Posted in Uncategorized on February 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Michael Moll was a local poet who died from HIV AIDS a few years ago. He was mystical, had an affinity for stage noir theatrics and as honest and frank as a knife blade through your neck. He was warmly regarded by friends of mine. I’ve been pouring over a few thousand pictures taken since [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 18, 2007 | No Comments »
I was confident that I could stay up late Wednesday night knowing school would resume Thursday, because every teacher capable of teaching school as usual would make it in to catch up with activities lost Tues & Wed. Anticipating a call from the sub line for Fri. action, I spent a challenging hour digging my [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 16, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Why is it art? Why is it not art?
I’m straddling the fence here, and I;m asking for your opinion to help me decide.
A long-time friend sent me a news release for the coming 21st Anniversary celebration of the Illinois Central Blues Club concert coming up March 10. Visit my www.civag.com/artscalendar.htm for time and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 14, 2007 | No Comments »
A few months ago, poet/painter friends D&SP gave me the first of what has totalled a few hundred New Yorker magazines, dating back to 2002. I began reading them voraciously with a passion unequalled since getting very lucky on a third date in 1991. About 12 issues into this reading frenzy, I realized that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 12, 2007 | No Comments »
Following his interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, there has been growing controversy over rumors eminating anonymusely from white spokespersons that the majority of white voters in this country may not support Mike Huckleberry — I’m sorry, I meant to say Mike Huckabee — in his recently announced primary campaign for the White House. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 11, 2007 | No Comments »
Great news for Springfield residents who would rather take a taxi to St. Louis Lambert Airport so they don’t have to fly from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport: starting soon, you can fly to Lambert as inexpensively and almost as fast. Officials are reluctant to release the name of the airline, and when questioned recently, seemed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 11, 2007 | No Comments »
No confirmation, but rumor has it that either Laura or the dog have had enough of 43’s pomp and smirkin’ stance re the war. My bet: it’s the dog. If true, that will leave him with only the other and a few flagrantly alive die-hard big sticks in Congress. 43 has not yet learned that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 6, 2007 | No Comments »
Wine and circumstance are of diminishing utility.
I was a like a similie to Pavlov’s dog Sunday night. (<—Grammarians will LAUGH at that!) I had enjoyed the week, a productive one toward the end, and part of that pleasure was the anticipation of enjoying a bottle of wine a friend and neiba had given me for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 5, 2007 | No Comments »
I took this picture of Mike Lang Saturday night at Einstein’s in Lincoln, Illinois. I don’t know WHY I couldn’t post it with the blog entry as intended, but what the hey. Better this way than not at all; aye?
Posted in Uncategorized on February 5, 2007 | No Comments »
See picture above for the rest of this intended blog post. . . Whadideye do rong where?
Saturday night budding jazz and blues guitarist Mike Lang and artist/architect Jim Johnston visited Einstein’s Coffeehouse in downtown Lincoln, Illinois. Mike invited me to come along to play a set or two and recite some poetry, and Jim asked [...]
