Diane Keaton (née Hall; January 5, 1946 - October 11, 2025)

Happy 90th birthday to poet and Beautiful Outlaw author Robert Kelly!

Congratulations to 2025 Eisner Award winner Taiyō Matsumoto (translated by Michael Arias · VIZ Media) for his remarkable manga series "Tokyo These Days."

As reported in the New York Times, there is new music from Nick Drake, released today – perfect for these especially dark times.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/a...

It has been 18 years since bon vivant numero uno, Ron Elaschuk, left us for the great cellar in the sky. Captain, you are loved and missed.

[This comic is a direct quote from Captain in one of his whimsical moods. BTW, Ron's nickname for me was Billy.]

Erik Satie 100 (17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925)

"We have plenty of time to be in a cemetery."

Three hours of Satie and more on BBC radio:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

New music from Erik Satie.

“I rise at 7.18; am inspired from 10.23 to 11.47. I lunch at 12.11 and leave the table at 12.14. A healthy ride on horseback round my domain follows from 1.19pm to 2.53pm.”

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

A shout-out to fellow June 6 Geminis: Chantal Akerman, Grant Green, Thomas Mann, Alexander Pushkin, and Isaiah Berlin.
Eat cake!

Alice Notley, may your memory be a blessing.

[From In the Pines:]

[...]

I see it everywhere, past the death visage.
If I find your soul do you want it? Do you even know? Do you
even know what part of you you are?

“Angelus Novus” by Paul Klee makes a rare public appearance in a show at the Bode-Museum in Berlin, which opened on May 8.

Thanks, @robmclennan.bsky.social ! (And thanks Frank O’Hara, @mxkazhill.bsky.social, and many others)

Please join me along with three fine poets this spring equinox for a reading at Type Books. This event is free and accessible to all.

“Doesn’t that silence say it all?” Kate Bush, who contributed to the album, said in a statement, adding, “If these changes go ahead, the life’s work of all the country’s musicians will be handed over to A.I. companies for free.”