Monthly Archives: September 2023

Honestly, Good Stuff!

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Does it get any better than this??

That indescribably weird “Republican” debate the other night. Were they ALL actors or only DeSantis?

Dan Bongino —Here’s What You Need To Know About The GOP Debate – 09/28/2023 (59 mins):

And this happened the other day:

And there was this — very interesting tiktok video; article 2 section 4 has been enacted?:

From GoodlionTV:

“I wonder…. Could this be?”

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Strange stuff at Real Raw News regarding the never-ending mystery of General Mark Milley. Allegedly, he was finally arrested and is now at Gitmo. (Wait — wasn’t he arrested a couple of years ago and sent to Gitmo? )

Anyway. There are several articles about it, but here’s this one:

“Gen. Milley Cries Foul; Tells JAG He Still Works for President Trump

The dishonored Mark A. Milley, now at Guantanamo Bay, has told U.S. Navy investigators they “colossally screwed up” because he had been working undercover for President Donald J. Trump since J6 and that Gen. Smith’s ham-fisted mission hindered operational security, a JAG source told Real Raw News. […]”

[full article here]

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RT – PAN-AFRICANIST KEMI SEBA LEADS RALLY AGAINST FRENCH PRESENCE IN NIGER (4 mins):

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And of course the weirdest news of all is the Katie Hobbs saga. She has stepped down as AZ Governor, but “only for a few hours”???

Well, anyway. This is from Phil:

“Welcome to the Red X club, Katie.

We’ve been waiting for you.”

In more depth — however there’s not a whole lot of depth to be had just yet:

Dr. Steve Turley – BOMBSHELL! KATIE HOBBS STEPS DOWN AS GOVERNOR OF AZ!!! (7 mins):

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I don’t know, gang, there is just so much STUFF right in our faces this week. To me, it just feels like everything is moving right along! Finally.

Okay.

From Ross K. Nichols & Jono – Azazel: The Lore of Yom Kippur (1 hr):

And I was finally able to get started on this great new course from James Tabor — you can sign up for it here ($49.95).

Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls — trailer for the new course:

And, yes! This means I am still taking more courses than you can possibly imagine.

I’m re-taking that course on The Gnostics & Nag Hammadi;

I’m taking that course from Stage 32 about creating podcasts for Intellectual Properties;

I’m still watching the webinar from Copyright Alliance about AI and Copyright Laws;

and, yes, trying to learn Ancient Hebrew, from one of Jeff Benner’s courses.

And now I have added James Tabor’s new course about Jesus & the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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So this is why I am not on the blog every day now, because I am also trying to get back to work on my many works-in-progress. Before going into the train station to work…

On that note, I gotta scoot!!

Enjoy your Friday, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting. I love you guys. See ya!

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Tonight, in Chicago!! (And tomorrow morning at 11:30am, an in-store book signing at the Seminary Co-Op Bookstore!)

And this, because it’s awesome and totally appropriate for today!!

“More News From Nowhere”, from Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! 2008, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. Enjoy, gang!!

Isn’t That Curious?

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Wow, gang. Today is the day that my retirement check came so I’ve been trying to pay bills here this morning and EVERY website I’ve tried to access to pay a bill online has come up an ERROR page or ACCESS DENIED.

And when I call them on the phone, their billing departments all say that they are “making site upgrades” and to try again later…

Hmmm…..

Are we switching over to the new quantum Internet right now????

Okay.

My dear friend and partner in Abstract Absurdity Productions, Peitor Angell, whose new publicity photo I shared with you here yesterday — is going to be on a podcast on October 13th, so here’s that info:

And here is an older composition of his, from Convertible Music — a record that he is re-releasing soon:

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From Saturday–

Ross K. Nichols — Prophetic Parallels – The Prophet Isaiah: V (1 hr):

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And, hmmm — now the Writer’s Strike is suddenly over and for the first time in the known history of the world the writers are not getting screwed!

“New WGA Contract Explained: AI Is Not a Writer, Solo Scribe Shows Don’t Need Minimum Staff and More

The WGA emerges from the long slog of a strike and difficult contract talks with a deal that is far richer and more comprehensive than most industry observers would have predicted last spring when the fitful negotiations began. […]”

[full article at Variety]

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The Copyright Alliance recently had a free webinar: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Copyright: The Next Frontier.

If you are a creative potentially impacted by AI but not yet a member of the Copyright Alliance, and would like to watch the webinar, you can join for free HERE. The webinar is now available to watch 24/7.

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From Phil’s channel yesterday:

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And tonight in Milwaukee!!!

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It just feels like great things are happening behind the scenes now, gang. Kind of an awesome energy everywhere.

Okay!

I need to drive to town and get the groceries, so that’s really it for now.

I hope you’re having a great Wednesday, wherever you are in the world!

Thanks for visiting. I love you guys. See ya!

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More from Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (2008): “Midnight Man”. Enjoy!!

Back Home Again!

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Just a quick post as I settle in back home.

Again, I can’t stress enough how incredible Nick’s show was last night in Cleveland. If you can see him anywhere near you, you should go. It was really just a stunning show.

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I wanted to share this great new publicity photo of my dear friend and business partner in Abstract Absurdity Productions, Peitor Angell!! Peitor is also a composer, record producer and a film & TV scorer. I just love this photo of him!!

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Also, long before I was born, my grandfather ran the local movie house in Mayfield Heights, a suburb of Cleveland. I found some great old photos of the place.

I went here a lot as a little girl — my grandmother would take me to see movies there. But, by then, my grandfather had been dead for a few years already.

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As always, another photo of Keith from Instagram!

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Okay, gang. I’m playing catch up around here today.

I hope you’re enjoying your Tuesday, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting!!

I love you guys. See ya!

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From my driving to & from Cleveland playlist!! “Jesus of the Moon.” From Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 2008. Enjoy!!

Alive in Cleveland

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The drive to Cleveland yesterday was awesome, gang. It was a 2 1/2-hour drive, but only the final half-hour was on a freeway. The rest of it was on backroads through incredible farmlands, rolling hills, trees, trees, trees, and a few ponds and streams. Cows, horses, Amish country, beautiful old barns, and old country churches.

Cleveland, of course, has changed enormously since my wee bonny girlhood, but this is not the first time I’ve been here since my wee bonny girlhood.

Btw— that splendid weather we were supposed to have did not materialize. It’s dismal and grey here, and luckily I remembered to bring a jacket because it’s a lot cooler than was expected, too.

I’m thinking that the Nick Cave concert tonight will be very good, and I’m hoping this will be true, because honestly, gang, I just want to get back into my car and go back to the country. Not only is it expensive here, but nothing around the hotel has any food that is organic or fresh from the farms. The food tastes terrible. And the people seem sort of gloomy. There are plenty of homeless people begging for money, etc. Like the old days back in NYC, but without the incredible energy of the old New York.

Last night, I went to the Cleveland Art Institute because I had a ticket to see the new documentary film, “Mutiny in Heaven,” about Nick Cave and his first band, The Birthday Party (an evolution of the band The Boys Next Door). Wow, was it depressing. Even though I could still relate to a lot of what was uplifting from that era of music — through most of the life-span of The Birthday Party, I was already in NYC, heavily involved in all the various genre of the music scene back then. But, Jesus. Most of what was in that film was just depressing and some of it was vile and nauseating. Plus, I love Rowland S. Howard and for me, his sad and sort of tragic death was haunting that whole film.

The most interesting part of the evening, though, was that the Uber I needed to take to the movie theater and back, cost me a whopping $100. Yes, to a theater (& back) that is only 4 miles from my hotel. If I had tried to drive there, find a place to park, and find my way back to my hotel I would have gotten hopelessly lost. So Uber it was.

One nice thing, though, both of the Uber drivers I had were really friendly and chatty. One was from Afghanistan and the other one was from Turkey. Both of them loved Cleveland, so that was nice.

Truthfully, if it weren’t for the fact that my grandparents are buried here, I would probably never come back to Cleveland. But Kara and I are already planning another day trip here (to the other side of Cleveland) to go visit my grandparents’ graves.

All right, I guess that’s it for now. Today I am doing nothing, really, except waiting for Nick Cave’s show because I am almost out of money. (Meaning, money that I loaded onto my debit card before I left home.) I’m planning to chat with Sandra today, to find out how rehearsals have been going in Toronto. And I think Valerie is calling from Brooklyn today, too. So that’s it.

Okay.

I hope you’re having a great Monday, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting. I love you guys. See ya!

Getting Ready for that Trip to Cleveland!

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The route I am taking to Cleveland tomorrow will be a brand new one for me, gang. All backroads and State Highways. It should be beautiful. The weather is supposed to be splendid. We shall see!

Nick Cave will be performing in what is now called the KeyBank State Theater (how lovely, right? Sounds straight out of the USSR). A long time ago, though — meaning, in my wee bonny girlhood — it used to be called the Cleveland Playhouse and it had a wonderful theatrical history. But now the whole surrounding area is called “Playhouse Square” and is a collection of several theaters.

Anyway, I have not been to this theater since my wee bonny girlhood — yes, when the USSR was pretty much only in the USSR. I was last in the Cleveland Playhouse with my grandmother, who was my favorite person on Earth and who has been gone a long, long time now. I’m sure my memories will feel overwhelming while I’m there.

Cleveland Playhouse. Now called “State Theater of the Union Republic”

If you’re in Washington DC right this very minute — Nick Cave is doing a book signing at 11AM at a bookshop called Politics and Prose, at 5015 Connecticut Ave NW.

Tonight he’s performing in DC, also, but it is already sold out.

Okay I’ve got stuff to do because I need to work at the train station tonight (and btw — that new cocktail that is named after me is kind of a big hit. See Thursday’s post). Mostly I just wanted to make sure you knew that Phil is planning to go live tonight at 8PM Eastern time.

Okay, I gotta scurry!

Enjoy your Saturday wherever you are in the world!

Thanks for visiting. I love you guys. See ya!

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I will most likely be playing this tomorrow…. my usual driving-for-a-long-time-on-a-sunny-day music! Tom Petty & the Heartbreaker’s live version of “Runnin’ Down A Dream”. (I miss you so much, Tom.) Okay. Enjoy!!

A Very Happy Friday, Gang!

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There is nothing to report today, except that it is Nick Cave’s birthday, today.

Happy, happy, happy!! It was 4 years ago, right around his birthday, that I last saw him in NYC.

Then there was this weird scamdemic thing that made almost everything on Earth feel like a bad dream.

However. That’s over.

Happy Birthday, Nick Cave! See ya real soon!!

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Oh wait, this was interesting–

Dan Bongino- The Global War On Free Speech Explodes (Ep. 2093) – 09/21/2023 (58 mins):

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And there’s this–

Ross and Jono – Nephilim: Angels on Earth? (1 hr 25 mins):

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Other than that, my new writing desk arrived!

It was simple to put together. It weighs almost nothing. The top is real wood. It is so basic and plain and compact — just what I was looking for in order to get back to journal writing, or to sit and make story notes, outlines, etc. — just to get away from the laptop for a little while each day.

The only “problem” is, Francis really loves sitting in the chair. She prefers it to the other chair in the dining room that is exactly like it; the one she used to love over all other chairs in the house for about the last 3 years…. so now I feel a little guilty because in order to sit at my new happy writing desk, I have to ask her to please move… (she’s not called “Mean Frannie McFee” for nothing.) Anyway:

All right!

Enjoy your Friday, wherever you are in the world!!

Thanks for visiting. I love you guys. See ya!

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Happy Birthday, Nick Cave!