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Clint Eastwood, * 31. Mai 1930

Changing of the guard. John Wayne to whom we´ve payed homage at 26th of May didn´t get a role in Hollywood he was eager to play. For Warner Brothers he was to old, 63 years that time. The part of the San Francisco Police Departement Inspector “Dirty” Harry Callahan has got the man of the [...]

John Wayne, * 26. Mai 1907

Today 103 years ago was the birthday of Marion Robert Morrison, the later Duke of Hollywood. John Wayne isn´t absolutely an icon of gender mainstreaming. I´ve  read a wonderfull homage to John Wayne by Claudius Seidl in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung “Learning from John Wayne: ugly, strong and dignified” (John Wayne requested his tombstone read [...]

Richard Wagner, * 22. Mai 1813

Bei Richard Wagner wird niemand an die leichte Muse denken, PAROL hat ihm indessen mit einem Schal gehuldigt, in den eine Zeile aus dem Gesang der Rheintöchter eingestrickt ist, die doch, nicht wahr, etwas gaga oder dada ist, beschwipst, als ob die Rheintöchter nicht im Rheinwasser, sondern in Champagner baden würden.

Hier sind die Rheintöchter in [...]

Jean Gabin, * 17. Mai 1904

Jean Gabin – c´est un homme, he is a man, he is a human being. If trust is the fundament of our world, then you can hear the basic chord listening the voice of Jean Gabin Maintenant Je Sais

Jean Gabin is  the rapper with an  grandseigneur with the optimal tempo and human speed, slow motion, [...]

Eric Burdon, * 11. Mai 1941

Happy Birthday to you Eric Burdon, keep on rockin´. Only 69 years old!
PAROL has let knit into a scarf this confident and very relaxed line from “Good Times”
“When I think of all the good times that I´ve wasted having good times”

My God, so much wasted time! Good times! Eric Burdon has stroken the [...]

William Shakespeare, baptised 26 April 1564, + 23 April 1616

In the  All Stars Olympus of PAROL William Shakespeare is without any doubt the heavyweight.  What can you say about Shakespeare without selling coal to Newcastle? Nevertheless, the inveterate hommes à femmes and ladykillers will find good advice in Cole Porter´s song “Brush up your Shakespeare”; that´s old school but the women you will wow; [...]

Charlie Chaplin * 16. April 1889

At the Christmas Day we´ve rendered homage to Charlie Chaplin in the occasion of his Long Goodbuy 32 years ago. Nevertheless Charlie Chaplin is an immortal. So today we celebrate with him his 121st birthday. We are celebrating in the night from the 16th to 17th of April. One day after his 30th birthday he [...]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe + 22. März 1832

Heute vor 178 Jahren hat Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Weimar das Zeitliche gesegnet. “Mehr Licht” sollen seine beiden letzten Worte gewesen sein. PAROL widmet dem Olympier diesen leuchtenden Schal aus bester feingekämmter Baumwolle

“Goethe rubin” finden Sie im PAROL Shop; oder Sie kaufen ihn bei einem Besuch in Weimar im Museumsladen.
Treppenwitz mit Goethe beim Fotoshooting: [...]

Guitar Heroes

Our friend Eckhard B. a.k.a. Mountain Man, provider of the German Jimi Hendrix fansite, asks us to publish this event note.

more event notes: www.crossroads-hamburg.de, www.hendrix-links.de, www.hendrix-fans.de.
You´ll find the Jimi Hendrix scarf in the PAROL online shop here and here.

Luis Buñuel * February 22, 1900

Today we celebrate the birthday of the great director Luis Buñuel, the surrealistic annalist and narrator of the dreams and nightmares of the 20th century with his famous bone-dry martini
“The day before your guests arrive, put all the ingredients – glasses, gin, and shaker – in the refrigerator. Use a thermometer to make sure the [...]