Author: Mark Alexander

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Morning Tunes

Sade – Love Deluxe (1992)

Sade has been such an integral part of the soundtrack of my life since she first burst on the scene in 1984. One of my fondest memories of listening to her music was one afternoon when I was underground, waiting on MUNI at the Van Ness Station and I was plugged in and walk-dancing along the edge of the platform while listening to Stronger Than Pride.

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Oh Well…

I don’t know how people get such stunning lunar eclipse photos with their iPhones. I’ve never been able to master it.

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Shiny

I am reminded of the old Benny Hill sketch with the leather pants and the leather sofa. I can’t find it anywhere, so I’m starting to believe I hallucinated the whole thing.

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This Was Toasty Even For Us Natives

But the thing is, from past experience I can tell you once it gets hotter than 117 there’s not that much difference. It’s all the same from that point out.

I told you it was going to be a heavy post day.

And with that, I bid you all good-night.

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IMHO…

Festival (Boris Midney) – Disco Evita (1979)

…still the best rendition of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita score. Back in the late 90s my housemate Michael picked up Madonna’s interpretation and after one listen, shaking my head through the entire performance, I dragged him down to a music store at Stonestown Galleria and picked up Boris Midney’s version. “This is how Evita is done,” I told him.

Yes, even at my age, I’m still very much a disco dolly.

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That Didn’t Take Long

And the vultures descend…

Fortunately I already had it archived in iTunes.

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hexandshadowchronicles: Tim Curry never needed to be the hero to become unforgettable.

He gave darkness a voice, mischief a smile and the strange among us permission to take centre stage. From Dr Frank-N-Furter and the Lord of Darkness to Pennywise, Wadsworth and Long John Silver, every character became larger, stranger and more alive the moment he appeared.

For generations of outsiders, horror lovers and midnight cinema souls, The Rocky Horror Picture Show was more than a film. It was a doorway into a world where being different was not something to conceal. It was something to celebrate loudly, fearlessly and in magnificent clothing.

Tim Curry did not merely perform cult classics.

He helped create the reason we call them cult classics.

Rest peacefully to the man who made villains irresistible, darkness theatrical and strangeness feel like home.

Tonight, we do the Time Warp in your honour.

Tim Curry
1946–2026

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