{"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\/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-vertute\/\">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\/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":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5465","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_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}]}}