{"id":5465,"date":"2020-07-27T19:09:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T01:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/?page_id=5465"},"modified":"2020-07-30T01:16:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T07:16:49","slug":"index","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/index\/","title":{"rendered":"Posts Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/\">Home<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/contact\">Contact<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"upl-list-5463\" class=\"upl-list\">\n<h5>All Posts by Date<\/h5>\n<nav role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"All Posts by Date\">\n<ul>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/25\/sexual-healing\/\">Sexual Healing<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2026-10-25<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Close encounters with facets of healing.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/20\/red-roots\/\">The Red Roots of Modern Gay Liberation<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2026-10-20<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">It's 1953. Founders of the first viable gay civil rights group the Mattachine resign due to their Communist pasts. Meet the players whom the FBI know are gay AND Red. Uncover the parallels between activism in the 1950s and 2020s.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/26\/cortometrajes-1\/\">Cortometrajes 1<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2026-09-26<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">First installment of ten favorite short-form films.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/09\/81-days-81-years\/\">81 Days, 81 Years<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2026-08-09<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Reactions to the album Winter Wheat by The Weakerthans' John K. Samson.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/30\/canorous-cacophony\/\">Canorous Cacophony<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2026-04-30<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Made for the small screen.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/06\/ars-protestationis\/\">Ars Protestationis<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2026-03-06<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">From Gaza to Minneapolis and beyond, there's Something in the Air.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/25\/cleaning-for-darlene\/\">Cleaning for Darlene<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2026-02-25<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/andreacarney\/\">By Andrea Carney<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">My experience as a teenage babysitter.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/22\/et-tu-virtute\/\">Et tu, Virtute.<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2025-11-22<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Moved to tears by a singing cat.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/16\/ways-of-the-cross\/\">Ways of the Cross<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2025-09-16<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">My late friend and mentor Milania Austin Henley's Meditations on the Way of the Cross.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/23\/oh-equality-up-yours\/\">Oh, Equality, up yours!<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2025-06-23<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Question Authority. Question Equality.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/17\/dread-rhyme-womb-tomb\/\">Dread Rhyme: Womb, Tomb<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2025-04-17<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">A mother writhes Beneath a Tree on God's Friday upon the death of her son.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/13\/hey-judas\/\">Hey Judas<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2025-04-13<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Murray Head sings \"Superstar\" from the Webber\/Rice classic.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/19\/heavy-inauguration-rotation\/\">Heavy Inauguration Rotation<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2025-01-19<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">\"Art on 45\" on the inauguration dance floor.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/17\/sor-juana-inquisitional-minds-want-to-know\/\">Sor Juana: Inquisitional minds want to know<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2025-01-17<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Film and musical adaptations regarding the great poet Sor Juana In\u00e9s de la Cruz.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/07\/claustbrophobic\/\">Claustbrophobic<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2025-01-07<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">A wonder of sound + vision.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/25\/the-wind-and-the-fury\/\">The Wind and the Fury<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2024-09-25<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">A look at Wild Is the Wind, the film and its theme song.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/27\/obscure-exposures\/\">Obscure Exposures<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2024-05-27<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Reminiscences regarding reissues by Brian Eno and Robert Fripp.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/04\/exhuming-joe-hill\/\">Exhuming Joe Hill<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2024-05-04<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Looking at Joe Hill by way of reporter Adam Klasfeld.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/14\/you-say-constitution-i-say-country\/\">You Say Constitution, I Say Country<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2023-11-14<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Here I parse the meaning of the lengthy first line of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/13\/elijah\/\">Elijah<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2023-10-13<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Reflections on Elijah the prophet and the slain Elijah McClain.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/30\/meeting-the-master-rudy-perez-1929-2023\/\">Meeting the Master, Rudy Perez 1929\u20132023<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2023-09-30<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Tribute to dancer-choreographer Rudy Perez.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/16\/thank-god-youve-got-a-job\/\">Thank God you&#8217;ve got a Job<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2023-09-16<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Marking the thirtieth anniversary of the recording of Officium by Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/06\/byrne-bomb-theater-of-the-mind\/\">Byrne Bomb: Theater of the Mind<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2023-07-06<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">My reflection on David Byrne's Theater of the Mind, which I saw six months ago.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/22\/lessons-and-carols\/\">Lessons and Carols<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2022-12-22<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Poetry and song on the Nativity at the solstice.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/12\/you-say-caduceus-i-say-asclepius\/\">You say caduceus, I say Asclepius<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2022-12-12<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Disambiguation of the symbol of serpent and staff.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/27\/deaths\/\">Deaths<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2022-11-27<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">The demise of a pet, a marriage, a neighborhood.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/25\/there-are-redactions-and-redactions\/\">There are Redactions and\u2026 Redactions<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2022-08-25<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Some thoughts on the wiggly world of DOJ redactions.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/07\/finlandia-insania-tasmania\/\">Finlandia, Insania, Tasmania<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2022-08-07<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">\"When will we ever learn?\"<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/30\/jim-morphesis-conversations-in-isolation\/\">Jim Morphesis: Conversations in Isolation<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2022-07-30<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Two years ago today I began a virtual dialog with acclaimed visual artist Jim Morphesis in which I queried him about the themes in his work and responded in kind.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/27\/came-in-from-the-cold-mitchell-newport\/\">Came In from the Cold: Mitchell @ Newport<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2022-07-27<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Mitchell at the Newport Folk Festival.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/13\/im-not-ready-to-make-nice\/\">I&#8217;m not ready to make nice<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2022-07-13<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">The Chicks meet J-Six!<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/31\/a-taste-of-honeycombs\/\">A Taste of Honeycombs<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2022-05-31<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">A brief look at the Honeycombs, briefly at the Top of the Pops.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/02\/the-mother-and-the-whore\/\">The Mother and the Whore<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2022-05-02<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Reflections on two related exhibitions at the Denver Art Museum and beyond.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/25\/picture-perfect\/\">Picture-Perfect<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2022-04-25<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">The Big Picture rounds out the Bachelors Anonymous catalog.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/12\/im-dreaming-of-a-white-bicycle\/\">I&#8217;m Dreaming of a White Bicycle<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2022-04-12<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Forgotten Christmas songs from the 1980s.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/22\/in-the-can\/\">In the Can<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2022-03-22<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Interior location: public toilet.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/14\/nursing-holes\/\">Nursing Holes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2022-03-14<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Colorado has done a lousy job of transitioning nursing home residents to the community. I know.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/30\/whats-this-feeling\/\">What&#8217;s This Feeling?<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2021-12-30<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Thoughts about the cross-class relationships of E. M. Forster, Edward Carpenter, and John Addington Symonds.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/14\/my-old-kentucky-home-edgar-willis-and-green\/\">My Old Kentucky Home: Edgar, Willis and Green<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2021-10-14<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Years ago I was told by my parents that I had a Wobbly in my lineage on my father\u2019s side. I asked them to write down what they remembered about him but never followed up. Until recently.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/15\/attica-50\/\">Attica @ 50<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2021-09-15<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">I wrote my first original post on this blog three years ago about composer Frederic Rzewski\u2019s statement of solidarity with the Attica uprising, which took place fifty years ago this week.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/12\/false-flags\/\">False Flags<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2021-09-12<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">I offer these emails from the fifth anniversary of 9\/11 as a snapshot in time with which to compare the present discourse.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/30\/idol-not-idle\/\">Idol not Idle<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2021-08-30<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Recollections about Billy Idol and white dub.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/15\/delightfully-brutal\/\">Delightfully Brutal<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2021-08-15<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Saturday night, the Fall of Kabul, the Choppers of Cong, the mendacity of \u201cWhy didn\u2019t we see this coming?\u201d All I can think about is a poem I heard by chance on KPFK 17 or 18 years ago.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/06\/friendship-band\/\">Friendship Band<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2021-08-06<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Last time I said I planned to toot the horn of a new songwriter, but I will toot my own as well.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/29\/bachelors-in-the-land-of-nod\/\">Bachelors In the Land of Nod<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2021-07-29<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Before I start tooting the horn of current songwriters\u2014and shortly I will profile Dan Wriggins and his band Friendship\u2014let me toot my own.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/31\/portrait-of-rudy-perez-5\/\">Portrait of Rudy Perez 5: Anatomy of a Performance 2<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2021-05-31<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">This fifth in a series of portraits of Rudy Perez is akin to the third: an anatomy of a performance and collaboration: The Dance-Crazy Kid from New Jersey Meets Hofmannsthal.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/12\/420-shot-in-72-hours-bfd\/\">420 Shot in 72 Hours: BFD<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2021-05-12<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">I\u2019m tired of hearing about gun violence in the United States.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/18\/modes-of-mourning\/\">Modes of Mourning<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2021-04-18<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">I\u2019m not a fan of royalty by any means. But being interested in design I was struck by Elizabeth II\u2019s face mask during the funeral of her consort Philip.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/15\/missing-inaction\/\">Missing\/Inaction<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2021-03-15<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">It was awful. Jasmin Cigarroa never came down from her apartment last week when a friend texted her for a planned night out.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/25\/the-old-normal\/\">The Old Normal<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2021-01-25<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">A rant about the over- and ill-use of the popular song (\u201cAmazing Grace\u201d and \u201cHallelujah\u201d).<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/15\/portrait-of-rudy-perez-4-lingering-in-spaces\/\">Portrait of Rudy Perez 4: Lingering in Spaces<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2021-01-15<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">In talking with Rudy Perez about his career\u2019s performances over the last nine months, I noticed how many took place in art spaces. Of course, by the time I met Rudy in 1980, performances\u2014dance and otherwise\u2014were often hosted by galleries\u2014large and small, for-profit and non. What follows are reminiscences of such productions during the years before I left Los Angeles for Denver in 2005, including bits from our conversations earlier this month.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/07\/merry-kitschmas\/\">Merry Kitschmas<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-12-07<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Speculations about the physical appearance of Jesus.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/15\/bachelors-anonymous\/\">Bachelors Anonymous<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-11-15<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Most of our readers will know why I haven\u2019t posted here for two months. In preparing for Portrait of Rudy Perez 2: Remain in Light\u00a0in June, my musical partner Rob Berg and I dusted off music we hadn\u2019t visited in decades.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/13\/hot-sauce\/\">Picx Picx: Gre\u00f1udo\u2019s Favorite Hot Sauce<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-09-13<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Reminiscing about salsa picante.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/26\/le-plus-grand-zombie-is-us\/\">Le plus grand zombie is US<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-08-26<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">The death machine and our zombification.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/23\/portrait-of-rudy-perez-3-anatomy-of-a-performance\/\">Portrait of Rudy Perez 3: Anatomy of a Performance<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-08-23<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">An extension of\u00a0Part 2 of my interview with dancer-choreographer Rudy Perez. It\u2019s an anatomy of the performance that first brought Rudy and me and my fellows together.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/15\/islands-past-future-islands-thrill\/\">Islands Past: Future Islands&#8217; &#8220;Thrill&#8221;<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-08-15<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Tonight, YouTube, with its funky algorithm, shot me Future Islands\u2019 \u201cThrill.\u201d The promo is pandemo-solo, the sound synthy, the topic topical, but it might not be what you think.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/08\/everybody-dance-now-5-the-peoples-panopticon\/\">Everybody Dance Now 5: The People&#8217;s Panopticon<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-08-08<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Yesterday my brother Richard remarked in our weekly transpacific Skype chat, that the cell phone camera has changed everything, from unmasked undistanced kids walking down a hallway in Georgia (I hadn\u2019t yet seen it; he\u2019s on Bangkok time) to gals getting their nails done getting zip-tied on the blacktop near my neighborhood.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/06\/dreaming-california-the-life-of-jim-foshee\/\">Dreaming California: The Life of Jim Foshee<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-08-06<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">\u201cThe parishioners at my parents\u2019 churches always ranted and raved and claimed that California was the place where all the queers and fruits were located,\u201d Foshee is quoted, \u201dso I figured that\u2019s the place for me!\u201d<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/19\/diamonds-in-the-mine-an-exploration-of-humanitarian-gemology\/\">Diamonds in the Mine: An Exploration of Humanitarian Gemology<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-07-19<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">My brother\u2019s gemology webinar last month caused me to reflect on my time as a \u201cgemstone journalist,\u201d which I haven't really written about in this venue. See what you think.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/11\/everybody-dance-now-4-time-travel\/\">Everybody Dance Now 4: Time\/Travel<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-07-11<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">This fourth edition of Everybody Dance Now involves travel in space and time.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/15\/another-monument-toppled-kkkpleton\/\">Another Monument Toppled: KKKpleton<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-06-15<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">After many years of resistance and organizing, the name of Andrea\u2019s and my Denver neighborhood finally will be abandoned.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/11\/portrait-of-rudy-perez-2-remain-in-light\/\">Portrait of Rudy Perez 2: Remain in Light<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-06-11<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">A second conversation with dancer-choreographer Rudy Perez.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/03\/out-of-the-schools-and-into-the-streets\/\">&#8220;Out of the schools and into the streets&#8221;<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-06-03<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">That time Boulder was shut down by demonstrators.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/27\/for-a-clinic-without-supervisors\/\">For a Clinic Without Supervisors<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-05-27<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/andreacarney\/\">By Andrea Carney<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">A year without a boss!<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/20\/portrait-of-rudy-perez\/\">Portrait of Rudy Perez<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-05-20<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Last year, in Everybody Dance Now 1, I reminisced about studying with dancer-choreographer Rudy Perez in the early 1980s. Nearly four decades later Rudy agreed to let me interview him.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/15\/penniman-shelley-and-lee\/\">Penniman, Shelley and Lee<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-05-15<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Little Richard died Saturday. Journalist Craig Lee met both him and Pete Shelley. Compare and contrast.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/08\/the-racist-boss-the-child-molesting-priest\/\">The Racist Boss, The Child-Molesting Priest<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-05-08<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/andreacarney\/\">By Andrea Carney<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">COVID-19 has brought health care\u2019s racist underbelly to the fore. I knew it first-hand, from within the beast\u2019s belly.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/29\/mike-pence-was-right\/\">Mike Pence Was Right<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-04-29<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Now that I\u2019ve got your attention\u2026<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/27\/everybody-dance-now-3\/\">Everybody Dance Now 3: Listen to Your Heart<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-04-27<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">It\u2019s been a year since the last edition of Everybody Dance Now. Today we look at some movement-and-music videos as well as several music promos that feature choreography and companies.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/11\/summerhill-2\/\">Summerhill 2: The Day School<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-04-11<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/andreacarney\/\">By Andrea Carney<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Part 2 of my recollections about Oliver Haskell and his Summerhill Day School in California.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/09\/spheeris\/\">Left the Nest: Jimmie and Penelope Spheeris<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-04-09<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">A look into the lives of Jimmie and Penelope Spheeris. This post, published in 2020, inadvertently was pulled since. <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/06\/death-be-not-proud\/\">Death be not proud: We&#8217;ve Been Here Before<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-04-06<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">There were varied responses to an earlier pandemic.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/21\/symonds-whitman-rossetti-and-rake\/\">Symonds, Whitman, Rossetti and Rake<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-02-21<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Discussion of John Addington Symonds, Walt Whitman, the Rossettis, and rakehells via Naomi Wolf.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/02\/summerhill-1-ollie-haskell\/\">Summerhill 1: Ollie Haskell<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-02-02<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/andreacarney\/\">By Andrea Carney<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Part 1 of my recollections about Oliver Haskell and his Summerhill Day School in California.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/02\/and-he-never-left\/\">And He Never Left!<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2020-01-02<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/andreacarney\/\">By Andrea Carney<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">In a comment to my post\u00a0The Stranger Alongside Me\u00a0in September our friend Milania remarked on my being a rescuer. In reply my husband David Hughes said, \u201cI guess you could say she rescued me forty-four years ago this month! We\u2019ll have to have Andrea tell that tale some day.\u201d Milania urged me to do so \u201csooner rather than later.\u201d<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/02\/eat-the-book-electric-evangelists-2\/\">&#8220;Eat the book&#8221;: Electric Evangelists 2<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-12-02<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">The second and likely last listen to musics that employ faith-based speech.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/14\/falling-awake-joseph-shuldiner-1957-2019\/\">Falling Awake: Joseph Shuldiner (1957\u20132019)<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-11-14<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Thoughts on the passing of my old friend Joseph Shuldiner.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/09\/rosenberg-resistance\/\">Rosenberg Resistance<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-11-09<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Part 3 of thoughts on a crucial event in Andrea's childhood.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/28\/reopening-the-rosenbergs\/\">Reopening the Rosenbergs<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-10-28<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/andreacarney\/\">By Andrea Carney<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Part 2 of my thoughts on a crucial event in my childhood.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/09\/rosenbergs\/\">Observing the Sabbath: Killing the Rosenbergs<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-10-09<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/andreacarney\/\">By Andrea Carney<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Part 1 of my thoughts on a crucial event in my childhood.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/27\/acts-of-faith-electric-evangelists\/\">Acts of Faith: Electric Evangelists 1<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-09-27<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">A listen to musics that employ faith-based speech.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/13\/the-stranger-alongside-me\/\">The Stranger Alongside Me<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-09-13<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/andreacarney\/\">By Andrea Carney<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">My brush with Ted Bundy?<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/09\/otitis-tedia\/\">Otitis Tedia<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-09-09<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/andreacarney\/\">By Andrea Carney<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">An anecdotal fluoride\u2013infection recollection.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/03\/sibling-cities\/\">Sibling Cities in an Invisible Empire<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-09-03<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">The Charlottesville\u2013Denver connection.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/02\/the-summer-of-our-discontent\/\">The Summer of Our Discontent<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-08-02<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">My look at gay historian John Lauritsen, Stonewall (contemporary) reportage, and the Q-word.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/14\/little-women\/\">Little Women<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-07-14<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/andreacarney\/\">By Andrea Carney<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Workplace organizing.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/02\/stonewall-the-great-gay-migration-and-the-monumental-divide\/\">Stonewall, the Great Gay Migration and the Monumental Divide<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-07-02<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Just as Blacks migrated north, gays migrated metropolitan. I look at short films dealing with those left behind.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/26\/atoms-for-peace\/\">Atoms for Peace<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-06-26<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">A first look at the embrace of nuclear by environmentalists and climate scientists.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/17\/survives-of-the-rich-and-famous\/\">Survives of the Rich and Famous<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-06-17<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">In the face of climate chaos, the moneyed scramble for security while others organize mutual aid.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/14\/i-coulda-been-a-bartendah\/\">I coulda been a bartendah!<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-06-14<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/andreacarney\/\">By Andrea Carney<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">\u2014with apologies to Marlon Brando<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/08\/secrets-lies-bidens-gut-reaction\/\">Secrets &#038; Lies &#038; Biden\u2019s Gut Reaction<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-06-08<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">This post involves a period of U.S. history that's been dubbed The Lavender Scare. A new documentary film by that name opened yesterday in New York and Los Angeles. Alas, I'm in Denver\u2026<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/06\/morrissey-and-milkshakes\/\">Morrissey and Milkshakes: Some Say (I Got Devil)<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-06-06<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Looking for clues as to Morrissey\u2019s embrace of For Britain.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/25\/morrissey-morass\/\">Morrissey Morass<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-05-25<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">What\u2019s with Morrissey?<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/19\/make-mine-a-la-croix\/\">Make mine a La Croix<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-05-19<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">A listen to the music of Scott Stapleton.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/06\/vaneigem-and-bubblegum\/\">Vaneigem and Bubblegum<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-05-06<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">The Royal Family and the Poor, Guru Maharaj Ji, and anti-Gang of Four.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/19\/take-me-to-church\/\">Took Me to Church<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-04-19<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Open-air churches.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/13\/careless-whisper-pansy-patois\/\">Careless Whisper: Pansy Patois<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-04-13<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Yet another language on the verge of extinction.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/01\/everybody-dance-now-2-adansual\/\">Everybody Dance Now 2: Adansual<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-04-01<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Dance and anti-dance.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/19\/marx-and-eno\/\">Marx and Eno<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-03-19<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Comparing texts by Karl Marx and Eno-collaborator Rick Holland.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/16\/gang-of-four-pt-2\/\">Gang of Four Part 2: I Found That Essence Rare<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-03-16<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Reactions to reading Jim Dooley\u2019s history of GO4.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/03\/gang-of-four-pt-1\/\">Gang of Four Part 1: Natural\u2019s Not In It<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-03-03<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Musings upon seeing GO4 for the third time.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/26\/hanky-and-bandage-cigarettes-and-perfume-edit\/\">Hanky and bandage, cigarette and perfume<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-02-26<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Making connections between the works of several poets.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/28\/everybody-dance-now\/\">Everybody Dance Now 1<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-01-28<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">An initial meandering musing on dance: casual, staged, amateur, professional, choreographed, spontaneous, celebratory, liberatory.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/12\/a-perfect-crime\/\">A Perfect Crime?<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-01-12<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Yes, this involves Leopold and Loeb and their victim \u2026<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/05\/chef-boy-ar-dee-and-the-red-diaper-baby\/\">Chef Boy-Ar-Dee and the Red Diaper Baby<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-01-05<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">A listen and look at the music and politics of Jon Appleton.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/02\/hair-piece\/\">Hair Piece<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2019-01-02<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Danish actor Lasse Steen and a national socialist resort.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/22\/the-pageantry-the-spectacle\/\">The Pageantry, the Spectacle<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2018-12-22<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Clutch Cargo meets the masters.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/09\/a-taste-of-honey\/\">A Taste of Honey<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2018-12-09<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">The film, the play, and the music it inspired.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/18\/seeing-things\/\">Seeing Things<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2018-11-18<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Charles Bonnet syndrome and the clarity of hallucination.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/17\/feeble-strength-of-one\/\">The feeble strength of one<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2018-11-17<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Marching to the beat of a Gestetner.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/25\/bad-rap\/\">Bad Rap<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2018-10-25<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Rap music, Los Angeles, 1981.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/27\/attica-coming-together\/\">Attica: Coming Together<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2018-09-27<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Recollection and reflection of a remarkable musical work, and my work experience around it.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/04\/1952-a-triad\/\">1952: A Triad<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2018-01-04<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Three articles on early gay rights efforts in Los Angeles: \u201cHarry Hay Meets His Match,\u201d \u201cBlown Cover: The Arrest of Dale Jennings,\u201d and \u201cQueer Questionnaire and Coates Column.\u201d<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/11\/gerry-brissette-mattachine-momentum-misgivings\/\">Gerry Brissette: Mattachine Momentum, Misgivings<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2017-07-11<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">A profile of the man who almost singlehandedly organized what we now know as the Mattachine Society in the San Francisco Bay Area.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/01\/breaking-down-the-walls-of-heartache-how-music-came-out\/\">Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache: How Music Came Out<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2017-06-01<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">A review of the book by Martin Aston.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/29\/hal-call-interviewed-by-paul-d-cain\/\">Hal Call, interviewed by Paul D. Cain<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2017-05-29<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">I edited and commented on this extensive interview of LGBT+ activist, publisher, and eroticist Hal Call.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/31\/paul-benard-mattachine-misfit\/\">Paul Benard: Mattachine Misfit<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2017-03-31<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">In looking at the lives of members of the early Mattachine, perhaps\u00a0the most enigmatic was\u00a0Paul Benard, one of the eight men pictured in the famous \u201cChristmas tree\u201d photograph.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/28\/vile-vault-the-fbi-gets-its-man-or-woman\/\">Vile Vault: The FBI Gets Its Man (or Woman)<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2016-08-28<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Examining the FBI investigation of the Mattachine Society and ONE magazine. And the identity of a snitch.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/15\/wallace-de-ortega-maxey\/\">Profile: Wallace de Ortega Maxey, Mattachine Foundation Member, Free Speech Champion<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2014-09-15<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Two profiles of Maxey; one regarding his activism, the other regarding his ecclesial significance.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/16\/titlevenus-in-bling-bryan-ferry-allures-offends-endures\/\">Venus in Bling: Bryan Ferry Allures, Offends, Endures<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2014-05-16<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">A personal, feminist, and aesthetic critique of the style and substance of British rocker Bryan Ferry and his band Roxy Music written for an audience of colored gemstone aficionados.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/10\/jim-kepner-interviewed-by-paul-d-cain\/\">Jim Kepner, interviewed by Paul D. Cain<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2014-02-10<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">I edited and commented on this extensive interview of LGBT[he hated Q] archivist Jim Kepner.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/15\/chuck-rowland\/\">Profile: Chuck Rowland, Mattachine Cofounder, Celebration Theatre Founder<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2009-06-15<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">A profile of Chuck Rowland, a founding member of the Mattachine Society and founder of Celebration Theatre in Los Angeles.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/26\/bob-hull-viceroy-of-the-mattachine\/\">Profile: Bob Hull, Mattachine Society Cofounder<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2008-10-26<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">A profile of Bob Hull, a founding member of the Mattachine Society.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"upl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/19\/footnote-formatting\/\">footnote formatting<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-date\">2008-10-19<\/div><div class=\"upl-post-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/author\/davidhughes\/\">By David Hughes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"upl-post-excerpt\">Readers Please Note: This blog post is for internal, technical use.<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Header image:<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Title page and frontispiece<br \/>\n(for gravitas, a bibliopyre)<br \/>\nof one of the many indices<br \/>\nof prohibited books issued<br \/>\nby the Roman Curia<br \/>\nbetween the sixteenth<br \/>\nand twentieth centuries<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home | Contact Header image: Title page and frontispiece (for gravitas, a bibliopyre) of one of the many indices of prohibited books issued by the Roman Curia between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5547,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5465","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaF2cn-1q9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityofmercy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}