"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

Michael's Musings

Let's Play Dr!
Michael Shinafelt
Photo: Daniel G. Lam Photography

Let's get medical. Corona, Corona, Corona that's all I ever hear! Thus I am giving playing Dr. vibes this week. Yeah, that's me with a stethoscope that's me in the spotlight now...whatever!!!

The difference between In-N-Out Burger and your opinion is asked for an In-N-Out Burger, Double Double with cheese & onions

Let's hyphen it out

Don't make enchiladas if you have fake finger nails

Weinstein 23 - is the new black

It only takes a second to show someone how you feel about them, the Police call in indecent exposure...lame!

You'd better hope and pray that you make it safe back to your own world

Congratulations to Traci Lords on her Best Actor win for "A Tale Of Two Sisters" 

Talk about bum cakes, I said talk about them. Do it and do it now!

Woman Crush of the Week - Kamala Harris, if you have to ask why you are not worthy 

It's time I pulled the plug

Candyman, Candyman, Candyman 

If you are reading this, the assassins have failed 

Groove is in the heart and also the booty

Were on a road to nowhere, buckle up!

All roads lead to me here at:
https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/MShinafelt   

Hump Day & Chill

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Tunesday Tuesday!

No Explanation Needed

Today I celebrate one of my favorite bands evuh! That's correct minions time to take out the trash and bring on the Garbage!

I have seen them and heard them in concert at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, CA  - they were real and spectacular. Front woman Shirley Manson's vocals are the bomb!

So, here comes one of my favorite songs (actually all of their songs are my favorites) that really hits a home run as to what's happening now in the world.

"Yes" I, like all of us do, sometimes  "I Think I'm Paranoid" - well, seriously. Hey given everything that's happening now. I rest my case. 

Mic Drop... "You can look but you can't touch, I don't think I like you much, Heaven knows what a girl can do, Heaven knows what you've got to prove"

Hit the timely video after the jump, yeah, I said jump.

Garbage on IG -
https://www.instagram.com/garbage/?hl=en  

Monday Motivation

Seeing Red
Meghan Markle & Prince Harry

With all the chaos in the world I thought we needed some Monday Motivation today that would represent and spread some joy. Thus when I stumbled upon this photo of the "Artist Formerly Known As Prince" Harry and Meghan Markle at the Mountbatten Festival of Music, I knew I have struck MM gold!

Because, let's face it, life is tough, that's just the way it is. These two are going trough their emancipation from the Royal Family at present and publicly so they are pretty much a unifying symbol of that.

Yet, those matching vibrant red ensembles are enough to put a smile on anyone's face 😀

Perseverance is the word for this Monday. Everyone of us has the strength to deal with life's adversities. 

So put on your personal "vibrant red" and go out into the world and seize the day!

Perseverance on Wikipedia -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseverance