Michael's Musings

Whore In The House
Michael Shinafelt

"Swipe your nose like a credit card, Hop on top, I wanna ride" WAP, Cardi B

Let me tell you about my latest obsession, if you had ever told me I would be into a Cardi B song I would have scoffed at you. Well WAP is currently my jam. Maybe it's because of how outright brazen it is, or perhaps it's the female empowerment of it all. Whatever the reason let's get busy...whores!

Don't make me push the edge of your subculture 

I think I'd make a good Mad Max

Extra large and extra ______ use your imagination and fill in the blank

Kamala Harris, Kamala Harris, Kamala Harris "Yes" she can!

I cook, but I don't clean

Your party is like a douche commercial 

Act like Michael Jackson's monkey 

Oh man, I hope

Woman Crush of the Week - Miley Cyrus because Midnight Sky drops tomorrow and I am a fan

Gobble me, swallow me...me, me, me!!!

I just did a Google search of Tom Hardy naked

Once you taste it, there's no going back

Schmeckle, discuss

My Little Ponyboy

Take a ride with me at:

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

https://twitter.com/MShinafelt   

Hump Day & Chill

Hump Day & Chill
Luke Evans & Rafael Olarra

Yesterday was amazing! I will address it further in my Michael's Musings column tomorrow. Thus today let's Hump Day & Chill to, love. "Yes" you heard me love. Love is such a groovy thing, no?

Here we have hunky actor Luke Evans and his boyfriend Rafael Olarra to represent. Also because Luke has a great physique and is in a Speedo, hey this is Hump Day & Chill after all Minions.

"I'm not a 'Twilight' boy; I'll never be as good looking as those lads, and that's fair enough." - Luke Evans

Well Luke you may not be one of those lads, in my book you are better. I like my men manly, not boyish. 

I have a hunch I will never get a shot at Luke (balls!) but let's toast to him and his boyfriend. Love is all you need today so get out there and Hump Day & Chill to it!!!

Luke on IG -

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

Current Mood

When I woke this morning I was feeling many things. Some good, some bad, some happy and some sad. "Yes" I know I just came off like a Dr. Seuss book, moving forward I stumbled upon this image of Russell Brand as Captain Hook taken by Annie Leibovitz for a Disney ad campaign.

This image encapsulates my, drum roll please...Current Mood. I am not going to break it down into detail for you, I believe the generalizations above are enough. Besides I don't want to be accused of trying to control you by planting ideas into your head, I want you all to have your own unique take on this photo.

You've got it, I'm all about freedom and creativity, Thus on that note be free my Minions and do it your way, make your dreams come true!

Annie Leibovitz on Facebook-

https://www.facebook.com/annieleibovitz/   

Just Because...Peacock

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Garcelle Beauvais

Just Because it's Monday and we all need motivation, Just Because I'm getting my Tejava buzz going & Just Because, well birds of a feather and such. Here is RHOBH Garcelle Beauvais rocking a sheer peacock print robe in West Hollywood, CA!

While Ms. Beauvais has yet to truly get into the mud with the rest of the Housewives (Hey she has been working in addition to being on the show) I for one find her energy a refreshing balance to the negativity and mean spirited tone of the current season.

She's the voice of maturity and reason among the pettiness. Should Garcelle return next season my money will be on her as the one to watch. Trust me she's got the most game out of all of those women. She is simply testing the waters now, but once she knows how to navigate them...

Watch Out!!!

Garcelle on IG -

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

Que Sera Sera: Resurrected

Johnny Thunders - Que Sera Sera: Resurrected

35th Anniversary 3CD Box Set featuring a remixed version with extra tracks, the live version, the original album plus a 36-page booklet

Coming September 11th

FULL TRACK LISTING and PRE-ORDER HERE

LISTEN: Alone In A Crowd & I Only Wrote This Song For You

In 1985 Johnny Thunders went into the studio in London, to record his third and final solo album. He gathered friends Mike Monroe, Patti Palladin, John Perry, Wilko Johnson, Henri-Paul Tortosa, Nasty Suicide, JC Carroll,Stiv Bators, Glen Matlock and others, and the resulting album was christened Que Sera, Sera. 

It wasn't all plain sailing - with Johnny it rarely was. Johnny had spent the previous two years in relative stability. He'd been gigging around the world, and between tours he was filming in France. Life was a series of nice apartments and hotels shared with his constant companions - his girlfriend Susanne and his manager Christopher.

Now circumstances meant he had neither. Without a new release, touring slowed, and his high-maintenance lifestyle led him to seek friend favors for somewhere to live. The major labels that Christopher hoped would provide financial support hadn't materialized.

In a row with Susanne, she complained that Johnny had never written a song for her. Johnny obliged, and along with new songs from his live set, he recorded "I Only Wrote This Song for You." Before the album was finished, as soon as he had a rough monitor mix of the song, he flew to Sweden to attempt a reconciliation.

Those remaining at the studio were left to put the pieces together. Patti Palladin oversaw the mixing with the engineer, and found there wasn't really enough for an album. Patti added "Tie Me Up" from the b-side of her Crawfish project, and "Blame It On Mom" was found from an earlier session. The title-track was actually an afterthought; recorded as a single 16 months later.

The album was well-received, and it got Johnny touring again, but there was always a sense that it could have been better, and that the guitar was restrained - in '85 many artists were seeking mainstream crossover. Two tracks were left off - Jerry Nolan's "Countdown Love" song was unused as he hadn't yet recorded it; and "Talk About You," a lengthy blues workout that didn't seem to fit.

With those two tracks in mind as bonus tracks for a reissue, Pat Collier, former Vibrators' guitarist, was asked to mix them. When the results came through, it became obvious that Pat should remix the whole album using today's technology and viewpoint.

In the multi-track tapes a few outtakes were discovered, and last year the Resurrected version was released as a Record Store Day double-vinyl with 5 bonus live tracks. After interruptions, the CD version was reappraised and expanded to a three-disc box set. The original album is included, reinstating "Tie Me Up" and the old, familiar mixes. Three live gigs were uncovered, and they became the live version of the album as a bonus CD.

Johnny Thunders' biographer, Nina Antonia, has written new notes with interviews for the 36-page booklet. It also includes lyrics and unseen photos from the recording sessions, the cover session and from one of the featured live gigs.

Happiness Happens Day

Today is National Happiness Happens Day, smiles everyone, smiles! Thus to celebrate I thought I would bequeath to you on this Saturday, August 8th 2020 one of the most iconic smiles ever, Ms. Farrah Fawcett.

"Yes" this is the best selling poster of all time clocking in at 12 million copies, it came out in 1976. What better way to celebrate this day, Farrah had a one of a kind electricity and one of the happiest smiles ever, and since a spoonful of happiness is something we could all use at present well...Woot here it is!

National Happiness Happens Day is Celebrated annually on the founding date of the Society of Happy People (formerly known as the Secret Society of Happy People—but why keep that a secret?), which you can join for free.

So c'mon get happy!!!

The Farrah Fawcett poster on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrah_Fawcett_red_swimsuit_poster  

Pizza, A Love Story

 PIZZA, A LOVE STORY

Coming to DVD and VOD on September 29th

 

PRE-ORDER HERE

"The film is not entirely about pizza; one can watch it and see Bechard laying out the history of his city, a cycle of immigration, assimilation, and gentrification that extends well beyond New Haven."    - E Film Critic

NEW HAVEN, CT: Pizza, A Love Story, filmmaker Gorman Bechard's 11 years-in-the-making homage to the world famous pizzerias Frank Pepe's Pizzeria Napoletana, Sally's Apizza, and Modern Apizza, is set for release on DVD and Video-On-Demand on September 29, 2020.

Called "An important film of staggering genius that needed to be made," Pizza, A Love Story has been selling out film festival screenings from Washington State to Alabama. Work on the film began in 2008, when Bechard and longtime friend Dean Falcone, both self-acknowledged pizza snobs, decided it was time to turn the camera on the only pizza that matters.

The film sets out to prove its tag line: "Pizza wasn't invented in New Haven. It was perfected there," by combining history, comedy, and some of the most mouth-watering footage you will ever see, into a film that also features cameos from actor Henry Winkler, musicians Lyle Lovett and Michael Bolton, Senator Chris Murphy, legendary concert promoter Jim Koplik, and dozens more. The film also includes the last known interview with Flora Consiglio of Sally's, filmed shortly before her passing in 2012.

"I learned long ago the best films are driven by passion," Bechard says, "and if there's one thing I truly believe it's that New Haven has the best pizza on this planet." And for the prolific filmmaker, it was nice to know, in interviewing so many food celebrities including Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports, that he was not alone in this belief.

Rounding out the pizza-loving duo is local historian Colin M. Caplan, who came on as a co-producer mid-way into the project, and has since written the acclaimed book Pizza in New Haven. "Colin was able to find a lot of the historical images that seemed to be out of our reach," explains Falcone. "He has a great knowledge of the early history of pizza."

The DVD, coming from the MVD Entertainment Group, features numerous extras, including the Q&A from opening night in New Haven with Bechard and his two producers.

On the same day, the prolific Bechard's newest animal documentary Seniors, A Dogumentary will also be released on DVD and VOD platforms. The documentary is a passionate portrayal of the vitality of senior dogs, and the people who cherish and protect them. Featuring the beloved Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary of Mount Juliet, Tennesse and Chaser the Border Collie, known as "The Smartest Dog In the World." Their stories

converge through the keen lens of famed photographer Jane Sobel Klonsky, author of the book Unconditional: Older Dogs, Deeper Love.

Gorman Bechard has directed 18 feature films including rock documentaries on The Replacements, Grant Hart, Archers of Loaf, Lydia Loveless, Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, and soon Wilco's Jay Bennett. He has also directed the animal-rights film A Dog Named Gucci, which won the prestigious and rarely awarded ASPCA Media Excellence Award in 2015. He is the author of 5 novels, including the religious satire, The

Second Greatest Story Ever Told. He is the executive director/programmer of NHdocs: the New Haven Documentary Film Festival. He lives in New Haven, CT with his wife Kristine and their two dogs, Springsteen and Dylan.

For more information please visit: www.PizzaALoveStory.com