Possibly Duke Ellington can shed some light on what it may mean to "wig" or not to "wig."
*** *** ***
Cigarette holder which wigs me
Over her shoulder, she digs me
Out cattin' that satin doll
Baby, shall we go out skippin'?
Careful, amigo, you're flippin'
Speaks Latin, that satin doll
*** *** ***
Ever since I learned this song (as part of a high-school choir, which sang a choral arrangement of Ellington's "Satin Doll"), I have wondered how it is exactly that one properly "wigs" someone with a cigarette holder.
Possibly Audrey Hepburn knew. As a recall, in the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's," a long-handled cigarette did set a woman's hat on fire, though we cannot be sure whether any actual wig was threatened by this.
Since "Satin Doll" was written in 1953 and "Breakfast at Tiffany's" ran in 1961, the former could not have referred to the latter. The mystery deepens!
Thanks for that reminder about the Good Friday Agreement anniversary. It was a Big Big Deal and now a reminder of when the US tried to make things better not worse.
I'm surprised that the slime mold infesting the White House hasn't started wearing a wig since his massive combover seems to be getting thinner and thinner.
There was a vignette about that in Apprentice: The Movie
And the filmmakers would've been successfully sued for defamation had it not been true, is my guess (since we had more actual working courts when it came out)
The members of the regime did their best to try to stop the film from airing but they weren't successful
Ta, Robyn. I am way, way behind on my wonking, so I should get to it. I made our delectable fruit bowls today, and heated the flowery green tea to go with them. Adored and adorable husband Meccalopolis is making coffee, and I'd bet he'll make the elitist avocado toast, too. Good day, beloved Wonketteers. We love and appreciate you all and we bless us all with love, health, peace, and grace.
Please, please stay safe. Wear a mask or two, wash your hands, sanitize when you cannot wash and let the sanitizer dry completely, stop touching your face, take Vitamin D, get a booster shot six months after your last (done!) and catch up on any other vaccines you need (and if there are children in your life, make sure they're vaccinated also, too), avoid indoor and crowded outdoor gatherings and when you must meet, remove masks only to eat, drink, and take quick photos, and stay the fuck away from us and anyone with whom you do not share a roof. Do this because you love yourself, and because we love you, too. Do this in memory of 27 Club member Treg and heroic Tony, Holly's pilot friend, among nearly eight million dead worldwide. Do this to honor the nurses and other frontline medical personnel (we adore you, all medicos of Wonkette, active and retired), especially ICU Hera Mrs Land Shark, RN. Stay safe.
Breaking News!!🚨 Zee and the Folks from UnFck America have released an incredible documentary on the fraud at Turning Point USA! Lots of ghost chapters that dont exist!
The 70's are my fave decade of cinema, worldwide and in all genres, including horror. Here's another banger, starring Lyle Waggoner (of The Carol Burnett Show) as Alex, the unfortunate husband of Lindsay (Mary Wilcox), a beautiful necrophile:
My daughter-in-law’s parents live in Compiègne France where the ruins of the bridge where Joan of Arc was captured. We visited them a few years ago and her dad made sure to bring us to see the bridge and the nearby church where she was held captive before being taken to Rouen for trial. There isn’t much left of the bridge, just a crumbling support wall on one side of the river and a bronze plaque attached. While we were standing there reading the plaque, he suddenly scrambled down the embankment and returned with a piece of limestone about 4 x 4 x1 inches square. I asked if it was legal to take pieces from the ruin and he said everyone in town has souvenirs, so I kept it. I’ve got it on a shelf at home, along with a photo of the plaque.
Last night I dreamed I was stuffing my face into a huge bouquet of pink peony perfume. Your post and contributors' called up that lovely memory. Thanks everyone!
All this wig talk reminds me of my high school days. There were rules about long hair -- it was "distracting" they said. So guys would wear cheap ass wigs with their hair crammed up under said ugly ass wigs, and that was not considered a distraction by the powers that be. Go figure.
My school allowed side burns that didn't extend below where the ear connected to the head. If your sideburns were longer, you got called down to the assistant principal's where he had a razor waiting so they could trim them.
Hair rules were so stupid. I was a kid when boy's hair could not touch their collar. Growing up in an area and in a school with lots of tribal members (where the tradition around there, at least, was for men not to cut their hair), there were lots of fights with families to get the boys to cut their hair. It was finally my very Irish friend Paddy who's parents broke the damn with their own family tradition (and whiteness) and after that boys were allowed to have long hair if it was well kept.
When I was in high school, girls weren't allowed to wear pants. It was a farm school, and some girls had to wait for the school bus at the end of a half-mile drive. They wore jeans under their dressed and then changed in the girls' restroom when they got to school.
Yes, we also had a dresses (or skirts) only rule at my gradeschool. And the skirts couldn't be more than 1" above our knee. The Moms finally threw a fit and made the schools let us wear pants under our skirts at least at recess time. But they couldn't be jeans, or at least plain blue jeans. We sported a lot of stripey denim back then. And sewed fancy edging to the bottoms of our pants legs.
Honestly, I know Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin were the originals, but I think Luna's version of Bonnie and Clyde is waaaay better.
J'adore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEBk6wzKoG4
Must admit that I was very very disappointed to not see the leading picture of the video - That of the puppet itself being "yeeted over the sill".
HERE'S SYD, A BIT WIGGED OUT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEr6w7P44Nk
Possibly Duke Ellington can shed some light on what it may mean to "wig" or not to "wig."
*** *** ***
Cigarette holder which wigs me
Over her shoulder, she digs me
Out cattin' that satin doll
Baby, shall we go out skippin'?
Careful, amigo, you're flippin'
Speaks Latin, that satin doll
*** *** ***
Ever since I learned this song (as part of a high-school choir, which sang a choral arrangement of Ellington's "Satin Doll"), I have wondered how it is exactly that one properly "wigs" someone with a cigarette holder.
Possibly Audrey Hepburn knew. As a recall, in the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's," a long-handled cigarette did set a woman's hat on fire, though we cannot be sure whether any actual wig was threatened by this.
Since "Satin Doll" was written in 1953 and "Breakfast at Tiffany's" ran in 1961, the former could not have referred to the latter. The mystery deepens!
Mother-in-law's-tongue flowers almost ready to pop. Any day now... https://bagelsofdoom.substack.com/p/dracaena-trifasciata-flower-spike
Thanks for that reminder about the Good Friday Agreement anniversary. It was a Big Big Deal and now a reminder of when the US tried to make things better not worse.
"What's that on your heeead?"
I'm surprised that the slime mold infesting the White House hasn't started wearing a wig since his massive combover seems to be getting thinner and thinner.
Slime molds have greater self awareness than does the current occupant.
"THICK AS A WHALE OMELETTE"
I thought he had plugs
Yes, but they forgot to plug him in.
To keep bits of his brain from falling out?
Can't really verify they rumors, but
https://www.threads.com/@vcbloom2/post/DYU8enakRI8/never-forget-trump-beat-up-wife-number-one-for-a-failed-hair-transplant-plugs
There was a vignette about that in Apprentice: The Movie
And the filmmakers would've been successfully sued for defamation had it not been true, is my guess (since we had more actual working courts when it came out)
The members of the regime did their best to try to stop the film from airing but they weren't successful
I’m glad you watched, so I didn’t have to. ;->
Ta, Robyn. I am way, way behind on my wonking, so I should get to it. I made our delectable fruit bowls today, and heated the flowery green tea to go with them. Adored and adorable husband Meccalopolis is making coffee, and I'd bet he'll make the elitist avocado toast, too. Good day, beloved Wonketteers. We love and appreciate you all and we bless us all with love, health, peace, and grace.
Please, please stay safe. Wear a mask or two, wash your hands, sanitize when you cannot wash and let the sanitizer dry completely, stop touching your face, take Vitamin D, get a booster shot six months after your last (done!) and catch up on any other vaccines you need (and if there are children in your life, make sure they're vaccinated also, too), avoid indoor and crowded outdoor gatherings and when you must meet, remove masks only to eat, drink, and take quick photos, and stay the fuck away from us and anyone with whom you do not share a roof. Do this because you love yourself, and because we love you, too. Do this in memory of 27 Club member Treg and heroic Tony, Holly's pilot friend, among nearly eight million dead worldwide. Do this to honor the nurses and other frontline medical personnel (we adore you, all medicos of Wonkette, active and retired), especially ICU Hera Mrs Land Shark, RN. Stay safe.
Slava Ukraini. 🌻🇺🇦💙💛
So TP USA is simply a huge grift.
Breaking News!!🚨 Zee and the Folks from UnFck America have released an incredible documentary on the fraud at Turning Point USA! Lots of ghost chapters that dont exist!
(short) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hU06R6-XGZ8
I'd clutch my pearls but... they've already got them!
Coincidentally, also a ghost CEO.
I don’t understand
Is that a ... surprise to people?
Racism has always been a grift
https://www.blackenterprise.com/white-doctor-sues-find-a-black-doctor-directory/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/directory-us-based-black-physicians-151958311.html
^^ never mind that Black doctors are barely 3% of the profession
This is my surprised face.
Shame Hungary isn't funding it any more.
The 70's are my fave decade of cinema, worldwide and in all genres, including horror. Here's another banger, starring Lyle Waggoner (of The Carol Burnett Show) as Alex, the unfortunate husband of Lindsay (Mary Wilcox), a beautiful necrophile:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7LcRAgkDj0
"Stay away from the box!"
My daughter-in-law’s parents live in Compiègne France where the ruins of the bridge where Joan of Arc was captured. We visited them a few years ago and her dad made sure to bring us to see the bridge and the nearby church where she was held captive before being taken to Rouen for trial. There isn’t much left of the bridge, just a crumbling support wall on one side of the river and a bronze plaque attached. While we were standing there reading the plaque, he suddenly scrambled down the embankment and returned with a piece of limestone about 4 x 4 x1 inches square. I asked if it was legal to take pieces from the ruin and he said everyone in town has souvenirs, so I kept it. I’ve got it on a shelf at home, along with a photo of the plaque.
More plantz pix just dropped. https://bsky.app/profile/bagelsofdoom.bsky.social
Last night I dreamed I was stuffing my face into a huge bouquet of pink peony perfume. Your post and contributors' called up that lovely memory. Thanks everyone!
You're welcome! Peonies are such classic beauties. Everything about them is lovely and nostalgic in the best possible way.
All this wig talk reminds me of my high school days. There were rules about long hair -- it was "distracting" they said. So guys would wear cheap ass wigs with their hair crammed up under said ugly ass wigs, and that was not considered a distraction by the powers that be. Go figure.
My school allowed side burns that didn't extend below where the ear connected to the head. If your sideburns were longer, you got called down to the assistant principal's where he had a razor waiting so they could trim them.
Hair rules were so stupid. I was a kid when boy's hair could not touch their collar. Growing up in an area and in a school with lots of tribal members (where the tradition around there, at least, was for men not to cut their hair), there were lots of fights with families to get the boys to cut their hair. It was finally my very Irish friend Paddy who's parents broke the damn with their own family tradition (and whiteness) and after that boys were allowed to have long hair if it was well kept.
Take it away, David Crosby:
https://youtu.be/as5lE64J1hQ?si=2QRPVpkzMTii0AHa
When I was in high school, girls weren't allowed to wear pants. It was a farm school, and some girls had to wait for the school bus at the end of a half-mile drive. They wore jeans under their dressed and then changed in the girls' restroom when they got to school.
Yes, we also had a dresses (or skirts) only rule at my gradeschool. And the skirts couldn't be more than 1" above our knee. The Moms finally threw a fit and made the schools let us wear pants under our skirts at least at recess time. But they couldn't be jeans, or at least plain blue jeans. We sported a lot of stripey denim back then. And sewed fancy edging to the bottoms of our pants legs.
Ah, defenestration… the less acceptable but more satisfying alternative to taxing the rich.