Brad Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 An Eight-Second Film of 1915 New Orleans and the Mystery of Louis Armstrong’s Happiness from the New Yorker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 What a title! ...and then...what?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 I've read the article and watched the clip but I've got to say that to me the build of that fellow does not really look like someone who'd evolve into what young Pops would look like a scant few years later. Not to mention that this one looks taller. There seems to be a lot of wishful thinking going on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted July 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 22 minutes ago, Dmitry said: What a title! ...and then...what?! It's like a wet dream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 I can tell you one thing - straw skimmer hats were very popular in 1915! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 (edited) In old photos and movies, why do we see famous dead people in crowds? Because there is no one alive to advocate for the forgotten. Edited July 11, 2019 by Teasing the Korean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 On 7/11/2019 at 7:51 PM, Teasing the Korean said: In old photos and movies, why do we see famous dead people in crowds? Because there is no one alive to advocate for the forgotten. And the corollary to that is the sad reality that many white people who saw the unique charisma (or however they view it) of a young Louis Armstrong in that footage most likely aren't able to fathom that there were, are, and will be any number of young African-American youth (male and female) who at some point in their life have that same type of charismatic, positive energy. It is special, but it is not exactly "unique" in that only Louis Armstrong had/has it. It's like the photo that popped up of a very young Sonny Rollins. With the saxophone, we all say, hey, a young Sonny Rollins! Without the saxophone...who would we see? What would we see? Coming on July 16: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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