Lydia Hamessley
@lydiahamessley.bsky.social
Musicologist. Author — Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton (U of Ill Press) and Dolly Parton’s Jolene (Oxford Univ. Press). Professor of Music, Hamilton College. Cyclist, banjo player, old movies, antique quilts. 🪕🐈🎶🚵🏼♀️🚴🏼 #TCMParty
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The soundtrack to “O Brother, Where Art Thou” turns 25 today.
Classic T-Bone. 🔥
@michaelsantoli.bsky.social
Classic T-Bone. 🔥
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December 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The soundtrack to “O Brother, Where Art Thou” turns 25 today.
Classic T-Bone. 🔥
@michaelsantoli.bsky.social
Classic T-Bone. 🔥
@michaelsantoli.bsky.social
“Come with me, my pretty!” Oh wow! That was a 5/5 on the Veda scale. 👋 Excellent. #TheseThree #TheChildren’sHour #TCMParty
December 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
“Come with me, my pretty!” Oh wow! That was a 5/5 on the Veda scale. 👋 Excellent. #TheseThree #TheChildren’sHour #TCMParty
How can the adults in #TheseThree or #TheChildren’sHour not get that Mary is totally blackmailing Rosalie!? And Rosalie gave Veronica Cartwright a run for her money with that crying.
Something I didn’t think anyone could do! Great hysterics! #TCMParty
Something I didn’t think anyone could do! Great hysterics! #TCMParty
December 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
How can the adults in #TheseThree or #TheChildren’sHour not get that Mary is totally blackmailing Rosalie!? And Rosalie gave Veronica Cartwright a run for her money with that crying.
Something I didn’t think anyone could do! Great hysterics! #TCMParty
Something I didn’t think anyone could do! Great hysterics! #TCMParty
Wow. Bonita Granville is totally excellent at being awful.
I’d prefer her over Karen Balkin who played Mary in #TheChildren’sHour. Karen was great at being a pain in the ass and horrible, but Bonita seems really evil! How powerful she would have been in the original story. #TheseThree #TCMParty
I’d prefer her over Karen Balkin who played Mary in #TheChildren’sHour. Karen was great at being a pain in the ass and horrible, but Bonita seems really evil! How powerful she would have been in the original story. #TheseThree #TCMParty
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Wow. Bonita Granville is totally excellent at being awful.
I’d prefer her over Karen Balkin who played Mary in #TheChildren’sHour. Karen was great at being a pain in the ass and horrible, but Bonita seems really evil! How powerful she would have been in the original story. #TheseThree #TCMParty
I’d prefer her over Karen Balkin who played Mary in #TheChildren’sHour. Karen was great at being a pain in the ass and horrible, but Bonita seems really evil! How powerful she would have been in the original story. #TheseThree #TCMParty
I’ve seen #TheChildren’sHour dozens of times. I’ve always avoided seeing #TheseThree because I prefer Hellmann’s original. But it’s amazing how much of the dialogue is identical between the 2 films. The burning question: will this Rosalie be able to cry as well as Veronica Cartwright!? #TCMParty
December 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I’ve seen #TheChildren’sHour dozens of times. I’ve always avoided seeing #TheseThree because I prefer Hellmann’s original. But it’s amazing how much of the dialogue is identical between the 2 films. The burning question: will this Rosalie be able to cry as well as Veronica Cartwright!? #TCMParty
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The only link between babies and ChatGPT is that they both produce an enormous amount of shit.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The only link between babies and ChatGPT is that they both produce an enormous amount of shit.
This is genius!! 😂 #SNL #TCMParty #ANightToRemember #Titanic #BowenYang #WhiteStarLine #GayIceberg
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Weekend Update: The Iceberg on the Sinking of the Titanic - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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December 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
This is genius!! 😂 #SNL #TCMParty #ANightToRemember #Titanic #BowenYang #WhiteStarLine #GayIceberg
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December 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Was she also at the Sheboygan Conservatory of Music? #CryOfTheCity. #TCMParty. #noiralley #SomeLikeItHot
December 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Was she also at the Sheboygan Conservatory of Music? #CryOfTheCity. #TCMParty. #noiralley #SomeLikeItHot
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Can’t that guy at the security desk hear the music? It’s telling him this is the bad guy escaping. #CryOfTheCity. #TCMParty.
December 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Can’t that guy at the security desk hear the music? It’s telling him this is the bad guy escaping. #CryOfTheCity. #TCMParty.
And that guy with the mop and the spoon is Homer‘s father. #CryOfTheCity #TheBestYearsOfOurLives #TCMParty
December 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
And that guy with the mop and the spoon is Homer‘s father. #CryOfTheCity #TheBestYearsOfOurLives #TCMParty
December 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
That guy on the left looks exactly like I imagine Ichabod Crane looks. #CryOfTheCity. #TCMParty.
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
That guy on the left looks exactly like I imagine Ichabod Crane looks. #CryOfTheCity. #TCMParty.
My mom was a registered nurse back in the 40s. I remember she wore a nurse’s cap like that through the 60s. She also was not a pushover
-like the nurse we just saw. #CryOfTheCity #TCMParty
-like the nurse we just saw. #CryOfTheCity #TCMParty
December 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
My mom was a registered nurse back in the 40s. I remember she wore a nurse’s cap like that through the 60s. She also was not a pushover
-like the nurse we just saw. #CryOfTheCity #TCMParty
-like the nurse we just saw. #CryOfTheCity #TCMParty
This movie was made during the heyday of the big disaster films, right? Like #TheToweringInferno and #ThePoseidonAdventure. So that train crash sequence was just par for the course. #SilverStreak #TCMParty
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This movie was made during the heyday of the big disaster films, right? Like #TheToweringInferno and #ThePoseidonAdventure. So that train crash sequence was just par for the course. #SilverStreak #TCMParty
“It’ll be here in four minutes!” Yeah right! When was the last time an American passenger train was on time? 🚂 #SilverStreak #TCMParty
December 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
“It’ll be here in four minutes!” Yeah right! When was the last time an American passenger train was on time? 🚂 #SilverStreak #TCMParty
December 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I wonder what the train and helicopter budget was for this film. #SilverStreak #TCMParty
December 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I wonder what the train and helicopter budget was for this film. #SilverStreak #TCMParty
Richard Pryor standing up amidst all the gunfire: “Who’s in charge here?” 😂😂😂😂😂
#SilverStreak #TCMParty
#SilverStreak #TCMParty
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Richard Pryor standing up amidst all the gunfire: “Who’s in charge here?” 😂😂😂😂😂
#SilverStreak #TCMParty
#SilverStreak #TCMParty
That plaintive “sonofabitch” when he hit the water was fabulous. Echoing the other time. 😂 #SilverStreak #TCMParty
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
That plaintive “sonofabitch” when he hit the water was fabulous. Echoing the other time. 😂 #SilverStreak #TCMParty
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December 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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That barn painting (from his little plaster model) was reminiscent of Thomas Hart Benton's works. #TCMParty #ThePassingParade
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
That barn painting (from his little plaster model) was reminiscent of Thomas Hart Benton's works. #TCMParty #ThePassingParade