tagged w/ Betty Davis
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Can you name the Bette Davis movie where she says, “What a dump” before I count to ten? 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10. You got it? OK, you win. The first three people to email me the correct answer to abe@imeanwhat.com will receive an I MEAN WHAT?!? trucker hat. Anyhoo, I am way off on a tangent. I went house hunting on Sunday in Los Angeles with a friend who is ready to plunk down $1.5 million dollars on a house. OK…to some, it’s like nothing. But to many, it’s plenty. We saw some lovely, lovely homes. A cool, four bedroom beauty, with original detail work from the 40’s that made me sob. And this hillside, 60’s modern groove-zone with views that also made me sob. You wanna know what really made me sob? Having to come back to New York to the rat race. And when I say rat race…I really mean it. On the flight home, I clicked on a New York Times ad by accident and up popped this monstrosity (below). It is the ad for a “loft” for the same price as the homes I saw the other day. When they say one bedroom loft…the word loft is operative to induce a sense of vast spaciousness. But when you hear Lower East Side…well…fotz. Say what you want about LA you New York haters, but give me a clapboard house in LA over the clap that you will surely get skeeving around that rat trap.
Read more: http://imeanwhat.com/canyoubelieve/what-a-dump#ixzz0lf2Ec65SCan you name the Bette Davis movie where she says, “What a dump” before I... more
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Funk and R&B singer Betty Davis was influenced by close friends like Jimi Hendrix and her ex-husband, jazz legend Miles Davis. In 1975, visionary music mogul Chris Blackwell signed her to his Island Records label, which released her groundbreaking album Nasty Gal; it's just been reissued on CD.
Davis' sexy growl conjures images of her the way she looked onstage in the '70s — thigh-high silver boots, hot pants, massive afro. Davis was Sly Stone, Mick Jagger and The Jimi Hendrix Experience all rolled into one woman. Sly Stone bassist Larry Graham once said that, although Davis didn't play anything, her mind, body and spirit were her instruments. In this album's title track, you can hear that her singing doesn't just represent a voice; it's a supernatural force she's using to break social conventions, push funk to the extreme and propel herself as an artist.Funk and R&B singer Betty Davis was influenced by close friends like Jimi Hendrix... more
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Yesterday we highlighted the 3 most underrated female soul singers and received a mixed heap of laudatory and furious feedback. Here's another short list that's sure to get a reaction out of some folks: the best funk singers of all time. While this list could consist of nothing but P-Funk vocalists, we'll limit the Parliament and/or Funkadelic vocalists to a single slot for the sake of fairness.Yesterday we highlighted the 3 most underrated female soul singers and received a... more
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