#AmberHeardTJMaxxSelfie 

'Joey From The Bronx' calls out Tommy Lee debacle ! 22k views!, so far.

'Joey From The Bronx' calls out The Stadium Tour's Tommy Lee debacle !

"I Love Rock N Roll" - JOAN JETT 

"I don't give a damn 'bout my Bad Reputation"

POISON stole the show, hands down. Totally unexpected. A cheesy pop glam rock band

literally came out with so much energy and so much enthusiasm that they have taken the Stadium Tour to a higher level. JOAN JETT and POISON made this Stadium Tour worth the money $$$. 

Tommy Lee's kit with Taylor Hawkins' face on the kick drum skin

Tommy played only 2 songs and then left the stage, to return for 'Home Sweet Home' later.

One packed show. Largest crowd I've experienced since the TAYLOR SWIFT 'REPUTATION' Stadium Tour. Overall, I am honestly rather dumbfounded at how much I enjoyed this multi-band concert, only because so much of what these bands stood for was pretty 80's cheesy. The venue and how it was organized was next level great despite there being sooooo many people there. I went to the show expecting to just study drum kits and see Tommy Lee one last time even if he has zero respect for the band that gave him his celebrity (Tommy Lee was the single reason that I started playing drums, twirling sticks and making rock bands). The Stadium Show was really fantastic and all of the musicians truly played their instruments and performed as if their lives depended on it. From a scale of 1-10 I rate this show at a 9. Taylor Swift gets the 10.  

bye. 

p.s. This is the voice of Allister Fiend on the 'In The Beginning' SATD track ...

Cool stories on fighting cancer.

 

The smile you get when you realize, yet another Holiday weekend (Juneteenth) is locked and coming. Bring it. bye.

#NETFLIX&CHILL

DOWNFALL: THE CASE AGAINST BOEING

    

Q and A excerpt with director/producer Rory Kennedy ...

https://www.vox.com/business-and-finance/2019/3/29/18281270/737-max-faa-scandal-explained

Tribute to Hawkins 9/27 !

The David Koresh cleric glasses.

           #thatfaceyoumakewhenyourealizeitsonlyTuesday :(

Excellent new coffee table drummer photo book.

 http://music-images.co.uk

            My home-made laser storm drum studio. 

Longtime pal Brett Morgen's new film and heart attack survivor

 

https://www.indiewire.com/2022/05/moonage-daydream-brett-morgen-heart-attack-bowie-saved-him-1234727833/

#CANNES

STONEHENGE, one of the great mysteries of our world.

#OnLocation

 #featurefilmshoot
 

Utah UAP Symposium 2022.

https://www.sky360.org

From a purely numbers stand point we have estimated 1% of planets to be rocky and 10% of that original 1% are in the "goldilocks" area around their star (not to hot, not to cold) which roughly translates to 40,000 habitable planets in the milky way alone. There is without a doubt life around the universe considering there are at least a billion galaxies as a rough estimation and many are much larger than ours. 

Cannes Film Festival 2022

    

    

The Cannes Film Festival was born out of war. The start of World War II forced the postponement of the inaugural festival, in 1939. Cannes was initially conceived as a counter to the Venice Film Festival, which had then fallen under the influence of Mussolini and Hitler. 

           

         bye.

4k Editing Suite.

    
 Editing my Vancouver, British Columbia scene finally and so happy that I got the shots and nature landscape that I was aiming for ! Everything looks so good on the monitors now. BlackMagic cameras are everything!     #featurefilm  #4k

                                                                                                

 “Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.”

Ernest Hemingway

NYTimes reports UAP congressional hearing & Top Gun

.... So, on another topic related to aerial phenomena- I’m shocked to say that I'm actually looking foward to the new TOP GUN movie coming out this Memorial Day weekend 2022. The early pre-screening critic (non-spoiler) reviews coming in are spectacular and the trailer looks like the visual & editorial craftsmanship is masterful (I’m a very good judge of films based on the trailer tease). I had never seen the original TOP GUN 80's movie, but I do recall a childhood of hearing the Kenny Loggins 'Danger Zone' song and the movie's multi-hit soundtrack 24 hours a day on MTV.  I noticed that NETFLIX currently has the original TOP GUN available to stream until May 31st, so I watched it last night and hot damn was it good. Like- I was blown away by the aerial photography and editing - and sadly was reminded that this hit movie was made by director Tony Scott (Ridley Scott's brother, who died by suicide a few years ago by jumping off of a bridge https://www.cnn.com/2012/08/20/showbiz/obit-tony-scott/index.html). Tony's movie is simply an epic popcorn movie compelled by saturated color lush, silly romance and testosterone fueled patriotic fun. I predict that this new TOP GUN is going to reinvigorate the movie-going experience and our post-pandemic cold feet crisis. If you have 90 minutes of spare time before Memorial Day, catch this original Top Gun on NETFLIX for a fun ride in the skies. bye.                              

                                                                

p.s.     TOP GUN & UAP trivia:

      

        

Lil' drummer boy. bye.

The return of a profitable cinema landscape.

                    

https://www.mediaplaynews.com/analyst-concerns-about-moviegoers-not-returning-to-the-theater-is-overblown/

Rainy Mother's Days and Sundays.

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 Sundays 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 Sundays  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 Sundays  always 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 Sundays  always get me down
Hangin' around (hangin' around)
Nothin' to do but frown
Rainy days and Mother's Day always get
Me down

     Lyrics by The Carpenter

80s TV Commercials & Homemade Popcorn

                          

                           

Returning to Home Theatres & Streaming May 16th 2022 !

 

     https://youtu.be/VDP9NVQmiXw

           

A Founding Father: DAVE LOMBARDO

 

                                

                                

Regarding Lombardo : Lombardo named Bill Ward, Mitch Mitchell, John Bonham, Ian Paice, Ginger Baker and Keith Moon as main influences at early age. He is known for his fast, aggressive style of play utilizing the double bass technique which has earned him the title "the godfather of double bass" by Drummerworld. Lombardo states his reasons for using two bass drums: "when you hit the bass drum the head is still resonating. When you hit it in the same place right after that you kinda get a 'slapback' from the bass drum head hitting the other pedal. You're not letting them breathe." In an interview with Guitar Center in the spring of 2012 he said: "I don't like a double pedal because when the beater hits, I immediately come back with the other pedal. And that head is resonating, which creates a momentum that isn't helpful. It throws me off balance. With two bass drums, I don't have any problems. It's just a feel thing."

Lombardo Discography (partial list): Slayer 1983: Show No Mercy 1984: Haunting the Chapel (EP) 1984: Live Undead (Live album) 1985: Hell Awaits 1986: Reign in Blood 1988: South of Heaven 1990: Seasons in the Abyss 1991: Decade of Aggression (Live album) 2006: Christ Illusion 2009: World Painted Blood 2010: The Big 4 Live from Sofia, Bulgaria (Live DVD) Philm 2012: Harmonic 2014: Fire from the Evening Sun Fantômas 1999: Fantômas 2001: The Director's Cut 2002: Millennium Monsterwork 2000 2004: Delìrium Còrdia 2005: Suspended Animation 2005: Fantômas / Melt-Banana Grip Inc. 1995: Power of Inner Strength 1997: Nemesis 1999: Solidify 2004: Incorporated 2015: "Hostage to Heaven EP" Testament 1999: The Gathering Suicidal Tendencies 2016: World Gone Mad 2018: Get Your Fight On! (EP) 2018: Still Cyco Punk After All These Years Dead Cross 2017: Dead Cross 2018: Dead Cross (EP) Mr Bungle 2020 The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo Annihilator 2022: Metal II Other works 1994: Jesus Killing Machine – Voodoocult 1999: Cremaster 2 1999: Vivaldi The Meeting – Lorenzo Arruga, DAVE LOMBARDO & Friends 1999: Taboo & Exile – John Zorn 2000: Xu Feng – John Zorn 2003: Reflections – Apocalyptica 2004: Dawn of the Dead 2005: Apocalyptica – Apocalyptica ("Betrayal/Forgiveness") 2005: Drums of Death – with: DJ Spooky 2007: Worlds Collide – Apocalyptica ("Last Hope") 2009: Extremely Sorry – "Stand By Me", with Baron and Lemmy Kilmister 2010: 7th Symphony – Apocalyptica ("2010") 2013: The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart – Sepultura ("Obsessed") 2013: Californication 2014: The Monkey King 2015: Insidious: Chapter 3 2016: I.T. 2016: The Belko Experiment.

                                                           

                                                           

                                                            

                                                          

I was fortunately able to finally witness/experience the godfather of double bass drumming, Dave Lombardo live at 'The Bay Strikes Back Tour 2022' after a 2 year postponed multi-act Bay Area tour that had been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Above I have posted a small iPhone video clip from the show in which I used military binoculars in order to carefully study Lombardo's technique up close from my seat. Even as he is almost 60 now, his speed and dexterity remains astounding. Like me, he had started his love of playing drums by practicing on pillows and furniture as a child. Lombardo is the shit, a true meister of his instrument. Life is so short and glad I was able to see him while we are both still alive and living. bye.  p.s. I noticed via my binoculars that Lombardo has a left lazy eye...that was interesting to see (no pun intended).    

 

                                                             

bye again.