The Funky Writer

I am blessed to have been born into the greatest music ever created. I’m always bragging about the great Detroit Motown music of the 60’s. But the fantastic Philadelphia sound of the 70’s was just as amazing. Case in point: Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) by the Stylistics.

@TheDarkPages Looks a lot like Cindy Birdsong on the left.

Celebrating the incomparable Patti LaBelle, who turns 82 today! ❤️

@gaugler_j If you don’t know, you better ask somebody!

W.C. Fields. I can't say I'm a fan. I can say that I haven't seen enough of his work as a motion picture star to make an informed decision. But I can't say I'm a fan....

@MoviesActresses Great pic! ❤️

Eartha Kitt #EarthaKitt

@HistorylandHQ We had a Safeway in Brooklyn, on St. John’s Place in the early 1960’s. Then it disappeared. Found out Safeway decided to leave the East Coast.

Grocery shopping at Safeway in 1965

@FunkyWriterShow I'll be a return guest for an upcoming episode on Robert Batista's fantastic podcast "The Funky Writer Show". In the meantime, if you're a lit fanatic, check out Robert's podcast episodes for interviews with authors, poets, and writers from all walks of life.

@brooklynhistory Was Middagh street renamed or still there?

Today’s POTW looks at 24 Middagh Street, the star of recent New York Times article "Bragging Rights in Brooklyn Heights." The article looks at two properties and their claim to be the oldest homes in Brooklyn Heights bklynlib.org/4uJbfhV [24 Middagh Street], 1922, V1974.32.72

@GangsterCinema The book the film was based on is called, Wiseguy, excellent read.

Henry Hill, the real-life crime figure GoodFellas was based on, on what it was like seeing the film for the first time: "When I seen the movie, Warner Brothers had let me use the theater over there at the studio, and they said you can take as many people as you want. I think I took about half a dozen people. And I mean, I just sat there in shock. I mean, I couldn't believe it. It was just amazing how he was able to capture it. And then just pull away from it and let the audience see it. I mean, that's what amazes me, the way he captured a whole group of, you know, a bunch of us low life fucks... And then make a part of it human. It was a numbing feeling. It was so surreal. It was weird."

@ridethepastlane You’re right. Joan won for Suspicion.

@FunkyWriterShow No, she did not. The winner was Ginger Rogers for Kitty Foyle.

Anne Baxter (left) was considered for the female lead in Rebecca (1940). The role went to Joan Fontaine. It was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and received the Best Picture Academy Award. It also starred Laurence Olivier.

@freakoutsideofx Cold Sweat part 2

In your opinion, what's the best James Brown song of ALL TIME!?

@melanie_mjk Love those cheekbones.

Constance Bennett by George Hurrell c.1932. ✨ #GeorgeHurrell

@Michael_Vadney @AuthorAdjacent Congrats!!

I just realized today that Crownfall has sold over a hundred copies, and I cannot contain my excitement! Thank you everyone who contributed to this benchmark. I can't wait to see what Crownfall will do for the rest of the year.

@VaTechPhiDelt That’s Tony Franciosa behind Garner.

Another glimpse of the Hollywood crew who attended the '63 March on Washington for Civil Rights. Charlton Heston, Harry Belafonte, Paul Newman, Diahann Carroll, Marlon Brando, James Garner and Muhammad Ali were among the marchers.

@bestofsullavan You and me both! ❤️

Happy birthday to this lovely human being whom I cherish with all my heart, Margaret Sullavan. 🤍 — Here’s a portrait of her by Ray Jones, 1941.

@pastarchive And funky dummies.

Children in Newcastle upon Tyne’s West End play on piled-up mattresses by Tish Murtha - England, 1981.

Living on my own in Brooklyn, barely out of high school, desperately hungry. The thing sitting in my desk drawer could be the way out. The frightening thing is how desperation can feel like an answer. Part of an audio clip of my story, ‘Pen In My Right Hand, Gun In My Left’.

@dan_bst Great pic!

Ain’t no mountain high, ain’t no valley low, ain’t no river wide enough, baby ... - Marvin Gaye

@trumplicans2024 1972.

what year?

@RasberryRazz Ann Dvorak, with this one scene, cemented herself as one of the greatest pre-code actors of all time.

I adore Pre-code movies cause so many of them will end with the most wildest moments you can possibly fathom because they had to squeeze in a shocking moment that would linger with the viewer by the end. In other news I just watched Three on a Match (1932). Good movie.