Special John Lennon edition
John Lennon's birthday - 9 October 2023 - Strawberry Fields, New York City 14 minute video —In My Life / If I Needed Someone / I Want To Tell You / I Got A...
Last Words & Poetic Words
"Pity, pity — too late!" — the last words of Ludwig van Beethoven, as the dying composer was told of a gift of twelve bottles of wine from his publisher. And...
Songs of Autumn
In the 1990s I put together a mix-compilation of songs — under the banner of “September” — on something called a cassette tape (and shared it with my...
Falling Memories
What we choose to remember and what we choose to forget.Patriotism is a demanding master — and the convoluted memories that serve it are extremely selective...
Mud, and Fiction
The mass media loves disasters — it sells newspapers and gets clicks and thus makes the adverti$ers happy — and so, certainly most of you heard about the...
The Celebration of Labor - The Anguish of Greed
Let Professor Louis brilliantly ask you — what does it mean to be working class? The history of Labor Day. It was while my partner Tammy Remington and I were...
First Casualty Of War — Truth!
I am not giving up on trying to break through to my fellow citizens' to expose my government's nightmarish involvement in international politics. Currently...
Press Button For Quick Service
Ten years ago today, in Reno, Nevada, on our way to Burning Man. “Press Button for Quick Service”. A Life/Art Performance Piece in Reno… | by aleXander hirka...
Two Paintings In Motion
Two Paintings. Acrylic Paint on Canvas. Two artists (T. Remington & AleXander Hirka). Collaboration 2017. 11 Days of adding content. 66 minutes per each day....
Cinema and Art & Penes
In this edition. . . AleXander on Art and Penes — and Tammy on Cinema CINEMASuspecting my readership proclivities, I begin this newsletter with the...
Another week of Pilgrim's Progress
The external world remains in turmoil, dancing with the possibilities of cataclysm. A brief rant before the show begins: The US government, which in no way...
Pilgrims' Progress - Week 3
The external world remains in turmoil. Was it ever not? Well, not always does it get so far from critical thinking, so damn close to virtual fantasy and...
The Pilgrimage Continues — Week Two
The external world was in turmoil. War was being sold with the usual deceptions — and once again, bought. As Major General Smedly Butler spelled it out in...
Visual Pilgrimage
Pilgrims Looking For Illumination The internal muses were on hiatus.The external world was in turmoil. Not dark yet . . . but it's getting there. Once a day...
Pride Month Stories & Art
What happens behind the Pearly Gates doesn't necessarily stay behind the Pearly Gates. A new short NSFW Pride Month fairy tale. Gloryhole In Heaven....
Mermaid Flippers — Upside Down
Mermaid Parade, Coney Island, 17 June 2023Day 17 (of 30) of our June Awe-cation in New York City.This was the 41st Annual iteration of the event.Click > HERE...
We Can Do Better - Here's How!
In June of 2020 I created this sheet of faux stamps honoring the philosopher, political activist, social critic, and public intellectual — the great Cornel...
On The Waters and Sidewalks of NYC
Seeing that people from all over the world travel long distances to visit this place, we decided to spend the month of June in New York City.And so, it has...
Bob Dylan (and my trip to Mallorca)
Forty years ago today.I organized a Mail Art Exhibition on the theme of Bob Dylan — almost 100 individuals from around the world participated.Revisiting...
A Cornucopia of Interesting Voices
Today I’d like to share with you a dozen plus links to writers on Medium who I read regularly and who you might find interesting also. There are many more.At...