http://www.fortunespawn.com Occasional thoughts and other peripatetic misadventures. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:26:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Onion forced to cancel entire Michael Jackson parody issue!" http://www.fortunespawn.com/2009/07/02/onion-headline-id-like-to-see Across the courtyard I spied her Her red mane of hair falling across broad shoulders She stood before the stove Her over-sized Tee shirt slipping off her right shoulder and riding, enticingly, up her left hip She was oblivious to any onlooker as she dipped her fingers into the pot she pulled up a big bundle of "straw and hay" ... http://www.fortunespawn.com/2009/06/19/red-hair A trip to the Racine Art Museum last night provided insight into the monumental work required to exhibit monumental work.  In this case the program was the first 2009 installment of "Meet Me on the Patio," a summer series of members and visitors events.  The subject of the program last ... http://www.fortunespawn.com/2009/06/12/monumental-work Flying high above the western coast of Ireland seems as good a time as any to start to write the epilogue of my most recent pilgrimage to London; Succour to the soul. In music a coda is a little slice of notes, typically central to a main or secondary thematic element, ... http://www.fortunespawn.com/2009/05/29/london-2009-epilogue-rose-garden-coda Don't have time for a long post, but just wanted to fill in the gaps of the last few days.  Went shopping with L during the day, then to the Ceremony Of The Keys at Tower of London Tuesday night with L and her brother and sister in-law.  Lovely time.  ... http://www.fortunespawn.com/2009/05/28/london-2009-days-27-and-28-catching-up Nothing like a little light theatre to cap off an exceptional day of art in London.  Well, light theatre is not what the Old Vic had in store for L and I last night.  The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov is currently in repertory with The Winter's Tale by Shakespeare ... http://www.fortunespawn.com/2009/05/26/london-2009-day-25-the-cherry-orchard A gallery favourite of mine is the Wellcome Collection. They have opened some new galleries and expanded others. Last year featured an extensive exhibition on the science and social norms of sleep. This year brings us madness, specifically Madness & Modernity: Mental illness and the visual arts ... http://www.fortunespawn.com/2009/05/26/london-2009-day-25-bobby-baker-is-nuts "The Best Art Exhibition in London" is what I enthusiastically wrote in the guest register at Tales From The Electric Forest in the Saint Pancras Crypt Gallery. On display only until May 31st, this is a must see exhibit for anyone within the 30 boroughs. Please check out ... http://www.fortunespawn.com/2009/05/25/london-2009-%e2%80%93-day-25-%e2%80%93-art-in-the-crypt Okay, this is The hot ticket right now, Sir Ian McKellen as Estragon and Patrick Stewart as Vladimir in the Samuel Becket classic, Waiting For Godot. I managed to capture a returned ticket to the Sunday matinée performance, and dutifully trudged across from Covent Garden station to the Haymarket in ample ... http://www.fortunespawn.com/2009/05/25/london-2009-day-24-waiting-for-godot My favourite black jacket ruined at Parliament Square, I repaired to Up Market to see if I could find a replacement. Last week I met Anne here, and in addition to buying some shirts from her I saw some very clever men's jackets with screen printing on them. ... http://www.fortunespawn.com/2009/05/25/london-2009-%e2%80%93-day-24-%e2%80%93-sunday-up-market