Dahlings, do you just love my hair done as red sails? I feel like I could fly. It makes me think of songs like: Sailing by Christoper Cross, Beyond the Sea by Bobby Darin & Come Sail Away by Styx. This brings me to the theme of our Tribute today, Music!
Take it away, Rebecca!
Thank you Rene! We’ve decided to have a bit of fun with “A Tangle of Music”. Each AGM is presented with 2 or 3 bars of 12, that are the instrumental opening to a famous song. There are other clues, as well.
There is an obvious theme running though each AGM’s gown, that pertains to the opening lyrics. Also, as you can see, I am surrounded by the chords in the song. Note: I am holding an A minor in my right hand.
First out on the Catwalk, with the first 2 bars, is…
There’s no reason to keep score at this point, considering how one tragedy bleeds seamlessly into the next. From Buffalo, New York to Orange County, California to some other town that is doomed to the same fate, real soon. To tell the truth about who we have become would be to admit defeat and that kind of self reflection ain’t in our DNA.
It’s been twenty-three years since Columbine introduced us to the future with a horror movie script that has become commonplace in 2022: The senseless carnage, all the warning signs left unheeded and the political war chests that cash in on the latest tragedy like vampires at the end of the world.
The reality of yet another lost day is that too many people have stopped pretending to give a damn. The media treats each new mass shooting like a severe weather…
Dahlings I love you all more than ever! It is with a heavy heart that I have postponed tonight’s fashion show. Instead, Art Gowns offers a Protest Post against all war anywhere, anytime.
The Sunflowers and colours are for Ukraine, and all its people fleeing, dying and defending. AGM Holly has written a special poem.
Thank you, Rene! I’m honoured to be here, and join in this protest.
“Hello, Art Director R. Budd here. We had a mind blowing show ready to go, then this beyond horrid war materialized. So, instead of the catwalk, the AGMs are out on the sidewalk protesting. PBH is MIA. There are reports that she has been spotted in Poland.”
“AGMs Dale and Gigi are working the protests in N. America.”
“AGMs Marina and Shey are working the lines in Europe.”
Peace and love! I’m Boogapony Holly. Ms. Rosso has asked me here tonight to…
Dahlings! Rene Rosso here, welcome to the Jazz Age!
Defined by writers, performers and artists of the time such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker and Thomas Hart Benton, it was more than a Gatsby, Paris or New York moment. So let’s get the full string of beads from our glorious Art Director, Rebecca Budd.
Thank you, Rene! We know the Flapper dress was the cat’s meow and the Charleston was the hoofer’s delight. Still, we should acknowledge that Vionnet and Chanel were the first designers to get rid of the corset, defining the silhouette of the era. Palazzo pants made their debut, and the cloche hat was the keenest.
Here to show you what gowns were all about are the Art Gowns Models! First out on the catwalk is Gigi. Gigi wears a hand painted silk georgette dress, with asymmetric tiers, accentuated by hand rolled satin rattail.
Princess Blue Holly’s Tangle-Heart guided her to a back window accessing OtherWorld’s tower.
Peering out the only window facing onto OtherWorld, PBH could see DracGoth with Evilomlap Etagloc. DracGoth must have helped Evilomlap escape his imprisonment in a picture frame! Using super hearing, she eavesdropped.
EE – Hissss – This OtherWorld you made is a bit creepy, Drac. Hiss, cough, cough! It’s so dim and dank.
DG – I disagree, Evil. I find it very pleasant down here. I can’t stand all the light and colours up in the real world. That’s why I need SheyGoth to move down here.
EE – Why can’t you just be happy with the effigy of SheyGoth I made you? Hack, cough, hiss!
DG – We used it to crash the Art Gowns fashion show, and suck the colour out of the real world, but all she does here is sit on her throne…
She’d been walking for hours. It was time to stop and put her feet up and relax. It was Sunday after all! Oh wait. Look at those glasses calling her inside. Wine. Yes, a glass of wine would definitely start her off on the right track. She went to the door and pulled the handle. Damn. Closed. Sigh. She walked to her car, drove home and poured herself a glass. Would have been nice to have been served… but this will do!
I’ve been working on a post going nowhere, so I left that and caught up on my inbox. There was Robin’s post, inspired by Karen’s post. Things don’t always have to be serious, do they?
Pam asked me to use my photo for an eventual post. So glad I said yes. This is so much fun. Do please go visit Pam’s blog and let her know how wonderful her poem is!
The photograph of the moon that I used was with the permission of Dale over at adelectablelife.com. She has quite an interesting blog if you want to check it out. I would recommend it. The witch just popped on by.
The title may make me look confused, but I assure you, I am not. Not really. You, my faithful peeps, know that I am not really one to bitch and moan too often. (My sisters, you are not allowed to say a word!) I rarely rant, even. Rarely.
However. Today, I shall let fly some words. I know most of you are Bots so I’m frankly talking out of my arse, here. Still. Let me just get it off my chest. Those “likes” you bestow on my last twenty posts and then follow me? That all arrive at the same time? There ain’t no way in hell you read a single word. All I know is my inbox and notification panel get filled up. Which means the legit comments can get lost in the shuffle. Which is something that grieves me. Tremendously.
And, I know it can be fun to get lost into an exchange between two peeps or more in the comment section. You can’t help but be that proverbial fly on the wall… And that’s cool. Coz it’s a blog. Which means it’s out there for all and sundry to read and comment. It’s kinda the point, really. I’ve done it myself. Even ended up participating in said comments. And, again, all cool.
However, (yes, another ‘however’) when you start ‘liking’ each and every comment, having never even left a hello yourself? All you’re doing is filing up my inbox and my notification panel! See above note. Never mind. I’ll repeat. It grieves me. Big time.
So, while I absolutely love exchanges – long, short, in-between, you, the fly just buzzing around, totes eavesdropping and not participating? Can you do it without liking every single one?
Rant over.
And, since I wasn’t able to post this last night because I was too busy taking pics of the Harvest Moon and then playing with the images and then seeing it was getting late… here are a few that I really like.
Welcome, welcome all, to A Carnival of Color! I’m Rene Rosso 🌹, and I present to you the most colour you will ever see on any catwalk, anywhere.
All hail our dahling Art Director Rebecca Budd! Wearing bias cut faux tartan print palazzo pants, with coordinated accessories, she has earned the feathers in her hat directing “A Carnival of Colour’!
“I’m honored to be here, & what a great day for us all! Colour is a critical component of our lives, and I am thrilled to present all the AGMs resplendent in their favourite colours from the crayon carousel!”
“First out on the runway is AGM Holly! Holly wears a feathery gown in milky hues of magenta, yellow, green and teal.”
SUDDENLY …. black and white flashes engulfed the venue. As AGM Holly exited the stage, her gown turned black, white and grey.
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