Who is CONFETTA
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My World and Welcome to It...
ARCHIVIST.
EDITOR.
HISTORIAN.
I love exploring the
not so distant past.
c. 1925 -1935
c. 1966 - 1971
This is where I get to tell you
about what I love most of all.
I have created
lenses that fall
into 5 Groups:
(see below)
I hope you will poke around
and let me know what you think...
besos,
~confetta
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Contents at a Glance
GROUPS
1. CROONERS & SONGBIRDS
- Crooners & Songbirds
- A Group dedicated to
the *SINGERS of the
1920's and 1930's.
*(aka "Crooners" & "Songbirds")
FEATURED LENSES
ON THIS DAY IN JAZZ AGE MUSIC...
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- Red Hot Jazz Headquarters
- A group featuring *lenses
dedicated to Jazz Music
from 1918-1929.
*Lenses can include
related topics such as
ragtime, vaudeville,
tin pan alley, etc.
FEATURED LENSES
3. THE JAZZ AGE
- The Jazz Age
- A Group for lenses featuring
all aspects of The Jazz Age.
*Lenses focusing on the
period from 1918-1929:
Art, Culture, Dance,
Fashion, Film, Literature
Music, Politics, etc.
FEATURED LENSES
4. THE FACTORY
- The Factory
- A Group devoted
to Andy Warhol's
Silver Factory...
*The Factory was
Andy Warhol's
original NYC studio
from 1963 to 1968,
although his later
studios were known
as The Factory
as well.
FEATURED LENSES
5. POETRY
- POETRY
- A GROUP FOR LENSES
PAYING HOMAGE TO
THE GREAT POETS.
FEATURED LENSES
QUESTION
WHICH GROUP DO YOU LIKE BEST?
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GUESTBOOK
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Marian Mann
Nov 17, 2011 @ 6:17 am | delete
- In front of you? Show me your face...!
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ramontrane
Oct 29, 2011 @ 3:13 pm | delete
- so cool confetta! was getting bored, now i'm drunk
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Russell
Oct 16, 2010 @ 12:19 am | delete
- You have the 2 most interesting period of the 20th Century nailed! (From a fan of the 20s, and someone who LIVED through the late 60s. (Saw Janis J in Golden Gate park, 1967)
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LoKackl
Apr 28, 2010 @ 9:49 am | delete
- Unusual. Intriguing. Well-done. SquidAngel Blessed.
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lezanders@aol.com
Feb 3, 2010 @ 11:39 pm | delete
- Thanks for the great site! Crooners and Non love it. Opening show in West End in Spring...Looking for information on "No Fool Like an Old Fool" by Joseph A Mc Carthy and Joseph Meyers, the greatest torch song ever! Do you know it?
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spirituality
May 15, 2009 @ 8:34 am | delete
- Great lensography - you've been blessed by a squidoo angel :)
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rms
Apr 16, 2009 @ 8:15 am | delete
- Hey Giant! I'm one of the Giant Squid Community Organizers and we'd like to hear your Giant Squid Suggestions. What would be a great new Giant perk? What can Squidoo do to help you create better and more successful lenses? Please stop by http://www.squidoo.com/Giant-Squid_Community-Organizer and leave us your thoughts in the suggestion box.
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casey
Oct 27, 2008 @ 2:40 pm | delete
- did you know Cameron's drama name is "Squiddy"?
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californianative
Oct 10, 2008 @ 1:20 pm | delete
- Love the favorite quotes!
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Spook
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- My dad liked the crooners, but I only liked the occasional song, more into poetry and I must say I like your first quote; made me laugh.
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FAVORITE QUOTES
Some
people
are just
assholes
darling.
~William Burroughs
There's a
fine line
between genius
and insanity.
I have erased this line.
~ Oscar Levant
I'm athief
and a
shit-kicker
and.....
I'd like
to be
famous.
~Dawn Davenport
from Female Trouble
READER POLL
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LINKS I LIKE...
- The Red Hot Jazz Archive
- A history of Jazz before 1930. This site contains over 2000 songs from this era in Real Audio 3 format, as well as hundreds of biographies and discographies of Jazz musicians.
- Lee Morse -Echoes of a Songbird
- Lovely tribute to an amazing singer!
- 1920s Jazz Age
- 1920s Jazz Age
- American Memory from the Library of Congress - Browse by Category
- Browse the American Memory Historical Collections from the Library of Congress. View historical images, maps, sound recordings, motion pictures, and more.
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
- The world's largest and most widely used resource on the history of the visual arts in America, with more than 16 million items and 4,000 oral history interviews.
- Folkstreams - The Best of American Folklore Films
- Documentary films on American traditional (folklife) culture streamed directly to you.
- Modern Mechanix
- Great Vintage Images!
- Ubu Web: Difficult Choices
- Welcome to Ubu Web. Life is full of difficult choices. ...
- Making Sense of Marcel Duchamp
- Take an interactive journey through the art and ideas of Marcel Duchamp.
- warholstars.com
- All about Warhol's Superstars!
- Scopitones.com
- Scopitones.com !
- Strindberg + helium
- LOVELY!
- Alibris: Used Books, Used Textbooks, Rare & Out-of-Print Books
- Choose from over 60 million new & used books, used textbooks, and rare, out-of-print books from over 8,000 independent book stores around the world.
MP3s I Like
Check out my favorite songs! I've handpicked these MP3s from Amazon. Take a listen. If you like, you can click to buy them on Amazon.
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