Greetings, music sluts and slutinos, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday, today with an extra Ay and a  Yi , with an added Yi . Toss in a cuchi-cuchi and you're all set. You know her well if you're a human being, and even if you're an alien merely peeking in on humanity here and there, you know her. She's as ageless as Cher, as delightful as Dolly, and, yes, like them, needs only one name in order to be identified. If you're still confused, are you eight-years-old? Are you blind and deaf - put together? These are the only possible reasons I can think of that you might not know of this world-famous legendary legend (the kidults call her "iconic" in their best vocal fry). But on the off chance that you're deeply, mortifyingly confused, or actually do know of her and rightly want to celebrate her continued fabulousness, please join us tonight at "Sausage Stick!", the Manor's exclusive nightery and gourmet hot doggery where ...

Hot-cha! Jazz hands! All that jazz! Sunday is for relaxing, or perhaps dancing with your favorite happy-go-lucky Bendy Boy™. Go on, invite one over. They'd love to leap and frolic with you. Blast some music and they'll be right there. Such fun for everyone!

Credit: David Jon/Getty Here's Priyanka Chopra attending the screening of her latest movie, The Bluff , this Thursday in LA. The film, which releases later this month, is about a woman who must protect her home from her former pirate crew that she escaped from years ago.  In keeping with the swashbuckling theme, Chopra wore this outfit, complete with a pirate-style hat, from the Dior 2026 collection. I think the colours are all over the place, and the shoes add even more chaos to an already busy ensemble.  What do you think of this look, Peckers? Will you be checking out The Bluff ? Source: Hindustan Times

Chimney Sweep, 19th Century Firs Zhuravlev

 

So I was driving down this incline last November and a particular song was playing. I did a u'ey, drove back up the hill and took this picture.  I listen to the oldies stations 75% of the time and they rarely play "Love is Blue" (nor do they play "Classical Gas" often enough), but meanwhile we're subjected on a daily basis to "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones (though I'm partial to this version). It's an okay song but enough , so this was kind of nice to hear and it feels appropriate to the view: Happy Open Post, darlings! Photo Credits: AK

Credit: harryanddavid.com Will you be indulging in a slice of king cake, or perhaps some fluffy pancakes? Enjoy the day, Peckers!

Greetings, music-loving sloots, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday, today with a flame-haired Hollywood beauty who acted, sang and danced up a storm, and though she was known as "The Queen of Technicolor" given her eye-popping beauty and luxurious red locks in a series of popular Westerns, today she's remembered most for her roles in B&W film-noir thrillers. I know you'll be excited to hear her sing, and you can, tonight only, at the Manor's exclusive "Dry Docking!" after-hours lounge and salad bar. Dress to impress, because our singing lass always knows what to wear, or not. Can you guess who it is? If you guessed Rhonda Fleming, you're right! Collect your gift in the alleyway behind the north wing of the Manor (and bring lube). Anyhoo, our Rhonda was born Mary Louis in 1923 in Hollywood and trained in light opera while only a wee one, then entered - and won - several singing contests. It's no big surprise that she was sign...

According to BBC News, local residents in Torquay, England are simply baffled. Why does their “Daddyhole Road” sign keep getting stolen? In Old Devon-speak, "Daddyhole" refers to the devil, claim townsfolk, who once lived in a hole in the ground (or something like that).  But really, that was long ago, and "Daddyhole Road" now conjures up notions of burly-type fellows bent over roadside with their bootys bared and their sphincters coyly winking. Or so I assume, because I'm a good Christian woman, as they say, and know nothing of such filth and merriment.  Not to be outdone, the UK town of Shepshed has clapped back with:  Photo Credits: BBC, Facebook/Language Nerds

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Die Liebe einer Königin, 1923 Film Poster Art by Josef Fenneker

 

It's 1964 and there's so much going on! The Vietnam War's ramping up even though no one knows why, and rich men keep sending people's sons and brothers to war while their own sons keep getting "deferments." But there's always good in the world, and sometimes it even gets rewarded, like Martin Luther King Jr. becoming the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. "My Fair Lady," "Mary Poppins" and "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" had the theaters packed, and "Gomer Pyle," "The Fugitive" and "The Dick Van Dyke" show were on everyone's televisions, but that very year a small craft with only 2 crew and 5 passengers set sail one day for a three hour tour...a three hour tour. I know! Let's drive around in your swell new Chevy Impala for a while before curfew and listen to the radio and gab about whatever we want, like it's an Open Post or something. Ooo, turn it up, this one was ...

I was just thinking about the last time I bought a box of cereal. It's been years! I remember constantly begging my parents for Froot Loops or Corn Pops as a kid, and sometimes they would acquiesce. It was such a treat to crack open a brand new box, especially if there was a toy inside! What was your favourite childhood cereal, Peckers? Do you still enjoy cereal in your regular breakfast rotation?

Greetings, Manor slutinos, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday, a day which is frosty and cold for most of you, so tonight, at "Box Job!", the Manor's exclusive after-hours nightery, only hot libations will be served, including Irish Coffee, Mulled Wine and my favorite, Spiked Hot Chocolate. Even better, DJ Li'l Scratch will be playing tunes by a mesmerizing one-LP wonder, or a talented jazz songstress who scored a single LP deal, lots of club dates, and then moved on to a second life - in this case one just as interesting as the first. From the daughter of a speakeasy-singing mother to West Coast jazz crooner to successful, politically-active hippie restaurateur, Pat Healy lived many lives. Born in 1927, wee infant Pat was sometimes left to sleep in a dresser drawer at home while her mother sang and performed all night long at speakeasies and nightclubs in Cleveland, Ohio. Yet later, little Pat accompanied her. Is it any wonder she wanted to become ...

Gay history is being made as we speak - or rather, American gay history, which is an important distinction. More on that in a sec. First, as you may know, "Heated Rivalry," a 6-part Canadian series about two closeted gay hockey players, appeared seemingly out of nowhere on North American TV screens this past November. Connor Storrie, a previously unknown, 25 year-old American actor, and Hudson Williams, a little-known Korean-Canadian actor one-year younger, are its stars. To say that audiences swooned is a vast understatement. Almost instantly, the show became a ratings bonanza and a genuine cultural phenomenon.  So far so interesting, but with just as much immediacy, magazine pictures and videos of Connor began appearing, and it became crystal-clear that his real-life persona was vastly different from the tough, manly-man Russian hunk he played on the series. He was unquestionably gay - even if he declined to answer questions about his orientation - or someone you might rega...

The 2026 Winter Olympics kicked off last night in Italy, and Mariah Carey performed at the opening ceremony. The 56-year old diva's rendition of Domenico Modugno's 1958 song Volare  received mixed reviews. Many in the audience claimed she was lip-syncing, and they were amused at the phonetic spelling of the lyrics on her teleprompter. Surely there is an Italian singer who could have performed the famous song? What she lacked in enthusiasm, she made up for in glamour: Carey wore this Roberto Cavalli dress and $15 million in diamond jewelry. How bell-eee-see-mah! Sources: The Sydney Morning Herald, Page Six, Wang Zhao

 We are honored to have "Jaws" from the 1976 cinematic masterpiece.  Jaws will be showing his cooking mastery by making the classic Red Lobster Cheddar Biscuits. 

Just saw this beaut today when I pulled into the nearby Walgreens parking lot, which is not a glamorous area of town. Are those bullet holes? I don't know cars of this vintage very well - I'm more used to 1950s vehicles, with soaring fins and gleaming chromium - but I think it's a 1929 Ford Model A. That's what I'm going with, anyway. 1929 was pretty momentous (Black Friday and the ensuing Great Depression), but not all the news was bad. "Hallelujah," the first Hollywood film with an all-Black cast, was released:  Also, "The Hollywood Revue of 1929" came out and was a gigantic hit. It starred almost every actor on the MGM lot and featured a cheerful little ditty called "Singin' In The Rain."  It's been covered dozens of times, most famously in the 1952 film of the same name, "Singin' In The Rain," possibly the greatest musical of all time. Whatever kind of Wednesday you're having, whether it's sunny as blaz...