Mixed Meters

A Mixed Meters tradition now in its third year. Read about 2007 & 2006 . Remember, this is not about what was new in 2008, only about...

The rain leaves, the wind comes. It gets clear. Leslie and I take Chowderhead walking in the Lower Arroyo Seco Natural Park ( satellite ...

Click here to read the first Stalking the Christmas Penguin. It discusses the geographic illiteracy of Americans and answers the question ...

Southern California is generally thought to be place with no weather - and many of us are quite happy about that. We see pictures of snowsto...

A 30 second spot based on a familiar holiday tune. The melody is reduced to bare bones or less, a small nubbin , smelly and harsh to the to...

In the tradition of unhelpfully named pieces of music such as This Is Not The Title and This Is Not The Title EITHER , here is Music Not T...

Tim Mangan, Orange County's music critc, posted this link to a performance of Ravel's Bolero by Orchestre de Paris under the direct...

Classical music sells product - in this case the Queen of the Night aria by Mozart and a feminine lubricant. Read an article by Tom Serivce ...

View another deflated icon here and here. Inflated Tags: turkey . . . inflatable sculpture . . . holiday decorations

Over the centuries people have come to Southern California from all over the world. They bring their art and religion and they build monume...

I've never participated in a meme before, not for lack of opportunity. If you have no idea what a meme is, click here . In this particu...