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I miss the old LiveJournal community
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I'm going to start writing again.
Not sure if many people are left out there in LJ land other other than the Lolita community and people in Russia. No matter. It's a journal.
Life is......interesting. Like the Chinese curse. -
Anyone still out there?
Is anyone still on here, reading this? -
Fashion Rant: White Tie
Over the years I have been building a "white tie" ensemble, inspired by Marlene Dietrich and Fred Astaire.
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Coon Songs
I guess 1928 was an interesting year for African American music (see my previous entry). It was also the year that Paul Robeson (a Phi Beta Kappa and well-known football player at Rutgers) sang "Old Man River" in his London appearance in “Show Boat,” with its original lyrics: “Niggers all work on the Mississippi, niggers all work while the white ( Read more... ) -
Lesbian Blues from 1928
Unique in American history is an assertive song of lesbian self-affirmation and defiance, "Prove It on Me Blues." Written, performed, and recorded in 1928 by the famous early blues singer Ma Rainey, this extraordinary song of resistance features a woman-loving woman who proclaims her sexual interest in females and challenges the world to "prove it ( Read more... ) -
Fools Be Assuming Thangs.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again ...does not tell us at all that Humpty was an egg ( Read more... )
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