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American entertainer (1894-1984)

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The 1937 Flood Watch Podcast
Josephine Baker Meets Bricktop & 'Dinah'

The 1937 Flood Watch Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 6:06


Josephine Baker was only 20 years old when she recorded the song “Dinah” at her first studio session 98 years ago this fall. That was just a year after the provocative dancer/singer arrived in Paris, immediately setting the town on fire with her risqué shows at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.And a West Virginian was right there to help her light those blazes.Ada “ Bricktop” Smith, a young Alderson, WV, native, was in Paris several years ahead of Baker, entertaining at composer Cole Porter's famous parties, often teaching his guests the latest dance crazes, such as the Charleston and the Black Bottom. Josephine Baker always acknowledged she was one Ada Smith's protégés in those heady early days of The Jazz Age.“I didn't get my first break on Broadway,” Baker told London's Guardian a half century later. No, she was just a nameless hoofer in the chorus line in those New York shows, she said, but “I became famous first in France in the Twenties.”“Oh yes,” she added, “Bricktop was there. Me and her were the only two, and we had a marvelous time. Of course, everyone who was anyone knew Bricky. And they got to know Miss Baker as well."Ada Smith became one of 1920s' best known American singers/dancers, owning the famed “Chez Bricktop” in Paris from 1924 to 1961. She even got a shout-out in Woody Allen's hit film, Midnight in Paris, in 2011 when the character of Zelda Fitzgerald proposes an evening's escapade:In the next scene, Cole Porter, the Fitzgeralds and their fabulous friends pile into a period open car and tear down Parisian streetd into the night.Ending up at Chez Bricktop, they watch Josephine Baker dance (and the Fitzgeralds drink…)Back to the Song“Dinah,” considered an anthem of the Roarin' Twenties, was not quite two years old when Josephine Baker recorded it that autumn day in 1926 in Paris.It was back in The States that she learned the hot number when she sang it at New York's Plantation Club on Broadway as the understudy to Ethel Waters.Obviously, the song was still much on Baker's mind when she strolled into the Odeon studio for her first recording session. The band recruited to accompany her on the date is thought to be members of a group called “Olivier's Jazz Boys.”“Dinah” by then had been introduced to the world by Waters within a year of its composition in 1925. After it was recorded by Waters for Columbia in 1926, the song went on to be waxxed by everyone from Fletcher Henderson and Cab Calloway to Bing Crosby, the Mills Brothers and the Boswell Sisters to Chet Baker, Thelonious Monk and Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli.And, as noted in an earlier Flood Watch article, the tune was famously among the favorites of trumpeter Louis Armstrong, who perform it in most of his numerous live shows and his radio appearances for decades after initially recording it in 1930.Our Take on the TuneWhenever the guys haven't seen each other for a couple of weeks, there's always a special joy when they all get back together again. That was certainly the case at last week's rehearsal. Add to that the fact that Floodster Emeritus Paul Martin dropped by to sit in. That always cranks up the energy level in the room. And you can just hear in this first tune of the evening. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 1937flood.substack.com

Tea Time Crimes
The Scourge of Gallatin Street: Mary Jane “Bricktop” Jackson

Tea Time Crimes

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 58:24


It's Freaky Friday (Twisted Tuesday??) and Alana is taking over the mic. Buckle in for a wild ride through 1850s New Orleans where we meet all kinds of characters, most especially Mary Jane “Bricktop” Jackson. Mary was a sex worker who didn't put up with any nonsense or disrespect. Those that dared found themselves on the wrong side of her blade. Despite her murderous actions, we're willing to bet you might kinda like the gal, or at least, enjoy Alana's love for her. Tea of the Day: Lady GrayTheme Music by Brad FrankSources:Asbury, Herbert. The French Quarter. 1st ed. Vol. 14. American Procession. Alfred A. Knopf, 1936.Schafer, Judith Kelleher. Brothels, Depravity, and Abandoned Women: Illegal Sex in Antebellum New Orleans. Louisiana State University Press, 2009."Bricktop."http://www.authorstevewillard.com/Bricktop.html. "Mary Jane Jackson." Encyclopedia.com, http://repository.wustl.edu/concern/videos/2v23vz50q. "There Is a House in New Orleans They Call the Rising Sun, It's Always Been the Ruin of Men, by Disease, a Knife, or a Gun." Civil War Talk, civilwartalk.com, 10 Oct. 2018, https://civilwartalk.com/threads/welcome-to-the-stonewall-jackson-forum.82313/."Tulane University News." Tulane University, news.tulane.edu, 23 Apr. 2014, https://news.tulane.edu/news/brothels-antebellum-new-orleans."The History of the French Quarter." French Quarter Management District, fqmd.org, https://www.fqmd.org/purpose-history/. "Haunted Gallatin Street." Ghost City Tours New Orleans, ghostcitytours.com, http://ghostsofgallatin.com/. "New Orleans Historical Association." New Orleans Historical Association, neworleanshistorical.org, [https://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/827?tour=57&index=1]. "Being Mary Jane." Things a Mic Think About,  26 Oct. 2019, [https://thingsamicthinksabout.wordpress.com/2019/10/26/being-mary-jane/]. "https://mykisscountry937.com/the-7-most-infamous-female-killers-in-louisiana-history/" "Unknown Misandry." blogspot.com, 24 Sept. 2011, [https://unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/2011/09/mary-jane-bricktop-jackson-new-orleans.html]. "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jGWM2H9x-A" The Historic New Orleans Collection. "New Orleans History Starter Pack: A Beginner's Guide to Understanding the Crescent City." https://www.hnoc.org/programs/history-symposium. Smithsonian Magazine. "Civil War: New Orleans Was a Center of the U.S. Slave Trade." https://gbu-presnenskij.ru/elektronnoe-obraschenie/?u=before-the-civil-war-new-orleans-was-the-center-qq-k2DvkkuZ. History Collection. "Shocking Tales from New Orleans' Early French Quarter." https://rss.com/podcasts/storiedhistory/. "The Case of Americus Williams." The New Orleans Crescent, New Orleans, LA, December 2, 1859."The State vs. Americus Williams and Mary Jane Jackson." The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, November 30, 1859."Death of a Desperado." The New Orleans Crescent, New Orleans, LA, December 9, 1861."Cutting Affair on Dryades Street." The Sunday Delta, New Orleans, LA, July 3, 1859, p. 4.“The Rampart Street Homicide.” The New Orleans Crescent, 12 Nov 1859, Sat ·Page 1“The Inquest Upon Laurent Fleury.” The Sunday Delta. New Orleans, Louisiana · Sunday, November 13, 1859“The Rampart Street Murder.” The New Orleans Crescent. New Orleans, Louisiana · Monday, November 14, 1859“First District Court.” The New Orleans Crescent. New Orleans, Louisiana · Tuesday, May 15, 1860

DS Vandaag
Radar | Chez Bricktop: de legendarische nachtclub die je nog niet kende

DS Vandaag

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2024 22:56


Welkom bij Chez Bricktop. Als je op één plek moest zijn in het tussenoorlogse Montmarte was het hier. In deze nachtclub leerde de Engelse koning Edward VIII de charleston dansen op de tonen van Duke Ellington. De internationaal gelauwerde sopraan Claron McFaddon maakte met pianist Claire Chevalier op het Klarafestival in Brussel een muzikale voorstelling over de uitbater van deze legendarische nachtclub. Wie was Ada ‘Bricktop' Smith? En waarom is het hoog tijd dat we haar opnieuw leren kennen? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Radar
Chez Bricktop: de legendarische nachtclub die je nog niet kende

Radar

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2024 22:56


Welkom bij Chez Bricktop. Als je op één plek moest zijn in het tussenoorlogse Montmarte was het hier. In deze nachtclub leerde de Engelse koning Edward VIII de charleston dansen op de tonen van Duke Ellington. De internationaal gelauwerde sopraan Claron McFaddon maakte met pianist Claire Chevalier op het Klarafestival in Brussel een muzikale voorstelling over de uitbater van deze legendarische nachtclub. Wie was Ada ‘Bricktop' Smith? En waarom is het hoog tijd dat we haar opnieuw leren kennen? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Siegfried und Oi!
Folge #13 - Martin aus Rostock

Siegfried und Oi!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 150:27


Martin ist ein guter Bekannter von mir. Durch eine Aneinanderreihung vieler Glücksfälle ist er noch am Leben, warum ich das erwähne!?Ende 2009 bekam er die Diagnose Krebs im Endstadium, die Ärzte gaben ihm da noch maximal 7 Tage. Doch Martin setzte sich immer wieder Ziele und hielt stand.Wie wir sehen, ist Martin noch da und hat einiges erlebt. So rede ich mit ihm ein wenig über sein Leben und Überleben. Plötzlich reden wir über die ein oder andere gute Hardcore Band (z.B.: Spider Crew & Punishable Act ) und sogar über Merauder .. also somit sogar schon wieder mehrfach über die Onkelz, der Faden reißt eben nicht ab.Hier gibts auch mal wieder ein wenig Musik auf die Ohren, danke dafür geht an Pascal von KB-Records und die Bonkers aus Rostock und an Martin von Bricktop aus Hamburg. Beide Bands haben Martin einen Song gewidmet und ihn somit bereits unsterblich gemacht.

Haute Couture
"les Rencontres" - interview with Selby Wynn Schwartz

Haute Couture

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 49:39


Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Selby Wynn Schwartz, writer of “After Sappho”, her first novel published by Galley Beggar Press in 2022. Together, they talk about her insatiable appetite for literature as a child and the way it led her to becoming a writer. They also evoke Lina Poletti, Sarah Bernhardt, Virginia Woolf or even Nathalie Barney, the women artists who inspired “After Sappho”, the book in which Selby Wynn Schwartz pays tribute to them.As part of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon], the podcast "les Rencontres" highlights the birth of a writer in a series imagined by CHANEL and House ambassador and spokesperson Charlotte Casiraghi.Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho, © Selby Wynn Schwartz 2002, first published by Galley Beggar Press, 2022.Quote from the interview "The Galley Beggar Q&A: Selby Wynn Schwartz", © Galley Beggar Press, 2022.Quote from the article "After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz review – in praise of visionary women" written by Lara Feigel, © Guardian News & Media Ltd 2023.© Booker Prize Foundation.© The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2023.© University of Edinburgh.Selby Wynn Schwartz, The Bodies of Others: Drag Dances and their Afterlives, © Selby Wynn Schwartz University of Michigan Press, 2019.© Lambda Literary. © American Society for Theatre Research.Selby Wynn Schwartz, A Life in Chameleons, © Selby Wynn Schwartz, 2023. © Reflex Press. © University of California, Berkeley. © Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. The Great Art Of Light And Shadow: Archaeology of the Cinema by Laurent Mannoni, translated by Richard Crangle. Translation © University of Exeter Press, 2000. Anne Carson, Short Talks, © Brick Books, 2015.Sappho, If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho, Translated by Anne Carson, © Virago, 2003.© Galley Beggar Press.Sappho, If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho, Translated by Anne Carson, © Virago, 2003.Assia Djebar, Women of Algiers in their apartments, © Caraf Books, 1999.Assia Djebar, Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement © Éditions des femmes, 1980.Igiaba Scego, The Color Line, Translated by John Cullen and Gregory Conti, first published in the English language by Other Press in 2022.Igiaba Scego, La linea del colore, first published in Italy in 2020 by Bompiani, © Igiaba Scego, 2020.Dionne Brand, The Blue Clerk: Ars Poetica in 59 Versos. © 2018 Dionne Brand. All rights reserved.Saidiya Hartman, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals, © WW Norton & Company, 2019.T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, Bricktop's Paris: African American Women in Paris between the Two World Wars, © SUNY Press, 2015.Alessandra Cenni, Gli Occhi Eroici : Sibilla Aleramo, Eleonora Duse, Cordula Poletti : una storia d'amore nell'Italia della belle époque, © Mursia, 2011.Cordula « Lina » Poletti, Il Poema Della Guerra, © Nicola Zanichelli, 1918. All rights reserved.Virginia Woolf, Orlando, 1928.© LASTESIS© Non Una Di Meno. All rights reserved.

Restaurant Owners Uncorked - by Schedulefly
Episode 458: John Perkinson, BrickTop's, Nashville, TN

Restaurant Owners Uncorked - by Schedulefly

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 39:02


 This episode is sponsored by Popmenu. Popmenu specializes in transformative online and on-premise technologies that help restaurants increase brand visibility, guest engagement, revenue and profitability. We currently work with over 10,000 independent restaurants and hospitality groups and are helping them get the most out of their most powerful marketing tool: their menu.Find John and the team at BrickTop's here.

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The Pressbox
Weekly Special: Bricktop's - Segment 2 - 3/9/23

The Pressbox

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2023 18:32


Bricktop's is in the house! Frank's absence isn't going to stop Joe Fresta from coming in and hunting down some good food for us! Bricktop's has EVERYTHING.

One Nation Under Crime
1861: Mary Jane 'Bricktop' Jackson & Pablita 'Paula' Angel

One Nation Under Crime

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2023 62:52


There might be some audio issues on this week's episode. Sorry in advance! Join the ONUC gals this week as they discuss the start of the Civil War, a woman you don't want to cross, and another woman who made history in New Mexico. Trigger Warning Level: LowVisit our website www.onenationundercrime.com for all of the ways to contact and follow us. We are on Twitter @onucpod, Instagram @onenationundercrime, and on both YouTube and Facebook by searching 'One Nation Under Crime'.Follow One Nation Under Crime on your favorite podcast platform and you will get the shows as soon as they come out!Remember, there isn't always liberty and justice for all.Sources: The French Quarter by Herbert Asbury, Murderpedia (Mary Jane Jackson & Paula Angel), and American History and Unpopular Tales Support the show

Countermelody
Episode 164. Mabel Mercer (Season Four Premiere)

Countermelody

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 85:44


Welcome to Season Four of Countermelody! My long-time listeners know a few things things about the podcast. First, the most important quality in a singer is not voice, but communicative skills. Second, I have posted episodes in the past on singers that I dub “voiceless wonders,” artists whose primary virtue is exactly that ability to convey the meaning of the words. Third, though the music I play is primarily opera and so-called classical music, I often explore genres that move outside of those boundaries. Fourth, from the very beginning of my podcasting career, I have made it a point to highlight the careers of artists of color as well as queer artists. Throughout this season of the podcast, I will also be focusing on great singers in their later years. All these aspects are in evidence in today's subject: Mabel Mercer (1900-1984), the doyenne of cabaret. Born to a teenage mother of Welsh heritage whose father was an itinerant African American musician, Mercer first pursued a career in British music hall. From there, she made her way to Paris, where she soon became a fixture at a nightclub run by her pal Bricktop (AKA Ada Smith). As WWII loomed on the horizon, she made her way, with the help of her friend (and possible lover) the wealthy and eccentric lesbian Joe Carstairs, to New York, where she soon established herself at the pinnacle of cabaret culture by virtue of her impeccable diction, intimacy of delivery, sense of story-telling, and unbounded repertoire of upwards of a thousand songs. Most of Mercer's recordings represent the artist well into her middle age, when her once beautiful soprano voice had become little more than a croak. And yet, perched regally on a chair at the Café Carlyle and other nightclub venues, she gave definitive performances of nearly every song she touched. The episode offers a hint of the interpretive depth displayed in repertoire ranging from the traditional Great American Songbook (especially the songs of Cole Porter) through Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon. Guest artists heard include Kaye Ballard, Bobby Short, and Julie Wilson, as well as Bricktop and Madame Spivy, both nightclub hostesses and close friends of Mercer's who were celebrated performers themselves. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.  

Stories from the River
Climbing the Ladder with Sidney Waters

Stories from the River

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022 54:26


Sidney Waters sits across from Charlie for this Stories from the River episode. Sidney has been at the River since 2019 and now serves as a Supervisor of Delivery Scheduling.  Sidney talks about how it was switching from an all-sales job to a customer service position, advancing to his current position at the River. Sidney gives advice on how to overcome objections, listen, and build your empathy skills at work. Sidney and Charlie discuss Project SHIP - one of the most critical projects at Broad River right now - and how easy it really is to get promoted at Broad River.   This episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KCQkm-bUoU4    Sidney's book recommendations: The Making of a Manager - https://www.amazon.com/Making-Manager-What-Everyone-Looks/dp/0735219567  Shook One: Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me - https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Charlamagne-Tha-God/dp/1501193252    Sidney's podcast recommendations: 85 South Show - https://www.85southshow.com/  The Midnight Miracle - https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/the-midnight-miracle/id1564022392    Sidney and Charlie's favorite brunch spots in Charlotte, NC: Bulla Gastrobar - bullagastrobar.com Ruby Sunshine - www.rubysunshine.com/ BrickTop's - https://bricktops.com/charlotte Gallery Restaurant - https://www.theballantynehotel.com/dining/gallery-restaurant/ Easy Like Sunday - https://www.easylikesundayclt.com/

Stories from the River
Climbing the Ladder with Sidney Waters

Stories from the River

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022 54:26


Sidney Waters sits across from Charlie for this Stories from the River episode. Sidney has been at the River since 2019 and now serves as a Supervisor of Delivery Scheduling.  Sidney talks about how it was switching from an all-sales job to a customer service position, advancing to his current position at the River. Sidney gives advice on how to overcome objections, listen, and build your empathy skills at work. Sidney and Charlie discuss Project SHIP - one of the most critical projects at Broad River right now - and how easy it really is to get promoted at Broad River.   This episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KCQkm-bUoU4    Sidney's book recommendations: The Making of a Manager - https://www.amazon.com/Making-Manager-What-Everyone-Looks/dp/0735219567  Shook One: Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me - https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Charlamagne-Tha-God/dp/1501193252    Sidney's podcast recommendations: 85 South Show - https://www.85southshow.com/  The Midnight Miracle - https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/the-midnight-miracle/id1564022392    Sidney and Charlie's favorite brunch spots in Charlotte, NC: Bulla Gastrobar - bullagastrobar.com Ruby Sunshine - www.rubysunshine.com/ BrickTop's - https://bricktops.com/charlotte Gallery Restaurant - https://www.theballantynehotel.com/dining/gallery-restaurant/ Easy Like Sunday - https://www.easylikesundayclt.com/

JazzE-Lounge
Popping in Paris: Ada ‘Bricktop' Smith; Jazz Club Owner of the 1920's.

JazzE-Lounge

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 24:47


When Ada ‘Bricktop' Smith arrived In Paris, she had no idea that she would one day own her own Jazz Club With Headliner ‘Mabel Mercer' a legend in Cabaret…… --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charmeljoiner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/charmeljoiner/support

Killa Tapes
Killa Tapes Episode 67

Killa Tapes

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 58:29


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EUROPHILE
Episode 48 - France - Ada "Bricktop" Smith

EUROPHILE

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022 30:56


Coucou everyone! Will Paris in the ‘20s ever bore us? Never! This week we talk about Ada “Bricktop” Smith, a cigar-smoking saloon keeper/performer who was born in the US but moved to Paris, had several successful international nightclubs, and was friends with practically every celebrity. Cheers to Bricktop! Don't forget to follow us on Instagram :) Main topic sources: Ada "Bricktop" Smith wiki Bricktop, the Fabulous Bricktop, and the Happy Ending Minitopic sources: The Occult Museum Recommendations: Kate's Recommendation - Floweirdy Instagram Catherine's Recommendation - "Everything I Know About Love" by Dolly Alderton Cover art and logo by Kate Walker Mixed and edited by Catherine Roehre Theme song by Lumehill Thank you all - ciao!

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PodxQast
17 - Дмитрий Миф 2 (Bricktop, GiveXBlood) год спустя.

PodxQast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 76:40


Второй выпуск год спустя с Димой Мифом. Диман - вокалист красноярской хардкор группы Bricktop (U-Lock) и босс одного из первых в Сибири рекорд/дистро лейблов GiveXBlood. Речь в этой части пойдёт о годе жизни в Канаде, город Ванкувер, куда Дима всей семьёй переехал из пригорода Сан-Франциско, США. Подробней про музыкальный бэкграунд и жизнь в США и Европе вы можете послушать в первом выпуске. Все ссылки по выпуску будут в телеграм канале подкаста: https://t.me/podxqast Quick Zine: https://www.instagram.com/quixzine/ Дима: https://www.instagram.com/xpinut/

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HerStory - starke Frauen der Geschichte
Zeitreise zu den Frauen im Paris der Zwanziger Jahre

HerStory - starke Frauen der Geschichte

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2021 50:52


Das Paris der Zwanziger ist voller Frauen mit freiheitsliebendem Geist. Adrienne Monnier und Sylvia Beach bringen die avantgardistische Literatur unters Pariser Volk, Alice B. Toklas backt Hashish Fudge, Natalie Clifford Barney verdreht halb Paris den Kopf, Eileen Gray entwirft Art-Nouveau-Möbel und Bricktop muss den betrunkenen F. Scott Fitzgerald nach Hause fahren. Ein Streifzug durch das Paris der Zwanziger.

The Bourbon Life
Season 2, Episode 48: F. Paul Pacult - America's Premier Spirits Authority, Author, & Master Blender

The Bourbon Life

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2021 106:09


In this Episode of The Bourbon Life Podcast presented by Bespoken Spirits, Matt and Mark spend some time with one of their favorite repeat guests, the man who Forbes magazine dubbed “America's foremost spirits authority”, author of the recently released book, Buffalo, Barrels, & Bourbon: The Story of How Buffalo Trace Distillery Became the Most Awarded Distillery, Founder of the Ultimate Spirits Challenge, and Master Blender for Jacob's Pardon American Whiskey, F. Paul Pacult. They guys talk with Paul about the countless hours of research and effort that went into writing his new book about Buffalo Trace Distillery entitled Buffalo, Barrels, & Bourbon, the methodology that Paul uses daily in his tastings that has helped him become America's premier spirits authority, and they discuss his new role as Master Blender for Jacob's Pardon American Whiskey. They also taste and review a Weller Full Proof Single Barrel Pick from Bricktop's Restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee, the 2020 BTAC George T. Stagg, and the brand-new Batch #2 of Jacob's Pardon American Whiskey. This Episode of The Bourbon Life Podcast is presented by Bespoken Spirits, and sponsored by Liquor Barn, Country Smooth, The Stave Restaurant, Frey Ranch Distillery, Three Chord Bourbon, Spirits of French Lick, and Davidson Reserve. Check out all of our amazing sponsors online at: www.bespokenspirits.com      www.liquorbarn.com  www.countrysmooth.com                  www.thestavekentucky.com  www.freyranch.com www.threechordbourbon.com www.spiritsoffrenchlick.com www.davidsonreserve.com

Killa Tapes
Killa Tapes Episode 45

Killa Tapes

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 62:11


Featuring; Argonauts, GOTM, Ill Sykes, Bricktop, Mustard Tiger, Northern Structure, Archetype, Luca Brazi, Benny Diction, Zatoichi's Ears, MNSR Frites, Louie Cypher, Tony Skank, Ratty the Sly, Leystn, QAQ RhymeCult, Ry Walker, Nivek-B, Snowgoons, Rittz, Spirit Of Truth, JnRation, Tommy Evans, Malala, Unison, Whichcraft, The Dead Poetz Society, Milano Constantine,Montage One, Rim Beats; The beats on today's show were beats by Pond

Black Bottom Saints

This week Alice discusses Bricktop, patron saint of fish out of water, aging with swagger and audacious ambition.

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Countermelody
Episode 95. Queer Blues and Beyond (Pride 2021)

Countermelody

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2021 88:59


For my second Queer Pride episode this month, I offer you a panoply of blues and other popular music sung by women of color over the past 100 years and over a wide range of the LGBTQ spectrum. The focus is on the queer and bisexual women of color who enlivened the Harlem blues scene in the 1920s, including the newly popular and celebrated Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, as well as other vital and iconoclastic singers of that era, including Bricktop, Lucille Bogan, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters, Victoria Spivey, Lucille Hegamin, and the fascinating Gladys Bentley. The net is further extended to include jazz (Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Dinah Washington), pop, rock ‘n' roll (Big Mama Thornton), gospel (Sister Rosetta Tharpe), cabaret (Mabel Mercer, Joséphine Baker), soul (Carolyn Franklin) and folk (Joan Armatrading, Meshell Ndegeocello, Toshi Reagon, and Laura Love). Of course in this episode the musical categories are as flexible as are the sexual and gender boundaries, so expect to see a lot of genre-hopping as well among these subversive, innovative, and pathbreaking women of color. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” Occasional guests from the “business” (singers, conductors, composers, coaches, and teachers) lend their distinctive insights. At Countermelody's core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. At Countermelody's core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. Please visit the Countermelody website (www.countermelodypodcast.com) for additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. And please head to my Patreon page at www.patreon.com/countermelody to pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available only to Patreon supporters are currently available.

Rebooking the Role
Episode 20 (Snatch)

Rebooking the Role

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 53:10


This week Mike and Derick are joined by Anthony York to help rebook Snatch!   Who is Mickey? Who is Bricktop? Who makes their rebooking debut?!?!?!   All that and more!

Todd Nief's Show
Andy Nelson (Bricktop Recording | Like Rats | Sourmouth)

Todd Nief's Show

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 71:26


Andy is one of the most talented musicians I know. Some people think of musical talent as a preternatural gift for shredding through neoclassical riffs on guitar or ripping through Chopin concertos as a pre-teen. In Andy’s case, this talent manifests itself as incredible taste and intuition for songwriting and audio production. When you hear a song written by Andy — whether it’s the, uh, powerviolence of Weekend Nachos or the alt rock throwback of Sourmouth — you know it’s an Andy song. Fortunately, Andy gets to share his gift with others not just with his own music but through his work as a producer and audio engineer at Bricktop Recording. I didn’t expect to make ill-founded quantum mechanics analogies with Andy in this conversation about songwriting, but that’s what happened. Learn more from Andy here: Website: Bricktop Recording Instagram: @bricktoprecording | @andyheybro Twitter: @andyheybro Bandcamp/Spotify: Like Rats | Weekend Nachos | Belonger | Sourmouth | 2*Sweet Selected Production: Never Ending Game | 156/Silence | Bather | Kharma | Lurk If you're enjoying the show, the best way to support it is by sharing with your friends. If you don't have any friends, why not a leave a review? It makes a difference in terms of other people finding the show. You can also subscribe to receive my e-mail newsletter at www.toddnief.com. Most of my writing never makes it to the blog, so get on that list. Show Notes: [01:27] How Andy writes an album’s worth of songs every few months — across different genres [11:46] The difference between “idea generation” and “idea editing” in songwriting [23:19] How does Andy facilitate creativity in the studio while still keeping sessions on track? [31:13] The difference between “producing” and “engineering” [40:27] The value of a skilled editor in any creative endeavor. And, why it’s easier to edit other people’s work than your own. [48:45] How to avoid getting too precious with your own creative ideas. [54:29] Getting spacey with some theoretical physics analogies to songwriting [01:07:54] How to learn more from Andy Links and Resources Mentioned: Daniel Higgs Killing Joke Killing Joke “What’s THIS For…!” Preston Weippert (Of Feather and Bone | Volunteer Coroner) Interview Wristmeetrazor Isaac Hale Polyptych Guitar Pro Lurk Mike Watts Oasis) Attractor Wave function collapse Morrissey Robert Smith Jaz Coleman Jeff Tweedy Noel Gallagher Double-slit experiment Spelling Bee – The New York Times

PodxQast
03 - Дмитрий Миф (BRICKTOP, U-Lock, GiveXBlood)

PodxQast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2020 111:16


На связи из Калифорнии - Диман Миф.  В этом выпуске: жизнь в Европе и США, работа в IT, красноярская хардкор-панк сцена, Mtv, sXe, начало и конец группы BRICKTOP (U-Lock), рекорд лейбл GiveXBlood, организация первых хардкор гигов в 2000х, перерабатывание, топ веганских заведений Берлина, хардкор сцена Bay Area, велосипеды, плюсы и минусы жизни экспата. Телеграм канал подкаста: https://t.me/podxqast Диман https://www.instagram.com/xpinut/ BRICKTOP (U-Lock) https://bricktophc.bandcamp.com/music

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Light on Leeds
Episode 23: Larry & Paul

Light on Leeds

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2020 33:20


Larry & Paul have a brilliant show on Saturdays on BBC Radio Leeds. They came to tell me all about how they got to where they are and about the exciting launch of their production company Northern Imposters.For more information, or for interview requests, contact hello@northernimposters.com or call 07734 999612.Every Political Debate. Ever: https://www.facebook.com/larryandpaul/videos/441819546430199/The ISIS Closing Down Sale: https://twitter.com/bbccomedy/status/1102564148557373440?s=20Newsreader Nightmare: https://www.facebook.com/larryandpaul/videos/1758146374233990/Music this week was provided by Glass Rope, a band channeling their love of late 80s/early 90s classic Indy pop. Check out their excellent track, “Bricktop”. https://www.instagram.com/glassropeband/https://www.facebook.com/glassrope/

Big Easy Spirits
Episode 3: What Is A Serial Killer?

Big Easy Spirits

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 39:30


After last week's dive into the story of "Bricktop," we take a look into the definition of a serial killer and a few of the world's most notorious female serial killers. *Note: Though we may make light, the stories are serious and could be triggering for some.

Big Easy Spirits
Episode 2: Bricktop Jackson

Big Easy Spirits

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2020 27:33


Mary Jane "Bricktop" Jackson considered a serial killer and nicknamed "the Scourge of Gallatin Street."

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Wanda's Picks
Wanda's Picks Radio Show

Wanda's Picks

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2019 121:00


TheatreWorks has selected two dynamic Bay Area actors to play the titular duo: Sister Rosetta & Marie Knight—Michelle E. Jordan and Marissa Rudd. Ms. Jordan, our guest this morning, is a musical icon and 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Sister Rosetta Tharpe in TheatreWorks: Rosetta and Marie (with Marissa Rudd as Marie). Rosetta and Marie is up March 6-31 at the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Rd., in Palo Alto. Jordan, a TheatreWorks veteran, received a Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for her performance in TheatreWorks’ Dreamgirls. She has also been seen at TheatreWorks in It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues, Crowns, Go Down Garvey, Hi-Hat Hattie!, Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery, and Ain’t Misbehavin’. She also performed in Blues in the Night with Maurice Hines and Freda Payne at the Post Street Theatre and Bricktop at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, and serves as the choir director of East Bay Church of Religious Science. For tickets and information visit: theatreworks.org or call (650) 463-1960. 2. We rebroadcast the Special Tribute to Ntozake Shange (Nov. 23, 2018).

SLC Punkcast
SLC Punkcast Episode 77

SLC Punkcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2018 54:03


Episode 77, featuring songs from False Positives, Oxley’s Midnight Runners, Press Gang Union, The Oppressed, Fatskins, Bricktop, No Use For A Name, Blue Collar Criminals, CJ Ramone, Soundgarden, and Alice Cooper. Dustin’s picks are from Arizona. Chris is early Oi! band, great cover to cover albums from 90’s punk bands, and 90’s Grunge for a Guilty Pleasure.

Making Queer History
Bricktop Part 2

Making Queer History

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2018 30:30


Listen to the third attempt at recording the second half of our podcast about Bricktop! Remember to check out All-Cycles http://www.allcyclesyeg.ca/   [Disclaimer: some of the sources may contain triggering material] Patrick M. (August 15, 2011) To Bricktop, on Her Belated Birthday. Retrieved March 5, 2017 https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2011/08/15/to-bricktop-on-her-belated-birthday/ Albin K. (February 1, 1984) BRICKTOP, CABARET QUEEN IN PARIS AND ROME, DEAD, Retrieved March 5, 2017 http://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/01/obituaries/bricktop-cabaret-queen-in-paris-and-rome-dead.html Steven N. (October, 1, 2015) Ada ‘Bricktop’ Smith: Once the Grande Dame of Paris’ Nightclub Scene. Retrieved March 5, 2017 http://www.theroot.com/ada-bricktop-smith-once-the-grande-dame-of-paris-ni-1790861265 MARIARYCHKOVAA (March 26, 2014) Ada “Bricktop” Smith & Chez Bricktop’s night club. Retrieved March 5, 2017 https://marsharychkovaa.wordpress.com/2014/03/26/ada-bricktop-smith-chez-bricktops-night-club/ Christopher P. (October 24, 2012) Fabulous Dead People: Bricktop Retrieved March 5, 2017 http://www.wmagazine.com/story/bricktop-aka-ada-beatrice-queen-victoria-louise-virginia-smith

Making Queer History
Bricktop Part 1

Making Queer History

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2018 26:52


The first part of a two part podcast episode all about Bricktop's life!  Also don't forget to check out all cycles: http://www.allcyclesyeg.ca/ [Disclaimer: some of the sources may contain triggering material] Patrick M. (August 15, 2011) To Bricktop, on Her Belated Birthday.Retrieved March 5, 2017 https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2011/08/15/to-bricktop-on-her-belated-birthday/ Albin K. (February 1, 1984) BRICKTOP, CABARET QUEEN IN PARISAND ROME, DEAD, Retrieved March 5, 2017 http://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/01/obituaries/bricktop-cabaret-queen-in-paris-and-rome-dead.html Steven N. (October, 1, 2015) Ada ‘Bricktop’ Smith: Once the GrandeDame of Paris’ Nightclub Scene. Retrieved March 5, 2017 http://www.theroot.com/ada-bricktop-smith-once-the-grande-dame-of-paris-ni-1790861265 MARIARYCHKOVAA (March 26, 2014) Ada “Bricktop” Smith & ChezBricktop’s night club. Retrieved March 5, 2017 https://marsharychkovaa.wordpress.com/2014/03/26/ada-bricktop-smith-chez-bricktops-night-club/ Christopher P. (October 24, 2012) Fabulous Dead People: BricktopRetrieved March 5, 2017 http://www.wmagazine.com/story/bricktop-aka-ada-beatrice-queen-victoria-louise-virginia-smith

Mission encre noire
Émission du 9 janvier 2018

Mission encre noire

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2018


Mission encre noire Tome 22 Chapitre 270. Je vous présente mes meilleurs voeux pour l'année 2018. Janvier débute avec ce qui va sans doute devenir un classique du polar: L'année du Lion de Deon Meyer paru en 2017 aux éditions du Seuil. Écrit en afrikaans et en anglais, le roman, traduit par Catherine Du Toit et Marie-Caroline Aubert se situe en Afrique du sud entre le désert du Karoo et le fleuve Orange. Nicolas (le narrateur) fait le récit de l'assassinat de son père, Willem Storm. Ils comptent parmi les rares survivant d'une fièvre qui a décimé 95 % de la population mondiale. La catastrophe a provoqué de nombreuses réaction en chaîne. Chez les humains, c'est la loi de la jungle. Pourtant Willem Storm est convaincu de pouvoir bâtir un monde meilleur avec les rescapés de ce cataclysme. Malgré que la prose soit aussi rêche et aride que la majesté du paysage, l'espoir demeure. La vision de Deon Meyer n'est pas désespérée, les communautés cherchent à se reconstruire. Il y beaucoup d'humanité dans cet ambitieux projet, qui se traduit par un esprit de résistance et de solidarité. L'année du Lion est un classique en devenir, qui a l'image du continent africain, (et de l'Afrique du sud en particulier) rugit de rage et de fureur. C'est un livre qu'on ne peut pas lâcher aussi facilement. Il finira bien par trouver le chemin de votre bibliothèque, à côté de La route de Cormac McCarthy, mais pas pour les mêmes raisons. Extrait: « Je revois ces événements avec du recul. L'importance et la signification de cette scène ne me frapperont que des années plus tard. Ce jour-là, je me rendais déjà compte que c'était un moment historique, autant qu'un gosse de treize ans, affamé de compagnie, de camarades de son âge, pouvait le ressentir. Je ne réaliserais que plus tard le véritable poids du moment et des personnes impliquées. Le car de luxe est déjà garé au milieu de la rue quand j'arrive. Deux hommes descendent et avancent vers Père et Hennie As, Domingo, Mélinda Swanevelder, Béryl et les seize enfants qui les attendent dans Proteastraat. Le premier homme est âgé, il a les cheveux blancs et porte une toge blanche avec une sorte de châle doré et un chapeau bizarre. Dans sa main droite il tient une houlette en bois argenté. De la gauche, il s'appuie sur le bras d'un homme plus jeune, très impressionnant, plus grand que tous les autres et large de poitrine. Voilà ce que j'observe, ce que j'essaie de marquer dans ma mémoire pour pouvoir le raconter un jour, pour pouvoir dire que j'étais présent, que j'ai participé à cet événement. » New Moon, Café de nuit joyeux de David Dufresne paru en 2017 aux éditions du Seuil. Paris la nuit c'est fini/Paris va crever d'ennui/Paris se meurt rendez lui/Arletty. Et si Pigalle nous était conté ? C'est le pari réussi de David Dufresne. L'auteur se retourne sur son passé, il arrive dans le quartier le plus chaud de Paris en 1988, il a 20 ans. Le New Moon est le plus grand des petits clubs rock parisiens. On y croise régulièrement la crème de la scène du rock alternatif, la Mano Negra en tête. 106 m2 de bonheur et d'énergie pure qui dissimule une histoire riche et palpitante à l'image du quartier. Ouvert en 1896 sous le nom de La feuille de vigne, l'endroit changera plusieurs fois de nom et de style. David Dufresne nous offre un livre déroutant au croisement du polar, du docu/fiction et du récit historique. Excellement bien documenté, vous ne perdrez rien de l'enquête autour du lieu mythique. Vous y croiserez Manu Chao en terrasse du New Moon, Virginie Despente, son premier manuscrit sous le bras, Cole Porter, Degas, Manet...et si une nouvelle forme de journalisme était né ? Depuis 2004, le New Moon a rendu les armes à l'embourgeoisement, une épicerie bio patronne désormais sur la rue Pigalle.  Extrait: « Le Bricktop's fut le premier des cabarets de Pigalle à servir le whisky à table - jusqu'ici, on ne le faisait qu'au bar, il fallait se déplacer pour cette vulgaire boisson. La maîtresse des lieux y perdait le chic du champagne exclusif, mais elle y gagnait les écrivains. Et ils allaient se précipiter. La première fois que John Steinbeck était venu,ça avait mal commencé. Il avait dû envoyer un taxi de roses à Brick pour s'excuser de son comportement (Il ajoutera plus tard à ses fleurs ces mots: « Brick, chaque fois que tu chantes «Embraceable You», tu m'enlèves vingt ans de ma vie d'homme »). Hemingway, aussi, traînait dans les parages ; comme F. Scott Fitzgerald qui met en scène un de ses héros de Retour à Babylone devant le Bricktop's, où «il avait passé tant de temps et dépensé tant d'argent».» Le retour du Gang d'Edward Abbey paru en 2017 aux éditions Gallmeister dans la collection Nature Writing. Le Gang de la clé à molette est un livre culte. Un best seller des éditions Gallmeister paru en 2013 et illustré par Crumb. Edward Abbey, décédé en 1989, a été inhumé dans le désert, un lieu encore tenu secret aujourd'hui. Le retour du Gang est la touche finale d'une oeuvre riche, qui relève le défi de présenter le combat écologiste de l'auteur. Le gang de la clé à molette est composé de quatre personnages: de Bonnie Abbzug compagne du Doc Sarvis, médecin dans la vie, de Seldom Smith, un membre de l'église mormone et George Hayduke, vétéran du Vietnam, passionné d'armes à feu, vivant en renégat dans une grotte dans le désert avec pour seul compagnon, un féroce crotale. C'est lui qui se charge de remobiliser la troupe contre l'invasion de l'excavateur géant: Goliath. Pour sauver les déserts de l'ouest américain tous les moyens sont bons. L'auteur publie ici, un manifeste de résistance, drôle et cynique. Edward Abbey se place déjà comme une influence majeure et son style plutôt explosif est à découvrir. Extrait: « Silence. Hayducke crache par terre. Il lève les yeux et les plante dans ceux de Seldom, l'air incapable de comprendre ou de croire ou même d'entendre clairement ce que son vieux pote lui dit. Tout ce que Seldom voit du regard d'hayducke sont ces deux petits points rouges, comme les diodes de mise sous tension d'une mystérieuse machine nocturne. Comme deux tisons luisant dans un feu qui se meurt. Comme...comme les faibles feux arrières d'un train fou qui s'en va, au loin, pour ne jamais revenir. Un simple souffle de réalité peut éteindre, pour toujours, d'un moment à l'autre, ces deux rubis d'espoir. » Naissance d'une jungle de Nancy Huston paru en 2017 aux éditions de l'Aube collection Le Un en livre. Le Un est un journal d'enquête et d'idées, indépendant, sans publicité qui rassemble sous la direction de l'écrivain Éric Fottorino, chaque semaine des écrivains, artistes, journaliste et des chercheurs, pour éclairer sur un thème en particulier lié à l'actualité. Vous connaissez sans doute déjà la plume parfois acérée de l'écrivaine. Ses prises de positions, au risque de déplaire, permettent le plus souvent d'insuffler une nouvelle dynamique dans les débats. Nancy Huston tire le signal d'alarme sur les dérives de la pensée dominante, primitive, qui a pris le pouvoir un peu partout et particulièrement aux USA. On appelle cela le règne de la jungle. Au fil de la lecture des cinq textes disponibles dans cet ouvrage, l'autrice interroge notre capacité à nous décentrer, pour si possible déplacer notre point de vue sur le monde. Extrait: « Aujourd'hui, leur prolixité m'épuise. Tant d'arrogance, tant d'agressivité! Comment font-ils pour ne pas entendre leur propre morgue? Regardez ceux qui, derrière les guichets des maries, postes et administrations, accueillent les citoyens: c'était bien la peine de faire la Révolution pour se voir encore traité ainsi de haut! Véritablement elle est guindée cette langue française, et induit des attitudes guindées. »  

Mission encre noire
Émission du 9 janvier 2018

Mission encre noire

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2018


Mission encre noire Tome 22 Chapitre 270. Je vous présente mes meilleurs voeux pour l'année 2018. Janvier débute avec ce qui va sans doute devenir un classique du polar: L'année du Lion de Deon Meyer paru en 2017 aux éditions du Seuil. Écrit en afrikaans et en anglais, le roman, traduit par Catherine Du Toit et Marie-Caroline Aubert se situe en Afrique du sud entre le désert du Karoo et le fleuve Orange. Nicolas (le narrateur) fait le récit de l'assassinat de son père, Willem Storm. Ils comptent parmi les rares survivant d'une fièvre qui a décimé 95 % de la population mondiale. La catastrophe a provoqué de nombreuses réaction en chaîne. Chez les humains, c'est la loi de la jungle. Pourtant Willem Storm est convaincu de pouvoir bâtir un monde meilleur avec les rescapés de ce cataclysme. Malgré que la prose soit aussi rêche et aride que la majesté du paysage, l'espoir demeure. La vision de Deon Meyer n'est pas désespérée, les communautés cherchent à se reconstruire. Il y beaucoup d'humanité dans cet ambitieux projet, qui se traduit par un esprit de résistance et de solidarité. L'année du Lion est un classique en devenir, qui a l'image du continent africain, (et de l'Afrique du sud en particulier) rugit de rage et de fureur. C'est un livre qu'on ne peut pas lâcher aussi facilement. Il finira bien par trouver le chemin de votre bibliothèque, à côté de La route de Cormac McCarthy, mais pas pour les mêmes raisons. Extrait: « Je revois ces événements avec du recul. L'importance et la signification de cette scène ne me frapperont que des années plus tard. Ce jour-là, je me rendais déjà compte que c'était un moment historique, autant qu'un gosse de treize ans, affamé de compagnie, de camarades de son âge, pouvait le ressentir. Je ne réaliserais que plus tard le véritable poids du moment et des personnes impliquées. Le car de luxe est déjà garé au milieu de la rue quand j'arrive. Deux hommes descendent et avancent vers Père et Hennie As, Domingo, Mélinda Swanevelder, Béryl et les seize enfants qui les attendent dans Proteastraat. Le premier homme est âgé, il a les cheveux blancs et porte une toge blanche avec une sorte de châle doré et un chapeau bizarre. Dans sa main droite il tient une houlette en bois argenté. De la gauche, il s'appuie sur le bras d'un homme plus jeune, très impressionnant, plus grand que tous les autres et large de poitrine. Voilà ce que j'observe, ce que j'essaie de marquer dans ma mémoire pour pouvoir le raconter un jour, pour pouvoir dire que j'étais présent, que j'ai participé à cet événement. » New Moon, Café de nuit joyeux de David Dufresne paru en 2017 aux éditions du Seuil. Paris la nuit c'est fini/Paris va crever d'ennui/Paris se meurt rendez lui/Arletty. Et si Pigalle nous était conté ? C'est le pari réussi de David Dufresne. L'auteur se retourne sur son passé, il arrive dans le quartier le plus chaud de Paris en 1988, il a 20 ans. Le New Moon est le plus grand des petits clubs rock parisiens. On y croise régulièrement la crème de la scène du rock alternatif, la Mano Negra en tête. 106 m2 de bonheur et d'énergie pure qui dissimule une histoire riche et palpitante à l'image du quartier. Ouvert en 1896 sous le nom de La feuille de vigne, l'endroit changera plusieurs fois de nom et de style. David Dufresne nous offre un livre déroutant au croisement du polar, du docu/fiction et du récit historique. Excellement bien documenté, vous ne perdrez rien de l'enquête autour du lieu mythique. Vous y croiserez Manu Chao en terrasse du New Moon, Virginie Despente, son premier manuscrit sous le bras, Cole Porter, Degas, Manet...et si une nouvelle forme de journalisme était né ? Depuis 2004, le New Moon a rendu les armes à l'embourgeoisement, une épicerie bio patronne désormais sur la rue Pigalle.  Extrait: « Le Bricktop's fut le premier des cabarets de Pigalle à servir le whisky à table - jusqu'ici, on ne le faisait qu'au bar, il fallait se déplacer pour cette vulgaire boisson. La maîtresse des lieux y perdait le chic du champagne exclusif, mais elle y gagnait les écrivains. Et ils allaient se précipiter. La première fois que John Steinbeck était venu,ça avait mal commencé. Il avait dû envoyer un taxi de roses à Brick pour s'excuser de son comportement (Il ajoutera plus tard à ses fleurs ces mots: « Brick, chaque fois que tu chantes «Embraceable You», tu m'enlèves vingt ans de ma vie d'homme »). Hemingway, aussi, traînait dans les parages ; comme F. Scott Fitzgerald qui met en scène un de ses héros de Retour à Babylone devant le Bricktop's, où «il avait passé tant de temps et dépensé tant d'argent».» Le retour du Gang d'Edward Abbey paru en 2017 aux éditions Gallmeister dans la collection Nature Writing. Le Gang de la clé à molette est un livre culte. Un best seller des éditions Gallmeister paru en 2013 et illustré par Crumb. Edward Abbey, décédé en 1989, a été inhumé dans le désert, un lieu encore tenu secret aujourd'hui. Le retour du Gang est la touche finale d'une oeuvre riche, qui relève le défi de présenter le combat écologiste de l'auteur. Le gang de la clé à molette est composé de quatre personnages: de Bonnie Abbzug compagne du Doc Sarvis, médecin dans la vie, de Seldom Smith, un membre de l'église mormone et George Hayduke, vétéran du Vietnam, passionné d'armes à feu, vivant en renégat dans une grotte dans le désert avec pour seul compagnon, un féroce crotale. C'est lui qui se charge de remobiliser la troupe contre l'invasion de l'excavateur géant: Goliath. Pour sauver les déserts de l'ouest américain tous les moyens sont bons. L'auteur publie ici, un manifeste de résistance, drôle et cynique. Edward Abbey se place déjà comme une influence majeure et son style plutôt explosif est à découvrir. Extrait: « Silence. Hayducke crache par terre. Il lève les yeux et les plante dans ceux de Seldom, l'air incapable de comprendre ou de croire ou même d'entendre clairement ce que son vieux pote lui dit. Tout ce que Seldom voit du regard d'hayducke sont ces deux petits points rouges, comme les diodes de mise sous tension d'une mystérieuse machine nocturne. Comme deux tisons luisant dans un feu qui se meurt. Comme...comme les faibles feux arrières d'un train fou qui s'en va, au loin, pour ne jamais revenir. Un simple souffle de réalité peut éteindre, pour toujours, d'un moment à l'autre, ces deux rubis d'espoir. » Naissance d'une jungle de Nancy Huston paru en 2017 aux éditions de l'Aube collection Le Un en livre. Le Un est un journal d'enquête et d'idées, indépendant, sans publicité qui rassemble sous la direction de l'écrivain Éric Fottorino, chaque semaine des écrivains, artistes, journaliste et des chercheurs, pour éclairer sur un thème en particulier lié à l'actualité. Vous connaissez sans doute déjà la plume parfois acérée de l'écrivaine. Ses prises de positions, au risque de déplaire, permettent le plus souvent d'insuffler une nouvelle dynamique dans les débats. Nancy Huston tire le signal d'alarme sur les dérives de la pensée dominante, primitive, qui a pris le pouvoir un peu partout et particulièrement aux USA. On appelle cela le règne de la jungle. Au fil de la lecture des cinq textes disponibles dans cet ouvrage, l'autrice interroge notre capacité à nous décentrer, pour si possible déplacer notre point de vue sur le monde. Extrait: « Aujourd'hui, leur prolixité m'épuise. Tant d'arrogance, tant d'agressivité! Comment font-ils pour ne pas entendre leur propre morgue? Regardez ceux qui, derrière les guichets des maries, postes et administrations, accueillent les citoyens: c'était bien la peine de faire la Révolution pour se voir encore traité ainsi de haut! Véritablement elle est guindée cette langue française, et induit des attitudes guindées. »  

Chronology
Chronology Special 16

Chronology

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2017 60:08


The sixteenth special episode of the «Chronology» podcast Tracklist: 1) Phaction — Solar Meditation 2) ENEI feat. Charli Brix — Just One Look 3) Pola And Bryson — Mind Seasons 4) Ed:It — Shotgun 5) Calibre feat. Bricktop, Marcus Intalex — Smother 6) Command Strange, Electrosoul System — Cloudless 7) Handra — Far Away (Ed:It Remix) 8) Friske — Night Train 9) LSB — Blinding 10) Electrosoul System — Under Deep Sky 11) Pola And Bryson feat. Data 3 — Hyperborean 12) Dub Phizix — Rotate 13) Photek — T’Raenon

New Books in Women's History
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, “Bricktop's Paris: African American Women in Paris between the Two World Wars (SUNY Press, 2015)

New Books in Women's History

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2017 20:58


When Dorothy Sterling wrote her book about nineteenth-century black women in America, she stated in the introduction that the book was not a definitive history of black women but a sourcebook to lead others to “compile a complete history.” And while a complete history of black women has not yet been written, T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting has added to the history of black women in Bricktop's Paris: African American Women in Paris Between the Two World Wars and The Autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets (SUNY Press, 2015). Sharpley-Whiting does two things with this book; she appeals to the scholar and the mystery reader. The first part of the book captures the multi-life history of twenty-five African American women who lived in Paris as artists, singers, club owners, poets, and writers. Sharpley-Whiting's stories illustrate how travel and place were transformative for black women despite the length of their stay in Paris. She says, “the book is a moment in time.” In this book, we get to go into that world, a world where they were honored and treated not by the color of their skin, but by their talents. We get to meet many different women along the way. Some stayed for a long time, while others could only stay several months before returning back to the United States. By the end of the 1930s, their time was over. The second part of Bricktop's Paris is a noir mystery, titled The Autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets. Sharpley-Whiting illuminates the lines of fact and fiction in the autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith. The novel explores the black and feminine perspective of image, self-possession, and self-exhibition. The novel takes us to Paris with black American women in salons and saloons crossing boundaries with purpose, and discovering they are the wealth of the nation. Josie Baker and Bricktop what are they up to? And who did it? Bricktop's Paris was an American Library in Paris Book Award Long List selection and a Choice 2015 Outstanding Academic Title. Sharpley-Whiting is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and French at Vanderbilt University where she also chairs African American and Diaspora Studies and directs the Callie House Center for the Study of Global Black Cultures and Politics. She publishes an academic murder mystery series under the nom de plume Tracy Whiting. She also teaches a course on Detective Fiction at Vanderbilt. The first novel, an academic cozy-thriller set in the South of France with Professor Havilah Gaie, is titled The 13thFellow: A Mystery in Provence (BooksbNimble Press, May 2015). She has completed the second mystery in this series, Paris A-Go-Go (Books nimble Press, forthcoming 2016), and is currently at-work on a scholarly volume, A Quartet in Four French Movements: A Voodoo Queen, A French Romantic, a Poet, and an African Ethnologist, as well as a family history. She is on the Executive Council of the Modern Language Association (2014-2018). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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New Books in History
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, “Bricktop’s Paris: African American Women in Paris between the Two World Wars (SUNY Press, 2015)

New Books in History

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2017 20:58


When Dorothy Sterling wrote her book about nineteenth-century black women in America, she stated in the introduction that the book was not a definitive history of black women but a sourcebook to lead others to “compile a complete history.” And while a complete history of black women has not yet been written, T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting has added to the history of black women in Bricktop’s Paris: African American Women in Paris Between the Two World Wars and The Autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets (SUNY Press, 2015). Sharpley-Whiting does two things with this book; she appeals to the scholar and the mystery reader. The first part of the book captures the multi-life history of twenty-five African American women who lived in Paris as artists, singers, club owners, poets, and writers. Sharpley-Whiting’s stories illustrate how travel and place were transformative for black women despite the length of their stay in Paris. She says, “the book is a moment in time.” In this book, we get to go into that world, a world where they were honored and treated not by the color of their skin, but by their talents. We get to meet many different women along the way. Some stayed for a long time, while others could only stay several months before returning back to the United States. By the end of the 1930s, their time was over. The second part of Bricktop’s Paris is a noir mystery, titled The Autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets. Sharpley-Whiting illuminates the lines of fact and fiction in the autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith. The novel explores the black and feminine perspective of image, self-possession, and self-exhibition. The novel takes us to Paris with black American women in salons and saloons crossing boundaries with purpose, and discovering they are the wealth of the nation. Josie Baker and Bricktop what are they up to? And who did it? Bricktop’s Paris was an American Library in Paris Book Award Long List selection and a Choice 2015 Outstanding Academic Title. Sharpley-Whiting is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and French at Vanderbilt University where she also chairs African American and Diaspora Studies and directs the Callie House Center for the Study of Global Black Cultures and Politics. She publishes an academic murder mystery series under the nom de plume Tracy Whiting. She also teaches a course on Detective Fiction at Vanderbilt. The first novel, an academic cozy-thriller set in the South of France with Professor Havilah Gaie, is titled The 13thFellow: A Mystery in Provence (BooksbNimble Press, May 2015). She has completed the second mystery in this series, Paris A-Go-Go (Books nimble Press, forthcoming 2016), and is currently at-work on a scholarly volume, A Quartet in Four French Movements: A Voodoo Queen, A French Romantic, a Poet, and an African Ethnologist, as well as a family history. She is on the Executive Council of the Modern Language Association (2014-2018). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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New Books in French Studies
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, “Bricktop’s Paris: African American Women in Paris between the Two World Wars (SUNY Press, 2015)

New Books in French Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2017 21:23


When Dorothy Sterling wrote her book about nineteenth-century black women in America, she stated in the introduction that the book was not a definitive history of black women but a sourcebook to lead others to “compile a complete history.” And while a complete history of black women has not yet been written, T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting has added to the history of black women in Bricktop’s Paris: African American Women in Paris Between the Two World Wars and The Autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets (SUNY Press, 2015). Sharpley-Whiting does two things with this book; she appeals to the scholar and the mystery reader. The first part of the book captures the multi-life history of twenty-five African American women who lived in Paris as artists, singers, club owners, poets, and writers. Sharpley-Whiting’s stories illustrate how travel and place were transformative for black women despite the length of their stay in Paris. She says, “the book is a moment in time.” In this book, we get to go into that world, a world where they were honored and treated not by the color of their skin, but by their talents. We get to meet many different women along the way. Some stayed for a long time, while others could only stay several months before returning back to the United States. By the end of the 1930s, their time was over. The second part of Bricktop’s Paris is a noir mystery, titled The Autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets. Sharpley-Whiting illuminates the lines of fact and fiction in the autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith. The novel explores the black and feminine perspective of image, self-possession, and self-exhibition. The novel takes us to Paris with black American women in salons and saloons crossing boundaries with purpose, and discovering they are the wealth of the nation. Josie Baker and Bricktop what are they up to? And who did it? Bricktop’s Paris was an American Library in Paris Book Award Long List selection and a Choice 2015 Outstanding Academic Title. Sharpley-Whiting is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and French at Vanderbilt University where she also chairs African American and Diaspora Studies and directs the Callie House Center for the Study of Global Black Cultures and Politics. She publishes an academic murder mystery series under the nom de plume Tracy Whiting. She also teaches a course on Detective Fiction at Vanderbilt. The first novel, an academic cozy-thriller set in the South of France with Professor Havilah Gaie, is titled The 13thFellow: A Mystery in Provence (BooksbNimble Press, May 2015). She has completed the second mystery in this series, Paris A-Go-Go (Books nimble Press, forthcoming 2016), and is currently at-work on a scholarly volume, A Quartet in Four French Movements: A Voodoo Queen, A French Romantic, a Poet, and an African Ethnologist, as well as a family history. She is on the Executive Council of the Modern Language Association (2014-2018). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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New Books in Biography
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, “Bricktop’s Paris: African American Women in Paris between the Two World Wars (SUNY Press, 2015)

New Books in Biography

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2017 20:58


When Dorothy Sterling wrote her book about nineteenth-century black women in America, she stated in the introduction that the book was not a definitive history of black women but a sourcebook to lead others to “compile a complete history.” And while a complete history of black women has not yet been written, T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting has added to the history of black women in Bricktop’s Paris: African American Women in Paris Between the Two World Wars and The Autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets (SUNY Press, 2015). Sharpley-Whiting does two things with this book; she appeals to the scholar and the mystery reader. The first part of the book captures the multi-life history of twenty-five African American women who lived in Paris as artists, singers, club owners, poets, and writers. Sharpley-Whiting’s stories illustrate how travel and place were transformative for black women despite the length of their stay in Paris. She says, “the book is a moment in time.” In this book, we get to go into that world, a world where they were honored and treated not by the color of their skin, but by their talents. We get to meet many different women along the way. Some stayed for a long time, while others could only stay several months before returning back to the United States. By the end of the 1930s, their time was over. The second part of Bricktop’s Paris is a noir mystery, titled The Autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets. Sharpley-Whiting illuminates the lines of fact and fiction in the autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith. The novel explores the black and feminine perspective of image, self-possession, and self-exhibition. The novel takes us to Paris with black American women in salons and saloons crossing boundaries with purpose, and discovering they are the wealth of the nation. Josie Baker and Bricktop what are they up to? And who did it? Bricktop’s Paris was an American Library in Paris Book Award Long List selection and a Choice 2015 Outstanding Academic Title. Sharpley-Whiting is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and French at Vanderbilt University where she also chairs African American and Diaspora Studies and directs the Callie House Center for the Study of Global Black Cultures and Politics. She publishes an academic murder mystery series under the nom de plume Tracy Whiting. She also teaches a course on Detective Fiction at Vanderbilt. The first novel, an academic cozy-thriller set in the South of France with Professor Havilah Gaie, is titled The 13thFellow: A Mystery in Provence (BooksbNimble Press, May 2015). She has completed the second mystery in this series, Paris A-Go-Go (Books nimble Press, forthcoming 2016), and is currently at-work on a scholarly volume, A Quartet in Four French Movements: A Voodoo Queen, A French Romantic, a Poet, and an African Ethnologist, as well as a family history. She is on the Executive Council of the Modern Language Association (2014-2018). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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New Books in African American Studies
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, “Bricktop's Paris: African American Women in Paris between the Two World Wars (SUNY Press, 2015)

New Books in African American Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2017 20:58


When Dorothy Sterling wrote her book about nineteenth-century black women in America, she stated in the introduction that the book was not a definitive history of black women but a sourcebook to lead others to “compile a complete history.” And while a complete history of black women has not yet been written, T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting has added to the history of black women in Bricktop's Paris: African American Women in Paris Between the Two World Wars and The Autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets (SUNY Press, 2015). Sharpley-Whiting does two things with this book; she appeals to the scholar and the mystery reader. The first part of the book captures the multi-life history of twenty-five African American women who lived in Paris as artists, singers, club owners, poets, and writers. Sharpley-Whiting's stories illustrate how travel and place were transformative for black women despite the length of their stay in Paris. She says, “the book is a moment in time.” In this book, we get to go into that world, a world where they were honored and treated not by the color of their skin, but by their talents. We get to meet many different women along the way. Some stayed for a long time, while others could only stay several months before returning back to the United States. By the end of the 1930s, their time was over. The second part of Bricktop's Paris is a noir mystery, titled The Autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets. Sharpley-Whiting illuminates the lines of fact and fiction in the autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith. The novel explores the black and feminine perspective of image, self-possession, and self-exhibition. The novel takes us to Paris with black American women in salons and saloons crossing boundaries with purpose, and discovering they are the wealth of the nation. Josie Baker and Bricktop what are they up to? And who did it? Bricktop's Paris was an American Library in Paris Book Award Long List selection and a Choice 2015 Outstanding Academic Title. Sharpley-Whiting is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and French at Vanderbilt University where she also chairs African American and Diaspora Studies and directs the Callie House Center for the Study of Global Black Cultures and Politics. She publishes an academic murder mystery series under the nom de plume Tracy Whiting. She also teaches a course on Detective Fiction at Vanderbilt. The first novel, an academic cozy-thriller set in the South of France with Professor Havilah Gaie, is titled The 13thFellow: A Mystery in Provence (BooksbNimble Press, May 2015). She has completed the second mystery in this series, Paris A-Go-Go (Books nimble Press, forthcoming 2016), and is currently at-work on a scholarly volume, A Quartet in Four French Movements: A Voodoo Queen, A French Romantic, a Poet, and an African Ethnologist, as well as a family history. She is on the Executive Council of the Modern Language Association (2014-2018). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

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New Books in Historical Fiction
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, “Bricktop’s Paris: African American Women in Paris between the Two World Wars (SUNY Press, 2015)

New Books in Historical Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2017 20:58


When Dorothy Sterling wrote her book about nineteenth-century black women in America, she stated in the introduction that the book was not a definitive history of black women but a sourcebook to lead others to “compile a complete history.” And while a complete history of black women has not yet been written, T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting has added to the history of black women in Bricktop’s Paris: African American Women in Paris Between the Two World Wars and The Autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets (SUNY Press, 2015). Sharpley-Whiting does two things with this book; she appeals to the scholar and the mystery reader. The first part of the book captures the multi-life history of twenty-five African American women who lived in Paris as artists, singers, club owners, poets, and writers. Sharpley-Whiting’s stories illustrate how travel and place were transformative for black women despite the length of their stay in Paris. She says, “the book is a moment in time.” In this book, we get to go into that world, a world where they were honored and treated not by the color of their skin, but by their talents. We get to meet many different women along the way. Some stayed for a long time, while others could only stay several months before returning back to the United States. By the end of the 1930s, their time was over. The second part of Bricktop’s Paris is a noir mystery, titled The Autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets. Sharpley-Whiting illuminates the lines of fact and fiction in the autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith. The novel explores the black and feminine perspective of image, self-possession, and self-exhibition. The novel takes us to Paris with black American women in salons and saloons crossing boundaries with purpose, and discovering they are the wealth of the nation. Josie Baker and Bricktop what are they up to? And who did it? Bricktop’s Paris was an American Library in Paris Book Award Long List selection and a Choice 2015 Outstanding Academic Title. Sharpley-Whiting is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and French at Vanderbilt University where she also chairs African American and Diaspora Studies and directs the Callie House Center for the Study of Global Black Cultures and Politics. She publishes an academic murder mystery series under the nom de plume Tracy Whiting. She also teaches a course on Detective Fiction at Vanderbilt. The first novel, an academic cozy-thriller set in the South of France with Professor Havilah Gaie, is titled The 13thFellow: A Mystery in Provence (BooksbNimble Press, May 2015). She has completed the second mystery in this series, Paris A-Go-Go (Books nimble Press, forthcoming 2016), and is currently at-work on a scholarly volume, A Quartet in Four French Movements: A Voodoo Queen, A French Romantic, a Poet, and an African Ethnologist, as well as a family history. She is on the Executive Council of the Modern Language Association (2014-2018). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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New Books Network
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, “Bricktop’s Paris: African American Women in Paris between the Two World Wars (SUNY Press, 2015)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2017 20:58


When Dorothy Sterling wrote her book about nineteenth-century black women in America, she stated in the introduction that the book was not a definitive history of black women but a sourcebook to lead others to “compile a complete history.” And while a complete history of black women has not yet been written, T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting has added to the history of black women in Bricktop’s Paris: African American Women in Paris Between the Two World Wars and The Autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets (SUNY Press, 2015). Sharpley-Whiting does two things with this book; she appeals to the scholar and the mystery reader. The first part of the book captures the multi-life history of twenty-five African American women who lived in Paris as artists, singers, club owners, poets, and writers. Sharpley-Whiting’s stories illustrate how travel and place were transformative for black women despite the length of their stay in Paris. She says, “the book is a moment in time.” In this book, we get to go into that world, a world where they were honored and treated not by the color of their skin, but by their talents. We get to meet many different women along the way. Some stayed for a long time, while others could only stay several months before returning back to the United States. By the end of the 1930s, their time was over. The second part of Bricktop’s Paris is a noir mystery, titled The Autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets. Sharpley-Whiting illuminates the lines of fact and fiction in the autobiography of Ada Bricktop Smith. The novel explores the black and feminine perspective of image, self-possession, and self-exhibition. The novel takes us to Paris with black American women in salons and saloons crossing boundaries with purpose, and discovering they are the wealth of the nation. Josie Baker and Bricktop what are they up to? And who did it? Bricktop’s Paris was an American Library in Paris Book Award Long List selection and a Choice 2015 Outstanding Academic Title. Sharpley-Whiting is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and French at Vanderbilt University where she also chairs African American and Diaspora Studies and directs the Callie House Center for the Study of Global Black Cultures and Politics. She publishes an academic murder mystery series under the nom de plume Tracy Whiting. She also teaches a course on Detective Fiction at Vanderbilt. The first novel, an academic cozy-thriller set in the South of France with Professor Havilah Gaie, is titled The 13thFellow: A Mystery in Provence (BooksbNimble Press, May 2015). She has completed the second mystery in this series, Paris A-Go-Go (Books nimble Press, forthcoming 2016), and is currently at-work on a scholarly volume, A Quartet in Four French Movements: A Voodoo Queen, A French Romantic, a Poet, and an African Ethnologist, as well as a family history. She is on the Executive Council of the Modern Language Association (2014-2018). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mayhem Podcast
Podcast 6

Mayhem Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2017 54:48


On this episode, Mayhem rants about, Vegas, Steve Aoki, and his pit bull, Bricktop. Special appearance by General Patton and Billy Shakespeare. Music by http://www.bensound.com Mayhem http://www.mayhemmillerindustries.com

Chat Chow TV (HD)
Recap / Burgerliscious 2014

Chat Chow TV (HD)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2014


The Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce and Samuel Adams partnered for a fourth year to present this mouth-watering burger event. Congrats to 1st place winner Rok:BRGR, Pincho Factory who came in 2nd place, to Swine Southern Table & Bar for placing 3rd and to Sushi Maki for winning “People’s Choice.” Participating Coral Gables restaurants included: • Bricktop’s • Bread and Butter • Bulla • Christy’s Restaurant • The Café @ Coral Gables | Books & Books • CRAVE Coral Gables Restaurant • Eating House • Epicure • Pardo’s Peruvian Cuisine • Pincho Factory • Rok BRGR • Shula’s 347 Grill • Shake Shack • Sushi Maki • Swine Southern Table & Bar • Tarpon Bend Raw Bar & Grill • The Westin Colonnade, Coral Gables Restaurant • Tum Tum’s Asian Street Food

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History, Bitches!
Episode 8: Ada “Bricktop” Smith, “Cabaret Queen of Paris and Rome”

History, Bitches!

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2013 42:39


​​F. Scott Fitzgerald said his real claim to fame was not penning “This Side of Paradise” or “The Great Gatsby,” but rather discovering Bricktop before Cole Porter. Tune-in to discover more about Ada “Bricktop” Smith, “Cabaret Queen of Paris and Rome.”For blog articles and the complete podcast archive, visit: http://historybitchespodcast.com

History, Bitches!
Episode 8: Ada “Bricktop” Smith, “Cabaret Queen of Paris and Rome”

History, Bitches!

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2013 42:39


​​F. Scott Fitzgerald said his real claim to fame was not penning “This Side of Paradise” or “The Great Gatsby,” but rather discovering Bricktop before Cole Porter. Tune-in to discover more about Ada “Bricktop” Smith, “Cabaret Queen of Paris and Rome.”For blog articles and the complete podcast archive, visit: http://historybitchespodcast.com

The Mancave Movie Review Podcast

Welcome folks to Episode 21 of Mancave Movie Review. Today we will be talking about . No its not what you think, it's our review of our first Guy Ritchie movie starring one of our favorite actors, Jason Statham along with stellar performances by Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, and Dennis Farina.  So grab some Guinness, Boddingtons or the British pint of your choice while Jeff, Mark and Steve take you through the UK underworld of diamond heists, illegal boxing and why you will never eat bacon again.

Electro, Kingsbaby Style (Ultimate Downhill Machines)

This was Kingsbaby of UDM's set at the Bricktop February 12th 2011. Best regards Lincoln and the Midwest from Miami and WMC. -kb