Winter Solstice Queen

Hail The Queen!
Dua Lipa

"Don't look around, The leaves are brown, And the sky is a hazy shade of winter" Hazy Shade of Winter, Simon & Garfunkel 

Today is officially the first day of the Winter of our discontent. Buck up the year is almost over, in the meantime check out the ever so talented Dua Lipa wearing all white on her recent Saturday Night Live gig.

Dua is Winter chic and the perfect way to represent and kick off the Winter Solstice. 

I had merely heard of Ms. Lipa prior to her Future Nostalgia album. Which I gave a listen to and LOVE!

Thus I will also being listening to Lipa (say that three times fast) today while looking at her in her Winter finest to "celebrate" the first and shortest day of the longest year.

Fingers crossed it the kick off for Winter doesn't feel like a year unto itself, that's why I getting down with Dua to help make the day more jolly.

Mic Drop!

Dua on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/dualipa/   

Ho Ho Ho...5 More Days!

Hurry Down My Chimney...
Ryan Phillippe

With a mere 5 days left until the "Big C" let's continue our countdown to Christmas with another Sexy Santa, this one comes in the form of Ryan Phillippe.

Ryan as you may know is currently starring on the TV Show Big Sky, however this photo looks like Phillippe the vintage years. You know when he did two of my favorite movies I Know What You Did Last Summer & Cruel Intentions. The latter edging out the former on the how much I like it scale.

So here we have Ryan in all his shirtless Sexy Santa glory for you to behold. Behold him I said, do it and do it now!!!

Have you gotten your halls decked yet? Are your stocking hung? Well then have a ball and enjoy the last 5 days until Santa comes to your house and....

Ho ho ho 😉

Ryan on IG -

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

Down Home Blues

Down Home Blues: Miami, Atlanta, and the South Eastern States: Blues In The Alley Three Disc Box Set, 83 superbly remastered tracks in total, featuring Richard Armstrong, Willie (W.C.) Baker, Willie Brown, John Bullard, Ray Charles, Earl Hooker, Tommy Malone, Jerry McCain, Poor Jim, Jimmy Wilson and more Also includes a 78-page book featuring essays, rare period photographs, complete sessionography, and extensive gallery of original 78 and 45 record labels Available in the US on December 18th via Wienerworld (UK) - PRE-ORDER NOW Wienerworld is proud and excited to present to you the fifth box set in our unmissable Down Home Blues series, exploring the unique regions of the African American blues scene. Blues In The Alley features 29 artists that were influential in continuing and developing the traditions of the blues in the southeast. This release includes early down home blues recordings from none other than Ray Charles, before his climb to fame with his bigger sounding jazz-tinged blues. Alongside this, there are early recordings from Earl Hooker and Jerry McCain, two exceptionally gifted musicians who were always left on the cusp of success. Don't forget to check out the first recordings from Frank Edwards, who captivated audiences with his rack-mounted harmonica guitar one man band style, from the 1940s right up to his last years of performing and recording in 2003. Down Home Blues: Miami, Atlanta & The South Eastern States is a three CD set, packaged in a deluxe digipak with outer slipcase, featuring 83 tracks, all of them superbly remastered. This collection has been collated thanks to the generous help of blues collectors from both sides of the Atlantic, with rare recordings that are for the first time made available for listening via today's compact disc medium. An outstanding 78-page book, featuring a 15,000-word essay by blues historian Chris Bentley, accompanies the release. Rare period photographs illustrate the essay throughout with a complete sessionography and extensive gallery of original 78 and 45 record labels. Blues In The Alley is a close companion to Wienerworld's Tough Enough collection (WNRCD5104), with both sets dovetailing the post-war blues from America's north and southeastern states. The southeastern states were known as slow starters in having record companies to start up to record, produce and distribute the artistes that were performing on their own doorsteps after WWII. The best chance for any blues artistes in this region, looking to record, was to get up to New York for any opportunity to arise. By 1950 things certainly were different, and new recording companies who had taken the time and trouble to record such fine music had made up for a lot of lost time. Blues In The Alley captivates the efforts of those producers who gambled on their feel for the music – and their pockets to produce sounds from unadulterated country blues to the hard-edged electric tough blues sounds similar to that then being recorded in Chicago and Detroit.

Happy Birthday 2 Me!

Guess What Today Is???
Michael Shinafelt

Today is my Birthday and it's also one week until Christmas, Woot! Every year I do a post to celebrate it, usually containing some reflection about where I've been and how far I have come.

Well, not so much this year. This year has been a challenge for us all. My take from it is we as a collective whole are more resourceful and stronger than we initially thought ourselves to be. 

Thus on my Birthday I am grateful for each and every one of us, we are still in tough times, but remember tough times don't last, tough people do!

Our 2021 is looking brighter, wiser and full steam ahead with a lot of perseverance and hard work there is nothing that can stop us. We are all in this together, and, yes we can!

Celebrate today with me here:

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

https://twitter.com/MShinafelt

Michael's Musings

A Little Bit Dramatic
Michael Shinafelt

Even though the photo above states that I am "dramatic" at present, I am actually, quite assuredly not in the zone. Quite the contrary, I am hunkering down and staying in as much as possible during this time per request and Netflix and chilling and really enjoying it 😊

The only thing "dramatic" are some of the things I am viewing other than that, drama free is the phrase I would use to best describe life, right here, right now. How's your quarantine going?

If Trump was smart he'd drop the election fraud nonsense and launch a reality show where his three children battle over one Presidential Pardon...

BTW I know what you saw upset you, sarcasm won't change that

Time to settle down and plot your next move

Binged all of Ratched finally, I'll simply leave it at that

Matt Bomer just streaked through my mind, hope he lingers longer next go

Stop singing, you're making me hate Christmas

Just In: The COVID vaccine will NOT contain a microchip, it instead will contain the new U2 album

It's time to wash that elf on a shelf right out of your hair...tis the season

Woman Crush of the Week - My friend Ashley Park who is currently in post production on her horror film Stay and has an Indiegogo campaign for her latest venture kindlyTV, which is something the world needs more of. Check it out at the link provided  - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/kindlytv?fbclid=IwAR3BKahJkT_x3wQXF09Xzl2SA-Xn2PfC9UtcG66uDqqjvWbwgAxgEADxyoo#/

Watched The Prom on Netflix, I really enjoyed it, it had a lot of heart

It's over even if the Fat Man won't sing

Happy Holidays to everyone except Grandpa Joe, he knows why

How to ride a unicorn...discuss

Tomorrow is my Birthday FYI

Come celebrate with me at:

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

https://twitter.com/MShinafelt   

Hump Day & Chill

No Explanation Need

Today's Hump Day & Chill word is meditate. That's correct Minions for the first time in a while I feel calm and hopeful about the world around me. While I know I am a tad late to the table with this, a large part of these good vibes are because it's official Biden/Harris are going to be in office soon!

In fact, they are Time Magazine's Person Of The Year! Imagine that? Well actually you don't have to, it's a reality. We've all collectively got a lot of work to do in these next four years, but at least we can breathe easier, and, well meditate.

So take some time and Hump Day & Chill for yourself and the world by letting loose your wonderful positivity into the universe.

Just do it! 

Meditation on Wikipedia -

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

Have You Been Naughty, Or....???

Smack Bottom!
Santa Claus & Kendall Jenner

Ho, ho, ho - here we go again, with a mere 10 days until Christmas we count it down with more Sexy Santa time!!!

Well it looks like Kendall Jenner has been a naughty girl based on the fact that Santa is giving her a spanking. I wonder what Ms. Thang did to get the full treatment from Mr. Claus. Or perhaps it what she didn't do that brought it.

Maybe, just maybe this is what she wanted for Christmas and has been a very good girl, and this is her Christmas Kink (say that three times fast.)

Whatever the case gird you loins Minions, because it's coming fast and hard! Christmas that is, get your minds out of the gutter, I hope you are ready....

Mistletoe Kisses!

Kendall on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/kendalljenner/