"Sonya has a bald spot"

YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS VIDEO.  The artists name is Sonya Renee, and if you haven't heard of her, allow me to facilitate.  She is a writer, poet, actress, and singer.  This is one of her performance pieces.

Having said that, all the white people in the audience annoyed me.  It's like at professional sports events, where, shall we say,  the players don't look anything like the audience.  It always reminds me of gladiators in colosseums in some far flung era gone by, or not.

Then, I thought, "but art is different".  It's important that people catch a glimpse, no matter how brief, of what it really means to not be a white male in America.  It's lately become clear to me how the plight of women crosses over all racial barriers.  Anyway,  I sincerely admire those white guys in the audience.  Bet their wives made them go.

At the same time, it reminded me of my own mother, and how frustrated she used to get with my long hair.  Then along came "The Pixie" cut, and that pretty much took care of that.

 I can't impress on you enough what a magnificent performance this is.  Thanks to Snap Judgement who always has the best stuff.

So there you have it.

Fascinating Rhythm

fascinating rhythm 
of the fickle missy lady
with all the wiles 
and random piles 
of an adolescent's room decor
pink and overstuffed
with self important puffery
and enough effulgence
to give indulgence
a Baroquish splendor plume
while she manufactures
attractions yet anew
with words she presses
along with dresses
on her giant loom
what does it spell
who does it mean
and in between you smell
the waft of cloudy notion
and the fog of certain doom
~Gary McGurk

What Every Woman Wants to Hear

Never let the book cover fool you. While the spine on this one is well read, the pages are full of romance and scandal. He knows what a woman wants to hear. And I like that, a lot.

"Who is this Leonard Cohen?" you may ask. Well, I've got that covered as well. Really great stuff.

A message from the Universe sent to me via my email.

Do you know what happens, Paula, when a dream comes true and you feel your joy bubbling over into wide grins, happy dances, and shrieks of "Holy @#$%!!" and the like?

Your energy actually spills over into the oceans of time and reaches into the past where it laps upon the shores of a former here and now, infusing a former unsuspecting self (who is still merrily living their life due to time's "simultaneousity") with a flash of inspiration or a burst of intuition; a hope for what the future might hold.

Whew... and that, my friend, is the truth about where dreams come from.

    The Universe

...And That's All I Have to Say About That.

The Art of Old School Animation

Old animated film is fascinating to me. Mostly, it's the process that intrigues me because it's magic without the aid of technology. If the electric grid went down, you could still create animated cartoons, the old school way. These days, cartoons are computer generated. Where's the art in that?

From some reason, I feel the need to archive this video by posting it on my blog. Old school animation is a complex art form. This video takes us from story line conception, drawing, sound effects, all the way through to completion.

Ha! I'm not a freak, I'm a divergent thinker....

You should watch this maximized.

Welcome to the James Brown Academy of Modern Dance

Class is now in session.

The below video is of the great James Brown, who is here to teach us all the latest dance steps. Yes, it's an old video, but for many of you, these dances will be completely new. It's modern-everlasting. Now that's some good stuff, which is why I'm posting it.

Can you teach some old dogs new dance steps? Well, if anyone can, it's JB. Does everybody have natural rhythm? Hell no. Can you teach rhythm to people who just ain't got none? Doubtful, he's a singer, not a magician.

While on the dance floor, white people like to stand in a circle. Perhaps this is in defense of each person taking their turn dancing in the center of the circle. Sort of like wagon trains, as opposed to soul trains.

On the other hand, black people like to stand in lines creating an aisle. This is much more of a showcase, and provides a better view. That's why they do it on "Soul Train", you have to think about the camera man.

Once you have watched this video, and practiced these steps, you can graduate to the dance line. Until that time, regardless of your race, please stay in the circle formation. That is all.

Happy Birthday Elvis P.

Happy Birthday to the late, great, Elvis who requires no last name. He would have been 76 years old today. So I got to thinking about him.

Elvis has always been under rated for the pure eclectic nature of his musical choices. You might like his music, some of it, or none of it, but his contribution to our country's fiber is undeniable. Elvis provided the perfect channel for song writers from every walk of life.

The social implications of this created more than just good listening. Elvis, while a boy from the old south, was the first of the equal opportunity employers. When it came to music, he didn't care where the song writer came from, color, creed, or politics, just that it sounded good.

While the Beatles may have brought some social change to America, it was Elvis that paved the road of social change that they traveled on. In pure American style, Elvis sewed together all the best pieces of society that all Americans could agree on, into one huge blanket. And they named that blanket "Rock-n-Roll".

Everybody has a favorite Elvis song. Mine is "Suspicious Minds", which I consider one of the greatest songs ever written/performed. Of course, on YouTube, I had 5 million choices of concert footage for this one. I choose the one below because I loved the pictures of him and Priscilla. I'll bet it was some of the happiest years of Elvis Presley's life.

Hanukah Pop: A very short list indeed.

I wasn't aware there were even enough Jews left to form a flash mob.


"Gonna tell you a tale, 'bout livin' in Israel"....


Thank you Corbett S. for this video. While you may not be a Jewish boy, you have the curly hair anyone of us would be proud of.

Seems like Jews like to rap. Hmmmmm......

Mr. B of the PS22 Chorus wrote one for us. I'm thinking he's a brother.

Ben Folds, "The Luckiest"

I like this. Thanks Joy!

1,000 Oceans

The PS22 Chorus is a public elementary school choir in New York. They've put out a lot of other songs since, but this one remains my favorite.

I solemnly swear, with Bill Gates as my witness, that if I have the nerve to post something of this nature on Paula Interrupted, it will always be worth the interruption. I hope you love it as much as I do.