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Don’t forget that Choerilus of Samos was wondering that back in the 5th century B.C., when he wrote: “The arts are all fenced in now, the field parceled out, And we, the latecomers scratched from the race, No room to … Continue reading →

in her palmy days have high heels resonated like Nancy P’s. But will it all have been for naught?

If you watch the 1964 Kirov Shades w/Fedicheva & Soloviev, the tempo for the third “slow” (begins slow) soloist variation is the same as what was played during Doug Fullington’s Imperial restoration program at the Guggenheim several years ago. Faster … Continue reading →

I love the way that Nancy P. got her high heels out on that Capitol floor and grew roots with them. Expensive shoes are nice, and talk is invigorating, but action is better–corral that caucus and say No, Leader Pelosi.

A book needs to be written about Trump’s body language. When he practices his own mutation of what is meant to be an acknowledgement of the audience’s applause–like at the SOTU when the GOP leapt to their feet and drooled … Continue reading →

Sen. Schumer has nothing to crow about: once again, the Dems are signing off on a gargantuan, completely unnecessary increase in the military budget. Our military budget is three times what it was twenty years ago and the world is … Continue reading →

and she’s dug in on the House floor. Brava! “JR” at Daily Kos has it in real time.

Trump wants a staff that will find a way to secure him carte blanche to indulge in wholesale criminality with complete impunity. So far it hasn’t happened, and that’s why he’s going for another shake-up. Of course griftress Ivanka is … Continue reading →

Who will damn well clap when they’re cued to clap. And he is now halfway toward achieving his goal.

Another one I didn’t mind is 1935’s Metropolitan. Well, if you can hear/see Lawrence Tibbett in a host of different excerpts, what is there to be offended by?