Re: [bomp] Re: bomp-digest V2003 #1146 - 20s/30s, etc.

[janefondle@xxxxxxx]

Hi, Lynn! HAPPY TO HAVE ANOTHER DARK SHADOWS fan on this list!!!! YAYAYA!
LLT, geeky but hopeful


-------------- Original message from Lynn Peril <peril@pinkthink.com>: -------------- 


> 
> Hi, folks, 
> 
> Long time lurker, first time poster (Hi, Dom! Hi, Laurent! Hi, Kim!) 
> 
> In her 1968 autobio (yeah, like she wrote it), Twiggy talks about her 
> great new thirties look, inspired of course by the film, Bonnie and 
> Clyde, which came out the previous year. 
> 
> Also, in the general discussion of 60s nostalgia in the 1920s, I don't 
> believe anybody's mentioned the one and only Tiny Tim, whose 
> ukulele-playing schtick came straight out of the 20s (via his own 
> warped sensibilities, of course). 
> 
> And who knows what influence any of it has on anybody? I was a big fan 
> of Tiny Tim in 1969 (age 8 - mom took me to the bookstore to get my 
> very own signed copy of his book, "Beautiful Thoughts"), and now I 
> listen to a lot of 1920s/30s tin pan alley and jazz these days. It 
> probably has a lot more to do with listening to WUWM's sunday morning 
> jazz show, but who knows? I definitely sought out rockabilly's original 
> artists from listening to the Cramps in the late 1970s. 
> 
> Like somebody said, if it's new to you ... 
> 
> Lynn 
> 
> On Thursday, April 7, 2005, at 02:00 AM, bomp-digest wrote: 
> 
> > 
> > Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 08:48:38 EDT 
> > From: ItsBoss9@aol.com 
> > Subject: [bomp] the thirties were a hard one to deal with? 
> > 
> > And the 70s had VERY strong 50s nostalgia. The 40s 
> > nostalgia was 
> > more in the early part of that decade. 
> > 
> > Just saw CABARET a few months ago, and there was some looking back at 
> > the 
> > '30s during the '70s... especially when you add the Marx Brothers into 
> > the mix, 
> > who did cut their first movie in the late '20s, though. They saw a 
> > huge 
> > revival during the '70s. CITIZEN KANE also had its reputation boosted 
> > a lot during 
> > the '70s... not sure what year that film was from off hand... wasn't 
> > it 1939? 
> > 
> > Today, of course, everyone talks about "Pre-Code" movies. THE 
> > SOPRANOS also 
> > did that whole great episode about PUBLIC ENEMY #1 being Tony's 
> > preference to 
> > the kids studying '50s exploitation films in college... That was a 
> > pretty 
> > twisted episode. 
> > 
> > Domenic Priore 
> +++++++++++++++ 
> Lynn Peril 
> www.pinkthink.com 
> 
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