What tunes are you listening to tonight?
Why Josephine Baker?
Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald; 3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted France. During her early career she was renowned as a dancer, and was among the most celebrated performers to headline the revues of the Folies Bergère in Paris. Her performance in the revue Un Vent de Folie in 1927 caused a sensation in Paris. Her costume, consisting of only a girdle of bananas, became her most iconic image and a symbol of the Jazz Age and the 1920s.
Baker was the first person of color to become a world-famous entertainer and to star in a major motion picture, the 1934 Marc Allégret film Zouzou.
Baker refused to perform for segregated audiences in the United States and is noted for her contributions to the Civil Rights Movement.
She was also known for aiding the French Resistance during World War II.[11] After the war, she was awarded the Croix de guerre by the French military, and was named a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by General Charles de Gaulle.
Polina Gagarina - Cuckoo (Kukushka) Battle for Sevastopol
Here's Woody Guthrie's tribute to Lyudmila Pavlichenko the female sniper mentioned in the last song!
Miss Pavlichenko's well known to fame;
Russia's your country, fighting is your game;
The whole world will love her for a long time to come,
For more than three hundred nazis fell by your gun.
Fell by your gun, yes,
Fell by your gun
For more than three hundred nazis fell by your gun.
Here's Woody Guthrie's tribute to Lyudmila Pavlichenko the female sniper mentioned in the last song!
Miss Pavlichenko's well known to fame;
Russia's your country, fighting is your game;
The whole world will love her for a long time to come,
For more than three hundred nazis fell by your gun.
Fell by your gun, yes,
Fell by your gun
For more than three hundred nazis fell by your gun.
"That was probably Londo...He is always shitty." - Marvin
This version of 'Dead Man' not on the movie soundtrack
"Not my circus, not my monkeys" - KiR
"The final straw actually involved my mortal enemy vladimir, who you may or may not know is an insufferable, overposting asshat."
This one is different. Watch video - if you don't cry, you aren't human. Peace.
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"That was probably Londo...He is always shitty." - Marvin
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