Listen to Bobbie Gentry Singing her Ode to Billie Joe

Posted on 21/11/2017 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Listen to Bobbie Gentry Singing her Ode to Billie Joe

Bobbie Gentry wrote and recorded the wonderful song, Ode to Billie Joe, in 1967. We, at Mimi Berlin, can’t get enough of this 1960s not-your-average-country-&-western song. It’s about how daily life goes (on) in a little community in the south part of the USA. The way Bobbie Gentry performs is breathtaking.
Hope you like it too! xoxo

Listen to Bobbie Gentry Singing her Ode to Billie Joe
(Bobbie Gentry in 1967 Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images via rollingstone.com)

(clip shared from FromTheBasement at youtube.com)
Read all about Bobby Gentry HERE at Rolling Stone Magazine online.

It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day I was out choppin’ cotton and my brother was balin’ hay. And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat. And Mama hollered out the back door “y’all remember to wipe your feet”. Continue reading →

Gerrit Rietveld Academie The Fashion Show 2017

Posted on 13/06/2017 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Gerrit Rietveld Academie The Fashion Show 2017

It’s that season of the year again. Fashion design graduates get to showcase their work in the shape of a fashion show. Mimi Blogger Team split up to see Amsterdam’s Gerrit Rietveld Academie show both live, on the spot and via the livestream somewhere else.

The runway was staged between the concrete pillars of a section of the A10 Amsterdam city ring highway overpass, near the WOW complex in the Bos en Lommer district.

Nathaly Vlaun/ Runway. Gerrit Rietveld Academie The Fashion Show 2017

Nathaly Vlaun/ Backstage at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie The Fashion Show 2017

Karen Huang / Runway. Gerrit Rietveld Academie The Fashion Show 2017

Karen Huang /Backstage at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie The Fashion Show 2017

Chelsea Peterson/Runway at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie The Fashion Show 2017

Chelsea Peterson/Backstage at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie The Fashion Show 2017

Ninamounah Langestraat/ Runway. Gerrit Rietveld Academie The Fashion Show 2017

Jonathan Aldenberg/Backstage at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie The Fashion Show 2017

First year students designed the robes for the children/Gerrit Rietveld Academie The Fashion Show 2017

Above our images, taken live at the show, which was held outdoors between the concrete pillars of a section of the A10 Amsterdam city ring highway overpass, near the WOW complex in the Bos en Lommer district. Backstage was also an interesting place: the models were covered in plastic bags, to be shielded from rain and nudity we guess. It was an added bonus for us; seeiing the designs amongst non-model-normally-dressed-people. (see more HERE)
Below the MB Livestream Edit (original livestreaming was done by eventproducent.com)

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Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe

Posted on 11/01/2011 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe

Ode to Billy Joe is a rather sad but beautiful song. It tells the story of what happened after Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge in Chickasaw County, Misisippi. It’s also about everyday life, or as Bobbie Gentry experienced her youth living on a farm in a small town. Mesmerizing!

The song was written by Ms Gentry in 1967

more about the song by bobby gentry on wikipedia