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alison

About Me

What you see is what you get -- beauty is in the eye of the beholder -- and what is glamour other than the aura surrounding a carefully manufactured illusion?Myspace Layouts ..

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones (composer); Roger Ebert (film critic) and David Fincher (film director); Sheila Nevins (President of Documentary and Family Programming at HBO) and Madonna; Annie Leibowitz (photographer); Bonnie Raitt (guitarist/singer), Suzanne Vega (guitarist/singer/songwriter), Keith Richards (guitarist with the Rolling Stones), and Al McKay (guitarist with Earth, Wind, and Fire)

My Blog

New MySpace Backgrounds

My MySpace background disappeared recently and I can't seem to get it back.What's up with this?????
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:44:00 GMT

Serious MySpace Problem -- Please Read

Someone on MySpace recently sent me questionable material on my Comments page. I clicked on it to see it what it was. It asked for my name and password to view it, and stupidly, I logged them in. Now,...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:50:00 GMT

Video: Kara Walker at the Whitney Museum in NYC

The following video was meant to accompany my former post on artist Kara Walker:                 http://www.youtube.com...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:16:00 GMT

Kara Walker: The Oppression and Exhilaration of Negritude

ART REVIEW | KARA WALKER; Black And White, But Never Simple By HOLLAND COTTER Published: October 12, 2007 in The New York Times If you have any doubt that racism is alive and well and on a continuou...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:06:00 GMT

Following in the Footsteps of Roger Ebert

OK -- yes, I know I've disappeared for a long, long time -- you know how it is -- but I have come up for air to review movies for the online 'zine Culture Catch (www.culturecatch.c...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:17:00 GMT

How Does She Do That?????

If any of you out there could help me with this, I'll be forever in your debt -- I have some questions about MySpace profile editing and related matters. If you look on my profile page in the "Friends...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 01:02:00 GMT

I Can't Get This Goddamn Song Out of My Head!

It's currently at the top of the charts in Britain, but it's certainly no Beatles:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqdrLtfHR0U&mode=related& amp;search 
Posted by on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:17:00 GMT

And the Twain Shall Meet...

Two of the century's most intruiging style mavens brilliantly combined into one: Madonna and Litle Edie Beale -- you go, girls! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG_30gJ6LTY    
Posted by on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:32:00 GMT

Poogle Has Struvite Chrystals -- and They're Not from Harry Winston!

If it weren't for my sensible husband, I would certainly be a reclusive "cat lady" -- one of those people who hoard cats,  live in abject squalor, and see nothing peculiar about their ways. ...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 23:08:00 GMT

Pressing the Flesh with Hollywood Luminaries

I've decided I have to get out more.  Since Hollywood is essentially in my backyard, it would be a shame not to take more advantage of its offerings: movie premieres, serious people watching...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:50:00 GMT