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Sunday 31 January 2021

Almost Blue


Flirting with this disaster became me
It named me as the fool who only aimed to be
Almost Blue
(Costello)
Chet Baker

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Fred Lyon

Dreaming Darkly


          As neon lights buzzed and classic cars rumbled, more than 200 background players - sailors, pachucos, lady shoppers - crowded the sidewalk, wandering in and out of practical stores, setting up for what the script described as a "continued melee".

excerpt from
Penny Dreadful ; California Dreaming Darkly
Alexis Soloski
New York Times
2020


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John Logan-creator Penny Dreadful
Phillip Cheung

Saturday 30 January 2021

Real Easy


Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.
Floyd Mayweather Jnr

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Ken Auster

Big Lonely City #147


Toni Schneiders

Duro Jankevic

FC Grundlach

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Henry Grant

Ida Wyman

Jose Yalenti

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Roger Schall

John Vachon

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Vivian Maier

William Witt

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Kees Scherer

Went Quickly Away

The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler
1939