![]() ![]() We were all stunned, but nobody said anything to her. In response, the woman said that was not true and that certain people are trying to promote secularism and prostitution in society. One of the salon’s stylists jokingly told her that people don’t buy scarves anymore, that it is no longer profitable and that she should change her job. A woman came in with head scarves and shawls for sale. GHAZAL: Something very strange and interesting happened at the hair salon today. I have to use multiple VPNs, and they disconnect several times. Pretty much every application you want to use in Iran is blocked, and to get around the restrictions, we use virtual private networks. I can’t even download a movie or check social media properly with our stupid slow internet. Now I can afford to go only once or twice a month. I used to enjoy going to cafes once a week, but it has become so expensive. KIMIA, a 23-year-old graduate student who lives in Kurdistan Province: I thought I would have fun after my master’s entrance exam, but now there is nothing to do. Like many Iranians, they are trying to figure out what their lives should look like as they continue to fight for, and dream of, change. ![]() Their entries have been edited for length and clarity, and their last names are being withheld for their safety. To better understand how daily life in Iran has transformed, we asked three young women to keep a diary for five weeks. At night, Iranians chant antigovernment slogans from their rooftops. Women and girls appear in public without the hijab. To this day, acts of civil disobedience continue. Authorities have also dismantled the morality police and are trying new methods to enforce the dress code. Marches, led by women, spread across the country from September to January, and the government has cracked down violently. The protest movement - known as Woman, Life, Freedom - quickly morphed into broader demands for an end to the Islamic Republic’s rule. She had been arrested on accusations of violating mandatory-hijab rules, and a gruesome photo and video of her unconscious in a hospital bed went viral, sparking outrage and grief. Here are 10 terrific versions of “Autumn in New York.The uprising began in September, after a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, died in the custody of Iran’s morality police. In 1979, Sinatra would record and popularize “New York, New York,” which ultimately replaced “Autumn in New York” as the most widely known NYC standard. Ol’ Blue Eyes also performed it at Madison Square Garden in 1974, which became the TV program and live album Sinatra: The Main Event. Sinatra would record it again for the 1958 concept album Come Fly With Me (my favorite version of his, which is among the 10 great recordings listed below). Despite being recorded countless times since, Sinatra’s is the only version to make a dent on the charts, peaking at No. The nostalgic tune wouldn’t get on the path to becoming a standard until over a decade later when Frank Sinatra recorded it for Columbia in 1947. Earlier in December ‘34, the very first recording of “Autumn of New York” was released. The show, which debuted in December 1934, received tepid reviews, and only ran for five months (it didn’t even make it to autumn). ![]() However, the song found a home as the closing number in the revue Thumbs Up. Unlike a lot of his compositions, “Autumn in New York” wasn’t written specifically for a play or film. A few years prior, Duke composed (with lyrics by Yip Harburg) another season/city standard, “April in Paris.” Other Great American Songbook entries from Duke include the cheery “Taking a Chance on Love” (also with lyrics by Harburg) and the somber “I Can’t Get Started” (with lyrics by Ira Gershwin). He’s quoted as saying it did not contain “a particle” of popular appeal and called his poem set to music “a genuine emotional outburst.” The concept for the song didn’t totally come out of nowhere though. Duke did not expect this classic tune to be a hit. “Autumn in New York” was written by Russian immigrant Vernon Duke (birth name: Vladimir Dukelsky) in the summer of 1934 while he was in Connecticut and homesick for New York City. Rhyming “inviting” and “first-nighting” is pretty cool, I must say. ![]()
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