Raffaella Carrà was an Italian showbiz person known for her dancing in “Prisencolinensinainciusol” (1972) and her singing and low-cut suit in “A far l’amore comincia tu” (1976).
The song is featured prominently in Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000) by Ozon.
In 2011, French DJ Bob Sinclar sampled the original Italian version of “A far l’amore comincia tu” and included it in his single “Far l’amore” which was later featured in The Great Beauty (2013).
Hilton Valentine was an English guitarist, member of the The Animals.
Valentine played the electric guitar arpeggio introduction to the Animals’ 1964 signature song “The House of the Rising Sun”.
Howard Wales was a keyboardist best known for his collaborations with Jerry Garcia in the early 1970s.
However, solo, he produced little gems such as this “Rendez-Vous With The Sun, Part. 2” on his album of almost the same name in 1976.
The tracks is also included in DJ Harvey’s cult mix “Sarcastic Disco Volume 2” which you will find on Soundcloud.
RIP and thank you for the music.
Winston Groom was the author of Forrest Gump, the story of a stupid man who realizes the American dream.
Juan Giménez was an Argentine comic book artist active in the 1970s and 1980s at the French Métal hurlant the American Heavy Metal magazines.
There is “Juan Giménez’s apocalyptic garbage” on the cover of Heavy Metal Illustrated Fantasy Magazine Spring 1987.
See that wonderful image on my dormant Tumblr account.
Nina Auerbach was an American scholar. She published in the fields of Victorian literature, theater, cultural history, and horror fiction and film.
Our Vampires, Ourselves (1995) by Nina Auerbach
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“Vampires and American presidents began to converge in my imagination, not because all presidents are equally vampiric, but because both are personification of their age […] Since I loved vampires before I hated Republicans, this book also reflects my idiosyncrasies.”
Our Vampires, Ourselves (1995) by Nina Auerbach, p. 3
I’ve only read scraps of Auerbach: her remarks on the Carroll photos of Evelyn Hatch and her funny remarks in Our Vampires, Ourselves (above).
Her work is in the tradition of Mario Praz, Bram Dijkstra and Camille Paglia.
Ulay was a German artist, best known for his collaborations with Marina Abramović.
The duo are perhaps best-known for The Other: Rest Energy (1980) in which Ulay holds a bow and arrow to the heart of Marina Abramović.
Garrett List was an American musician, known as a trombonist, vocalist, and composer.
Other trombonists I admire include Rico Rodriguez, Peter Zummo, Vin Gordon, Don Drummond, Fred Wesley and Willie Colón.