It's Halloween!

1978 & 2018
Halloween

Well Halloween is going to be a little bit different this year, OK way different this year. Except for me perhaps. Yeah, I've gone to the West Hollywood Street Carnival a few times. But mostly I stay in and watch horror movies.

Thus, that is exactly what I am doing tonight. I'm going to watch the original Halloween which is my favorite scare flick of all time and then watch the awesome 2018 follow up.

Hey, I know how to party, oh "yes" I do!!!

So what's on your Halloween agenda?

Pumpkin Smash!

Halloween on Wikipedia -

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

"She's A Woman!"

TWO JEWISH HOLIDAY SONGS TO BE RELEASED DURING HANUKKAH

 

“SHE’S A WOMAN” VIDEO HERE TOPS 1 MILLION VIEWS

 

“SHE’S A WOMAN” 2021 U.S. TOUR DATES ON SALE NOW

 

Aaaaaaaand... Crack-tion! After a wild ride on RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars 5, America’s favorite JEW(el) Miz Cracker, the Matzo Mama herself is back with all the fabulous projects she can possibly fit into her scrumptious pickled purse.  First up on November 11, Miz Cracker is set to star in the premiere episode of Hulu’s original new series Eater’s Guide To The World, a food-and-travel show narrated by Maya Rudolph that celebrates some of the world’s most storied culinary destinations.  See the trailer HERE

 

Additionally, Miz Cracker will be releasing some salty new Jewish holiday bangers just in time for Hanukkah (more to be revealed soon) and her brand new “She’s a Woman” podcast is set to debut Monday, December 7.  Every Monday Miz Cracker will start your week off by talking with incredible women from around the world about their achievements. Featuring interviews with detectives, pilots, bookstore owners, comics and more. Each show asks a new guest: What is it like to be a woman in your field? In the world? And what are some life lessons that every listener should hear?  The podcast show includes: some good news for the week, an interview with a special guest, and information about the upcoming “She’s a Woman” 2021 Tour.  Learn more HERE.

 

Cracker That Whip!
Photo:
Gabriel Gastelum

The 2021 North American “She’s a Woman” tour has it all—standup, original music, slapstick, and jump splits! Giving audiences a glimpse into Miz Cracker’s world after All-Stars, “She’s a Woman” tells the story of her journey from self-doubt to self-confidence—and the ridiculous characters and calamities she found along the way. Experience the comedic world of Miz Cracker through never-before-seen videos and untold stories coming to a theater near you in 2021. This brand new drag extravaganza is set to kick off next summer with dates throughout the US and Canada. Please note that the current  tour dates are being rescheduled and will be announced in the coming weeks. Tickets are currently on sale HERE

View tour announcement video HERE

 

Miz Cracker recently released her latest single & music video for “She’s a Woman” which has now topped over 1 million views.  Watch the video HERE.  Plans to release more new music from the upcoming tour are in the works and will be revealed closer to the start of the summer tour. 

 

 

 

“SHE’S A WOMAN” TOUR  - HERE

(PLEASE NOTE THE BELOW DATES ARE CURRENTLY BEING RESCHEDULED FOR MID 2021 AND WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE COMING WEEKS)

 

01/30 Los Angeles, CA (Dynasty Typewriter)
02/01 San Francisco, CA (Alcazar Theatre)
02/03 Portland, OR (Revolution Hall)
02/04 Boise, ID (Knitting Factory)
02/05 Salt Lake City, UT (Metro Music Hall)
02/09 Lincoln, NE (Bourbon Theatre)
02/10 Madison, WI (Majestic Theatre)
02/14 Chicago, IL (Metro)
02/15 Columbus, OH(Lincoln Theatre)
02/16 Cleveland, OH (Ohio Theater)
02/17 Boston, MA (Royale)
02/19 Washington, DC (Miracle Theatre)
02/20 Atlanta, GA (Out Front Theatre)
02/22 Birmingham, AL (The Lyric)
02/23 New Orleans, LA (House of Blues)
02/24 Dallas, TX (Kessler Theater)
02/26 Houston, TX (Heights Theater)
02/28 Austin, TX (Emo's)
03/01 Vancouver, BC (Vancouver Playhouse)
03/05 Toronto, ON (The Royal)
03/08 Ottawa, ON (Algonquin Commons Theatre)
03/15 Buffalo, NY (Shea's Smith Theatre)

 

 

Follow Miz Cracker here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miz_cracker/

Twitter:https://twitter.com/miz_cracker

Facebook :https://www.facebook.com/MizCrackerOfficial/

Official website: https://mizcracker.com/

 

Michael's Musings

Suck It!
Michael Shinafelt

“When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers, I kind of wanted to be a vampire.” - Angelina Jolie 

Even though I wasn't a little girl, this is something Angelina Jolie and I have in common. "Yes" I too wanted to be a vampire. Thus with only 2 more days until Halloween I bequeath you with an image of myself as one, and what my current motto as my vampire self is regarding the world around me. Yeah, there's that...

"In California, you have a special mask. You cannot under any circumstances take it off." -Donald Trump. I live in California, apparently these masks are very special since no one has ever heard of them

See it for yourself, candy corn for your pores...discuss

For some inexplicable reason Craig Conover from Southern Charm just flashed (literally) in my mind

FYI - One religion is right and the rest are wrong and you have to figure out what the right one is or you go to hell.

I'll clean my room in exchange for your immortal soul, deal?

A robot that cracks your back Elon Musk? Please put "rocket science" on hold for this dire issue

Finally saw the movie Trick R Treat, what fun, not to mention creepy!!!

Pizza, Orgasms, Social Justice - describe your perfect day

Woman Crush of the Week - Jamie Lee Curtis in the original Halloween. It's my favorite horror movie, and who didn't have a crush on Laurie Strode???

Tis the season for Homicidal Chihuahuas

Answer: Alexa play me the Scooby Doo theme song

Question: What do you do when a murderer is chasing you in your house

Morgan Fairchild was on the loose in Toluca Lake last night. Check out her Twitter feed of all the videos she shot of the houses decorated for Halloween, they're great!

It's like the McRib nobody likes it, but it comes back ever couple of years

This Saturday is - The Night He Came Home! Happy Halloween, Silver Shamrock

Wanna see something really scary? Follow me here:

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

https://twitter.com/MShinafelt  

Hump Day & Chill

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Meow! It's "National Black Cat Day"

James Dean

With a scant 4 more days until Halloween, how fitting that today is National Black Cat Day...Meow! 

So I let my fingers hit the keyboard and Google the WWW and what to my wandering eyes did appear but a pictorial to honor Halloween of Black Cats and their celebrity owners. One in partik stood out, well a few actually did but this one popped a little more.

Behold the beauty of James Dean and his Black Cat, oh, and there's also a table involved too, for good measure (I guess.)

For those of you reading this who don't know who James Dean is, and I am sure there are a few. First of all take the Walk of Shame and then do a Google search. You'll thank me, trust...

Seeing James and his pussy takes me back to a simpler time, also a time in Hollywood that will never come back. "Yes" Virginia all the glamour is gone, but legends live on!

Go Black Cat or go home! Have you cleaned the litter box?! 

James on Wikipedia:

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

"Familiar Faces"

Los Angeles Singer-Songwriter Drew Aron

Releases Debut EP Familiar Faces
Collected Observations of an Ex-twenty-something Artist
On Elegant Regrets Music

1st Single, “Running,” out October 2
2nd Single, “Sugar Maple,” out October 23
Full Familiar Faces EP out on November 13, 2020

Drew Aron, one-time classical guitarist turned folky singer-songwriter, will release his debut EP, Familiar Faces, on Elegant Regrets Music on November 13, 2020. In advance of the EP, Aron will put out two singles along with videos for each. “Running,” the first single, came out on October 2, and “Sugar Maple,” out on October 23. Familiar Faces will also have a video release. For more information please visit
https://www.drewaron.com.

Aron’s songs, while simple on the surface, reveal many layers upon closer listening and understanding of the artist’s journey through making and releasing this EP. The moving seven-song Familiar Faces has been building over the last five years, when Aron began writing songs again after a long period of focusing on a career as a classical guitarist. Inspired by fellow musicians who were working on telling their own stories and making their own albums, Aron abandoned the classical music path and started to work on telling his own musical story.

While not necessarily a “concept” EP, Familiar Faces is the collected observations of an artist, also in recovery, trying to find his way amid the ups and downs (and laughter mixed with tears) as a creative soul in the City of Angels. The songs began as scribbles that Aron never thought he’d release for public consumption, penned between health food store and food delivery shifts. Aron’s friend K.C. Maloney (aka Adult Karate) encouraged him to develop his songs more seriously into a solo project, and this nudge inspired Aron to continue writing and honing his day-to-day observations and experiences into wry, folky musical nuggets of truth. A lover of ‘60s and ‘70s folksters like Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, and Gene Clark, he hoped his sound would be more tongue-in-cheek, but as you’ll hear, Aron’s music is often heartachingly earnest, something he himself has found surprising. He says of his songs, “It goes in one way and comes out another. That’s what I find I love the most about the process.”

                                                              "Sugar Maple"

The recording of Familiar Faces was an organic process that took about two years. Aron recorded much of the EP in his bedroom, and used a neighbor’s house as well when roommates were too noisy. This is a true slice of modern life, right down to the recording process, and over time some of the songs were reworked from wherever they started to the mature songwriting voice you hear on the finished EP. “Each song was recorded at a different stage of development,” Aron says, “so I feel that, aside from the lyrical content, each song also tells the story of where I was with my singing voice, how ‘country’ or ‘folk’ I wanted to be. There’s a wonderful conflict in the EP because, at first, I didn’t intend the recordings to all be put out together.”

Once Familiar Faces had taken shape, Aron worked with his friend Dash Hutton to add some drum tracks, and Adaline (frequent Adult Karate collaborator) to bring in some vocal harmonies. Limited time and resources dictated Familiar Faces’ uncomplicated arrangements, allowing Aron’s folky voice and heartfelt lyrics to shine through. After years playing classical music, the artist finds himself at home in the refreshing simplicity of his new identity as a singer-songwriter. Aron sums Familiar Faces up best: “I don’t see this EP as a singular statement, or some sort of way to establish a new artist identity for myself. It is, quite literally, a record of me finding my own voice through music.”  

Only 9 Days Left...VOTE!

What She's Saying
Lizzo 

With only 9 days left Lizzo and Myself are here to remind you to VOTE!!!

Lizzo recently greeted supporters at an event for the Biden-Harris presidential campaign in Detroit, MI. With a mask sporting the word VOTE. Are you sensing a theme in today's post? Good, that's the whole point of it, VOTE!

What's that? Have I voted? Why "yes" I have, weeks ago I filled out my ballot and put it in a drop box. Then I tracked it, and got a text a week later saying my VOTE had been received and counted. Best text I got all month.

So if you haven't made your voice heard what are you waiting for?!?! I asked you tell me and tell me now, or better yet get out and VOTE!

Voter information at:

https://www.vote.org/