Mall Fun

Cookie stores at ATL malls are happy places...They make you feel like a good child again. Southern super culture is so Fabulous.

Albert King...A Blues Master

LISTENING today to the resonant blues voice of the remarkable Albert King.  I especially love his interpretation of the good song 'Blues at Sunrise.'  It is a super tune.  Albert King makes life so good.

Blues Music Helps Us

BLUES music aids us all.  The sounds of this art form ease our hearts and souls. Life is now a super thing...blues sounds help us in many ways.

Superior Day Indeed!

TRULY LOVELY DAY going.  It is a vibrant joy  when one has a terrific Sunday like this one in the beautifully culturally super metro area that is Atlanta.

'Anna' is a grand film

LAST NIGHT I watched 'Anna Karenina'  on Turner Classic and it was fabulous.  Vivien Leigh was tremendous in the tital role.  What a lovely movie this is!  The Leo Tolstoy work is masterful.

Leo Tolstoy: A Total Genius of a Writer

RUSSIAN WRITERS like Leo Tolstoy are so tremendous.  It is amazing how Tolstoy and his magnificent work, 'Anna Karenina,' so completely captures all the complex variables of human behavior.  It is so difficult to encapsulate the wild rises and falls that take place in human lives and yet the Russian Genius of Words, Tolstoy does it with ease.  The unique quality  of the Tolstoyan characterizations is the way he blends lyrical romanticism in his people along with a powerful and so resonant sensuality...Tolstoy's brand of picaresque cleverness is overwhelming with its lean and passionate sonorous rampage of exciting and so memorable word descriptions.

Fabulous Eve

RIALTO ASIAN EVENT was indeed so delightful tonight.  Grand awards and exciting and unusual performances and all-in-all a tremendous cultural evening in the lilting land of the ATL.

Lovely ATL Event

GOING to Asian awards event today in the good ATL.  Life is exuberant...Indeed.

A Grand Southern Day

SUNSHINE...Plenty of it right now.  This is a grand day, indeed.  The culture of the South is fabulous during this kind of truly beautiful weather. 

Edwin Arlington Robinson

THINKING POETIC today. The sleek poet Edwin Arlington Robinson wrote poignant poems...a favorite of mine has these giant and unique words..."Miniver Cheevy, Child of Woe.:  I love the emotional resonance of this poem.  This kind of iconic, poetic art is terrifically lovely.

F. Scott Fitzgerald...Complex Man of Numerous Dimensions

THE ART OF CLEVER WORDS can be mind boggling for many of us who gain terrific satisfaction out of the joy of reading.  Men like the sleek F. Scott Fitzgerald can bedazzle us with their shrewd interpretations of modern characters who have agnst-oriented tales to tell.  I first started reading Fitzgerald when I was very young....and his tremendous novels like 'Great Gatsby' and 'The Beautiful and the Damned' overwhelmed me.  I got into a rather intense mode of psychological introspection going through myself straining and aching to ferret out literary art gems from the vivid prose art of the provocative Mr. Fitzgerald.  The wild and persuasive works of Fitzgerald live because of their biting, sardonic passion and cavorting elegance showing a finesse view of modern life that is brilliantly engaging.

Flower Arrangements Are Thoughtful

When I gaze on the lovely, minimalist arrangement on my dining table it soothes my soul. Art comes at us in all shapes and sizes.

Ben Webster...Good with ballads

ELEGANT TENOR SAXOPHONE JAZZ is so beautiful.  Listened this grand day to Ben Webster.  What a super tenor man!  His work in so many small groups and of course with the mighty Duke Ellington is so very profound...so grand!  What lovely music the man produced.

Good Turner Fun

I SAW A GREAT FILM last night on Turner Classic.  It was the 1931 movie, 'Smart Movie' starring Mary Astor.  This gem, directed by Gregory La Cava, is quite modern in its ideas.  It is hard to believe so much provocative modernism could be contained in a 1931 film release.  The commentary and saucy wit in this 'Smart Woman' script was so enjoyable.

Having Fun Is Important

I HAVE REALIZED having lots of gigantic fun is so wonderful.  If you can lovingly "dig"  the enjoyment of life, then this is really fine..  The men and women you meet...i.e. new souls...well these people can give you a super new sense of giant fun in living your life.

NASCAR Fun with Me at JapanFest

Enjoying seeing the famed car of Akinori Ogata at JapanFest at Gwinnett Center Sunday, 9-16. Akinori will drive this car next weekend in New Hampshire.

Giant JapanFest Fun Coming

BIG JAPANESE FUN tomorrow and Sunday.  Come to JapanFest at Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway. Duluth.  Enjoy creative culture stuff, delicious food.

Japan Is Fascinating

The first time I went to Japan it amazed me...the culture was so dynamic and the people, music and dance were all so wonderful. Still today, all that is Japan is quite unusual. Be sure and enjoy Japan at the fabulous JapanFest tomorrow and Sunday at Gwinnett Center

JAPANFEST WOW FUN IS SATURDAY, SUNDAY

MANY of us are so excited about the marvelous JAPANFEST big event coming this Saturday and Sunday to the Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in the city of Duluth.  Lots of fascinating and exciting things of Japan will be happening...Unique fact on Japan:  First Novel 'Tale of Genji' came out in 1007.  Enjoy the great JAPANFEST!

Japan's Complex Culture

THE JAPANESE CULTURE is very intricate and engaging.  The music, the haiku, the unusual dances indigenous to the islands of Nippon...all these concepts are super and a huge delight for us all to experience.  For a lot of fun then, visit JapanFest this Saturday and Sunday at the marvelous Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth.

9-11 Anniversary

TODAY marks the eleventh anniversary of 9-11.  It is a rugged day.  Let's all remember the strong people of our country!

More on JAPANFEST

REMINDER:  JAPANFEST is Saturday and Sunday....In Duluth.  Great Fest, Indeed.

Big JAPANFEST Coming Saturday, Sunday

THE ANNUAL JAPANFEST is coming to Metro Atlanta again this coming Saturday and Sunday, 9-15 and 9-16.  The big event presents a wonderful spectrum of unique Japanese cultural experiences for all ages.  Children will love all the numerous special things designed for kids.  Also, the musical performances and Karate and Kendo shows etc. will provide visually exciting things for all visitors to the two-day festival.  Again this year the event will be held at the Gwinnett Center Convention Center located at 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, GA 30097.  If you want lots of fun and a chance to enjoy all things Japan then come to the glorious JAPANFEST this coming Saturday and Sunday. 

Pleasant Friday

BEEN LISTENING to Muddy Waters blues singing today.  The sound of his passion and his unbridled genius thrills my thin and tender soul.  Yes, indeed.

Good Guitar Man

KENNY BURRELL ....what a fine jazz guitar man this fellow is!  His album called 'Then Along Came Kenny' really kicks it into high gear with strong jazz licks.  Love his and his guys version of the feisty Charlie Parker tune, 'Yardbird Suite.'

Good Weather Joys

MUCH BETTER WEATHER going right now.  Makes one enjoy life...maybe reading Charles Dickens.  In music...time to enjoy Smetana or Charlie Parker or maybe, Dizzy Gillespie.

Labor Day and American Culture Motifs

IT  IS LABOR DAY AGAIN:  So I say "Happy Labor Day!"  This unique day is a grand bit of cultural Americana.  We celebrate all the hard-working people of this country.  Today with this ODD economy it is difficult to keep things afloat.  However, we are still trying hard to manage things well.  Let us have pride in ourselves and our labors.  We are good people.

Stanley Kubrick Films Complex and Riveting

MOVIES THAT HIT HARD are such fascinating experiences.  I have been thinking about two Stanley Kubrick films that really "get me" as the pundits say.  These movies are  'Lolita' with the delightful, pretty Sue Lyon and the shiny engaging work with a grande guignol performance by the clever Nicole Kidman...i.e. 'Eyes Wide Shut.'  That thing is such a sexy, shrewd jewel.  Figure this fact right now people:  Mt. Kubrick seems quite a brashly innovative film director.  He gets the job done, beautifully.

College Football Soars Again

GRIDIRON TIMES ARISE ONCE MORE:  Part of our inherent rugged Southern culture energizes its self again.  Today, the feisty DAWGS nation is happy...Yeah...The University of Georgia defeated the men from Buffalo.  It is a fine Saturday in September, indeed!