Now that we’re back in business It’s time to drum up the regular features starting with the Tuesday Rhapsodies.
And who better to start with but with good old Franz Liszt, but not, emphasis NOT, another Hungarian Rhapsody.
I know! I’m just as surprised, and I found out about it completely by accident. This one is his Spanish Rhapsody here performed by Yeol Eum Son.
Enjoy
Well now that the drama of the previous month is over I can sit back and laugh. The new place has been acquired (though thanks to last minute details I won’t have my key until the fourteenth) I am moved out of the old place. That felt like it took forever, going back in fourth between the apartment and my storage area. Desperately trying to make sure I had enough boxes (you only realize how much junk you own when you move) And despite my best efforts didn’t get my security deposit (You spend a week cleaning, scrubbing and vacuuming and you still get a long itemized list that makes you look like a negligent slob!)
But anyway right now I’m chilling being a houseguest at some good friends and trying to play catchup (I know I said I’d startup again right on June but it took me a little bit longer to get my groove back. My bad)
A very happy 88th birthday to Mr. Miles Davis. Let us celebrate by listening to him run the Voodoo down.
Note much to my embarrassment this post was originally done on the third due to having the date wrong. On my calender this has been corrected so won’t happen again. Apologies.
Well this crazy month is nearly done. And I now mostly have a handle on it with a new place located and only about two days of packing housecleaning and a few other things left to do. Now the only mad rush I have left is making sure I have enough people to help me move furniture next Saturday the 24th. (To all my friends in the area, I’m talking to you! ^-^)
Anyway this has allowed me to stop, take a deep breath and start getting back to work. So I can restart the strip properly on June.
In the mean time I’ve had the time to do one of my favorite activities, sketching at public events.
This one is of Grace Love and the Haters performing at U-District street fair. (I would have done more but it started to rain.)
Once again we arrive on May fourth, the anniversary of Alice’s dream. For all the reasons I believe this go here.
Anyway here’s the Alice going down the rabbit hole from Jonathan Miller’s 1966 version. Despite the lack of costumes or any overt fantasy elements I think this is one of my favorite versions. He captures the dream like quality better then most of the others and Anne-Marie Mallik, the actress who played Alice. Is one my favorites capturing the complete unflappability of the laic in the books.
I tried, really I did, but trying to maintain regular hours while conducting an apartment hunt just hasn’t worked. On the one hand my buffer was beginning to disintegrate, a lot of the material was a bit sub par, and on the other hand I have to be out of here completely on the 31st and the clock is ticking!
So after a lot of hand wringing and thought about it I decided to do what had to be done and dedicate the rest of the month to the hunt and the move.
This was hard since I take great pride in keeping up my schedule but sometimes some priorities are just more important. I’ll probably put up a few more of these “gone fishing” signs to keep things interesting and if anyone is interested to provide cartoons feel free to contact me. Otherwise I need to get all of this over with so I can land on the ground running when things get back to normal.
Anyway thanks for understanding and I’ll see you all in June!
