Sunday Funday!

The Wheel of Fortune
Paris Hilton & Demi Lovato

Seldom do I do the theme day thang here, but when I saw this photo of Paris Hilton and Demi Lovato at Paris' post wedding carnival party on the Santa Monica Pier, well, you know I just had to Sunday Funday!

It's not easy being green, especially when you are trying to blend in with pink and are Ferris Wheel adjacent.

Congratulations to the blushing (?) bride on her nuptials and what looks like one kick ass celebration!

What are you doing for Sunday Funday???

Celebrate with Paris on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/parishilton/?hl=en   

Michael's Musings

Current Mood - "High Art"
Michael Shinafelt

So this past week - yeah you know what I mean. Now is the time to be artistic, be, be artistic! 

But is it High Art...???

High Art is one of my all time favorite films, thus it inspired me for this week's column 

I love foam! F#cking foam!

Play your cards when all the Beto's are off!

Breast Feed or don't. Who the F#ck cares!

Hey Demi Lovato, sending positive vibes your way

The Trump press conference yesterday. let's talk about fake news....

My place  now smells like bleach & carpet fresh spirit

Sometimes you feel like a whore, sometimes you're moderate

Dr. Suess always nails it!

Close encounters with sex toys of the human kind is there anything more euphoric???

Just Because...all of you are hot

Today I will use my powers for sex

I'd like an awkward Victoria's Secret moment

Some of my friends like actually like the film Bohemian Rhapsody - "Yes" really

Don't funk with me at:
https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/MShinafelt  

Michael's Musings

Throwback Thursday
Moi Blonde
Michael Shinafelt

"Because I'm blonde I don't have to think, I talk like a baby and I never pay for drinks" -  "Cause I'm A Blonde" Julie Brown 

Once upon a time as illustrated in the above image, I was Motherf#cking blonde. Now I don't have any hair to really speak of, but I could still go blonde with what's left. 

Yeah, it's been one of those F#cking weeks, it's time to hit it bitches!

"If I won the Super Lotto I would travel and be drunk all the time" - My Uber driver last night, should the drunk part have worried me???

Best Wishes to Demi Lovato - I'm rooting for you girl!

Unless your name is Arnold Horshack...

This is the girl, because I said so

Eat Me 

You don't know if you want to hit me, or lick me. I get that a lot

My tears are of joy and really spicy Thai 

We Don't Lick People - Lies Adults Tell Children

Everything you are going thru is preparing you for what you asked for

Seeing Mulholland Drive this Saturday with Naama Kates up on the roof at The Montalban in Hollywood - can't wait!

When the going gets tough imagine you're a virgin who can't drive 

There's always room for one more honey 

Feelings and how to destroy them

Be the baddest unicorn in the whole galaxy! 

Boom, Boom Come Back To My Room at:
https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/
https://twitter.com/mshinafelt?lang=en 

Michael's Musings

Shout!
Michael Shinafelt

"In violent times, You shouldn't have to sell your soul, In black and white, They really really ought to know" - Shout, Tears For Fears

Let's make this quote from this classic eighties song current, shall we? "In moronic times, you shouldn't have to sell your soul. In black and white, They really ought to know" better?

Shouting is how I feel on a daily basis. It's my column and I'm gonna let it all out!

The White Woman in me is very excited!

Must haves - The Demi Lovato mini bra from Fabletics 

Dear Donald Trump, if we were on a playground the teacher would punish your sorry ass

He died doing what he loved, getting strangled during anal sex

When you think things are bad for you during the month of January, remember it's worse for Andre 

The Elf on a shelf is over, all hail the Whore in drawer! 

Well I see Dorit Kemsley has been painted the villain on this seasons RHOBH - good she was too annoying not to be

I'm only happy when it _____ fill in your own blank and give it a name

0 Fux given this week, or F#cking ever

Happy 50th! Love You!
Moi & Brittney

Happy 50th to one of my best friends &  people I know Brittney Alexander!

This gay  is totally annoyed that Margot Robbie didn't win the Golden Globe for I,Tonya 

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us" - Marianne Willamson 

Got Oral?

If you see me coming, stand and watch

Formation here:
https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/mshinafelt?lang=en   

Just Because...Free The Nipple

Set Them Free
Demi Lovato

Just Because it's daring, just because she has vocal chops & just because she's Demi Lovato, feast your eyes on her wearing a uh, rather revealing sequin & lace ensemble.

Yes, peeps in the tradition of the Free The Nipple campaign, Ms. Lovato let hers out at the MTV Video Music Awards last night.

Her accessories? Not that I believe anyone cares but she wore lots of diamonds, hoop earrings and most importantly a sultry stare.

Demi has always been fearless in life and her choices, on the red carpet is no exception for this young woman.

Here's looking at you Lovato.

Demi on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/ddlovato/?hl=en  

It's Selfie Saturday!

Grrrrrrrl Power Selfie!
Demi Lovato & Carrie Underwood

Since it is merely the 2nd day of 2016 and everyone is still New Year giddy I thought to myself: Hey, it's a good day to break out that old standby known as "Selfie Saturday."

This selfie is full of so much charisma, beauty and talent it's gonna turn your giddy up to euphoric proportions.

Why it's none other than Demi Lovato & Carrie Underwood! Via Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve With Ryan Seacrest. Say that three times fast!

I must say all I ever knew about Demi until recent, was she was a child star. Well she is now one of my favorite performers and singers. With songs I love and the powerhouse performances she has been giving on various shows, including Rockin' Eve proves her to be one of the best!

Carrie is a given she started out on top and has managed to stay there! Happy 2016 to two of my favorites!

Demi on Instagram: 
https://www.instagram.com/ddlovato/

Carrie on Instagram: 
https://www.instagram.com/carrieunderwood/?hl=en   

Jade Starling No Longer Has 80's Hair

Remember Your 80's Poof? Neither Does Jade Starling

DANCE-POP ICON JADE STARLING

JOINS KELLY CLARKSON, ICONA POP, AND DEMI LOVATO

IN BILLBOARD TOP 5 WITH CURRENT SMASH CLUB HIT

“BETTER and BETTER”

PRETTY POISON LEAD SINGER-SONGWRITER AND CO-FOUNDER SOARING AGAIN WITH HIGHEST CHART NUMBERS SINCE 1987 CLASSIC “CATCH ME I’M FALLING”

WATCH THE NEW “BETTER AND BETTER” MUSIC VIDEO

“Now a new generation of club kids can fall in love with singer Jade Starling.”

- Download.com (CNET/CBS Interactive)

“With the rapidly changing landscape of the music industry, artists are faced with two choices – evolve, or fade away. Jade Starling, of the ‘80s group Pretty Poison, chose the former, and it’s put her right in the middle of today’s vibrant EDM scene.” - Arena.com

Have you ever wondered what the lead singer of Pretty Poison would be doing if she didn't have 80's hair? Well here is your answer, yeah, that's correct, I am a giver.

Enjoying a career resurgence that includes a celebrated return to the Billboard Dance charts, JADE STARLING is enjoying her highest chart numbers since her iconic classic hit “CATCH ME I’M FALLING” topped the very same chart in 1987.

Starling’s latest hit “Better and Better,” has risen to #3, marking her 10th appearance on the chart since launching her career in the 1980s as lead singer of the platinum group Pretty Poison. “Better and Better” is the third single from Starling’s critically acclaimed solo debut album, CAPTIVE  (Subpeona/Tazmania/Universal)

Starling’s current success with “Better and Better” is especially notable as the only indie-label release in the Top 10.

“Sharing the top 5 with current superstars Kelly Clarkson, Icona Pop and Demi Lovato is a major accomplishment for me” says Starling, who has managed to achieve this on a fraction of the promotional budget powering those superstar records.

“Better and Better” was co-written with DJ Laszlo and Pretty Poison co-founder Whey Cooler. It features remixes from two of Dance Music’s most enduring legends, Stonebridge and Chris Cox, as well as festival favorite Tavo, Jeff Retro (resident DJ at Las Vegas’ Hakkasan Nightclub), WKTU mix show team Cova & Steel, Darulah (Romainia), Andy Sikorski (England), Mike Ferullo, Elektromind (Italy), and DJ Laszlo.

With her new found relevance, Starling is hard at work on a CAPTIVE ground tour which will launch in early 2016 and feature 3D technology.

Best known as the vocalizing half and award-winning songwriter of the platinum-selling duo Pretty Poison (#1 hit “Catch Me I’m Falling” on Virgin Records), the flame-tressed diva will be visible at a variety of venues and events in the New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia region this fall, including appearances at the Sands Hotel Casino in Bethlehem PA (Sep. 29th), All Things That Rock Festival in Philadelphia (Oct. 3 & 4) with Ace Frehley of KISS, Carl Palmer of ELP, Lita Ford and more, and an appearance at the Westbury Music Fair (Oct. 30^th) as part of the “Monsters of Freestyle” Halloween extravaganza.

You Tube Links 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InNPo1LXU_8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysl8EA5RfBc

www.jadestarling.com

www.facebook.com/likejadestarling

www.twitter.com/jadestarling

www.youtube.com/user/jadeshouse

www.instagram.com/jadestarling#

www.soundcloud.com/jade-starling 

Kevin "Renegade" Olusola

Cellist, beatboxer, producer, Grammy winner and one fifth of Pentatonix. That is how most of you know Kevin "KO" Olusola. 

Perhaps you didn't know he is also a Renegade. Yes, Kevin's first EP Renegade is out tomorrow, March 10th.  

Less than an hour after the EP surfaced on iTunes, The Renegade EP, which features Olusola’s world famous celloboxing (simultaneously playing cello and beatboxing), landed at #1 on the Classical Album Chart.  Simultaneously, his rendition of Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” shot to #1 on the Classical Singles Chart, with a companion music video, which "KO" premiered on YouTube in conjunction with it. 

MS: Rumor has it you have a new EP coming out?

KO: Oh my god, I am ecstatic, I am beside myself! I can't believe it is real and it's happening. It's very exciting!

MS: What prompted you to do Renegade?

KO: I feel that I've gained a lot of skills now that I have been in Pentatonix a while for inspiration. I wanted to put something out that was a cohesive sound of all those experiences that I can elaborate on.

MS: So, how does it feel to be a Grammy Award Winner?

KO: It's amazing and surreal. When I say "Oh yeah we won a Grammy" that doesn't come out of most people's mouths. To know that I can say that is very humbling.

MS: Very few people have one, it's really cool. 

KO: Exactly!

Renegade!

MS: On your EP, this may or may not sound weird to you. Probably not, when you played Sam Smith's Stay With Me, I heard singing even though there wasn't any. 

KO: Wow! You understand it. That is the sound I am going for! The people who I have admired as instrumentalists are people like Santana. He was a singer first and his medium for that voice was his instrument. So that's why when people say that the cello is the instrument that is the closest to the human voice, I had to take it that step further. How do I actually reproduce this sound so people can actually hear a voice and say "Wow!" I tried to create a sound around it. I'm so happy you said that, that means a lot to me, Thank You.

MS: BTW I remember you playing Renegade at The Orpheum in Los Angeles, CA.

KO: Oh yeah, absolutely! 

MS: You always get a solo at a Pentatonix concert which is nice.

KO: Thank you, I appreciate it. It took me so long to put all of the elements together so when I was offered the solo I thought why not just go for it!

MS: Curious people want to know. What made you want to cover Heart Attack by Demi Lovato?

KO: It had an edgy quality to it...electronic, tech, hardcore, which I love! What attracted me to it was I did not think people could ever think the piece could be done with the cello and the beatboxing. So I took it and said: "Let me try it." 

                                                           "Stay With Me"

MS: You have created an original music category: Celloboxing.

KO: No one else is Celloboxing, sure why not, let's do it. (laughs)

MS: You've also played Carnegie Hall as well.

KO: Oh yeah. I did it on two different occasions one was my senior year in High School as a cellist, a solo. Then I did it in my first year of college on saxophone. Two different experiences at Carnegie Hall. I feel very honored that I have had that opportunity.

MS: How does it feel to be on the classical music charts? 

KO: It's so weird to contemplate that people are actually going out and buying the music that I'm creating. I'm overwhelmed.

MS: You're like Lindsey Stirling she is a Rock Star on the violin, you are a Rock Star on the cello.

KO: Oh thank you! I appreciate that! When you think about it now this alternative sound is popularized and now has wide mass appeal. Lindsey is amazing, she really paved the way for it an created it, in how she presented what she did. There are so many ways to be heard now, it's amazing!

MS: How did you discover your inner Beatboxer?

KO: It wasn't anything that I thought of. I just kind of did it when I was young. It was this song by Musiq Soulchild called Juslisten and it had this hook at the very beginning of the song, that inspired me, that's when I started Beatboxing a lot more. 

Go Celloboxing with Kevin at: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KO1Music
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kolusola
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/kolusola
Order The Renegade EP on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/RenegadeEP   

Thank You Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato

Normally I do not do posts based on people's Tweets, however this is an awesome message that comes from a young woman who has been there done that.

While I can not name one Demi Lovato song or tell you what else she has done other than X Factor I do know who she is and am very aware of her past struggles, isn't the media grand that way?

Demi tweeted: "Sometimes I look back and wish I would've realized I never had to drink or use to have fun.. I laugh more sober than I ever did wasted." 

She recently told Seventeen magazine: "Since I went to treatment, there have been days when it's felt really easy, and I've felt great about where I am. But then I have moments when it's not. That's life. You can't just take your mind and your body into the shop and get it fixed. It doesn't come out repaired. It's not like a car. It takes time - pace yourself. Every day is a new opportunity to change your life and be who you want to be."

Thanks Demi for your courage and wisdom, I hope our paths cross one day.

Keep pace with Demi: http://demilovato.com/