Fun with Frida Kahlo
Cool story/essay/review here of one of my favorite artists…
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Love comics? Hate comics?
Personally, I enjoy the comics … especially the ones we run in the DDN (which, by the way, I get to choose; perk of the job)…
But I know there are some of you out there who don’t like them so very much … or else enjoy hating them, which is almost as much fun.
No matter which category you fall into, you should check out The Comics Curmudgeon, a website that makes fun of the good and mostly of the bad. And there is a lot of bad…
Have fun!
Appreciating John Wayne
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I was always a fan of the Duke… Here’s a pretty cool essay on why he probably mattered more than a lot of people thought…
A new photography show
Passing along a press release that just came our way:
“The Photography Group” will be showing recent work at the Dayton Convention Center Mezzanine Gallery from 3 May through 26 June. A reception will be held during Urban Nights, May 16, 5-9 PM.
Margie McCullough will show color photographs from Grand Bahamas Island, which capture the island’s bright colors and relaxing environment; Bruce Campbell will show color photographs from Monterey, California, with attention to ocean and beach details; Karen Pearce will show color work including hand colored black & white photographs; Susan Tyner will show digital pinhole landscapes and still life; and Doug Taylor will show color photographs of flowers.
Come meet the photographers and find a print that excites your senses!
Car songs!
This cheered me up all day yesterday (which was cool, cuz my horoscope said my day would be a “9” anyway, and this helped)…
I was heading to work up Far Hills toward our lovely and still new DDN Media Center (and right past all that awful, horrible clear-cutting of gorgeous trees in Oakwood; i don’t like the way they did that…) and spotted a lady in her car coming the other direction who was SINGING HER HEART OUT.
I mean, she had the biggest, happiest look on her face (she must not have noticed the chopped-down trees) and was puttin’ everything she had into whatever was on the radio.
Then I realized I was singing along to something, too (new Madonna), though not quite so energetically — nor, I expect, nearly as well. This lady looked like she could belt ‘em out with the best.
Car radio, CD player, iPod — I bet there are a few of you who have a favorite blow-the-roof-off-fave-car-radio-singalong song. Care to share?
Mine would be “Born to Run.” Next runner-up: “That Smell,” by Lynyrd Skynryd (“…the smell o’ death’s around youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu….”)
Your turn!
(PS: Feel free to comment on the Oakwood mature-tree clear-cutting, too… )
Classical music and the end of civilization
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Wow! This book review gives a bit of food for thought…
Have you ever wondered about how classical music and its influence seem to be slipping, a bit more every year, as the audience grays even more and the younger folks just don’t seem to be showing up, regardless of the quality?
This essay touches upon some interesting and intriguing historical reasons why that might be the case… Have a look; you’ll be surprised, I think, by the reasons this writer puts forth.
Not sure I agree, necessarily… What do you think?
New Madonna: Mmmmmm
Spinning Madonna’s new disc… she’s back to the heavy-beat dance pop she’s been up to for her last few albums, and it’s a sound that suits her well these days.
The album’s called “Hard Candy,” and if nothing else it wins the award for most perfectly named disc of the year so far… the mix of hip-hop thump and lush melody, spun around perfect dancefloor grooves and great production, is summed up nicely by that title.
I was actually hoping Madonna would stick with this sound for a bit, since I really liked “Confessions From A Dance Floor” (terrific workout/running disc!) and wanted to see her work it a bit further…. Bless her, she didn’t let me down.
Come to think of it, she rarely does…
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