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OPEN POST: Manor Music Monday With Ann Richards! Plus A Special Holiday!
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Bree Daniels
Welcome, party hors, to another Manor Music Monday - plus a very special holiday surprise. But first, DJ Li'l Scratch has pawed his way into the Manor's Beeftube Lounge, ready to spin you some tunes. Today, he's all about the one and only Ann Richards. Are you familiar with Ann? Back in the day, she gained fame for her jazz vocals and notoriety for her sizzling spread in "Playboy" magazine in 1961 (one of the more demure shots is above, sans staples). The "Playboy" spread tended to overshadow her accomplishments as a vocalist, yet ever since a salacious 2010 book about Stan Kenton, whom she was married to, was released, there's been renewed interest in her music and life. Amongst the book's many details: their son Lance was arrested in 1978 for attempted murder after putting a rattlesnake in his lawyer's mailbox (you can't make this stuff up). But let's put all that messy violence aside (and agree that Stan was a horrible person who...
OPEN POST: The Death of a Canadian Icon!!!!
Canuck Peckers can certainly recognize this image. Usually you'd see these candies gathering dust at your local corner store or perhaps in an elder relative's home. Or MINE, because I have excellent taste. The Cherry Blossom was originally created in the 1890s by Lowney Company's Canadian subsidiary. The candy has changed hands a few times and was eventually acquired by Hershey Canada in the 1980s. Sickeningly sweet and impossible to eat without getting sticky hands, the candy secured its place in the hearts (and visceral fat) of Canadians over the past 135 years. But Hershey Canada made the sad announcement this week that they are discontinuing production of this beautiful, underrated confectionary. Many are already joking that you will still see these candies in shops for years to come as they never really seem to die. Regardless, I am sad to see them go. Rest in Peace! Source: City News BTW, looking for Peckerwood's Weekly Lunocracy Post? It's RIGHT HERE .
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