Once upon a transdimensional day...

  Credit: Jinik Renatus,  Jinikal Art . (Update: September, 9, 2025. A new, and even better video from Jinikal. This one features amusing li...

"Will you take me across the channel, London Bridge is falling down Strange a woman tries to save What a man will try to drown And he’s...

"Oh no, not me We never lost control You're face to face With the man who sold the world -  Lyrics  from  The Man Who Sold the Worl...

Red Shoes - cellphone photo - 2024, DS.   (Text added & revised February 9 - 15, 2025) About the photo: It looks like it might be a re...

Untitled painting , detail, 1960, Leonora Carrington. (Click to enlarge) The full image can be found below the jump-break.... (From)  Spirit...

Devi   Vijaya Lakshmi - the  Lakshmi of Victory  - a colorfully painted statue - G - DS - 2024. In the Hindu understanding of the cosmos, t...

The Vision of St. Cecelia , Orazio Gentileschi (1620). Geometry: 2023, DS. In ways, this post is an addendum to my previous (2022) Gentilesc...

  "You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast Yonder stands you...

  "When I look out my window Many sights to see And when I look in my window So many different people to be That it's strange, so s...

Sorry, but I had to switch videos again! Just found: Sinéad & Roger Waters in a live performance of Water's " Mother " in ...

  "William Robinson Jr. was born to an African-American father and a mother of African-American and French descent in a poor family in ...

  Tina Turner , the Queen of Rock & Roll,  died  yesterday. She was a one-off and another powerful feminine force to be reckoned with. A...

(5/4/23 Update: Erivo link has been repaired.) Most activity seems to be winding down on this blog, but the music continues. I was first int...

  Smooth as silk. Sade Adu from 1993. (YouTube channel )

  It seems a little ominous that my first post of the year should report (yet) another passing... but, I just learned today that we've l...

For the holiday, a brilliant, impassioned performance by  Estas Tonne . Born in the Soviet Ukraine - along with, quite possibly, a guitar in...

"In days of peace  sweet smelling summer nights of wine and song; dusty pavements burning feet. Why am I crying, I want to know. How ca...

"Standby. You're on the air. Buenos noches Senores y Senoras. Bienvenidos. La primera pregunta es: Que es mas macho, pineapple o kn...