Michael's Musings

"Imitating Angels"
Michael Shinafelt

"Sail a sad ship across the sea out to the edge of this world

And I ain't coming back cause I didn't leave nothin' behind
All the old crowd still hangs out imitating angels
But I ain't found a halo here no matter how I tried
And I tried" - Imitating Angels, Nymphs 

October is my favorite month of the year!!!

Squirrels at a pagan rave, discuss...

Congratulations to Bad Bunny on headlining the Super Bowl 2026 halftime show!

Rest In Power Conservationist Jane Goodall, whose work revolutionized the study of primates

Woke up feeling c#ntish, might give away a few free samples of my attitude today, or not

Listen up generals, the Pillsbury Dough President wants you to do Pilates. Otherwise you might get so fat you'll start breaking escalators

I'll make it weird. I'll make it weird as F#ck, that's all

Rapture Cat Says: "Later Heathens"

Woman Crush of the Week - Selena Gomez, what a beautiful bride!

The Crow is my spirit animal. It can hold a grudge for 17 years

Spend your life doing strange things with weird people, the more you  know

My foot is finally no longer in pain post surgery. Now it's in a cast on for a few more weeks until it is done healing

When your other half says: "You are not in love with me" tell them: "It's Thursday" - If you know, you know

Live, Laugh, Love = Don't Be a C#nt 

Join me in not being one here -

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Nevermore

Michael Shinafelt 
&
Friends

Hello to my favorite month October...

“Prophet!” said I, “thing of evil!—prophet still, if bird or devil!—

Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,

    Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted—

    On this home by Horror haunted—tell me truly, I implore—

Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!”

            Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.” The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe on Wikipedia -

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

Gaslighting

TRUTH!

V

REALITY!

Gaslighting on Wikipedia - 

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

 

Monday Motivation

Rick & Dick

What happens when Rick Springfield runs into Dick Van Dyke at the gym? Some major Monday Motivation, that's what!

Rick at 76, was quite in awe of the shape Dick is in at 99. Which lead Rick to state: "Thought I was doing well at 76"

Well Rick you are doing great at 76! Trust me I've seen him up close and personal in concert. PS I didn't mind.

As for Mr. Van Dyke, I want to live to be 99 only if I can be in the mental and physical shape he is.

I wonder if there is a portrait in Dick Van Dykes attic?

Monday Motivation indeed...

Rick on IG -

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

Dick on IG -

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

Love Is In The Air

Love Is In The Air!
Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco

Congratulations to Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco on getting married yesterday!

The couple exchanged vows at the lush Sea Crest Nursery in Santa Barbara, Calif., while surrounded by around 170 of their family and friends.

Guests included Gomez’s BFF Taylor Swift, her “Only Murders in the Building” co-stars Martin Short, Steve Martin and Paul Rudd. Other attendees included Paris Hilton, Ed Sheeran, Ashley Park, and Gomez’s “Wizards of Waverly Place” co-star David Henrie.

Best Wishes and all the happiness in the world to these two lovebirds! 

Selena on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/selenagomez/

Benny on IG -

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

James Newton Quartet

 

Rhythm 'n' Flow Records Announces  James Newton Quartet - Live In Willisau Switzerland 1983 Featuring Geri Allen on Piano, Anthony Cox on Bass,  and Andrew Cyrille on Drums [CD] 11/7

In the spring of 1983, a newly conceived version of the JAMES NEWTON QUARTET appeared on the European jazz scene. After four decades, producer Stephan Meyner contacted James Newton when they realized that, unfortunately, the quartet had never released a recording.  This changed when Meyner unearthed a 1983 recording of the quartet from Willisau in Switzerland. A few months before the tour, James Newton had heard about a fantastic young pianist, composer, and scholar from Detroit who was completing her master's degree in ethnomusicology at the University of Pittsburgh: Geri Allen.  The members of the JAMES NEWTON QUARTET for this European tour included Geri Allen on piano, Anthony Cox on bass, and Andrew Cyrille on drums. The recording from Willisau is one of the first recordings in Geri Allen's long, historic, and outstanding career. Bassist, composer, and bandleader Anthony Cox has immense, highly virtuosic mastery of his instrument, plays with great sensitivity, contributes to every nuance of the ensemble with incredible technical skill and responds to it with confidence, switching skilfully and fluently between different styles. Andrew Cyrille is one of the most respected drummers jazz has ever produced. His ensembles and compositions have contributed greatly to the tradition he embodies. He is known for his enthusiastic collaborations with modernists such as David Murray, Muhal Richard Abrams, Mal Waldron, Horace Tapscott, Peter Brötzmann, and Oliver Lake. The recording's repertoire includes Charles Mingus' loving tribute to Charlie Parker, "Reincarnation of a Lovebird," Geri Allen's masterpiece, "The Printmakers," and two originals by James Newton: "Forever Charles," dedicated to Mingus, and "Pinkie Below," the nickname given to Newton's young son James III by one of his uncles because he was the youngest grandson in the family and was born with light skin. Order Here: https://mvd.cloud/share/sales/20250922120620.html

What Mark Hamill Says -

What Mark Hamill aka Luke Skywalker says above...Nailed It! My thoughts exactly! 

TGIF! 

May the force be with you...

Mark On IG -

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