Michael But Tired of Cold Weather for February

Publicity portrait of "The Step Brothers," Maceo Anderson, Al Williams, Red Walker, and Sherman Robertson, dated 1930. (Photo: John Kisch)

Dubbed "The Eight Feet of Rhythm," The Four Step Brothers (founded by Maceo Anderson) were a Black dance group that started as a trio in 1925 with Maceo, Al Williams, and Red Walker, later adding Sherman Robinson to the trio to form “The Four Step Brothers.”

WUTHERING HEIGHTS The 1847 edition of the only novel Emily Bronte published was released under the male alias Ellis Bell as a three-volume set less than two years before she died in 1848, aged just 30. Rarer and more poignant than any #WutheringHeightsMovie - only 250 copies were ever printed.

I don’t know. After Kes and Ring of Bright Water I’m not sure I’d could watch a British movie about a child and an animal without a feeling of dread.

YouTube video by The Shape Lurks Mary Poppins - Step In Time (featuring Dick Van Dyke)

I watch that clip, and this one with Dick Van Dyke, when I need reminding that there are good things in the world.

Is that the one with the version of Sunday where the stage and aisles keep filling up with singers?

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🎞️🎭🎂Happy Birthday, Thelma Ritter!

Jean Harlow-themed valentine, circa 1934, to add some spice to your day. 😁

A trading card showing a werewolf with the caption, “I wanna hold your claw.”

What a great way to celebrate the day! Here’s one for you.

A warning sign reading "danger not only will this kill you it will hurt the whole time youre dying"

Roses are red,
These times are quite trying

Wishing you a Happy Valentine’s Day with a Greta Garbo card. 💘

Jack Benny holds up a heart-shaped card that says "happy birthday to Jack, from Jack."

A very happy Jack Benny's birthday to all who celebrate.

Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes in Oliver!

Happy Ollie's birthday.

Movie poster featuring A woman and a man sittjng at a table set for a banquet, avoiding eye contact as 4 other men and a cow mill about. There are also 4 oddly shaped white implements on the table. Title reads, "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover, and Cow Tools"

Drop some tech.

Title card from the movie The Phantom of Hollywood.

Rustic street scene from a circa 1935 MGM movie.

Abandoned movie set of European street

Movie set in the process of being demolished

The Phantom of Hollywood was a made-for-TV movie from 1974 that was filmed on the MGM backlot as it was in the process of being demolished. The movie had scenes of bulldozers knocking down the sets. #PhantomsFriday

Vera Ralston ice skating

Ice skater turned actress, Vera Ralston, competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics.
While touring in skating revues, she was signed to a film contract with Republic Pictures.
More on her career here:
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Folklore Dances from Romania, ca. 1950s, by Canary Records 10 track album

NEW CANARY RELEASE
A short LP of largely instrumental 1950s performances, issued (pirated) in the U.S. for the folk dancing community, including some stunning performances on the drâmba (jaw harp) and cimpoi (bagpipes), flutes (caval & ocarina), and string bands.

Record harvest sparks mass giveaway of free potatoes across Berlin From zoos to soup kitchens, people are hauling away tonnes of surplus spuds after the biggest crop in 25 years

@thebasementtan.bsky.social Time to move to Berlin?

It’s always the clean cut ones. I interviewed Bob Shane of the Kingston Trio years ago and he mentioned he had a custom guitar made with a secret compartment for transporting his coke.

You know all about The Wicker Man… now hear from one of the Children of The Wicker Man. On Folklore Matters today, we talk to Dominic Hardy, son of Robin, to hear all about the film’s legacy and its impact on his family. Source it wherever you get your podcasts…

Song 183: “Pinball Wizard” by the Who, part 1: Always Playing Clean Apologies for the delay in posting this episode — I had a chronic illness flare-up and a frankly awful January. With luck, part two of this story will be up before the end of February. For th…

A new 500 Songs episode is now up! Bruce Johnston! Jan and Dean! Rod Stewart! Questions about gender identity! Getting booked to play New York by accident! Herman's Hermits! Masturbation! Heinz baked beans! Aliens with trousers unlike our own! It can only be the Who, and part one of "Pinball Wizard"

Just started listening to this episode it feels like that way he interacts with his band members makes Roger Daltrey the Mike Love of Johnny Ramones.

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

This is very sad news.

💀💀💀

Photo of two men examining a skull.

@erinalexander.bsky.social This tintype is pricey but cool.

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YouTube video by ElvisCostelloVEVO Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives

@jaxbra.bsky.social Hey, Elvis Costello wrote a song about our TV viewing habits.

So far I've had food poisoning from chips out of cafe and have had a tennis ball smashed into my face.

Tammy Grimes being held aloft by Christopher Walken in High Spirits.

Christopher Walken with Bea Lillie and other male beatniks.

Bea Lillie (left) and Christopher Walken right going into their trances with the beatniks.

Christopher Walken and other dancers in rehearsal for High Spirits with Danny Daniels (choreographer)

A fun High Spirits fact: Christopher Walken—then billed as Ronnie—was one of the dancers in the ensemble.