MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS ~

Chrissie Hynde

last.fm

LEAN ~

a christmas carol

LONESOME ~

Son Seals

he wishes "merry christmas"

www.rapidmusicsan.com

CHRISTMAS LOVE ~

Skip James

gone by new year's

15 CENTS ~

The Pawnbroker








jimmy witherspoon floats us there
film: The Pawnbroker (1964)
rod steiger
dir: sidney lumet

STAY WARM ~

Billie Holiday

late at night

BIG NIGHT ~

Jimmy Smith

jazzmusicarchive.com

ROLL IT ALONG ~

cheers!

OUTDOORS FOR CHRISTMAS ~

Tom Waits

grease in the hair
tomwaits.com

HOME ~

Charles Brown

hic1.kazserv.com

BELLS ~

John Fahey

overwhelm
rollingstone.com

BARELY CHRISTMAS ~

December 1936:
"Christmas dinner in home of Earl Pauley near Smithfield, Iowa.
Dinner consisted of potatoes, cabbage and pie."
Photograph by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.

the great phil ochs sang this song for all times

CHRISTMAS EVE ~

Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan

twilight

THE KING ~

Elvis Presley

always sounds great when it comes on the radio

RUDOLPH! ~

morrisanimalfoundation.org

PLAY ON . . .

Eartha Kitt

photo: Gordon Parks (1952)

STILL PLAYING. . .

The Ronettes

holiday party

NOW PLAYING. . .

holiday party

CHRISTMAS TREE ~

Season's Greetings!

from Bob & Susan Arnold








photo © susan arnold

one of the rare small balsam trees found and hiked home from our woodlot ~
a place more willing of hemlock & white pine families
our thanks to the bird or animal who moved the seed thar

EARTH ~


Eric Gill

AKA Arthur Eric Rowton Gill

Born: 22-Feb-1882
Birthplace: Brighton, Sussex, England
Died: 17-Nov-1940
Location of death: Uxbridge, Middlesex, England
Cause of death: Complications of Surgery
Remains: Buried

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Typographer, Sculptor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Typographer, Gill Sans

Military service: British Royal Air Force (1918)

Studied calligraphy with Edward Johnston, author of the font used on London Underground signage, upon which Gill's ubiquitous Gill Sans is based. Gill also authored the seriffed fonts Perpetua and Joanna.

Lived in a bohemian artists' community in Ditchling, Sussex, from 1907-24. Numbered among its residents was author G. K. Chesterton. Gill founded two other such communities in his lifetime.

The Fiona McCarthy biography of Gill alleges, based on study of his meticulous diary, that Gill committed incest with both of his sisters and two of his daughters; Gill also mentions tersely that he "continued experiment with dog after and discovered that a dog will join with a man."

Father: Arthur Tidman Gill (non-conformist minister)
Mother: Cicely Rose King Gill
Brother: Cecil Ernest Gaspar Gill (physician)
Brother: Kenneth Gill (d., plane crash)
Brother: Vernon Gill
Brother: Evan R. Gill
Brother: MacDonald Gill (cartographer)
Sister: Angela
Sister: Gladys
Sister: Enid Clay
Sister: Cicely (d. 18-Jan-1897)
Wife: Mary Gill (Ethel Hester Moore, b. 1878, m. 6-Aug-1904, d. 1961, 3 daughters)
Daughter: Betty (b. 1905)
Daughter: Petra (b. 1906)
Daughter: Joanna (b. 1910)
Son: Gordian Gill (adopted 1917)
Mistress: May Reeves

High School: Technical and Art School, Chichester, England
University: Calligraphy, Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, England (1902)

Fabian Society 1905
Royal Academy of Arts Associate (1937)
Royal Institute of British Architects Honorary Associate (1935)
Royal Society of British Sculptors Honorary Associate (1937)
Society of Wood-Engravers
Converted to Catholicism 22-Feb-1913
Nervous Breakdown 1930
Risk Factors: Smoking, Lung Cancer

Is the subject of books:
The Life of Eric Gill, 1966, BY: R. Speaight
Eric Gill, 1966, BY: R. Brewer
Eric Gill, The Man Who Loved Letters, 1973, BY: R. Brewer
The Letter Forms and Type Design of Eric Gill, 1976, BY: R. Harling
Eric Gill: A Lover's Quest for Art and God, 1989, BY: Fiona MacCarthy

Author of books:
Essay on Typography (1931, typography)
Autobiography (1940, memoirs)

PLUS!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/24/arts/design/printing-for-kingdom-empire-republic-review.html?hp




www.nndb.com
figure : eric gill
ny times

EARTH ~

I wish when I was born
my first word had been
"Quote"
so my last word could be
"Unquote".

~ Steven Wright