Donna H. Litchfield

[Beatlesfab4ever @Beatlesfab40]

The #Beatles performed 292 times at the Cavern Club in Mathew Street, Liverpool, between 1961 and 1963. This is their only filmed performance which took place on August 22 1962. Ringo had only joined the band one week earlier.
'Some Other Guy'
#TheBeatles

[Guitar Gods Unleashed @gguworld]

In 1983, something happened that had never happened before: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page, the three guitar legends who each led the Yardbirds, shared a stage for the first time.

The song they tore into together? Clapton’s “Layla.” Three of the greatest to ever play, in one place.

[Robin Trower @robintrower]

"It did my heart some good to see an 81 year old Robin Trower bring the house down with a Strat and 2 Marshalls tonight.
It was loud.
It was glorious"
Chris Blackwell, Producer. The US tour continues this week, new album 'Shine' out Friday!

[Donna H. Litchfield @djhl16th]

@GTcharliegirl @RossKneeDeep Telly Savalas? Kojak? I get that. 🙂

[Oscar Barbera MTV @OscarBarbera7]

El jazz no es aburrido, aburrida es la música de ahora. En 1959 #DaveBrubeck rompió todas las reglas con #TakeFive, metiendo un ritmo imposible que se convirtió en el tema de jazz más vendido de la historia. Elegancia y clase pura en 5 minutos. 🎷🥃

[Emotion & Music @Emotion78687]

They Didn’t Need a Stage. They Turned the Room Into One.

The first thing I noticed about Andrea Vighi and Chiara Benati wasn't their footwork.

It was the people standing around them.

This isn't one of those polished tango videos where the couple has an entire stage to themselves and a camera patiently waits for the perfect shot. They're dancing at a birthday celebration in Bologna, surrounded by people who are close enough to see every step. Someone is filming from inside the room. The audience isn't watching from a distance. They're part of the space the dancers have to negotiate.

And somehow, that makes the dancing better.

The music is Milonga para as Missões, and calling what they are doing simply “tango” misses something important. A milonga has a different pulse. It moves faster, feels lighter on its feet, and leaves less room for hesitation. There is a playful urgency to it.

Vighi and Benati seem to understand that without ever looking hurried.

Watch the distance between them.

It changes constantly, but never feels accidental. They come close enough for the smallest movement to travel from one body to the other, then open just enough for the legs to have their own conversation. His lead doesn't look like a command. Her response doesn't look like obedience. One movement seems to create the next.

That is probably the part a casual viewer feels without knowing how to describe it.

You aren't really watching two people perform separate steps.

You're watching one decision become two movements.

The impressive part isn't simply how fast their feet move. It's that the speed never destroys the relationship between them. There are tiny pauses, changes of direction, playful touches of the foot against the floor. They seem to know exactly when to add something and, perhaps more importantly, when not to.

And then there are the smiles.

That matters more than it sounds.

Tango is often filmed as something intensely serious — dark clothes, dramatic faces, bodies locked together as if somebody has just broken somebody else's heart. This performance doesn't need any of that theatre. The dancers look like they are having a genuinely good time.

So does the room.

People lean in. They react. The applause arrives almost as another layer of the music.

That changes the way I see the dance.

A stage performance asks you to watch.

This feels more like being invited to join the celebration.

For two and a half minutes, nobody needs an elaborate production, a spotlight or a huge theatre. A birthday party, a circle of people, an accordion-driven rhythm and two dancers who trust each other's timing are enough.

Maybe that's why the video is so easy to watch again.

The feet are fast.

The connection is faster.

And once you notice that, you stop watching their steps and start watching the conversation between them.

[Guitar Gods Unleashed @gguworld]

The wit, the warmth, the talent, this clip is all of Dolly Parton in two minutes.

On Carson in 1977, she joked about playing her song at "78 speed," then did exactly that, fingerpicking flawlessly and beaming. Nobody did it like her.

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

In 1997, during one of his most private and protective periods, Prince specifically asked to appear on Muppets Tonight.
The Muppets cut straight through the mystique and gave us a rare glimpse of a playful Prince.
(Or The Artist Formerly Known as Prince. Or Symbol. Whatever.)

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Anthony Hopkins composed “And the Waltz Goes On” when he was a 26-year-old piano student in 1964 but never released it because feared nobody would like it. 47 years later, his wife, Stella Arroyave, discovered the forgotten music and sent it to Dutch violinist and conductor André Rieu.

Rieu loved the composition so much that he arranged the piece for his Johann Strauss Orchestra.

In 2011, Hopkins sat in an audience in Vienna to hear his forgotten music composition being performed live by Rieu and his orchestra for the very first time. He was visibly moved to tears.

♥️🎶
https://t.co/vypM0yEiET…

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

In 1983, Bootsy Collins laid down the first rule of funk: keep it on the one.

“The one” is the first beat of the measure, the rhythmic anchor that holds the entire groove together.

Bootsy learned its power while playing bass for James Brown, whose relentless emphasis on the downbeat revolutionized funk music.

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Shirley Temple reading through a stack of fan mail at her Los Angeles home in 1944.

Shirley Temple started acting at age three and became one of Hollywood’s most famous child stars after appearing in Bright Eyes. She received a special Juvenile Academy Award in 1935 and continued making popular films throughout the 1930s. Her last movie was A Kiss for Corliss.

After leaving Hollywood, Temple became involved in public service and diplomacy. Beginning in 1969, she represented the United States at the United Nations and later served as U.S. Ambassador to Ghana.

She also became the first female U.S. Chief of Protocol and later served as U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992.

Cool historical photos: https://t.co/UP5OjjFjqp

[Cliff Pickover @pickover]

Roger Penrose's cyclic universe theory, called Conformal Cyclic Cosmology (CCC), proposes the universe goes through infinite cycles, where the end of one "aeon" (a universe's lifespan) smoothly transitions into the Big Bang of the next.

Art: Andrea Belloni, @Waterflowing0, Used with permission

[Jimi Hendrix @JimiHendrix]

On June 10, the city of New York celebrated Jimi Hendrix's enduring legacy by co-naming West 8th Street as "Jimi Hendrix Way."

This milestone is a testament to years of dedication from family, friends, fans, and community members determined to honor Hendrix's legacy. Together, they ensured that his story remains woven into the fabric of Greenwich Village.

"A street sign may seem like a simple thing, but streets tell stories," explains Janie Hendrix. "They remind us who came before us and whose contributions helped shape our communities. From this day forward, every person who walks past this corner will be reminded of a young musician who dared to imagine something different and, through talent, perseverance, and creativity, changed the world."

#jimihendrix #jimihendrixway #newyork #greenwichvillage

[×̷̷͜×̷ @fwkingsman]

Moms vs dads voice

[MarshFamilySongs @MarshSongs]

Didn't like the way this @JDVance1 bloke (newly picked as #Trump's running mate) slagged off the UK lately. Looked into him. Not great. Made a parody song inspired by @ABBA called "Vance VP" 🎶

Shout out #americast (@BBCsarahsmith/@awzurcher) & @RestIsPolitics for ℹ️ profiles 👍

[BAFTA @BAFTA]

We're saddened to learn of the passing of acclaimed wildlife cameraman and photographer Doug Allan, aged 74. Allan captured breathtaking images of the natural world for series such as Blue Planet and Frozen Planet, often working alongside Sir David Attenborough. He won two BAFTA TV Craft Awards for his work on Wildlife: Polar Bear in 1998 and Human Planet: Arctic in 2011 and was also awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Craft at the BAFTA Scotland Awards in 2017.

[Donna H. Litchfield @djhl16th]

@BrookEdwards313 @crockpics Unfortunately, Bobbi has passed…

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

An Iowa High School Girls basketball game had an ending you need to see to believe

This is March.

[The Doors @TheDoors]

Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore. Four voices, one sound, and a lasting legacy.

#TheDoors