Mariaclarita blogs… So, I was getting settled into my laptop to do some work, but before I got started I ran into this. Episcopal Priest Barbie (of whom I am now a friend on Facebook). This m…

From best-selling Totally Hair Barbie to "Math class is tough"

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Have you ever wondered what would happen if Barbie completely lost her cool and went on a rampage? Well, thanks to the morbid mind of Mariel Clayton, we now know. In his project Dolls, the Canadian photographer captures a darker side of…

Isabella Ibarra at the Southeast Career Technical Academy deserves a big round of applause for these excellent compilations she put together featuring the patrons of the Stratus Dance Club in the San Diego area (actually Spring Valley) in 1986 and 1987 dancing their asses off. This was East County, and Stratus was an all-ages club that catered heavily to the new romantic and goth crowds—these videos are all labeled “The Metro Beat and Club Sanctuary Nights” which was surely a regular rendezvous for the new wavers in the area. Jane’s Addiction actually played Stratus right during this period, in the spring of 1987. This reminds me of the footage taken at the Xclusiv nightclub in Batley in 1984 we posted a while back. So what’s on the turntable—or CD player? Well, the clips start us off with the Cult’s “She Sells Sanctuary,” there’s a good deal of Divine (I caught both “Shake It Up” and “Native Love (Step by Step)”) and Sexual Harassment (”I Need a Freak”) and Strawberry Switchblade’s version of “Jolene” and Trans-X (”Living on Video”) alongside more enduring faves like Blondie and New Order. Spot the folks with chewing gum, it’s a...

Good Morning Everyone!! It's Christmas Eve, a busy day, but a fun day. I have a group of people coming for dinner tonight that I love to see and spend time with, so a good day indeed! I had thought of not doing a Monday Morning post today, but then I thought that you may want to take a moment to yourself and look at something rather pretty. And if you don't get a chance to look today, it will be here when you do. Today's pictures come from the Modes Royale Spring/Summer 1951 catalogue. There are some truly beautiful ideas here. Enjoy! If you celebrate Christmas, I wish you a lovely time spent with friends and family. Rhonda

Titanic et La vérité si je mens sortaient, la princesse Diana mourait dans un accident de voiture, et Jacques Chirac dissolvait l'Assemblée nationale.