[Editor’s Note I get it, when people die, we rewrite their history, see them as brave heroes and whatnot. But is that the case? Is that
Tag: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Happy 86th Birthday Anthony Perkins
Today is the 86th birthday of the actor/director/singer Anthony Perkins. You’ve obviously seen Psycho, but have you seen Pretty Poison or Murder on the Orient Express?
Happy 146th Birthday Sergei Diaghilev
Today is the 146th birthday of the ballet dancer and founder of Ballets Russes, Sergei Diaghilev. To be able to see those performances in the
Happy 129th Birthday Gerald Murphy
Today is the 129th birthday of one half of one of the most elegant couples of the Jazz-Age-Lost-Generation-Paris-in-the-1920s: Gerald Murphy. I think that I first ‘discovered’
Happy 131st Birthday Juan Gris
Today is the 131st birthday of the artist Juan Gris. When I see his art, I hear the jazz, see the dancers, smell the cigarette
Happy 137th Birthday Fernand Léger
Today is the 137th birthday of the French artist Fernand Léger. His developed style of painting is distinctively his own. I see a combination of Picasso
