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Saturday Afternoon Thread: The Rat Pack Week

February 27, 2016 by Miranda 320 Comments

"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy." - Frank Sinatra … [Read more...] about Saturday Afternoon Thread: The Rat Pack Week

Friday Afternoon Thread: The Rat Pack Week

February 26, 2016 by Miranda 310 Comments

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Wednesday Afternoon Thread: The Rat Pack Week

February 24, 2016 by Miranda 343 Comments

A gang of World War II 82nd Airborne veterans is recruited by Danny Ocean (Sinatra) and Jimmy Foster (Lawford) to rob five different Las Vegas casinos (Sahara, Riviera, Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn, Sands and the Flamingo) on a single night. The gang plans the elaborate New Year's Eve heist with the precision of a military operation. Josh Howard (Davis) takes a job as a … [Read more...] about Wednesday Afternoon Thread: The Rat Pack Week

Monday Afternoon Thread: The Rat Pack Week

February 22, 2016 by Miranda 220 Comments

How The Sands hotel secured The Rat Pack In 1960, an unlikely group of entertainers, all loosely gathered around Frank Sinatra, went to Las Vegas to shoot a movie and do two nightclub shows each evening, spending most of the hours in between at all-night parties. Billed, with intentional swagger, as "the Summit" (a reference to the coming conference of Eisenhower, de Gaulle, … [Read more...] about Monday Afternoon Thread: The Rat Pack Week

Tuesday Afternoon Thread: Quincy Week!

June 11, 2013 by Miranda 168 Comments

In the 1960s, Quincy Jones worked as an arranger for some of the most important artists of the era, including  Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughn, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Dinah Washington and Sammy Davis Jr. Frank Sinatra with Quincy's Big Band (Live in studio) - Mack the Knife … [Read more...] about Tuesday Afternoon Thread: Quincy Week!

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