February 28, 2011

Fare thee well, Jane Russell (1921-2011)


Ain’t there anyone here for love?

comments

  1. Sheila Ryan on February 28th, 2011 at 7:34 pm

    “Doubles — anyone?”

  2. Deron Bauman on February 28th, 2011 at 8:24 pm

    “The whole team?”

    &

    I didn’t realize she was still alive.

  3. Sheila Ryan on February 28th, 2011 at 8:30 pm

    Well, I guess she’s not. Not now.

    I wonder if I’ll reach that point at which people don’t realize I am still alive.

    Hunh. Maybe I’m already there.

    “Holy smoke! Nine o’clock? That’s just when life begins.”

  4. Deron Bauman on February 28th, 2011 at 8:34 pm

    I know. It’s always a sort of sadness when that is the first thought you have when someone dies.

  5. Sheila Ryan on February 28th, 2011 at 8:39 pm

    Timing is everything.

    Ripeness is all.

  6. Rick Neece on February 28th, 2011 at 9:35 pm

    Makes me laugh and makes me cry.

  7. Sheila Ryan on February 28th, 2011 at 9:40 pm

    Me too, Rick.

  8. Sheila Ryan on February 28th, 2011 at 9:41 pm

    “Ain’t there anyone here for love?”

  9. Sheila Ryan on February 28th, 2011 at 9:47 pm

    Between this number and “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend,” Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a pretty black (bleak) musical comedy.

  10. Rick Neece on February 28th, 2011 at 9:48 pm

    We’re all here for love.

  11. Sheila Ryan on February 28th, 2011 at 9:50 pm

    Ain’t it the truth.

  12. Sheila Ryan on February 28th, 2011 at 9:53 pm

    “Men grow cold as girls grow old/And we all lose our charms in the end . . . . “

  13. Rick Neece on February 28th, 2011 at 10:06 pm

    “But square-cut or pear-shaped,
    these rocks don’t lose their shape…”

  14. Sheila Ryan on February 28th, 2011 at 10:11 pm

    T-Bone Burnett has a great version of “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend,” but I can’t find a free version to share.

  15. Rick Neece on February 28th, 2011 at 10:28 pm

    Too bad, that would be something to see/hear. I can nearly imagine it.

  16. Sheila Ryan on February 28th, 2011 at 10:29 pm

    Send it to you tonight.

  17. Sheila Ryan on February 28th, 2011 at 10:32 pm

    Did I ever tell about the night in Fort Worth that I sat with a dozen people, circled around T-Bone Burnett, and we had us a sing-along? Well, I will some day, maybe.

    “If you’re Geraldo Rivera, too –
    God is watching you.”

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