Dean Frey
@dean.bsky.social
aka Deny Fear
🎨 Robert Longo
No Threat, 2018
charcoal on mounted paper
Profile:
Nicola D'Ascenzo's "His Master's Voice" stained-glass window
"And when you look along the way we've come, there are spirals of vultures wheeling."
- Bruce Chatwin
🎨 Robert Longo
No Threat, 2018
charcoal on mounted paper
Profile:
Nicola D'Ascenzo's "His Master's Voice" stained-glass window
"And when you look along the way we've come, there are spirals of vultures wheeling."
- Bruce Chatwin
Pinned
Dean Frey
@dean.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Another cup of coffee? No thanks, I've had plenty... Ha ha ha ha ha! I'm just kidding. Keep 'em coming. ☕️☕️☕️
Lew Baxter in Her Own Money, 1922
This is a print from the great French photographer Roger Corbeau's silent Hollywood film collection.
Lew Baxter in Her Own Money, 1922
This is a print from the great French photographer Roger Corbeau's silent Hollywood film collection.
Remembering Roger Vadim on his birthday 🎂
With Jane Fonda
📷 Douglas Kirkland, 1969
"Perhaps he is the smudged meeting place of art cinema & the sort of uninhibited catering to erotic taste that the cinema may yet discover as its commercial destiny."
- David Thomson
With Jane Fonda
📷 Douglas Kirkland, 1969
"Perhaps he is the smudged meeting place of art cinema & the sort of uninhibited catering to erotic taste that the cinema may yet discover as its commercial destiny."
- David Thomson
January 26, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Remembering Roger Vadim on his birthday 🎂
With Jane Fonda
📷 Douglas Kirkland, 1969
"Perhaps he is the smudged meeting place of art cinema & the sort of uninhibited catering to erotic taste that the cinema may yet discover as its commercial destiny."
- David Thomson
With Jane Fonda
📷 Douglas Kirkland, 1969
"Perhaps he is the smudged meeting place of art cinema & the sort of uninhibited catering to erotic taste that the cinema may yet discover as its commercial destiny."
- David Thomson
Glenn Miller, "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGOU...
The telephone number of the Hotel Pennsylvania, near Penn Station in Manhattan. Try calling (212) 736-5000: you're in for a treat!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGOU...
The telephone number of the Hotel Pennsylvania, near Penn Station in Manhattan. Try calling (212) 736-5000: you're in for a treat!
January 26, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Glenn Miller, "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGOU...
The telephone number of the Hotel Pennsylvania, near Penn Station in Manhattan. Try calling (212) 736-5000: you're in for a treat!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGOU...
The telephone number of the Hotel Pennsylvania, near Penn Station in Manhattan. Try calling (212) 736-5000: you're in for a treat!
Reposted by Dean Frey
His real name was Edward Chester Babcock. “Chester Babcock” became a sort of inside joke amongst his pals, including Hope & Crosby who used that name many times on the radio & was Hope’s character’s name in The Road to Hing Kong.
January 26, 2026 at 4:47 PM
His real name was Edward Chester Babcock. “Chester Babcock” became a sort of inside joke amongst his pals, including Hope & Crosby who used that name many times on the radio & was Hope’s character’s name in The Road to Hing Kong.
Remembering Jacqueline du Pré on her birthday 🎂
📷 Sefton Samuels, 1969
"I never heard such an expressive player: she would linger on one note for two long minutes, playing with such variety that one might have been hearing a whole composition."
- Charles Beare
📷 Sefton Samuels, 1969
"I never heard such an expressive player: she would linger on one note for two long minutes, playing with such variety that one might have been hearing a whole composition."
- Charles Beare
January 26, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Remembering Jacqueline du Pré on her birthday 🎂
📷 Sefton Samuels, 1969
"I never heard such an expressive player: she would linger on one note for two long minutes, playing with such variety that one might have been hearing a whole composition."
- Charles Beare
📷 Sefton Samuels, 1969
"I never heard such an expressive player: she would linger on one note for two long minutes, playing with such variety that one might have been hearing a whole composition."
- Charles Beare
Happy birthday Angela Davis 🎂
📷 Sophie Bassouls, 1975
"She cast herself as a revolutionary. And we have liked our civil rights activists firmly in the reform tradition, and we have liked our revolutionaries male."
- Jane Kamensky
📷 Sophie Bassouls, 1975
"She cast herself as a revolutionary. And we have liked our civil rights activists firmly in the reform tradition, and we have liked our revolutionaries male."
- Jane Kamensky
January 26, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Happy birthday Angela Davis 🎂
📷 Sophie Bassouls, 1975
"She cast herself as a revolutionary. And we have liked our civil rights activists firmly in the reform tradition, and we have liked our revolutionaries male."
- Jane Kamensky
📷 Sophie Bassouls, 1975
"She cast herself as a revolutionary. And we have liked our civil rights activists firmly in the reform tradition, and we have liked our revolutionaries male."
- Jane Kamensky
Remembering Jimmy Van Heusen on his birthday 🎂
📷 Friedman-Abeles, 1965
NYPL digital collection
"When we were writing together, if I would ask him to add even a grace note to the song, he would sit down and write a whole new melody."
- Sammy Cahn
📷 Friedman-Abeles, 1965
NYPL digital collection
"When we were writing together, if I would ask him to add even a grace note to the song, he would sit down and write a whole new melody."
- Sammy Cahn
January 26, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Remembering Jimmy Van Heusen on his birthday 🎂
📷 Friedman-Abeles, 1965
NYPL digital collection
"When we were writing together, if I would ask him to add even a grace note to the song, he would sit down and write a whole new melody."
- Sammy Cahn
📷 Friedman-Abeles, 1965
NYPL digital collection
"When we were writing together, if I would ask him to add even a grace note to the song, he would sit down and write a whole new melody."
- Sammy Cahn
Remembering Erwin Blumenfeld on his birthday 🎂
📷 Self-portrait, Paris, c. 1937
"To me an amateur photographer is one who is in love with taking pictures, a free soul who can photograph what he likes and who likes what he photographs. By that definition I am an amateur."
📷 Self-portrait, Paris, c. 1937
"To me an amateur photographer is one who is in love with taking pictures, a free soul who can photograph what he likes and who likes what he photographs. By that definition I am an amateur."
January 26, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Remembering Erwin Blumenfeld on his birthday 🎂
📷 Self-portrait, Paris, c. 1937
"To me an amateur photographer is one who is in love with taking pictures, a free soul who can photograph what he likes and who likes what he photographs. By that definition I am an amateur."
📷 Self-portrait, Paris, c. 1937
"To me an amateur photographer is one who is in love with taking pictures, a free soul who can photograph what he likes and who likes what he photographs. By that definition I am an amateur."
Remembering Jules Feiffer on his birthday 🎂
📷 Philippe Halsman, 1963
"Jules is at the top, & I’m not even slightly put off by the fact that he’d probably agree. He had a huge influence on me, to the exclusion of many other greats, I’m sure, so we may both be wrong."
- Garry Trudeau
📷 Philippe Halsman, 1963
"Jules is at the top, & I’m not even slightly put off by the fact that he’d probably agree. He had a huge influence on me, to the exclusion of many other greats, I’m sure, so we may both be wrong."
- Garry Trudeau
January 26, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Remembering Jules Feiffer on his birthday 🎂
📷 Philippe Halsman, 1963
"Jules is at the top, & I’m not even slightly put off by the fact that he’d probably agree. He had a huge influence on me, to the exclusion of many other greats, I’m sure, so we may both be wrong."
- Garry Trudeau
📷 Philippe Halsman, 1963
"Jules is at the top, & I’m not even slightly put off by the fact that he’d probably agree. He had a huge influence on me, to the exclusion of many other greats, I’m sure, so we may both be wrong."
- Garry Trudeau
Remembering Etta James on her birthday 🎂
📷 David Redfern, New Orleans, 1982
“James had one of the great voices in American popular music, with a huge range, a multiplicity of tones and vast reserves of volume.”
- Jon Pareles
📷 David Redfern, New Orleans, 1982
“James had one of the great voices in American popular music, with a huge range, a multiplicity of tones and vast reserves of volume.”
- Jon Pareles
January 26, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Remembering Etta James on her birthday 🎂
📷 David Redfern, New Orleans, 1982
“James had one of the great voices in American popular music, with a huge range, a multiplicity of tones and vast reserves of volume.”
- Jon Pareles
📷 David Redfern, New Orleans, 1982
“James had one of the great voices in American popular music, with a huge range, a multiplicity of tones and vast reserves of volume.”
- Jon Pareles
Reposted by Dean Frey
Marian Goodman, who has died at the age of 97.
What an extraordinary figure, and what a legacy.
Photograph by Thomas Struth, one of the artists she long represented.
What an extraordinary figure, and what a legacy.
Photograph by Thomas Struth, one of the artists she long represented.
January 25, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Marian Goodman, who has died at the age of 97.
What an extraordinary figure, and what a legacy.
Photograph by Thomas Struth, one of the artists she long represented.
What an extraordinary figure, and what a legacy.
Photograph by Thomas Struth, one of the artists she long represented.
Reposted by Dean Frey
There's a great documentary about this photo.
57 great jazz musicians were included in Art Kane's 1958 photo "A Great Day in Harlem", for Esquire. With Benny Golson's passing in September 2024, Sonny Rollins is the last one standing. Stay well, Sonny!
January 25, 2026 at 6:57 PM
There's a great documentary about this photo.
Remembering Benny Golson on his birthday 🎂
📷 Frans Schellekens, Amsterdam, 1997
"Golson’s mysterious solos seemed to start in the middle of one big idea and end in the middle of another."
- Ben Ratliff
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoXX...
📷 Frans Schellekens, Amsterdam, 1997
"Golson’s mysterious solos seemed to start in the middle of one big idea and end in the middle of another."
- Ben Ratliff
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoXX...
January 25, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Remembering Benny Golson on his birthday 🎂
📷 Frans Schellekens, Amsterdam, 1997
"Golson’s mysterious solos seemed to start in the middle of one big idea and end in the middle of another."
- Ben Ratliff
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoXX...
📷 Frans Schellekens, Amsterdam, 1997
"Golson’s mysterious solos seemed to start in the middle of one big idea and end in the middle of another."
- Ben Ratliff
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoXX...
Reposted by Dean Frey
His album with Sinatra is a very personal favorite.
January 25, 2026 at 5:41 PM
His album with Sinatra is a very personal favorite.
Remembering Antonio Carlos Jobim on his birthday 🎂
My favourite Tom Jobim portrait is this one by Otto Stupakoff, taken at Ipanema Beach in 1964.
Heitor Villa-Lobos (his hero) once said to him:
"My son, the outer ear has nothing to do with the inner ear."
My favourite Tom Jobim portrait is this one by Otto Stupakoff, taken at Ipanema Beach in 1964.
Heitor Villa-Lobos (his hero) once said to him:
"My son, the outer ear has nothing to do with the inner ear."
January 25, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Remembering Antonio Carlos Jobim on his birthday 🎂
My favourite Tom Jobim portrait is this one by Otto Stupakoff, taken at Ipanema Beach in 1964.
Heitor Villa-Lobos (his hero) once said to him:
"My son, the outer ear has nothing to do with the inner ear."
My favourite Tom Jobim portrait is this one by Otto Stupakoff, taken at Ipanema Beach in 1964.
Heitor Villa-Lobos (his hero) once said to him:
"My son, the outer ear has nothing to do with the inner ear."
Reposted by Dean Frey
Struggle with her snobbery and characterisation of Ulysses and Joyce: an "underbred" and "illiterate" book written by a "self-taught working man".
Remembering Virginia Woolf on her birthday 🎂
📷 Gisèle Freund, 1939
Larry McMurtry called Proust's Remembrance of Things Past & Woolf's Diaries "the White Nile & the Blue Nile of language." But Edith Sitwell said, "Virginia Woolf's writing is no more than glamorous knitting."
📷 Gisèle Freund, 1939
Larry McMurtry called Proust's Remembrance of Things Past & Woolf's Diaries "the White Nile & the Blue Nile of language." But Edith Sitwell said, "Virginia Woolf's writing is no more than glamorous knitting."
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Struggle with her snobbery and characterisation of Ulysses and Joyce: an "underbred" and "illiterate" book written by a "self-taught working man".
Reposted by Dean Frey
I didn't realize that was McM! Love that description
January 25, 2026 at 5:20 PM
I didn't realize that was McM! Love that description
Remembering Virginia Woolf on her birthday 🎂
📷 Gisèle Freund, 1939
Larry McMurtry called Proust's Remembrance of Things Past & Woolf's Diaries "the White Nile & the Blue Nile of language." But Edith Sitwell said, "Virginia Woolf's writing is no more than glamorous knitting."
📷 Gisèle Freund, 1939
Larry McMurtry called Proust's Remembrance of Things Past & Woolf's Diaries "the White Nile & the Blue Nile of language." But Edith Sitwell said, "Virginia Woolf's writing is no more than glamorous knitting."
January 25, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Remembering Virginia Woolf on her birthday 🎂
📷 Gisèle Freund, 1939
Larry McMurtry called Proust's Remembrance of Things Past & Woolf's Diaries "the White Nile & the Blue Nile of language." But Edith Sitwell said, "Virginia Woolf's writing is no more than glamorous knitting."
📷 Gisèle Freund, 1939
Larry McMurtry called Proust's Remembrance of Things Past & Woolf's Diaries "the White Nile & the Blue Nile of language." But Edith Sitwell said, "Virginia Woolf's writing is no more than glamorous knitting."
Remembering Witold Lutosławski on his birthday 🎂
📷 Krysztof Gieraltowski
"In principle, I write music that I would like to hear, music that is an expression of my own tastes, wishes and desires. I am offering audiences my own internal truth."
Symphonic Variations:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=px7F...
📷 Krysztof Gieraltowski
"In principle, I write music that I would like to hear, music that is an expression of my own tastes, wishes and desires. I am offering audiences my own internal truth."
Symphonic Variations:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=px7F...
January 25, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Remembering Witold Lutosławski on his birthday 🎂
📷 Krysztof Gieraltowski
"In principle, I write music that I would like to hear, music that is an expression of my own tastes, wishes and desires. I am offering audiences my own internal truth."
Symphonic Variations:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=px7F...
📷 Krysztof Gieraltowski
"In principle, I write music that I would like to hear, music that is an expression of my own tastes, wishes and desires. I am offering audiences my own internal truth."
Symphonic Variations:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=px7F...
Reposted by Dean Frey
'Of Human Bondage' is indeed a towery work of staggersome genio.
January 25, 2026 at 4:39 PM
'Of Human Bondage' is indeed a towery work of staggersome genio.
Reposted by Dean Frey
This has made my goddamn day
Possibly my month
Possibly my month
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 PM
This has made my goddamn day
Possibly my month
Possibly my month
Remembering Somerset Maugham on his birthday 🎂
📷 Slim Aarons, 1955
"He was a passionate, difficult man, capable of cruelty as well as of great kindness & charm, & despite all his worldly success he never found what he wanted."
- Selina Hastings
📷 Slim Aarons, 1955
"He was a passionate, difficult man, capable of cruelty as well as of great kindness & charm, & despite all his worldly success he never found what he wanted."
- Selina Hastings
January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Remembering Somerset Maugham on his birthday 🎂
📷 Slim Aarons, 1955
"He was a passionate, difficult man, capable of cruelty as well as of great kindness & charm, & despite all his worldly success he never found what he wanted."
- Selina Hastings
📷 Slim Aarons, 1955
"He was a passionate, difficult man, capable of cruelty as well as of great kindness & charm, & despite all his worldly success he never found what he wanted."
- Selina Hastings
Reposted by Dean Frey
What though on hamely fare we dine,
Wear hoddin grey, an' a that;
Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine;
A Man's a Man for a' that
I'll be dining on hamely fare on Burns Night, & I always wear hoddin grey, an' a that. So I'm all set
🎨 Robert Burns by Alexander Nasmyth, 1828
Wear hoddin grey, an' a that;
Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine;
A Man's a Man for a' that
I'll be dining on hamely fare on Burns Night, & I always wear hoddin grey, an' a that. So I'm all set
🎨 Robert Burns by Alexander Nasmyth, 1828
January 25, 2026 at 4:06 PM
What though on hamely fare we dine,
Wear hoddin grey, an' a that;
Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine;
A Man's a Man for a' that
I'll be dining on hamely fare on Burns Night, & I always wear hoddin grey, an' a that. So I'm all set
🎨 Robert Burns by Alexander Nasmyth, 1828
Wear hoddin grey, an' a that;
Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine;
A Man's a Man for a' that
I'll be dining on hamely fare on Burns Night, & I always wear hoddin grey, an' a that. So I'm all set
🎨 Robert Burns by Alexander Nasmyth, 1828
Reposted by Dean Frey
Monica Zetterlund sings Bill Evans’ “Waltz for Debby”, with Evans, Eddie Gomez & Alex Riel.
I didn’t know that the Swedish lyrics, by Beppe Wolgers, predate Gene Lees’ English lyrics, written for Tony Bennett.
One cigarette worth of beautiful, charming music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTWA...
I didn’t know that the Swedish lyrics, by Beppe Wolgers, predate Gene Lees’ English lyrics, written for Tony Bennett.
One cigarette worth of beautiful, charming music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTWA...
Bill Evans & Monica Zetterlund - Waltz for Debbie (1966 Live Video)
YouTube video by BillEvansArchive
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Monica Zetterlund sings Bill Evans’ “Waltz for Debby”, with Evans, Eddie Gomez & Alex Riel.
I didn’t know that the Swedish lyrics, by Beppe Wolgers, predate Gene Lees’ English lyrics, written for Tony Bennett.
One cigarette worth of beautiful, charming music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTWA...
I didn’t know that the Swedish lyrics, by Beppe Wolgers, predate Gene Lees’ English lyrics, written for Tony Bennett.
One cigarette worth of beautiful, charming music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTWA...