Just for the sake of a little blasphemy!

Good News and Bad News

The good news is...

The shelling and beachcombing will be fantastic on the Florida beaches this year.

The bad news is...

The shelling and beachcombing will be fantastic on the Florida beaches this year.

Just Because It's June - More From Ms. Garland

'Cos it's June with my 39th (12th anniversary thereof) birthday on the 6th, on which day we saw Judy's fabu daughter, the Magnificent Liza Minnelli; the 10th was Ms. Garland's 88th birthday, the 22th is the dark 41st anniversary of our Ms. G's death, the 24th is my Kerry's 2nd anniversary of his passing, which hovers deeply embedded in my soul. And ferchrissakes its Gay Pride Month!

So! Let's let the Judy sing a loud and fast and furious one: "Come Rain or Come Shine"! This is as close to her Carnegie Hall concert that we will ever get on film! And it is truly one of her best (watch as she she grabs and pinches herself to maintain control as she recognizes how well she is presenting this):

Judy Garland, Triptych

Judy Triptychs

Who Dresses This Woman?

Liza is now safe. Aretha wins!

Scotland Via Nigeria

Just got back from the strangest trip; Scotland via Nigeria via a New York IP address.

Not really but how very, very annoying to have your email hijacked! So, if you want to send me money send it via check to my home address in Chicago ;-)

LIZA! Liberty Weekend! Diva!

We kid her, however has anyone, including Mama (And we worship Mama), ever put over a song as fabulously as this:

Liza Does "The Man That Got Away"

No visuals but OMG, She nails it!

Not a Day Goes By

I used to think this was a bitter song --- It is actually bittersweet:

Liza Misses Halston

and appears blissfully unaware that Bob Mackie is still available.

And if Bob Mackie is responsible for this, somebody warn Cher!

Jarvis Cocker - Running the World

Via Balloon-Juice comes this ditty. So appropriate now that the banksters are getting away with bankrupting the world and British Petroleum continues to lie as they destroy the gulf coast:

Please, oh Please, dear nephew, please, learn this one:

Favorite line:
"That the cream cannot help
But alway rise up to the top.
Well I say:
Shit floats."

Irises 2010

I love irises. This was the show going on last week down the block from me. I say best in show.

Law & Order

1st they came and took away our Vincent D'Onofrio. Now they've come and taken away Law & Order - Prime. Where is the justice in the world?

Lena Horne, Stormy Weather & If You Believe

Sublime and and stunning:

Lena Horne, 1917 - 2010, Moon River

Her definitive "Moon River". Thank you, Lena, for a life well lived!

LongHorse, Los Cerrillos, NM

We all were a bit startled to see this in Los Cerrillos, New Mexico a couple of days ago:

Alas we drove a bit further and all was revealed:

Miss Me Yet?

Someone put up a sign in Wyoming, Minnisotta with the query "Miss Me Yet?"
Someone ingeniously finally responded with same sign and annotated thusly!
Asked! Answered!!!

Our Next Prime Minister?

This is the man who wants us all to take part in our own government, to get involved locally, run our own schools, police forces and hospitals. I mean, people can already be on committees that govern those things, but most choose not to. They don't even vote. What planet is this man on?

And does he sound a bit whiny and moany to anyone else, or is it just my antipathy?

TG for Sarah Palin & Tina Fey

Happy Birthday, SnarkAngel from V D'Onofrio

Best to you, My friend!!!