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September 3, 2013

We always knew it…now medical science backs it up!

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Listening to music that you love (ie, Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy for folks on this site!) is good for the heart!

This weekend, newspapers around the country were referencing a study of patients with heart problems that showed the following, per MSN news:

It’s not your imagination when music makes you feel better.

A study of 74 heart disease patients seems to indicate that listening to music for at least 30 minutes per day can strengthen the heart and improve recovery. No need to suffer through Beethoven or Celine Dion if that’s not your thing, since all that matters is that the music makes the listener happy. That said, music that increases stress — say, hard-core rap or heavy metal — probably isn’t going to do as much good as opera, classical and other types of uplifting music, which is more likely to stimulate endorphins. Even healthy people can reap the coronary benefits from music, though, and as with heart disease sufferers, adding regular exercise to the mix is going to be a huge boost.

And from the  London Telegraph:

The findings, presented at the European Society of Cardiology’s annual congress in Amsterdam, suggested that the release of key hormones while listening to music was behind the changes.

Prof Delijanin Ilic, the lead investigator, from the Institute of Cardiology, University of Nis, Serbia, said: “When we listen to music we like then endorphins are released from the brain and this improves our vascular health. There is no ‘best music’ for everyone – what matters is what the person likes and makes them happy.”

She said other studies examining the impact of music suggested there might be some types of music which were less good for the heart – with heavy metal more likely to raise stress levels, while opera, classical and other types of ‘joyful’ music were more likely to stimulate endorphins.

See? We always knew that our enjoyment of Jeanette and Nelson is good for us, has uplifted us and made us feel better. I can’t tell you how many emails and letters I’ve received over the years from people who experienced personal tragedy, illness or loss and found their way back to a normal life again by watching their films or listening to their music.

The study shows that in the best of all possible worlds, one would listen to their favorite music PLUS do some exercise.

So put on your favorite Mac/Eddy film or CD and get to it! And enjoy 🙂

August 14, 2013

Three new Mac/Eddy Today compilation books published!

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Volume 13   Volume 14   Volume 15

For those of you who collect the early Mac/Eddy Today magazines, we are pre-releasing today the next three volumes. They will be shipping  in early May 2014 and in honor of their being published, all the Mac/Eddy Today compilation books are on sale today.

This means that all the magazines are now available either still in original magazines or in the book compilations with their color covers; no more xerox copies needed to complete your collection!

You can click on each book cover above to see the new release. Or see all 15 volumes of books at this link.

August 12, 2013

Jeanette MacDonald’s Brown Bread Recipe

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Jeanette MacDonald recommended that this recipe be served with her Baked Beans.

Jeanette MacDonald’s Hot Boston Brown Bread

2 cups sour milk
1/2 cup molasses
1 1/2 cups yellow cornmeal
1 cup graham or whole wheat flour
1 cup rye flour
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2/3 cup raisins

Combine dry ingredients. Mix together milk, molasses and raisins. Stir liquid ingredients into dry ingredients. Divide batter, pour into two buttered one-quart pudding molds filling 2/3 full. Cover tightly. Place in pan filled with boiling water (enough water to reach halfway up the mold.) Steam about 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Add more water as needed to keep water at proper level. Remove molds from water. Undercover and set in 300 degrees Fahrenheit oven for 20-30 minutes to dry off. Remove from molds and serve hot with butter.

August 3, 2013

TCM schedule August 2013

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DVR alert! Here is the August schedule of Jeanette MacDonald/Nelson Eddy movies. All times are Eastern.

Sunday, August 4, 1 pm: New Moon

Thursday, August 8, 6:15 pm: Cat and the Fiddle (Note the screenshot from the color finale sequence above.)

 

 

 

August 3, 2013

Updated! Wow…you can now buy and instantly download/stream “Maytime,” “I Married an Angel” & more!

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Updated August 2013! Maytime and other titles now available for instant streaming!

Here comes the next generation of high-tech!

At amazon.com you can now purchase and instantly download the last Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy MGM film, “I Married an Angel.” Amazon Instant Video allows you to download the movie to two devices.

There now are several ways to enable instant streaming right onto your television, as long as said gadget enables Amazon streaming. Or, with a proper HDMI cable – and depending on whether you download to a smart phone, an iPad or other kind of tablet (or laptop) you also have the option of plugging the cable in from your device into a television or monitor and watching it directly on your “big screen”!

Maytime is now also available and the direct link for it is here.

A few of the solo films are also available for instant download; you can see the updated list of everything that’s available at this link.

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Today in J/N History

1946 After arriving in London for a singing tour and suffering a miscarriage which delays her opening engagement, Jeanette officially begins her UK tour.

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