Phil Spector on murder in 1960 . . .

Posted by Quixie at 4:41 PM

I came across the text of the speech that Phil Spector delivered on the occasion of the induction of Doc Pomus into the Rock and Roll Hall o...

weiner showdown . . .

Posted by Quixie at 11:19 PM

-VS- I went fishing at Tempe Town Lake at sunset with Rob W. We each brought along some hot dogs with which to bait catfish. We joked about ...

quote of the day . . .

Posted by Quixie at 11:57 AM

  "T he music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die l...

pésame . . .

Posted by Quixie at 9:36 PM

Sarah Marie Adames 4 Dec 1984 - 7 May 2009 It is with great sorrow that I extend my sympathy to Jim and his family. I don't understand...

petroglyphs . . .

Posted by Quixie at 10:36 PM

It's wrongly named Hieroglyphic Canyon . These are petroglyphs done by Hohokam people circa 1200 C.E. An easy hike just about forty minu...

cemí . . . .

Posted by Quixie at 2:47 PM

  A cemí is an indigenous Taino figurine. It is a fertility symbol that also represents the island itself (Puerto Rico in this case), with a...

quote of the day: Abraham Heschel

Posted by Quixie at 4:52 PM

The glory of a free society lies not in my consciousness of my right to be free, and my capacity to be free, but also in the realization of ...

Gore Vidal on religion . . .

Posted by Quixie at 2:20 AM

This made me smile. Ó .

blurring the frame . . .

Posted by Quixie at 1:29 PM

I attended a couple of performances in the past month, one an afro-pop concert (Angelique Kidjo at the Mesa Center for the Arts), and the ot...

$3 at Bookman's in Mesa . . .

Posted by Quixie at 4:56 PM

. A ceramic figurine/plaque I bought. Ó .

self-identity #7 . . .

Posted by Quixie at 3:14 PM

Reading along . . . Here's another expression of self-definition on the part of Reform Judaism. The Philadelphia Platform The Philadelph...

the scruples of Abulafia (how to convert a pope) . . .

Posted by Quixie at 2:38 PM

Reading along . . . I came upon the figure of Abraham Abulafia (1240–1291(?). Abulafia was an ecstatic Spanish mystic who is credited as the...

religious self identity #6

Posted by Quixie at 3:14 PM

Moses Maimonides (Rambam, b.1138–d.1204) was the first Jewish scholar to attempt to formulate a Jewish creed, perhaps because of the need to...

theater at ASU's Galvin Playhouse . .

Posted by Quixie at 6:27 PM

ASU Gammage BEYOND present SITI Company 's: Under Construction Saturday April 18th @ 7PM Norman Rockwell's idealism deconstructed ...

Einstein on lemmings . . .

Posted by Quixie at 4:41 PM

He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spina...