The Singer Prince is Dead at Age 57 It was wishful thinking on my part that this was a hoax but it's not. Prince is dead at the age of 57. Prince's body was discovered at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota early Thursday morning. Multiple sources connected to the singer confirmed he had passed. Prince had a medical emergency on April 15th that forced his private jet to make an emergency landing in Illinois. But he appeared at a concert the next [...]
China's Five Year Plan Video is a Trip to 1973 How do you make China’s 13th five-year plan, a far too dense document laying out the country’s future economic strategy from 2015-2020, appeal to the masses? Make a crazy ass video that's the love child of Schoolhouse Rock and Joseph Goebbels. “If you wanna know what China’s gonna do, best pay attention to the shí sān wǔ.” Shí sān wǔ are the Chinese words for "13-five." So you better pay attention to it, man. [...]
Stupid People Monday Welcome to Stupid People Monday, where I, against my better judgement, post about stupid people who walk among us. Stupid People: Steve Santagati First up is Steve Santagati, self-proclaimed #1 relationship expert in America and author of the book The Manual. This yahoo appeared on CNN with Amanda Seales to discuss the Hollaback video of a woman enduring hours of catcalling in New York City that went viral last week. As soon as Steve Santagati opened his mouth it was evident that he is [...]
Yesterday I posted about my lifelong struggle with depression, anxiety and my Bipolar Express. Wait. Make that the Bipolar II Express. The reaction to that post was overwhelming. I had more hits on my website than I've ever had. Here's what I learned: Depressive Disorders Affect Nearly Everyone The number of people who said they struggle with depression, anxiety or Bipolar or struggle with family members or friends afflicted with a depressive illness was staggering. I had friends email me [...]
I'm out of town so I missed the Los Angeles earthquake earlier today. But I can live it vicariously through the news anchors at KTLA.
China has been rolling out safe havens, little shelters, where parents can abandon their child without fear of facing charges or revealing their identity. At Guangzhou's first safe haven, 51 children were abandoned in the first 13 days of operation, according to China Daily. Not all the children were babies. Some were 5 and 6 years old. But all of the children were critically ill or disabled. There's been a lot of controversy about the program, as some feel it will just [...]
Rarely do I post a straight up article from the AP but this story about a Russian activist being sent to prison for three years for spray painting a fence is hashtag cray-cray. And he was found guilty of swearing at a bus stop, a hooliganism charge. Holy f**k. Swearing at a bust stop is a mother f**king hooliganism charge? I'm not moving to f**king Russia. I'd be in deep s**t for swearing too d**n f**king much. I'd like to see [...]
My new play, Tom Jones, will get its world premiere at the Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota, FL this spring! I've been waiting for the official press release to come out before I said anything and lo and behold it appeared in the Sarasota Herald Tribune today. I'm thrilled and nervous (my perpetual state of mind, minus the thrilled) to have a new play hit the stage. And I'm very excited that Florida Studio Theatre is doing the world premiere. FST produced Around the [...]
If he was still alive, Mao Zedong would have been 120-years old today. If the 45-million people who died during Mao's failed Great Leap Forward were still alive today, they'd be -- well -- they'd be alive. To commemorate Mao's birthday, here's a demo recording from my musical China - The Whole Enchilada, written with my friend Paul Mirkovich. In the show, the song is sung by Joseph Stalin. To read more about the muted celebrations China, [...]
The UK trailer for the new Disney film Muppets Most Wanted was recently released. And it looks awesome! The film opens March 21, 2014. I can't wait. "It's not easy being mean." ~ Constantine
