Gotta get ready for next year. Hockaday Museum of Art
New Website: Theater X-Net
Featuring: Ida Rubinstein Belle Epoch Russian/Parisian beauty.
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!
Wildlife: Middle Foy's Lake is quite a gathering place with that open water. We saw a report about "killer deer" on network news last night -- some of it taped in Helena, Montana. The local bucks will lose their horns soon -- real real soon.
Weather: A beautiful soft snowfall.
Charity Alert: Six clicks on The Hunger Site will brighten any day.
Media Watch: National Public radio made it sound like Saul Zaenz sold Fantasy Records. There are new owners at that label they say. Zaenz made an obscene amount of money as producer of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings. He bought the movie rights forty years ago for something like 50 grand when J.R.R. Tolkien needed some fast cash for taxes. Zaenz bankrolled Ralph Bakshi's half-baked animated version in the late 70's, which has it's fans, I must say, but I'm not one of their number. If you read Tolkein's Letters, there's some tidbits about another animated film attempted in the late 50's or early 60's, with the involvement of Forrest J. Ackerman -- publisher of Famous Monsters of Filmland. The makers of Yellow Submarine made some public noises about their plans to animate Lord of the Rings, but they obviously came to naught.
Back to the original point -- because of new ownership at Fantasy, John Fogarty is finally able to release a collection of hits now, after 35 years of contentious litigation between Zaenz and himself. NPR -- John Fogarty.
Merry Christmas!
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