1933

Greta Garbo, "Queen Christina", 1933

2007

Saturday evening, June 23, 2007 -- the "Zipper" ride sign at the weekend fair, Shirley, NY

1963

August, 1963 -- In the Black Hills of South Dakota, near Rockerville

1961

January, 1961 -- Riverside Park, New York City

1957

Federal Correctional Institution, Ashland, Kentucky

The Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Ashland is a low security institution housing male inmates with a satellite camp that houses minimum security inmates.

The facility is located in the highlands of northeastern Kentucky, 125 miles east of Lexington and 5 miles southwest of Ashland.

Finis

The last frame and blackout of "The Sopranos" is a direct reference to "The 400 Blows" (1959) and its memorable final shot... The haunted eyes of Antoine Doinel, Truffaut's autobiographical hero, in the freeze frame that ends "The 400 Blows."

Agnes' Dog

Wisteria

Seven years after planting, finally a bloom!

"Pink Narcissus" - Street Scene

Street Scene from "Pink Narcissus" by James Bidgood, from left to right, Andrew Starr, Donald L. Brooks, Charles Ludlam, Larry Rey

Angel, by James Bidgood

Donald L. Brooks as Angel, 1969 photo collage by James Bidgood.

Pink Narcissus

The original James Bidgood photo with reference to May 29th Robert Patrick Pentatych.

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Pentatych by Robert Patrick

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Gimme a Head with Hair PLUS Fashions to Match!!!

DORIC WILSON, 1969, MICHAEL WARREN POWELL, 1968, DONALD L. BROOKS (with Andrew Starr in "Pink Narcissus," photo James Bidgood) 1969, Edward Crosby Welles, 1964, WALTER MICHAEL HARRIS, 1968.

Mother's Day -- 2007

Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth
John Singer Sargent -- American painter
1889
Tate Gallery, London
Oil on canvas
221 x 114.3 cm
Presented by Sir Joseph Duveen 1906
Jpg: Tate Gallery, London

(Click on image to step back)

Probably the closest Sargent ever got to the Pre-Raphael Brotherhood was with his paintings of the famous actress, Dame Ellen Terry (1847–1928) as Lady Macbeth after the first performance in the role; and yet this is not at all an allegorical painting, just a straight portrait of the actress in costume playing Lady Macbeth. Still, the tone, the costume, the medieval implications are very much in theme with Edward Burne-Jones and the Aesthetic Pre-Raphaelitism.

Is there any reason for a man to starve to death, be it for love or any thing?

I see the sun setting in all its glory -- the impending night with its own particular beauty beckons with a cool reflection of the stars we could not see by day, shining upon us at night with the memories of our not-forgotten friends each twinkling through the black night in teasing echo of "vanity of vanities", leaving us to rest in peace with the knowledge that a thousand years from now, none of this will matter.

To enjoy what there is of life and celebrate each other's existence in the here and now is all we have before the shadows fold their arms around us as we drift into eternal sleep.

Where on Earth am I?

I'm not, I'm on the Moon!

The New York Times Crossword in Gothic

A blog that comments on or reviews The New York Times Crossword Puzzle -- daily postings, now in its third month!

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Happy?

Robinson Cano

TSOTSI

Tsotsi is a 2005 Academy Award-winning film directed by Gavin Hood and set in a Soweto slum, near Johannesburg, South Africa. It is based on a novel of the same name by Athol Fugard. The soundtrack features Kwaito music performed by the popular South African artist Zola as well as a score by Mark Kilian and Paul Hepker featuring the voice of South African protest singer/poet Vusi Mahlasela.

The Resurrection