Happy Weekend!
Today would have been the 102nd birthday of Ms. Dinah Washington had she not tragically died, at the age of 39, back in 1963. I admittedly did not actually know that she died that young, or that she died of an overdose of secobarbital and amobarbital — which she was prescribed for “insomnia and diet.” Sure is sad how the 1900s straight up just killed so many women with an unbelievable amount of talent with stress and fat shaming. America!
Anyway, because we love her so so much, here she is singing “All of Me” at the Newport Jazz Festival.
I really just love her so, so, so much.
And speaking of people we love so very much … as we all know by now, Dolly Parton passed away this week, breaking all of our hearts into 10 million pieces. So I figure we have to have some Dolly this week — and what could be more appropriate for your favorite commie rag than the labor rights classic, “9-to-5”? (I actually would have loved to include both Dolly and Dinah’s versions of “Cold, Cold Heart,” but I sadly could not find Dolly’s version on YouTube even though it definitely exists.)
And just in case you need to get some tears out …
And since we’re also mourning the passing of another legend this week …
Ugh. My heart.
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Guys, it's not good. I've run out of Churus.
I coulda swore I have a big container around here somewhere, but I for sure can't find it.
Fattest cat is now stalking my waffle. Pray for me.
I just ordered myself a black t-shirt with a picture of Tim Curry performing the iconic role of Doctor Frankenfurter from "Rocky Horror Picture Show". It will be delivered in two days. After it has been recieved and properly customized [I always take a pair of scissors to new t-shirts in order to shorten or remove entirely the sleeves and cut out the confining collar] I will don my precious new bodice, have paul take a decent picture of me and then post it here.
Truly I absolutely adored Tim Curry and will wear the HELL out of that shirt.