Black & white portrait of Binoche, her eyes closed.
Happy birthday Juliette Binoche 🎂
📷 Gilles Peress, 1985
“How many ways are there of watching her grave face? Are the cheeks carved by love’s gaze? Did that hair fall on her head like night? And the eyes, are they part of her life, or their own living creatures?”
- David Thomson
Raul Julia in "The Threepenny Opera" (with Ellen Greene) - BOTD
"...Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts."
Art work and poster by Angelo Cesselon for the 1959 adaption of "Les Liaisons dangereuses" with Gérard Philipe and Jeanne Moreau, and directed by Roger Vadim.
Cassandre (Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron) for Pacific cigarettes, 1935.
On any given day, 190,600 women and girls are incarcerated in the US. Over 60,000 women are detained pretrial, presumed innocent, caged in US jails simply because they cannot afford to pay bail. Their average yearly income is just $11,000. Over 66% are mothers with minor children. lethergohome.org
"He flew hundreds of combat missions, destroying enemy control points, equipment and communications. He repeatedly provided cover for strike and bomber aircraft, destroying enemy drones and missiles..."
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⚡️ Ukrainian hero Colonel Oleksandr Dovhach killed in action.
The Commander of the 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade and Hero of Ukraine died in combat after flying hundreds of missions against Russian forces.
Open box containing blue-tipped matches, drawing of smoking woman in black tights.
Matchbox, 9 March
Mavis Staples, Warren Haynes, Elvis Costello, and Hozier perform The Band’s “The Weight” from Thursday nights Love Rocks concert.
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Marvin Gaye on drums
Etta James - I Just Want To Make Love To You
youtu.be/-by8rCyHzn4?si=c5ahzKy-LrOXJmxv
Joe Strummer of the Clash with Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys my guess would be circa 80's
rock and roll photos
"How awful that the artist has become nothing but the after-dinner mint of society."
🎶 #SamuelBarber, American pianist and composer, was #BOTD 9 March 1910. #ClassicalMusic
▶️ youtu.be/WAoLJ8GbA4
Cannes 1957.
Honorary Jury President Jean Cocteau flanked by Federico Fellini and Giulietta Masina. Fellini's "Le notti di Cabiria" was entered and Miss Masina was - rightfully - awarded the Best Actress award.
The beauty of the reflection of this fishery in my favorite lake.💙🩵
A battle between the hero Rostam and the Div-e Sepid (the White Demon) during his seventh labor from the Persian epic Shahnameh
#artsky #Iran #AncientPersia
After the cold and far too many gray days it's amazing what mild temperatures and sunshine can do. 😊
#cuadrodeldía Flor asesina, 1932 ( #GregorioPrieto 1897-1992) #MuseoGregorioPrieto Valdepeñas #art Artista próximo a la generación del 27, con obra surrealista y cubista, y creador de una distintiva iconografía homoerótica (influjo de sus viajes por Grecia e Italia) #FelizLunes
Jack Delano worked for the Works Progress Administration and the Farm Security Administration during the depression and beyond.
This photo was taken in 1940. There is an understated eloquence to this woman, an openness, a face with great character.
"...He forgot to thank you for your attention to this matter."
Hey, he's got a lot on his plate. See it? Right there next to the greasy cheeseburger.
Poster for the French release of "Village of the Damned" (1960).
A 1963 advertisement for the Mamiyaflex C3 twin-lens reflex camera.
Travel poster from 1948 by Mark Von Arenburg for Pan American.
From 1911 - 1912, postcards for the "Dragon Gorge" scenic railway at Ocean Park, California.
I haven't. A good read?
For #SkaMonday.
From 1964, "My Boy Lollipop" by Millie Small. This is a re-make of the original 1956 version, and produced by young Chris Blackwell. It's been given just the right bounce to introduce many of us to ska.
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Some sweet trombone ska for your Monday morning.
#SkaMonday
From 1950, handsome poster by Donald Brun for the International Music Festival held in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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