Another winter storm advisory, but nothing serious yet. It was foggy and miserable yesterday. Coyotes howling -- keep those little animals inside at night!

Sitemeter Sez: Visitors from Phnum Penh, Cambodia; Saint Paul, Minnesota; Nova Lima, Brazil and Albertville, Minnesota.

REAL SLC Punk, not the movie, at: Theater X-Net

Starring: Ida Rubinstein Belle Epoch Russian/Parisian beauty.
Ida's Places in Paris -- from my first jet-lagged day by the Seine.
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 --Launching NOW! Outre Space Cinema -- Featuring: 1930's Rocketry, Spitfires of the Spaceways and Cellulose to Celluloid, Flash Gordon in the Saturday Matinees and Sunday Comics!





Thanks to Jim Keefe (Visit his Website) -- the LAST Flash Gordon illustrator of the 20th Century, and Flash's first illustrator of the 21st, for his recommendations -- HERE!

All-round good guy Jim Keefe wrote me to say: Enjoyed the comparison from strip to film. Fun stuff!
Put a link on the Yahoo adventure strip group as well.
Hope you get a lot of hits. THANKS AGAIN JIM!

Charity Alert: Keep that Resolution to click on The Hunger Site every day. Also check into Terra Sigilata blog -- donate $$$ to cancer patients just by clicking onto the site.

In The Community: Nancy Cawdrey, The Collective Caravan, and Old West -- New Visions at the Hockaday Museum of Art. Check out the pictures! Speaking of photos, I had another one of mine printed in the Inter Act section of the local paper last Tuesday -- local woman actors portraying famous women, who will be "interviewed" in an upcoming theatrical production directed by the dynamic Mary Reckin.

Media Watch: Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in The Bucket List -- a none-too-profound comedy. Freeman has a perfectly-modulated voice, which was the best part of the whole flick. Nicholson reminded me very much of Mickey Rooney. In fact, the manipulation and sentimentality of the movie reminded me of 40's/50's Hollywood. (NOT a compliment.)

Theater/Theatre: Trust Dance Company - Seoul Korea - lecture-demonstration 6th of January 2008 - 14.30 - 17.00 - BIMHUIS Piet Heinkade 3 Amsterdam - entrance fee € 5 -- The Musicians and dancers from the Trust Dance Company (Seoul Korea) will speak and show their traditional methods - instruments and collaborative work with music and dance
For more information about the Trust Week go to: www.katieduck.com


(Left) My friend Katie Duck with KD Holmes onstage with Alex Waterman (Right) on cello in New York City last November. Thanks to cyber-pal Justin Morrison, who was dancing in the same piece, but is out of the frame somehow. This picture is from FLICKR, on a page aptly-named Kick-Ass Improv.