Michael's Musings

"It Me"
Michael Shinafelt

Like the image above states "It Me" I'm not sure where to start or where to end, I'm just me and that's it. Like the rest of you trying to figure out what my new normal is, it's kind of tenuous when nothing is truly stable in the world at present.

We will get there at some point, trust...

R.I.P. Mary Wilson founding member of the legendary The Supremes 

Wanna appear smart in meetings? When everyone seems to like an idea yell "Ship It" people will then think you have the power to ship things

Mr. Woo does not pay for p#ssy, you go Mr. Woo!

#FreeBritney

Table legs hate the human race, the more you know

When your head is up your ass you tend not to get out much

I have a gimp, that is all

They call it "The Cunning" look it up!

Woman Crush of the Week - in honor of Black History Month, Billie Holiday. If you have to ask why check out some of her music on line, you'll find out.

Tell Vagisil I want them to know it was me...

R.I.P. Larry Flynt for his free speech activism 

Positive thing about the Pandemic? Since going out isn't an option I paid off one of my Credit Cards and the other one is almost there

To those who want to bubble wrap Betty White, please consider this would hasten her demise and she would suffocate 

Watching the documentary about the Cecil Hotel on Netflix. I unwittingly visited it when it was called Stay On Main. I remember it did have a weird vibe.

Good Vibes Only here, with me at: 

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

https://twitter.com/MShinafelt    

Hump Day & Chill

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National Pizza Day

Woofing!
Meryl Streep

In these times there is a day for everything, thus I do not acknowledge them all. Yet, how could I pass up a shout out to National Pizza Day, I ask you? "Yes" I asked, are you thinking of your answer or simply ignoring me?! Moving on...

Pizza how do I love thee le me count the ways, you are my favorite food group. You and Mexican Food complete me in a way nothing else can. 

Here to help us celebrate NPD is Meryl Streep, this image of her woofing down on a mighty slice made me smile, it's not your typical Meryl thing to do, ya know woofing. That's what makes it so damned amusing, and amused I am.

Well I guess that means I'm gonna have to celebrate accordingly, pizza for lunch it is!

Mic Drop!

National Pizza Day on the WWW -

https://nationaltoday.com/national-pizza-day/

Monday Motivation

Let's eat the music, there is a vast majority of us out there who are struggling with those Pandemic pounds. This quote from my friend Dr. Nina caught my eye, thus it is today's Monday Motivation, indeed.

I for one have never owned a scale, so honestly I do not know what I weigh at this point and juncture. All I know is that I lost a substantial amount of weight and gained a lot of it back. I used to weigh in at the gym on occasion, remember those? 

For this part of my journey I am not going to weigh myself at all I'm simply going to work on being healthy and in shape, for what I want to be. Not what a piece of plastic tells me who I should be.

Another trick I use to help myself is instead of saying "I need to watch what I eat and lose some weight" I say instead "I will watch what I eat and lose some weight" Yeah, it's the little things. 

For more Monday Motivation give Dr. Nina a follow on Instagram -

https://www.instagram.com/dr.nina.psychoanalyst/?hl=en   

Year Of The Living Dead

John Tejada

With his new album, Year Of The Living Dead, due out on February 26, 2021 on Kompakt, Vienna-born and LA-based producer John Tejada finds a blissful extended moment of balance between the new and the familiar. Anyone who’s followed his career to date, which has included four previous albums for Kompakt, outings for storied labels like Plug Research, Playhouse and Cocoon, and numerous remixes and collaborations–most recently, his Wajatta duo with comedian and musician Reggie Watts–will immediately sense the warmth and eloquence that Tejada brings to his gilded, pliant techno and electro hybrids. But there’s more here, too; an explorer’s glimmer in the producer’s eye, as he gets to grips with new ways of working and being, while offering a reflective opening for the listener, something echoed in artwork by graphic designer and ‘contemplative artist’ David Grey. For more information, please visit kompakt.fm/releases/year_of_the_living_dead

“The album was started using tools I was unfamiliar with, which became an interesting exploratory process,” Tejada explains. “Staying away from the obvious and having to re-learn simple things was a fun challenge.” You can hear these new creative pulsions pushing the eight tracks on Year Of The Living Dead ever-forward; the album has a unique cast, and though there are trace elements of the genres Tejada has indulged previously, he’s never quite put them together this way before. There’s the dubwise glitter sprinkled across the moody opener “The Haunting Of Earth,” the kind caresses found amongst the deftly woven textures of “Sheltered,” and the churchy melancholy, all hymnal and golden, of “Echoes Of Life.” Year Of The Living Dead also speaks obliquely to its moment, though Tejada works this implicitly, allowing the strange circumstances of 2020 to cast their inevitable shadow without being obvious or didactic. “The production process began right before lockdown and continued through what felt like a very serious time for all of us,” he recalls. “Not being able to see or touch our loved ones made me feel we are all like ghosts. We can observe from a distance but cannot really be there. We are isolated and alone.” And yet, Year Of The Living Dead’s tenderness offers an out for that anxiety and loneliness, its intimate immensities gifting the album a redemptive and compassionate core. Compact and glistening, Year Of The Living Dead sculpts unassuming beauty.

Just Because...Ambulance

Set Life
Eiza Gonzalez, Jake Gyllenhaal & Michael Bay

Just Because it's the weekend, Just Because there's Jake Gyllenhaal & Just Because, well you know sirens and such. Here is a behind the scenes shot of the upcoming Michael Bay action flick Ambulance!

There really is no specific reason for this post today other than I just happened to like the image and it happens to have Jake in it, his co-star Eiza Gonzalez while Director Michael Bay looks on over his mask.

Yeah, that's really all there is to it.

Hey, it's the weekend, lighten up and enjoy the ride, no pun intended. You know the movie is called Ambulance, "enjoy the ride" get it? I figured you might, or not...

Ambulance on IMDb -

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4998632/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0  

Film Buff Friday: Freaks

One Of Us!

Ever see American Horror Story: Freak Show? Well the deeply disturbing (and much better) inspiration for that season was Tod Browning's Freaks.

While I don't want to say too much about it, let's simply state it is plenty disturbing even by today's standards. If you are a true horror fan and have not seen it, well then I question your commitment to the genre.

Wanna find our more? Click on the link below to my resident film expert Jay Jacobson's Classic Movie Blog for all the 411 you need...if you dare!!!

https://www.jaysclassicmovieblog.com/post/28-freaks-1932