I think people make their own faces as they grow
Posted: August 11, 2013 Filed under: Birthdays, WRITERS, WRITING | Tags: August 11 birthdays, Big Ears, children's authors, Clown quotes, clowns, Enid Blyton birthday, Enid Blyton quotes - The Naughtiest Girl Again, Hulk Hogan, Noddy, superheroes Leave a commentI’m feeling like a cross between Noddy and Big Ears, which is appropriate because Enid Blyton shares a birthday with Hulk Hogan today. I must be jolly old-fashioned.
“A clown needn’t be the same out of the ring as he has to be when he’s in it. If you look at photographs of clowns when they’re just being ordinary men, they’ve got quite sad faces.” Enid Blyton, Five Go Off in a Caravan
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I’m not waiting for my 15 minutes
Posted: August 6, 2013 Filed under: ART, Birthdays | Tags: 15 minutes of fame quote, American artists of the 20th century, Andy Warhol birthday, August 6 birthdays, Leo artists, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Television, the Drug of the Nation, The United States of Unconsciousness Leave a commentToday is the birth day of Andy Warhol. The man who once said, “In the future, everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes.” In memory of this great art charlatan, I’ve decided I’m not going to wait for my 15 minutes of fame. I’m going to go out and get it. So far I’ve been on TV starring in two episodes of Sale Of The Century (around 40 minutes TV time), one episode of Hot Seat (about 10 minutes TV time), a tiny part in All Saints (2 minutes TV time), two episodes of Mums The Word, I was murdered on Murder Call (10 minutes) and I’ve done ads. My dad also put me on the cover of his dog book when I was nine (I’m not sure how many copies were printed so it’s hard to calculate my fame minutes in print). By my reckoning, my fame clock is up around the 85 minute mark. I think I’ll be getting my own TV show next.
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Marcia, Marcia, Marcia
Posted: August 5, 2013 Filed under: Birthdays | Tags: 1970s TV shows, August 5 birthdays, blended families, childhood idols, childhood role models, hero worship, Maureen McCormick, step brothers, step families, step parents, step sisters, The Brady Bunch, The Brady Bunch Theme Song From All Seasons 2 CommentsI could not imagine my childhood without the Brady Bunch. The orange and green kitchen, the sunken living room, the hair, the clothes, Alice and the dorkiness of the Brady boys, there was so much to love about that TV show. As the youngest child in my family, I was Cindy; the difficult middle child Jan was too annoying, but I wanted to be Marcia. I loved her hair, her geeky boyfriends and her mini skirts. Thank you Maureen McCormick (10 years older than me) for breathing life into Marcia and giving me a teen girly idol when I was 7. Maureen was also the voice of the Chatty Cathy doll in 1970, but I am far too young to remember that.
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That Old Black Magic
Posted: July 31, 2013 Filed under: Birthdays, LOVE, WRITERS | Tags: Australian authors, Award winning Australian journalists, Frank Sinatra That Old Black Magic, great dads, Jack Pollard O.A.M., July 31 birthdays Leave a commentMy Dad used to scare me to sleep with this song when I was a kid. Happy birthday Jack Pollard, I miss you every day.
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Birthday fever
Posted: July 29, 2013 Filed under: Birthdays | Tags: chicks were born to give you fever, Fever, happy birthday mum, He gives me fever, I light up when you call my name, July 29 birthdays, mad affair, Peggy Lee, Peggy Lee: Fever!, snap your fingers like Peggy Lee Leave a commentWhen I hear Peggy Lee I think of another cool blonde, my beautiful mamma who turns 86 today. Happy birthday to the woman who grew me in her body and gave me her love of music, art and books.
(How smooth is Peggy Lee’s band?)
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Madiba
Posted: July 17, 2013 Filed under: Birthdays, LOVE, Self improvement | Tags: 46664 charity, 67 minutes, 67 years of service, African leaders, ANC, charity and community work, free Nelson Mandela, JULY 18 BIRTHDAYS, Madiba, Mandela Day, NELSON MANDELA, Nobel Peace prize winners, peace, President of South Africa, The Specials AKA 2 CommentsIn May 1986 I stood singing outside the South African embassy in London for a few weeks with a bunch of other ratbag protestors hoping that our combined voices could help free Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. I only knew about him because of the song by The Specials AKA. He was freed in 1990. I don’t think it was because of our singing. Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Madiba’s health may be ailing but we can look to him for inspiration.
Tomorrow is Mandela Day. All you have to do on July 18 is donate 67 minutes of your day to doing something good in any way you can. Nelson Mandela gave 67 years of his life to the struggle for social justice. Can you spare 67 minutes of yours to support a charity or serve your local community? Make every day a Mandela Day.
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Feliz Cumpleaños
Posted: July 6, 2013 Filed under: ART, Birthdays | Tags: female Mexican artists, Frida Kahlo, iconic female artists, July 6 birthdays, Mexican painters Leave a commentThe brilliant Mexican painter Frida Kahlo was born today. Despite living in constant pain, Frida was a prolific artist and political activist.
“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it’s true I’m here, and I’m just as strange as you.”
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Don’t Dream It, Be It
Posted: April 19, 2013 Filed under: ART, Birthdays, LOVE, SONGS, Theme Songs | Tags: April 19 birthdays, don't dream it, English actors, great English films, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Tim Curry, Tim Curry Birthday Leave a commentWhen I was 15 I used to sneak out late at night with my girlfriends to watch the midnight screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. We dressed up in tutus and high heels, we sang, we sweated, we laughed and we danced. And my mother never did find out. Until now. Years later I was working in London and the phone rang and I instantly recognised the voice on the other end of the phone. It was Tim Curry. I couldn’t speak so I passed the phone to a colleague who laughed when she realised who I should have been talking to. Thank you Mr Curry for the joy you brought to my teenage years. Rose tint my world, keep me safe from the trouble and pain.
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Hooray for Dollywood
Posted: January 19, 2013 Filed under: Birthdays, LOVE, SONGS, WRITERS | Tags: country music, Dolly Parton, Dollywood, female songwriters, jolene, Pigeon Forge Tennessee, US female country singers Leave a commentToday is Dolly Parton’s birthday. I have loved her since I could sing. I love her wardrobe, her lyrics, her accent, her hair and her au naturale feminine charm. One day I will go to her theme park Dollywood in Tennessee. Right after I visit Elvis in Memphis.
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Just for one day
Posted: January 8, 2013 Filed under: ART, Birthdays, SONGS | Tags: David Bowie, Heroes, January 8 birthdays, Just For One Day 1 CommentHappy Birthday David Jones
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