This week I’m diving into the super interesting history of queer mermaid mythology with Sacha Coward. Read and follow the advice at the Outdoor Swimming Society if you are new to it* *Please be aware that cold water swimming can be dangerous. You can follow me #MakingASplashPod to find out more about future guests and episodes, and find some of the images discussed in this episode. The art history course mentioned in this week’s show was Art and Revolutionary China, taught by Ferren for Black Blossoms School of Art and Culture - I’d recommend checking out all their courses. You can follow Ferren on Twitter and Instagram. We also consider how Chinese revolutionary realist art differed from Soviet socialist realism, the stories behind some of the most well known French swimming paintings (or swimming-adjacent paintings), and the pictures from art history you definitely would NOT want to swim in. Tune in as we discuss the function of rivers and seas in Chinese propaganda poster art, Mao’s cult of swimming and the dawn of the Cultural Revolution, and how the humble dressing gown became an unlikely heroic garment. Ferren is the host of the Art Matters podcast, and the author of The Ultimate Art Museum, with a forthcoming title for Quarto Publishing on the way. This week I’m exploring the cult of swimming in revolutionary China, with Ferren Gipson: art historian, writer, presenter, and a doctoral researcher in Chinese art at SOAS, University of London.
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Yes Please is filled with love and admiration for people in comedy-including the book’s author. Poehler has a special nickname for Seth Meyers. Possibilities included “Leslie Knaint,” “Leslie Kany,” “Leslie Knbross,” “Leslie Knute,” “Leslie Krap!” and “Leslie Knotonmywatch.” The world would be a different place if Leslie Knope had been named Leslie Krap!Ģ. Yes Please contains a brainstorm list offering a number of names Leslie could have had instead, but thankfully did not. Leslie Knope was almost named “Leslie Knotonmywatch.”Īmong other interesting tidbits, Poehler gives us a glimpse into the creation of Leslie Knope, in particular, her name. Here are five things we learned from Yes Please.ġ. In this candid, thoughtful and poignant new memoir, Poehler reveals a lot about herself. In it she shares stories from her childhood, her time at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Chicago and, of course, her memorable Saturday Night Live career. 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Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this exhilarating debut middle grade fantasy, the first in a series filled with #blackgirlmagic. Liberty Records signed the Hour Glass and tried making Gregg into the focus of their efforts during the late '60s, but it never quite worked. Through their early efforts, in bands like the Allman Joys and the Hour Glass, they shared the spotlight, with Duane taking the lengthy solos and Gregg fronting the band and offering Booker T. Where Gregg did excel was on the organ and as a singer (a role Duane was never comfortable with), which proved important but not at the center of a group that became famous for its 40-minute instrumental jams and three-hour sets. But Duane learned it better and quickly eclipsed Gregg. His first instrument, ironically enough, was the guitar, and he took it up before his older brother Duane did. He has never threatened to eclipse the band that carries his family name, but he has found occasional success and popularity with his solo work, which is distinctly different, more soulful and less focused on high- wattage virtuosity.Īllman's instrument is the organ, and he is most effective, when he is in top form, as a singer. Gregg Allman's most visible contribution to rock music is as lead singer, organist, and songwriter within the Allman Brothers Band, founded by his brother Duane (d. “The key thing here as well, linebreak by Ireland, quick ball, good opportunity to get over the goal line so this now becomes cynical play and then should have resulted in a yellow card to Hogg. The Disallowed The Humorous Story Of A Contemporary Vampire Family by Owen Jones Synopsis Expand/Collapse Synopsis Heng Lee starts to feel very strange all of a sudden, so he calls in to see the local shaman, who happens to be his aunt. 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Switching to the Hogg incident, which split opinion at the time. The group, dubbed as The Bayview Four (and later on Murder Club), find themselves as the prime suspects in a homicide investigation when the school’s notorious Gossip Boy Simon Kelleher (Mark McKenna) dies after drinking from a cup laced with peanut oil, triggering his deadly allergy. However, One of Us Is Lying’s attempt at blending emotionally-driven YA stories with intense murder mystery doesn’t quite hit the mark.īased on Karen McMamus’s 2017 novel of the same name, Peacock’s One of Us Is Lying follows characters Bronwyn Rojas (Marianly Tejada), Addy Prentiss (Annalisa Cochrane), Nate Macauley (Cooper van Grootel), and Cooper Clay (Chibuikem Uche), who all embody tropes taken straight out of The Breakfast Club (the brain, the beauty, the bad boy, and the jock). Where characters, plotlines, and dialogue are hopelessly entertaining, but also at times ridiculous, and reminiscent of an era of soapy television that feels easy on the brain. In a world where so much of TV can feel rather heavy or bleak, it’s nice to escape into a silly little teen drama. |