Terrible, terrible news from the Guardian. Michael Jackson has been at work with some British celebrity I've never heard of, David Gest, on an album whose lyrics will be the poetry of Robert Burns, Scotland's most celebrated versifier. "He [Gest] explained that he and Jackson were originally planning to do a musical about Burns's life, … Continue reading Gan Aft Agley
Like Little People
Alba Ballard loved her parrots. And what's more, she loved dressing them up. She sewed costumes for them and built sets so they could reenact scenes from movies and TV shows of the sixties and seventies. Sonny and Cher, Liberace, Bonnie and Clyde--she covered them all.Photos of Alba's work are collected in the book Mrs. … Continue reading Like Little People
Who Wins, Exactly?
Still smarting from the shakeup in Minneapolis's library system? It could be worse. Residents of Treasure Island, Florida, will have to pay for their library cards--as much as $100 each--if the city commission has its way. Commissioners recently voted to withdraw from a larger library system, to which the town currently pays $107,132 a year. … Continue reading Who Wins, Exactly?
Musings from Magers and Quinn 