Hallo, Vaarwel
Connie calls it quits
Where is Elizabeth “Connie” Converse? Before Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell there was Connie Converse, the Emily Dickinson of singer-songwriters. Thanks to animator Gene Deitch, who was responsible for some of the TV cartoons I watched as a kid, Connie’s voice and songs were recorded for posterity.
Connie disappeared over 40 years ago, like D.B. Cooper, and she was never heard from again. Converse was born five days before Deitch, who is 90 and still living.
For all the tea in China
England’s addiction to tea was made possible by China’s addiction to opium.
Post 3,000
Here’s to another 3,000 posts!
Re-GIF-ing
Like Steve Martin in The Jerk, Rachel Dolezal thinks that she was born a poor black child?
Searching for the Searchers
BBC radio has the back story on the making of John Ford’s legendary film “The Searchers”. It probably won’t be available for long, so listen ASAP.