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It's Not Just About The Goat
When my business partner and I launched Alert & Oriented Medical Transcription Services more than two decades ago, one of our early clients was a San Francisco plastic surgeon with a unique...
View ArticleMusic I (Mostly) Hold Dear
A close friend has been after me to write about 20th century music that I like. This comes after my dismissal of much of the music of Cage and Carter which has caused just a little consternation in the...
View ArticleUsing Skyfall to Fight Back Against Kim Jong-un
Dennis Rodman is back from his latest trip to North Korea, where he sung happy birthday to the dictator he calls his "friend for life." His entourage included a group of former NBA players who came and...
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Baldessari Portrait of Curator Sparks Short Story
I don't remember when I first met the great novelist Frederic Tuten, but I know I was with my friend, editor Karen Marta. And while Bookforum has called his work "some of the slyest and most beguiling...
View ArticleMy Dad, "Cecilia" and Not Being Invincible
We want to count on the men in our lives. We might be feminists, but, still, doesn't the definition of manhood have something to do with being dependable, stable, coming through, living up to who we're...
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Miami-Based Independent Filmmakers Create Sci-Fi Film Festival
From left to right: Edward Figueroa, Eric Swain and Troy Bernier. Photo provided by MiSciFi. Science fiction will be celebrated in Miami this weekend. The first Miami International Science Fiction...
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Diane von Furstenberg: Bright Past Revisited
I wonder, how many of you remember the glory days of one of the best known LA department stores: May Co. It's been a quarter century since it was closed. And for most of those years, it sat empty,...
View ArticleMouthpeace: Brokentalkers' Have I No Mouth
They might be called Brokentalkers, but this Dublin-based theatre company says a mouthful. PS122's ninth annual COIL festival and the Irish Arts Center bring Have I No Mouth to the Baryshnikov Arts...
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A Sudden Secret Street Art House Party in Manhattan
It's a House Party, y'all! With studio apartments in Manhattan now hitting nearly $3,000 a month, the closest thing most Millennials will ever get to a house party in Gotham will be snagging a VCR tape...
View ArticleSongs With Literary References
Under my previous post, on pre-19th-century literature, discussion briefly turned to some post-19th-century music. That happened after commenter "Dave B. (ultrabop)," in offering an example of earlier...
View ArticleWinning the Lottery Is the Worst Thing That Can Ever Happen to You
A wise man once told me that if he could wish one thing upon his worst enemy, it would be that he was forced to receive whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted it. Your first thought is probably, "This...
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Detroit Keeps It's Art... Can I?
My old tin lantern has got to be worth some money. After all, it was in a museum. Just like in Detroit, where the city got to keep their art because a group of foundations stepped up and said, "Wait!...
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Why Have Art Historians Been Silent About the Falsification of Biblical...
When I recently visited the impressive Marc Chagall exhibit at the Jewish Museum in New York City, I was surprised that more than half of the 31 paintings include a crucifixion theme. More surprising,...
View ArticleA Day in My Heart
An average person has 2.5 billion heartbeats in a life time. Every single heartbeat has meaning, or at least should have meaning. My heartbeats rush out of my chest at the speed of light. I am not sure...
View ArticleMusical Instruments: The Transformative Power of Bridge Building
I can recall a transformative evening in a small village in Ghana, Africa in the summer of 2003 where Dr. Max Klau, a great psychologist, activist and musician, led a soulful concert for the village....
View Article5 Roman Ceilings Better Than the Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel ceiling might be a Michelangelo masterpiece, but it's not the only incredible ceiling in Rome. Many people don't know that Rome is replete with equally stunning ceiling art painted...
View ArticleWas Norman Rockwell a Hack?
Deborah Solomon is on the defensive. In American Mirror, she made some alarming claims about Norman Rockwell, including the charge that he had pedophilic urges. Critics have been pointing out some of...
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LA Art Show Rings in a New Year of Art: This Artweek.LA (January 13, 2014)
The LA Art Show | The largest and most successful platform for contemporary and traditional art in the West returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center January 15 - 19, 2014. The LA Art Show provides...
View ArticleTheater: Stephen Foster Lives! Rosencrantz Is Dead!
HARD TIMES ** 1/2 ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD ** I COULD SAY MORE * HARD TIMES ** 1/2 THE CELL No one will ever rescue composer Stephen Foster from obscurity. Often called the father of...
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NCCA Kronstadt: From the Frozen Sea to the Iron That Meets its Bed
January 15th 2014 59.99233° N / 29.78160° E 19° F / -7° C Today I awoke at 8:30 a.m., the sky was still occupied by the night, which persisted until about 11:00 a.m., when the sun began his slow...
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