Michael's Musings

That Was Just A Dream
Michael Shinafelt

For those of you ancient enough, remember that season of Dallas that turned out to be simply a dream. Let's click our heels together three times and wish the current Bullsh!t Court I mean "Supreme" Court into the corn field shall we? 100% we shall!!!

This is our country, not your church

Current Mood: Losing My Religion (honestly that happened a long time ago)

Don't bother me, I'm gonna can some salmon

Bring on the pentagrams!

Remakes should be made for bad movies, not classics

Marilyn Monroe arriving at a party, discuss...

I'm gonna name my band: Blindingly Obvious

Cameron Diaz is "Back In Action"

Woman Crush of the Week - Siouxsie Sioux, why? Because she exists. Perhaps Stranger Things will Kate Bush her.

At the end of the day I feel like a fried egg

I love the smell of ketchup in the morning

No one sported a wet T-Shirt like Jacqueline Bisset in The Deep. If you know, you know.

Looking forward to the inevitable mix and match outfit scene in the upcoming Barbie movie

Coming soon the grand reopening 

Grand reopening of what you might ask? Find out here...

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Hump Day & Chill

"I Wish I Knew Hot To Quit You"
Jake Gyllenhaal & Heat Ledger

It's the last Hump Day & Chill of Pride Month Minions and we are gonna send it off with the iconic Brokeback Mountain starring the late Heath Ledger & Jake Gyllenhaal as gay cowboys, naturally.

Brokeback Mountain is regarded as a turning point for queer cinema and was critically acclaimed and was a huge box office success grossing $178 million worldwide on a $14 million dollar budget.

It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and lost to the far inferior and undeserving Crash.

The story goes like this:

"In 1963, rodeo cowboy Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) and ranch hand Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) are hired by rancher Joe Aguirre (Randy Quaid) as sheep herders in Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain, Jack makes a drunken pass at Ennis that is eventually reciprocated. Though Ennis marries his longtime sweetheart, Alma (Michelle Williams), and Jack marries a fellow rodeo rider (Anne Hathaway), the two men keep up their tortured and sporadic affair over the course of 20 years." 

So let's let out a big Hump Day & Chill ride em' cowboy for Brokeback Mountain shall we? Of course we shall!!!

Brokeback Mountain on Wikipedia -

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

Current Mood

Laugh!
Tiffany Haddish, Jennifer Lewis & Lizzo

"I love to laugh, Loud and long and clear..." I Love To Laugh, Uncle Albert from Mary Poppins

Of late I've been feeling the laughter. "Yes" Minions laughing truly is the best medicine, every time I feel a grimace coming on I pivot and think of what is amusing about the situation instead of what is bugging me and, I well smile on the outside and laugh on the inside.

Thus this photo of Tiffany Haddish, Jennifer Lewis & Lizzo yucking it up at the Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards in Beverly Hills captures my Current Mood.

Fingers crossed their laughter and my mood are contagious and the magic rubs off on you as well.

It's the las Tuesday of June 2022, live, love and most of all laugh!!!

Laugh on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laugh_(disambiguation)

Girls Nite Out

"Fairly disturbing... a perfect example of early 80's exploitation packaging"

     —Hysteria Lives

A host of familiar genre faces including Hal Holbrook (Creepshow), Rutanya Alda (Amityville II: The Possession), Julia Montgomery (The Kindred) and Lauren-Marie Taylor (Friday the 13th Part 2) rounds out the cast of this gloriously mean-spirited slice from the slasher golden age, Girls Nite Out! The students of DeWitt University are preparing themselves for a night of fun and frolics in the form of an all-night scavenger hunt. Little do they know that they are in fact the ones being hunted... An unhinged assailant, disguised in the college's goofy bear mascot outfit - and bearing knives for claws, two years before Freddy donned his famous gloves - is stalking the campus hellbent on carving up co-eds. Originally released under the only marginally more appropriate title of The Scaremaker, Girls Nite Out is a decidedly singular slasher flick which comes on like a frenetic cross between Animal House and Friday the 13th - veering from jovial frat antics to jarringly disturbing scenes of the killer shrieking obscenities as he slices up his victims. On this nite out, no one is coming home!

Media

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Bonus Materials

• Brand new 2K restoration from 35mm vault elements
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original uncompressed mono audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Brand new audio commentary with genre film critic/author Justin Kerswell and film historian/author Amanda Reyes
• Staying Alive – a brand new video interview with actress Julia Montgomery
• A Savage Mauling – a brand new video interview with actress Laura Summer
• Alone in the Dark – a brand new video interview with actress Lois Robbins
• It Was a Party! – a brand new video interview with actor Paul Christie
• Love & Death – a brand new video interview with actors Lauren-Marie Taylor and John Didrichsen
• Archival video interview with actress Julia Montgomery
• The Scaremaker Alternate Title Card
• Original Trailers
• Reversible sleeve featuring original artwork and newly-commissioned artwork by Justin Osbourn
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Michael Gingold

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Sunday Funday

Double Elvis
Austin Butler & Elvia Presley 

With all the buzz about Elvis it's on my must see movie list. That being stated I thought today we'd have a little Sunday Funday levity with side by side shots of the real Elvis and Austin Butler the actor who portrays him in the current film.

Do they look alike? IMHO not really. Do they resemble each other? Sort of. What Mr. Butler decidedly has captured is Elvis' "Presley-ness" - you know that inner energy that only one's soul can generate.

That is actually the most important part when tackling any real life person in an actor's portrayal of them if you ask me. "Yes" I know you didn't ask me, but it's my blog and I gave you my opinion anyway so there!

Have any of you seen Elvis? Drop me a line and let me know your thoughts. I'm interested.

Enjoy your Funday Minions!

Elvis on Wikipedia -

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

Absolute Zero

Sharon Needles
Photo:
Albert Sanchez

Sharon Needles is ready to emerge from her black hole and slip into her Halston space suit with the first single HERE & video HERE release and title track from her forthcoming album, Absolute Zero. 

 

About the Absolute Zero video, Sharon shares “In the summer of 2020 when everyone was losing their minds, I happened to lose my heart. This video is a testament to the universal broken heartedness.  Whether feeling lost in space or trapped in the twilight zone this is a personal Dear John letter that reads to the human condition of being emotionally destroyed.”

 

The new album, Absolute Zero , Sharon’s first new music in over 3 years due July 22 via PEG Records/Warner Music Group/ADA was produced by certified platinum selling songwriter/producer Tomas Costanza/Killingsworth. Absolute Zero features seven brand new disco-laden and Studio 54, Euro-Disco inspired tracks including a re-imagined cover of 70’s Rock Gods Blue Oyster Cult classic, “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.”

 

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Keep Your "Mouth Shut"

Lit

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 latest single, “Mouth Shut” HERE.  The video for “Mouth Shut” HERE debuted today and features No Doubt’s Adrian Young with Lit drummer Taylor Carroll sharing beats on the skins. “What a pleasure to hang out with my Lit friends again! We laughed and had a blast shooting the video for such a cool song, “Mouth Shut”.  It was so meaningful playing drums and filling the shoes of my pal Allen Shellenberger (RIP).” said Adrian.

 

“Mouth Shut” is off Lit’s long-awaited seventh studio album, Tastes Like Gold which was also just released via Round Hill Records 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 have released three other tracks from Tastes Like Gold including, “Do It Again” HERE  and lyric video HERE,  “Kicked Off The Plane” HERE  and lyric video HERE  and “Yeah Yeah Yeah”- HERE  (live performance video HERE & official video HERE) which was the first single from Tastes Like Gold.

 

Lit wrapped a two week trek across the UK in late April before embarking on their current US tour.   Upcoming dates include Summerfest in Milwaukee, WI on July 2 and a North American Fall tour TBA very soon. All dates are on sale now HERE

 

Catch up with Ajay & Jeremy as they give you a glimpse of what a day in their lives are like HERE and they also 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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