For the next week of June 2017 - from Fri. Jun. 16-17 till Fri. Jun. 23 - 17 - we chose Genia 106 production which she posted on June 11-2017 titled "Lupe Velez-Mexican Spitfire-A Media Luz Tango by Floridians."
Genia 106 place some breathtaking shots of a once famous Mexican star of The American Cinema - Lupe Velez - whose talent and beauty - were enormous - however - her life had most turbulent for her - ending - at an early age. You will find most interesting comments by the editor of this column as well as those by other viewers and Genia 106. The classic Tango "Media Luz" by Carlos Gardel - who was a Tango God - is performed by Floridians. Gardel became a Tango legend during his short life; after he died at an early age in a plane crash - his huge statue was erected the port harbor part of Buenos Aires - Argentina - the statue has an eternal cigarette burning constantly in his stone lips.
At any rate - the oppressing heat wave is finally breaking in Chicago and the cooling off feels good. We hope that everybody will have a good new week coming up. The summer is going fast - time to slow it down a bit.
As always - do not forget to click here next Thurs. Jun. 22-17 or next Fri. Jun. 23-17 to check on our choice of our YT Vid of the Week for next week.
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Thursday, June 15, 2017
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Our YT Choice of the Vid of the Week - Yana Gray - a Russian Romance singer uploaded a new Vid on June 06 - 2017!
Yana Gray - a Russian/American vocalist with a silky, sultry, low alto voice - uploads a lot of Russian Gypsy Romantic pieces on YouTube. Her video uploaded on June 06 - 2017 is titled "Nie Sprashivaj" ("Don't Ask Me") - English translation of this title. The magnificent verses used as lyrics were written by the most famous Russian Romantic poet - Alexander Pushkin - who died in a duel over his beautiful wife's - Natalia Goncharova's - honor. He was only 37 at the time of his tragic death.
It needs to be noted that Pushkin had a reputation (not entirely substantiated) of a big womanizer. It was wildly rumored that he was inspired to write those magnificent verses due to his hot love affair with a beautiful Gypsy. Even though he - unfortunately - died at such a young age - only 37 years old - he managed to leave a big literary legacy - cherished until today - by most of the literary world for all the years - since his untimely, tragic death in a duel - in 1854. Lots of great, talented people met their unnecessary demise in duels; thank God that deathly tradition - disappeared.
The year 2017 - was Alexander Pushkin's - two hundredth anniversary of his birth. His fabulous verses were used as lyrics for this ballad. Yana Gray also gives you a lot of interesting info re: the composer of this Gypsy ballad. Listen, read, learn and enjoy.
Have a good third week of June 2017 - everybody! After many marvelous, sunny but cool - spring 2017 - days - Chicago will have some bothersome heat waves next week! That - too - shall pass!
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It needs to be noted that Pushkin had a reputation (not entirely substantiated) of a big womanizer. It was wildly rumored that he was inspired to write those magnificent verses due to his hot love affair with a beautiful Gypsy. Even though he - unfortunately - died at such a young age - only 37 years old - he managed to leave a big literary legacy - cherished until today - by most of the literary world for all the years - since his untimely, tragic death in a duel - in 1854. Lots of great, talented people met their unnecessary demise in duels; thank God that deathly tradition - disappeared.
The year 2017 - was Alexander Pushkin's - two hundredth anniversary of his birth. His fabulous verses were used as lyrics for this ballad. Yana Gray also gives you a lot of interesting info re: the composer of this Gypsy ballad. Listen, read, learn and enjoy.
Have a good third week of June 2017 - everybody! After many marvelous, sunny but cool - spring 2017 - days - Chicago will have some bothersome heat waves next week! That - too - shall pass!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2024
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Our YT Choice of the Vid of the Wk - Fox News upload "Laura Ingraham on Kathy Griffin's Pres. Trump's Head".
For this second week of Jun.2017 - we chose the video uploaded by Fox News on May 31-2017 - titled "Laura Ingraham's Take on Kathy Griffin's Photo of Pres.Trump's Head". Even though - we normally highlight some entertainment pieces posted on Youtube - this week - we want to present something else.
Sean Hannity - a conservative commentator with a daily radio audience of close to seven million - is the voice presenting a lot of "common sense" type of political views since most U.S. mainstream media has been shamelessly leaning towards the Leftist/New Democrats/Radicals who call themselves "Progressives".
In our chosen clip Sean Hannity interviews another popular conservative radio host - a gorgeous, smart and well-known radio talk show host - Laura Ingraham - about an ex-comedian - Kathy Griffin's photo of Pres. Trump's - severed head which caused an avalanche of various outrageous responses.
Kathy Griffin is probably ready to "dig herself in a deep hole" for a long while - since aside from some positive feedback from her buddies - the Lefty Liberals - she has received tons of - well deserved - condemnations from most of the world.
At any rate - look and listen to the clip - think a little bit about the future of the U.S and have a great second week of June 2017!
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Sean Hannity - a conservative commentator with a daily radio audience of close to seven million - is the voice presenting a lot of "common sense" type of political views since most U.S. mainstream media has been shamelessly leaning towards the Leftist/New Democrats/Radicals who call themselves "Progressives".
In our chosen clip Sean Hannity interviews another popular conservative radio host - a gorgeous, smart and well-known radio talk show host - Laura Ingraham - about an ex-comedian - Kathy Griffin's photo of Pres. Trump's - severed head which caused an avalanche of various outrageous responses.
Kathy Griffin is probably ready to "dig herself in a deep hole" for a long while - since aside from some positive feedback from her buddies - the Lefty Liberals - she has received tons of - well deserved - condemnations from most of the world.
At any rate - look and listen to the clip - think a little bit about the future of the U.S and have a great second week of June 2017!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2024
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Our Choice of the YT Video of the Week for the Week of Fri.May 26-17 till Fri.Jun.02-17!
For this last week of May 2017 - first week of June 2017 - the Memorial Day Holiday week - we picked a charming video produced by our New York friend - genia106 titled: "Marilyn Monroe Singing 'Bye Bye Baby' in Korea - Happy Memorial Day!" which she posted on YT on May 23-2017.
The visuals for this vid consist of magnificent black and white shots of Marilyn Monroe as she performed for the audience of hundred thousand or so - GI's fighting Korean War. Her singing with her "signature" sexy sound points to her vocal skills - even if they are not opera training vocals mastery - by no means.
The photos capture the joy of performing "live" by a big, silver screen star and of course - the audience of thousands of young men in the army - really adores the good looking movie goddess - according to - genia106 - (a producer of this YouTube video) whose short but thoroughly researched commentary provides a lot of info. It was the first time Marilyn Monroe performed for the huge, live gathering; she did very well and was proud of herself after she completed that memorable event.
The viewers' comments by that video are interesting and insightful including the one by the editor of this feature - not boasting or anything like that - mind you.
At any rate - have a great Memorial Day Weekend 2017 - everybody!
The visuals for this vid consist of magnificent black and white shots of Marilyn Monroe as she performed for the audience of hundred thousand or so - GI's fighting Korean War. Her singing with her "signature" sexy sound points to her vocal skills - even if they are not opera training vocals mastery - by no means.
The photos capture the joy of performing "live" by a big, silver screen star and of course - the audience of thousands of young men in the army - really adores the good looking movie goddess - according to - genia106 - (a producer of this YouTube video) whose short but thoroughly researched commentary provides a lot of info. It was the first time Marilyn Monroe performed for the huge, live gathering; she did very well and was proud of herself after she completed that memorable event.
The viewers' comments by that video are interesting and insightful including the one by the editor of this feature - not boasting or anything like that - mind you.
At any rate - have a great Memorial Day Weekend 2017 - everybody!
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Our Choice of YT Video of the Wk - for the 4th Wk of May 2017 - Dr.240252 - "Cole Porter - What Is This Thing Called Love? Fred Rich Orch.-1930".
For the 4th week of May 2017 - we chose a lovely upload by Dr.240252 - published on May 12 - 2017 - titled "Cole Porter - What Is This Thing Called Love? Fred Rich Orchestra - 1930".
While Dr.240252 picked magnificent, Art Deco looking artwork for this piece - the music and the eternally valid - lyrics by Cole Porter - make this video truly fascinating. If you read Dr.240252 commentary regarding the band - you will quickly learn a lot of new stuff - however - the comments of the viewers - including the editor of this column - are also interesting.
We hope that everybody reading our feature will have a very good - almost last - week of May 2017 during which the lilacs bloom and smell good. As always - click here for our pick of the Video of the Week for the last week of May 2017 - the way you've been doing every week. Thanks whole bunch!
While Dr.240252 picked magnificent, Art Deco looking artwork for this piece - the music and the eternally valid - lyrics by Cole Porter - make this video truly fascinating. If you read Dr.240252 commentary regarding the band - you will quickly learn a lot of new stuff - however - the comments of the viewers - including the editor of this column - are also interesting.
We hope that everybody reading our feature will have a very good - almost last - week of May 2017 during which the lilacs bloom and smell good. As always - click here for our pick of the Video of the Week for the last week of May 2017 - the way you've been doing every week. Thanks whole bunch!
Chicago had some decent weather this week albeit - not without a few extremely windy days. An interesting note about Chicago which is always cool to use during any boring cocktail party - "Windy City" nickname doesn't not come from the frequent wind blowing from Lake Michigan - instead - that ironic "nick" comes from the fact that Chicago has always had a dubious distinction of having - many long winded politicians who love to talk a lot even if most of them they don't do much else - if they can help it - and we are only quoting Chicago Sun Times - research!
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Thursday, May 11, 2017
Our YT Pick of Video of the Week - for the Third Wk. of May 2017 - "Polish Tango - Chor Czejanda - Believe Me Warsaw - 1948".
For the third week of May 2017 - we chose a moving video uploaded by Dr.240252 on May 8 - 2017 - titled "Polish Tango - Chor Czejanda - (Believe Me - Warsaw)-1948".
The artwork shows how the magnificent, thriving in every way - city of Warsaw - was almost totally annihilated from the face of the Earth by the diabolical German forces during the Second World War - 1939 - 1945. It should be a lesson for mankind - what human beings do to each other when they are at war.
Thank God the city became almost totally rebuilt to its original beauty and splendor - a project which took several years after the Second World War was over in 1945. If you read the viewers' comment - including some made by the editor of this column - you will find out in an easy way - big chunks of important history.
The musical selection sounds very good since Chor Czejanda (Czejanda's Male Choir) made a lot of really good and popular recordings for many years - mainly in the nineteen forties, fifites and even some in the sixties - before the huge wave of "rock and roll" swept many excellent performers "under the rug" so most of them they had to disappear from the limelight - as if immersed in an artistic quick sands of some awful kind.
At any rate - we hope that everybody will have a very good third week of May 2017 which continues cold but sunny in Chicago. We like it that way and do not complain a bit - since the cool weather beats - at least - two heads - some early heat waves during some springs in Chicago.
As always - do not forget to check our YT channel tango3721 and - click here next Thurs. May 18 or Fri. May 19-2017 - to check out our choice of YT Video of the Week for next week.
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2017
The artwork shows how the magnificent, thriving in every way - city of Warsaw - was almost totally annihilated from the face of the Earth by the diabolical German forces during the Second World War - 1939 - 1945. It should be a lesson for mankind - what human beings do to each other when they are at war.
Thank God the city became almost totally rebuilt to its original beauty and splendor - a project which took several years after the Second World War was over in 1945. If you read the viewers' comment - including some made by the editor of this column - you will find out in an easy way - big chunks of important history.
The musical selection sounds very good since Chor Czejanda (Czejanda's Male Choir) made a lot of really good and popular recordings for many years - mainly in the nineteen forties, fifites and even some in the sixties - before the huge wave of "rock and roll" swept many excellent performers "under the rug" so most of them they had to disappear from the limelight - as if immersed in an artistic quick sands of some awful kind.
At any rate - we hope that everybody will have a very good third week of May 2017 which continues cold but sunny in Chicago. We like it that way and do not complain a bit - since the cool weather beats - at least - two heads - some early heat waves during some springs in Chicago.
As always - do not forget to check our YT channel tango3721 and - click here next Thurs. May 18 or Fri. May 19-2017 - to check out our choice of YT Video of the Week for next week.
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2017
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Our YT Choice of the Video of the Wk for the 2nd Wk of May 2017 - Dr.240252 "Old Argentine Tango - 1929".
For the second week of May 2017 - we choose Dr.240252's video uploaded on May 03 - 2017 titled "Old Argentine Tango - Gold and Petersburski - Organito de la Tarde - 1929". To loosely translate that title - Dr. 240252 chose a simple phrase - "Organ Grinder in the Afternoon". It's an instrumental version - with a magnificent orchestration by a famous Polish orchestra - led by two Polish Tango greats - Arthur Gold and Jerzy Petersburski - who arranged many beautiful Tangos and who composed quite a few and famous Tangoes and other hits - as well. At times - those two who arranged the famous international hits of their day - roughly from 1930 -1939 came up with their interpretations which surpassed in their excellence - the original compositions.
The author of this tune - Cabullo Castillo is not a well known Argentinian Tango composer - however - this piece achieved a big popularity in a lot of countries. Notice the fun visuals which Dr.240252 always picks so they "work" well with the compositions he chooses. Please - also - read all the comments since the editor of this - here - feature - contributed as well - not boasting or anything like that.
Everybody will have a very good second week of May 2017. As always - don't forget to click here next Thurs. May 11 - 2017 or Fri. May 12 - 17. Keep checking our YT channel tango3721 - as well - the way you've been doing for which we - thank you a whole bunch!
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The author of this tune - Cabullo Castillo is not a well known Argentinian Tango composer - however - this piece achieved a big popularity in a lot of countries. Notice the fun visuals which Dr.240252 always picks so they "work" well with the compositions he chooses. Please - also - read all the comments since the editor of this - here - feature - contributed as well - not boasting or anything like that.
Everybody will have a very good second week of May 2017. As always - don't forget to click here next Thurs. May 11 - 2017 or Fri. May 12 - 17. Keep checking our YT channel tango3721 - as well - the way you've been doing for which we - thank you a whole bunch!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2017
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