Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Hump Day & Chill

Baby Shark?
Steven Spielberg & Bruce

You've heard of the phrase "Jumping The Shark" well today we are going to add another Shark phrase to the existing ones "Hump Day & Chill On A Shark" - not as catchy as the later, but, it works!

This is clearly what Director Steven Spielberg is doing during a break on the set of Jaws. Steven decided "Bruce" (the sharks on set nickname) would make a good place to Chill and regroup.

Oddly enough "Bruce" does look like he makes a good lounge chair, or at least a conversation starter in those terms. Makes me want to put him in my living room and let the good times commence!

Honestly Jaws is the only movie that ever truly scared me. I refuse to go into the ocean unless it's clear and I can see the bottom. Even then I refuse to go past the point where I can not touch the bottom with my feet. "Yes" I know I can still get attacked in shallow water, but at least I will see it coming, so there!!!

Enough about me, it's time to "Hump Day & Chill On A Shark" Minions, you know you want too...

Jaws on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_(film)    

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Moon At Noon


Stream "Moon at Noon" HERE: https://orcd.co/moonatnoon

Frontman Gizz Lazlo (Dr. Know, U.K. Subs, The Freeze, Dead Lazlo’s Place) says, ""Moon at Noon" was written a few days after my dad's first major heart attack in May of 2018. I was sitting on my parent's porch while my dad lay in the hospital in a coma for 6 days. As I sat there confused and worried about what was going to happen, I needed to write something to calm my nerves a bit. Luis had sent me a demo that I'd listened to a few weeks prior. While I was listening to the music over and over on my headphones, chain-smoking trying to distract myself, certain phrases kept coming back as I was humming melodies over the music. A few hours later I'd finished these lyrics and just left them alone as I went back and forth to the hospital trying to deal with my mother and relatives who started arriving from Mexico to see my dad. When my dad was discharged from the hospital I couldn't sleep thinking that this may happen again. About a week after my dad was home I found myself in my studio wondering what these lyrics would sound like to the music. I spent about an hour behind the mic recording the original demo for this song. I sent it to Luis and we instantly knew we HAD to record this song. It's definitely not something we usually write together. That's the thing I love about writing songs with Luis is that we both don't care what people are going to think about them. If "we" like them then let's record them. Everything we've written in the past few years are songs about the dark side of life. Not everything is rainbows and butterflies. As much as we want it to be, it just isn't. My hope is that whoever listens to our songs finds something that they can hold on to if they ever feel down. I grew up with songs that helped me through some tough times. Maybe, just maybe we can help someone through their personal trauma with our songs. I've been close to the end many times, but I'm still here. So I guess the best advice I can give is to - Never Lose Hope!! You are loved!!"


"Moon at Noon" also features a roaring guitar solo guest appearance by Mike Williamson from L.A.-based band Jr. Juggernaut.

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Upcoming shows:

2/3 Sardine / San Pedro

2/4 Redwood Bar / DTLA

2/18 Supply & Demand / Long Beach

For Closure began as a simple studio project, a brief opportunity to relay some finality for multi-decade veterans hailing from the punk rock scenes of the Los Angeles County suburbs, who had desired a last hurrah before they closed shop on their previous bands. But what arose from a “goodbye” project was an assortment of compositions so compelling and novel, there was a change of heart in closing the book on the past and instead, an excitement brewing about the future.

Fronted by vocalist Gizz Lazlo—whose prior contributions include Dr. Know, U.K. Subs, The Freeze and his namesake, Dead Lazlo’s Place, plus continued memberships in a bevy of bands too numerous to detail—the ensemble’s material stems from a pairing of songwriters Lazlo and Luis Estefania (F.Y.P., Rhythm Collision, Buford), who most recently were together in longtime San Fernando Valley-based outfit For Sale. The dissolution of For Sale left Lazlo and Estefania with a backlog of yet-unrecorded material and a decision to continue establishing their songwriting partnership via a new outlet—hence, For Closure.

Armed with a batch of songs, polished and perfected for tracking, Lazlo and Estefania entered the recording studio named Studio in Redlands, California with producer/drummer Wal Rashidi (Jr. Juggernaut, Revolution Mother, Turning Violet) in the summer of 2022 to begin the sessions that would ultimately sprout the band’s first single, “Carousel,” to be released via Mindpower Records. This fruitful batch of material led to a second session in winter 2023, to complete the band’s forthcoming debut full-length album, to be released in 2024.

For Closure has since moved its material from studio to stage, as it made its live debut this past fall, via shows in the Los Angeles area, which also feature guitarist Marc Maxey (Sloth Fist, The Killing Flame, Justice League) and bassist Steve Wilenkin (Life in a Burn Clinic, Dead Man’s Life, IDK).

What launched as an exercise in finality is now only the beginning of this new musical collective. It’s time for For Closure’s grand opening.

Socials:

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Monday, January 15, 2024

Monday Motivation

Jane Fonda

“We’re still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That’s the old metaphor: You’re born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude. ... A more appropriate metaphor for aging is a staircase. The upward ascension of the human spirit, bringing us into wisdom, wholeness and authenticity.”

~ Jane Fonda

As someone in their 50's I can honestly veirfy this as 100% True!

Monday Motivation indeed...

Jane on IG -

Sunday, January 14, 2024

The Book Of Harth

For 20 years, conceptual artist David Greg Harth carried a Bible with him every single day, seeking signatures from the most culturally significant people in the world. In The Book of Harth, filmmaker Pierre Guillet follows the artist during the final year of his absurd quest, trailing him to scenes of frenetic celebrity worship. As Harth secures signatures behind stage doors, in city streets, and on the fringes of red carpets, Guillet cops spontaneous interviews with previous signees, from Noam Chomsky to Kevin Smith. As the last hours of his magnum opus draw to a close, Harth struggles to reconcile the project's meaning with its personal cost.

Media

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Bonus Materials

  • Audio Commentary featuring Director Pierre Guillet and Subject David Greg Harth
  • Deleted Scenes with Bruce Springsteen, John Williams, O.J. Simpson, Andrew Cuomo, Stevie Wonder, Michael J. Fox, Julian Assange

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Saturday, January 13, 2024

Cuerrent Mood

"They're really annoying, especially in the workplace. " 'They’re like, "Nah, I’m not feeling it today, I’m gonna come in at 10:30 a.m." Or in emails, I’ll tell them, "This is all grammatically incorrect, did you not check your spelling?" And they’re like, "Why would I do that, isn’t that kind of limiting?"' - Jodie Foster on Gen Z 

Current Mood, enough said...

Generation Z on Wikipedia -

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

Friday, January 12, 2024

Hang In There Baby!

Michael Keaton & KIm Basinger

It's merely the second Friday of 2024 and I don't know about you but I feel it's been way more dramatic than needed. Thus to all of you out there experiencing this "Hang In There Baby!" you know calmer times are ahead, they always are.

This behind the scenes shot of Michael Keaton and Kim Basinger dangling from wires on the set of Batman illustrates exactly how I, and I'm sure many of you feel right here, right now.

Now this is the kind of "hanging in there" that puts the "D" in dramatic, for sure!

Another day of 2024 and I'm out there performing another high wire act...

Mic Drop!

Batman on Wikipedia  -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film)

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Michael's Musings

Reach Out And Touch Sombody's...
Michael Shinafelt

"Reach out and touch, Somebody's hand, Make this world a better place, If you can" - Diana Ross

"Yes" I know I am not touching somebody's hand, that's a sweet old fashioned notion, fer sure. My thought is reach out and touch somebody anyway they want it. Hand holding is tre passe.

A little Mind F#ck to change things up is always good for the soul, if you get my meaning and I'm sure you do. Thus we are Musing on Minions!!!

Sorry you had a bad day, you can touch my dick if you want

Hello, you are receiving this message because I really didn't enjoy you in 2023 and you will not be a part of my life in 2024. Have a great year, all decisions are final.

One day I will start behaving myself. Maybe tomorrow.

Trust your next chapter, because you are the author, discuss

Be still, go within, meditate, repeat...

For some reason I thought the rise of facism would have more showtunes

Satan is a Leather Man, fight me!

Heart is one of the greatest rock groups of all time, don't question this

Woman Crush of the Week - Lily Gladstone for being the first indiginous actress to win a Golden Globe for Killers of the Flower Moon!

I'm conducting prostate exams today, the more you know...

Thank you, but I prefer sausage with cream sauce, that's all

Keep your flair for the dramatic to yourself!!!

The man in the moon goosed the cow when they jumped over it, fact

Now to find my mind, I lost it the other day and can't seem to locate it...

Help me find it here -

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

https://twitter.com/MShinafelt