Michael's Musings

"Just Let Go"
Michael Shinafelt

"Today is the day to let go of things that no longer serve you" 

I have gotten a tattoo to celebrate every decade of my life since my twenties. I have yet to get one in my fifties. I will be getting one soon. What is it going to be you ask? "Just Let Go" I highly recommend it! 

Happy Cinco De Mayo Minions!!!

May the filth be with you always and forever

Any weekend plans I should know about???

People who love horror movies will always be spared by me, the more you know...

Raise your hand if you have completely lost trust in the Supreme Court ✋

Does anyone know of someone who has a pet deer named Pippin? Anyone???

Went outside for a walk by choice. Who am I anymore?

Law & Order: SVU, tonight! That is all

Woman Crush of the Week - Blake Lively at the Met Gala, heck she is a one woman Met Gala unto herself

OMG! One of my favorite movies: The Craft is now 25 years old

Does anyone remember what happened in Dirty Dancing? Think about it, but not too much

Follow your nightmares Minions

How come no one speaks of WAP anymore???

It's OK, I don't know WTF I'm doing either

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Hump Day & Chill

Today is May The 4th as in "May The 4th Be With You." Thus we are going to Hump Day & Chill by honoring the celebration of Star Wars fans everywhere!

What's that you ask? Am I a Star Wars fan? Well yes and no. When I was younger and the movies first came out I was a HUGE fan of the original trilogy. The prequels not so much. 

After the prequels (which sucked) I never went back to the series when it had it's recent reboot with The Force Awakens. I had lost interest, out grown the series if you will at that point. Even the originals which I loved dearly in my youth hold little to no interest to me anymore.

But a silly fan celebration like this is always fun to acknowledge and adds some levity to ones day.

Thus I hereby decree we Hump Day & Chill to Star Wars - May The 4th Be With You Minions!!!

Star Wars Day on the WWW -

https://www.starwars.com/star-wars-day  

"Mouth Shut"

Whether you posted something that didn't go over well, or you accidentally sent a text to the wrong person, we all have had foot in mouth disease at some point. Sometimes you wish you would have just kept it to yourself is the impetus behind Lit’s new single, “Mouth Shut” HERE available today.  You can also watch the lyric video HERE. “Mouth Shut” is off their long-awaited seventh studio album, Tastes Like Gold due June 17, 2022 Via Round Hill Records which you can pre-order HERE.

 

Lead guitarist Jeremy Popoff says, “We wanted to get back to the old school Lit sound with a modern day approach to the production.  It took a minute to get our heads in the right place, especially with all of the craziness going on in the world.  We started writing and making demos with Carlo Colasacco and YOUTHYEAR and we knew we had tapped into the vibe we were looking for. Tastes Like Gold is the album we wanted to make.”  Tastes Like Gold, produced by Carlo Colasacco, YOUTHYEAR & Lit features No Doubt’s Adrian Young, Butch Walker and American Authors. 

 

The band also recently released the track, “Kicked Off The Plane” HERE  and lyric video HERE. Both “Mouth Shut” and the autobiographical “Kicked Off The Plane” follow “Yeah Yeah Yeah”- HERE  (live performance video HERE & official video HERE) which was the first single from Tastes Like Gold.

 

Lit’s US tour is set to begin Friday, May 13 in South Carolina along with a date in the band’s hometown of Anaheim, CA at House of Blues on June 17. Additional dates throughout the summer and fall are currently being added to the schedule including a show at Summerfest in Milwaukee, WI on July 2. All dates are on sale now HERE

 

Catch up with Ajay & Jeremy as they discuss some of their favorite albums with Spin Magazine HERE

 

In addition, Lit’s four part documentary style podcast about their iconic song, “MY OWN WORST ENEMY” that was produced for Round Hill Music by Osiris Media is available now. Listen to My Own Worst Enemy, The Podcast. Presented by Round Hill Music HERE

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Current Mood

Doll Parts
Olivia Rodrigo

Hello to the first week of May 2022. I hope this finds all of you Minions in a good place, or at least one that is solid. 

We have arrived at the first Monday of the month and Olivia Rodrigo with a doll on the streets of New York, captures my Current Mood right here, right now.

Maybe it's Olivia's excitement over something so simple, or perhaps the whimsy of the moment that was captured. Whatever the case, this gives me Good Vibes Only and feels fitting to our current month of May.

Hey, to me May has always felt like a new beginning and nothing captures that like Ms. Rodrigo's obvious enthusiasm (say that three times fast!!!)

Thus today I decree we go forth and bend it like Olivia Rodrigo...

Hello Dolly!

Olivia on IG -

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Happy May Day!

May Day
Grace Jones

1. May 1, celebrated in many countries as a traditional springtime festival or as an international day honoring workers.

Hello May and Happy May Day! As you can see there are two different ways to celebrate May 1st. Here in the US we lean more toward the "springtime festival" thing. 

At Entertain Me it is a Grace Jones thing. "Yes" Ms. Jones played one of the best James Bond villains ever in A View To A Kill named, May Day, naturally. Hell she was the best thing about that particularly not so good Bond Movie.

So Happy May Day and get your Grace Jones freak on!!!

Grace on Wikipedia -

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

Saturday Sinema: Wild Things

"[It's got] Neve Campbell and Denise Richards making out, all the plot twists and double-crossing of a James Ellroy novel, Neve Campbell and Denise Richards having a catfight in a swimming pool and Bill Murray as a sleazy neck-brace-wearing lawyer."

     —Tom Nawrocki, Rolling Stone

A spoiled rich kid, a troubled teen from the wrong side of the tracks, a carefree playboy and a dogged detective find themselves all caught up in the sex crime of the century in this steamy star-studded crime thriller from the director of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. Popular and charming, student counsellor Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon) is no stranger to being the focus of female attention within the moneyed cliques of Florida's Blue Bay. His fortunes are about to change dramatically, however, when one of the wealthiest students at his high school, sultry siren Kelly Van Ryan (Denise Richards), accuses him of rape. The charge looks sure to stick when another girl from the other end of the social spectrum, Suzie Toller (Neve Campbell), steps forward with her own allegations, but Detective Duquette (Kevin Bacon) smells something fishy, and the truth is as murky and dangerous as the alligator-infested swamps in the hinterlands of this affluent beach community. Presented in new 4K restorations of its original theatrical version and extended 'Unrated Edition', Wild Things is a classic piece of sexy late-90s neo-noir from director John McNaughton and writer Stephen Peters, whose serpentine plotting will keep you on the edge of your seat until the end credits roll.

Media

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Bonus Materials

• New 4K restorations of both the Original Theatrical Version and the Unrated Edition from the original camera negatives by Sony Pictures Entertainment
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original uncompressed stereo audio and DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Exclusive new audio commentary by director John McNaughton and producer Steven A. Jones
• Commentary by director John McNaughton, cinematographer Jeffrey Kimball, producers Steven A. Jones and Rodney Liber, editor Elena Maganini and score composer George S. Clinton
• Exclusive new interview with John McNaughton
• Exclusive new interview with Denise Richards
• Making of documentary
• An Understanding Lawyer outtakes
• Trailer
• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Anne Billson and Sean Hogan
• Double-sided fold-out poster
• Six double-sided, postcard-sized lobby card reproductions
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Hadley

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https://mvdb2b.com/b2b/s/AV459

First Headshot Time!

Since everyone has been posting their first headshots this week I thought I'd play along.

Here I am at 18 shiny and new, like a virgin touched up for the very first time. 

I was living in the Seattle area at and the shots were taken by a guy named Steven Strickland.

Being as it was my first shoot, it was a little awkward, but still fun as I recall.

Anyway Happy Friday Minions!

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