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"To describe the overall series comparatively, Narnia is the dorky Bible-basher at the back of the class whilst Harry Potter is the popular, apolitical kid who gets all the attention. His Dark Materials is, of course, the atheist drop-out brooding over a gun collection."
— Pure movies (HT Opinion Dominion)
SNL — Lazy Sunday
The Sidewalks of New York (waltz) (1928) 78 rpm, 7th june 1928
Nat Shilkret & the Victor Orchestra, Vocal by Lewis James
Buell Kazee - The Butcher’s Boy
Born in Kentucky in 1900, Buell Kazee grew up in a very devout family and frequently attended a church that performed sacred harp singing. From this, as well as from other family members who played music, he gained a love of music. He picked up the banjo at the age of five. During the 1920’s, a record store clerk heard him perform and asked him to record some of his own material. He recorded over 50 songs between 1926 and 1929 before vanishing from the recording industry for thirty years. His style is not unique, but his performance is still rather haunting, with his high and lonesome wail accompanied only by the rapid picking of his banjo. He was one of many performers whose career experienced a rebirth during the mid-50’s with the folk revival and with the issue of Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music, which included this and one other song. The Butcher’s Boy is a classic murder ballad which originated somewhere in Britain and which survived for years in the South. If you enjoy this, I’d recommend finding as much of his old 78 recordings as possible - they’re pretty easy to come by on the internet.
Ginger Rogers
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