if that is an average voice Elizabeth Taylor is an average housewife.”  Glamorous movie star Elizabeth Taylor was frequently mentioned on both “The Lucy Show” and “I Love Lucy.”  Taylor married actor Richard Burton in 1964 and the two will appear together as themselves on “Here’s Lucy” in 1970.  

When Mr. Mooney cuts off Tommy’s 'audition’ after a few notes Lucy says “Dizzie Gillespie would have had a better chance with Lawrence Welk!”  John Birks Gillespie (1917– 93) was a jazz trumpeter, composer, and singer. He was particularly known for his bluesy riffs and free-form style. Lawrence Welk (1903-92) was a hugely popular bandleader who would appear as himself on a 1970 episode of “Here’s Lucy.”  He was known for his waltzes, a much more structured and straight-laced musical sound than jazz.  Gillespie would definitely not be a good fit with Welk’s Champagne Music Makers. Welk was previously mentioned in “Lucy and Clint Walker” (S4;E24).  

When Mr. Mooney threatens to send Lucy to Fort Knox to be made into gold bars and carved up ingot by ingot, Lucy says to Tommy: “Who does he think he is? Goldfinger?” Goldfinger was a James Bond film released in the US in early 1965. The title character was a wealthy psychopath (played by Gert Fröbe) obsessed with gold.  Fort Knox, an Army base in Kentucky where most of the US gold reserves are held, is also featured in Goldfinger. Mr. Mooney gets exit applause after laying out his gold-plated plan to fire Mrs. Carmichael.  

After luring producer Penrose to the bank on the pretense of verifying his signature on a check, Tommy sings“I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover” written by Harry Woods in 1927 but with original lyrics pertaining to the episode. 

Tommy, with the full bank staff and customers participating, sings “When the Feeling Hits You” by Bobby Doyle.  It was also the title of a 1965 album by Sammy Davis Jr. 

Tommy also plays the trumpet during the number, which is the musical talent that got Avalon into show business as young man.  

Callbacks!

Lucy previously tried to advance the career of a young male singer named Wayne Newton in “Lucy Discovers Wayne Newton” (S4;E14).  

Blooper Alerts!

During some parts of the song “Walking Happy,” you can hear Frankie Avalon singing, but his mouth isn’t moving. It this were “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Avalon would certainly be told to sashay away!  

During the number the camera pulls back too far and we can see where the office carpeting meets the cement sound stage floor.  This is a regular occurrence on “The Lucy Show.”  

Mr. Mooney says Mr. Cheever “owns” the bank!  No one person “owns” a bank. Banks are 'owned’ by investors who may or may not be depositors. Banks are for-profit corporations, with declared earnings paid to stockholders only.  

Lucy tells Tommy that when she came out to Hollywood she wanted to be an actress and it took her a long time to realize she just didn’t have it. In previous episodes it was clear that Lucy’s brushes with show business were more happenstance than the desire to fulfill career goals.  In “Lucy Meets Sheldon Leonard” (S5;E22) the TV producer asks her if she’s ever done any acting and Lucy promptly replies “No, sir.”  

Lucy offers Tommy a “bottle of pop.”  Being raised on the East Coast, Lucy would probably refer to the carbonated beverage as “soda” or “soda pop.”   The bottles also have no labels on them.  

“Lucy and the Starmaker” rates 3 Paper Hearts out of 5

[gaymoviesworld]

PAUL

USA, 2018, 11 min short directed by Alex Meader & Connor Hair

Paul is the true story of a young man who has been diagnosed with HIV. He lives alone and rarely ever goes outside. A local pastor, Father George, convinces him to go to his pregnant niece's house for dinner with her young family. After confronting his fears, he settles in and learns that there's life and love still to be lived.

[digthe60s]

1963

The biggest news from 1963 was the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, which thrust Lyndon B. Johnson into the role of president. The assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was murdered two days later by nightclub owner Jack Ruby. This was a difficult time to become president, with the mounting troubles in Vietnam where the Viet Cong Guerrillas had now killed 80 American advisers. The continued campaign for civil rights by the black community caused violent reactions from whites in places such as Mississippi, Virginia, and Alabama, where the black civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested. Films included The Birds and The Great Escape, and popular TV programs The Virginian and Lassie. Women’s fashion and hairstyles included fur boots and towering hairdos for evening wear. In music, it was the beginning of Beatlemania, after the release of Meet the Beatles.

Major events

• U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.

• The Beatles release the single “I Want To Hold Your Hand/I Saw Her Standing There” and the album Meet the Beatles, which marks the beginning of Beatlemania.

• The Soviet Union launches the Vostok 6 spacecraft, carrying Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space.

• The Profumo Crisis happens in the UK, caused by war minister John Profumo having an affair with Christina Wheeler, who was also involved with a Soviet Navy officer.

• ZIP codes are implemented in the U.S.

• NASA’s Mercury Mission, carrying astronaut Gordon Cooper, launches from Cape Canaveral.

• Studebaker, the U.S. carmaker, goes out of business and ends production.

• The U.S. senate approves the PTBT (Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty).

• Korea returns to civilian rule.

• American Express introduces credit cards in the UK.

• An earthquake in Libya destroys the village of Barce, leaving 500 dead.

• An earthquake in Ssrikes Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroys 80% of the city.

• Bloodless military coup deposes President George Papadopoulos.

• Typhoon Olive, with 110mph winds, destroys most of the homes on the island of Saipan.

• The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, known as “The Rock”, closes.

• Hurricane Flora, a massive storm, kills 6,000 in Haiti, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, and Grenada.

• First Beeching report suggests closing 25% of British rail.

• The polio vaccine, which is taken with a lump of sugar, is given nationwide in the U.S. and UK.

• Kenya gains independence from Britain.

• In the Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright, it is ruled that a fair trial “cannot be realized if the poor man charged with [the] crime has to face his accusers without a lawyer to assist him.”

• Members of the Ku Klux Klan dynamite the Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 4 young girls and causing wide public outrage and condemnation across the U.S.

• A hurricane and resulting tsunami cause a flooding in East Pakistan, Bangladesh, killing 22,000.

• The Indiana State Fair Coliseum explosion kills 74.

• World religious status is determined to be 890 million Christians, 365 million Hindus, 200 million Buddhists, and 13 million Jews.

• Nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Thresher sinks in the Atlantic Ocean.

• Student riots break out all over Coro and Valencia, in Venezuela.

• Pope John XXIII dies on June 3. Pope Paul VI is elected by College of Cardinals.

• The U.S. and the Soviet Union agree to establish a “hot line” on June 20, a direct communication system between the two nations to prevent a possible nuclear war.

• The Great Train Robbery takes place in Buckinghamshire, England.

• The first U.S. state lottery opens in New Hampshire.

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech.

• James Meredith becomes the first African-American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.

• The Beatles release their first album, Please Please Me.

• The first episode of the BBC television series Doctor Who is broadcast.

• Bob Dylan walks off The Ed Sullivan Show.

Top 10 highest-grossing films in the U.S.

1. Cleopatra (dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

2. How the West Was Won (dir. John Ford, Henry Hathaway and George Marshall)

3. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (dir. Stanley Kramer)

4. Tom Jones (dir. Tony Richardson)

5. Irma la Douce (dir. Billy Wilder)

6. The Sword in the Stone (dir. Wolfgang Reitherman)

7. Son of Flubber (dir. Robert Stevenson)

8. The Birds (dir. Alfred Hitchcock)

9. Dr. No (dir. Terence Young)

10. The V.I.P.s (dir. Anthony Asquith)

Billboard’s number-one music albums (in chronological order)

1. “The First Family” by Vaughn Meader

2. “My Son, the Celebrity” by Allan Sherman

3. “Jazz Samba” by Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd

4. “Songs I Sing on the Jackie Gleason Show” by Frank Fontaine

5. “Days of Wine and Roses” by Andy Williams

6. “Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius” by Stevie Wonder

7. “My Son, the Nut” by Allan Sherman

8. “Peter, Paul and Mary” by Peter, Paul and Mary

9. “In the Wind” by Peter, Paul and Mary

10. “The Singing Nun” by Soeur Sourire, the Singing Nun

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[beautifulcentury]

George Meader, opera singer.

In the first photo he's making himself some toast.

[oldshowbiz]

Here's the course description for a class I'm teaching at the Chautauqua Institution first week of August. You’ll be able to enroll later this week: http://ciweb.org/season

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chautauqua_Institution

The History of Mid-Century Comedy Day One - 1920s and 1930s The Chitlin Circuit, Broadway Revues, Vaudeville & the Origins of Stand-up. 

Featuring the stories of Moms Mabley, Fanny Brice, Pigmeat Markham, Bert Williams, Eddie Cantor, Jack Benny, Frank Fay, The Marx Brothers, Eddie Anderson, Mantan Moreland

Day Two 1930s and 1940s Mafia controlled Comedy Venues, the Hillbilly Circuit, Radio Comedians versus Corporate Advertising, the Early Female Stand-ups.

Featuring the stories of The Copacabana, Chez Paree, Ciro's, the Grand Ole Opry, Milton Berle, Joe E. Lewis, Minnie Pearl, Judy Canova, Stringbean, Cass Daley, Imogene Coca, Jean Carroll, Fred Allen, Henry Morgan, Allan Drake (a comedian whose wife was killed by the Mob), Nipsey Russell

Day Three 1950s and 1960s The Evolution from old school Catskill types to progressive Coffeehouse Comedians, the Invention of Las Vegas, the Comedy Record Boom, the Demise of Supperclubs, the Roots of Modern Comedy Clubs.

Featuring the stories of Alan King, Jack Carter, Myron Cohen, Henny Youngman, Totie Fields, Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, Jonathan Winters, Mike Nichols & Elaine May, Phyllis Diller, Joan Rivers, Dick Gregory, Slappy White, Redd Foxx, LaWanda Page, Timmie Rogers, Don Rickles, Vaughn Meader, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Robert Klein, Lily Tomlin.

[soft--and--sweet]

I’ve been waiting FOREVER to post this! I’ve been keeping a list of every band/artist I started listening to this year, so here we go! (in order too)

Bands I started listening to in 2016:

(January) New Found Glory Joshua Radin Kevin Devine Allison Weiss Silverchair La Dispute Tiny Moving Parts Right Away, Great Captain Manchester Orchestra Xaiver's School For Gifted Youngsters Their / They're / There Bobby Meader Music Fireworks Being As An Ocean Bo Burnham Bad Books Margot and The Nuclear So and So's Toby Foster Turnover Foxing The Hotelier ----------------------------------------------- (February) Steam Powered Giraffe Catfish and The Bottlemen Letlive   Lucy Rose Steady Hands We Were Promised Jetpacks Phil Ochs Scott Walker Wind In Sails Wes Montgomery ---------------------------------- (March) Jeff Rosenstock Bomb The Music Industry! AJJ Flatbush Zombies Citizen Gaslight Anthem The American Scene Enter Shikari Architects --------------------------------------------------------- (April) Pet Symmetry Elliott Smith Laura Stevenson P.S Elliott Bonfires ---------------------------------------- (May) Johnny Hobo and The Freight Train Ghost Mice Paul Baribeau Bob Dylan Bat Country Days N' Daze The Wild The Manx Ramshackle Glory Mr.Irish Bastard Nana Grizol Devildriver Devil Makes Three Iron and Wine Chad Hates George Douglas Für   ------------------------------------------- (June) Frank Turner The Taxpayers Big D and The Kid's Table Against Me!   Little Tybee an Unkindness ----------------------------------- (July) Jonathan Coulton Peter Bradley Adams Boris Smile Chris Farren Garfunkel and Oats The Weepies ---------------------------------------- (August) FilthyFrank Liam the Younger Imaginary Cities American Football   Jesse Y Joy   ----------------------------- (September) PUP Da Vinci's Notebook   Lemon Demon Elvis Costello Dads Lil Dicky Gregory Alan Isakov A.A. Bondy Benjamin Francis Leftwich José González   Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Professor Elements Sufjan Stevens The Secret Sisters Band of Horses J Mascis Joyce Manor Mewithoutyou -------------------------------------- (October) Mischief Brew Harley Poe Blackbird Raum The Menzingers Toh Kay Fond Farewell Alice Walker Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution Bishop Allen Sage Francis Danny Schmidt The Ink Spots JPNSGRLS Milo Small Leaks Sink Ships Greydon Square Two Gallants Scroobius Pip Analog Rebellion Ben Folds Five Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground The Smith Street Band Tally Hall Cloud Cult ミラクルミュージカル Sledding With Tigers Barton Carroll Chuck Brodsky Rodrigo y Gabriela The Bombpops The Cog Is Dead The National The World Is A Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid To Die Julien Baker Just Nick Frank Zappa Kimya Dawson Amigo The Devil Cursive I Fight Dragons Forces Of Evil Julia Nunes Skyhill Madeline Streetlight Manifesto Windmills Wingnut Dishashwer's Union --------------------------------------------------- (November) Kendrick Lamar The Sound and Color Rotting Christ Roger Miller Jeffrey Lewis Adam Green The Prettiots Matt Pless The Jane Austen Arangement Why? ------------------------------------------------------------------ (December) All Humans Unwoman Cake Bake Betty Jayne Trimble Of Montreal Optimus Rhyme Lost Dog Street Band San Fermin Billy The Fridge Paul Simon The Eagles ---------------------------------------------------------------- Can’t wait to start a new list next year! ^^

[kismetpetresort]

Incumbent House members in NC primary heavily favored

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Eight of North Carolina’s 13 members of Congress face challengers in Tuesday’s primary elections, but anticipated low turnout should have most incumbents fretting only about margins of victory, not political survival.

Primaries are being held in all districts except the 1st District, where Democratic incumbent G.K. Butterfield and Republican opponent Roger Allison are the only candidates.

With no statewide races on primary ballots, early vote totals suggest 1 million or fewer of the state’s 6.9 million registered voters ultimately will cast ballots. Although that raises uncertainty in two competitive Republican primaries involving incumbents, other House members are still strong favorites, a political expert said.

“Incumbency lends itself to some powerful effects as long as you don’t have any scandal and there’s no real voter outrage toward you,” said Michael Bitzer, a political science professor at Catawba College in Salisbury. “If there’s something beyond the 3rd and the 9th (Districts), then that would be the shock” of the primaries, he added.

In a rematch of the south-central 9th District Republican primary in 2016 that left them just 134 votes apart, U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger and the Rev. Mark Harris, both from Charlotte, are battling again for the nomination. Clarence Goins Jr. of Fayetteville is also in the race, which has centered on levels of support for President Donald Trump and connections to Christian conservatives.

The winner will take on the Democratic primary winner between Dan McCready and Christian Cano, both of Charlotte. Cano lost to Pittenger in the 2016 general election. McCready already has raised $1.9 million for his campaign with an eye to the fall.

In the coastal 3rd District, 12-term Rep. Walter Jones of Farmville says this is his last re-election bid. But 2016 primary rival Phil Law and Craven County Commissioner Scott Dacey say Jones has forgotten the district as a GOP maverick voting against bills Trump wanted. No Democrat is running, so the primary winner is a likely November shoo-in.

Elsewhere:

— In the 2nd District, GOP Rep. George Holding faces a primary challenge from Allen Chesser of Louisburg. Democrats are fielding three candidates, including Linda Coleman, a two-time candidate for lieutenant governor. Ken Romley of Raleigh and Wendy Ella May of Micro also are running.

— In the 4th District, Democratic Rep. David Price has two challengers in Michelle Laws of Durham and Richard Watkins of Chapel Hill. Libertarians also have a primary between Barbara Howe of Oxford and Scerry Perry Whitlock of Garner. The winners join Republican Steve Von Loor in November.

— In the 5th District, Rep. Virginia Foxx is running against Cortland Meader Jr. of Mocksville and Dillon Gentry of Banner Elk in the Republican primary. The Democratic primary pits Winston-Salem City Council member DD Adams against Winston-Salem teacher Jenny Marshall.

— In the 6th District, Democrats Ryan Watts of Burlington and Gerald Wong of Greensboro are running for the nomination to challenge GOP Rep. Mark Walker, who has no primary. Walker is chairman of the Republican Study Committee caucus.

— In the 7th District, Carolina Beach physician Kyle Horton and Goldsboro businessman Grayson Parker are in the Democratic primary to challenge Republican Rep. David Rouzer, already the GOP nominee.

— In the 8th District, Harrisburg businessman Scott Huffman, former Moore County elected official Frank McNeill and Marc Tiegel of Concord are in the Democratic primary. The winner will face GOP Rep. Richard Hudson.

— In the 10th District, GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry — chief deputy whip in the House Republican leadership — has five challengers: Ira Roberts of Hickory, Jeff Gregory of Shelby, Gina Collias of Kings Mountain, Albert Lee Wiley of Salter Path and Seth Blankenship of Swannanoa. David Wilson Brown is the Democratic nominee.

— In the 11th District, Rep. Mark Meadows, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, is running against Chuck Archerd of Asheville in the Republican primary. Democratic primary candidates are Phillip Price of Nebo, Steve Woodsmall of Brevard and Scott Donaldson of Hendersonville.

— In the 12th District, Rep. Alma Adams has three Democratic primary challengers: Gabe Ortiz and Patrick Register, both of Charlotte, and Asheville City Council member Keith Young. The Republican primary candidates are Carl Persson of Charlotte, Paul Wright of Mount Olive and Paul Bonham of Dallas.

— In the 13th District, Kathy Manning and Adam Coker, both of Greensboro, seek the Democratic nomination to challenge first-term GOP Rep. Ted Budd.

Libertarians also have fall candidates for the 2nd, 9th, 11th and 13th Districts.

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Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin, and Gene Kelly in On the Town (Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen, 1949) Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Vera-Ellen, Florence Bates, Alice Pearce, George Meader. Screenplay: Adolph Green, Betty Comden, based on their book for a musical play. Cinematography: Harold Rosson. Art direction: Jack Martin Smith, Cedric Gibbons. Film editing: Ralph E. Winters. Music: orchestrations by Conrad Salinger, songs by Leonard Bernstein, Roger Edens, Adolph Green, Betty Comden. Whenever I watch On the Town, I find myself humming "Lucky to Be Me" and "Some Other Time," songs by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden that aren't in the movie. They were in the original Broadway production, but were cut by producer Roger Edens, along with several others, and replaced by his own songs, almost all of which are forgettable. Bernstein was pissed off, as he should have been: "Lucky to Be Me" was perfect for one of Gene Kelly's numbers, and "Some Other Time" almost begged to be sung by Frank Sinatra and the rest of the company. Those excisions, like the Breen Office's insistence that the song "New York, New York" had to describe the city as "a wonderful town," instead of the original "helluva town," weigh down this much-loved but overrated MGM musical, which at least managed to do some location filming in the city after Kelly and co-director Stanley Donen rebelled against shooting the entire musical in the New York sets of the studio's back lot. The location shots give some life to the movie, but it still looks cheap and stagy in comparison with later, more lavish productions like An American in Paris (1951). Kelly and Donen, along with Comden, Green, and cinematographer Harold Rosson, would redeem themselves with Singin' in the Rain (1952), which has the wit and buoyancy On the Town sadly lacks.

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