What do you do when you're inconveniently far from home and have a couple of hours to kill between appointments? I know I'm a dying breed, but I often deal with that predicament by ducking i…
An enthusiasm for 18th century painter, illustrator, and engraver William Hogarth (1697-1764) is one of the million ties that bind my wife and I together. Among other things, Hogarth was kno…
How wonderful that Mabel Normand shares a birthday with Marie Dressler, Snub Pollard, and Ed Wynn! That's an astrological club that kind of makes a little sense! Anyway, having done so many …
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip's War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant pol…
In 1924 a young man named Don Alvarado (José Ray Paige, 1904-1967) got his first minor role in the silent film Mademoiselle Midnight starring Mae Murray, married Ann Boyar, and became th…
Today is World Freedom Day, he said with a hollow laugh. As of November 5, the prospects for genuine individual liberty anywhere in the world seem very dim indeed, and likely will be until l…
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip's War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant pol…
I've taken an unconscionably long time in generating a dedicated post on June Havoc (Â Ellen Evangeline Hovick, 1912-2010). I'm sure it's because she was mentioned in my post about her sis…
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip's War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant pol…
Man, am I grateful that today is the birthday of Alice Bag (Alicia "Alice" Armendariz, b. 1958). This is an especially good time to celebrate a radical Mexican punk woman, not that there's e…
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip's War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant pol…
Thanks, Eve Golden, for making me aware of Gordon Westcott (Myrthus Hansen Hickman, 1903-1935) about a year ago. Oh, I'd seen plenty of his movies, but I'd not noted the name. Essentially, h…
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip's War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant pol…
Thanks, Eve Golden, for passing along the intel about the passing of Jonathan Haze (Jack Schachter, 1929-2024). You may think there's something kind of wrong about eulogizing him here today,…
How perfect that Walter Cronkite (1916-2009) shared a birthday with Will Rogers, for they were both among the most trusted, beloved and admired Americans of their day. Cronkite was the ancho…
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip's War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant pol…
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip's War, the beginning of the end for the native people of this continent. …
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip's War, the beginning of the end for the native people of this continent. I'm ma…
My inability to locate what I deem to be a single interesting image of historical Ohio gives the lie I guess to what was to have been my intended thesis for National Ohio Day, that the Bucke…
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip's War, the beginning of the end for the native people of this continent. I'm marki…
I was very distressed to learn today of the death of an old friend. I'm startled to realize that she was indeed that " I've known Kathleen Hulser for a quarter of a century. Kathleen was the…
Paul Morrissey (1938-2024) passed away a few days ago; I decided to hold his tribute for today (Halloween), as it seemed most appropriate for a man who had directed his own takes on Frankens…
Don't get too excited! The show advertised above is from a quarter century ago. We share the image for two reasons: 1) In celebration of the Halloween season, and 2) it was designed by the t…
There are performing artists of older vintage I could treat of today, but none of them get me as jazzed as Grace Slick (b. 1939), nor are any of them as witchy. I love that she was born on H…
October 29 was the birthday of a now obscure sports promoter named Jess McMahon (Roderick James McMahon Sr, 1882-1954). In the final analysis I revile the influence his family has had on thi…