I read a book or two, and enjoy a podcast but never at the same time.
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Michael Edney retweeted
Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, dug in among these trees north of Bastogne on 20 December 1944. The hollows still run in a line through the Bois Jacques, though nobody can be certain which are the original holes.
The company faced Foy across open fields and held this line through the coldest weeks of the winter. The worst came from German shelling, which burst in the treetops and sprayed fragments down into the positions. On 3 January 1945 Joe Toye was caught in the open. Bill Guarnere ran out to drag him clear and was hit by the next shell. Both men lost their right leg.
Today we walked the Easy Company line with a group of four from the Netherlands.
Michael Edney retweeted
Family weddings. You can't beat them. But have you ever been served champagne by Ernst Stavro Blofeld before?
Michael Edney retweeted
Spent today following Sgt Clague of the AFPU around the Amfreville area. I covered his work in one of my Substack articles but it was really good to walk the ground. More when I get back, but pleased to have paid my respects to him at Ranville cemetery yesterday. insharpfocus.substack.com/p/…
Michael Edney retweeted
After I wore this bizarre outfit for a publicity shoot the stylist asked if I would like to keep it, and I replied "You must be joking!"
I just learned that someone sold it at an auction recently -for £4000. Astonishing!
Much love from Valerie xxx
#movie #memorabilia #madness
Michael Edney retweeted
Greatest dance routine of all time 🕺🏻
#TheInbetweeners
Michael Edney retweeted
Funny moment on Frazier that was so funny they couldn’t hardly get through with it!
Michael Edney retweeted
When Rita Moreno appeared as a guest on The Muppet Show in 1976, she created one of the greatest musical comedy sketches in television history.
Attempting to perform the classic jazz piece "Fever" with charm and elegance, she faced her arch-nemesis: Animal the drummer.
What made this act a timeless masterpiece was Moreno's exceptional comedic talent.
Instead of being genuinely overshadowed, she used every annoyed glance, every calculated silence, and every explosive reaction to perfectly counter Animal's chaotic drumming.
Nearly 50 years later, this iconic confrontation remains a classic example of how a talented artist can transform high-level music into pure, unadulterated comedy. 👑😂
Michael Edney retweeted
Reconstruction of #Hougoumont at the start of the #battle of #Waterloo viewed from French side showing (bottom) the original wood occupied by Nassau troops;the farm complex including chateau (now gone); ornamental gardens; and hidden way running down from Allied Ridge (top).
Michael Edney retweeted
You’re about to launch a raid on a then member of the Royal Family - a raid with HUGE implications - and you don’t think: “are we doing this by the book?”
Incredible incompetence.
Michael Edney retweeted
Sgt Ernest Docherty of the 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers writes a letter in camp at Denmead, Hampshire, 29 April 1944.
IWM (H 37989), Sgt Bill Wooldridge, AFPU
Michael Edney retweeted
I'm at Bury St Edmunds Lit Fest this Sunday, buy your ticket before the dogs eat them all.
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Michael Edney retweeted
5 octobre 1973, Paul McCartney et ce qu'il reste de ses Wings enregistrent l'un des titres majeurs de l'album "Band On The Run" et, sans doute, de toute la carrière solo de McCartney.
Ce sera d'ailleurs le titre qui clôturera l'album. Et il y a du "The End" dans cette chanson, voire du "A Day In The Life".
Le piano est le moteur rythmique du morceau. Le jeu de piano est martelé, combinant des accords plaqués et des syncopes inspirées du boogie-woogie et du funk. La voix de McCartney passe d'un chant feutré et intimiste sur le premier couplet à un chant écorché et hurlé. Le titre culmine dans un véritable climax orchestral où tous les instruments (batterie, cuivres, Moog, guitares) se fondent dans un chaos sonore parfaitement contrôlé.
On est là en présence d'un chef-d'œuvre dans lequel McCartney nous propose toute la palette de son talent. De tous ses talents.
"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five", Paul McCartney & Wings, 1973.
Michael Edney retweeted
Clark Gable is here to give you multiple reasons why old Hollywood is better than today’s 😎
Michael Edney retweeted
One of Alfred Hitchcock’s finest, NORTH BY NORTHWEST features magnificent interplay between Eva Marie Saint and Cary Grant.
Much of their chemistry, Saint said, “Hitch said to do three things: lower your voice, don’t use your hands, and look into Cary’s eyes at all times.”
If I won the lottery there would be signs!
