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| Judy Garland |
Today is the 100th Birthday of the legendary Judy Garland. I took these photos commemorating it at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery post yoga class there. "Yes" they have yoga classes there and Tyler Cassity owner and founder of the cemetery puts us yogis through our paces every Tuesday. The day I attended and took these photos.
Cheers to you Judy Garland thanks for the magic and the memories! 💕
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Paying My Respect  Judy on Wikipedia - |
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| I'd Let You Watch, I Would Invite You, But... Michael Shinafelt |
"I've never been interested in being invisible and erased" - Laverne Cox
Pride Month is still happening Minions and I'm still celebrating along with the rest of my LGBTQ brothers & sisters. As you can see this week I am giving good rainbow face.
"Yes" good rainbow face is a thing, I just made it one. So there, move along now, there's plenty to see here, no one is invisible or erased.
Last night's RHOBH was so boring the only thing I remember was the "In 2 Days" Jurassic World: Dominion logo in the upper right corner the entire time.
Saw David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future this past weekend, while not his best, still a provocative film with great performances, anything Cronenberg does is a must see in my book!
When The Bougie Man is under your bed: "Wow, the thread count on these sheets is pathetic"
Ever resented a salad all the way through?
Is your cuteness "out of bounds?"
That time when you someone introduces themselves to you and you are going to reciprocate and they say: "Nice to meet you Michael" before you even give them your name...
When life gives you lemons ignore the five on the ground and reach for the most difficult one on the tree, yeah that's it
So you think you can dance, and you can jive?
Woman Crush of the Week - Judy Garland who's 100th Birthday Celebration is tomorrow. Thank you for the magic and the memories!
Ask yourself: Are you hot enough to be in a celebrity threesome?
Take your purified water, sit down and STFU
When someone has access to every hole you have, discuss...
Ever wonder if cauliflower wings have bones?
I'm gonna head to Mimosa Beach today, no that was not a typo
Where you goin' today? Tell me here -
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| Iconic Tab Hunter & Divine |
Being that it's Pride Month and such, today's Hump Day & Chill is brought to you by Tab Hunter & Divine in John Waters Polyester!
Nothing quite says LGBTQ like this combo. They are quite iconic and did go on to star together in another movie titled Lust In The Dust.
I met Tab Hunter once at an HRC event for his autobiography Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star.
He was truly a star with a capital "S" and one of the nicest, most down to earth people one could ever encounter.
Sadly I never had the pleasure of crossing paths with Divine, that would have been epic as well.
So let's raise a glass, turn and face the strange and all that jazz with a Hump Day & Chill to these two LGBTQ icons shall we?
We shall and we will!!!
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| Enjoy The Silence Neve Campbell |
Well Minions you have undoubtedly heard by now that Neve Campbell will not be a part of Scream 6 due to salary negotiations. Can't say I'm surprised when I heard Hayden Panettiere was coming back as fan favorite Kirby Reed, my thought was: Neve won't be returning.
I am sorry to say my thought has come to pass. Seriously though the whole Scream series has been about Sidney Prescott, like WTF?! Hard to believe they would not pony up for Neve in this day and age. This truly makes me wanna "Scream!"
Suffice it to say, my expectations have now been lowered for the upcoming installment of this consistently good franchise. Paramount if this tanks you know why and it's on you!
Will I see it? Not sure yet, I have a you'll find out attitude presently. I'm not even sure how this will work, if at all...
Michael has left the building!!!
For more 411 check out the Deadline article below -
https://deadline.com/2022/06/neve-campbell-scream-not-returning-1235038974/
Happy Monday Minions! (say that three times fast) - I thought we would honor Pride Month with one of my favorite Pride Anthems today.
George Michal's "Freedom! '90." Shortly before officially coming out as gay in 1998, George Michael recorded "Freedom! '90", a track that explores his struggles with his personal identity. With lyrics like, “There’s something deep inside of me / There’s someone else I’ve got to be," this classic song endures as a powerful ode to embracing your honest self.
I'll leave you with the song and video below...Enjoy your week with Pride everyone!
INDEPENDENT PROJECT RECORDS ANNNOUNCES PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ARCHIVAL SAVAGE REPUBLIC AFRICA CORPS LIVE FROM THE WHISKY A GO GO 30th DECEMBER, 1981 AND EXPANDED EDITION OF BRUCE LICHER’S EXPLORATORIUM ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 Each Will Be Released Digitally and on CD with Vinyl Coming Later In The Year and Feature Hand-Letterpress Printed Die Cut Packaging with Inserts Independent Project Records (IPR) confirmed today the release of two titles in late Summer, the previously unreleased archival concert, Savage Republic – Africa Corps Live at the Whisky A Go Go 30th December 1981 and an expanded edition of Bruce Licher’s self-titled experimental guitar project Exploratorium. Both albums will be released on compact disc and via digital services on September 16; a vinyl version of the two releases will follow. Each will feature the iconic hand-letterpress printed die cut packaging by label founder Bruce Licher. Full track listing and further details will be announced shortly. This soon-to-be-released Savage Republic/Africa Corps live album comes on the heels of the expanded Real Gone Music reissue of Tragic Figures. In their review of this 40th anniversary version of Savage Republic’s debut The Vinyl Guide recently wrote that “one of the more undersung (if not necessarily criminally overlooked) bands of the era is Savage Republic of Los Angeles, one of the few US outfits that can legitimately be described as post-punk in orientation”. The upcoming IPR archival release Savage Republic - Africa Corps Live at The Whisky A Go Go 30th December 1981 fiercely catapults listeners in front of one of L.A.’s most iconic stages, back when a young band of UCLA students (Bruce Licher, Mark Erskine, Philip Drucker and Jeff Long), by then still called Africa Corps, was starting to make its way in the punk underground. The board recording original tape has now been remastered by Warren DeFever (His Name Is Alive) and unearths a most cathartic performance. Africa Corps had only been playing together for about eight months when this was recorded - in different hands this amalgamation of punk, industrial, art rock, psychedelia, Eastern sounds, avant-garde, no wave, surf and minimalism would have eventually proved contrived, pretentious, or at least confusing. But as the loud Whisky crowd - regulars mixing with friends, art school students mixing with tough punks - seems to suggest, with Savage Republic it worked, as if by magic. And as if by magic, it still does. Originally released in 2006 as a mini-CDr in a limited edition of 300 signed and numbered copies, Exploratorium’s immersive selection of solo recordings by Savage Republic, Scenic and Independent Project Records founder Bruce Licher finally gets the expanded reissue treatment. The three original tracks are now accompanied by a fourth instrumental that ventures into atmospheric electronic territory. It’s a mesmerizing blend of ambient and post-rock, noisy shoegaze and pastoral melodic structures, droning avant-garde and soundtracks at their most sparse and yearning. Additional IPR releases will be announced shortly and will feature both remastered and expanded IPR classics (and in some cases bring long out-of-print titles back in print) as well as new music that fits the IPR aesthetic both musically and in design. By utilizing IPR's iconic hand-letterpress printed artwork created at Independent Project Press, the label will carry on with the design aesthetic that began in 1980 and has become the label’s hallmark. ABOUT Founded in 1980 by musician and artist Bruce Licher, Independent Project Records has created more than sixty releases since its inception. IPR and its sister entity Independent Project Press are known for their instantly recognizable hand-printed record covers for bands including Camper Van Beethoven, For Against, Polvo, R.E.M., Savage Republic, Silversun Pickups, Stereolab and more. Aside from creating all artwork on his vintage two-ton hand-fed letterpress, Licher was nominated for a Grammy Award for his design work on the IPR released debut album from For Against. In 2020, the label was relaunched by both Licher and Jeffrey Clark with new and archival releases with distribution from Darla Records. It is based in Bishop, California, at the base of the Eastern Sierra Mountains. For More Information, Please Contact Joshua Mills at It’s Alive! Media, 323-464-6314, josh@itsalivemedia.com, www.itsalivemedia.com or Camilla Aisa, camillaaisa@gmail.com Follow Independent Project Records on Social Media: |
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The Montalbán Presents
Horizons: A 21st Century Space Odyssey
Professor Brian Cox’s
Immersive Live Experience
Fri. June 17 & Sat. June 18, 2022
The Montalbán is honored to present Horizons: A 21st Century Space Odyssey, the latest immersive live experience from World-renowned physicist, Professor Brian Cox for two nights, Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 18, 2022. Horizons is a celebration of our civilization, of our music, art, philosophy and science; an optimistic vision of our future if we continue to explore Nature with humility and to value ourselves and our fellow human beings. Cox will once again be joined by award-winning comedian Robin Ince, his co-host on the BBC’s The Infinite Monkey Cage, Returning to the historic Montalbán (the site of his Cox’s last sold-out engagement in Southern California), the show will start at 8:00pm. Tickets cost $65. Located near the legendary corner of Hollywood and Vine, the venue is at 1615 Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. For information and tickets, please visit https://www.themontalban.com/briancox.
In the midst of a 29-city North America tour produced by WestBeth Entertainment, Horizons demystifies planetary science, cosmology, and quantum theory for an all-ages audience through advanced LED screen technology, comedy, and live Q&A. The tour will also visit arenas and theaters throughout the U.K., Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, and Australia. As the Edmonton Journal recently wrote, “Only a handful of scientists can sell out arenas lecturing on some of the most complex issues vexing particle physicists today. Cox is one of them. His capacity to distill some of the most complex questions researchers ask about space, time and things above and beyond it into something the lay person can grasp is rare.” |
Horizons takes audiences on a dazzling cinematic journey; a story of how we came to be and what we can become. Using state of the art LED screen technology, venues will be filled with images of far-away galaxies, alien worlds, supermassive black holes and a time before the Big Bang. What is the nature of space and time? Why does the Universe exist? How did life begin, how rare might it be and what is the significance of life in the Cosmos? What does it mean to live a small, finite life in a vast, eternal Universe? The deepest of questions will be explored using the latest advances in our understanding of quantum theory, black holes, biology, planetary science, astronomy and cosmology. “I loved the 2019 world tour because it gave me the opportunity to discuss the most profound ideas with tens of thousands of people in front of the most spectacular images of the Universe,” stated Professor Cox. “When the tour was over, I immediately started thinking about how I could delve deeper, tell an even more profound story and make the show even more spectacular. I’m very excited about what has emerged! I hope the evening will make people think about how fortunate and precious we are, how strange and wonderful our Universe is, and the limitless future we have to look forward to if we make the right choices over the coming decades.” |
