A little snow falls every day. Gotta check to see if that Bald Eagle is lurking around the college.

Sitemeter Sez: Brussels, Belgium; Jersey City, New Jersey; Keyport, New Jersey; Berlin, Connecticut; Nuremberg, Germany; Wichita, Kansas; New Haven, Connecticut and Oregonia, Ohio. (They were looking at my Flash Gordon stuff -- Thanks Jim!)

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: The Hockaday Museum of Art's Artist to Artist Brown Bag Lunch at Flathead Valley Community College on February 13, March 12, and April 9 Noon to 1:30 PM. Check out Fall for Glacier too -- a fundraiser for several programs that make Glacier National Park even better!

Media Watch: Sad but true -- (via George Clinton's MySpace page) Sly Stone and George Clinton on stage Jan 24,2008
Who would have thought these 2 funklegends would share the stage again :)
from www.slystonebook.com -- Sly & George Clinton make appearance at the Voices of Latin Rock Show -- Voices of Latin Rock show turns funky at end by Shay Quillen - The Mercury News - January 25, 2008

It had the makings of one of those dream musical moments. Los Lobos were performing Thursday on stage at Bimbo's, the unannounced final act on the fourth annual Voices of Latin Rock benefit show. After paying homage to honoree Ritchie Valens and romping through some of their own classics, the band paused around 11:30 as DJ Chuy Varela came out to announce two surprise guests:
George Clinton and Sly Stone.
The Wolves launched into the signature groove of "Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin" and Clinton came out before the excited crowd, but … no Sly.
Clinton peered off stage, urging Sly to come on, haltingly sang the first verse, sang the chorus for a while, led the crowd in some P-Funk choruses, clowned around.
Sly finally emerged, skinny and hunched over and sporting a giant white Kangol hat, and wandered over to a Yamaha keyboard, which he plunked at to no discernible effect. Eventually the groove petered out, and Sly started plunking out "I Want to Take You Higher" on the keyboard. He sang the first line, no one picked up the second, he picked the lyrics up again, belted out the chorus in the real genuine soulful Sly voice we all wanted to hear, then grabbed the hand of the audience member and led a train through the crowd, out the door, and into a white van parked out front. And that was that.
It was a weird ending to a fun night of music.
(earlier related stuff) ...Past and present members ... came and went as part of the monster Voices of Latin Rock all-star band (with Greg Errico of the Family Stone on drums)...North Beach native Sal Valentino joined the fun to sang "Laugh Laugh," one of the big hits from his great '60s band the Beau Brummels.

My note -- Laugh Laugh was produced by Sylvester (Sly Stone) Stewart when he had firm control of his music, his studio, his mind and emotions.


I Wanna Take You HIGHER!
Sly and the Family Stone at Woodstock in 1969, along with two dancers patched in from the same festival. He was suffering a nervous breakdown, but was still able to perform while there were cameras and tape on hand to capture the reasons why Sly Stewart was a STAR.