Nancy Sinatra Sings "You Only Live Twice" in 1967

"You Only Live Twice", performed by Nancy Sinatra, is the theme song to the 1967 James Bond film of the same name. Music and production was provided by veteran James Bond composer John Barry, with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. The song is widely recognized for its striking opening bars, featuring a simple 2-bar theme in the high octaves of the violins and lush harmonies from French horns. It is widely considered to be among the best James Bond theme songs, and has become one of Nancy Sinatra's best known hits. Shortly after Barry's production, Sinatra's producer Lee Hazlewood released a more guitar based single version.
The song has been extensively covered by artists, from Coldplay to Soft Cell, Björk and Little Anthony & The Imperials to Shirley Bassey. Robbie Williams notably re-recorded the opening bars of the song for his hit Millennium.




You Only Live Twice or so it seems,
One life for yourself and one for your dreams.
You drift through the years and life seems tame,
Till one dream appears and love is its name.

And love is a stranger who'll beckon you on,
Don't think of the danger or the stranger is gone.

This dream is for you, so pay the price.
Make one dream come true, you only live twice.

And love is a stranger who'll beckon you on,
Don't think of the danger or the stranger is gone.

Lesley Gore sings "You Don't Own Me" in 1964

"You Don't Own Me" is a popular song written by the Philadelphia songwriters John Madara and David White, and recorded by Lesley Gore in 1963, when Gore was 17 years old. The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart in the United States (just behind The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand").




You don't own me
I'm not just one of your many toys
You don't own me
Don't say I can't go with other boys

And don't tell me what to do
Don't tell me what to say
And please, when I go out with you
Don't put me on display 'cause

You don't own me
Don't try to change me in any way
You don't own me
Don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay

I don't tell you what to say
I don't tell you what to do
So just let me be myself
That's all I ask of you

I'm young and I love to be young
I'm free and I love to be free
To live my life the way I want
To say and do whatever I please

And don't tell me what to do
Oh, don't tell me what to say
And please, when I go out with you
Don't put me on display

I don't tell you what to say
Oh, don't tell you what to do
So just let me be myself
That's all I ask of you

I'm young and I love to be young
I'm free and I love to be free
To live

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I Wish I Lived Wherever This Is

Pulp Ten

A Picture of Peter Saville

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Fuck Yeah Punk Rock!

There's an impressive collection of punk photographs here.
This is one of my favorites.

Clipping, June 18, 1978

I just fell upon Alice Bag's tumblr blog and found this clipping there. Naturally I'm reposting it as these are three of the coolest women ever born: Dianne Chai of The Alley Cats, Alice Bag from The Bags and Exene Cervenka from X. Here's what Alice had under this on her page...

“Female performers have always tended to be more reserved, but all that is changing. Rock music and sexuality are about rebellion and outrage and I refuse to dress up sweetly and play dumb.” - Alice Bag, interview with Kristine McKenna for the LA Times, June 18, 1978

X No.40 2012

Dress No.2 2012

X No.38 2012

Princess Elizabeth in Her wedding dress, November 1947

Red Heart Stories 2008

Dress No.1 2012

Time Enough At Last

Everybody knows this Twilight Zone episode with Burgess Meredith as the anti-social bookworm who finally gets his wish, but it's still one of my favorite bits of television. It got me thinking, when I was a kid, about what I'd do if I were the last person left on earth. I still daydream about that often...
and my glasses are made of plastic.

Blue Chair 1985

I Heart Soviet Art

I took this picture with me to Budapest in '89 and all the people there reacted with a bemused disdain. Of course, they'd had this stuff shoved up their butts since they were kids but to me it suggested a certain resolute beauty and a singularity of purpose; something exotic to be coveted by a middle-class American like me.

Hey, Barf Girl! 1989/2012

Man, I used to love drawing pictures of people barfing.
I should get back into that.

Beuys Piano 1988

Yes, it's a grand piano covered in felt. Joseph Beuys is one of my all-time favorites so when I spotted this at Pompidou in '88, I took a shot. I guess in France they let you take pictures in museums. Love those French and thank you Lynn Stadum.

Red Cross Stamps

These are almost certainly a gift from Daniel P. Brack.
Miss you, Dan.

In Berlin, 1988

Ted Fisher took these of me in, like, a train station or somewhere. I handed him the camera and asked him to shoot me with the cross, but the funny angle thing - that was him. He likes that trick.