Rather than bore you with opinion, recaps and images from yesterday's Superbowl 50, like everyone else I thought I would kick off the week with some whimsy. Yes, it's move the fuck on it's Monday! Yay! It's a perpendicular job but someone has to do it. Joseph Gordon-Levitt braved a blizzard in Boston (a real one, not the tasty one from Dairy Queen) - to accept the Hasty Pudding Man of the Year Award from Harvard. Sporting a balloon hat that rocked JGL was the king of his domain. I say we make balloon hats a trend for this week, put one on at least one day of your choosing. It will make you smile. Hey, we all need more levity in our lives. Happy Fucking Monday! JGL on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330687/?ref_=nv_sr_2
King Of Mellow, Trevor Hall goes with the flow and embraces the vibe of the road to let you know, small is beautiful.
TREVOR HALL ANNOUNCES “SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL” HEADLINE TOUR BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 10th IN SAN FRANCISCO
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR FOLLOWS RELEASE OF LATEST ALBUM CHAPTER OF THE FOREST
Singer songwriter Trevor Hall will be heading back on the road this fall on a North American headline tour beginning on September 10th at Slim's in San Francisco, CA. The “Small is Beautiful” tour will include stops in Vancouver, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Boston and New York City. See the full list of dates below. The announcement comes on the heels of Trevor having wrapped up a 30+ city amphitheater tour with Michael Franti’s Soulshine Summer shows. For tour updates visit:www.smarturl.it/thtour
Trevor recently surprised his fans with the sudden release of his new 12-track album Chapter of the Forest, a collection of songs born during a yearlong sabbatical where Trevor returned to his beloved India, Nepal, Vermont, and Maine, and spent that time in deep reflection and spiritual connection.
“This album is inspired by simplicity, by the roots of life, and by the beauty that one finds in solitude and in nature,” says Trevor. Chapter of the Forest was released on June 17th and debuted at #3 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter chart and #17 on the iTunes Overall Albums chart. Commenting on his “Small Is Beautiful” tour Trevor states,"The 'Small Is Beautiful' tour goes along with the same message as "Chapter of the Forest." It’s about coming back to the roots and approaching music in a simple and conscious way.”
10 San Francisco, CA Slim’s 12 Portland, OR Aladdin Theatre 13 Seattle, WA Nectar Lounge 14 Vancouver, BC Media Club 16 Missoula, MT Top Hat 18 Salt Lake City, UT The State Room 20 Ft. Collins, CO Aggie Theatre 21 Aspen, CO Belly Up Aspen 24 Lake Tahoe, CA Crystal Bay 27 San Juan Capistrano The Coach House 28 Los Angeles, CA The Troubadour
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7 Charleston, SC Music Farm 10 Tampa, FL The Ringside Café 11 Orlando, FL The Social 12 Jacksonville, FL Freebird Live 14 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle 15 Atlanta, GA Eddie’s Attic 17 Ozark, AR Harvest Festival 18 St. Louis, MO Off Broadway 19 Evanston, IL Space 21 Cleveland, OH Music Box 23 Burlington, VT Higher Ground 24 Boston, MA Middle East 25 New York, NY Gramercy Theatre 26 Vienna, VA Jammin’ Java 28 Philadelphia, PA World Café Live 29 Fairfield, CT Stage One
"A Boston publicist moves to LA with his girlfriend-actress to live the dream but his world is turned upside down when a rival competitor creates a lie about him on Ripoff Report. To worsen matters, his girlfriend is diagnosed with terminal breast cancer and her final dying wish is to get a pitbull. As he mourns her tragic loss he is forced to make nice with his new furry friend while he works to get revenge on his enemy and restore his company's name" - This is the storyline for Writer/Director/Producer & Star Josh Mitchell's indie opus "Helen Keller Had A Pitbull". Using events from his own life and combining it with his love of Pitbulls, Josh knocked out the script for "Helen Keller" in two weeks! Well it's time to hear more from the face of Wickid Pissa Publicity and find out why Pitbulls are the new black....Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Josh! MS: So Josh, getting an indie film made is a tough go, what motivated you to do it? JM: Making this movie was pricey but I am old school, I believe you have to introduce yourself to the industry instead of waiting for opportunities. Like what Sylvester Stallone did, he locked himself in a hotel room for three days and wrote "Rocky". Look at the guys who did "Swingers" now Jon Favreau he's now directing things like "Iron Man" These were unknown actors rather than waiting for that knock on the door they knocked the doors down. I wanted something that would showcase me as a Writer/Director/Producer and Actor. So I took my real life experiences, the time I was coming from Boston as a publicist to Hollywood, infused them with some nuggets and lessons, things that I encountered and Hollywood-ized them a little bit. As you know in Hollywood you can run into some really interesting characters. (laughs) MS: Oh you sure can. (laughs)
Celine Wallace & Josh Mitchell
JM: There are those and others who are diamonds in the rough. MS: What about the part of the storyline where someone created lies about you on the Ripoff Report, is that true? JM: Yeah, when I was coming from Boston from Hollywood I wanted to get all my clients together and have a party to announce my move to Hollywood I wanted to do a big splash so I had it at The W Hotel. What I thought would be a couple hundred people, something where I could walk people around and introduce them, well it caught on like "Gremlins" in the shower and turned into this huge event (laughs) fifteen hundred people! MS: Whoa! JM: I got approached by somebody who owned a magazine, they said they wanted to help with the party and bring some different dynamics to the table. So I thought why not? The short end of the story is that it went pretty good, we had a great working relationship, but come the day of the party I got a lot of the shine at the event and the guy got jealous. Basically he tried to pin some fake charges on me. He kept pestering me, putting stuff on Facebook, so I finally did what I should have done at the get go and Googled him. This whole thing about him came up on the Ripoff Report, how he cheats on his wife, does cocaine, burned people at Playboy parties, blah, blah, blah. I'm a Boston guy and speak the raw truth and don't do well when people try to bully me. So I straight up said to him "I don't deal with scam artists, I will expose you" I grabbed the link and sent it to him. Two days later one showed up on me! MS: What a douche! JM: There are two reasons I wanted to make this movie. One was to be a champion of the Pitbull breed and two expose this scandalous and Un-American site called Ripoff Report. It's unbelievable what they can do to people. Listen I did not get that affected by it, my business actually tripled since that showed up on me. (laughs) MS: That site should be shut down.
JM: What I did with this film is payback, the guy will know it is about him, but I did it in a subtle and smart way. Basically I wanted to write a movie that was personal, the script flowed out me in two weeks. I covered my coming to Hollywood, and when I got here my girlfriend was working at The East Valley Animal Shelter and rescued two Pitbulls. She'd walk the dogs no one wanted to walk and one day she asked me to come with her. We enjoyed this one dog that kind of stood out his name was "Marty" he was this handsome, beautiful vibrant dog and the animal people walked by and said he was going to be put down on Saturday. MS: Hearing things like that always make me sad. JM: My girlfriend and I both looked at each other and we're like, "no you're not". Kristen found a home for another Pitbull in Arizona and Marty came to live with us. Like most people I had pre-conceived notions about the breed, I didn't have any experience with them, but now I can see how beautiful these dogs are. Pitbulls are unbelievable animals who have been wrongly cast as villains in the media. I love my dog he is amazing and has changed my whole mental outlook about things. MS: So tell me did Helen Keller really have a Pitbull? JM: She did! In fact that's what got my creative juices flowing and gave me the idea for the movie. One day Kristen said "Did you know Helen Keller had a Pitbull" - a light went off in my head that said "That's an indie film"! Go "Pitbull" check out the trailer and full length movie at: www.vimeo.com/ondemand/helenkellerhadapitbull Join the Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/HelenKellerHadAPitbull?fref=ts
Woodson Michel is the new face of R&B music. Deeply inspired by Prince, R. Kelly, Dru Hill and the great Michael Jackson,
As this writer can verify his core values are humility and diligence. His sound is unique and crisp. Combine the two and you get a rare artist who effortlessly writes original songs, produce and sing.
Woodson began his career in Boston - please direct your undivided attention to the Woodson movement!
MS: Hey Woodson how are you, I see my text worked, you called! (laughs)
WM: Yeah it did! (laughs)
MS: Something I find cool is that one of your major influences is Prince, that really comes across in your song "She's Hot".
WM: Oh Yeah, I love Prince!
MS: What drew you to R&B music?
WM: Honestly? Gospel and R&B were always the most influential music in my life, I'm not gonna lie I am a sucker for love. (laughs)
MS: I love your first name it is unique, is there a reason behind it?
WM: There was a doctor named Woodson Carter, I know it's because of him that my Dad gave me my first name, but I am not clear on the exact reason why that is.
MS: Tell me was "She's Hot" inspired by someone in particular?
WM: Yeah, I saw Kelly Hu on TV in the "X-Men 2" and thought "she's hot".
MS: You like action movies?
WM: I love action movies!
MS: Rumor has it you began your career in Boston, MA. were you born there?
WM: Well I am originally from Haiti and moved to New York when I was nine.
MS: Oh, OK.
WM: I have lived in Boston, MA for the last year, I recently moved out to Florida to be close to family. Boston was very unique, my footing is there.
