17: Money Plays
from You Are My Density Hosted by Marc D
Some bad singing, the allure and perils of gambling, my grandpa's Campho-Phenique addiction, don't take the bust card, a bunch of gambling movies about self-destructive men, please watch Atlantic City, a couple of fugues, seeing Frank Sinatra, and the old school classiness of my dearly departed dad. Stuff mentioned: Bob Seger "Still the Same" (1978), Dead Kennedys "Viva Las Vegas" (1980), The Color of Money (1986), The Hustler (1961), The Sting (1973), Freddie Mercury "Love Kills" (1984), Passenger 57 (1992), Lookin' to Get Out (1982), The Gambler (1974), Who'll Stop the Rain (1978), The Gambler (2014), Hard Eight (1996), The Cooler (2003), MC5 "Kick Out the Jams" (1969), Uncut Gems (2019), Tricheurs aka Cheaters (1984), Atlantic City (1980), Bugsy (1991), The Godfather Part II (1974), Two for the Money (2005), California Split (1974), Mississippi Grind (2015), James McManus Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker (2003), Let it Ride (1989), Guys and Dolls soundtrack "Fugue for Tinhorns" (1955), Glenn Gould "So You Want to Write a Fugue" (1963 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8hLInDFWg8), Oceans 11 (1960), Frank Sinatra "Fly Me to the Moon" (1964), and Louis Prima "Just A Gigolo"/"I Ain't Got Nobody" (1956).
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