Navy Vinyl

Busra. 25. Istanbul. A woman who is addicted to music. This's her b-side.

[macrolit]

Giveaway Contest: We’re giving away twelve Bantam Classics paperbacks by Walt Whitman, Emily Bronte, Edgar Allan Poe, James Joyce, George Eliot, Shakespeare, and others! Won’t this collection look lovely on your shelf? :D To win these classics, you must: 1) be following macrolit on Tumblr (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblog this post. We will choose a random winner on September 29, at which time we’ll start a new giveaway. And yes, we’ll ship to any country. Easy, right? Good luck!

[anancientheart]

ok universe, i’m ready to feel good things. make me feel good things.

[h-o-r-n-g-r-y]

“I have no advice for anybody…except to, you know, be awake enough to see where you are at any given time, and how that is beautiful…even places you hate.”

— Jeff Buckley 

[blckvnyl]

Paul’s Walls

[coolkidsofhistory]

Soundgarden and Pearl Jam backstage at Lollapalooza, 1992

[coolkidsofhistory]

Led Zeppelin, 1968

[blowmyblues]

Anytime anybody tells me the trend is ‘such and such’, I go the opposite direction. I hate the idea of trends. I hate imitation; I have a reverence for individuality.

[camewiththeframe]

“We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains.”

-Ursula K. Le Guin

One of the best, gone today.

[wnq-quotes]

You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

Maya Angelou (via thatkindofwoman)

[jessiesboyy]

[thechanelmuse]

Hazel Scott playing two pianos at the same damn time with ease

[erinbowbooks]

Hazel Scott was a musical sorcerer and a civil rights hero.   She:

 was admitted to Julliard at 8.  

was performing in top venues by 16.  

pioneered “swinging the classics” and made the equivalent of a million dollars a year doing it.  

was the first person of color to have their own national TV show.  

went to Hollywood but refused to be cast as a “singing maid.”  Demanded and got control over her casting, her wardrobe, and how footage featuring her was cut.  

refused to perform in segregated venues and led charges for integration in several northern cities, notably Spokane.  

She was brought down by the House Committee on Unamerican Activities, and has been largely forgotten.  But she was a sorcerer, and a hero.  

[domduongart]

@theladyragnell

[violent-darts]

Let’s un-forget her.

[blowmyblues]

In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it’s supposed to sound like you - the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.

[chandlerbings]

[deathorvinyl-deactivated2018032]

Decided to listen to all of my Miles Davis albums this weekend. These are some of my favorites! . . . #milesdavis #kindofblue #jazz #deathorvinyl #vinyl #records #music #vinylporn #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub

[navyvinyl]

me trying to flirt: so what albums make you cry

[best-of-contemporary-jazz]

Track: The Walk Album: Diaspora Artist: Christian Scott Label: Ropeadope Records Year: 2017

[barcarole]

Les Cousins, Claude Chabrol, 1959.