TBT: "Take Off Your Pants And Jacket"

How fast can you Blink 182 times on the first date? Srcvinyl is giving a retail wide release to Blink 182's Take Off Your Pants and Jacket on Deluxe 2xLP Vinyl on August 26. Pre-orders are now available here. The album is mastered for vinyl with lacquers created by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) and includes a gatefold jacket with 11 x 11 insert on limited colored vinyl (Red). Take Off Your Pants and Jacket is the fourth studio album by the American pop punk band Blink-182. Produced by Jerry Finn, the album was released on June 12, 2001, through MCA Records. The album had near-immediate success, becoming the first punk rock-identified record to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 and being certified double platinum within three weeks. The LP produced three hit singles — "The Rock Show", "First Date" and "Stay Together for the Kids" — that were top ten hits on modern rock charts. Take Off Your Pants and Jacket has sold over 14 million copies worldwide. As previously announced, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket will also be released on cassette alongside several other Blink 182 favorites which are now available for purchase or pre-order in the srcvinyl webstore.

Blink 182- Take Off Your Pants and Jacket Vinyl Color: Red Details Mastered for vinyl and lacquers created by Kevin Gray, Cohearent Audio Gatefold jacket with 11 x 11 insert Limited colored vinyl *Deluxe edition will be released at a later date Track Listing: A1 Anthem, Pt. 2 A2 Online Songs A3 First Date A4 Happy Holidays, You Bastard A5 Story Of A Lonely Guy B1 The Rock Show B2 Stay Together For The Kids B3 Roller Coaster B4 Reckless Abandon B5 Everytime I Look For You C1 Give Me One Good Reason C2 Shut Up C3 Please Take Me Home D1 Time To Break Up D2 Mother's Day D3 What Went Wrong D4 Fuck A Dog D5 Don't Tell Me It's Over D6 When You Fucked Grandpa

Sandy Zacky On Orlando #WeAreOrlando

With the tragedy in Orlando still lingering. I held off on addressing it initially because I wanted to process my own thoughts and feelings. Everyone is still reacting as well they should, it was the biggest mass shooting in the United States ever.

People should be concerned, not just gay people. This is something we must pay attention and attend to. It can and most likely will happen again at a place and time you would least expect. 

As a gay man of course I am upset. However it hit me in a more general way, I think about the potential of such an incident in the many familiar places I travel throughout my day. Let's face it no where and no one is safe.

What I wanted to do was give a different point of view on this, perhaps not even mine but something that could add to the dialogue. Here is a fresh prospective. This is from a grandmother who worries about the country and what the future of it holds for her grandchildren. Her name is Sandy Zacky, you may remember her as Entertain Me's resident chanteuse. She wrote this powerful statement the morning of the shooting on her Facebook page:

"I am sure what is on my mind is what is on most people's mind.
I feel sick, angry,helpless and more. 

What now? It is my grandchildren and their generation that I fear for the most. 

What are we we leaving them? A sick world of people whose only quest is to kill those who don't believe as they do. They think we are immoral but who is more immoral than those who MURDER innocents who just want to live
their lives the way they choose?

Those of you who are that sick may murder but you will not take the US down. You are the cowards we will be the survivors!"

Perfectly stated Sandy. Here is a song she performed with her singing partner Mike Clifford dedicated to the victims and survivors of the tragedy, Love Is Everything -

With congress recently turning a blind eye to the problem at hand, something needs to be done...now, before a tragedy like this can happen again.

Donate What You Can At:
https://www.gofundme.com/PulseVictimsFund

Follow Sandy At: 
https://www.facebook.com/The-Sandy-Zacky-Fan-Page-142692019103428/

Tom Hiddleston On The Side

What's Wrong With This Picture?
Take Those Boxers Off!
Tom Hiddleston
Mona Kuhn for W magazine

I don't know if it's the fact that I am hanging out naked at home during the extreme 100 degree plus weather in Los Angeles, but it seems I am fixated on posting images of celebrities showing lots of skin of late.

Yesterday, Sofia Vergara in a teeny weeny black bikini was Entertain Me's poster woman to inaugurate the first day of summer. Today it's the yummy Tom Hiddleston posing in nothing more than boxers for W Magazine, do I need to expand on why?!

Tom star of The Night Manager on AMC bares a lot more in his current film, High Rise. Sad, butt (pun intended) I can't post those photos here. That being stated like myself I know you can all Google, just put your fingers on the keyboard and blow...

Recently Mr. Hiddleston has been rumored to be dating Taylor Swift post her Calvin Harris break up. Hey Taylor, if this is true I challenge you to a duel!

Tom on IMDB: 
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1089991/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1

Celebrate Summer w/Sofia Vergara

Inflatable
Sofia Vergara

Today is the Summer Solstice aka The First Day of Summer...Hooray for Summer! Nothing says summer quite like Sofia Vergara, a black bikini & an inflatable swan. 

Sofia star of the show Modern Family, duh - posted the photo above on her Instagram with the caption: "Pool time #hm #ilovesummer." 

Wonder what she does with that swan though...

Have a terrific summer peeps & Happy Monday, I think.

Sofia on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/sofiavergara/?hl=en

Happy Father's Day!

Me and My Dad, Bill Shinafelt
Photo: Jan Landburg-Shinafelt

Today is the day that we honor our Fathers, "yes" it's Father's Day people! I have a request of all of you, if your Dad is still living please let him know you love him today. Whether it be a phone call, card, Facebook post on his wall or some sort of gift.

A Father's love should be unconditional and I was lucky enough to have a Dad whose was.

My Father is deceased and I miss him all of the time. He passed away February 23, 2009. The cause of his death was lung cancer. His doctors gave him six months to live, he then decided to quit smoking his beloved pipe. He lived for three years and died two days after his 76th Birthday.

In honor of my Father I would like to take this moment to draw attention to two things. 

First smoking is directly related to cancer, if you think it isn't you are wrong. When my Dad went into a hospice and died two days later after his three year long battle he was next to a gentleman who had also been given six months to live, but did not quit smoking. Guess what? Unlike my Dad who gave it up and survived three years after his diagnosis, the other man passed within that given time frame.

In short, smoking blows, literally if you smoke please stop. 

Second cancer is the number one cause of death in the world and trust me, it's not a pretty one. Please let's never forget that, for more information about cancer and to donate towards fighting it please click on the link to The American Cancer Society below.

Happy Father's Day, Dad!

The American Cancer Society:

www.cancer.org/donate‎  

Love Triangle: Ian Harvie

Ian Harvie

My buddy, transgender actor/comedian Ian Harvie is appearing on the ABC hit show Mistresses this Monday night. Yay Ian!!!

Ian shot me this exclusive statement about his guest starring role on the nighttime drama:

"I play a character named "Michael Hester" a wealthy financier who moves to Malibu from NY and hires April Malloy to do the interior of his new home, some feelings are stirred and a kind of love triangle is created between Michael, April and April's man, Marc.

This is a modern night time drama, about 3 women who are best friends, and that no matter what they always love each other.. It tackles a lot of great topics including LGBT relationships and non-monogamy, and the writers always leave you hanging!
My run is a 4 episode arch.. 2 episodes have in this 4th season have already aired BUT my episodes start this coming Monday 10pm on ABC"

Thanks Ian, I know where I'll be this Monday at 10!

Ian on social media:
ianharvie.com/
https://twitter.com/ianharvie
https://www.instagram.com/ianharvie/?hl=en

Again?!?! "A Star Is Born"

Born A Star
Lady Gaga

"Time won't change the meaning of one love, Ageless and ever (ever, ever)

Evergreen" - Evergreen "A Star Is Born" Barbara Streisand

Hollywood does seem to have one love for sure in the timeless tale of A Star Is Born. It was first made in 1937 with Frederic March as the troubled movie star and Janet Gaynor as the aspiring up and coming actress who he guides to fame. Then it was remade two more times with James Mason & Judy Garland and Barbara Streisand & Kris Kristofferson respectively. For the record the only one of these I have seen is the Garland/Mason one, both were brilliant in it!

So, is the third time going to be a charm, or is it going to be three strikes and your out?

Lady Gaga, who I love as a talent, what she stands for and who she is, is in talks to star in the third remake with the, I don't get his appeal, Bradley Cooper directing as well as co-starring. 

Rumor has it Gaga has tested for the role and Warner Bothers execs were impressed. As well they should be as I am sure our Lady's test was off the hook! My trepidation about this lies solely with Cooper.

If he wants to direct, great! However, I think Gaga's presence and talent is so strong she deserves a male lead with a lot more testosterone. Jon Hamm perhaps?

Go Gaga at: 

https://twitter.com/ladygaga

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