I usually don’t go back in time for news that I miss as I am always thinking that the world will keep turning. But since the first time I saw her picture, I developed a MASSIVE crush on Isabella Blow. She always reminded me of fey… of some mischievous little pixie. She had more style […]

“Relax child! The way I feel tonight, Muhammad Ali would have his hands full…”
Tamara Dobson, the model turned actress who played the ass-whooping, no-shit-taking, I’ll-jack-you-up-but I-won’t-jack-up-my look Cleopatra Jones, passed away on Monday after suffering from multiple sclerosis for several years.
I am soooooooooo sad. I have to break out Casino of Gold tonight.
Thanks for […]

A founding member of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrette has died.

You reached for the secret too soon,
you cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night,
and exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome with random precision,
rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of […]

Born in New York City’s Lower Eastside in 1911, versatile and opinionated choreographer Sophie Maslow passed away this weekend.
From the NYTimes Dance section :

Ms. Maslow spoke of her populist leanings in an interview in Dance Magazine in 1946. Referring to herself and her colleagues in the Dudley-Maslow-Bales Trio, she said: “We’re popular, if […]

“We weren’t pushing ‘Black is Beautiful,’ we just showed it…”

Indeed. I find her words to demonstrate independent thinking, confidence and a sense of purpose despite the labels that people tried to put on her and her work. Thank about that… it isn’t easy in today’s world and it sure as hell was not easy in […]

I recently wrote about her current book and I am absolutely heartbroken over the death of Octavia Butler.
Thank you for the wonderful, private moments wrapped in the worlds that you created Ms. Butler. Your written tapestries are unmatched, fierce, nurturing and infectious.
See you in the next life.

I thank Mrs. King for everything that she and her husband did for humanity. If only a small part of their sprit lived in each of us… think how close to perfect this world would be.
Goodbye Coretta… we’ll see you in the next life.

We say goodnight & goodbye to the beautiful and talented Burlesque dancer Ms. Candy Barr who passed on in her native Texas. Her trademark costume was a 10-gallon hat, pasties, “scanty panties,” a pair of six-shooters and cowboy boots.
Known for her innocent looks and playful charm, she taught Joan Collins how to perform a […]