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Monday, July 4, 2016

Celebrating U.S.A.'s 240th birthday today from hot & humid Florida, but wishing I was in Sweden, on a boat in the Stockholm archipelago, eating strawberries with friends, and enjoying the Midnight Sun; Ingmar Bergman's "Wild Strawberries"

Snapshots, in a few tweets and words, of what I'm thinking about today, the Fourth of July...
Celebrating U.S.A.'s 240th birthday today from hot & humid Florida, but wishing I was in Sweden, on a boat in the Stockholm archipelago, eating strawberries with friends, and enjoying the Midnight Sun; Ingmar Bergman's "Wild Strawberries"

Before hamburgers, hots dogs, pretzels & beer R consumed today -& B4 we "Let freedom ring!"- there must be #donuts! https://t.co/m9BybGCcwY
— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) July 4, 2016

Before anyone else is awake, we sneak out for a morning run with the boat. ...and maybe some "fika"? ☺️☀️☕️ pic.twitter.com/nXY48b9aYI
— Magnus Lundin (@magnusswede) May 30, 2015

Sun sets over Stockholm @sweden , heading out to the archipelago. Fantastic October evening.

Have a nice weekend! pic.twitter.com/eohvTUHexG
— Magnus Lundin (@magnusswede) October 3, 2014

Midsummer!! 🕶 #swedisharchipelago #yxlan #midsummer

A photo posted by fullofkeys (@fullofkeys) on Jun 25, 2016 at 12:32pm PDT

Above, a great recent snapshot of a boat in an archipelago in Sweden taken on Midsummer Day by super-talented Anni Bernhard, a.k.a. singer Full of Keys, a friend of the blog and someone we adore for a whole host of good reasons, many of which we've written about here in the past.

@magnusswede Celebrating 240th B'day 2day in humid #FL, wishing was on #STHLM archipelago, eating strawberries! :-) https://t.co/FpYZtX8Qs2
— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) July 4, 2016

@magnusswede Just in case, I'll order us a backup boat so daytrip goes perfectly! @chriscraftboats ad fm 1944 @LIFE. pic.twitter.com/Hr6Q4tTWeY
— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) July 4, 2016

Updated on 2016-07-05

Well, it's the Fourth of July, Birthday #240 for the USA.

Owing perhaps to the oppressive heat and humidity of Florida as I'm experiencing it in 2016. I mentioned strawberries in one of my tweets earlier today to Magnus Lundin, savvy and personable CEO of SISP, the Swedish Incubators & Science Parks, located in beautiful Stockholm, because
a.) I really do LOVE strawberries, and,
b.) It seems without ever planning to, more often than not, most Fourth of July weekends, at some point, often after watching fireworks, I end up watching Ingmar Bergman's iconic film "Wild Strawberries" because... it's SO perfect, SO summer and SO Sweden!

I can't believe that I and my then-friends put up with this crazy summer heat as a kid growing-up in South Florida in the early and mid-1970's, riding our bikes EVERYWHERE during the day, without benefit of plastic water bottles!

Moonrise in the light of the midnight Sun https://t.co/92EUHiXCRV #moon #midnightsun #Sweden #Norrland #Nikon #D810A pic.twitter.com/nYuCu8YAO0
— Göran Strand (@Astrofotografen) July 1, 2016

Which is to say, for me, it's a perfect film for transporting me away from my everyday, mundane concerns, including helping me to forget how truly hot it is outside, with mosquitos buzzing around aiming to make me their meal ticket, something that was just as true this time of the year when I was living and working in Chicago and Washington, D.C. as it is today back in Florida.

Part of the genius of this film, at least to me, is that like the best films, it always gives gives the viewer a reason to contemplate a life very different from the one they are currently living, since it has a huge dollop of wistfulness in it, something I, perhaps, already spend too much time considering.
This classic film of remembrance, known as Smultronställe in Swedish, officially opened in Sweden on December 26th, 1957, but for me, it remains a film of #summer.

One of my all-time favorite films, I've probably seen it, conservatively, over two dozen times, mostly on Turner Classic Movies (TCM), though I have a DVD and videocassette of it and many other Bergman films. It's a film that I always gets something new out of, and never tire of watching in part because there's so very much going on, even when it doesn't always seem that way.

It stars Victor Sjostrom, and a 22-year old Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin and Gunnar Björnstrand. I've got some good clips of it at the bottom of this post for you to peruse.

For those of you who are new to my blog and the wide variety of subjects that I like to discuss, share and analyze here, or newbies to my ever-expanding number of Followers on Twitter via my @hbbtruth handle, https://twitter.com/hbbtruth, I note here that Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman was accorded one of the greatest honors of any film personality I can think of when a few years ago, he was chosen to be the face of the newest Swedish 200 Kronor note, starting last year, replacing Selma Lagerlöf, who was the first female writer to ever win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Designed by Göran Österlund

I previously discussed who the newest faces of Swedish currency were in this April 25, 2012 blog post titled, "Beautiful, just like the original! Greta Garbo will be featured on the new Swedish 100 Kronor note, with Ingmar Bergman on the 200 SEK note, all designed by Göran Österlund, starting in 2015"

http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/beautiful-just-like-original-greta.html

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Wild Strawberries -Opening Credits (1957)

http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/239721/Wild-Strawberries-Movie-Clip-Opening-Credits.html

https://youtu.be/A3n4TxNeaPg

https://youtu.be/41usu9d8Fnw

Dave

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

More amazing & infectious music that'll hook you from the start by super-talented Full of Keys (Anni Bernhard), from her #GrazingGrounds album: "Silent Agreement" & "Cover My Eyes"; Just MORE proof that everything I've said & written about her is 100% true :-)! @FullOfKeys, #STHLM

FullofkeysOFFICIAL YouTube Channel: Full Of Keys - Silent Agreement. Uploaded January 9, 2014

http://youtu.be/7yHULYTxEt4

From the second album by Full of Keys The Grazing Grounds
http://www.youtube.com/user/FullofkeysOFFICIAL

Full Of Keys - Cover My Eyes (Stills Video) via Andreas Jismark YouTube Channel.

Uploaded February 23, 2014. The second track from #grazinggrounds album. http://youtu.be/aha-pf_QrXo

Here are some of the early scheduled dates for the Grazing Grounds tour, so if you are going to be anywhere near Stockholm or Visby in the next three weeks, start making plans to go there with your friends RIGHT NOW.
Personally, I really love the Hotel Scandic Anglais, right around the corner from Sturegatan, which is also where another one of the blog's favorites, Jennifer Åkerman, @jjakerman, and her band Jaxx played last year:

March 22nd Bunker Bar, Stockholm (Private party)

March 28th Hammer Bar, Adelsgatan 33, Visby, Gotland

March 29th KGB Bar, Stockholm (Private party)

April 4th Hotel Scandic Anglais, Humlegårdsgatan 23, Stockholm

Above, singer/songwriter Full of Keys (Anni Bernhard) while recording her second album, "The Grazing Grounds" at Sandkvie Studios in Visby, Gotland, Sweden.
Ann is wearing the teal-colored Miami Dolphins cap I gave her from my trip to Stockholm in January of 2013.
Also pictured here are sound engineer and co-producer Linus Larsson and musician/DJ/co-producer Mats Jönsson, April 12, 2013.

My post on Anni from last summer:
http://www.hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/our-full-of-keys-drought-is-finally.html

More information at:
http://fullofkeys.com/
Blog: http://fullofkeys.com/category/blog/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fullofkeys
Twitter: @FullOfKeys https://twitter.com/FullOfKeys
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/FullofkeysOFFICIAL

See older videos and photos of Full of Keys are at: http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/p/full-of-keys.html

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Happy Miami Dolphins Anniversary; For some, the Dolphins' glory is like faded photographs in an album, but to me, it is as fresh in my mind as anything else in my memory. I only wish the people running and coaching the team now cared as much as I and some others do, who know what it's like to see and appreciate a thing of beauty -perfection- up-close and personal; Sports Fan in Chief Obama Honors Champion 1972 Miami Dolphins at White House

Happy Miami Dolphins Anniversary; For some, the Dolphins' glory is like faded photographs in an album, but to me, it is as fresh in my mind as anything else in my memory. I only wish the people running and coaching the team now cared as much as I and some others do, who know what it's like to see and appreciate a thing of beauty -perfection- up-close and personal; Sports Fan in Chief Obama Honors Champion 1972 Miami Dolphins at White House

PBS NewsHour YouTube Channel video: Sports Fan in Chief Honors Champion 1972 Miami Dolphins. "More than 40 years since the 1972 Miami Dolphins made NFL history with their perfect season, coach Don Shula and his undefeated team were honored by President Barack Obama with a visit to the White House. Kwame Holman reports on the presidential tradition of following sports and Mr. Obama's dedication to his home teams." Uploaded August 20, 2013 http://youtu.be/wAAXkutt7as

The following is an edited version of a August 16th email I received from my NPR-listening mother, who now lives up in Polk County in Central Florida, and my response to her shortly thereafter, on the occasion of the 48th anniversary of the Miami Dolphins being born in 1965.
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August 16, 2013

On this day in history, 1965, August 16 Danny Thomas and Joe Robbie received the approval of the Dolphins Franchise.
At least that's what I think the announcer said this morning...or something very similar to the beginning of the Dolphin Football team.....they don't repeat these things.

Hugs,

MOM

I replied as follows:

But that's only half the story, of course.

Here's some of the rest...

You were fortunate enough to have a son who as a child loved to evangelize about the
Dolphins and their players with perfect strangers -even while acknowledging the players shortcomings- and often talked what some thought was too much about the wonderful things that they could do so much better than other teams in American cities that were much-larger,

more-influential and more important than Miami in the larger scheme of things.

SUDDEN DEATH AT KANSAS CITY

IT'S MIAMI AND WASHINGTON

MIAMI ALL THE WAY

Wolfson Archive YouTube Channel video: Miami Dolphins Perfect 1972 Season Celebration and Superbowl Victory. Uploaded August 20, 2013. http://youtu.be/BxLG_exjIDQ

The Don Shula Show 17-0 Season January 15, 1973. Super Bowl VII Winners.

conkyjoe YouTube Channel video:The Don Shula Show 17-0 Season January 15, 1973. Super Bowl VII Winners. Uploaded December 1, 2012.

http://youtu.be/Q7NLRpatx9c

1970 Dolphins radio play-by-play announcer at WIOD and later Channel 10 sports director Joe Croghan was host until 1974 for what everyone simply called "the Shula show."

The guests the Monday night after the 14-7 Super Bowl victory over the Redskins were QB Bob Griese and DT Manny Fernandez.

But as usual, Coach Shula is the glue that holds it all together, which is why even today, he is still THE most-admired person in all of South Florida for most longtime South Florida residents, including me.

My family and I never missed the Don Shula Show and we could all mimic the show's intro voice-over by heart!

By the time this particular show aired, I think I'd been up since sometime Sunday morning! Just riding on adrenaline...

From the video uploader's comments, which are quite important for making sense of this for those of you who were NOT living here forty years ago, "From January 15, 1973. The Dolphins first Super Bowl win with an unbeaten 17-0 season. Perfection. This is the only footage of this show in existence. It was recorded on a Sony B&W reel to reel VTR in the newsroom. No quad color tape machines were available because of commercial playback. Unbelievable nobody but me recorded this historic event. Sorry for the marginal audio track. No highlights are shown due to NFL rights restrictions. The show was produced by The Sandy Tinsley Ad Agency, Miami. Rick Shaw, voice over announcer. Sponsored by Holsom Bread and Eastern Airlines."

When the Dolphins were undefeated in 1972 and won their first NFL Championship, your son was at every home game, his first year as a season-ticket holder, his eyes like a video-camera remembering everything around him, which he would detail years later to anyone who was interested.

Once Upon a Time.. there was perfection in aqua and orange and white.

Just like our whole family has talked so many times over the years since when we all drove down to the Eastern Airlines tarmac and terminal of Miami International Airport early in the morning hours 42 years ago to greet the team returning from Kansas City, after their extremely-emotional double-overtime playoff win over the Chiefs on Christmas Day in 1971.
I was so exhausted and hoarse that I literally couldn't talk the next day.

And eyes like a video-camera remembering everything around him the following season when they won their second Vince Lombardi NFL Championship trophy.

PRO FOOTBALL, MIAMI IS ROUGH AND READY

Over at NBC, one of the perks of consistently winning -attention- came to a whole crew of Dolphins in their NFL intro package, featuring mostly Dolphins guard Bob Kuechenberg getting dressed, and, in between video of other great players of that era, Larry Little, Vern Den Herder, Larry Csonka, Bob Griese and at 0:57, the late Jim Mandich., whose warm personality and honesty is still so greatly missed in South Florida by so many, more than two years after his untimely passing.

beaverstuffers YouTube Channel: NFL on NBC, opening (1973). Uploaded August 20, 2009. http://youtu.be/nv-datkQYUU

Yes, 1973, the last year the Dolphins really WERE the best team. Forty years.

Zonk! Miami Massacres Minnesota

Larry Csonka, January 21, 1974

And for a while at least, when people around the country thought of Miami, they thought of the Dolphins, never the most-talented team, but always the hardest-working team and a team of winners who demanded a lot of themselves and of each other.

Vince Lombardi Championship Trophies from Dolphin victories in Super Bowl VII and VIII.

April 2007 photo by Mario J. Bermudez taken at Miami Dolphins Headquarters, Davie, Florida.

It's why you play the game.

For more on this longstanding wistfulness, see my Super Bowl blog post of February 6, 2011,

"Lombardi. A certain magic still lingers in the very name. It speaks of duels in the snow and cold November mud..."; Packers will win by at least 8!

http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/lombardi-certain-magic-still-lingers-in.html

NEW LIFE IN THE WFL

In mid-January of 1985, when your son was 24, he watched the Dolphins play the 49ers in the Super Bowl at your apt. near The Falls, their second Super Bowl appearance in four years, and in only Dan Marino's 2nd-year.

Like all of South Florida, we were all quite confident that with Marino as our QB and with Don Shula as head coach, there would be many more such Super Bowl appearances in the next ten years, and the Dolphins would likely win their share of them.

But though we didn't know it at the time, after the game the Dolphins were, to be fair, largely toyed with by the 49ers in the second half, something fundamental was taking place.

A shift that for Dolphin fans like us, would NOT be a change for the better, not even a valuable learning experience.

We thought the team was getting better and building towards the future, but the reality was that we were actually falling like quicksand into a particular ring of football hell reserved for very entertaining NFL teams that never win in the clutch, no matter how big a lead they have.

Teams that score a lot of TDs quickly, but then promptly give them up even more quickly.

Teams that never make that one trade that they need to make to keep the door open and then knock the door down.

After Marino retired, theDolphins got older, more boring and more irrelevant than ever, and changed coaches and QBs with great regularity until they were no longer considered one of the best-run sports teams in the country, they were no longer even the best-run team in Miami, having long ago lost that title to the University of Miami that played exciting AND winning football.

And now, today, 48 years to the day they became a team, the same day that Babe Ruth and
Elvis died on years apart, 99% of anyone you see or speak to who is under the age of 27 has NEVER BEEN ALIVE when the Dolphins were playing in a Super Bowl game.

Now that's some perspective that really says something profound.

Still, your son, ever the Dolphins evangelist, albeit in-spite of the team rather than because of any success or enjoyment from watching the team, keeps the spirit of a once-upon-a-time tradition of hard work, commitment to attention to details and a winning culture alive, however he can, even when he travels overseas.

Above, at Panera Bread, Hallandale Beach, FL in December of 2012

Photos above and below as seen at:

http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/our-full-of-keys-drought-is-finally.html

Which is why when a certain son of yours found himself in Sweden in January, it was only natural that he had extra Dolphins caps with him to help spread the word.

And thus, when a certain very talented and moxie-filled Swedish singer named Anni Bernhard came to record her new Full of Keys album in April for at least part of the recording session that week in a Swedish city that you've never heard of -Visby- she wore the Dolphins aqua cap proudly when smiling for the camera, and even put that photo out on the Internet for all to see.

Pictured above, left-to-right, are Anni Bernhard (Full of Keys), sound engineer and co-producer Linus Larsson and Mats Jönsson, April 12, 2013, Sandvie Studios, Visby, Gotland, Sweden.

No, Anni was not ashamed to be seen wearing the aqua and orange.

Thanks to your son, the persuasive Dolphins evangelist.

Full Of Keys

@FullOfKeys

Stockholm, Sweden · fullofkeys.com

Love, Dave,

your son, the Dolphins evangelist

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As some of you know, from the time I went to my first Dolphins home game at the Orange Bowl in December of 1970, with my Dad, a 45-3 win over Buffalo that clinched a playoff position for the first time in team history, I missed less than a handful of home games -preseason, regular season and playoff- some because of my own sports games, until I left for Bloomington and college at IU in August of 1979.
And I have every Pro! game program from every game I went to, as well as the ticket stub.

I didn't see much losing because after a tough loss to the Jets in 1971, the Dolphins won a record 31 straight home games, regular season and post-season games, not losing until the opening season game in 1975 against the Raiders on a Monday Night Football classic that was back-and-forth with that great Raider team of so many future Hall-of-Famers.

That was the famous game within our family's history where after doing it for years, I somehow got on the wrong Metro Dade Orange Bowl Express bus to the Golden Glades stop in the Levitz Furniture showroom parking lot, because there was a back-up of buses along the street outside the Orange Bowl.
(I think it was a small accident or something, so all the busses were slight out of queue.)

I always checked what the destination said on the front of the bus before boarding, even though the buses were always in the same place so that people would remember where to go.
But that night, something happened and... within ten minutes or so, I realized I was headed somewhere towards Kendall -the complete opposite direction.

In those pre-cell phone days, I had to call my Dad on a pay phone around 1:30 am. and have him drive from North Miami Beach to pick me up, after the bus finally dropped me off on the way at a well-lit area.
Talk about panicked, my dad had to go to work in a few hours and I had school in a few hours.
Only one of my biggest mistakes ever!

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Music Industry pros in Los Angeles still pondering true meaning of the LA Times' royal treatment Monday of a 16-year old Latina rapper, Becky G.; Becky Gomez gets the full works -a front page, lots of carefully-staged photos and a completely sympathetic writer! It reads like it was a record company advertisement, not journalism; @ZaraLarsson_, @CissiNilssonn, @FullOfKeys

Haven't heard of #beckyg? You will. @RJohnsonLAT has this rapper's story: http://t.co/suWaabYpWm
— John Corrigan (@jtcorrigan) August 19, 2013

Los Angeles Times

Becky G dreams of being the next Jennifer Lopez

The ambitious Latina teen has plans for superstardom, a goal she sings about in her debut, 'Becky From the Block.'

By Reed Johnson

August 19, 2013

At the time, her family had been forced to move into her grandparents' Inglewood garage after losing its Riverside County home. Money was tight. Her dad was stressing out. And her mom was "really scared."

Becky G vividly remembers what she calls "my little mini midlife crisis." It happened seven years ago, when she was 9.

That's when Becky had an epiphany.

"I did have this moment of realization of, 'Oh, my God, what am I going to do with my life?'" she says. "Just feeling like I had to get my act together, even though there was really nothing to put together yet."

Read the rest of the article at:
http://www.latimes.com/la-et-c1-beckyg-20130819-dto,0,7820311.htmlstory

This is a slightly-edited version of an email I sent out Monday night to a friend in Europe who is a very smart and savvy music producer and talent manager, whose reaction to this Los Angeles Times article I could well imagine even before I hit "Send."

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August 19, 2013

7:55 p.m.

After reading this article above, I think we both know that most discerning people of a certain age, educational background and open-eyed observer of Western pop culture history will be of one mind with you and me on it, and I think we both know, implicitly, something that we can't actually prove empirically.

Why? Well, in my case, I'm smart, pop savvy and have an excellent memory and an even better intuition!

As for you, well, you know those reasons better than me.

Here's what that intuition tells me today.

That there are tens of thousands of people all over Los Angeles in the entertainment industry who woke-up this morning, opened their front door and grabbed today's LA Times off their porch or lawn and started scanning the headlines as they walked back to their house, condo or apartment, still half-asleep.

Somewhere by the time they got into their kitchen, they'd pulled the plastic bag off and had popped the whole paper open on their table and were scanning and scanning and scanning and then...they stopped when they saw the headline below the fold:"Becky G. dreams of being the next Jennifer Lopez."

At that point, more than a few of them said to themselves, "WTF? Who is this girl and why is SHE getting front page coverage by the Times when there are so many more-talented
singers out there I know who deserve attention and who've already paid their dues?"

So, this morning, all over LA, people who don't know each other already have something in common: their day started off bad and was only going to get worse once they got behind their steering wheel and within minutes, found themselves in traffic.
And as they wait at the long red light, they think back to the carefully-orchestrated photos which seemed more like they belong on Becky G.'s official website, not a reputable first-class newspaper, and they mutter,"All this for a 16-year old Latina rapper? Really?"

And you know what?

The LA Times could care less about how much this story upsets and antagonizes the real
professionals within the LA-area recording industry, even if they are subscribers.
The people who are below-the-radar but who are the backbone of the industry: sound engineers, techs, the receptionists at the studios, the A&R types in their shiny glass office buildings with nice views of the mountains, as well as the mountains of newspapers and magazines they get to let them have a Sixth Sense know about the Next Big Thing.

The reason the Times doesn't care what those industry people think about this article is because in their own minds, they're taking the larger, long-term view.

The Times knows that because they orchestrated this with the complete help and cooperation of the record company, complete with two record company "minders" in tow, to prevent her from saying something the record company wouldn't like -a condition which many reputable journalists would NOT accept.

In large part they did so because they consciously want to be known in history as the first major Anglo news media outlet in the U.S. to "discover" Gomez for a national audience.

The fact that she's Hispanic helps them ward off the ever-present criticism in LA that the Times

ignores Hispanics in their pages except when they get arrested or are crooked politicians.

But it's hard to say that you "discovered" someone when they already have roughly 48 separate citations on Univision, the leading Spanish-language TV network in the U.S. -and already have a contract with Cover Girl cosmetics as one of their "faces."

http://search.univision.com/resultados?refPath=/musica&q=Becky%20G.

To me, she seems more like a carefully-constructed "Disney" media star than a real singer with something to say, and you know I don't mean that positively:

http://msnlatino.telemundo.com/videos/al_rojo_vivo/becky_g_es_la_nueva_chica_rapera/6da47c33-d515-413f-8898-e81e921315b0

Then I look at what someone I'm more familiar with, 15-year old Cecilia Nilsson tweets and writes about on her Facebook page in Gavle, and to me, she seems so much more grounded.
A real teenager with her ups and downs, and while ambitious, of course, in her particular case, someone whom you know I personally believe has an amazing talent, and someone that's preternaturally mature musically.
An ability that she's honed and made better thru lots of very hard work and learning from experience.

Andreas Jismark YouTube Channel video: See See (Presentation). Uploaded September 5, 2012. http://youtu.be/0syxcoAblN8

As it happens, this presentation video is in Swedish, but I still think you'll enjoy it as she speaks about herself and her music interests and desire to write songs that are honest and that will connect with people.

It was recorded mostly at her home in Gävle, a very middle-class Swedish city in the best possible sense of the word, and a city that I've written about here on the blog a few times in the past, which has not always had the easiest go of things.

To me, at least, that means that any songs Cecilia writes and sings about will be much more in-tune with the average listener's personal experiences than if she'd been born or raised in

a beautiful place Södermalm, one of my favorite places in all the world, and had affluent parents.

The sort who'd push her around in one of those amazing $800-plus German prams they sell at Nordiska Kompaniet, which I spent some time eye-balling on my last day in Stockholm, surprised that that there was even a little department for them at a store, even one that large, since I'd never seen anything like that in the U.S., not even in Macy's or Nordstrom's.

Cecilia Nilsson - In My Room (Complete Song)

Cecilia Nilsson YouTube Channel: Cecilia Nilsson -In My Room. This is Cecilia's debut single. Uploaded May 13, 2013. http://youtu.be/r3MUHpMTAao Written by Cecilia Nilsson & Andreas Mattsson. Cissi's new single is available on both iTunes and Spotify.

Grymma gig i Tranås igår! #seeseesweden #MiriamBryant twitter.com/andreasjismark…
— Andreas Jismark (@andreasjismark) April 6, 2013

Andreas Jismark YouTube Channel video: Cecilia Nilsson "Never Let You Go" -LIVE at Babar in Tranås, Sweden. April 5, 2013. Uploaded April 6, 2013.
http://youtu.be/xVmsUZCpJqI

These videos first appeared here on the blog in my May 14, 2013 blog post titled, "On Wednesday you'll be thanking me for introducing you to ANOTHER amazing singer from Sweden: Cecilia Nilsson, a.k.a Cissi or "See See"; Cecilia will sing two songs LIVE on Radio P4 Gavleborg on Friday at 15:30; @CissiNilsson, @andreasjismark, #inmyroom"

http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/on-wednesday-youll-be-thanking-me-for.html

Now getting back to Becky G., to me, the LA Times clearly wanted to be the first Anglo media organization to write about this singer -that 99.99% of the U.S. has never heard of- in such an over-the-top way that all future reporters who ever write about anything about her, will reflexively have to read this Times article first, to see what her answers and attitude were like, way back in 2013.

Becky Gomez seems like a nice kid and maybe she's talented.

Or maybe she's not.

Her music isn't my thing and never will be, that's certainly not going to change, but if some people like it, it doesn't bother me, per se, though as you know, I hate rap music, since I like harmony and melody.

But to me, after reading this, what bothers me the most, and what no doubt bothered the vast majority of the people in the music industry I described at the top of this email who also read it, is that it all seems so very contrived.

That Gomez is merely the shiny new face of corporate music trying to find an audience niche amongst the influential and affluent teen market In North America, especially of teenage girls who are perhaps overly-indulged by their well-meaning parents that finds her palatable if not very original.

Not the good part of corporate music, like a certain consistency in the quality of the recording studios or the knowledge and experience of the sound engineers you might work with, or even the quality of the hotels you stay at, but the negative things that we are all in agreement on.

After reading this article, I thought back to the interview with Full of Keys (Anni Bernhard)

on Channel 4 early last year -as seen above in a screenshot of my first blog post on her from February 4th, 2012.

http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/prepare-to-meet-amazing-musical-talent.html

I was so impressed by what she said and how sincere she was in saying it.

That is, to the extent that I could fully understand what she was saying and hinting at to the hosts! :)

Still, the reason I sent this article to you today is because this is a great snapshot of a major American media company, which, because it's located in the world's entertainment capital, and has been losing lots of longtime readers, advertisers and money (and fired lots of reporters), is trying quite desperately to be seen as still relevant.

Which is why they were fully-prepared to swallow whole a pre-digested corporate music advertisement and pretend that it was really journalism.

In the late 1970's and most of the '80's, the Times' ad-filled Sunday paper were famous for

their weight, often coming in at well over eight pounds during the pre-holidays, the largest in America in those pre-Internet days.

Back when they had among the best group of foreign correspondents that had ever been assembled, plus really great political and sports columnists who could tell a story in original and compelling ways, which is why so many of them were syndicated nationally in other U.S. papers, like the ones in Miami that I grew-up reading.

Like Pulitzer Prize-winning sports columnist Jim Murray, whom I read in the Miami News, the afternoon paper that I preferred to the Miami Herald in part because I knew so many of the reporters, columnists and editors who worked there when I was in high school, but spent lots of time there in the Herald building on Biscayne Bay.

I think within a few days, the reader comments at the LAT website will not be quite so friendly and positive about Becky G., with lots of people asking why the editors are putting something so lightweight on their front page that seems to almost be more like an advertisement than a genuine news article.

So with all this in mind, perhaps next week, rather than do some things I already have planned, I should fly off to Stockholm again, except this time, stay at some crazy expensive hotel in Stureplan, rather than the much more reasonably-priced Omena Stockholm on Torsgatan that I stayed at the last five days of my nine-day trip in January.

Then, sometime after lunch, perhaps before going over to Fotografiska, I will suddenly "discover" Zara Larsson,
Ha! Ha! Ha!

Hi hi Twitter :) pic.twitter.com/4GesAYdD9A
— zara Larsson (@ZaraLarsson_) June 25, 2013

Yes, the amazing 15-year old dynamo with that powerful voice whom I've only been following for nearly four years or so, and wanted to write about on my blog for years.
I've followed the ups-and-downs of Zara since she was one of the handful of very talented kids profiled on TV4's very compelling Tuesday night documentary series from 2009-2010 that I wrote about here on the blog at the time, "Jag ska bli stjärna (I'll be a star).
Except, of course, Zara's already signed a contract with Sony.

poriel2 YouTube Channel video: Zara Larsson - Uncover - Live on SVT's 'Allsång på Skansen' in Stockholm. June 25, 2013, the first show of the summer. Uploaded on August 2, 2013. http://youtu.be/undi-9G68Hc

Photos: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=632634726760695&set=a.502708629753306.115426.502667543090748&type=1

Zara Larsson - Uncover (Introducing EP / 2013)
http://youtu.be/gdzJ9wyV3QU

Aftonbladet
Zara Larsson får treårskontrakt i USA,
Svenska popundret ska bli vår nästa superstjärna
(Zara Larsson gets three-year contract in the U.S.
Swedish pop wonder will be our next superstar)
By Jonna Blessed
May 10, 2013
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article16748824.ab

http://zarish.blogg.se/
https://www.facebook.com/ZaraLarssonOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/user/ZaraLarssonOfficial

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From NY and Cakeshop a little late =) http://t.co/HW7rVjCWkZ
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Full Of Keys - Snow Glass Apples
http://www.youtube.com/user/FullofkeysOFFICIAL
https://twitter.com/FullOfKeys

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It's official! Cat Uden for Mayor of Hollywood

It’s official! This evening, I filed my paperwork to run for mayor of the City of Hollywood FL! 🥳 The election is November 2024. Thank you friends, family, and so many Hollywood residents for all of your encouragement. pic.twitter.com/CifvkAW53L
— Catherine Uden (@UdenCatherine) December 11, 2023

ICYMI: Very DELIGHTED to say, via my friend@UdenCatherine, that ex-#HollywoodFL Comm. + #Broward Comm. Sue Gunzburger, a STRONG, longtime voice for STRONGER #ethics + Common Sense, has endorsed Cat for Mayor of Hollywood.🌴🌊 #ElectionDay is 91 days away! https://t.co/xOJOuZ8asW
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) August 6, 2024

2/ #HollywoodFL mayor Josh Levy STILL shows ZERO remorse/awareness that it was HIS own actions, serial lies, misrepresentation of facts + backstabbing of HIS very own past supporters the past 3 yrs -esp re 1301- that explains why PUBLIC wants him... GONE!
Vote for #CatUden 🌊🌴 pic.twitter.com/s9FiQoX236
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) September 11, 2024

1/ So, on 10/4/24, 32 days B4 #ElectionDay, the reality on-the-ground is that thin-skinned, ego-driven #HollywoodFL mayor Josh Levy, like #Kamala, STILL can't explain why things will be different THIS TIME.
As if past 3 years NEVER happened! 🫣https://t.co/AnUH74VC3A #CatUden
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 4, 2024

3/ His Hypocrisy Stares You in the Face! 🪞
2016 Candidate Josh Levy vs. #HollywoodFL Mayor Josh Levy in his OWN words: Says 1 thing B4 he's elected, yet after, wants to build 30-story condo tower for multi-millionaires on our PUBLIC beach.

Vote #CatUden!https://t.co/qNAsTA8sXS
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 4, 2024

For #HollywoodFL's future, The @SunSentinel Editorial Board recommends Catherine "Cat" Uden, an energetic candidate w/strong convictions on development and resiliency and a campaign platform that's well-engineered for the city's future.https://t.co/j1Cn3hiYWn @UdenCatherine 😉
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 16, 2024

Join #CatUden’s Canvassing Crew next Saturday Oct. 26th for a fun night @ Hollyweird Festival, Dwtn #HollywoodFL! Costume theme is... cats!😻
Meet @ 7:30 PM, Anniversary Park, N. 20th Ave. & Hollywood Blvd., then we'll walk the festival @ 8 PM. Bring a reusable bottle of water!🌊 pic.twitter.com/rGt3DP3f6l
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 18, 2024

Cat Uden for Mayor of #HollywoodFL

Hollywood residents need a strong advocate for the community. I am running for office because I care about the future of Hollywood and I want to preserve what is special and unique about our city. Residents want redevelopment, not overdevelopment. Vote for Cat Uden on November 5th. #forthepeopleforthefuture #onehollywood Los residentes de Hollywood necesitan un defensor firme de su comunidad. Me postulo para este cargo porque me preocupo por el futuro de nuestra Ciuda de Hollywood y quiero preservar lo que es especial y único de nuestra ciudad. Los residentes quieren reurbanización, no sobredesarrollo. Vote por Cat Uden el 5 de noviembre.

Welcome To My World, Made With You In Mind - November 2024

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When others in #HollywoodFL were angry + mad abt scheming Mayor + City Comm. trying to cram 30-story condo tower for multimillionaires onto public beach -5/7x's larger than zoning allows- YOU rallied community to save what we love and DON'T want as just a memory!😉😘#VoteCatUden pic.twitter.com/LRQJfmViOb
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) November 1, 2024

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Nursing student #LakenRiley ‘fought for her life’ when she was killed by a 🇻🇪 illegal immigrant: prosecutors.

Predictably, major newspapers in #immigration border hotspots #AZ #FL + #TX 😴snooze on story.https://t.co/Lkmu4SiXpU @GoodwinMJ @BillMelugin_ @JennieSTaer #immigration
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) November 16, 2024

At this rate, the Israeli and American hostages taken and held by #Hamas since Oct. 7, 2023, will surpass the 444 days that the 52 American hostages taken at U.S. Embassy by #Iran on... #Christmas/#Hanukkah.@biannagolodryga @realDonaldTrump @GovRonDeSantis @marcorubio @elonmusk
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) November 14, 2024

Tulsi Gabbard just went from being secretly followed around airports this summer by dog teams and undercover agents (research it) to becoming the Director of National Intelligence.

This doesn't even happen in the movies.

We were living under tyranny.
— Walter Kirn (@walterkirn) November 13, 2024

Wooden benches nr tree along North Lake are among most "chill" spots in all of #HollywoodFL, esp. at night when weather's cooler in Winter.
I've done a LOT of serious pondering/ruminating re my past, my future life + the city there. Great for hearing out-of-state AM radio, too! pic.twitter.com/8LhazJjcvo
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 28, 2024

"What does David Lagercrantz think should be done instead? What should be done to address the widespread exploitation of children online? Not a word is said about this in the chronicle. ..."
Sadly, that's 2024 #Sweden 🇸🇪 in a nutshell@lindbergpolemik @DABoooomB @aClassicLiberal
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) November 2, 2024

@niklassvensson @fredrikstrage @kleerup @LindaZachrison @MonicaEnqvist @hollywoodspin @MegJamesLAT 🎶
.@CBSSunday Correspondent Tracy Smith talks w/legendary film composer #JohnWilliams re his career + collaborations w/#StevenSpielberg, @TanglewoodMA.🎶https://t.co/MPYLAT8d6w
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) June 29, 2023

John Williams is not a movie buff.😳

4 Surprising Things We Learned fm the #JohnWilliams docu, "Music By John Williams"🎶-on @DisneyPlus- abt the iconic composer’s life, via @annabelaguiar https://t.co/EP8v3myT2r @KennethTuran @JismarkAndreas @RedBroward
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) November 1, 2024

@Johnnydontlike @jenvanlaar @RoxanneHoge
Imagine how brutal the post-Trump elex win Thanksgiving Day 🦃 wk will be for family of @latimes' Anita Chabria, one of #LA's leading spokesmodels for Trump Derangement Syndrome?
Does @latguild have good mental health benefits? Hope so! pic.twitter.com/NoxSazg160
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 31, 2024

@BCPSCanDoBetter @CGreenbarg @Bmatternews
RT @nathalie_lynch "A cautionary tale for her successor. What the rules of professional conduct are designed to help you avoid...

Ex-#Broward #Schools Att'y Barbara Myrick sentenced to 1 yr of probation, pay $4,751 in prosecution fees.
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 31, 2024

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— IU Bloomington (@IUBloomington) October 27, 2024

📢 @CollegeGameDay's Week 9 show at @IUHoosiers continued its hot streak 🔥

🏈 2.0M avg. viewers
🏈 2.6M final-hr viewers

🏈 Through 9 weeks, viewership among the P18-24 demo is up 41% over '23
🏈 The show remains on pace for its best season EVER! pic.twitter.com/faMXYBTSbZ
— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) October 29, 2024

In the 20 years since Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan, his loved ones and those who served with him are still struggling with the legacy of his tragic death.

‘Pat Tillman: Life. Death. Legacy.’ premieres November 7th at 7 PM ET on @ESPN. Streaming after on @ESPNPlus pic.twitter.com/3mn0lPYXBi
— E60 (@E60) October 31, 2024

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Jeri Taylor, one of main scriptwriters/producers of #StarTrek: TNG + Voyager passed away. A proud @IUBloomington grad -was Dick Enberg's 1st wife- she donated her ST scripts w/HW notations to #IU.https://t.co/dsXsr1YyxV @jon_wertheim @RedBroward @MuseZack @sagesteele @CFBHeather
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 25, 2024

Update on the VERY interesting thread on NextDoor re "A Bright Future For Hollywood PAC" that supports Josh Levy for #HollywoodFL mayor against my savvy friend, Cat Uden.
Obvs, I'm for Cat 100%, as I've been clear abt for past year - and for next 2 weeks.https://t.co/BbimEsbAZY pic.twitter.com/V1nl648iX7
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 21, 2024

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Woodward reports in his new book that Biden donors began expressing concern about Biden’s mental fitness in June of 2023.

At a Los Gatos event: Biden was “frightening awful” and like your 87-year-old senile grandfather.”
“He could not wait to sit down and only took 2… pic.twitter.com/LMTJUsOMfh
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) October 23, 2024

Hallie Jackson asked Harris yesterday: "Can you say that you were honest with the American people about what you saw in those moments with President Biden, as you were with him again and again repeatedly in that time?"

Harris: "Of course. Joe Biden is an extremely accomplished,… pic.twitter.com/HMykeLm5MD
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) October 23, 2024

@niklassvensson @lindbergpolemik @dagenssamhalle @ledarsidorna_se @SmedjanTimbro @Agerlid @kvartalet 😳
RT @nypost ‘Frighteningly awful’ Biden struggled to complete sentences for over a year before dropping out, book reveals: ‘Like your senile grandfather’ https://t.co/IKmFMxDgH2
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 23, 2024

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@maureendowd FYI: Per @Johnnydontlike: Patrick Soon-Shiong, @latimes owner, has blocked LAT's mgmt. fm publicly endorsing #Kamala Harris, despite having endorsed her multiple times in past, and endorsing every Dem since Obama, plus YEARS of endorsing Left-Wing types like Gascón.
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 22, 2024

As I've said B4, always struck me as odd large # of well-informed #HollywoodFL citizens/civic activists -like me- who get 😠 re NEGATIVE effect of YEARS of City Mgrs., Ass't CMs + Dept. Directors who DON'T live in Hwd., yet CC just shrugs.🤷‍♀️https://t.co/yRycnsTJpd @UdenCatherine pic.twitter.com/UfBAcmMhxB
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 22, 2024

@BillyCorben @newschica @davidjwinker @CronyCounty @FloridaTaxWatch @CGreenbarg
ICYMI: Meant to post this in July re failed ex-#HallandaleBeach City Mgr. who made a mess of ethics + common sense in #FortLauderdale, AND defied... its own City Charter. This is so common in #SoFL😡 pic.twitter.com/v9f06NtS3g
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 22, 2024

I know that you're VERY busy but... I've been wondering if you'll be flying to #Miami 🌴🌊 next month for The Miami Book Fair?

Thr schedule goes online Tuesday, so I've wondered if you'd be in area b/w Nov. 17th-24th, just B4 Turkey 🦃Day, when 🐬 play @ @Chiefs.@BuckSexton pic.twitter.com/AWgeM2qthT
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 21, 2024

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@BillyCorben .@BarryJenkins = 💯!
Why studios want indy sensibility on big 🎞️: Maybe they feel like the spectacle is not enough, and they wish that thr films cld be more emotional, or wish the drama felt more real, or that audiences cared abt the characters in a more intense way. pic.twitter.com/VkkK8BCpEW
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 15, 2024

Wow, this is active deception by CBS! https://t.co/PKBJMSAkCM
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 15, 2024

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BREAKING at @washingtonpost : U.S. may halt arms transfers to Israel unless humanitarian situation in #Gaza improves, Biden administration warns.

My take: #Israel will say FU to Biden-Harris, bombs away on #Iran military + nuclear facilities.🎯#WaPo #ForPol experts hardest hit.
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 15, 2024

😉
I'll be listening to @tabletmag's podcast, "Dreyfus: A Very Modern Affair," next wknd.

Love/seen Paul Muni's great 1937 film "The Life of Émile Zola" many times, based on Zola's "J'Accuse," and read many Dreyfus case books @ #IU 🇫🇷 Depthttps://t.co/2oMkzgDvyS @franceintheus
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 15, 2024

@RBrookhiser Another sad instance of 🇺🇸 legacy media pretending U.S. History is consistently taught well at U.S. schools, so, most kids/adults ARE even aware of German American Bund rallies in NYC.
Fact they're NOT is... less relevant I guess. 🙄😒😳https://t.co/AnFV7OlPGu
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 15, 2024

Liz Cheney for Tulsi Gabbard remains the most elite trade the Republican Party has ever done.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 3, 2024

This is VERY significant. This means the Venezuelan migrants who were allowed to lawfully fly into the US as part of the controversial CHNV mass parole program may start losing their legal status as soon as this month & will have to leave the U.S. or apply for another type of… https://t.co/VJU9xryKhz
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) October 3, 2024

"I am the king of kings, I abide by no rules."
För exakt 30 år sedan träffade jag Sean "Puffy" Combs i New York. Nu har jag skrivit en artikel om hiphopens store Gatsby som gripits av polisen och anklagas för att ha styrt ett "sexbrottsimperium".https://t.co/OwOA39UO6X
— Fredrik Strage (@fredrikstrage) October 1, 2024

Influential music + Pop Culture critic + essayist @fredrikstrage remembers his encounters w/Sean "Puffy" Combs, hip-hop's answer to the Great Gatsby, and realizes that he was probably mind-fucked.

Read his great essay in English, here: https://t.co/OoErzcj6Ix pic.twitter.com/HZdCbm7Jnc
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 4, 2024

@jenvanlaar #accountability 🤨#GeorgeGascón gave teen killer a 2nd chance -now she’s charged again.
Shanice Dyer, 22, was charged w/playing role in #Pomona murder last month. #LA DA George Gascón previously declined to try her as an adult for 2 killings committed as a juvenile. pic.twitter.com/xAeePLoWAJ
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) October 3, 2024

@AmyKinLA @MegJamesLAT PR spin seems to be, don't hate 'em bec they're beautiful -and NOT British.

Australians Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Catherine and Heathcliff in Emerald Fennell's take on Emily Brontë's romance, ruffles lots of online feathers.https://t.co/OYagOUJNMD
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) September 25, 2024

if you have read her profile of RFK jr this is quite literally the most insane news of all time https://t.co/ajBPjxx9pw pic.twitter.com/2fN6JbT6h8
— John DiLillo (@JohnDiLillo) September 20, 2024

Every day, @AlexThomp patiently explains that Harris is an empty shell. The pattern is remarkable. pic.twitter.com/eAmwU0zq06
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) September 25, 2024

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As the weather begins to noticeably change in Sweden, not everyone's thoughts are already on much-cooler Fall weather. As you can see, Wilma Blomster, everyone's unofficial strawberry ambassador -certainly mine!- is diligently creating new content for Instagram to keep the Algortithms busy. She's a pro's pro!

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So, how can I love someone on a TV show that I still haven't seen myself? Don't know but I DO, because my #LA friends swear by her! Every time I see her interviewed on TV or read an interview about her, she just makes me sigh: Anna Sawai, アンナ･サワイ "I like to make believe"

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"Shōgun" star Anna Sawai gets emotional as she accepts her #Emmy for best lead actress in a drama series. She is the first Asian winner in category history. https://t.co/3itGkRBc7U pic.twitter.com/fuiA32J49Z
— Variety (@Variety) September 16, 2024

#SoFL in a Nutshell🌴🌊 (I know I keep saying it but...)
Ex-City of Miami Comm. Alex Díaz de la Portilla, facing criminal corruption trial, considers run for #Miami mayor.
“Polling looks good,” he said in a text message, via @tessriski.
🙄🤨https://t.co/QogcBIwynE @RedBroward pic.twitter.com/XYS883xLf3
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) September 16, 2024

A message from Catherine, The Princess of Wales

As the summer comes to an end, I cannot tell you what a relief it is to have finally completed my chemotherapy treatment.

The last nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family. Life as you know it can change in an… pic.twitter.com/9S1W8sDHUL
— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) September 9, 2024

@magnusswede Wow!

MT @KTHuniversity Preventing half a million deaths annually fm dangerous/ineffective counterfeit medicines is the aim of 2 #KTH students,
Kristina Hoang and Fabian Forsberg, who developed an #app that authenticates prescription drugs. https://t.co/IVaukCx5Zg
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) September 12, 2024

@The_ChrisMyers Rumor: You ought to see Mondo Duplantis when he catches a dump-off pass in the flat vs. a LB, dekes, then goes into hyperdrive as secondary approaches for the tackle....

Just saying, he'd look good in @MiamiDolphins aqua and orange...😉https://t.co/VOBE1K1oWc
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) September 12, 2024

@SenMarcoRubio Was it #Russian drones @ #Sweden’s biggest airport, #Stockholm Arlanda?#drone spotted over runway leads to investigation of sabotage that forced closure of airport. #Russian drones crashed on territory of #NATO members, #Romania + #Latvia.https://t.co/bQl532y4s4
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) September 10, 2024

Kamala Harris featured in a 1995 Willie Brown profile gets asked, “Are you his daughter?” This is incredible. She was sleeping with him then despite the fact that he was married and had kids and he would go on to give her jobs worth $400k: pic.twitter.com/LHdDXtojgm
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 10, 2024

@TheDragonFeeder @jojjeols @Magnus_Fiskesjo @AlanTonelson @TheresaAFallon @SariArhoHavren @GordonGChang
SO embarrassing on face of it, of course, but
a) story has VANISHED among 😴US legacy media,
b) persuasive power of Biden, Blinken & Sullivan = 0. https://t.co/ZftiryFXv1
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) September 10, 2024

FYI: Matilda is featured in the October VOGUE, Or, rather, her 1890's apartment in Stockholm is

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What the CCP teaches to children in the mainland. pic.twitter.com/5nJkkbJRqy
— ⛩ネオンスカイ⛩ (@neon_sky_2023) September 8, 2024

As is my usual Summer pattern, I have, literally, been playing Brasil '66 music all summer. Even re-watched for the 20th time, some great video compilations from their appearances on the Tom Jones Show, as well as selected Herb Alpert TV specials. That sound hooks you from the first note.. As I've gotten older I've come to better appreciate what an incredibly talented, savvy and resilient man he was, taking what could have been and should have been a career-ending moment -his band deciding to all quit at the same time- and his being both smart enough and resilient enough to finally have his eureka moment and know what it was that had been missing from his sound. A sound that he produced that was unique. In the process, becoming one of the most recognized musical names and talents for the past 60 years... AROUND THE WORLD.

Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian-born pianist, composer and arranger who brought bossa nova music to a global audience in the 1960s through his ensemble, Brasil ’66, and remained a force in popular music for more than six decades, has died at 83. https://t.co/Q56c7ftiTA
— New York Times Music (@nytimesmusic) September 6, 2024

😍🇧🇷 🎶/😢
.@HerbAlpert "Sergio Mendes was my brother from another country passed away quietly and peacefully.
He was a true friend and extremely gifted musician who brought Brazilian music in all its iterations to the entire world with elegance and joy… https://t.co/C5SiX6XfWt pic.twitter.com/wTqMLWNdal
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) September 6, 2024

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Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian Bossa Nova Giant and Bandleader Dies at 83 https://t.co/ZPegsRioMW
— billboard (@billboard) September 6, 2024

----------------------- Just as 2024 NFL season starts, LA Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani draws closer to surpassing his already iconic unicorn status within the game and among fans, as he is poised to become 1st #MLB player EVER to record at least 50 Home Runs and 50 Stolen Bases. How did we get to this point?

Los Angeles Angels two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani has been named American League MVP.

In 2017, @jon_wertheim reported for 60 Minutes on the leap Ohtani was about to make to the majors. https://t.co/9HxDS5vR5S
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) November 19, 2021

Second Shohei #Ohtani bobblehead giveaway @ Dodger Stadium is as popular as 1st, w/long lines of cars backed up on roads nr stadium 5 hrs before #LA- @Orioles game last Wed. night.
First 40,000 fans got a bobblehead of Ohtani holding his dog named Decoy https://t.co/J2dDalUMmr
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) September 6, 2024

"Whoever has played in the ballparks that [Shohei Ohtani] has visited, he's matching their power."

Harold Reynolds takes a step through the past to put Ohtani's incredible power into perspective #MLBTonight pic.twitter.com/1g9JHxR8GF
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) September 4, 2024

Shohei Ohtani is on the doorstep of the first 50+ HR, 50+ SB season in MLB history.

Tom Verducci joined #MLBCentral to put the potential feat in context and preview how Ohtani's MVP case would stack up against Francisco Lindor. pic.twitter.com/knw8rqjrFt
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) September 5, 2024

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Sad to hear about the passing of Sven-Göran Eriksson. I met him several times as England manager and was always struck by his charisma and passion for the game. My thoughts are with his family and friends. A true gentleman of the game. W
— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) August 26, 2024

Sven-Göran Eriksson är död – blev 76 år gammal https://t.co/yKHZAZlgHl
— Sportbladet (@sportbladet) August 26, 2024

#Swedish version of #DavidBeckham's Instagram message re his #England manager + friend, Sven-Goran Eriksson, via @sportbladet 🇸🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️😢https://t.co/pvmJ15Qnqj pic.twitter.com/40KQyvPSeP
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) August 26, 2024

Pitch-perfect thoughtful analysis by @RobHarris today: "Prejudice and hostility was overcome to show that you don't have to be English to manage England.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Sven-Goran Eriksson brought charm and charisma to one of football's most challenging jobs. Graciousness without grudges." pic.twitter.com/ZRwq2Ba4a3
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) August 26, 2024

Sven-Göran Eriksson doubted so much whether England could ever have a foreign manager an approach was considered a joke.

Rather than being deterred by the indignation, the Swede launched the Three Lions into five of the most frenzied, thrilling yearshttps://t.co/RxO2Fdid2G
— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) August 26, 2024

.@SkyNews initial reporting earlier today of the death of former #England #ThreeLions ⚽️ manager Sven-Goran Eriksson at the age 76, after a long fight against cancer.https://t.co/j3PmLDYOIP
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) August 26, 2024

We are deeply saddened that Sven-Göran Eriksson, who managed the #ThreeLions from 2001 to 2006, has passed away aged 76.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time.

Rest in peace, Sven. You will be greatly missed ❤️ pic.twitter.com/aLtqWAG8K4
— England (@England) August 26, 2024

Have a great year, Hoosiers! pic.twitter.com/LNiDskmgtB
— Indiana Hoosiers (@IUHoosiers) August 26, 2024

@The_ChrisMyers @jon_wertheim @sagesteele @ByPatForde @CFBHeather @CourtneyRCronin @shaepeppler
Me? No names on the back of #IU basketball jerseys, no names on the IU 🏀 court.

MT @wrtv #IU Athletics is considering branded logos on team playing surfaces.https://t.co/tamVpWbXcz
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) August 26, 2024

@Bmatternews Not #crime story but one you're perfect for analyzing in #SoFL. Trust me when I tell you, THIS is a REAL problem w/flight attendants 🛫based out of @FLLFlyer, many of whom use Airbnbs in #HollywoodFL bec of low pay/sked/weather.
Esp. Spirit! https://t.co/VspggrOsxD pic.twitter.com/CNZCzX7EvV
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) August 26, 2024

Great skewering of Summer Swedish/EuroPop music, via talented Emilia Rehnberg. Laughing HARD @ how spot-on this is! SO much MORE true than most of you can POSSIBLY imagine, w/o being part of the "Summer Lovers" soundtrack, a longtime fave of mine.

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Wilma Blomster making the scene in Germany

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Kamala Harris' addition of Tim Walz to the Democratic ticket completes a perfect nightmare for free speech advocates. Walz has shown not only a shocking disregard for free speech values but an equally shocking lack of understanding of the First Amendment. https://t.co/zUT7x8GC0m
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) August 12, 2024

💯!
We know fm real world experience that @ABC @CBSNews @NBCNews @NewsHour will all ignore the cold hard facts -and larger point- of #FL Gov. @GovRonDeSantis: If #Florida elex have millions MORE votes cast than in #PA, w/results same night, why can't PA? https://t.co/EJdd7YgREb
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) August 12, 2024

Florida elections have millions more votes cast than in PA elections, yet we count the votes and report the results on election night — and do so in an efficient and transparent manner.

There is no reason why this cannot be done in every state in America. https://t.co/Nnq9ZebcCi
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) August 11, 2024

Speaking for myself, #Miami needs more models. Esp. any of my distant cousins fm Silesian area of #Poland. The ones who didn't leave for #Texas in 1854, become Polish Cowboys.🤠

Poland 🇵🇱 led would-be #SoFL home buyers in @MiamiRealtors searches in Feb.😉https://t.co/UpDSQ9vVeY pic.twitter.com/onHJbWSKWO
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) August 6, 2024

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.@MickeyByrnesPub Join us for our first ever Animal House-themed Toga Party, Saturday August 10th.
8 pm-2 am. DJ Gary Gore @ 9:30 pm.

2 for 1 Drinks from 8 pm-11 pm with a Donation to @bluewatersdogrescue
Raffles, Drink Specials & Prizes for the Best Costumes. #toga #HollywoodFL pic.twitter.com/y8jiVA86cE
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) August 2, 2024

WTF @nytimes

When the US killed Osama Bin Laden, your immediate headline was not, oh nooooo, will war engulf the region?

Once again, Israel faces different rules.

Also lol “worked in exile” pic.twitter.com/FjGfWtZZ97
— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) July 31, 2024

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#sublime! Could not be said better!@SethBarronNYC @karol @niklassvensson @OlssonKarin @PeterSellei @alicemedce @lindbergpolemik
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) July 1, 2024

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A very thoughtful, hardworking and results-oriented person I know, respect + have supported in the past, ex-#HollywoodFL Mayor Peter Bober, has been appointed by President Biden to @USCGAcademy Board of Visitors.😉@Susannah_Bryan @BrittanyWallman @GlennaWPLG @doug_hanks @fineout pic.twitter.com/OfKPTs3K48
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) June 27, 2024

Mostly peaceful protesters attempt to stomp a Jewish woman to death in broad daylight on the streets of Los Angeles.

WHERE IS THE LEADERSHIP?

Where is Karen Bass and Gavin Newsom denouncing this vile antisemitism?pic.twitter.com/NE9WQxC3tD
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) June 24, 2024

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"Seinfeld... then said to the pro-Palestine protesters, “I think you need to go back and tell whoever is running your org., ‘We just gave more money to a Jew.’ That cannot be a good plan for you. You gotta come up with a better plan.” https://t.co/M3mizE9xuh @SethBarronNYC @karol
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) June 24, 2024

Jerry Seinfeld bemöter en propalestinsk huligan som skriker slagord under Jerrys show:

“You just gave more money to a Jew. That cannot be a good plan for you”

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— Peter Sellei (@PeterSellei) June 23, 2024

The @MailOnline story is taken from the @Telegraph, it couldn’t secure its own comment. Here’s the original. https://t.co/ck7sgb06ZZ https://t.co/UlLiQT9ikt pic.twitter.com/kxxQIEV1Lg
— SEENinJournalism (@JournalismSEEN) June 24, 2024

💯 Why have maj. of British pols been too lazy/unprepared to do heavy lifting req'd after gaining the win? 🙄🤨

"The problem [Britain] now faces is the lack of confidence our mainstream parties show in exploiting the #Brexit opportunities to the full...." https://t.co/R7VUuE0pB6
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) June 24, 2024

The problem was that all of the 300 million plus people in the EU could equally come here. Many did: while there are just over a million UK citizens in the EU, there are over 6 million EU citizens here. That's why things had to change.

I recognise that not everyone thinks… https://t.co/tN1mIMK5RL
— David Frost (@DavidGHFrost) June 23, 2024

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