#ben rosenblum

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Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately longs for passion in her life. Gregory Larkin, a mathematics professor, has been burned by passionate relationships and longs for a sexless union based on friendship and respect. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Rose Morgan: Barbra Streisand Gregory Larkin: Jeff Bridges Hannah Morgan: Lauren Bacall Henry Fine: George Segal Claire: Mimi Rogers Alex: Pierce Brosnan Doris: Brenda Vaccaro Barry: Austin Pendleton Candy: Elle Macpherson First Girl Student: Ali Marsh Sara Myers: Leslie Stefanson Female Professor: Taina Elg Felicia: Lucy Avery Brooks Felicia (Video): Amber Smith Claire’s Masseur: David Kinzie Rabbi: Howard S. Herman Reverend: Thomas Hartman Trevor: Trevor Ristow Mike (Student): Brian Schwary Randy (Student): Randy Pearlstein Stacie (Student): Stacie Sumter Taxi Stealer: Cindy Guyer Taxi Driver: Thomas Saccio Waiter: Andrew Parks Jimmy the Waiter: Jimmy Baio Henry’s First Date: Emma Fann Henry’s Second Date: Laura Bailey Justice of the Peace: Mike Hodge Gloria: Anne O’Sullivan Female Student: Sandi Schroeder Female Student: Kiyoko M. Hairston Male Student: Ben Weber Male Student: Christopher Keyes Female Aerobic Instructor: Lisa Wheeler Male Aerobic Instructor: Kirk Moore Make-Up Artist: Regina Viotto Hair Colorist: Paul LaBreque Waiter: Rudy Ruggiero Mr. Jenkins: William Cain Doorman: Adam LeFevre Irate Woman: JoAn Mollison Opera Man: Carlo Scibelli Male Student: Eli Roth Girl in Commercial (uncredited): Milla Jovovich Film Crew: Theme Song Performance: Barbra Streisand Screenplay: Richard LaGravenese Casting: Todd M. Thaler Production Design: Tom H. John Executive Producer: Cis Corman Casting: Bonnie Finnegan Editor: Jeff Werner Original Music Composer: Marvin Hamlisch Director of Photography: Dante Spinotti Costume Design: Theoni V. Aldredge Original Story: Gérard Oury Co-Executive Producer: Ronald L. Schwary Location Manager: Declan Baldwin First Assistant Director: Amy Sayres Director of Photography: Andrzej Bartkowiak Producer: Arnon Milchan Production Accountant: Tamara Bally Original Story: André Cayatte Hairstylist: Susan Germaine Makeup Artist: Randy Houston Mercer Chief Lighting Technician: William Ward Rigging Gaffer: James Malone Production Coordinator: Lori Johnson Camera Operator: Dick Mingalone Casting Assistant: Gayle Keller Sound Editor: Mark Larry Sound Editor: Steven Ticknor Sound Editor: John M. Colwell Assistant Costume Designer: Kevin Brainerd Actor’s Assistant: Renata Buser Sound Editor: Chuck Neely Unit Production Manager: Tony Mark Steadicam Operator: Gregory Lundsgaard Makeup Artist: Edouard F. Henriques Production Supervisor: Ray Quinlan Camera Operator: Patrick Capone Theme Song Performance: Bryan Adams Set Decoration: Alan Hicks Supervising Sound Editor: Charles L. Campbell Assistant Sound Editor: Jerry Edemann Assistant Editor: Marilyn Madderom Stunt Coordinator: Vince Deadrick Jr. Art Direction: Teresa Carriker-Thayer Script Supervisor: Karen Kelsall Production Sound Mixer: Tom Nelson Craft Service: Roger Poirier Supervising ADR Editor: Gail Clark Burch Assistant Property Master: Travis Wright Second Unit Director of Photography: Richard Quinlan Orchestrator: Jack Hayes Unit Publicist: Stanley Brossette Property Master: Thomas Saccio Transportation Co-Captain: Dennis Radesky Assistant Sound Editor: Keith Edemann Additional Editing: Alan Heim Foley: Alicia Stevenson Supervising Music Editor: Charles Martin Inouye Orchestrator: Torrie Zito Boom Operator: Daniel Rosenblum ADR Editor: Laura Graham Chief Lighting Technician: Jay Fortune Rigging Grip: Matthew Miller Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Kevin O’Connell Sound Editor: Ronald Eng Sound Editor: Harry Cheney Sound Editor: Richard C. Franklin Hairstylist: John Quaglia Sound Editor: Leonard T. Geschke Scenic Artist: Leslie Salter Camera Operator: Gary Jay First Assistant Camera: Steve Adcock Sound Editor: John H. Arrufat Foley: Marko Costanzo Still Photographer: David James Music Supervisor: Jay Landers Assistant Sound E...

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Conversation with Ben Rosenblum Appearing at University of Tampa This Weekend! w/ Annamarie Smith-Butz https://audioboom.com/posts/8462194-conversation-with-ben-rosenblum-appearing-at-university-of-tampa-this-weekend-w-annamarie-smith

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November 2023 at Lowlands Bar

11/7 Elijah Shiffer's All the Birds (with Kevin Sun, Dmitry Ishenko, and Colin Hinton)

11/14 Jacob Shulman (with Jasper Dütz, Phillip Golub, Adam Olszewski, Eliza Salem, and Ben Rosenblum)

11/21 Kevin Sun Trio (with Walter Stinson and Kayvon Gordon)

11/28 Max Light (with Julian Shore, Walter Stinson, and Steven Crammer)

[vgmjamsessionsnyc]

Last year, we debuted our own version of a VGM Real Book compiling the amount of tunes we've brought to the jams up to that point. As our community has grown, so has the number of charts people brought in. Now, with over 100 VGM tunes collected and compiled, we celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the real book and unveil the official Volume I of the VGM Jam Sessions NYC Real Book! To celebrate, all tunes (both for the house band and the jam session) will be exclusively the VGM tunes that are in our Real Book! Speaking of the house band, we also have a truly killin house band lined up for this jam:

Jasper Dutz (@championshogo) - Woodwinds

Max Boiko (@maxboikomusic )- Trumpet

Larry Bustamante (@larrythebari) - Alto and Bari Sax

Ben Rosenblum (@benrosenblummusic) - Accordion

John Koozin (@johnkoozin) - Bass

Chris "Stomp" Garriga (@chrisstompgarriga) - Drums

The jam session is now also going to be running until 10:30 from now on! So come by on August 4th and celebrate the culmination of everyone's support and drive to play their favorite VGM tunes!

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/jasperdutz/966789

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Night Walk: ARNDT Collection

Rachael Vance was delighted to Curate the group exhibition “NIGHT WALK” at the ARNDT Collection’s Artbarn Art Space in Cape Schanck, Australia. This collection installation featured a selection of recent acquisitions from the ARNDT Collection alongside a range of international contemporary artist's works. Each artist within the show presented work that delved into immaterial spaces by unveiling and shaping alternate paradigms for existential discourse. These new spaces between reality and supposition aimed to explore our environment and what lies beyond.

In this way, the artistic positions within “NIGHT WALK” challenged physical and mental boundaries and the communication of human existence via a multitude of visual languages and unique approaches. Artists within this curation of works included: Adegboyega Adesina, Jules de Balincourt, Del Kathryn Barton, Joseph Beuys, Kirsty Budge, George Condo, Thomas Hirschhorn, Alicja Kwade, Muntean Rosenblum, Alvin Ong, Pablo Picasso, Ben Quilty, Kaloy Sanchez, Victor Ubah and Ambera Wellmann.

Read Rachael’s Exhibition Essay HERE.

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Date & Time: Saturday June 22, 7:30  p.m. Venue: Incarnation Episcopal Church, 1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco Tickets: $20 General, $15 Seniors/Students

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Ben Rosenblum Jazz Trio

Ben Rosenblum – piano/accordion Greg Feingold – bass Ben Zweig – drum

Award-winning jazz pianist, composer and accordionist Ben Rosenblum has been described as “mature beyond his years,” (Jon Neudorf, Sea of Tranquility), and as an “impressive talent” (C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz), who “caresses [the music] with the reverence it merits” (Bob Doerschuk, Downbeat Magazine). Ben is based primarily in New York City, and is a graduate of the Columbia-Juilliard program (in 2016). His original music combines his extensive knowledge of the history of jazz with a free-wheeling, modern melodic sensibility and powerful narrative approach to the piano. His profound passion for jazz, swing and world music genres finds expression in his unique fusion of harmonic and rhythmic elements from a wide array of sources, and gives rise to a signature compositional sound and style at once iconoclastic and deeply rooted in such figures as Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly. Ben’s first priority in his composition and in his playing is always narrative – to tell a compelling story with his music, while reaching the hearts of his audience, connecting on an emotional, an intellectual and a spiritual level.

Reviewers of his debut album Instead – released in 2017 with bassist Curtis Lundy and drummer Billy Hart – have been impressed by his musicality and his tasteful playing in light of his immense technical skill. Bob Doerschuk of Downbeat Magazine gave the album four stars, and wrote, “He has the chops to shoot off a few fireworks, … but that doesn’t seem to be a priority when covering sacred material.” C. Michael Bailey notes approvingly: “there do emerge conservatoire aces with grit in their imagination and a facility to express such in their playing. Ben Rosenblum is one such performer/composer. The Julliard-Columbia trained pianist brings a freighter of technique to the keyboard, while still maintaining enough earthiness in his playing to satisfy even the fussiest listener.” Fred Stal of RG Magazine most recently described his experience of listening to Ben’s live CD release performance: “The music keeps you on your feet and not wanting to miss a single moment of magic. … Raindrops from heaven poured down with style and grace from Rosenblum’s piano.”

Since the release of Ben’s debut album, Ben has been touring regularly – both nationally and internationally – celebrating the album and collaborating with artists around the world. Ben’s trio made debuts in Japan and in Canada in 2018. During his two-week tour of Japan, Ben performed in eight different cities, including in Tokyo at Akasaka B-flat, and in Yokohama at Himawari-no-sato Concert Hall with famed koto player Yuko Watanabe. Highlights of his Canada tour included appearances at Upstairs Jazz in Montreal, Maelstrom and Bar Ste-Angele in Quebec City and the Southminster “Doors Open For Music” Concert Series in Ottawa. In the United States, Ben has traveled extensively throughout the Northeast, Midwest and West Coast, with trips planned for the South and Southwest. These domestic tours have featured performances at some of the most well-respected venues in the country, including Kuumbwa Jazz Center (Santa Cruz), Ravinia (Chicago), Cliff Bells (Detroit), An Die Musik (Baltimore), The Bop Stop (Cleveland), Mezzrow (New York City) and many others. As a sideman, Ben has had further opportunities to tour the world. In 2018, he traveled for three weeks through Croatia, Slovenia, Italy and Serbia with Astrid Kuljanic, during which the group performed at multiple festivals, including the Ljeto na Bundeka Festival in Zagreb and the Soboško Poletje Festival in Murska Sobota. He also performed for two nights at the Blue Note in Beijing alongside famed jazz singer Deborah Davis.

Born and raised in New York City, Ben had the opportunity to study with some of the most influential figures in jazz piano, including Frank Kimbrough, Bruce Barth, Ben Waltzer and Roy Assaf. At the early age of sixteen, the originality of his work was already being recognized with numerous awards, including the ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award (2010), the Downbeat Student Music Award for Best Original Song (2010) and the Downbeat Student Music Award for Best Arrangement (2011). As a result, even before entering Columbia, Ben was commissioned by the XIBUS World Orchestra to write a piece for performance at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in 2012. Ben has continued to earn numerous distinctions and honors in recent years. In 2015, he was a finalist at the American Jazz Pianist Competition in Melbourne, Florida, and in 2016, at the Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition in Jacksonville, Florida. In 2018, he earned further recognition from the ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award competition in the form of an honorable mention, and he was featured at the ASCAP Foundation’s 2018 “We Write The Songs” event at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.

In addition to his own work, Ben often collaborates with other musicians. He has worked extensively with Grammy-nominated singer Ryland Angel on several compositional projects, including the project Unspoken, which premiered at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis, in November of 2016. His debut album Instead has received very favorable reviews from a wide range of sources throughout the world, including Downbeat Magazine, All About Jazz, Drumset Magazine (Italy) and The Jazz Writer (Germany).

Ben performed with the Bachiana Brasileira Orchestra at Lincoln Center (conducted by Joao Carlos Martins and featuring Dave Brubeck), and he was a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium with the New York Harmonic Band (conducted by Reona Ito). He traveled to New Delhi, India, to perform at a Max India Benefit, and was a participant at Il Grande Veggio, in Perugia, Italy. He has played at the Masten Jazz Festival (Buffalo), the Richmond Jazz Festival (Richmond), the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival (Maryland), Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival (Manhattan), the DUMBO Arts Festival (Brooklyn), Musikfest (Bethlehem, PA) and the Music Mountain Festival (Connecticut). He has also appeared at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, the Appel Room at Lincoln Center, Ryles Jazz Club, Webster Hall, Symphony Space, The Blue Note, Smoke, Smalls and a host of other music venues throughout the northeast.

Ben has worked extensively with such jazz luminaries as Curtis Lundy, Neal Smith, Winard Harper, Wayne Escoffery and Deborah Davis, and he has performed in bands led by Bobby Watson, TS Monk, Chris Washburne and Warren Wolf. In addition, he has shared the stage with many other jazz legends, including Wycliffe Gordon, Brian Lynch, Phil Woods, Houston Person, Jerry Dodgion, Eliot Zigmund, Clarence Penn, Craig Handy, Dave Stryker, James Cammack, Ameen Saleem, Bob Nieske, Steve Nelson, Yasushi Nakamura, Essiet Essiet, Willie Williams, Patience Higgins, Josh Evans, Kenny Davis and Rogerio Boccato.?

While at Columbia University, Ben founded the Columbia Jazz House, a student-run jazz advocacy group that promotes jazz on campus through concerts, educational workshops and jam sessions. On December 28th, 2015, the Columbia Jazz House was featured in a New York Times article titled “Melodies Night and Day in this Columbia Dorm.”

Greg Feingold started playing bass at the age of 10. He quickly realized that bass was something he would pursue for the rest of his life and was accepted to the Chicago Academy for the Arts. After graduating from the Academy, Greg was given a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music. Greg was very active both locally and nationally while at Berklee. He began playing with the International String Trio and performing regularly with Berklee faculty such as Bill Pierce, Neal Smith, Jon Hazilla, Doug Johnson, Rebecca Cline and many others. After graduating, Greg moved to New York and began playing in Winard Harper’s Jelli Posse. Throughout his stay in New York, he worked with legendary jazz performers such as Jimmy Cobb, Eric Reed, Eric Harland, Cyrus Chestnut, Steve Turre, Jim Rotondi, Jackie Ryan, Stephen Scott as well as continuing to tour with the International String Trio and the Valinor Quartet. Greg moved to Seattle in 2015 to change his surroundings and currently performs with a variety of groups around the west coast. He can be seen performing regularly with Thomas Marriott, Julian MacDonough, Miles Black and other great local Seattle musicians. He also co-leads the 200 Trio which performs around the country as one of the up and coming jazz guitar trios.

Jazz drummer and educator, Ben Zweig, “is able to combine history with the current musical environment, making it sound fresh” (Don Sickler). After moving to NYC in 2011, the 26 year old has accompanied an impressive array of jazz luminaries, including; Randy Weston, Johnny O’Neal, Larry Ridley, David Williams, Roy Hargrove, Deborah Davis, Joe Cohn, Champian Fulton, Jerry Dodgion, and Steve Nelson. Described by downbeat as “especially crisp and articulate,” Zweig has presented his personal sound performed with tours throughout the continental US, Asia and Canada. He currently tours regularly with Ben Rosenblum’s trio and leads a bi-weekly residency hosting the Sunday late night jam sessions at Smalls Jazz Club in NYC. Zweig is an avid educator. He has taught clinics across the country with the Champian Fulton quartet and has also directed the after-school percussion program at WHEELS middle and high school. Mentored by master drummers such as Joe Farnsworth, Billy Hart, Kenny Washington, Rodney Green, Justin DiCioccio, Christopher Brown, John Riley, and Rogerio Boccato, Ben is committed to passing down the information he has received from these legends. In his formative education, Ben was classically trained by Kenneth Piascik, culminating in performances with the NAfME All-Eastern Orchestra and as principal percussionist with the MENC All-National Concert Band. He currently maintains a private drum studio in Morningside-Heights with students of all ages. Ben received his B.M. and a M.M. from the Manhattan School of Music.

[incorrectkingfallsam]

Sammy: What, out of interest, was in the...

Dr. Rosenblum: It's not a human head.

Ben: It's not a human head?

Dr. Rosenblum: No. It's the weight and shape of a human head, but it isn't a human head.

Sammy: Well, that's good. It's just that now you've said human head a lot. I'm thinking, is it a human head?

Dr. Rosenblum: And the answer is no. So you can relax, because it's definitely not a human head.

Sammy and Ben:

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King Falls AM - Episode 5: Night of the Living Dread

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Summary: July 1, 2015 - Sammy & Ben learn of some breaking news regarding the Lake Hatchenhaw John Doe, but not everyone is as pleased as the broadcast duo.

[Podcast intro music]

Announcer Dear listeners, please note that the following program may contain views that do not reflect that of King Falls AM, its management, or its subsidiaries. Listener discretion is advised.

[KFAM intro music]

Sammy You’re listening to King Falls AM, that’s 660 on the radio dial. I’m your host, Sammy Stevens, and as always we are joined by producer and co-host extraordinaire, Ben Arnold.

Ben [trying not to be amused] You’re so- you’re so happy, aren’t you? You’re a child. Getting so giddy over that message.

Sammy Listening to a warning before a radio broadcast I’m on has literally been on the bucket list for a long time. Thanks Merv!

Ben *laughter* Ridiculous. A glutton for punishment.

Sammy What can I say? I enjoy a nice game of hard ball! Uh, y’know, but enough about what Merv doesn’t want you to hear, let’s talk about what he does want you to hear. And what do we have cooking tonight, Ben?

Ben Dude, it’s stacked alright? Stacked. We’ve got the- lovely Miss Emily Potter from the King Falls Library giving us her picks for enlightened summer reading.

Sammy Terrific! We always love speaking with Emily!

Ben You and me both.

Sammy I said “we,” Ben.

Ben Uh, I know. I- *breathes in* [stilted] I- We-We-uh, We’ve got some really cool news! here. We-we are announcing the line-up for the first annual King Falls Ambient Music Festival. That’s coming up the second hour.

Sammy Wait a second. The King Falls Ambient Music Festival? Is this town even big enough for a festival?

Ben Oh yeah! It’s like Coachella[1] but for hipsters that just want to relax. It’s all about “setting the mood.”

Sammy You know, I’m wondering if they’re gonna make it to a second annual.

Ben And then, um, [reluctant and slipping into mumbling] opening up the show we-we’ve got the- doctor *mumbling*

Sammy I-I’m sorry, Ben, what was that? You’re trailing off, buddy.

Ben We have that umm, *sniffs, lets out breath* one… guy. You know that- fo- w- talking about that *deep breath* one thing—

Sammy [trying to cut him off] Ben—

Ben —from a month ago or so—?

Sammy What? What are you talking about?

Ben You know— May- maybe we should start it with Uh, callers first! [mildly frantic] Just-uh-Give us a call at 424-279-3858 and let’s talk about… *tsk* anything! Let’s uh, whats your-whats your-whats-whats on your mind King Falls?

Sammy Ladies and gentlemen, put down your phones for a second. What Ben is trying to say is we’ve got a scoop here this evening on King Falls AM. We’re gonna be speaking with—

Ben [cutting Sammy off]Or you can tweet us! @kingfallsam. I-I-I will literally talk about anything right now. Even to Mr. Derschwitz about that weird toenail thing. Let-lets-lets go, people!

Sammy I thought we agreed—

Ben I know. Sammy, I’m sorry it’s just, [slightly more frantic] I’m-I’m not feelin’ the best here. Alright? my stomach, is all… knotted up, just thinking about this.

Sammy That is journalism. That feeling is journalism—

Ben [speaking over Sammy] I think it might actually be an ulcer! It Tastes, like Fear and Feels, like Cancer . It’s way more than anxiety. I-I’m gonna call Dr. Raúl, at break.

Sammy He’s a chiropractor!

Ben Maybe he can refer me?

Sammy Power through it, buddy! Look at this folks, we got somebody dialing into the hotline right now! You ready for this Ben? Come on.

Ben Please, be Reverend Hawthorne so we can talk about the Revival next month.

Sammy Oh stop it. You know he isn’t even scheduled!

Ben I just thought— maybe that’s how prayers work, I don’t know, I’m not a reverend!

Sammy King Falls AM, you’re on the air.

Dr. Rosenblum [Dr. Rosenblum’s voice is measured and monotonous and mildly creepy at all times] Good evening, this is Dr. Jeffery Rosenblum, with the, King Falls County Coroner’s Office.

Ben C-can I please just say—

Sammy Dr. Rosenblum, it is a pleasure to speak with you this evening.

Rosenblum Excited to be here, Sammy. Ecstatic even. We listen on slow nights.

Ben That’s the scariest thing I’ve ever heard.

Sammy Much appreciated, Doc. Now, as fate would have it, you were the overseeing physician working on the Lake Hatchenhaw John Doe, is that correct?

Ben Doc? Can you just, hold on for- one- moment- please?

Rosenblum Of course, Ben I—

Sammy Don’t start, Ben! We agreed to see this through.

Ben All I’m saying i- lemme finish- a- i-is that maybe it’s not our place *deep breath* to break this kind of news.

Sammy Fine. You know what? You’re right! Let’s just give this to our friends down at Channel 13 and let them be the ones to alert the public about this.

Ben [journalist voice] Doc, Ben Arnold. Tell us about cracking open the mystery body.

Sammy [quietly] Oh.

Rosenblum It’s true that I was the operating physician on that particular John Doe, y-es, irrefutablyy

Sammy Now, as I understand, your official report was released yesterday morning, doctor, but amazingly enough, not one publication or news station in our town- including King Falls AM- reported on it.

Rosenblum You are correct. Busy news day- one would assume.

Ben So, that means, you are— free to talk about it on air.

Rosenblum I would be elated

Sammy First and foremost on everyone’s minds: were there any signs of, uh, y’know, the lake mo- *sighs* I can’t.

Ben Did Kingsie make the body, bite the big one?

Rosenblum There was no evidence that a creature large or small had anything to do with the deceased.

Ben *sigh of relief* That- I knew Kingsie didn’t have it in her.

Sammy Now, Dr. Rosenblum, can you tell us if there was any foul play involved at all?

Rosenblum During our first autopsy we were not able to distinguish with certainty the cause of death. But there were no signs of foul play

Sammy I’m sorry, did you say “first” autopsy?

Ben [confused] Is that normal? Did you- find out the cause of death during the… second autopsy?

Rosenblum Indeed. It was six individual gunshot wounds to the victim’s head. Three shots to the temporal lobe, two to the mendulla oblongata—

Sammy What?! Six gunshot wounds?!

Rosenblum To the cranium, yes. One to the frontal lobe, another to—

Ben So the Lake Hatchenhaw John Doe was, murdered?

Sammy I can’t believe this! This is big! Why didn’t one news outlet report this thing yesterday?!

Rosenblum Well, the cause of death was inconclusive and with no signs of foul play, it was not exactly a juicy story.

Ben and Sammy Wait a second.

Rosenblum …yes?

Sammy I’m sorry, doc. I’m not in the medical orrr criminal fields but, how is six gunshots not foul play?

Rosenblum Well, that was between the first autopsy and the second. The gunshots were self-defense administered via Deputy Kreighauser at my behest.

Sammy Ben, we’re gonna wanna get Troy on the phone and see what he’s got to say about this.

Ben “Things Ben Arnold would never think under ordinary circumstances for 800, Alex.”[2]

Sammy Doc, while we’re getting Deputy Troy on the line, would you mind if we took a quick break to hear from one of our sponsors?

Rosenblum That’s just- Dandy.

[light bg music]

Greg Frickard After a long day’s work or a tough day’s play, you probably just wanna come home and relax. No need to slave over a hot stove for hours on end. Well that’s where we come in! Here at Granny Frickard’s, we know that the less time you spend doing the things you don’t like, is the more time you spend with the ones you love. So come get some of the best frog legs that money can buy. Granny Frickard’s French-fried farm-fresh never-frozen filleted-and-fricasseed fried-and-flambeed frog legs. Mm-mm-mm. So get on down to Granny Frickard’s Froggery at the corner of Main Street and 7th Avenue. We’ll put some pep in your step and some hop in your heart.

[KFAM intro music]

Sammy And we’re back on King Falls AM, here with King Falls County Coroner, Dr. Jeffery Rosenblum.

Rosenblum A Pleasure.

Sammy Do you have Troy, Ben?

Ben He’s booking one of the Williams boys for mooning. He’ll call us in a few.

Sammy I’m a little out of sorts here, doc. Can you explain what happened between the first inconclusive autopsy and the point where Troy filled the cadaver full of lead.

Rosenblum Of course. As I was finishing the initial post-mortem, it came to my attention that the deceased began to emit a hissing sound, fluctuating between the lower thorax and the larynx.

Ben Oh my God.

Rosenblum I called for Deputy Kreighauser and he entered, as I wanted someone else to see this- phenomenon. That’s when the John Doe began a slight, thrashing about the upper torso.

Ben Um… are you saying—

Rosenblum The deputy began to fumble for his sidearm while we both discerned that something was wildly- amiss. The deceased opened its eyes and instantly grabbed for the lapel of my lab coat with voracious tenacity.

Ben Wh- ah- go on.

Rosenblum It gnashed its teeth as I emitted a terrified, albeit, high pitched, scream. And that’s when Troy unholstered his sidearm and administered six lethal shots to the reanimated corpse’s cranium.

Ben A zombie.

Sammy Alright, is there- [fumbling] Let’s just say- is there-

Ben We’ve got Troy on the line.

Deputy Troy [in bg] I don’t care if he was only joshin’. You can’t show your G-D derriere out in public! [car door slams] [pleasantly] Hey boys, what’s goin’ on tonight?

Sammy You tell us, Troy, holy geez! Uh, we’ve got Dr. Rosenblum on the line here and—

Deputy Troy Is this about the zombie?

Ben Yes! So-so you’re confirming this story, Troy?

Deputy Troy Well, hell yeah I’m confirming! I had to do three hours of damn paper work from unloadin’ my pistola into a corpse! Sheriff Gunderson was not the happiest of campers.

Ben [excited and awed] This is amazing… This is unprecedented .

Sammy [skeptical] This is a little unbelievable, Troy.

Rosenblum It is a first in my profession. Believe you me. [still tonelessly] Wowzers.

Deputy Troy Honest engine[3] boys. I capped the all get out of that thing! It had the doc by the face ‘bout to start chewing!

Rosenblum You’re my hero, Deputy Troy.

Deputy Troy Shucks, wasn’t nothin’ special.

Ben [slightly sullen] Except killing the first instance of a zombie in King Falls since—

Sammy Don’t say “since”.

Ben … Well… Since that one time at the mall in the '80s.

Sammy No, that’s not a real thing, Ben. That’s a film.

Ben [worked up] Sammy? How many extraordinary things are gonna have to SLAP you right in the face to make you buy into this? KING FALLS, MAN.

Deputy Troy You know me, Sammy. I always shoot ya straight. But it was the craziest sh[bleep]t I’ve ever seen. I mean it was like my-ex-wife-needs-alimony-money crazy.

Ben See? Even Barney Fife[4] saw it.

Sammy *sighs* I just—

Rosenblum I don’t want to cause an uproar here, but since that exam, there have been, other cases.

Ben Of frickin’ zombies?

Rosenblum Of reanimation among corpses… yes.

Deputy Troy Doc, you just give me a call if you need. I’m more than happy to go Clint Eastwood if the situation arises.

Rosenblum Will do, Deputy. Thank you so much for your- assistance. Without you, there may not have been this- interview.

Deputy Troy [proud] To protect and serve.

Sammy I can’t take all this in right now, Dr. Rosenblum I- e- Thank you so much for your insightful information.

Rosenblum As they say, [still monotone] “you got it, duude.”

[click, dial tone]

Ben You okay, Sammy? You… don’t look so well.

Deputy Troy Ah, hell, boys.[siren whoop] I gotta go. I’ll call you back later tonight! One of the Williams boys is tryin’ ta saw through the bars outside the jailhouse? [sirens in bg] [through megaphone] Jacob Williams put your hands UP and the file DOWN.

[click, dial tone]

Ben Alright King Falls, you’ve heard our story, let’s hear yours. Have you or anyone you know experienced anything like what the doctor spoke of? Reanimation? The walking—

Sammy Don’t.

Ben You know what I mean. Give us a call or tweet us.

Sammy Looks like the board is lighting up!

Ben Um…

Sammy What’s up? Okay, it can’t be any crazier than what we just heard, Ben.

Ben Line One, Sammy.

Sammy Welcome to King Falls AM, you’re on with Sammy and Ben.

Line 1 [female, almost sounds automated] Good evening, Sammy—

Sammy Do I know you ma'am?

Riley — please hold for Mayor Grisham.

Ben He… Probably just wants us to— mark these tapes as, evidence. *nervous laugh* Right, Sammy?

Sammy Or burn them.

Riley Sammy Stevens, Mayor Grisham.

Sammy Mayor?

Mayor Grisham Sammy… Ben.

Sammy You’re on live on King Falls AM, sir.

Mayor Grisham [commanding] Take me off and go to break. We need to chat.

Sammy No can do. Ben says we aren’t scheduled for break for another- uh- at least ten minutes.

Mayor Grisham Ben. Cut. To. Commercial.

Ben Uh- uh- uh- the thing is- I- I- I can’t- do that. Sir.

Mayor Grisham [threateningly pleasant] You boys want to talk live on air? We can talk live on air.

Sammy [challenging] Nothin’ to hide on this end of the phone, Mayor Grisham.

Mayor Grisham I hear your snide remarks, Sammy. I’ve read the transcripts.

Sammy Which! let’s be honest, is pretty weird. We’re a late night AM talk show, why are you bothering with us?

Mayor Grisham Oh, I don’t bother with you. I try to keep up to date with all the local news and entertainment. I gotta say, I was really happy a big city radio guy decided to come play host at our little radio station.

Sammy Well, I’m more than happy to—

Mayor Grisham I wasn’t finished… But I have to say, I’m a little less than thrilled with [accusingly] all the excitement you brought with you.

Sammy I’d hardly call reporting the news ���excitement”, sir—

Mayor Grisham It’s interesting to me that I don’t see Channel 13 breaking these crazy stories.

Ben [quickly] No offense, your honor, but those idiots don’t know their a[bleep]holes from their elbows.

Mayor Grisham And you boys being on site when these “events” happen? [softly, still accusing] It’s a little bit of a coincidence don’t you think?

Sammy Are you insinuating that we are staging these events, Mayor?

Mayor Grisham I’m stating facts. I’m sure your ratings are way, way up there since all these sensational events seem to coincide with your broadcast. Why do you think that is? Furthermore, I mean who’s up listening to you at this ungodly hour of the night?!

Sammy Seemingly most of the town, Sir. As well as whomever you’ve hired to keep an ear on us.

Mayor Grisham I’ve tried to be nice about this… And I tried to be civil… but I think it’s about time that you troublemakers changed formats. No more of this funny business. It’s not good for the listeners. It’s not good for the residents. And honestly? it’s not good for me. I don’t appreciated being painted in this light, gentlemen.

Sammy Oh! You mean the light where you as a public service,[sic] try to quell the voice of the people.

Ben It’s not your right to tell us what we can and can’t report on, sir. All due respect.

Mayor Grisham [rudely] All due respect, Ben Arnold. Just a couple of months ago you were digging up old records on eBay for Chet Sebastian to run on about. Now you’re a media star?? That’s worrisome! Seems you fellas have All the reasons in the world to fabricate these issues, and I have to say I’m not gonna sit here and listen to this, while you LIE TO THE GOOD PEOPLE OF KING FALLS.

Sammy Well, when we start “fabricating” and “making things up,” you can come throw the book at us. But until then- [click, dial tone] Whoops! Looks like you just got disconnected. I’d wait for you to give us a call back and all, but with it not being an election year I probably shouldn’t hold my breath.

Ben Line One iiis lit up again, Sammy.

Sammy [insincerely] Oh, sorry about that Mayor! I must have fabricated accidentally dumping your call when-

Esther Rollens [heavy metal music in bg] [voice old and wavering] Did you boys fund a lavender ball of yarn in there? Been looking for it all week! [click, dial tone]

Ben [shaken] Sammy, I think that commercial might do us some good right now.

[KFAM outro]

[CREDITS]

References

[1] Coachella - The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (commonly called Coachella or the Coachella Festival) is an annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Coachella Valley in the Colorado Desert.

[2] Reference to the TV game show Jeopardy!

[3] I honestly can’t tell if he’s saying “honest engine” or “honest injun” but i’mma go with the one that’s technically incorrect but also not super racist.

[4] Barney Fife - Deputy from the Andy Griffith Show. Calling a police officer or authority figure "Barney Fife" has become an American slang term for gross ineptitude or overzealousness.

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Episode 22: Somewhere Under the Rainbow

Summary: The Rainbow Lights’ continued presence has King Falls on edge and the action heats up at Lake Hatchenhaw over what Herschel and Cecil reeled in two weeks ago.

Characters:

Sammy Stevens

Ben Arnold

HFB III

Ron Begley

Troy Krieghauser

Dr. Jeffery Rosenblum

Mayor Grisham

Archie Simmons

Tim Jensen

Plot Tags:

Rainbow Lights

Vampires

Transmorgrifier

FBI

Lake Hatchenhaw John Doe

Lake Hatchenhaw

Zombies

Mayoral Race

Rich McGuff

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Heavy Metal #298 Heads to the Furthest Reaches with Ben Templesmith, Richard Corben, David Hine, and more!

Heavy Metal #298 Heads to the Furthest Reaches with Ben Templesmith, Richard Corben, David Hine, and more! #comics #comicbooks #heavymetal

Heavy Metal Entertainment has announced the release of Heavy Metal #298, the Furthest Reaches Special, coming March 2020. In the lead up to Heavy Metal’s landmark 300th issue, the world’s greatest illustrated science fiction mag will take readers to the edge of the cosmos and beyond with this specially curated issue.

Managing editor Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash, Halloween, Batman Eternal) helms the…

[artbymintcookies]

A commission piece I did for the amazing @deniigi!! I can’t believe I’ve never drawn Peter like this before!

[ID: A digital drawing of Peter Parker in his room, pictured from the hips up. He is in profile, facing the left. He is wearing a large grey hoodie and baggy jeans over his spider suit. He has his mask in his mouth, a look of concentration and some bandaids on his face as he does maintenance on his web-shooter. He has a camera slung around his neck. In his room, he has a neatly made bed, a bedside table featuring an alarm clock, some paper and pens, and a framed photo of his uncle Ben. He also has a skateboard on his wall. He has a poster of the periodic table of elements, and a large print of a photo by Walter Rosenblum, Girl on a Swing, Pitt Street, New York, taken in 1938.

The photo is in black and white, depicting a young girl in white, standing on a swing and swinging high against the dark and regular city shapes around her. A feeling of absolute liberation. End ID]

[scenearoundtown]

Reflecting back on Holiday time late last year there were several events following strict covid protocol at the beautiful Hollywood Museum owned by my pal Donelle Dadigan - Very memorable star studded tributes to Bob Hope, Ghostbusters, the 30th anniversary of Silence of the Lambs which included a funtastic visit in their scary Dungeon of Doom, publicist Roger Neal’s fantastic 60th birthday party & 40th anniversary in showbiz celebration, the museum’s lovely Celebrity Christmas Tree Trimming Party  which included beautiful trees by Dr. Christmas and there amazing Author Day! The Goddess Judy Tenuta said "Silence of the Lambs was special because it was my first public appearance since kicking cancer's ass in 6 months! I presented a gift to DonelIe and I felt the love and support from everyone at the Hollywood Museum.... And I had fun with friends at the Author's Forum... I laughed it up with Miss Ruta Lee and all the Authors and even made my school lunch money back!  Followers of Judyism can get my book "Full Frontal Tenudity" on Amazon .. the Goddess does not do mailings just Amazon.". Donelle, Steve and their hard working staff pulled out all the stops creating and hosting these spectacular events....  Meanwhile at the beautiful Catalina Bar & Grill on Sunset another holiday favorite was Ilene Graff’s super fun Christmas Show which included publicist Harlan Boll who has an amazing voice...  George Pennacchio my favorite entertainment reporter told me "We love seeing Ilene and Ben on stage. They are always devoted to giving us great music and a terrific show with surprise guests along the way. Ilene has a natural warmth and it goes perfectly with her welcoming personality. During this busy time of the year it was just really nice to just take a break and enjoy some holiday cheer from Ilene and company. Her show was a gift wrapped with talent and love. Ilene added extra talent to the show with her brother Todd Graff and friends Glen Rosenblum and Harlan Boll. They added the right note to an evening of music and smiles." Other great holiday season events included Brian Sikoff’s Halloween Hotness at Madam Tussauds which raised big bucks for St. Jude’s and The Thalians Christmas Party honoring our beloved late great Debbie Reynolds which raised big bucks for Operation Mend at UCLA....   These warm and fun events were full of good cheer, camaraderie, great people and delicious food and drink.  Jessica Sugar Kyper remarked "I'm so proud of Brian and friends raising so much money for St Jude's this year! $7,000 is nothing to shake a stick at! Way to go gang! I'm so happy to be part of Halloween Hotness for several years .. Let's keep it going!" I agree Sugar, I agree! I took the picture above of Debbie Reynolds above back in 2011 at The Paley  which is the nite I met Roger Neal on the red carpet!  Also kudos to the wonderful Writers & Illustrators Awards Dinner  at the Taglyan on Vine... Kate Linder star of The Young & Restless noted "The Writers & Illustrators event is always enjoyable and this year was no exception... since the 2020 awards were unable to be held because of covid they honored both year's recipients. This enabled the show to have great content and entertainment".  Photos from the event are included in a collage above -  thank you guest, the ever busy  director Christy Oldham for sharing your photo & thank you jcazali for all your help assembling them.

 Another wonderful and memorable  event was the Grand Opening of the luxury boutique Attic Koncept in West Hollywood which features rare finds from Saint Laurent, Fendu, Dolce, Hermes & trend setting European designers.  The beautiful boutique is owned by fashionistas Maria Golomb and Max Gor.  Opening night attracted lots of beautiful people, Hollywood Elite Stylists and influencers.  Amongst the VIP guests were Mary Aloe, Christina Englehardt, Vogue model Meredith Mickelson, Lilit Bush, Shaka Smith, Wilma Elles, Pinky Dillion, Tatiana Allen, Vince Kelvin, Talk Vincent, Mva.la, George Blodwell, Brian O’Rourke and  Arthur Chipman executive producer of Los Angeles fashion week.  Madonna, Miley Cyrus, Bella Hadid and Alicia Keys purchase many of their hats designed by Ukrainian designer Rusian Baginskiy at this unique store.   The concept behind the boutique is a concierge service that carries premium designers, selected pieces and very rare finds along with new designers new to the American market who present pret-a-porter collections as well as made to measure service and seasonal pre orders.  “The store is full of timeless luxury pieces hand picked by Maria Golumb and myself” notes Max Gor with Maria adding “Our concept is also unique because our team is able to source extraordinary pieces from established luxury brands that you’ll never find anywhere else!”   The lovely boutique is open by appointment and welcomes the public to book private sessions.  Visit www.attickoncept.com for more information and to book an appointment online!  Photos by HH Michael Bezjian William Kidston Tim Lydeen & Hollywood Hotness

I want to also add how much I enjoyed “A Journal of the Plague Year” by Willard Manus at Write Act in North Hollywood.  The powerful piece by Daniel Defoe about the great pandemic of 1664 attacking London was well adapted into a poignant  radio show eerily resonating the pandemic of our modern world.  Though times are different from the pandemic over three centuries ago I found the storyline very  relatable and moving and the material was well performed by the talented cast directed by Daniel E. Keough.   “I am alive, I am alive” shouted lead actor Charles Anteby  at the end of the piece -  words I echo gratefully every day.  Amen....   HH 

[kinnisms]

well. i accidentally deleted kfvrai while cleaning my sideblogs

in honour of the blog that couldve been had i not been a coward, here are some things that would have happened/been fact

joshuAI was going to make an appearance in the same way that alter ego exists in danganronpa-- a computer program on a screen that is made to mimic a real person!

emily was going to be a vampire! if you caught any of her sprites showing top teeth only and looked close, you can see that she just barely had fangs. in this storyline, this was going to have been a recent development that she was scared to tell ben about (but ben wouldve loved it)

in terms of the science team: benrey and darnold were both confined to computer spaces as 'ai' with bubby, coomer, and tommy all having android clone forms in black mesa just like gordon-- and at a later point, darnold would've been revealed to be a REAL PERSON and not an ai who had actually been helping robot gordon since the beginning of when he was made

emily was going to get a chance to talk to her own robot clone in person and with gordon's help actually convert her from being evil to being a helpful robot friend

coomer and bubby, black mesa's resident wild old men, were gonna meet cecil and herschel, king falls resident wild old men

they were gonna get to black mesa after a while of fighting with random people and forces and things that wanted to stop them in search of the REAL gordon, only to find out that the real gordon had died which mesnt that robot gordon is now The gordon freeman, and they were also going to meet the real science team and bond a bit over everything they've all been through (this would've been where they found out about darnold being real)

hfb3 redemption arc where he finally appologizes to EVERYONE and let's go of some of the stuff he has been holding onto for ages, both in physical items and emotional baggage. soon after that, he would have sought to make new, better friends and became close with the county coroner, jeffrey rosenblum (and rosenblum's boyfriend from the graveyard, resident werewolf freddie osbourne)

g-man was gonna basically adopt dwayne once his father died (even though dwayne is a grown adult,) which means a. brother for tommy! and b. TOWN VIGILANTE TOTALLYNOTARIPOFFBATMAN THE DARK WOULD HAVE BEEN G-MAN'S SON....

houtout to my lost blog, shoutout to kfam, shoutout to hlvrai

pog

[blacktiemagazine]

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·         Mance Harmon, Co-Founder & CEO, Hedera

·         Roger Ver, Founder, Bitcoin.com

·         Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director, Hyperledger, The Linux Foundation 

·         Prof. Wei-Tek Tsai, Professor, Beihang University

·         Alex Mashinsky, Founder & CEO, Celsius Network

·         Kathleen Breitman, Co-Founder, Coase, Tezos

·         Albert Isola, Minister for Financial Services and Gaming, Gibraltar

·         Henri Arslanian, Global Crypto Leader, PWC

·         Dušan Stojanović, Founder, Director, True Global Ventures

·         Sheila Warren, Head of Data, Blockchain & Digital Assets

·         David Lee, Professor of Blockchain, Singapore University of Social Sciences

·         John Wang, Head of Global Development Team, NEO Blockchain

·         David Havera, General Manager, Blockchain Solutions, GE Digital

·         Laszlo Peter, Head of Blockchain Services Asia Pacific, KPMG Australia 

·         Alex Chan, CEO, FORMS HK

·         John Wu, President, Ava Labs

·         Yat Siu, Chairman & Co-founder, Animoca Brands, CEO, Outblaze

·         Perianne Boring, Founder & President, Chamber of Digital Commerce

·         Miko Matsumura, General Partner, Gumi Ventures & Co-Founder, Evercoin Exchange

·         Scott Thiel, Asia Head of Global Technology and Fintech Sector Initiative, DLA Piper

·         Emmanuelle Ganne, Senior Analyst, Economic Research & Statistics Division, WTO

·         Tom Trowbridge, Co-Founder, Fluence Labs & Former President, Hedera

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