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Porch Monkey 4 Life

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Kevin Smith succeeded in re-creating the magic of the silver screen that was experienced more than 10 years ago in his 1994 hit, Clerks.

I just got back in from seeing Clerks II and I admit, I feared that the new Clerks couldn’t live up to the classic that if you haven’t seen, you best head to blockbuster right now. I started to get the feeling that it had more of a pop-culture/teenie-flick feel to it. But I was wrong. I couldn’t have been more wrong.

Clerks II welcoms back Dante and Randal, Jay and Silent Bob and gives us a story of broken dreams, love, bestiality (umm interspecies erotica), manginas, and new beginnings. Even if you haven’t seen the original Clerks, Clerks II is chock full of the swift, slick, sick and demented humor that assures you’ll be hunched over in pain from laughing so hard.

Do yourself a favor and head to the movies. This is a must see!

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Criss Angel and I

Criss Angel and I

It’s weird how things happen sometimes. I work part time for a local radio station. We have 3 sister stations in the same building, but while we swap occasionally, we all have our own crews. I just happened to talk to one of the guys from the other station as they were getting back from an event at a Harley dealership. Guess who was there.. Criss Angel, so I headed down. I shoot photos for the station, so I had my camera on me. I have tons of pics from the event (I’ll post some on here over the next few days) but I got a chance to meet Criss Angel, and I have to say I was impressed.

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My Day in NYC!

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I had plans for a whole bunch of people to join me for the MP3 Experiment today, but most people couldn’t make it due to previous engagements. The one person who was actually going to go with me had an emergency and couldn’t make it last minute. Instead of throwing away the whole day, I decided to trek into the city on my own.

I stared at Fantasma Toys, a Magic Shop near Madison Square Garden where I bought tickets to check out Darwin Ortiz, a card-shark/card magician who will be giving a lecture to other magicians and students of card-handling. It should be interesting. I’m looking foward to it.

I got to the MP3 Experiment about a half hour early. I had a blast there (read my previous post) then headed out to my next venue, a comedy and magic show in SoHo.

I took the subway, and found that the line I was on would not stop at the closest stop by the show. I got off at the last stop before flying past my destination, and realized I had come up on West 4th street, not too far from Mamoun’s, a small Falafel place I was introduced to a while back. I grabbed a Lamb Shwarma and a coke and headed for the SoHo Playhouse to watch Simon Lovell.

Simon Lovell is a magician/con man who specializes in card manipulations and magic in a small stage show called “Strange and Unusual Hobbies“. The show was great, with Simon Lovell showing off some of his gambling/card shark secrets and showing a bit of magic as well. I even got to participate in a few tricks. It was a lot of fun, and an entertaining.

I’m glad that I went into the city alone, even though I had to fend for myself, I got a lot done, probably more than if I had been there with other people. It was a blast!!!