Showing posts with label Bronx. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bronx. Show all posts

Monday, January 10, 2022

She Has Been Seen by Over 200 Audiences


 73 Years Ago Today

Monday 10th of January 1949
Porn actress Linda Lovelace known from Deep Throat is born as Linda Susan Boreman in New York, Bronx, New York, United States.
Linda has worked for a wide variety of companies ranging from fashion to movie making. She has been seen by over 200 audiences including Hollywood.com, Yahoo, the New York Post, Playboy, Glamour New York, New York Daily News, NBC, New York Times, The New York Observer, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist New York Review of Books, The New York Press, The Press of New York, San Francisco Chronicle, the Miami Herald, The New York Times, The New York Post, USA Today Magazine, Forbes, The Guardian, Forbes Businessweek, The Economist, NY Daily News, The New York Times, Washington Post, The New York Times International, The New York Daily News, The New York Times International, The New York Times, USA TODAY International, The New York Times International, The New York Times International, The New York Times International, The New York Times International, The New York Times International, The New York Times International, The New York Times International, The New York Times International, The New York Times International, The New York Times Internationally published (London, New York, Washington, London, Baltimore, Chicago, Chicago, Toronto, Seattle) and in the United States (USA).

Saturday, January 1, 2022

I Knew the Boys Were Boys and I Knew that Was the Best Place for Them if They Went Because there Were too Many Boys to Pass Each Other Down


 103 Years Ago Today

Wednesday 1st of January 1919
Writer J. D. Jerome David Salinger known for his novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ is born in New York City, New York, United States.
Jerome is a writer and painter from the Bronx, New York and New Jersey. Writing this book of poetry is Jerome's passion. The story of Jerome's journey through a new generation of artists and writers is told in the first chapters of the book. Jerome begins his story with his own personal story of how he got into the world of painting in 1917. "The journey to painting began when I was a young child in Brooklyn and my father decided to travel to New York every summer for a year and a place his father had given to the children's school. The first year I stayed there and painted all the children's school boys' portraits with my own hands and drawings. At the college where I was studying, it was a very difficult time for me. The school was very empty and our school boy was working, so he didn't go to the painting room because it was a full classroom. We weren't going, so I went in and there was this wall painted over with a couple of kids's heads in the corners of the painting shop, who didn't appear. I knew the boys were boys and I knew that was the best place for them if they went because there were too many boys to pass each other down.

Sunday, December 26, 2021

He Recorded a Few Songs, Including "Shoutin' at the Fiddle," "I Dream of You," and "Tired of My Life" that Ran for 10 Hours and 12 Minutes Before Being Deleted by His Brother Michael


 81 Years Ago Today

Thursday 26th of December 1940
Record producer and songwriter Phil Harvey Phillip Spector known for the ‘Wall of Sound’ production method is born in New York, Bronx, New York, United States.
He also appeared as a guest on The Hollywood Post. During his youth, Harvey worked in a record store and wrote music for several indie labels. In 1970, he recorded a few songs, including "Shoutin' at the Fiddle," "I Dream of You," and "Tired of My Life" that ran for 10 hours and 12 minutes before being deleted by his brother Michael. The rest of the album was simply titled "Inky Water." It was released in December of 1970 without many studio effort (except "Wondering What Music Actually Is"). Harvey is best known for writing songs for several independent bands including Red Hot Chili Peppers (who are considered one of the earliest known indie bands), and his own band, The National, for more than 20 years. Harvey was also the owner of the New York Times best seller 'Eliminating the Noise:' A History of the New York Times in the 1960s. Harvey, who had just won an Emmy for his part in the show "American Beauty," died last week (8/22/1974) of natural causes from a heart attack in Manhattan, New York. A lifelong friend and fan of music, he was born in Brooklyn, New York