Thursday, September 8, 2011

Freddy Mercury

Freddy Mercury
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Mercury was born in the British protectorate of Zanzibar, East Africa. His parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara, [a] were Parsis from Gujarat region and province of Bombay Presidency in British India [11]. [B] family name derived from the city Bulsar (also known as Valsad) in southern Gujarat. As Parsis, Freddie and his family practiced the Zoroastrian religion [12]. Bulsara family moved to Zanzibar in order to continue his father's job as a cashier at the British Colonial Office. She has one younger sister, KashmiraIn the early 1970s, Mercury has a long term relationship with Mary Austin, who had met through guitarist Brian May. He lived with Austin for several years in West Kensington. In the mid-1970s, however, the singer began an affair with a male record executive at Elektra Records America, which eventually resulted in the end its relationship with Austin [46] Mercury and Austin. But remained close friends for years, with Mercury often referring to him as the only true friend. In an interview in 1985, Mercury said Austin, "All my girlfriend asked why they could not replace Mary [Austin], but it just might.'s The only I've got is Mary and I do not want anyone else. To me, he usually the law of my wife. For me, it is a marriage We trust each other,. that's enough for me "[47] He also wrote several songs about Austin, the most famous of which is". Love My Life ". Mercury is also the godfather of her eldest son, Richard
According to his partner Jim Hutton, Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS shortly after Easter in 1987 [54] Around that time., Mercury said in an interview to have tested negative for HIV [23] Despite the rejection,. The British press to pursue the rampant rumors over the next few years, fueled by Mercury's appearance was thinner, the absence of the Queen of the tour, and reports from former lovers to various tabloid journals [55] Towards the end of his life. he was routinely stalked by photographers, while the daily tabloid newspaper The Sun shows a series of articles claiming that he was seriously ill. However, Mercury and his colleagues and friends constantly denied the story, even after a front page article published on 29, April 1991 which shows Mercury appears very dull in what is now a rare appearance. [56]On 22 November 1991, Mercury called Queen's manager Jim Beach Kensington home, to discuss public statement. The next day, November 23, following the announcement has been made to the press on behalf of Mercury
 
 

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Freddie Mercury Image

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Rita Hayworth does covers from 1940s-1950s

Photoplay 9-1945

Motion Picture 1-1946

Movie Stars 4-1946

Movie Life - 6-1946

ovies 5-1947

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American Restaurants of the 1950s and 1960s






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Quote du Jour

“Ideals are the cheapest things in life...those who never show a grain of effort, courage, or endurance have them on the most copious scale.” William James

The Watch Snob

I know in your past articles you have been very critical of Panerai timepieces. However, I recently read about a new watch with the Panerai badge sporting an in-house movement, the PAM 338, which is smaller. Do you think this could be a turning point for the company, and do you think their in-house movement would be respectable enough to spend almost $8,000 on?

While I am often cast as a Panerai hater, let me set the record straight. The company had a long history as a respectable maker of nautical and diving instruments. The fact that its early dive watches often used Rolex or Angelus movements never troubled me because Panerai never really proclaimed they were watchmakers but rather instrument producers.

But in the 1990s, in a story that is well known to many, a certain second-rate porn-star-turned-action-film-actor discovered the brand, and soon, as the French like to say, Panerai started throwing flowers at themselves. They were bought by a conglomerate, moved from Italy to Switzerland and started charging exorbitant prices for giant watches with pedestrian movements inside. They enjoyed success thanks to guys with bigger wrists (and wallets) than brains.

The new PAM 338 isn’t Panerai’s first attempt at an in-house movement, but I feel like it is the first one really worth considering. Yes, that was painful for me to write. I say that not because the movement breaks new ground but because it is priced more appropriately for a time-only in-house movement. Whether a movement can be called truly in-house when a company shares the stable with Piaget, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Lange is up for debate.

But at least it’s not another gussied up tractor from the House of Swatch. Now, I still don’t think 42mm is small. 40mm would have been a better, more restrained size. But an old dog can only learn one new trick at a time.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Pictures of Korea in 1945

Korean mother and child. Korean countryside near Seoul in fall of 1945

Korean Teahouse, 1945 in Seoul

Refugees: Fusan 1945, now named Busan

Korean Fisherman, Samch'ok, November 1945

Many Korean women carried heavy loads on their heads in 1945

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