 | Governors Island Roaring Twenties Lawn Party On Governors Island, New York City, a 1920s style lawn party was a big success. The music was by Michael Arenella and his Dreamland Orchestra. The co-sponsor was the Dorothy Parker Society. |
 | Thought of the Day - A Bore Being Boring & Being Bored 8/22 This Thought of the Day video concerning being a bore, being boring, and being bored is inspired by the words of John Updike, Dorothy Parker, Zelda Fitzgerald, Ambrose Bierce, and Bert Leston Taylor. |
 | Roxette - Its Must Have Been Love Roxette is a Swedish pop duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle. Although well known as a duo in their native Sweden since the mid 1980s (where the group has had 17 Top 10 hits), the duo achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s. Roxette had four US No. 1 singles, two No. 2 singles. The group has been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) with two platinum albums - 1988's Look Sharp! (released in the U.S. in 1989) and 1991's Joyride, as well as two gold singles - "The Look" and "It Must Have Been Love". Roxette's success was even bigger in Europe and South America, where their number of Top 10 hits was higher and continued after their decrease in the US in 1992. Each of their 7 studio albums as well as their several "Best of" CDs received gold, platinum or multi-platinum status in Europe and Latin-America. By the time singer/songwriters Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson came together officially as Roxette, both were established artists in Sweden. They met in 1979 while in separate bands. Over the years - as Fredriksson moved from Strul and MaMas Barn (Mama's Children) to going solo and Gessle performed with his band, the popular Gyllene Tider, and made two solo albums - the two encountered each other repeatedly in local music circles. In 1981, Fredriksson sang for the first time with Gyllene Tider on stage and was featured as a background vocalist for a Swedish-language album the band released in 1982, which brought Gyllene Tider its first Rockbjörnen award as a Best Swedish Group, and for a Swedish-language solo album Gessle released in 1983. While working on her first solo album, Fredriksson performed more background vocals and some solo work for Gyllene Tider's next album, The Heartland Café. Some fans, albeit not Roxette themselves, consider that album to be the first Roxette project. According to liner notes written by Gessle on a 1990 re-issue of the album, the group's first English-language release was in response to interest expressed by Capitol Records, an American label affiliated with Gyllene Tider's parent EMI Group. Though Gessle had written one English-language song that appeared on a 1982 album by ex-ABBA singer Frida, it was, in fact, music set to a Dorothy Parker poem. Writing songs in English for Gyllene Tider was an attempt to reach into the lucrative American market.... [Wikipeddia] |
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