Music

Satire, Parody, Comedy

May 9, 2017

As part of my effort to choose JOY I continue to expand my list of musicians who use satire and parody to help us cope with the current political situation, and modern life in general. Music, comedy and politics- spreading JOY, educating, and encouraging #resistance. [read more]

Brushing Fame

Bucket List, The Squeakquel

July 30, 2026

A few years back I posted my newly-created bucket list, after talking about why I had refused to do one before. Now that I’ve celebrated yet another orbit around Sol (which is tied to the ability to work the list in question) a quick review. [read more]

Designs I Like

Book Bargain Bonanza

September 5, 2025

Adulting Is Balance and, sometimes, Compromise. When I created this post I discounted all the titles at Amzn as a short ‘going out of print’ sale, even though as a Print On Demand book there’s no old stock to sell off. As of Sept. 17, [read more]

Family, Identity

R&P and The Naked Gun

August 24, 2025

My ND brain: The Naked Gun and Romanovsky & Phillips. Talk of the new version of ‘The Naked Gun‘ led to me thinking that the original version starred Leslie Nielsen who also starred in ‘Airport‘. Nielsen and his elder brother Erik (a long-time member of [read more]

Brushing Fame

Grandma, Robin, Joan, AIDS and more

August 11, 2024

Originally posted Sept.6, 2014 Re-posted on the 10th anniversary of Robin Williams shuffling off this mortal coil. I’ve resisted writing this post because so many people have commented on Robin Williams’ passing- what could I add? The passing of Joan Rivers, a recent article about [read more]

LGBTITQQ2S

R&P at 40

October 19, 2023

In 1982 Ron Romanovsky and Paul Phillips made their debut at San Francisco’s Valencia Rose Cafe as the musical break for Gay Comedy Open Mic Night. In 1984 they released “I Thought You’d Be Taller“- their first full-length album. For two decades they toured across [read more]