gail sibley

MY LATEST YOUTUBE VIDEO

 

I’m really excited to tell you that my newest video is up on YouTube. It’s a similar demo to those I have done before but rather than running music along with the action, I’m giving a bit of an explanation as to what I’m doing. I would love to hear what you think. Do you prefer this new way or the music?

 

 

Here’s the final image:

 

 

 

BIRTHDAYS

 

Making my very slow way through Stephen King’s  11/22/63: A Novel which is about a man who goes back in time to try to stop Kennedy’s assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald. I realized today would have been Lee Oswald’s birthday!

And since my Dad’s birthday is on the 20th, I started looking up who was born on or around that day. So, just for fun, here’s a few. I tried sticking with artistic types and I mostly do as you’ll see:

 

Born 18th October

1697 – Giovanni Canaletto, Venetian painter

 

Born 19th October

1937 – Peter Max, Berlin, American psychadelic artist

1940 – Michael Gambon, English actor – loved his work in the Singing Detective. Have you seen the 1986 series? Check it out on youtube

1944 – Peter Tosh [Winston Hubert McIntosh], Jamaica, reggae musician. Well knowing my Jamaican connection (see a previous blog) of course I would include Peter Tosh! Have a listen to Mama Africa.

 

Born on my Dad’s day – 20th October – the big day!!

1435 – Andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor

 

 

1620 – Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter

 

1632 – Christopher Wren, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England, astronomer/great architect of for example St. Paul’s Cathedral.

 

1637 – Nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor

 

1656 – Nicolas de Largillière, French painter

 

1823 – Thomas Hughes, England, author (Tom Brown’s School Days) – just because!

1832 – Constantin Lipsius, German architect (d. 1894)

 

1854 – Arthur Rimbaud, France, poet/adventurer (Illuminations) – a poet who influenced so many – A sample of his poetry

1882 – Bela Lugosi, Lugos, Austria-Hungary, actor (Dracula, Plan 9 From Outer Space), (d. 1956) – hah hah – Dracula!

1890 – Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton, New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer – love his stuff

1891- James Chadwick, English physicist – Nobel laureate in physics in 1935 for his discovery of the neutron – impressive!

1925- Art Buchwald, Mt Vernon NY, columnist/author (Have I Ever Lied to You) – made us all laugh…and that’s good for you!

1931 – Mickey Mantle, NY Yankee, home run slugger – 1956 Triple Crown – well everyone’s heard of Mickey!

1934 – Martin Landau, actor (Mission Impossible, Space 1999, Ed Wood) – couldn’t resist…and because we have Bela Lugosi in the same list, take a peek.

1940 – Robert Pinsky, American poet and Poet Laureate of the United States – have a listen (remember to click play when you get there)

1946 – Connie Chung, Washington DC – the first Asian and the second woman to anchor a major U.S. network news program

1950 – Tom Petty, Gainesville Florida, American classic rock singer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) – as modern as I could get

 

Born 21 October

1911 – Peter Graves, London England, actor (Mission Impossible, Stalag 17) Remember this??

1917 – Dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz…And Then She Stopped

1929 – Ursula K[roeber] Le Guin, US, sci-fi author – her website

1956 – Carrie Fisher, Beverly Hills, actress (Princess Lelia in Star Wars)

 

Happy birthday to all you Octoberites!!

 

And then there’s my Dad. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you my dearest Dad. Wishing you many many MANY more AND a year of peaceful adventure and healthy happiness!!! With much love.

 

 

Until next time,

 

~ Gail