if charlie parker was a gunslinger,there'd be a whole lot of dead copycats: March 2008

The Explanation
(for those who require one)

And, of course, that is what all of this is -- all of this: the one song, ever changing, ever reincarnated, that speaks somehow from and to and for that which is ineffable within us and without us, that is both prayer and deliverance, folly and wisdom, that inspires us to dance or smile or simply to go on, senselessly, incomprehensibly, beatifically, in the face of mortality and the truth that our lives are more ill-writ, ill-rhymed and fleeting than any song, except perhaps those songs -- that song, endlesly reincarnated -- born of that truth, be it the moon and June of that truth, or the wordless blue moan, or the rotgut or the elegant poetry of it. That nameless black-hulled ship of Ulysses, that long black train, that Terraplane, that mystery train, that Rocket '88', that Buick 6 -- same journey, same miracle, same end and endlessness."
-- Nick Tosches, Where Dead Voices Gather

The Golden Age of Publicity #9

Original Caption:

Santa Barbara -- Popular actor Rock Hudson is shown with his bride, the former Phyllis Gates, following their surprise wedding on November 9, 1955 in Santa Barbara, California. Rock beams happily as his bride of just a few moments telephones the news of their marriage to friends. Hudson's wedding to the former secretary of his business agent, Henry Willson, took Hollywood by surprise. (1955)

The Cool Hall of Fame #117

Stan Kenton

Seminal Image #801

The Circus
(Charles Chaplin; 1928)

When Legends Gather #378

The Beverly Sisters and The Walker Brothers

The Art of Cinema #299

East Side, West Side
(Allan Dwan; 1927)

Seminal Image #800

Les Quatre Cent Coups (The 400 Blows)
(François Truffaut; 1959)

When Legends Gather # 377
They Were Collaborators #440

Jean Pierre Leaud, Jeanne Moreau, Bernadette Lafont and Jean Eustache at the Cannes Film Festival to promote 'La Maman Et La Putain' on 18th May 1973.

Adventures in American Filmmaking #98

John Cassavetes directs A Child Is Waiting

Artists in Action #348

David Mamet on the set of The Postman Always Rings Twice

Seminal Image #799

Wisconsin Death Trip
(James Marsh; 1999)

Cinema Indigo #6

The Lure Of A Woman
(J.M. Simms;1921)

Artists In Action #347

Director Harry Beaumont measures up Virginia Parent for The Broadway Melody.

They Were Collaborators #439

Composer Harold Arlen, lyricist Lew Brown and Eddie Cantor pose for a gag shot on the set of Strike Me Pink.

Tricky: Scenes from a Life #51

Tricky tames a Lion (1953)

When Legends Gather #376

Bobby Short and Jack Lemmon

Artists in Action #346

Elia Kazan generates his own material

(Wo)men of God #3

Kathryn Kuhlman

The Art of Cinema #298

Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler
(Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler)
(Fritz Lang; 1922)

Annals of Crime #13

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Original Caption:

Chicago -- Braving bullets from a trapped safe-blowing gang, policeman Arthur Olsen trades shots with desperadoes as he seeks flimsy shelter behind a car. Olson injured his face when one of the gunmen fired through a plate glass of the currency exchange when he was the first to investigate the call. Olsen immediately called for re-enforcements for the battle, which lasted nearly an hour, in which two yeggs were slain, two captured, one believed to have escaped, and three policemen injured. (1947)

The Cool Hall of Fame #116

Noam Chomsky

The Golden Age of Prurience #47

The Female Animal
(Jerry Gross; 1970)

G is for Gedney #14

Kentucky Tent Revival (1964)

The Art of Science Fiction #9

Startling Stories
(March, 1942)

Before and After #119: Julius 'Groucho' Marx

Before

After

The Heretofore Unmentioned #9

Rusty Warren

Artists in Action #345

Cary Grant waits for rain

Seminal Image #798

Les Carabiniers
(Jean-Luc Godard; 1963)

(stupendous thanks to the inimitable Jeff Duncanson of Filmscreed for this image)

They Were Collaborators #438

Bad Brains

An Illustrated History of American Labor #6

Original Caption:

Cadillac Salesmen Go On Strike.

New York -- A group of smartly dressed Cadillac salesmen are shown picketing a Cadillac salesroom at 57th and Broadway today in one of New York's strangest strikes. Tthe strikers delivered an angry verbal blast against the Cadillac Division General Managers for allegedly circulating reports that some of them make as much as $40,000 a year. The strikers' major complaints concern such grievances as no fixed hours, no holidays, no paid vacations, no welfare benefits and no pension plans. (1955)

The Explanation(for those who require one)

The Explanation
(for those who require one)