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#1 2007-08-24 17:30:57
- Marc Grayson
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Sinatra Has A Cold
Widely considered the best profile ever of Frank Sinatra, written by Gay Talese, many say it also was the start of a new genre of journalism called New Journalism, an approach also adopted by Norman Mailer and Tom Wolfe. Ever the Dandy, Sinatra establishes a strict dress code, as well, for those attending his shows...
http://www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/talese/essays/sinatra.html
"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde
#2 2007-08-25 00:03:56
- Horace
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Re: Sinatra Has A Cold
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#3 2007-08-25 00:11:19
- Incroyable
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Re: Sinatra Has A Cold
I do love that bit about the coat and hat.
If only establishments today upheld some sort of rule like that, the world would be a better place.
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#4 2007-08-25 00:13:52
- Horace
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Re: Sinatra Has A Cold
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#5 2007-08-25 00:18:56
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Sinatra Has A Cold
"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde
#6 2007-08-25 02:04:55
- Horace
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Re: Sinatra Has A Cold
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#8 2007-08-28 07:04:27
- Tony Ventresca
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Re: Sinatra Has A Cold
What should be understood about the Sinatra article, and its real significance to journalism: he never interviewed Sinatra, nor met him -- the article was written entirely from other accounts, descriptions, and stories about Sinatra. The triumph is that Talese was able to write an article which implies great initimacy and immediacy, soley from secondary sources.
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