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BLACK LIVES MATTER MURALS ON 4TH AND UNION
A construction fence wraps around a shut down gas station on 4th Avenue and Union Street where Park Slope borders Gowanus in Brooklyn. Many Black Lives Matter demonstrations took place in this area this past month, and it is around … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News
Tagged 4th Avenue, Black Lives Matter, Breonna Taylor, brooklyn, change, gas station, gowanus, mural, Park Slope, Peanuts, racism, status quo, Trump, Union Street
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IMPEACHMENT EVE, NYC
A Photo/Video Diary. On the Eve of the Impeachment Vote in the House of Representatives, hundreds of thousands across the country are rallying to demand the Criminal in Chief be impeached and removed. I joined the thousands that rallied in … Continue reading
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, … Continue reading
50TH PRIDE NYC
11 Hours of Pride NYC – Watching and Marching – a Photo Diary 11:30am – Ed and I perched ourselves at 17th Street and 5th avenue to await the start of the 50th NYC Pride march … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged 50th, anniversary, Bears, Big Apple Corps, Bill de Blasio, bisexual, cartwheels, Chirlane McCray, drag queens, Dykes with Bikes, Empire State Building, Flatiron, Gay Liberation Front, Gay Rights, LGBTQ, March, New York City, Pence, photography, Pose, Pride, puppets, Quaker, Rainbow, Sage, Stilt walkers, Stonewall, Trevor Project, Trump, World Trade Center
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WE WILL SURVIVE – again and again
A Pride Month Special Look at “I Will Survive” and Some of its Many Covers with particular ruminations on what we will survive, or not The Original – Gloria Gaynor If one were to choose one song … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged Andrews Sisters, Anthem, Aretha Franklin, Bishop Torbin, Blu Holliday, cake, climate change, Destiny's Child, Diana Ross, disco, diva, Funky Nashville, Gay Rights, Gladys Knight, Gloria Gaynor, Guys and Balls, I Will Survive, I'm a Survivor, J2, LGBTQ, Madonna, Männer Wie Wir, Postmodern Jukebox, Pride, Puppini Sisters, Remix, Sara Niemitz, Scott Bradlee, Shirley Bassey, Trump, Vogue
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The Belligerent Homophobe Who Ruined Rocketman For Us
The three or four loud sneezes that erupted behind us during the 20 minutes of previews were a warning shot that all would not turn out alright for us during this screening of “Rocketman” in midtown Manhattan. But the … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged 2016 election, Arrival, Ben Wishaw, bigot, Braveheart, Cloud Atlas, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Ed Elder, Elton John, Gay, homophobia, James D'Arcy, LGBTQ, love scene, MAGA, movie, Pride, Rocketman, Taran Egerton, Trump, Trumpian
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What Makes Us ANXIOUS – What Gives Us HOPE
I want to have a happier marriage Love wins My Trump voting relatives I am tougher than dirt Currently at the Rubin Museum in New York City, there is an exhibit curated by the public’s hopes and fears. One … Continue reading
Posted in Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged Amazon, anxiety, Black Lives Matter, blue wave, death, deportation, election, fear, God, Hope, Kavanaugh, Love, museum, music, negativity, New York City, peace, Robert Mueller, Rubin, Science, Shout, Tears for Fears, The Song of Job 9:11, Time, Trump
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MAMA MIA – Here We Sing Along Again
Escapism for the New Great Depression I slid the “Mamma Mia” disk into the blu-ray player. I asked Ed whether it we should activate the sing-along function this time? Ed hesitated, then demurred. But I knew he wanted it. So … Continue reading
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Tagged ABBA, Busby Berkeley, Ed Elder, escapism, fascism, Great Depression, Hereditary, Leave No Trace, Mamma Mia, Mamma Mia - Here We Go Again", Meryl Streep, Preston Sturgess, Putin, Seth Meyers, sing-a-long, Sorry to Bother You, Sullivan's Travels, Treason, Trump, Won't You Be My Neighbor
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Political Tweet Storms from Electoral Colleges to Golden Showers to the Russia Sessions – updated 3/20/17.
1/12/17 – @canyonhaus, going viral via Debra Messing since November: “If anything, we are the ignored majority. Not conservatives, who can’t win fair and square.”
Posted in Notes in the News
Tagged Charles Blow, CIA, democracy, Electoral College, Evan McMullin, FBI, George Takei, Golden Showers, ISIS, liberals, Lucas Neff, majority, mandate, Mark Harris, Mexico, Michael Moore, Paul Krugman, popular vote, Putin, Ross A. Lincoln, tariffs, Trump
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