Two Red Tailed Hawks were disputing the airspace above Foy's Lake Road -- plenty of room for everybody guys! The thermometers indicate lower temperatures, but it's still warm for here.

DANCE at the Hole In The Wall: Theater X-Net

Starring: Ida Rubinstein Belle Epoch Russian/Parisian beauty.
Read more about Ida in Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley

Visit: Michael's Montana Web Archive
Theater, Art, Flash Gordon, Funky Music and MORE!
NEW! Spitfires of the Spaceways
Watch Dale Arden rescue Flash Gordon for a change!

Charity Alert: Keep that resolution in Summertime too! Click on The Hunger Site every day.

Sitemeter Sez: Why did I show up on that Google search for "evergreen border plants?" Keywords can be so literal.

In The Community: Sunday at the Hockaday Museum of Art again! I'll be there in two weeks too -- we are doing Arts In The Park! There have nearly been FORTY of these outdoor art shows. I think ceramic artist Robert Markle may be the champ. If I'm not mistaken, he was at the very first one, held on the grounds of the museum, instead of Depot Park where we hold it now.

Media Watch: TCM played Roshomon, Akira Kurosawa's first international hit not too long ago. Mia Farrow introduced the film, along with Robert Osborne. For some reason, I hadn't mentioned that show yet. Seeing that movie was a life-changing experience for me as a 20-year old, and it made a difference whenever I watched it since then. Maybe that's why the film is called a masterpiece -- very few artworks or entertainments manage to accomplish the feat of applicability over time.
PBS-TV is playing a series entitled The Blues, which cleverly avoids the didacticism of other historical programs. They show rare performances by John Lee Hooker, J.B. Lenoir, and other masters of this rich musical treasure house, which keeps on giving new wealth to our culture -- more so since we've re-discovered it's modal sources around Cameroon, Hausa, and Lake Chad.
The History Channel re-played Look, Up In The Sky..., and threw in a more general overview of Comic Book Superheroes afterwards, emphasizing the way they reflected trends in popular culture. There was one quote I liked: "In the mid-60's Marvel Comics were actually considered smart!" THAT'S how I felt back then myself.
Superman Returns is a bona-fide 21st Century hit. When this character first came out in the Great Depression, his enemies were corrupt politicians and war-mongers. He was also the ultimate undocumented alien. ("Where's your Kryptonian passport, Mr. Kal-El? You got papers saying you can fly around here?")

The empowered Space-Woman carries a gun in Post-WWII comics!
(Left) Planet Comics circa 1948; (Right) Sensation Comics circa 1953

An unknown team of artists at the left, and younger Gil Kane on pencils at the right.