. . . . .Oh Mercy really made me sit and pin back my ears after a period where I had though Dylan had gone a bit cold and then . . . Everying Is Broken and the man in the long black coat . . . . .
Friday, May 01, 2026
Go Ask Alice [Alice Ormsby Gore] | Profile from LITTLE QUEENIES
Alice Ormsby Gore
In Alice's case we are not sure when we knew about her for the first time. Probably we read her name in Pattie Boyd's book. She dated and later was the fiancée of Eric Clapton after he and Charlotte Martin broke up, and before he and Paula Boyd (Pattie's younger sister) dated.
[The typical Alice and Eric picture from 1969]
Alice was just a teenager when she got engaged to marry to Eric Clapton, and was the daughter of a Lord who had been the UK's ambassador in the US at the time John Kennedy was the president.
[Alice modelling for Vogue UK in 1969]
She lived in this big manor in the English countryside bordering the Welsh border, the family house where all her ancestors lived. Sadly her mother died on a car crash in 1967 when Alice was just 15. It was the psychedelic/hippy 1960s and the young naif Alice fell in love with the wrong man...
[Alice and Eric in 1969. He was an alcoholic and addict, much older than her, and dragged teenage Alice to the darkness...]
But Alice, luckily, was more than that. She was a very beautiful and successful model, posing for Vogue magazine in the late 1960s and early 1970s very often, she also acted and sang in the Jewish version of the musical "Hair", and also helped the poor and addicts along with her sisters holding music festivals and working with local charities.
[Alice in 1970 by Clive Arrowsmith]
What we love about Alice is her natural beauty, very different from everybody else. Her sense of style was also very 1960s, very hippy. She believed in love and peace, and although she struggled with her addicition, we want to think she was happy in her life...
[Beautiful Alice, with Eric, in 1970. After he dragged her into the darkness he got clean... and then dragged Paula Boyd into the same abyss]
As with many of the others muses,there were always the same photos of her on the net, and while she was not as famous or popular as other models from the 1960s like Twiggy, Pattie Boyd, Jean Shrimpton or Marsha Hunt, we thought she deserved recognition on her own, not only linked to her family or friends. And while maybe there is not enough content to have a website just for herself, we thought it would be lovely to include her here, with all the other muses we love.
[Another classical Alice, from January 1970 British Vogue]
She was gone far too soon and we hope she found peace in the end. We also hope that more pictures and information about her surface on the net, and we will be here sharing it with all of you!
Today, for what would have been her birthday, we wanted to share with all of you, dear followers, how we knew about Alice and what made us love her.
Here we share:
John & Beverley Martyn - Stormbringer | HERBERG DE KELDER
From the eponymous album 1970John Martyn - vocals, acoustic guitar, guitarBeverley Martyn - vocals, acoustic guitarHarvey Brooks - bassPaul Harris - piano, organ, musical direction, arrangementsHerbie Lovell - drumsJohn Wood - engineer
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Batman Returns 1992 [Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman!)
BATMAN RETURNS
1992, dir. Tim Burton
I never tire of posting Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman (mostly for my dear pal Phil! who pointed out the performance to me and who’s obsession I shared ever since as we were in thrall to the role)! I always enjoyed telling Michelle's anecdote about learning to crack the whip ( she could really use it and did the scene whipping heads off mannequins in one take and for real) and off course we mused that she had 18 versions of her Catwoman costume and that she had to be hand sewn into every time ( if ever there was a keener two desirous to change our jobs it was us! Why I can sew! I SWEAR!
Kelly Boesch - My Mind’s In The Future
well that sound about right . . . . . . music for a Friday winding down for the weekend . . . . . . .
Kelly says:
I made these images and found them so interesting. They have this futuristic feel as the people almost feel like androids in some scenes. But the clothing and background has a very old feel. I dig the juxtaposition. That’s where I got the idea for the song lyrics. Part future part past. It’s also a take on not being in the moment and thinking about the future. Which normally can cause anxiety...unless you are daydreaming of cool things that may come to be :-) I also found it interesting that it seems the people in these scenes are talking telepathically, and sometimes fire appears. And can we talk about the fashion and prints. Even on the furniture. Stunning. AI can be so weird and cool. "
My Mind’s In The Future[Verse] We were friends but only in the dream If you think too hard you’ll know what I mean I can hear you breathing and it’s all I see Take me to the place I can finally sleep Are you comin’ with me?[Chorus] And my mind’s in the future But my body’s in the past Yeah My mind’s in the future But my body’s in the past I don’t want to go back Let’s make this moment last[Verse 2] We are meant to live in time but we can’t Your heart’s right here but I see where it went If we live forever we will just pretend Maybe there’s a place where we can meet again Will you meet me then?[Chorus] ‘Cause my mind’s in the future But my body’s in the past Yeah My mind’s in the future But my body’s in the past I don’t want to go back Let’s make this moment last[Bridge] Where can I find you? Tell me[Chorus] And my mind’s in the future But my body’s in the past Yeah
Jessie Reid
More from the algorithm that she is always worrying about this another from the mercurially brilliant
JESSIE REID
check out the links to her two songs previous posted here . . . . yes she sings TOO!