Forbidden Fruit

'Forbidden Fruit' finds Finnish slide guitarist Erja Lyytinen taking the blues into the personal realm, to find new ways of expressing her feelings, understanding life experiences and realising her musical ambitions. From the deeply felt lyrics and well crafted songs, to the emotional input of her solos and expansive band harmonies, 'Forbidden Fruit' embodies the essence of everything we identify as the blues. Whether you could call it therapy, deeply held personal convictions, or more simply a celebration of life, this album has it all. And as Erja humorously remarks; 'It was all made without an auto tuner (laughs), so everything is played and sang as you hear it'.

Rare old film from the amazing David S. Bradley Film Collection at Indiana University.
A beautiful shopgirl with a worthless layabout husband gets to live out her Cinderella fantasy when a rich acquaintance needs some eye candy to trick a male visitor into staying in town. Essentially she becomes an escort - but with clothes like these, who cares about dignity? (Cecil B. DeMille, whatever his other flaws as a director, is always on point with his costume game.) The problem comes when she and the mark really do fall (duh) for each other, and her husband, eager to get rich quick to impress her, turns to crime.