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  • A Theremin and an Odyssey [by Emma Trelles]

    July 18, 2009

      For some reason, DL's post showing Lee Wiley poised to sing reminded me about this documentary. Maybe it's because both images hold that grainy mystery shared by many of the films and photos from the early 20th. Or…

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  • Come Fly with Me (with Richard Rand)

    July 18, 2009

    DL and pilot Richard Rand in the air. Ludlowville, home from 1981-1987. 159 Ludlowville Road is clearly visible on the left. [Photo: DL] Post-flight euphoria [Photo: Richard Rand] Cornell University from the air [photo:…

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  • When Lee Wiley Sings Rodgers and Hart

    July 18, 2009

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  • “Rhythm of a Swing” [by Allison Contey]

    July 18, 2009

    Rhythm of a Swing He swings stop-motion like Nude Descending a Staircaselike street lights blazing comet tails in a car windowlike the flat-topped mesa's burnish in the desert,or soldered silver bending into shape, like…

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  • Arthur Dove Paints Gershwin (1927)

    July 18, 2009

    Here is Arthur Dove's 1927 painting "George Gershwin: I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise." The painting hangs in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Dove also painted an homage to Irving Berlin. With…

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  • Addendum to Père-Lachaise posting (by Mitch Sisskind)

    July 17, 2009

    Apropos of the post below, cemeteries and cemetery art are a longstanding interest of mine. The sensuality of some of the sculptures can be very stimulating, just as there's real poignancy to the golf…

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