So I watched the movie, 'The King Of Staten Island' last night and it was hilarious and really captured the essence of Staten Island suburbia folks. I never have had any real opinion on Pete Davidson prior to seeing this movie, but I now do see his special charm. Terrible that Davidson's firefighter father died in the Twin Towers attack on 9-11, and Pete appears to be the walking epitome of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) incarnate. This is a great semi-autobiographical movie, and I hope Pete decides to stick around and live for more fun movies to share with the world- if anything for his own healthy mental health catharsis. Stand-up comedian Bill Burr was perfectly cast as the story's parental interloper, too- what a hilarious campy handlebar mustache!! - way too funny. bye.

                         

                             

Rainy Days and Mondays (the NY rain continues).

 

  

Rainy Day Sundays (and Popcorn Movies)

Talkin' to myself and feelin' old Sometimes I'd like to quit Nothin' ever seems to fit Hangin' around Nothin' to do but frown Rainy days and Popcorn always get me down What I've got they used to call the blues Nothin' is really wrong Feelin' like I don't belong Walkin' around Some kind of lonely clown Rainy days and Popcorn always get me down Funny, but it seems I always wind up here with you Nice to know somebody loves me Funny, but it seems that it's the only thing to do Run and find the one who loves me (the one who loves me) What I feel has come and gone before No need to talk it out (talk it out) We know what it's all about Hangin' around (hangin' around) Nothin' to do but frown Rainy days and Popcorn lways get me down Funny, but it seems that it's the only thing to do (only thing to do) Run and find the one who loves me (ooh) What I feel has come and gone before No need to talk it out (to talk it out) We know what it's all about Hangin' around (hangin' around) Nothin' to do but frown Rainy days and Popcorn always get me down Hangin' around (hangin' around) Nothin' to do but frown Rainy days and Popcorn always get Me down.

     Karen Carpenter says, "Netflix and Chill, ya'll"            

The Garbage People.

 

https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/centent-cymbals-ardor-sparks-and-emperor-series/

     #newdrumstix(sic)

                           

                                

The state of foreign policy and the CCP: RISING

 

https://www.wionews.com/world/fauci-admits-wuhan-lab-received-modest-funds-from-us-amid-calls-for-probe-into-covid-origins-387497

                        

https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/11/america-chinas-regime-fails/

Gordon Matta Clark

 

                                                    

                                                    

WHO IS JOHN GALT ?

 

I spotted UFO's downtown !

                

Angels On Patrol In Chinatown.

The Guardian Angels on patrol this afternoon in Chinatown, NYC, 

protecting the area from recent attacks against Asian citizens.

                                #CurtisSliwaforMayor!

                #FIREFredo

                     

                                   

/blo͞o/

                                  

That face you make when you're planning on spending the entire day painting an editing room the colour blue, but would much rather ride your TREK bike all around TriBeCa cobblestone instead. bye. 

      #littleboyblue  #Homecheapo aka Depot

                                  

The NeverEnding Story.. .

                                

                         

                         

Mask Permanently Off - God bless America.

           #HeavenOnEarth

                                             

The great Buddy Rich, 1974 drum solo.

 My very first drum kit was a Slinglerland kit, just like Buddy Rich's. At first my parents refused to let me get a drum set as they didn't want to invest in something noisy that they felt I may lose interest in after a day or two (all I did was draw & sketch as a child), so I had to create my own kit by using a paper stapler as a foot pedal, planks of wood as toms and air (imaginary) cymbals. Every day, after school, from 2:45pm-7pm I 'practiced.' My grandma paid attention to my passion and took me to Manny's Music Store (near 42nd street) and got me a few actual cymbals (Paiste) to use with my self-made/imaginary drum set. Again, I would practice after school in the garage for hours daily, sweating my ass off. Relentlessly. At school, music kids would approach me and ask if I was a drummer, then asking, "why is it that all I hear from your house is cymbals?" Shortly after, I was allowed to get myself my first small kit- a Slingerland. And, the rest is history. It was Love at first rudiment. bye. 

                                                                       #paperstaplers

                                  

 

https://millenniumfilmjournal.com/contributors/joey-huertas/

Free Hamburgers, French Fries & Uber Jab Stuff

pic.twitter.com/b9GJk8DjTj

— Tina40 (@RealTina40) May 20, 2021

 

The $14,000 haircut yard sale.

https://www.nme.com/news/music/strands-of-kurt-cobains-hair-sell-for-14000-at-auction-2942630

 

  “If it don’t light your fire, then your wood’s wet.”

        (Lee Brice on determining if a song is a hit)    

                   

The Cure, Reznor, my drumming and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

#MyOwnPrivateIdaho

#Drummer4Life

The most bizarre thing has happened with my drumming, in which I am literally currently addicted to playing & re-interpreting early The Cure albums...and this is unprecedented for me. I originally was a power drummer with a love for flash (stick twirls) and absolute volume, yet now I feel mostly focused on intricacy and coloring most opened moments left within the crevices of musical phrases. I have gained so much of a deeper respect for Robert Smith and all that he did with The Cure discography - and his unimaginable gift of songwriting musicianship (even playing with Siouxie as her guitarist, too). The Cure deserved to be placed into the The Rock Hall Of Fame and even Trent Reznor has admitted that it was something very deserving. bye.

                                                   

                                                   

          

“You were used to say extremity was the trier of spirits; that common chances common men could bear; that when the sea was calm all boats alike showed mastership in floating” 

                                                                 ‘The Tragedy of Coriolanus’ by William Shakespeare

                                                                            

Home Studio *Film Soundtrack* recording ...

                                                                   Me, performing LIVE

Mmmmmmmmmmmm ...Vaxlicious (Burrp!) LOL

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio eats Shake Shack during his press conference while announcing a free fries for vaccinations promotion
pic.twitter.com/7B15Iqfb1X

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) May 13, 2021

 

Ballymurphy.

Third party apologies have been rejected. Let’s all pray that The Troubles are not reignited once again. 

https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0513/1221335-ballymurphy-inquiry-statement/

 

Caitlyn Jenner for President 2024

After much thought, go bigger than California, Ms Jenner !

   #CompassionateDisruptor

Follow The Money$

 

Thank you, Senator/Dr. Rand Paul for single-handedly ending the post-vaccination endless mask mandate charade. Thanks to you and this brilliant exchange, watch the CDC immediately ease off and allow the US to get back to normal again. Thank you!

Cash Only

"Attention span is a rare and rarer commodity."

     - Daniel Goleman

Annie Jacobsen is an extraordinary journalist !

 

https://anniejacobsen.com

Cool NIGHTHAWKS film review ...

Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs

                                    

1 feet to cm = 30.48 cm

2 feet to cm = 60.96 cm

3 feet to cm = 91.44 cm

4 feet to cm = 121.92 cm

5 feet to cm = 152.4 cm

6 feet to cm = 182.88 cm

Integrating acoustic+electronics (w/overhead phantom-power microphones) and fog+strobe machine lighting.

                              My DIY home rehearsal/recording music studio.  

                  

 

Tina IS life.

Unmask your children !!!!! pic.twitter.com/FC8urAZ9B8

— Tina40 (@RealTina40) May 5, 2021

...but wait, hold on ya'll, why isn't this new toy double masked?

 

  ! Congratulations to Madrid and the PP's grand victory !                                                    

                             

                             

                           

                    "More fun is a commmin Joey," said Britney.

Rest In Peace, Ma.

August 10, 1947 - May 3, 2021

I will bury my mother at Woodlawn Cemetery...

Plot: Fir

Section: 67

Grave #465

Her headstone will be completed and at Woodlawn by September 2021. Please visit her. Her life will be forever dignified with a burial in the historical section of the cemetery, neighboring the 'Jazz Section',  behind the graves of musicians Miles Davis and Duke Ellington. 

The complex granularity of a universal idiom.