RiCK SAUNDERS : Known Dissident
@ricksaunders.bsky.social
Dad, married = leslierobison.us/
Music Obsessive with
love for every genre & its subs, heavy reader, picture taker, Libra AF
Welcome, aliens.
I collect : https://bsky.app/profile/foundphotos.bsky.social
See: realdeepblues.blogspot.com
Music Obsessive with
love for every genre & its subs, heavy reader, picture taker, Libra AF
Welcome, aliens.
I collect : https://bsky.app/profile/foundphotos.bsky.social
See: realdeepblues.blogspot.com
Pinned
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“And if these pictures have anything important to say to future generations, it's this... I was here. I existed. I was young. I was happy... and someone cared enough about me in this world to take my picture.”
-Sy the Photo Guy
I'm posting my vintage photo collection here:
bsky.app/profile/foun...
-Sy the Photo Guy
I'm posting my vintage photo collection here:
bsky.app/profile/foun...
Hollywood History - The Marion Davies Beach House cinemascholars.com/the-hollywoo...
Hollywood History - The Marion Davies Beach House
The history of the Beach House owned by Marion Davies, which featured many costume parties attended by Hollywood Greats.
cinemascholars.com
July 26, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Hollywood History - The Marion Davies Beach House cinemascholars.com/the-hollywoo...
For Sale: The Tough-Talkin’, Finger-Lickin’ Legacy of Colonel Sanders
In the town where Kentucky Fried Chicken grew up, they’ll auction off the home, restaurant and maybe even the secret spice mix of a cantankerous innovator.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/d...
In the town where Kentucky Fried Chicken grew up, they’ll auction off the home, restaurant and maybe even the secret spice mix of a cantankerous innovator.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/d...
The Legacy of Kentucky Fried Chicken’s Colonel Sanders Is Up For Sale (Gift Article)
In the town where Kentucky Fried Chicken grew up, they’ll auction off the home, restaurant and maybe even the secret spice mix of a cantankerous innovator.
www.nytimes.com
July 25, 2026 at 4:29 PM
For Sale: The Tough-Talkin’, Finger-Lickin’ Legacy of Colonel Sanders
In the town where Kentucky Fried Chicken grew up, they’ll auction off the home, restaurant and maybe even the secret spice mix of a cantankerous innovator.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/d...
In the town where Kentucky Fried Chicken grew up, they’ll auction off the home, restaurant and maybe even the secret spice mix of a cantankerous innovator.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/d...
I’m looking for fellow fans of meditation who can recommend some guided meditations with a guide who uses a normal voice not the dreaded meditation voice. It’s not quite as bad as poetry voice buts it’s close.
July 18, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I’m looking for fellow fans of meditation who can recommend some guided meditations with a guide who uses a normal voice not the dreaded meditation voice. It’s not quite as bad as poetry voice buts it’s close.
Margo Price and Joan Baez sing Woody Guthrie’s Deportee
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89vL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89vL...
Margo Price - Deportee ft. Joan Baez & Memphis Mariachi (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Margo Price
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July 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Margo Price and Joan Baez sing Woody Guthrie’s Deportee
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89vL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89vL...
Reposted by RiCK SAUNDERS : Known Dissident
Ann Lowe designed one of the most famous dresses in American history. Jacqueline Kennedy’s wedding dress.
For years, many people admired her work without ever knowing her name.
History remembered the dress. It’s time we remembered the designer.
#SheShed
For years, many people admired her work without ever knowing her name.
History remembered the dress. It’s time we remembered the designer.
#SheShed
June 17, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Ann Lowe designed one of the most famous dresses in American history. Jacqueline Kennedy’s wedding dress.
For years, many people admired her work without ever knowing her name.
History remembered the dress. It’s time we remembered the designer.
#SheShed
For years, many people admired her work without ever knowing her name.
History remembered the dress. It’s time we remembered the designer.
#SheShed
The great Millie Jackson sings, “It’s Hard to Believe She’s a Child of God.”
youtu.be/tJFyFYisGYc?...
youtu.be/tJFyFYisGYc?...
★ Millie Jackson ★ A Child Of God (It's Hard To Believe) ★ [1972] ★ "Millie Jackson" ★
YouTube video by MillieJacksonChannel
youtu.be
June 17, 2026 at 2:33 PM
The great Millie Jackson sings, “It’s Hard to Believe She’s a Child of God.”
youtu.be/tJFyFYisGYc?...
youtu.be/tJFyFYisGYc?...
If you need some weird dark hilarity with heartbreak , madness, and wonderfulness in your life watch Steve and Alice.
It’s outstanding.
“Alice and Steve is a British comedy television series…t features Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement in starring roles.”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_a...
It’s outstanding.
“Alice and Steve is a British comedy television series…t features Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement in starring roles.”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_a...
Alice and Steve - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
June 12, 2026 at 2:50 AM
If you need some weird dark hilarity with heartbreak , madness, and wonderfulness in your life watch Steve and Alice.
It’s outstanding.
“Alice and Steve is a British comedy television series…t features Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement in starring roles.”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_a...
It’s outstanding.
“Alice and Steve is a British comedy television series…t features Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement in starring roles.”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_a...
These women are the best thing I've seen today and probably best of the week.
Watch ‘em humiliate diminutive billionaire Canadian goons who pretend they gaf about Utah….with straight facts, a massive dose of humor and smartassery.
Suck it, Kevin O'Leary these Utah ladies own you. Watch n’ share!
Watch ‘em humiliate diminutive billionaire Canadian goons who pretend they gaf about Utah….with straight facts, a massive dose of humor and smartassery.
Suck it, Kevin O'Leary these Utah ladies own you. Watch n’ share!
www.instagram.com
May 18, 2026 at 4:04 PM
These women are the best thing I've seen today and probably best of the week.
Watch ‘em humiliate diminutive billionaire Canadian goons who pretend they gaf about Utah….with straight facts, a massive dose of humor and smartassery.
Suck it, Kevin O'Leary these Utah ladies own you. Watch n’ share!
Watch ‘em humiliate diminutive billionaire Canadian goons who pretend they gaf about Utah….with straight facts, a massive dose of humor and smartassery.
Suck it, Kevin O'Leary these Utah ladies own you. Watch n’ share!
Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the second film studio after The Black Maria, established before other studios such as Pathé (founded in 1896).”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaumont
First Animation : youtu.be/o1d28X0lkJ4
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaumont
First Animation : youtu.be/o1d28X0lkJ4
Fantasmagorie Émile Cohl, 1908
YouTube video by phantascience
youtu.be
May 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the second film studio after The Black Maria, established before other studios such as Pathé (founded in 1896).”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaumont
First Animation : youtu.be/o1d28X0lkJ4
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaumont
First Animation : youtu.be/o1d28X0lkJ4
Thanks to my friend Josh for teaching me about the legend of Tiger Whitehead and his wife.
Tiger Whitehead
YouTube video by ChopperTCB
youtu.be
May 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Thanks to my friend Josh for teaching me about the legend of Tiger Whitehead and his wife.
From the comments: "Without Doc Lewis, the Depression would have been a way bleaker and darker time than it was. Later, they called him "corny," but that corn lifted up very many who needed it. For my money, it is one of the best of such renditions. Lots-o-fun!)"
More: archive.org/details/TedL...
More: archive.org/details/TedL...
TED LEWIS, with Jack Teagarden, Red Nichols, "Happiness Remedy", Paramount 1931
YouTube video by vitajazz
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May 12, 2026 at 1:45 PM
From the comments: "Without Doc Lewis, the Depression would have been a way bleaker and darker time than it was. Later, they called him "corny," but that corn lifted up very many who needed it. For my money, it is one of the best of such renditions. Lots-o-fun!)"
More: archive.org/details/TedL...
More: archive.org/details/TedL...
Lisa Hanigan sings Moon River backed by Richard Hawley.
I'll listen to Moon River any time. Hank Mancini arranged the music, and his pal Johnny Mercer the lyrics.
I'll listen to Moon River any time. Hank Mancini arranged the music, and his pal Johnny Mercer the lyrics.
Moon River | OV 10 | Other Voices Videos
If you're really, really lucky you get to witness something like this once in your life. This was Richard Hawley night in the Church of Saint James and his guets for the evening were his old pal Jarvi...
www.othervoices.ie
May 10, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Lisa Hanigan sings Moon River backed by Richard Hawley.
I'll listen to Moon River any time. Hank Mancini arranged the music, and his pal Johnny Mercer the lyrics.
I'll listen to Moon River any time. Hank Mancini arranged the music, and his pal Johnny Mercer the lyrics.
“…Mrs. Lawrence’s assertion that
the office-world is a method of giving the largest possible number of
people the largest possible amount of nervous discomfort, to the end of producing the largest possible quantity of totally useless articles...”
Excerpt From
The Job
-Sinclair Lewis
the office-world is a method of giving the largest possible number of
people the largest possible amount of nervous discomfort, to the end of producing the largest possible quantity of totally useless articles...”
Excerpt From
The Job
-Sinclair Lewis
May 6, 2026 at 10:39 PM
“…Mrs. Lawrence’s assertion that
the office-world is a method of giving the largest possible number of
people the largest possible amount of nervous discomfort, to the end of producing the largest possible quantity of totally useless articles...”
Excerpt From
The Job
-Sinclair Lewis
the office-world is a method of giving the largest possible number of
people the largest possible amount of nervous discomfort, to the end of producing the largest possible quantity of totally useless articles...”
Excerpt From
The Job
-Sinclair Lewis
“This illustration is one of sixteen Wilde commissioned Beardsley to create for the publication of the play. The series is considered to be Beardsley's most celebrated work, created at the age of 21.”
The Climax (illustration) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
May 6, 2026 at 3:29 AM
“This illustration is one of sixteen Wilde commissioned Beardsley to create for the publication of the play. The series is considered to be Beardsley's most celebrated work, created at the age of 21.”
If you want to watch something you can multi-task to and ignore but when you do watch is beautiful and peaceful with no talking then here you go:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country...
youtube.com/@country_lif...
I never imagined wanting to move to Azerbaijan.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country...
youtube.com/@country_lif...
I never imagined wanting to move to Azerbaijan.
Country Life Vlog - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
May 1, 2026 at 12:17 AM
If you want to watch something you can multi-task to and ignore but when you do watch is beautiful and peaceful with no talking then here you go:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country...
youtube.com/@country_lif...
I never imagined wanting to move to Azerbaijan.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country...
youtube.com/@country_lif...
I never imagined wanting to move to Azerbaijan.
If you’re a jazz fan or would like to be, check out the David W Niven archives at archive.org/details/davi...
“Description: 650 tapes · 1,000 hours · 637 GB · 691 scans of cassette cards. Compiled and Narrated by David W. Niven, 1930-1993.
All of it is free to listen to or download.
“Description: 650 tapes · 1,000 hours · 637 GB · 691 scans of cassette cards. Compiled and Narrated by David W. Niven, 1930-1993.
All of it is free to listen to or download.
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
April 30, 2026 at 4:58 PM
If you’re a jazz fan or would like to be, check out the David W Niven archives at archive.org/details/davi...
“Description: 650 tapes · 1,000 hours · 637 GB · 691 scans of cassette cards. Compiled and Narrated by David W. Niven, 1930-1993.
All of it is free to listen to or download.
“Description: 650 tapes · 1,000 hours · 637 GB · 691 scans of cassette cards. Compiled and Narrated by David W. Niven, 1930-1993.
All of it is free to listen to or download.
His album Just Divorced is an all time fave country album if mine.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
savingcountrymusic.com/outlaw-count...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
savingcountrymusic.com/outlaw-count...
April 30, 2026 at 4:07 AM
His album Just Divorced is an all time fave country album if mine.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
savingcountrymusic.com/outlaw-count...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
savingcountrymusic.com/outlaw-count...
I'm loving this movie. Makes me want to go to Venice but no doubt it's nothing like this, if it ever was. Or is it?
Summertime 1955, Film in English, Katharine Hepburn, Rossano BrazziIsa Miranda
YouTube video by Yuppi Music
youtu.be
April 29, 2026 at 2:31 PM
I'm loving this movie. Makes me want to go to Venice but no doubt it's nothing like this, if it ever was. Or is it?
Read this on my phone this week thanks to Project Gutenberg, though I had to enbiggen the font til the book became 1400 pages.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merton_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merton_...
Merton of the Movies (novel) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 24, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Read this on my phone this week thanks to Project Gutenberg, though I had to enbiggen the font til the book became 1400 pages.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merton_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merton_...
“The great silent film star Alla Nazimova stars as "Salome" in this adaptation of the Oscar Wilde classic. The art direction, of course, is by Natacha Rambova, Nazimova's lover and the future Mrs. Rudolph Valentino.”
youtu.be/44OmwMoGWfs 🎬🍿
youtu.be/44OmwMoGWfs 🎬🍿
NAZAMOVA DANCES IN "SALOME"
YouTube video by withlotsabutta
youtu.be
April 24, 2026 at 8:14 PM
“The great silent film star Alla Nazimova stars as "Salome" in this adaptation of the Oscar Wilde classic. The art direction, of course, is by Natacha Rambova, Nazimova's lover and the future Mrs. Rudolph Valentino.”
youtu.be/44OmwMoGWfs 🎬🍿
youtu.be/44OmwMoGWfs 🎬🍿
Sonny Berman -Nocturne
Sonny died at 21, on the cusp of being mentioned in the same breath as trumpeters like Clifford Brown. Shot heroin and had a heart attack. Such a loss.
youtu.be/Ip_BgYZOM_A?...
Sonny died at 21, on the cusp of being mentioned in the same breath as trumpeters like Clifford Brown. Shot heroin and had a heart attack. Such a loss.
youtu.be/Ip_BgYZOM_A?...
Sonny Berman - Nocturne (Moonburns)
YouTube video by johnnystaccata
youtu.be
April 23, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Sonny Berman -Nocturne
Sonny died at 21, on the cusp of being mentioned in the same breath as trumpeters like Clifford Brown. Shot heroin and had a heart attack. Such a loss.
youtu.be/Ip_BgYZOM_A?...
Sonny died at 21, on the cusp of being mentioned in the same breath as trumpeters like Clifford Brown. Shot heroin and had a heart attack. Such a loss.
youtu.be/Ip_BgYZOM_A?...