36 cents and a Mobil card

 

That's what Tina Turner had when she escaped her abusive husband in Dallas, in July 1976:  thirty-six cents and a Mobil card.

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2 Reader Comments under NYT's Tina story yesterday:

Abraham Genack

Ashland Oregon

I had the good fortune to see Tina Turner perform at a small nightclub in San Francisco in 1966.  I had been a fan of hers since the early 60s.  Seeing her in that intimate setting was a profound experience.  The mixture of power and vulnerability still resonates within me when I recall that evening.  Condolences to all of us on our loss.

Gerald 

Connecticut

In the 80s, one of my gen-X work friends who knew my taste in music recommended to me this new singer, Tina Turner, who had just come out with her new album, Private Dancer.

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HBO did a documentary in 2021 -- Tina.  It's on Amazon -- you can rent it or buy it, and stream it on their site.

Another Reader Comment in the Times said he had seen Tina performing at an L.A. nightclub in the '60s -- she sang "Land of One Thousand Dances" and Janis Joplin came out from backstage and joined her!

        Going to have to find that on You Tube.

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On Netflix now:  a limited series titled "Working:  What We Do All Day."  One lady speaks about her job working at a New York luxury hotel -- she takes phone calls from guests and one of the rules is, she is never allowed to say "No" to any request.

        Now that doesn't mean every request gets fulfilled, to the letter of what the person asked -- but she just has to give an answer of what they can do for the guest, and the answer cannot include a direct "no."

        Haha -- that reminded me of a Lobbyist Axiom.  Lobbyists at the state legislature have a list of "axioms" that's posted in the Senate Lobby.  It's been compiled over the years.  They're not literal axioms like you would have in mathematics, or academia -- they're funny and ironic, based upon experience and observations.  One of them says:  "Remember, around here there are 101 ways to say "No" that sound like "Yes."

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