• Hazel Scott, virtuoso pianist and Black cultural icon, in an off the shoulder beaded gown, shot in profile. Her features are classically beautiful, like a Greek statue, but cut from granite, strong and confident.
    Music - Politics, Schmolitics

    The Second Vanishing of Hazel Scott

    October 14, 2025 - By 

    I had never heard of Hazel Scott before, her star fell into the shadows of McCarthyism before I was born. It’s a shame that she was forgotten the first time;  let’s resist her second disappearance. It may be time to fire up a PBS Passport membership to watch this documentary (and so much more). I wonder what Mom and Dad thought of her TV show; Pop did love Nat “King” Cole and other Black entertainers.  Sometimes it seems we Americans are forgetting who we were, which means we don’t know who we are, and we won’t recognize who we’ll become.…

  • Clan: McTiVo - Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Wow, this is going to be a cultural abomination

    March 8, 2025 - By 

    With a board like that, we can look forward to the Grand Ol’ Party putting on the Second Coming of Minnie Pearl, with opening act, TV’s Maharelle sisters. “ Trump said in the announcement, ‘We look forward to restoring the Center to Greatness, and ushering in America’s Golden Age.”   Link: Trump names loyalists from Fox News to Kennedy Center board

  • Music

    Radio Paradise: Okean Elzy

    March 7, 2025 - By 

      This was a Ukraininan song, really liked the melody.   ”Okean Elzy (Ukrainian: ????? ?????, lit.?’Elza’s Ocean’) is a Ukrainian rock band. It was formed in 1994 in Lviv, Ukraine. It is the most famous and successful Ukrainian music band. The band’s vocalist and frontman is Svyatoslav Vakarchuk. In April 2007 Okean Elzy received FUZZ Magazine music awards for “Best rock act”.”   Link: Playlist: Ukrainian song

  • Podcasts - Politics, Schmolitics

    Unleash The Crackin’ Up: Driftglass and Bluegal Go Hard On Johnson Jokes

    October 23, 2024 - By 

    Funny how Republicans loved the “p” word when it was about Bill Clinton. Driftglass’s ‘five minutes on David Brooks’ is back. Tick tock! And we’re not exactly accepting the Cheneys and The Bulwark into our tent.   Link: Ep 848: Yeah We’re Never Mixing Tea With Lemonade Ever Again — The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

  • Books

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    October 20, 2024 - By 

    “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. —J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Fellowship Of The Ring” https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring

  • Books

    Reading “Wings Of Fire” – Not The Dragon One

    April 6, 2024 - By 

    Can’t finish this via audiobook – the reader’s soothing voice makes me sleep too well. It finally came up as an e-book at the library. As it’s NOT a boring book, I can read it faster than listening to it, without getting so relaxed I doze off. Wings of Fire, by Charles Todd, an Ian Rutledge mystery. The writing, pacing, and characters are solid and the style is beautifully melancholy. The Hamish character, a sort of inner voice, isn’t as intrusive as I thought he’d be.   UPDATE: Fell asleep and had a lovely nap after reading 7 or 8…