Hump Day & Chill

Daryl Hannah
aka
Elle Driver

"That's right. I killed your master. And now I'm gonna kill you too, with your own sword, no less, which in the very immediate future, will become... my sword." - Elle Driver, Kill Bill

Anyone remember Daryl Hannah as the badass Elle Driver aka California Mountain Snake in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill series? Of course you do and you should.

Elle Driver is the object of our Hump Day & Chill affection today, why? Because she can be.

I've never forgotten the impact Daryl Hannah had on me when I saw the films as the one eyed eye patch wearing assassin.

She was mysterious, intriguing and down right evil! 

Yeah, she was real and she was magnificent! Bow at the altar of Elle!

Hump Day & Chill!!!

Elle Driver on Wikipedia -

https://killbill.fandom.com/wiki/Elle_Driver

Current Mood

Ho, Ho, Hum...Lucy van Pelt has got it going on with the above statement.

While I am not a total Scrooge one of my least favorite things about the Christmas Season is Christmas Music.

So my Current Mood regarding Christmas Music is: "Over It."

Be honest with yourself the majority of Christmas Music is simply bad. When have you honestly heard any songs related to the Holiday that don't drive you crazy at some point???

The only good Christmas Song I have actually heard is "All I Want For Christmas Is You" the issue with this song is they play Mariah Carey's take on it WAY too much to the point of exhaustion. This is why people mock it, it's not because it's actually bad.

So I'm going to ride it out like I do every year and avoid listening to any and all Christmas Music. 

Hey Schroeder, play some Bauhaus for me and Lucy, do it and do it now!

All I Want For Christmas Is You on Wikipedia -

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

Verloune

Verloune

This past Saturday I had the pleasure of attending the art opening "Of Spirits & Sirens" at Galerie Lakaye in Los Angeles, CA.

Featuring prominent artists from Haiti and a jam session post the showing. 

Well there is one painting that I was particularly taken with, which I am hopefully going to buy. It's titled: Verloune by Levoy Exil the last of the Saint Soleil painters from Haiti.

It features two Iwas, random spirits spirits of the Vodou religion.

Above is a photo I took of it in case the work of art never becomes mine.

You should check out Galerie Lakaye online all the pieces from the show are for sale on their website.  

Personally I thought all them were great, but this one really spoke to me.

Galerie Lakaye online - 

https://www.galerielakaye.com/home

Christmas "Angel"

I came across this on the WWW it's the perfect gift for the Buffy The Vampire Slayer fan in your life.

How about a different take on the Angel Christmas tree topper, it's still an Angel, but it's Angel the vampire from Buffy! Yay!

Your slayer will love it, not to mention it will last forever.

Hey, nothing says Christmas like a vampire on top of your tree!

Buffy The Vampire Slayer on IMDb -

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118276/  

"Lucky Gift"

Margaret Cho returns with new music today. The Grammy & Emmy nominated comedian/actress/singer has announced she will release a brand new album via her Clownery Records label on February 14 2025 with the first single and title track, “Lucky Gift” available today HERE. The full album of Lucky Gift is also available to pre-order HERE

 

On “Lucky Gift,” (which was written by Margaret and produced by Garrison Starr here ) Margaret sings in a sultry-pop tone while playing her double neck mandolin-guitar, “The Mandotar.”  “This is my power pop anthem and the first song I wrote on my mandotar. It is definitely giving gay pop in the best way and it’s my favorite song I’ve ever written.” states Margaret.

 

Click here to view the “Lucky Gift” lyric video!!!

 

It’s been 8 years since Margaret released her 2016 Grammy nominated American Myth album HERE

which featured the standout track “Anna Nicole” here written about her friendship with Anna Nicole-Smith.

 

Margaret says of the forthcoming Lucky Gift album – “I am thrilled to share this album which has been many years in the making. There’s tributes to Robin Williams, lost love, found love and anthems to non- binary and gender non-conforming folx. I collaborated with Garrison Starr and Roger Rocha in different cities at different times but it all feels like it comes from the same place and the same heart.”

 

 

Lucky Gift Album Track Listing:

 

Lucky Gift

 

Funny Man

 

Wheels Of Gold

 

Doot Doot

 

Stevie

 

90s Sysiphus

 

You Can Be You

 

Baked Bread

 

Melinda

 

Waterside

 

Boyfriend From China

 

Follow Margaret Here:

Website: HERE

Tik Tok: HERE

Instagram:HERE

Facebook: HERE

YouTube: HERE

 

Watch Margaret in the new Netflix documentary - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

 

Inglorious Basterds

On January 14th, Arrow Video exposes an alternate version of World War II history with the invigorating Inglourious Basterds arriving on 4K UHD and Blu-ray. Director Quentin Tarantino puts his own verbal and violent twist on the fighting in Nazi-occupied France. The Limited Edition release features a brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) and hours of special features.

 

Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) is tasked by the U.S. Army to put together a unit of Jewish-American soldiers to sneak into France. The “Basterds” spread fear by ruthlessly torturing and killing German troops. Among the men under Raine’s command are Donny Donowitz (Eli Roth, Hostel), Smithson Utivich (B.J. Novak, The Office), Hirschberg (Samm Levine, Freaks and Geeks) and Omar Ulmar (Omar Doom, Death Proof). Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent, Now You See Me) is living under a false identity in Paris after her family is slaughtered by Standartenführer Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained). She runs a cinema that gets chosen to premiere a movie about a famed Nazi sniper (Daniel Brühl, The Bourne Ultimatum). The person in charge of security is Landa. Shosanna and the Basterds are eager to make this film a bomb. 

 

The special features include audio commentary, extended and alternate scenes, a new video interview with editor Fred Raskin, actor Omar Doom, special make-up effects supervisor Greg Nicotero, archival roundtable discussion with Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt, archival featurettes, a film poster gallery tour, trailers, a double-sided poster, 3 postcard sized double-sided art cards, a strudel recipe, a beermat, replica of Nation’s Pride Premiere program, and an illustrated collector’s booklet.

 

Watch the trailer for Inglourious Basterds here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSEDz-my7XQ

Order Here -

https://customers.mvdb2b.com/b2b/s/AV587   

Michael's Musings

Be Extra
Michael Shinafelt

The countdown to Christmas has begun with a scant twenty days left, what to do and oh bother etc, etc...

Feeling overwhelmed? Then bend it like I do! That's me at Akbar in Silverlake, CA imbibing on a gin martini straight up two olives. What's on your agenda?

If you see me dancing in public don't judge me I just escaped some dark places  

Farrah Fawcett said it best in Charlie's Angels: "I am not a yo-yo"

Meat consumed as comfort food is also an emotional support animal

The real border crisis we're having in America is the one between church and state

Run the homecoming queen has a gun, and a tube on lipstick

I caved and wen to see Wicked in IMAX at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood...consider my mind blown!

When you see someone crying ask if it's because of their haircut

People just don't moon each other the way they used to

Woman Crush of the Week - Cynthia Erivo in Wicked she was off the hook amazing!

You have to die to live, think about it but not too much

Do you like Gladiator Movies? Asking for a friend

I'm late to the party but I am now on TikTok: @michaelshinafelt

Would you let the Prince of Sweden top you?

Thoughts and prayers I'm going to do some Christmas shopping today

Shop with me here -

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

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