More cold-and-dry weather. A huge Red Tailed Hawk was hunting around the campus yesterday.

Sitemeter Sez: Somers, Montana and Gainesville, Florida.

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 -- UPDATED!





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: All students are admitted FREE this year to the Hockaday Museum of Art, thanks to Pacific Steel & Recycling. I'm adding images to the Auction of Miniatures page.
Check out Fall for Glacier too -- a fundraiser for several programs that make Glacier National Park even better!

Media Watch: Maggot Brain by George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars

Rather shakey amateur video from the current tour at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.

Here's Clyde Talley's review from Long Beach, a few days before --
Actually a really good show.
Didn't hit a snag and there were plenty of surprises.
Started early; looked like 9:30 PM. No opener. Present were Mike Hampton, Rickey Rouse, Blackbyrd, Jerome, Garry, Boogie, Greg, Bennie, Kendra, Bellita, Mallia, PooPoo, Steve Boyd, Shauna Hall, Kim Manning, Paul Hill, Lige, Rico plus another guy on drums, Franky Kash and Shakin' Nagin on percussion. Carlos flexin' and plexin and Overton doin' sketches and throwin' out scribblings.
Opened with "Funkentelechy". They had full frontal guitar assault with Garry, Mike, Rickey, Blackbyrd, Shauna and Boogie with Lige on bass and Danny on keys. Mike and Byrd were spectacular all night, but this fool Rickey Rouse was Ca-Ra-ZEE stoopid!!!
Kim was hot & sultry in a red glitter baby doll and red wig. Her new persona was "Red Hot MAma" and Kendra was resplendent in white pantsuit with match brim and hair bagged in a woven hairnet. Some mystery bass player with a long kotted beard was on for a number I couldn't identify.


My friend Michael Hampton -- photo by C.M. Talley (PFunkJazz)

Mike and Byrd had at it over a MAGGOT BRAIN smackdown. Started with them far apart and they kept edging closer to centerstage. Danny, Lige and Rico provided the rhythm section and Garry stepped out on extra guitar licks.
Then it was Lige, Byrd and Rico jammin' out on "Dog Star" That thang got real funky and the crowd was shakin' ass.
Garry then led a capella into "One Nation". Sound system started soundin' fuzzy and blown out.
I was on a bathroom break and it got all churchy. just piano playin' and somebody singin' "praises to da lawd". got close to stage and knew I was hearin' "Open Our Eyes" I crashed back up to the stage to see everybody crowded around Danny and he was singin' in a deep gospelly voice. DAMN! He was ownin' that song!
Vendor table had CDs, DVDs and Tees. CDs were from Danny, Lige, Kim prices ranged from $10 to $ 15 DVDs were from Lige and Mike. T shirts were PARLIAMENT on a brown tee. FUNKADELIC on a camouflage tee. Ladies MAGGOT BRAIN (pink). LongHairedSuckah in psychedelic colors on a black tee with bigass GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC logo. AEIY Statue of Liberty bleeding eyes and mouth on black. Big CHOCOLATE CITY logo on black. TAKE FUNK TO HEAVEN in 07 with Starchild. All were $25 except ladies MB $20. George hung pre and post show signing tees for $5.