Michael's Musings

Ain't Got Time To Take A Fast Train
Michael Shinafelt

Hello Minions I'm back in full force this week. "Yes" it's gonna be a complete column of my musings as opposed to the one musing I've dropped for the past two weeks. Hey I was in Hawaii and when I got back it was Thanksgiving. We all need some downtime to recharge and now I am at 100% - you have been warned...

I am truly saddened to hear of the passing of Christine McVie. Fleetwood Mac was one of my favorite bands and Songbird was one of the most impactful songs of my life

Does anyone know of any good pole ideas? "Yes" I mean "pole"

For you the sun will be shining

Saw the ads and trailer for Cocaine Bear, like WTF?! Seriously WTF?!

Why don't you have a piece of bread and maybe you'll calm down

Fact: before crowbars were invented, crows just drank at home, the more you know...

Would someone please press the mute button on Kari Lake, ugh!!!

Helpful Hint: Put it in your mouth, that's all...

Woman Crush of the Week - Florence Pugh, I finally caught Don't Worry Darling on HBO and Ms. Pugh was terrific! 

BTW - Always remember, never forget the top of the refrigerator is not a shelf

No Cha Cha Heels for you this Christmas!!!

Let's all agree that if you are going to post your Spotify review you must post a nude pic of yourself with it to make it worth our while

Let's discuss Harry Styles, or not, choose wisely 

Can you feel it? I sure can!

Get to the bottom of what "it" is here -

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https://twitter.com/MShinafelt   

Hump Day & Chill

Today we are taking Hump Day & Chill literally. That's correct Minions we are going to actually Hump Day & Chill to Wednesday, as in Addams straight outta the hit Netflix series.

I have a confession to make, I am not as gaga over it as many who've seen it seem to be. Honestly I am finding Wednesday tepid and drawn out with the occasional inspired moment thrown in that keeps me watching. That and Jenna Ortega as Wednesday, she is the thing that truly elevates the series and keeps it from totally being a show on the CW.

Not to mention there is some extremely quotable dialogue in it. This is my personal favorite...

"Yes" Minions, I feel seen!!!

Wednesday on Rotten Tomatoes -

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/wednesday  

Big Time Gambling Boss

Considered one of the finest films in Japanese cinema, Big Time Gambling Boss will be available on Limited Edition Blu-ray for the first time on Jan. 3, 2023, the initial release from new imprint Radiance Films.

Originally released in 1968, the film was hailed by Paul Schrader as the richest and most complex film of its type, while novelist Yukio Mishima declared it a masterpiece.

The film is set in Tokyo in the thirties, where gang boss Arakawa is ill and a successor must be named. The choice falls on Nakai, but being an outsider he refuses and suggests senior clansman Matsuda instead. But Matsuda is in jail and the elders won't wait for his release, so they appoint the younger and more malleable Ishido to take the reins. Clan honor and loyalties are severely tested when Matsuda is released, resulting in an increasingly violent internal strife.

An atmospheric tale of gangland intrigue written by Kazuo Kasahara (Battles 

Without Honor and Humanity) and starring Tomisaburo Wakayama (Lone Wolf and Cub, The Bounty Hunter Trilogy), and genre legend Koji Tsuruta, Big Time Gambling Boss is one of the all-time classics of the Yakuza genre. Radiance Films is proud to present this crucial re-discovery for the first time ever on Blu-ray.

Limited Edition Special Features:



• High Definition digital transfer of the film
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Visual essay by genre expert Chris D on the film and its place within the period and genre
• Ninkyo 101: A masterclass with Mark Schilling, author of The Yakuza Movie Book
• Gallery of promotional imagery
• Trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by maarko phntm
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by author Stuart Galbraith IV, and critic Hayley Scanlon
• Limited edition of 2000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip

Order Here - 

https://mvd.cloud/share/sales/20221114070100.html

Monday Is For Seven

Seven is a Christmas movie because people talk about the Bible and Brad Pitt gets a present at the end...fight me!

Oh, and Happy Monday....

Seven on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_(1995_film) 

Sunday Funday

Debbie Harry & Iggy Pop

Not much to say here, but I am off today, thus Sunday is a Funday indeed!!!

I will most likely binge Wednesday on Netflix and imbibe in wine and nosh while doing so.

Here to contribute to the fun are to good time peeps Debbie Harry & Iggy Pop. This image was taken while they were filming the video for their duet Well, Did You Evah! straight off of the Cole Porter tribute album Red Hot + Blue released in 1990 benefitting AIDS.

In celebration of fun, and lots of it, hit the video after the jump! Muah!!! 

Seize the Sunday...😘

The Countdown Has Begun...

Thanksgiving is over, thus the final countdown (which started in August I believe) until Christmas has begun. 

Mariah Carey is here to help with your Christmas cheer. I however am not. I was born a poor Christmas baby and by that I mean my Birthday is one week before it (do the math.) -

Now mind you I was treated fairly by my family and not given the fuzzy end of the lollipop so don't go thinking that crap. In fact I loved Christmas as a child, but as you get older you see things differently. While my heart is not hard or cold, I did get all squishy and feels having watching Falling For Christmas with Lindsay Lohan after all. I am a realist who loves the macabre much more.

Thus Krampus is my go to dude for a Merry Little Christmas.

"Yes" I went there you Ho, Ho, Ho's 

Krampus on Wikipedia -

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

Hello From The Other Side...Current Mood

Regina George
Mean Girls

Happy Post Turkey Day and such. If your like me Regina George best sums up the collective Current Mood out there.

As If! You aren't all feeling like sweatpants are all that fit you presently. Confess it, it's true!

Well I don't know about you, but after a satisfying TG I'm immediately back to watching what I eat. Yeah, I can flip a switch like that.

What's that you say? What did I eat? Well before I had TG dinner late afternoon early evening I indulged in this great individual flat bread sausage and mushroom pizza from Vons. Then the traditional TG dinner complete with pumpkin pie.

Thus today I shall don sweatpants...

Turkey Drop!

Mean Girls on Wikipedia -

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