Françoise Gilot, an artist who had a ten-year-long relationship and two children with Pablo Picasso and later was married to Dr. Jonas Salk for 25 years, died on June 6, 2023 at the age of 101. In this 1998 interview, … Continue reading →

Plisetskaya in slow motion:

(1) This theory (from commenter “mkent”) about about what was happening with the Russian “coup” is as good as any and better than many. But the jury is still out on what will happen to Prigozhin. (2) FINA – the … Continue reading →

I’ve loved this song for a long long time. And I find Rudetsky amusing and so knowledgeable about pop and show music: