March came in like a Kitty-Kat
Ladies That Rock is an inspiring way to start any month:
MiNX starring at Ladies That Rock in the Woodshed, Venture A Go Go, uh — Grogan’s.
Check out some Summertime Unplugged MiNX at their website — we fans are hearing more brilliant wood-sounds more often these days, I’m happy to say.
I’ve been calling ESX a “Good Time Music” band — their lead singer Crystal makes it happen!
ESX opened the night on March 7, 3014. Crystal Pistol – vox, Jordan – guitar, Bones – bass, Li – keys, Maz – drums, August – guitar. They successfully closed the show during the previous winter.
“Wild” times continued with surf music and Magda Vega in the star slot. Robin’s new songs have powerful lyrics with high literary quality and extreme emotionality.
(Left) Whomever did the graphics for the Wild Ones and Magda Vega has great hands. (Right) Singer Robin, as drawn by M.E. on the back of one of her flyers.
(Above) Blogmeister Michael ran down two separate battery packs in his camera, and ended up drawing Magda‘s lead singer Robin on the back of 3×5 flyers.
As Raffi Shahinian shredded his fretboard, local Punk Rock guitar legend Aldine Strychnine was on hand to hear every note!
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Modern Dance, Bolshoi Ballet, and the Sugar Space
Many productive hours went by seeing live Dance, both while I edited my Orgelpark movie, and after the film went online. I am burning European and American DVDs right now, and promoting Katie Duck’s workshop in May, which is coming up fast:
Katie will teach her workshop at Sugar Space’s newly-purchased location on the west side of Downtown Salt Lake City, near Utah State Fair Park. Some people call it the River District, but the Jordan River lies just beyond the Fairpark, a half-mile away. We are a block and a half south of a TRAX train station.
Our dance studio is located inside the west gate of Downtown Sugar Space, next to their art gallery, running north to south with a door looking out onto a cute patio between us and the gallery — it has a newly-laid sprung-wooden floor, and all the electricity and sound equipment we need.
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Complete One-Hour Concert — Manson Two:
(L to R) Alfredo Genovesi, Nortje Kohne, Jakob Lekkerkerk, Vilbjorg Broch, and Freek Musbach in performance at Orgelpark, Amsterdam.
Magpie in Concert, August 29, 2014
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More dance on video/film — Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet at the Broadway Theater, doing Balanchine’s Jewels.
I’ve attended three Dance concerts at The Sugar Space, and had a good time at each one. The second was my particular favorite, partly because they had live music by a disarmingly gentle band called L’Anarchiste!
Cause A Decision began with a dance video introducing the cast, shot on the foothills above the University of Utah — Digitally-altered programs and CD cover from L’Anarchiste by M.E.
Braving Deep Winter
RDT’s young company are doing extraordinary work.
Digitally-altered souvenirs by M.E.
Before I go see RDT’s LAND performance on April 12, it’s worth saying that LIVELY totally lived up to the title of the concert. The first half relied on a variety of beautiful pieces choreographed by Martina Harris, and climaxed with a highly energetic and moving Bolero by Joanie Smith. I was shaking my head in awe at the interval — they seemed to be passing the INTENSITY bottle around. Everybody was stepping up.
Bill Evans’ epic character dances are among the things that define RDT in my mind, and Jukebox is a fine example of his art. Anybody of any age can learn a lot from Linda C. Smith’s sense of timing, too. The whole second half was a major ride. I braved a snowstorm the next night to personally thank Linda and the company at a reception for doners.
Speaking of navigating snowstorms, I did a similar thing for Stephen Brown, and I’m glad I did:
Drinking at Sundance Film Festival with Stephen Brown Dance.
Because of SB Dance this winter, I’ve heard Vanessa Angulo sing I Put A Spell On You, saw Jenny Larsen dance in the air, heard Totem & Taboo do another concert, watched the dancers “hit the mattresses,” and heard an exceedingly moving narrative from Stephen.
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History Here and Now
I had the great pleasure of doing some more research for my highly-satisfactory Cosmic Aeroplane Memorabilia website.
Starting about 1972, Linda Huntington (below right) of Mother’s Earth Things helped lead a loose collaboration of Alternative shop owners at the Ninth East and Ninth South Community after the Cosmic Aeroplane moved closer to downtown. Linda also fostered the successful Mayfest celebrations at Westminster College. There will be further pictures from those times posted soon.
The original partners of Mother’s Earth Things model their stock of beautiful antique dresses at Cosmic Aeroplane’s location on South Temple while Cosmic partners Sherm, Jack, and Steve are clad in denims.
I also had the great pleasure of introducing Monuments Men author Robert Edsel to my friend and Asian Art History Professor Lennox Tierney, who served as a Monuments Man in Occupied Japan. We had breakfast at a hotel downtown, and then Mr. Edsel sprung a surprise or two:
(L to R) Mr. Edsel’s autograph; Dr. Tierney peers at Robert Edsel’s book Rescuing Da Vinci, which goes into the astounding details of recovering what the Nazis stole in his documentary movie called The Rape of Europa.
Mr. Edsel presented Dr. Tierney with a Senatorial Proclamation honoring his service, plus recognition from the Eisenhower Foundation, and an American Flag. Lennox Tierney was previously honored with the title Kensho, Order of the Rising Sun, from Emperor Heisei of Japan.
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Cluros and Thuria, as seen by Curiosity Rover on Planet Mars.
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Online Versions of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom Novels:
REMINDER: Research this prolific author on ERBzine.
A Princess of Mars ; The Gods of Mars ; Warlord of Mars ;
( 1911 to 1913 — The heart of the Pulp-Classic world of Mars/Barsoom.)
And thereby hangs a tale As good luck would have it As merry as the day is long At one fell swoop … (We’re stealing from Elizabethan/Jacobean Theatre, like Shakespeare did.)
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