Start With Typewriters

One of the great American authors and born in my hometown St. Louis, MO (that’s right I’m from STL). Harvard educated, bummed around New York with Ginsberg, roommate’s with Jack Kerouac and managed to write The Naked Lunch in his free time. Not bad, sir not bad.…

Yes the founder of the Rolling Stones…

Most people forget about Brian when they think of the Stones. Sadly a victim of sex, drugs, and rock and roll but still a Legend.…

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A man who needs no introduction.

Ranked #1 on the American Film Institute’s list of the greatest screen actors.

This guy also conned the greatest one liner in history.

“Here’s looking at you kid”  (Yes he came up with that himself when he was teaching Ingrid Bergman to play poker)

Check out Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon and The Petrified Forest…

You often wonder what makes you like what you like or think how you think.

It could be genetic, the environment you grew up in, who raised you etc.

I often attribute a lot of tastes to my Grandpa Picciano. He loved good coffee, nice clothes and seeing his family. He also loved gambling but we can talk about that another time HA.

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The style of Woody Allen is sometimes mocked and other times referenced as plain and boring.

I on the other hand have always thought Woody Allen is the epitome of classic laid back American style

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Jack Lemmon in my humble opinion was one of the finest actors to grace the silver screen.

Born in an elevator (yes an elevator) in Newton, Massachusetts. He was raised in a moderately upper class home while his father was the president of a doughnut company. Later, Lemmon attended Harvard and joined The U.S. Navy.

Jack starred in movies with Marilyn Monroe and his production company produced a little movie you might’ve heard of called Cool Hand Luke.

His career led him to Broadway and he even recorded an album in 1958 playing piano and singing jazz.

His work got the best of him at times and he became an alcoholic- always crediting the problems he had to the characters …