Our weather pattern holds -- cold wind from the north and west bringing arbitrary snow, rain, hail, or sunshine. There were FOUR Ospreys hovering over Dry Bridge Slough the other day.

Sitemeter Sez: Albany, New York; Salmon, Idaho (Home of the outlaw recluse called "Bigfoot"); Budapest, Hungary; Melbourne, Australia; Jersey City, New Jersey; Chatham, Louisiana; Kansas City, Missouri and Denver, Colorado.

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!





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

In The Community: George Gogas Reception and gallery walk this Thursday at the Hockaday Museum of Art, plus our annual Children's Show, and local High School Art Show.
Check out Fall for Glacier -- a fundraiser for several programs that make Glacier National Park even better!

Media Watch: Trash A Go Go -- Pretty good dancing all around, except I didn't really care for the "Cowboy" number. The rules say someone's gotta be eliminated, though. I could watch Miraculous Marlee Matlin every week, but her deafness makes competition like this irrelevant -- even if everyone else wore earplugs, they'd still hear better than she can, which makes her dancing wonderful indeed. Shannon got savaged by the judges. Those same judges were very kind to Big Jason because of his perfect posture. Christiane did well, and it was a pleasure to see him shine. Tracy Turnblatt and Mario could make it to the finals, but I doubt that anyone will "catch" the ever-improving Kristi Yamaguchi, who started out better than anyone else.


More great dancers -- (L) Vernon & Irene Castle; (R) Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in their penultimate movie as partners.

Parlor Tricks: The Pennsylvania Primary is today. Barack Obama has won MY endorsement. On another subject -- public pressure and some brave union workers in South Africa have all-but-stopped a shipment of weapons to Zimbabwe. The US State Dept. has even stepped up to prevent their delivery. The blogs of the world played a part in this action too, speaking of which, Markos of Daily Kos was on Bill Maher's sometimes-funny show, but there were other guests on the program with a lot more to say.

Kinko for President!
On tour until November 4, 2008
As the 2008 presidential election draws near, the American people demand a new kind of leader. With "Kinko for President," the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus offers the big-top solution! Kinko the Clown stands for change...spare change. He's willing to do whatever it takes to bamboozle the public. And when it comes to throwing his hat in the ring, Kinko can't be beat--from hat tricks to juggling hats, this clown is your candidate! Bindlestiff Family Cirkus's newest production is a full-force spectacle, where the circus meets the media circus, sideshow marvels meet campaign carnivals, and the audience meets one of this country's oldest traditions--the variety arts.


Like all political campaigns, Kinko's campaign will include sleight of hand, tightrope acts, death-defying feats, slapstick comedy, and more. It's time to put a real clown in the White House -- Kinko for President! So if you have a bit of spare change and can help Kinko get the word out to the people, send us your support. Contributions of $3 (includes one dollar for shipping) to $2300 (maximum campaign contribution allowed), with a specific note that states "Kinko for President" will receive a "Kinko for President" campaign button.