Jack Beltane's Blog, page 17

Lush at Union Transfer in Philadelphia, PA (September 22, 2016)

Lush at Union Transfer in Philadelphia, PA (September 22, 2016)

Jean Harlow, Mary Astor, and Clark Gable in “Red...

Jean Harlow, Mary Astor, and Clark Gable in “Red Dust” (1932)

Jacqueline Wells (Julie Bishop), Boris Karloff, and Bela Lugosi...

Jacqueline Wells (Julie Bishop), Boris Karloff, and Bela Lugosi in “The Black Cat” (1934)

Sleigh Bells at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio...

Sleigh Bells at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio (August 31, 2016)

Just uploaded Thanks Given SK8 90 to Mixcloud. Listen now!

Just uploaded Thanks Given SK8 90 to Mixcloud. Listen now!

…that moment when you realize the things you love most in...

…that moment when you realize the things you love most in pop culture were heavily influenced by “Smokey and the Bandit” (1977)

Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy in...

Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy in “Libeled Lady” (1936)

"That was the godlike power of art, to be able to gaze on suffering – to grip it in your hands..."

“That was the godlike power of art, to be able to gaze on suffering – to grip it in your hands – without being touched by it.”

- John Kleiner, “Social Eros and the Methods of the Baroque” (Ploughshares, Spring 2016)

Halsey at Jacob’s Pavilion (Cleveland, Ohio), August 2,...

Halsey at Jacob’s Pavilion (Cleveland, Ohio), August 2, 2016

"It’s like the doc said: If I don’t lay offa this stuff, it’s gonna knock me off...."

“It’s like the doc said: If I don’t lay offa this stuff, it’s gonna knock me off. But I’m gonna die anyway. So are you. So what? Nobody ever left this world alive.”

- Mac, “I Died a Thousand Times” (1955)