Alex aka Muscato
Retired diplomat, but not particularly retiring; working on aging disgracefully. I split my time between deserts: Palm Springs and Cairo. Always up for champagne, good music, or gossip about the Lunts. Parlor pink; lapsed Presbyterian. He/Him.
- Mitch McConnell is only 83? What secret vices has he been indulging in all these years? The Queen Mother went through a bottle of gin a day, and she looked better at 99.
- I was at the supermarket earlier; the gentleman in front of me had, on the conveyor belt, a huge bottle of vodka, four large squeeze bottles of chocolate syrup, a dozen cans of whipped cream, and two tarps. Well, thought I, _somebody’s_ having a party…
- The English, horsethievery; the Germans, 48ers. And the French just seem to have been really unpopular in their little village. When my genealogy-mad great aunt went to visit in the ‘30s, their response was basically “Oh merde, you’re back?”
- What the Duck (who knows their stuff) says about the difficulty of putting together and promoting a season is absolutely true. It requires vision (something beyond “‘Murica Good!”), experienced staff, and some confidence of predictable audiences. Right now, it looks like the KC has none of that.
- The only “march for billionaires” I want to see will feature tumbrils. Lots and lots of tumbrils.
- Before this Sunday leaves us, another in the occasional series of roses I have seen. Not everything is dross and horror.
- “Reverend Mother, I have sinned…”
- Looking at the calendar, they’re pretty much down to the NSO, some family/freebie events, and Shear Madness (which looks to be generally about 30% of capacity in its small space).
- On this, the birthday of the much-missed Miss Suzanne Pleshette—and in addition to studiously avoiding crows–why don’t you develop a whiskey voice for the ages, mature gloriously, be entirely aware of your own camp value, and startle a studio audience just by waking up in your own bed?
- It’s going to come down to the Duchess of Gloucester and Cher.
- Five classes: Ontological Feminism and the Theology of Marilyn Monroe Acting Shakespeare* Film Seminar: Social Studies** Programming for Poets*** The Legacy of Slavery—Reconstruction and Beyond Why yes, I _was_ an Art History major; why do you ask?
- Farewell to a giant. youtu.be/QwLZfPPM7GQ?...
- Well, then—I shall have to go and get the flowers myself.
