January 23, 2012
I love how well she can cast a bull-figher-themed video; I love how if you close your eyes you’d never guess there was a petite, pouty-lipped, boobalicious, vivacious powerhouse of a little lady jammin’ on her classical guitar. This post exists for the sole purpose of reminding you that Charo lives. Actually, her real name ...
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January 23, 2012
Etta James, RIP. She was badass from beginning to end. We should all be so lucky to be so talented and bold. I love the sounds that come out of her mouth on “Something’s Got a Hold On Me” – and singing “I Just Want to Make Love to You” at the age of 70, ...
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October 25, 2011
Let’s see.. in 1958, you might have been dancing around your living room with your family after you just bought that “3-D” TV. See ad. And certainly you wouldn’t have known just what to think about the sassy Wanda Jackson, who celebrated her 74th birthday last week. I mean – she had fringy shirts, shook ...
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October 28, 2010
It was sad to hear about the last week’s passing of Tom Bosley. I’m definitely of the age where he was my first TV father role model. He was affable and respectable, emotional and yet reliable and authoritative. May he rest in peace. Thinking about this TV family reminded me that it was also in-fact ...
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August 27, 2010
The year is 1916. The Battle of Verdun begins in France (WW1), Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control, and the light switch is invented by William J. Newton and Morris Goldberg. I just wanted to give you some random context, because this is the world Lydia Mendoza was born into. Her mother ...
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July 19, 2010
There are many women who came before us to pave the way. One of those Memphis Minnie. She was bad. In all the best ways. Share on Facebook
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