By Dave Walker, The Times-Picayune Of all of “Boardwalk Empire's” wicked charms – sex, violence, cool cars, cool hats, bootleg hooch, proto-gangsters and their floozies -- how it sounds is one of the HBO drama's most provocative elements.
Recently, Sally found a snow woman nutcracker, picked up charms from a craft store and made her daughter a personalized Zeta Tau Alpha sorority nutcracker. "She had a Georgia Tech one, so I thought it would be fun to do a sorority one," Sally said.
Clean, cool furniture, a panoramic view over the DIFC, attentive staff and classic Chinese cuisine are the main attractions. I didn't stray far from the traditional delights of the Chinese menu, going for dim sum, crispy aromatic duck, a spicy Szechuan
'Boardwalk Empire' soundtrack sets period mood for HBO drama
The series’ dedication to period verisimilitude is a wonder, sublimely defining the Prohibition setting in which mobsters slake a nation’s thirst for illicit thrills.
It's mostly subtext, but “Boardwalk Empire,” barreling toward its second-season finale at 8 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 11), is telling an important chapter in the history of American music.
“Jazz, speakeasies, alcohol, Prohibition–these things are all interrelated,” said Joel Dinerstein , a Tulane University professor and an expert in jazz history . “You went to speakeasies to get alcohol, (to partake in) something illegal. It felt like kind of an adventure. The propulsive quality of jazz, as music and for dancing, is part of the energy of the space.
“For musicians, speakeasies were the best place to work. Gangsters owned many of the best clubs in the ‘20s, especially in Chicago and certainly in Atlantic City. As long as the customers were happy, they did not care what you played. They had no moral or aesthetic claim. They weren’t people saying, ‘That’s dirty music’ or ‘You made a mistake.’ As long as the music was working for the crowd, making them dance and keeping them happy, you could play whatever you wanted.
@ cool. I got a charm braclet and I need to go to the jewlers to put some charms onto it somewhen
@ Awww cool. I got a guitar, 2 new pandora charms, a hamleys teddy bear, slipper/ugg things, cardigan and load of chocolate :) X
@ actually maybe Lucky Charms next! See my musical house video? Bad song, cool lights lights
@ cool! Eh a camera, 1D posters, bag, clothes, extra stuff for my camera, pandora charms & other stuff, wby! :)
@ that's cool - um.. links charms, topshop vouchers, money that kind of stuff ;) xxx