retro-the-best....: Dec 19, 2010

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Retro: Kimmer

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 12:53 PM PST

Beautiful Princess Margaret Lord Snowden Photo

Princess Margaret! She really gave the British Royal Family great pause... A rebel and a glorious fan of parties and celebrity. Margo was great fun! She resided next door to Princess Diana at Kensington Palace. They were great friends and I am sure they kept each other's secrets... It was said that they had a falling out during Diana's divorce from Prince Charles... Margo's loyalty remained with her sister and the royal family.

She was the ultimate party-girl of the British monarchy and the darling of the celebrity press. Decades before Princess Diana came along, it was Princess Margaret who was the starlet of Britain's royal family, often defying the traditionally strict code of conduct imposed by the monarchy, choosing instead to live her life the way she pleased... Loved that about Margo.

1960: Margaret weds Armstrong-Jones

The public loved her. Margo would frequently be spotted at nightclubs, restaurants and parties. At the age of 19 she shocked the nation when she was spotted in public smoking – something women at the time were only supposed to do in private. (Now not at all!)

Margaret further defied the royal family when she fell in love (!) with Group Captain Peter Townsend, once equerry to her father and comptroller to her mother. Townsend had two strikes against him. He was 17 years older than the princess and he was divorced. Eventually, Margaret was forced to choose between Townsend and the Royal Family. She decided she would remain a princess.

In May of 1960 she again veered away from the royal norm when she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones in Westminster Abbey. She reportedly accepted the proposal after hearing that Townsend had decided to marry someone else. Margaret and Armstrong-Jones had two children, Viscount Linley and Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones. The couple then again caused great Royal upset by divorcing in 1978.

Thousands, including many international and commonwealth visitors, lined the streets of central London to witness the Queen's younger sister get married.

Princess Margaret, 29, arrived on time for the ceremony, after making the journey from Clarence House in the Glass Coach with the Duke of Edinburgh. It was a fabulous occasion. Princess Diana's wedding was reminiscent of Margo's wedding. Read more about the wedding

In her heyday, Margaret Rose was just as stunning to behold as Princess Diana or the soon to be Princess Kate Middleton. Her partying, smoking did take a massive toll on her health.

The Obituary Of Princess Margaret Rose

Her life has had some amazing highs and some devastating lows. She had to live within the strict protocol demanded of a member of the royal family while possessing a very creative and gregarious spirit.

Margo managed to carve a niche for herself by supporting the arts, marrying a photographer and raising two children who are artists. Her son, David, Viscount Linley, a furniture designer and restaurateur, survives her. Happily married to the former Serena Stanhope they have one son, Charles.

Her daughter, Lady Sarah, is a painter who met and married fellow artist Daniel Chatto. The couple have two sons, Samuel and Arthur. Her children have always spoken very highly of their mother.

Her funeral was held on Friday, February 15, 2002 - fifty years to the day of her father's funeral of 1952.

The Royals Pay Last Respects to Margaret

[New post] The Age of X is coming!

The Age of X is coming!

dailypop | December 19, 2010 at 11:18 pm | Tags: x-men marvel comics | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p4kUt-2c4

The alternate universe adventure spanning the pages of X-Men: Legacy and New Mutants kicks off in 2011 with a special issue acting as the first of an overarching pair of bookmarks (Alpha and Omega).

The storyline that is already being compared to Age of Apocalypse has a high water mark to reach, but the writing team of Simon Spurrier, Mike Carey and Zeb Wells could very well pull it off. Legacy and New Mutants have been two of the better mutant titles on the shelves (my personal favorite being New Mutants), making this cross-over event a must read.

Official release below:

Next year's most talked about X-Men event gets bigger this March with AGE OF X: UNIVERSE #1 (of 2), from writer Simon Spurrier (SILVER SURFER: IN THY NAME) and artist Khoi Pham (CHAOS WAR). In the Age Of X, the mutants of the world never banded together to form the X-Men. But what of the Earth's other heroes? In a world without X-Men, a world without hope, what side do the Earth's Mightiest stand on? See the story of Marvel's greatest heroes through new eyes as the future of mankind is decided in AGE OF X: UNIVERSE #1!

AGE OF X UNIVERSE #1 (of 2)

Written by SIMON SPURRIER

Penciled by KHOI PHAM

Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI

Rated T+…$3.99

ON SALE IN MARCH

Additional details and a team shot via Inside Pulse:

…[Writer Mike] Carey confirmed that "X" stands for "X-Men," but that the story takes place "in a world that has never known the X-Men, in which the X-Men never came together as a team." But "there's also a character, kind of, that's called X. By the time it's over, it will have stood for several things"…

…[editor Daniel] Ketchum said the series will explore the original idea of "X-Men being something 'extra,'" and that the characters "will be doing new cool things with their powers" and being configured into new relationships…

….At the start of the story, "There is a fortress–the whole world has become hostile territory for mutants, but there is this fortress where all the surviving mutants are invited to come," Carey said, but unlike Utopia, "it's surrounded by enemies." The area around the fortress "has been squashed flat by years of conflict." Ketchum added that the fortress emphasizes that "the battle is right at their door."

Carey said there is "a very good reason" why "Age of X" is structured in ongoing X-books, and it's set up as "a mystery thriller" that will explain why it relates to the 616 world. "We're revealing it backwards," Carey said, adding that the end would reveal why it was done this way….

…"Rogue is very much the protagonist and point of view character in the first of the three acts," Carey said, but other characters would take center stage as the situation escalates. "But she is our entry character'"…

…There will be a tie-in book likely titled "Age of X: Avengers," Ketchum revealed….

…Ketchum said the Phoenix character "is definitely not Hope," and Carey added that Basilisk is Cyclops, wrapping up the call….

See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/iwnz

Add a comment to this post

Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://subscribe.wordpress.com

Let Quickflix be your social network

If you are having trouble reading this email, please click here.

Don't have an iPhone?
No worries, try the Quickflix mobile site!

Sent to narrongs.myretrocollections@blogger.com. Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Forward to a Friend

[New post] Warm Dalek Christmas Wishes

Warm Dalek Christmas Wishes

dailypop | December 19, 2010 at 10:11 am | Tags: dalek doctor who christmas | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p4kUt-2c0

After dressing as Santa Claus for my two year-old's class, I have been getting more festive than usual... in my own way of course.

Image of Daleks playing in the snow via http://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com:This Dalek decided it was time to celebrate the Christmas season at a Silvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred signing with a song.
http://www.youtube.com/v/sehsemt7X6Q?fs=1&hl=en_US
The Go Gos- 'I'm gonna spend my Christmas with a Dalek'