The carport for an apartment house collapsed in Whitefish, Montana from heavy snow, but luckily nobody was hurt. Some insurance agents are saying "ouch" though.

Sitemeter Sez: Knoxville, Tennessee (Yo! Tari DeWille); Lehighton, Pennsylvania; Dunnellon, Florida; Portland, Oregon; Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; Salt Lake City, Utah; Chicago, Illinois; Rome, Italy and Sherman, Texas.

ROCK against Reaganomics 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!

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: My boss at the Hockaday Museum of Art will speak at the college where I also work tomorrow. All students are FREE this year at the museum, thanks to Pacific Steel & Recycling.
Check out Fall for Glacier too -- a fundraiser for several programs that make Glacier National Park even better!

Media Watch: Trash A Go Go II AKA Dance Wars has one week left before it sinks beneath the waters of oblivion. There were some entertaining moments, but not enough to overcome bad ideas or confused producers. The touring cast of High School Musical showed everybody how to mix dancing and singing. Trash A Go Go II doesn't have sufficient rehearsal time for it's OWN talent. Their elimination process is also too humiliating to enjoy.

Now for something completely different:

A Preview of Upcoming Ida Rubinstein Updates


(L to R) Ida Rubinstein as La Dames aux Camélias in 1923. She recreated Sarah Bernhardt's interpretation of the character, coached by the great actress herself before she died. This role was her greatest success in the 1920's; Greta Garbo as Hollywood's Camille in 1936. Alexandre Dumas II's doomed courtesan has haunted the arts since 1848.