An Alarm(ing) Christmas Gathering

The Alarm - Christmas Gathering 2020.

An Online Global Concert Experience for all..... From our home to yours.... 8pm on Saturday December 19th 2020

The Alarm Christmas Gathering Tickets are on sale now here.

The Alarm Christmas Gathering - Concert Video Trailer

On Saturday December 19th 2020, Mike Peters and The Alarm will host a unique Christmas Gathering Concert beamed live into homes all around the world.

Virtual Tickets for The Alarm's Christmas Gathering allow exclusive access to the concert broadcast which will be geo-synchronised to locations around the world on Saturday December 19th @ 8pm through a partnership with Jimmy Lovine and Dr. Dre’s brand new streaming service Moment House.

The Alarm's Christmas Gathering will run for approximately two hours featuring Mike Peters and The Alarm playing live and electric in a seasonal studio setting, with additional exclusive video content and acoustic performances presented from the Welsh home of Mike and Jules Peters.

The Alarm Christmas Gathering Tickets are on sale now here.

Following the recent and hopeful news of a Covid 19 vaccine, Alarm fans are encouraged to turn this Christmas Gathering into a Gathering Christmas party of their own, celebrate the holiday season in style and say goodbye to what has been a challenging and arduous year for everyone, everywhere.

“To be able to bring the band and the fans together at this special time of year and perform a virtual Alarm Gathering concert from our home to yours, is something myself and the band have been dreaming about ever since our collective worlds were turned upside down by the global lockdown earlier in 2020”, says Mike Peters. “This will be an occasion to turn up the volume, wake up the neighbours, crack open the drinks and have a rocking good time at Christmas. I have always loved this time of year, and to think we have this opportunity to all come together as one big Alarm family through the wonders of the internet via Moment House is a Christmas miracle all of it’s own.”

The Alarm Christmas Gathering will be beamed live at 8pm on the evening of Saturday December 19th 2020, as part of a special presentation hosted by Mike and Jules Peters who are inviting all Alarm fans to come together in their own homes and celebrate the holiday season in party style with (where possible), their friends and families.

The Christmas Gathering concert will be geo-synchronised, so that fans around the world will have the option of choosing a broadcast time suitable for their location.

The Alarm Christmas Gathering Tickets are on sale now here.

The concert will be screened at 8pm in these 5 Global Time Zones.

Hi Ho Monday!

Hot To Trot
Amber Heard

I thought we should ride into this Monday in style like Amber Heard on top of a mighty steed in Hollywood.

"Yes" Queen Mera knows how to take you for a ride today, so they say...whatever your opinion is about Amber, gotta love this photo. The simplicity and Zen of riding a horse is giving me the Monday Vibes I need.

What's that you say? Riding a horse scares you. Well that is quite understandable, and not uncommon.

Perhaps riding a seahorse, like a Queen might be a better choice for you. Or cuddling up with your faithful dog or cat???

Today let's simply put out good Monday Vibes no matter how that manifests in your life.

See, riding into Monday doesn't have to be stressful.

Mic Drop!

Amber on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/amberheard/

#kindness2020

Good Morning
Michael Shinafelt

Whilst making my morning tea I got myself on Twitter and saw this trending: #kindness2020

It's the perfect message at the perfect time. Right now we are being completely abused by a malignant tyrant who gaslights, name calls and lies. What better way to counteract all this by being as kind to everyone you can during his final days in charge.

While this is something I practice daily, it never hurts to be reminded how a little kindness goes a long way. My personal favorite is to smile at people as I walk past them. What's that you say? We are wearing masks who can see you smile you say? Wrong! Others can see your smile in your eyes and your cheeks do rise up when you do it and they aren't covered. So don't lay that malarkey on me.

In all actual fact I think a comforting smile has become even more powerful during these times because all the focus is on the person's eyes when you exchange a grin with one another. Eye contact of that type has a very healing power, it can really make someone's day!

So smile your day away, it will make you and others feel good, and it costs you nothing 😄

#kindness2020   

Saturday Sinema: Lake Michigan Monster

All aboard! The combined spirits of H.P. Lovecraft, early Sam Raimi and Mystery Science Theater 3000 inhabit this action-packed tale of nautical derring-do and monster mayhem - winner of the Audience Award for Best International Feature at the 2019 Fantasia Film Festival. On the shores of Lake Michigan, the eccentric Captain Seafield (Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, who also writes and directs) enlists a colourful crew of misfits in a bid to slay the hellish sea monster that prowls the murky depths. But as Seafield's obsession with exacting revenge on the creature that killed his father threatens to consume him, can weapons expert Sean Shaughnessy (Erick West), sonar whiz Nedge Pepsi (Beulah Peters) and former N.A.V.Y. - Nautical Athletes and Adventure Yunit - officer Dick Flynn (Daniel Long) hold the show together? Shot in gloriously retro black and white on a shoestring budget, with most of the cast also performing multiple roles behind the camera, Lake Michigan Monster is an inventive, irreverent and riotously entertaining ode to the classic monster movies of yesteryear: an absurdist urban legend guaranteed to appeal to the big kid in all of us.

Media

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Bonus Materials

• High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentation
• Original lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM 2.0 stereo soundtracks
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Two cast and crew audio commentaries featuring writer/director/actor Ryland Tews and actors Daniel Long, Beulah Peters, Erick West and editor Mike Cheslik – one sober, one drunk!
• Critics’ audio commentary with Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Emma Westwood
• Effects Breakdown comparison of the film’s underwater sequence, including storyboards and pre-composited footage
• Dear Old Captain Seafield – the Captain Seafield theme song, performed by the Seafield Monster Sextet
• Interview in a Cabin – interview with Ryland Tews and Daniel Long at the Fantasia International Film Festival
• Interview in a Bar – interviews with the cast and crew at the Beloit International Film Festival
• Interview by a Fire – interview with Mike Cheslik on Mark Borchardt’s Cinema Fireside radio show
• The first season and pilot episode of L.I.P.S., Ryland Tews and Mike Cheslik’s hybrid animation/live action sci-fi comedy web series
• Theatrical trailer
• Behind the scenes photos
• Reversible sleeve featuring original artwork by Jade Watring and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Barry Forshaw

Order Here: https://mvdb2b.com/b2b/s/AV280

This Is Not Season 2

As far as this guy is concerned Christmas is coming December 6th. That's correct Minions Euphoria is a back for two one hour shows, but it's not season 2.

Unfortunately season 2 got sidelined by you know what, that darn COVID. But fear not until the next season happens we have these upcoming episodes to bridge the gap, fill our addiction, make us want more...Euphoria!

Zendaya who won an Emmy (rightfully so) for her portrayal of Rue has spilled that the first bridge episode is called Part 1: Rue. 

In case you haven't picked up on it, to say I am a huge fan of the show would be putting it, well, mildly. I really can't wait for December 6th to come! Not only did I watch the first season when it initially aired I binged it when HBO had a marathon of it.

Euphoria is such a densely packed show that you will see something different upon repeat viewings. 

Now THAT's entertainment!

Euphoria on the WWW -

https://www.hbo.com/euphoria  

Michael's Musings

Gobble, Gobble
Michael Shinafelt

Happy Thanksgiving and all that turkey stuff! Was thinking of blowing off my musings column today and merely posting a photo that wished everyone well, then I thought better of it. 

We all need my weekly dose of tomfoolery and commentary, just smile and nod your head "yes" - that's it, now keep reading. You just might find some things I am thankful for, might, I said...

Ever been so mad you punched your Thanksgiving turkey right in the a$$hole?!

Anyone watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade COVID style???

May all beings be happy 

Let's fantasize about control

I'm thankful for my trip to see my family in San Antonio earlier this month

Who, like me, completely feels The Weeknd was snubbed by by The Grammys, Bueller, Bueller, Bueller...

Remember the 2016 Election and how tight it was? Remember it took Hillary Clinton less than 24 hours to concede? We all know who the bitch baby is now, don't we Minions

I'm going to summon the dead - Dewit!

Woman Crush of the Week - Jennifer Lopez - Because she is 51 and smoking! Bask in the glory of the cover for her new single In The Morning, bask I said!!!

Time to lay my pimp hand down, yet again, hey someone has to do it

Ricky Schroeder, who knew?!?! 

Loving the Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa collab Prisoner 

Joe Biden has now officially won the Presidency more times than anyone in History

What's on your Thanksgiving bingo card?

Find out what's on mine at -

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

https://twitter.com/MShinafelt  

Hump Day & Chill

It's Turkey Time!
Robert Downey Jr.

It's time to choke that turkey in honor of Thanksgiving, translation: Let's Hump Day & Chill this Wednesday before we give thanks.

This TG edition of HD&C is brought to you by Robert Downey Jr. in Jodie Foster's Home For The Holidays (say that three times fast!) It's about, what else, a family gathering for Thanksgiving. Are you sensing a theme for today? Ha! of course you are...

With a commentary from Tye Briggs via his Favorite Hunks & Other Things blog about his lust for Downey Jr. in this particular film.

Unlike Tye I have lusted for RDJ in other movies, no not Iron Man, actually I have never seen one of the Iron Man films, mostly his independent work does it for me.

Thus I leave you with Robert Downey Jr. as your official Thanksgiving Hump Day & Chill. Don't forget the sauce with your turkey, gobble! gobble!

Hit the link below -

https://favoritehunks.blogspot.com/2015/11/robert-downey-jr-in-home-for-holidays.html