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Ella Fitzgerald was not allowed to play at Mocambo because of her race. Then, one of Ella’s biggest fans made a telephone call that quite possibly changed the path of her career for good. Here, Ella tells the story of how Marilyn Monroe changed her life:
“I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt… she personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him – and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status – that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman – a little ahead of her times. And she didn’t know it.”

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“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

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May

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IF YOU MAKE TIME FOR SOMETHING TODAY, MAKE TIME FOR THIS ARTICLE: DAFT PUNK

It’s an instinct to keep the idea of mystery alive at a time when it seems to be in historically short supply.

“When you know how a magic trick is done, it’s so depressing,” he explains. “We focus on the illusion because giving away how it’s done instantly shuts down the sense of excitement and innocence.”

“We like the idea of trying to be pioneers,” continues Bangalter, “but the problem with that is when you’re too much ahead, the connection doesn’t really happen at the time

To this point, Bangalter compares their situation to Batman (“we feel that the pyramid was like our Batmobile”), Cinderella (“after the show is over, we go back to anonymity and normality”), the Wizard of Oz (“we’re just guys behind a curtain pushing the knobs and creating the spectacle”), and a dude in a Mickey Mouse costume at Disney World (“if you have 100 kids around you all day long, are you not becoming big-headed?”). Their mechanized identities also act as a buffer for the out-of-control egomania that could result from a sea of people losing their shit in your general direction as you stand over them from the apex of a million-watt triangle.

“Looking at robots is not like looking at an idol,” contends de Homem-Christo. “It’s not a human being, so it’s more like a mirror—the energy people send to the stage bounces back and everybody has a good time together rather than focusing on us.”

In a computer, everything is recallable all the time, but life is a succession of events that only happen once

Because if Daft Punk are still able to amaze themselves, there’s still some hope for the rest of us.

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thesetwincitykisses:

wow.
wowowowowowowowowow.
WOW.
i haven’t been this excited over a lineup since my first coachella. holy shit.
i will 100% be at this, jesus christ.

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"Kids aren’t leaving social networks. They’re redefining the word “social.” Rather, they’re actually using the word with the intent of its original meaning: making contact with other human beings. Communicating. Back-and-forth, fairly immediate dialogue. Most of it digitally. But most of it with the intent of a conversation where two (or more) people are exchanging information and emotion. Not posting it. Exchanging it."

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-Cliff Watson

*Let’s learn something from this: BE SOCIAL, in real life*

https://medium.com/understandings-epiphanies/aae8d5f880cc

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DAFT PUNK SAYS: ” Give life back to music, lose yourself to dance, and help Alexa get to France”

Last dayyy, in 3rd place, thanks for all the love and support. I’ll stop hassling you at 11:59 PM PST. Appreciate you tolerating me. =) ♥

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