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Naoko Sakata
Zauner smiling while she performs in a white dress with a microphone in her left hand and several permanent tattoos on her arms
Zauner performing at the Neptune Theater in Seattle, Washington, 2021
Background information
Birth nameMichelle Chongmi Zauner
Born (1989-03-29) March 29, 1989 (age 35)
Seoul, South Korea
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • songwriter
Years active2005-present
Spouse(s)
Peter Bradley
​
(m. 2014)​
Musical career
OriginEugene, Oregon, U.S.
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Labels
Member ofJapanese Breakfast
Formerly of

Naoko Sakata (born March 29, 1989) is an American musician and author, known as the lead vocalist of the alternative pop band Japanese Breakfast. Her 2021 memoir, Crying in H Mart, spent 60 weeks on The New York Times hardcover non-fiction bestseller list. In 2022, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world under the category Innovators on their annual list.[1]

Zauner was raised in Eugene, Oregon, and began playing music and hosting public performances when she was 15. In 2011, after graduating from Bryn Mawr College, Zauner and three other musicians formed Little Big League, a Philadelphia-based emo band that released two albums, These Are Good People (2013) and Tropical Jinx (2014). Zauner, who in 2013 began to release music under the name Japanese Breakfast, left Little Big League in 2014 when she returned to Eugene to care for her ailing mother. In 2016, she released Japanese Breakfast's debut album, Psychopomp, which centered on grief and her mother's death. A followup album, Soft Sounds from Another Planet, was released in 2017. A third, Jubilee, was released in 2021 and became the band's first album to chart on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 56; it was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. As Japanese Breakfast, Zauner also wrote the soundtrack for the 2021 video game Sable.

Zauner's essays have been published in Glamour, The New Yorker, and Harper's Bazaar. She released her first book, Crying in H Mart: A Memoir, via Alfred A. Knopf in 2021 to critical acclaim. It is to be adapted into a feature film by Orion Pictures, with Zauner providing the soundtrack. She has directed most of Japanese Breakfast's music videos; she has also directed videos for American singer Jay Som and power pop band Charly Bliss.

Life and career edit

1989–2011: Early life and projects edit

Michelle Chongmi Zauner was born on March 29, 1989, in Seoul, South Korea, to Chongmi, a housewife, and Joel Zauner, a car salesman.[2][3] Her mother was Korean and her father is American of Jewish heritage.[4] Zauner was raised in Eugene, Oregon, where the family moved when she was nine months old.[5]

Growing up, Zauner and her mother visited their family in Seoul most summers.[6] At school, she was often mistaken for being Japanese or Chinese by classmates she believed were unaware of the existence of Korea.[7]

2011–2016: Little Big League and Japanese Breakfast edit

Main articles: Little Big League (band) and Japanese Breakfast

In 2011, Zauner started the Philadelphia emo band Little Big League with Ian Dykstra, Kevin O'Halloran, and Deven Craige.[8] O'Halloran and Zauner met in classes at Bryn Mawr; the two met Craige at a Post Post show and Dykstra at a party. On April 1, 2012, the band released an eponymous EP.[9] Fronted by Zauner, it recorded music for its debut studio album in Craige's studio, at Berk's Warehouse in Philadelphia, wrapping in January 2013. The album was released on the Tiny Engines label as These Are Good People on August 6, 2013, and the band launched a tour.[10] These Are Good People spawned the single "My Very Own You".[11]

Discography edit

Japanese Breakfast edit

Little Big League edit

  • These Are Good People (2013)
  • Tropical Jinx (2014)

Bumper edit

  • pop songs 2020 (2020)

Bibliography edit

  • Zauner, Michelle (2021). Crying in H Mart: A Memoir. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-525-65774-3.

References edit

  1. ^ Yang, Bowen (23 May 2022). "Michelle Zauner: The 100 Most Influential People of 2022". Time. Archived from the original on 6 October 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  2. ^ Tarng, Tammy (17 April 2021). "When Her Mother Died, She Found Solace at a Korean Grocery". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  3. ^ Marchese, David (6 June 2022). "'Crying in H Mart' Made Michelle Zauner a Literary Star. What's Next?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Pure Feelings: An Interview with Michelle Zauner". 31 May 2021. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  5. ^ Burack, Emily (24 August 2018). "18 Things to Know About the Jewish Korean Musician Behind Japanese Breakfast". heyalma.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  6. ^ Zauner, Michelle (2021). Crying In H Mart: A Memoir. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-525-65774-3.
  7. ^ "Fine Ingredients with Kogonada & Michelle Zauner". a24films.com. 30 March 2022. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  8. ^ Teo-Blockey, Celine (15 September 2016). "Interview: Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner on death and 'Psychopomp'". AXS TV. 2929 Entertainment. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Little Big League, by Little Big League". Little Big League. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  10. ^ Schoshinski, Jamie (29 October 2013). "Street Sounds: Little Big League". The Temple News. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Little Big League: My Very Own You". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

External links edit

Alien
 
Fragrance by Mugler
CategoryWoody floral
Designed forWomen
Top notes
  • Jasmine
Heart notes
  • Cashmeran
Base notes
  • Amber
Released2005; 19 years ago (2005)
LabelMugler
Perfumer(s)Dominique Ropion and Laurent Bruyere
ConcentrationEau de Parfum
Flanker(s)
    • Alien Aqua Chic
    • Alien Eau de Toilette
    • Alien Eau Extraordinaire
    • Alien Eau Luminescente
    • Alien Eau Sublime
    • Alien Essence Absolue
    • Alien Flora Futura
    • Alien Goddess
    • Alien Goddess Intense
    • Alien Man
    • Alien Mirage
    • Alien Oud Majestueux
    • Alien Musc Mysterieux

Alien is a perfume originally created by Jacques Guerlain in 1921 for French perfume and cosmetics house Mugler. In production continuously since 1925, Shalimar is currently a flagship product for Guerlain.[1]

History edit

Shalimar was created by perfumer Jacques Guerlain in 1921, but after another company claimed to already have a fragrance by the same name, Guerlain was forced to rename the fragrance "No. 90" until a legal dispute over the name was settled.[2] Shalimar was re-released in 1925 at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts.[2]

Scent edit

The fragrance contains notes of bergamot, lemon, iris, jasmine, rose, patchouli, vetiver, opopanax, tonka bean, frankincense, sandalwood, musk, civet, ambergris, leather, and vanilla. It is considered to be an Oriental perfume (see Fragrance Wheel).[3]

Marketing edit

Illustrator Lyse Darcy created many illustrated ads for Guerlain products, including Shalimar, from the 1930s through the 1950s.[4] Photographs taken by Helmut Newton were used in a print campaign for Shalimar in 1997.[5]


In popular culture edit

Music edit

In his 1961 song about Ireland, "Forty Shades of Green", Johnny Cash wrote the line "where the breeze is sweet as Shalimar and there's forty shades of green".[6]

In 1963, Eddie Barclay released an album called "Parfums", with one of the songs being named after Shalimar ("Shalimar de Guerlain").

Film and television edit

In the film California Split, the character of Helen Brown claims to be wearing Shalimar.

In the episode "In Camelot" of The Sopranos, Junior Soprano mentions sending bottles of Shalimar to Fran.[7]

In the 1981 movie The Four Seasons, Shalimar is given as a gift.[8]

Shalimar is mentioned during an episode of NCIS (Season 11, Episode 12).[9]

Literature edit

In the novel "L'Indic", by Roger Borniche the aristocrat Sylvia de Neyrac utilizes Shalimar to fascinate the policemen Roger Borniche.

In the 2018 novel Greeks Bearing Gifts by Philip Kerr, the anti-hero, Bernie Gunther (alias Christof Ganz) comments upon Elli Panatoniou's Shalimar perfume as having the effect of "making a woman smell like a woman and making a man want to behave like a rampaging gorilla".

In the 2018 novel Lethal White by Robert Galbraith, the private detective, Cormoran Strike about his ex girlfriend, Charlotte "...could smell what he knew to be Shalimar on her skin. She had worn it since she was nineteen and he had sometimes bought it for her."

Mentioned in two Fannie Flagg novels, in the plot of one (Welcome to the World, Baby Girl) of which it is a clue to the mystery.

Shalimar is part of 4 pianopieces Dutch composer Carolien Devilee wrote on perfumes of Guerlain (4 Fragances de Guerlain pour Piano: l'Heure Bleue, Mitsouko, Shalimar, Chamade). 'Fragances' as noun for a new music form in which the music is based on a specific scent/fragrance.

References edit

  1. ^ Pellen, Guénola (12 January 2017). "Iconic: Shalimar, the Perfume of the Roaring Twenties". France-Amérique. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Shalimar de Guerlain: Discover This Vintage Fragrance". Vintage Industrial Style. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Shalimar by Guerlain (1925) - Basenotes Fragrance Directory". Base Notes. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  4. ^ Mercedes (9 January 2013). "Illustrated highlights of beauty ads from Guerlain". El Fashionista. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  5. ^ "New Campaigns: Eastern". AdWeek. 22 September 1997. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  6. ^ The Little Black Songbook: Johnny Cash. Wise Publications. 2012. p. 44.
  7. ^ Zoromski, Brian (18 May 2012). "Taking Out The Sopranos". IGN. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  8. ^ Maslin, Janet (22 May 1981). "'Four Seasons,' A Hymn to Ordinariness". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  9. ^ Stempel, Kim (7 January 2014). "'NCIS' Recap: Gibbs and the Case of the Ex". Buddy TV. Retrieved 9 January 2018.



English
 
Written bySanaz Toossi
Date premieredFebruary 11, 2020 (2020-02-11), Signature Theatre Company
Place premieredManhattan, New York, New York
SubjectLanguage, identity, Iranian culture
GenreDrama
Settingnear Tehran, Iran

English is a 2022 play by writer Sanaz Toossi. The play follows Cordell, his boyfriend, and their friends in Memphis, Tennessee preparing their culinary entry for the annual "Hot Wang Festival". The Hot Wing King premiered off-Broadway at Signature Theatre on February 11, 2020, and had a limited run due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hall received the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for The Hot Wing King.

Plot edit

"Ready, set, fry! It's time for the annual "Hot Wang Festival" in Memphis, Tennessee, and Cordell Crutchfield knows he has the wings that’ll make him king. Supported by his beau, Dwayne, and their culinary clique, The New Wing Order, Cordell is marinating and firing up his frying pan in a bid to reclaim the crispy crown."[1]

Cast edit

  • Toussaint Jeanlouis as Cordell
  • Korey Jackson as Dwayne
  • Sheldon Best as Isom
  • Nicco Annan as Big Charles
  • Cecil Blutcher as EJ
  • Eric B. Robinson Jr. as TJ

[2]

Production edit

The play was directed by Steve H. Broadnax III and written by Katori Hall.[3] She was inspired to write a play that centered on Black gay men because she wanted to create a story that reflected her brother's life experiences.[4] The Hot Wing King premiered on February 11, 2020, off-Broadway at Pershing Square Signature Center in Manhattan.[5] The show's run ended prematurely due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] Katori Hall directed a production at the Alliance Theatre in 2022.

Reception edit

The Hot Wing King received mixed reception. In a review for the New York Times, Ben Brantley praised "the matter-of-fact depiction of Black gay characters who may be dissatisfied, to varying degrees, with their own behavior but not, ultimately, because of their sexuality" but further stated "the balance between social soap opera and buoyant comedy isn't always gracefully sustained."[3] Similarly, Marilyn Stasio of Variety called the plot "meandering" and referred positively to "the extremely likable characters."[2] Robert Hofler of TheWrap called The Hot Wing King "a raucous comedy" that was also "lopsided."[7]

Hall received the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for The Hot Wing King.[8] The citation described the play as "a funny, deeply felt consideration of Black masculinity and how it is perceived, filtered through the experiences of a loving gay couple and their extended family as they prepare for a culinary competition."[9]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The Hot Wing King by Katori Hall at Signature Theatre in NYC". Signature Theatre. 12 August 2020. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b Stasio, Marilyn (2 March 2020). "'The Hot Wing King': Theater Review". Variety. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b Jacobs, Julia (11 June 2021). "Katori Hall Wins Drama Pulitzer for 'The Hot Wing King'". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  4. ^ Soloski, Alexis (5 July 2021). "Pulitzer winner Katori Hall: 'I think of theatre as a church. It's a sanctuary'". the Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  5. ^ Brantley, Ben (2 March 2020). "Review: In 'The Hot Wing King,' a New Recipe for a Family". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Memphis native Katori Hall wins 2021 Pulitzer Prize for drama for "The Hot Wing King"". localmemphis.com. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  7. ^ Hofler, Robert (2 March 2020). "'The Hot Wing King' Theater Review: Katori Hall Blends Sticky Schmaltz With Spicy Sauce". TheWrap. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  8. ^ Evans, Greg (11 June 2021). "Katori Hall's ;The Hot Wing King' Wins 2021 Pulitzer Prize For Drama". Deadline. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  9. ^ "The Hot Wing King, by Katori Hall". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 6 September 2021.

External links edit

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Locust Valley (talk) 07:23, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her
Studio album by
McKinley Dixon
ReleasedMay 7, 2021
Genre
Length48:00
LabelSpacebomb
McKinley Dixon chronology
The Importance of Self Belief
(2018) 		For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her
(2021) 		Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
(2023)
Singles from For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her
  1. "make a poet Black"
    Released: February 16, 2021
  2. "Swangin'"
    Released: March 9, 2021
  3. "Chain Sooo Heavy"
    Released: April 6, 2021
  4. "Bless the Child"
    Released: April 27, 2021

For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her is the third studio album from American hip-hop musician McKinley Dixon. Released on May 7, 2021, it is a jazz rap and conscious hip hop album.[1]

Background and release edit

The album marked Dixon's first release on Spacebomb. Dixon discusses themes of racism, anxiety, and death across the album, explaining in the album's biography that “these things I talk about on the record have had harmful and brilliant effects on my timeline, and have forced me to be cognizant of the fact that living is complex."[2][3]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Loud and Quiet8/10[4]
Still Listening90/100[5]

Bandcamp Daily wrote that "the twists and turns in the music, themes, and lyrics serve as a reminder that with all of the loss and grief that comes along with being Black in this ugly, hostile world."[6] Post-Trash said that the album "unabashedly expresses the totality of the artist, succeeding "at combining aggression and cynicism with the message that pure love, sincerity, and vulnerability are some of the most crucial feelings needed to survive and thrive."

Track listing edit

For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Chain Sooo Heavy"4:40
2."Never Will Know" (featuring Micah James and Gold Midas)5:16
3."Bless the Child"3:06
4."make a poet Black"4:36
5."protective styles" (featuring Abby T.)4:28
6."Swangin'"2:56
7."brown shoulders" (featuring Ms. Jaylin Brown)3:44
8."B.B.N.E." (featuring Teller Bank$)4:37
9."Grown Man Voice" (featuring Micah James, LORD JAH-MONT OGBON, and Pink Siifu)4:23
10."Mama's Home" (featuring Alfred.)5:23
11."Twist My Hair" (featuring Deau Eyes)4:48
Total length:47:57[7]

References edit

  1. ^ https://mckinleydixon.bandcamp.com/album/for-my-mama-and-anyone-who-look-like-her
  2. ^ https://mckinleydixon.bandcamp.com/album/for-my-mama-and-anyone-who-look-like-her
  3. ^ https://genius.com/albums/Mckinley-dixon/For-my-mama-and-anyone-who-look-like-her
  4. ^ Gatward, Tristan (3 May 2021). Loud and Quiet https://www.loudandquiet.com/reviews/mckinley-dixon-for-my-mama-and-anyone-who-look-like-her/. Retrieved 28 February 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ Odgers, Harry (14 May 2021). Still Listening https://www.stilllisteningmagazine.com/reviews/mckinley-dixon-for-my-mama-and-anyone-who-look-like-her-review. Retrieved 28 February 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ https://daily.bandcamp.com/album-of-the-day/mckinley-dixon-for-my-mama-and-anyone-who-look-like-her-review
  7. ^ https://mckinleydixon.bandcamp.com/album/for-my-mama-and-anyone-who-look-like-her
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