Michael's Musings

Back Off!
Michael Shinafelt
Photo: Daniel G. Lam 

How is everyone's Social Distancing going? SD is the word of the year, that is this week. Anyway I am using this time creatively and to try and binge watch HBO's The Outsider which I did DVR , but have yet to view.

"Yes" this is what it's come to minions, stay safe and healthy it's time for me to do my weekly thang!

Watched Ma with Octavia Spencer yesterday, I hope she got paid well...

Perhaps we should unplug 2020, wait 10 seconds and try plugging it back in to see what happens

No matter how bored you get, just say no to texting your ex 

May the strap on be with you

There's still good in this world, Porn Hub is offering it's premium service free to the people of Italy  

So glad I don't have children during this time. I'm sure they would try to make me learn Tik Tok dances 

The plan isn't always the plan, especially when one gets punched in the mouth 

Right now I am thinking: "What would Pee Wee Herman do?" it's my happy place 😊

Woman Crush of the Week: Whitney Cummings, her Tweets make me LOL

Dogs may be man's best friend, but cats don't show the Police where your drugs are...

Today's secret word is: Fondle (think about it, but not too much)

If there's something weird, and it don't look good, who you gonna call? Not Donald Trump, that's for sure!!!

Dolphins have returned to the canals of Venice since human activity in them has ceased

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Hump Day & Chill

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Tunesday Tuesday!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I know we are all pretty much confined to our respective dwellings, but if you want to celebrate you can. Seriously, why can't you party with your bad self at home?

So here is a throwback sort of Tunesday Tuesday song that I am sure is in everyone's topical minds. It's The Knack performing My Sharona. When the Corona Virus first hit I, like many of you, wondered when someone was going to parody this song and insert Corona for Sharona. Admit it, you know you did! 

While I have seen many memes to this effect, no one, yet has to do an actual song parody. Too soon probably since we are in the thick of it.

Thus I leave you with The Knack singing one of my favorite songs of all time My Sharona.

Mic Drop!

The Knack on Wikipedia -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Knack

Getting To Know: Jeremiah Hahn

Jeremiah Hahn 

A little while back, in the day, I went to the Grand Opening of Silverback Coffee of Rwanda in Echo Park, CA.

Some of the actors from filmmaker Robert Hensley's upcoming project Family Affair were there. One of them happened to be Jeremiah Hahn who portrays Martin in it.

Thus I took out my smart phone hit the voice recorder app and chatted Jeremiah up about the movie, here is what transpired...

MS: I don't know whole lot about Family Affair, give me some 411.

JH: Well, Robert and I have been trying to work together over the years and this project really came together well. I love the character he cast me for, the therapist, he's a window into one of the lead characters. It was a lot of fun to be able to find some truth to that human being and help move the story forward by providing that window. Working with Robert is so much fun!

MS: That's always fun for an actor, I've been there, done that (laughs) 

JH: Yeah, Robert isn't like you can only do your part a certain way he allows for an actor's creativity.

Jeremiah Hahn
Crypt TV

MS: I hear you are also on Crypt TV, which, being a horror fan, I'm surprised I didn't hear about until now.

JH: Crypt TV has such a great pedigree, and they're so experimental with the different things they do. It's giving a lot of young voices a platform. 

MS: I like that the Entertainment Industry has become more expansive.

JH: There are like 530 scripted series in production. 

MS: Wow! I wasn't aware there were that many.

JH: You couldn't get through all of them in a year. (laughs) It's great there are so many options for everyone. 

MS: How do you choose what you watch?

JH: If three people recommend it, then I watch it (laughs) 

MS: Congratulations, on everything!

JH: Thanks!

Check out Family Affair at:
https://familyaffairfilm.weebly.com/

Jeremiah on IG -
https://www.instagram.com/jeremiah_hahn/?hl=en  

"Treason"

D.O.A. Announce "Treason", Their Eighteenth Studio Album

Coming March 15th via Sudden Death Records

 

East Coast US Tour Dates With DEAD KENNEDYS in March + more dates

If an actor or a reality show host can become president and wreak havoc around the world, then surely musicians have a time honored duty of reacting to that and speaking up for regular people. Punk rock legends D.O.A. have decided to do just that. That's why you have the new D.O.A. album: Treason. Joey Shithead Keithley, Canada's Godfather of Punk, has been getting sick of the dismaying news coming out of world capitals like Washington, Moscow, Beijing, Tehran, Pyongyang etc., so he decided to come up with D.O.A.'s musical reaction to this crap and stand up against corruption, warmongering, racism, sexism and global warming. So here it is: Treason, it's the band's eighteenth album. It takes off in full frenzy with "All the President's Men" with Keithley exclaiming It's time to put them in the pen. Then D.O.A. quickly launches into a modern punk anthem "Wait Till Tomorrow" a look at the brutal treatment of refugees. But never lost on D.O.A., is that part of their mantra that is punk rock humor, hence they have spawned: "It Was D.O.A." an uproarious piss take on unsuspecting musicians that will soon learn the tough lessons of the road: the D.O.A. members themselves. D.O.A. Of course with an album named Treason you would expect some comment on President Donald Trump. So the Men of Action have taken one of their all-time classics and come up with new lyrics. They have reworked "Fucked Up Ronnie" and the result is "Fucked Up Donald" and it's a blistering 73 seconds of mayhem! Along the way Treason flips the corrupt system the bird with wild tunes like: "Gonna Set You Straight," "Just Got Back From the USA" and "It's Treason." There's also an absolutely ripping version of fellow Canadian Neil Young's "Hey Hey My My" where D.O.A. takes a unique approach that has anguish and fire at the same time. On Treason D.O.A pulls no punches and nor should they. What you get is an uncontrollable punk rock riot that seems to breathe fire, the way punk was meant to be. Pre-order the LP or CD at Sudden Death Records.

East Coast US Tour Dates 3/15 - Brooklyn Bowl - Brooklyn, NY   ***Opening for Dead Kennedys Canada Tour Dates 3/26 - Record City - Vernon, BC 3/27 - Gun Barrel Grill - Apex, BC 3/28 - Prospect Pub - Pemberton, BC Canada Spring Tour Dates 5/7 - London Music Hall - London, ON 5/8 - Lee's Palace - Toronto, ON 5/9 - This Ain't Hollywood - Hamilton, ON 5/10 - Starlight - Waterloo, ON 5/11- The Foxx Lounge - Barrie, ON 5/12 - The Mansion - Kingston, ON 5/13 - Les Foufounes - Montreal, QC 5/14 - Dominion Tavern - Ottawa, ON 5/15 - L'Anti Bar - Quebec, QC 5/16 - Rock Café Le Stage - Trois-Rivieres, QC 5/17 - Bar Le Magog - Sherbrooke, QC 5/18 - Warehouse Concert Hall - St Catherines, ON West Coast US Spring Tour Dates 6/4 - Little Devil's Lunchbox - Port Angeles, WA 6/5 - Blast Off - Salem, OR 6/6 - TBD - Tacoma, WA Follow Joe on Instagram and Twitter, and the D.O.A. gang on Instagram and on Facebook

Just Because...Gerard Butler

Great Balls Of Fire!
Gerard Butler 

Just Because we need a distraction from the chaos, Just Because I've got chills they're multiplying & Just Because he's a total stud, that's right minions it's time to get us some Gerard Butler! 

Look at Gerard as he carries the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Flame during the torch relay in Sparta, Greece. "Yes" peeps, just when you thought he couldn't get any hotter (pun intended) we get Flaming Butler!

Honestly I am surprised they even had the torch relay given everything going on in the world at large. But I'm glad they did so I could get a look at Man Candy in the form of one of my favorite fantasies. 

Hey Greece is the word after all.

Mic Drop!

Gerard on IG -
https://www.instagram.com/gerardbutler/?hl=en 

Film Buff Friday: The Passion Of Darkly Noon

The Desire...The Obsession...The Nightmare...

IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE WOODS TONIGHT... Described by critic Mark Kermode as an "extraordinary filmmaker" and "one of the UK's most imaginative talents", visionary British director Philip Ridley followed his sensational debut The Reflecting Skin with another surreal incursion into the dark heart of the 'American dream' in The Passion of Darkly Noon. Darkly Noon (Brendan Fraser) is the sole survivor of a military-style attack on an isolated religious community. Stumbling through a forest in a daze, he is rescued by the free-spirited and enigmatic Callie (Ashley Judd). Darkly finds himself feeling strange new desires for Callie as she nurses him back to health... only to watch her jump into the arms of her returning mute lover Clay (Viggo Mortensen). Lost in the woods with only his fundamentalist upbringing to make sense of his unrequited passions, Darkly soon descends into an explosive and lethal rage. Now available for the first time worldwide on Blu-ray™, Ridley's talent for spellbinding, hallucinogenic dream imagery is on full display in a glittering new transfer of his most formally inventive and electrifying film. The mesmerising soundtrack includes two songs co-written by Ridley for the film, "Look What You've Done (To My Skin)" performed by Gavin Friday and "Who Will Love Me Now?" performed by PJ Harvey.

Bonus Materials

• New 2K restoration by Arrow Films from the original camera negative, approved by Philip Ridley
• High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentation
• Original 5.1 and 2.0 DTS-HD MA audio
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• New audio commentary by writer/director Philip Ridley
• Isolated score track in lossless stereo, including never-before-heard extended and unused cues, and the two songs from the film
• Sharp Cuts, a newly filmed interview with editor Leslie Healey
• Forest Songs, a newly filmed interview with composer Nick Bicât
• Dreaming Darkly, an archive featurette from 2015 featuring interviews with Ridley, Bicât and star Viggo Mortensen
• Previously unreleased demos of the music score, written and performed by Bicât before filming started
• Theatrical trailer
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring new and original artwork
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring a new Philip Ridley career retrospective written by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Sales Points

• Starring Brendan Fraser (The Mummy), Ashley Judd (Double Jeopardy), Viggo Mortensen (Green Book), Loren Dean (Enemy of the State) and Grace Zabriskie (Armageddon)
• For the film Director Philip Ridley was awarded the Best Director Prize at the 1995 Fantasporto Film festival.
• Fangoria magazine praised the film, citing especially the performance of Brendan Fraser.
• Like Philip Ridley's previous film 'The Reflecting Skin', 'The Passion of Darkly Moon' has developed a cult following!
• In 2014, 'The Passion of Darkly Moon' made the top 10 in The Daily Telegraph's list of the 50 most underrated films of all time.

Order Here: https://mvdb2b.com/b2b/s/AV284