Groove Is In The Heart

"We're Going Dance...And Have Some Fun!"

Apr 15, 2025

Despite the gray skies and pesky pollen here in Los Angeles today, I’m celebrating a much-needed break in the construction next door by cranking up the psychedelic silliness of Deee-Lite and dancing around the room like no one’s watching.

Won’t you join me on the dance floor?

Yesterday’s frown has officially been flipped, thanks to the glorious silence that greeted me this morning.

I woke up early, bracing myself for the chaos and noise. But when 7am came and went without a peep, I celebrated by slipping back in bed for another hour of booty sleep. Just what the doctor ordered.

So here I am, recharged, re-energized, and ready for the world.

Life may not always give us disco balls and glitter boots, but when it does, be ready to dance. Even if the sky is gray, the headlines suck, and the allergies aren’t playing nice.

Now tell me—what song are you putting on to lift your mood today?

Let’s dance, y’all!
Clint 🌈✌️

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FOR YOUR (YOUTUBE) CONSIDERATION

ON THIS DAY = APRIL 15

BIRTHDAYS

1452 = Leonardo da Vinci = Italian painter, sculptor, and architect 🌈

1843 = Henry James = American writer 🌈
1894 = Bessie Smith = American singer and actor 🌈
1907 = George Platt Lynes = American photographer 🌈

1912 = William Congdon = American-Italian painter and sculptor
1933 = Elizabeth Montgomery = American actor and producer
1933 = Roy Clark = American musician and television personality
1947 = Linda Bloodworth-Thomason = American screenwriter and producer
1948 = Michael Kamen = American composer and conductor
1949 = Craig Zadan = American filmmaker
1952 = Brian Muir = English sculptor and set designer
1959 = Emma Thompson = English actor, activist, and writer
1959 = Thomas F. Wilson = American actor, comedian, musician, and YouTuber
1965 = Linda Perry = American singer-songwriter and producer🌈
1966 = Samantha Fox = English singer-songwriter and actor
1979 = Luke Evans = Welsh actor and singer 🌈
1982 = Seth Rogen = Canadian-American actor and filmmaker
1990 = Emma Watson = English actor
1995 = Cody Christian = American actor

EVENTS

1755 = Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published.
1912 = The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic.
1923 = Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
1947 = Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
1955 = McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
1979 = The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is founded in San Francisco by Ken Bunch (Sister Vicious PHB), Fred Brungard (Sister Missionary Position), and Baruch Golden. Their mission is “to promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt.”
1983 = Flashdance is released in theaters.
1987 = ACT UP’s “Silence = Death” Project, the iconic pink triangle and slogan, is debuted to thousands waiting in line at New York City’s General Post Office to file their taxes.
1990 = In Living Color premieres on Fox.

HOLIDAYS + OBSERVANCES

PORTRAIT + QUOTES OF THE DAY

“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.”
Henry James

“Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.”
Henry James

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