Whew! Two days of frequent rain, bird migrations, leaves turning colors and occasionally falling.

Sitemeter Sez: Visitors from Jamaica, New York; Vigevano, Lombardia; Dunellen, New Jersey; Fairbanks, Alaska; Williamston, Michigan; Nashville, Tennessee; Salinas, California; New Windsor, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Sestri Levante, Italy; Parker, Colorado (named after South Park's Trey Parker??); Denver, Colorado; Bydgoszcz, Poland, and Seattle, Washington

Check out 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.





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: Current shows at the Hockaday Museum of Art include Rails, Trails, and A Road -- honoring the 75th Anniversary of Going To The Sun Road in Glacier National Park, plus Ace Powell -- Ace of Diamonds and Native American Interpretations from our permanent collection.
Scheduling my road trip to Lewistown and Chester, Montana for another stop on Nancy Cawdrey's American Silk Road tour.

Media Watch: Trash A Go Go -- Dancing with the Stars packed the floor! Olympic champ Misty May-Treanor was off to an auspicious start and model Brooke Burke was excellent. The two "TV Legends" seemed to be bad choices -- Cloris Leachman was funny, but she's just too old to risk further degradation of her health this way. Susan Lucci was pathetically disconnected, overly-botoxed, and physically unable to perform. Chef Rocco showed zero ability, but a pleasant demeanor. Comic Jeffrey Ross was really funny, but Edyta couldn't take off enough clothes to distract from his ineptitude. Singers Lance Bass and Toni Braxton did well, the latter recovering from heart disease, Pretty Kim Kardashian was someone strange to me. Young actor Cody Linley drew Julianne Hough, but seemed to be forgotten. Comic actor Ted McGinley wasn't as good as his score. NFL marauder Warren Sapp and Kym Johnson COULD work out. Sprinter Maurice Greene was OK at times, but when he was bad, he took Cheryl Burke down with him.

Somebody say DANCING?

THIS is the real thing!
A rough draft of a digital mashup featuring my friend Katie Duck in NYC last November with Alex, Justin, and J.C.

Katie's Autumn Schedule:
September 15 to October 17 Amsterdam Magpie Theatre/Dance improvisation classes
October 2-5 Poland
October 6-11 Amsterdam tutor + stage coordinator
October 12 Mad Sunday Muiderpoort Theater
October 20-24 Denmark Danish National School of Dance
November 3-7 Biloba Spain
November 8-18 Colorado
November 19-21 New York movement research workshop
November 22-30 road trip (research project)
December 1-6 workshops San Diego
December 13-14-15 - England
December 20 Nijmegen jazz venue
December 27-31 Amsterdam workshop