One Week From Today, The World Forever Changes...

"Yes" Minions one week from today the world forever changes. Barbenheimer will be upon us and what happens in the wake of this remains to be seen. All I know is I can't wait! 

The only two movies I had any interest in seeing this summer of course had to open on the same day. It is a blessed event for sure!

Will I be seeing them both on the same day as many are? No, I believe Barbie clocks in at almost two hours and Oppenheimer is three. Too much movie in one day for this guy.

Friday opening day matinee of Barbie for me and then Monday matinee of Oppenheimer is my plan.

What are your plans for the day the world forever changes???

Barbenheimer on Wikipedia -

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

Michael's Musings

Constant Stimulation
Michael Shinafelt 

Recently it has been brought to my attention that I tend to need constant stimulation. While I don't think this the whole story I do believe it to be true to some extent. I'm here to let you all know, right here, right now, one of the best gifts you can give yourself is the gift of meditation.

Put the phone down, don't turn on the TV and simply switch off! "Yes" it's that simple and quite beneficial I might add. As soon as I have completed this weeks musings I'm going to do exactly that. Time to move onward...

Saw the documentary about Wham! on Netflix. While hardly revelatory it was very nostalgic for me. "Yes" I am that many years old.

Barbenheimer, Barbenheimer, Barbenheimer that's all I ever hear!!!

Repressing murderous rage with sugar, just sayin'

Eat, Sleep, Voodoo - priorities

Jesus drove a Honda, but he never spoke of it because he "did not speak of his own accord"

The next stage in my healing journey? Running around calling people c#nts

Congrats to Vanderpump Rules on it's first Emmy Nomination, a well deserved one I might add, and I just did

Please do not feed the whores, the more you know...

Woman Crush of the Week - Courtney Love, because Live Through This is one of the greatest albums ever made IMHO. "Yes" I've been listening to it lately, it's real and spectacular!!!

Twitter seems awfully tipsy of late

Speaking of Twitter is there any hot ne place all the cool kids are migrating to yet? Not a passing fancy place an actual hub.

Please stop trying to be like everyone else. You don't even like everyone else

How many witches does it take to change a light bulb? Depends what you want it changed into I'm guessing

Now is the time

Time for what you might ask? Find out here...

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

https://twitter.com/MShinafelt  

Hump Day & Chill

Ryan Gosling

Like many of you I can't wait for The Barbie Movie! This being stated it seems that Ken has some layers that we are going to have to Hump Day & Chill to. That's correct Minions no one had Ken as a soul man on their bingo card.

Yet here he is crooning his plastic heart out with the power ballad Just Ken. Thus we have entered the surreal universe of all that is Barbie. But let's not forget Ken, especially since hunky Ryan Gosling is the one portraying him.

Join me won't you and listen to the heartfelt stylings of Ken trying to be his own doll sans Barbie.

Hey Just Ken, I would Hump Day & Chill with you anytime, anywhere, any day...

The Barbie Movie on the WWW -

https://www.barbie-themovie.com/ 

The Toxic Avenger

Tromaville, New Jersey has a monstrous new hero! The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin (Mark Torgl, The First Turn-On) falls into a vat of toxic waste after being relentlessly bullied by the jerks in the health club where he works. Now Toxie is here to serve and protect the people of Tromaville from evildoers out to destroy him and the town!

For the first time in the history of mankind, all four Toxic Avenger films of the world famous franchise have been brought together into one Tromarific 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray package! This "TOXSET" (which you could hold in your hands if you hand over your money to buy these again) will prove to be an increasingly valuable collectible. Because Lloyd Kaufman, Toxie's creator, is over 70 years old, he could die at any time. This will make this limited edition soar in value!

TOXIC BONUS FEATURES:

New 4K scan and restoration (from the films' original camera negatives*) of each film presented in their original 1.85:1 aspect ratio in HDR with English DTS 2.0 Stereo audio

New introductions for each film from Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and creator of The Toxic Avenger

Optional English Subtitles for the deaf or hard of hearing on all discs

Collectible Toxic Avenger Postcard

Region Free 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray discs

THE TOXIC AVENGER [Unrated Director's Cut] 4K Ultra HD

Prologue by Director Lloyd Kaufman

Audio Commentary with Cast Members Robert Prichard, Gary Schneider, and Dan Snow

Audio Commentary with Director Lloyd Kaufman

THE TOXIC AVENGER [Unrated Director's Cut] Blu-ray

Introduction by Director Lloyd Kaufman

Audio Commentary with Cast Members Robert Prichard, Gary Schneider, and Dan Snow

Audio Commentary with Director Lloyd Kaufman

Interviews with Cast Members Jennifer Baptist, Robert Prichard, Mitch Cohen, and Dan Snow

Interview with Co-Director Michael Herz

"Mark Torgl Talks About The Toxic Avenger" featurette

Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery

Trailers

THE TOXIC AVENGER PART II [Unrated Director's Cut*] 4K Ultra HD

Prologue by Director Lloyd Kaufman

Audio Commentary with Director Lloyd Kaufman

THE TOXIC AVENGER PART II [Unrated Director's Cut*] Blu-ray

Introduction by Director Lloyd Kaufman

Audio Commentary With Director Lloyd Kaufman

"At Home with Toxie" Mockumentary

Interview with Cast Member Lisa Gaye

Japanese News Report On The Filming of The Toxic Avenger Part II

"Radiation March" Short Film Directed by Lloyd Kaufman

The American Cinematheque Honors 40 Years of Troma

Trailers

THE TOXIC AVENGER PART III: THE LAST TEMPTATION OF TOXIE [Unrated Director's Cut] 4K Ultra HD

Prologue by Director Lloyd Kaufman

Audio Commentary with Director Lloyd Kaufman

Audio Commentary with Cast Member Joe Fleishaker

THE TOXIC AVENGER PART III: THE LAST TEMPTATION OF TOXIE [Unrated Director's Cut] Blu-ray

Audio Commentary with Director Lloyd Kaufman

Audio Commentary with Cast Member Joe Fleishaker

Behind the Scenes of the "Return to Nuke 'em High Vol. 1" screening at MOMA

The American Cinematheque Honors 40 Years of Troma

"Make Your Own Damn Horror Film" - Behind the Scenes of Old 37 with Kane Hodder and Bill Moseley

"A Halloween Carol" Short Film

Infomercial for "Rabid Grannies" Blu-ray Release

"Radiation March" Short Film Directed by Lloyd Kaufman

CITIZEN TOXIE: THE TOXIC AVENGER PART IV [Unrated Director's Cut] 4K Ultra HD

Prologue by Director Lloyd Kaufman

Audio Commentary with Director Lloyd Kaufman

Audio Commentary with Editor Gabriel Griedman

Audio Commentary with Cast Member Trent Haaga

CITIZEN TOXIE: THE TOXIC AVENGER PART IV [Unrated Director's Cut] Blu-ray

"Apocalypse Soon: The Making of Citizen Toxie" Behind the Scenes Documentary

Audio Commentary with Director Lloyd Kaufman

Audio Commentary with Editor Gabriel Friedman

Audio Commentary with Cast Member Trent Haaga

Tribute to Lemmy Kilmister

The American Cinematheque Honors 40 Years of Troma

Trailers

*The original negative of The Toxic Avenger Part II, while complete, was missing several short dialogue sequences in the opening third, which had been removed for pacing reasons. Although no film materials for these sequences could be located, in order to present the most complete version possible, these short segments were inserted from the highest quality digital master.

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Order Here: 

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Monday Motivation

Couldn't have put this better myself. This applies to you men as well. 

Monday Motivation and beyond. 

Have a terrific week Minions!!!

Lady Gaga on IG -

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

A Tale Of Two Taylors

Taylors
Lautner & Swift

Taylor Swift teamed with her former boyfriend Taylor Lautner on her latest video for her unreleased track I Can See You off of her Speak Now (Taylor's Version) re-recorded album. 

WOW! That's a lot to take in all at once now isn't it???

Thus let's just christen today A Tale Of Two Taylors and have a Kiki.

PS the Taylor know as Swift is the one with her back to us in the photo.

Get the full 411 at the CNN article below -

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/09/entertainment/taylor-swift-taylor-lautner/index.html  

What We Need Is Here

Lisa Reagan, former member of the Washington National Opera, has made another unexpected career turn with What We Need Is Here, to be released on August 25 by Stillpoint Records. The new album, which offers ten classic poems by noted authors, including Yeats, Frost, Keats, Wordsworth, and Shakespeare, is set to original music she composed for the project. Lisa worked with Tony-award winning and Grammy-nominated producer/orchestrator Jamshied Sharifi, who had similar involvement in her previous release Shunia, a collaboration with fellow former National Opera alumna Suzanne Jackson. The song “Sa Re Sa Sa” from that album was the Silver Winner in the World Fusion Music category at the 2021 COVR Visionary Awards. To date, Lisa has recorded seven albums.

 

She titled the new album after a line from “The Wild Geese” by Wendell Berry, for which she received special permission directly from the poet. Lyric excerpt below:

 

And we pray, not
for new earth or heaven, but to be
quiet in heart, and in eye,
clear. What we need is here

 

Lisa describes What We Need Is Here as a “project of the heart,” recalling, “I started with how the poem made me feel. It was like creating a painting that ‘looked’ how the poem felt. I wanted to set a mood, creating a tonal palette for the words. I was so fortunate to be able to hand my songs to Jamshied for the orchestral arrangements and production. He is not only a brilliant musician, but he also felt the same obligation that I did to honor the poets and their muses.”

 

Beyond the digital realm, the album will be available as a vinyl LP the cover art for which was provided by celebrated portrait artist Paul Wyse whose work is part of both the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian and the Canadian House of Commons collections. His subjects have ranged from Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin to Billy Joel and Harry Connick Jr. to author Toni Morrison.  It’s worth noting that Wyse is also a musician who, as a classical pianist, has appeared with such greats as Michael Tilson-Thomas, Vladimir Feltsman and Gloria Estefan.

 

Lisa Reagan, accompanied by a 14-piece ensemble under the direction of Jamshied Sharifi, will preview the album live in concert in her hometown on Thursday, July 20th. The by-invitation performance, followed by a reception for Lisa and the musicians will take place at the newly restored and refurbished Freede Little Theatre, built in 1937, as part of the Oklahoma City Civic Center.

A native of Oklahoma City, Lisa Reagan has been recording and performing from an early age. She earned a master’s degree in Opera and Vocal Performance from the University of Maryland and joined the Washington National Opera thereafter. She has shared stages with some of the greatest voices of our time, including Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo and Renée Fleming. She has performed at the Kennedy Center, the Salzburg Music Festival, and the White House, among hundreds of other venues around the globe. Although Lisa had been recording since she was 16, the untimely passing of her sister triggered feelings that led to a creative outpouring, resulting in her first album of original songs. After spending two decades with the Washington National Opera, she has focused on her own music. Last spring, Lisa taught master classes for opera singers at the Accademia dell’Arte in Arezzo, Italy and will be doing so again this year. Her original composition “A l’infini” was heard on Bravo’s reality series Project Runway.

More information about Lisa Reagan and What We Need Is Here: https://lisareagan.com