Penelope Cruz Is Hot in Vicky Christina Barcelona

Vicky Christin Barcelona, in a World of Bad Movies, Horrible Television, and some of the Worst Music of

All-Time, it is quite refreshing, "It's Good," It's Wonderful as a matter-of-fact, to have a movie such as Woody Allen's VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA. The movie does just what a movie should, it makes you feel good. The movie makes you wish, if you're a man, that you were Juan Antonio, Javier Bardem's character, making love to three absolutely gorgeous women in short time and two at the same time with the incredibly Sexy and one of the World's most beautiful woman "Penelope Cruz," along with the very beautiful Scarlett Johanson. "Wow!"

I, unlike many in America don't call that many female movie stars among the most beautiful in the World as in the case with Julie Roberts and women before her like Lonny Anderson, not at all that beautiful, though many in the press and media had called these women beautiful and gorgeous. No! Penelope Cruz, now there, my friends is one of the Most Gorgeous, Sexy, Vivacious women to ever grace the Silver Screen or the World for that matter. When I look at Penelope Cruz in this movie, I just want to die, she is so dam Sexy, I want to jump her bones. My Heart is palpitating just thinking about her. So if i can't have her, yes, I feel like i want to die.

This is the job that Woody Allen has done in one of his best films in years, One of the best films in the past decade and dare I call a masterpiece.

By the same token, if you are a woman, you will fantasize being with Javier Bardem, or a man like his character in the movie.

Yes this movie came out several years ago, but as I just saw it the other night on a DVD from netflix, just had to talk about it. If you are a passionate romantic it can't fail to move you.

Two young woman, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Christina (Scarlett Johanson) who go to Barcelona to spend the summer as they have been offered to stay in the home of Vicky's family friends.

The plot centers around Vicky and Christina who go sight seeing, dining, and explore the wonderful Catalonian city. One night they spot a artist Juan Antoion at a art opening. Christina is intrigued by him and ask her friends who he is.

Later in the evening Vicky and Christina spot Juan Antonio at a restaurant. Chrisina and Juan Antonio are eying each other across the room. Juan Antonio walks over to Vicky and Chrisina and introduces himself, then in short time invites the two Beautiful young Women to spend the weekend with him in the city of Ovedio and for the three of them to make Love together. Vicky is appalled by Juan Antonio's brazen advance while Chrisitna thinks it's charming and adventurous. Chrisitna wants to go, Vicky of course does not want to but agrees, if only to keep her eye on Christina and save her from this Don Juan.

Juan Antonio is still violently enamored with his emotionally unstable Ex-Wife Maria Elena.

So the girls go away for the weekend, both for different reasons, Christina wants the lost artist lover Juan Antonio, Vicky does not. A Love Triangle ensues. Check that Love Rectangle, there's more than three sides (people). There are four. Three woman, and the Lucky, most men would say, Juan Antonio.

I shall not tell you anymore, only that the movie is wonderful, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Scarlett Johanson, and even Rebecca hall are all Beautiful and full of life. Woody Allen is still a genius, and you just have to see the movie, if you have not already, and if you have, it's so dam Good, it's probably time to be enamored once again. Maybe you need it as inspiration to spark your own Love Life! And who in this World could ever get enough of the Gorgeously Vivacious Penelope Cruz?

by Daniel Bellino Zwicke

PURPLE HAZE JIMI HENDRIX

"AMERICAN MASTERS" JIMI HENDRIX

An American Master? There is "No Question" about it, JIMI HENDRIX is one of them. With the likes of Cole Porter, Louis Armstrong, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra and so many more, an American Master, is one way of describing the late great James Marshal Hendrix, or how most of us know him "Jimi Hendrix," The Greatest Rock-N-Roll Guitarist of All-Time .. PBS has made and now aired Jimi Henrix an American Master, and if you have not seen it, make sure you do, "It is Amazing." I never realized it before, but after watching this wonderful document of Rock-N-Rolls Greatest Guitarist ever, I realize that I did not know all that much about the man and his story. A story that I found quite sad. Sad in the great tragedy that this great artist who amny consider "Thee Greatest Guitarist of All Time" and it's pretty hard to dispute this title. Anyway, the tragedy that this great talent died at such an early age (27), and that he had so much more of life to live and great music to give. The man was more or less on the scene for just about 4 years. He was in his prime and had already rocked and showed the world what he could do. He had just built his own studio, one of few musical artist to ever do so at the time and on such a large scale.

This documentary is quite wonderful consisting of much footage of Jimi in concert, in interviews and candidly talking. Great artists such as Paul McCartney and others praise him and clost personal friends give us insight into the real Jimi Hendrix and his kind, gentle, and very cool persona.

McCartney wasn’t the only one to stand up and salute. Rolling Stone has dubbed Hendrix “the greatest guitar player of all time.” Which makes it even sadder to be reminded that he died at 27, at the height of his superstardom. It was 1970 and he was trying to catch some elusive sleep in a London hotel room. He ended up asphyxiating after taking an accidental overdose of wine and sleeping pills.

Just a Few of The Albums

And Many Great Artists Who

Recorded at JIMI'S 

ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS

On 8th STREET

GREENWICH VILLAGE

NEW YORK

"TONY PRO" PROVENZANO And My DAD'S CADILLAC

1958 CADILLAC ELDORADO    "When Cars Were Cars and The MUSIC Was GREAT"

My Dad's Cadillac. A 1958 Eldorado. Gun Metal Gray, the color. Wow, what a gorgeous car. Without a doubt "One of The Most Beautiful Cars Ever Made." To me anyway. To many. The 1958 Cadillac, when-cars-were-cars. They had personality, they were beautiful. Some works of art. Not like the crap and Mediocrity of today. Like so many things today, Mediocre  and no things more so than two of America's most beloved things, Music and Cars. The cars of today,"They All Look The Same," pretty much anyway. No beauty what-so-ever, unless you spend upward of $60,000 or more. Well pretty much over $100,000 to get the beauty of a car like the 1958 Cadillac. Even a regular old Buick or Oldsmobile from the years between 1958 to 1968 were far more beautiful than 99% of the cars made today, "They All Look The Same," they're ugly and mundane, not like my fathers Cadillac, a 1958 Eldorado Broughm. Boy was that a beautiful car. And boy do I wish I had one today. I've thought about it numerous times, going down to the famed Car Swap and Show at Hershey Pennsylvania every Labor Day weekend year after year. I want one of those babies, one of the most beautiful cars ever made, just like my Dad's 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Broughm, and Gun Metal Gray please. Two problems with that, I live in New York City, the land of you most likely don't own a car. You don't need one, you live in New York. Problem two, one of these gorgeous babies in very good to mint condition cost $50,000 or more. I know, to you maybe a mere pittance  But to me, $50,000 plus yearly expenses on a car I'd hardly ever use? Well? 

Hey, I've got memories though. I loved that car. My dad had a late 50's Green Plymouth Fury before that, and one of the last Packard's ever made before he got that gorgeous Cadillac. He actually got it from a famous New Jersey Gangster of the 1960's, one Antony Provenzano, better known as "Tony Pro." My father was a truck driver and member of the nations most powerful Labor Union of the day, The Teamsters .. My dad drove a truck for The Continental Can Company in Paterson, New Jersey and was a member of The Teamsters Local 560 ...  My dad worked and drove the truck at night and during the days he had a couple of side businesses to make some extra cash. His main little side business was as a Landscaper during the Spring and Summer months(on weekends and all Summer long my brother Jimmy and I worked for my Dad). He had several clients of which he would do landscaping at their homes and or businesses . He'd do work like mowing the lawn, planting shrubbery, trees, and flowers, as well as laying sod. One of my dad's clients Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano was a Teamsters Vice President under Jimmy Hoffa, as well as being a reputed North Jersey Capo of The Genovese Crime Family. My dad mowed Tony Pro's lawn, and planted dew shrubbery and flowers at his North Jersey home. My dad got his 1958 Cadillac from Tony Pro. Mr. Provanzano owed my dad money on his Landscaping Bill ... As most men in Mr. Provenzano's position, it is cutsomary to get a new car every two years, quite often a Cadillac. My dad got this Caddy from Tony Pro, if I remember correctly around 1967 .. Tony was finished with it, wasn't using it any more and asked my dad if it wanted it in lew of the money Mr. Provanzano owed my dad. Guess what? You don't say No to Tony Pro. My dad said, "Yeah," and got the car. When I brought it home, I was all excited, the car was beautiful. I asked my dad where he got it, and he told me some Guy Owed Him Some Cabbage (money), so he gave me the cabbage. I just said, "Oh," but remember thinking to myself that this guy Tony Pro actually owed to my dad real Cabbage, the vegetable. I was imagining a a pick-up truck load of Cabbage.

Well, my dad got tony Pro's 1958 Cadillac Eldorado, and boy was it a beauty, and did we have tons of fun in that car. My dad wasn't like the other kids dads in the neighborhood. No my dad was much cooler than all the others. Of course my dad was the best dad in the world. To me any way. Of course he was the coolest, he had Tony Pro's old Cadillac. And my dad, unlike the other dads, used to live to drive around, go for rides, just around North Jersey, down the shore (famous Jersey expression for The Beach), to Pennsylvania, or Upstate New York. We'd invariable stop at a diner, burger, or Hot Dog Joint for Burgers or Dogs. And if we went to any one of the many cool old diners in Jersey (Diner Capital of The World) or anywhere on the East Coast, we'd always grab a "Booth" to sit at, and my dad would give us quarters to fill the Juke Box, playing our favorite songs, The Beatles, The Monkees, Rolling Stones and Motown, "when Music was Good," (Great), but "no more" the Music, the Cars, all quite bad now. What the Hell happened? How can they make such Shitty Music now? Sorry but it really is. And it's not just a generational thing. If there are good artist, I will like them, like Alicia Keys, Amy Winehouse R.i.P., Cee Lo Green. It's just there is so much crap, like "Crap Rap" and the other garbage music they make these days. What the Hell Happened? Dam, when I was growing up in the 60's and 70s there was so much great music it was beyond belief; all the great Motown artist, Pop, Classic Rock, and mixed in, there were greats like Frank Sinatra, Tony Benett, and Dean martin still going strong along with The Beatles, Stones, and others. 

Well the music is quite bad these days. The music business has died. And cars too. What Happened to the cars? Have you looked at the cars these days? Horrible, they all look the same, "Crappy."

Well, enough of that. Back to my dads Cadillac. Yeah, we had some good times in that baby; riding down to Asbury Park for the day, a day at the Sea Shore, go on some rides, eat soft Ice Cream, have a Burger, ride back and forth on the Parkway, the radio playing all the great tunes of the day, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand," Sherry "Baby" by Jersey's own Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, The Rascals, The Supremes. Now that was music, and riding down the road in a 1958 Cadillac, stopping for Burgers and Fries. Ladies and Gents "It Doesn't Get Much Better Than That!"

Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

REAL LIFE MOB GUYS

And Their TV CONTERPARTS

The JERSEY MOB

AMERICAN FLAG By JASPER JOHNS "Happy Memorial Day"

 

AMERICAN FLAG 

  Jasper Johns

The Flag:

Johns’ first use of the flag motif was the result of a dream the artist had in 1954 when he was 24 years old. Flag was exhibited in Johns’ first one-man show at Leo Castelli’s gallery in 1958 and is now located at MoMA in New York. Since that time, Johns has created more than 100 flags in various media, in a variety of sizes, as a single flag or in multiples, and depicted it in black & white, greys, in oranges and greens and in the traditional red, white and blue.  

“… the flag seems special. He returns to it again and again as a musician returns to a favorite theme or set of chords, a poet to a particular meter, or as Rembrandt did to his own ageing physiognomy.”

A notoriously enigmatic artist, Johns has remained tight-lipped regarding any possible socio-political associations with his repeated depictions of flags, making any such interpretation the responsibility of the viewer. While the United States flag is a powerfully loaded symbol in the collective American consciousness and around the world, Johns’ intentions in creating these works are non-symbolic. Instead, he is concerned with their formal stylistic structure, “Because what’s interesting to me is the fact that it isn’t designed, but taken. It’s not mine.”²  As something "the mind already knows," the motif of the flag provided Johns with a ready-made composition and allowed Johns to create meaning through other avenues, such as the physicality of his surfaces, in his process of making marks and in his choice of medium. 

OLD GLORY

"STARS & STRIPES"

AMERICAN FLAG

TEE SHIRT

The painting of a flag is always about a flag, but it is no more about a flag than about a brushstroke, or about the physicality of paint.

.... Jasper Johns  ....

RADIO

Radio? I Love it .. Many take it for granted, The Radio. Not Me .. It's amazing, the Radio .. Believe me, when the Radio first came out, people did not take it for granted .. It was the marvel of the day. The first major use of the Radio to the American general public began in the early 1920's .. America's first radio stations popped up in the year 1920, but it took a couple years for the general population to get and use them in any great numbers. But once the radio did kick in, it was the greatest thing of the day. People could listen to music, news, skits, and comedic programming. The Radio was a Big and instant Success, and the American Public just loved it.

The 1930's were a grand hey-day of Radio as it didn't have TV to contend with. Some popular Radio Shows of the day, were; Roy Rogers and Hop AlongCassidy (Western),Jack Benny (Comedy), Batman, Flash Gordon and Superman, all Super Heroes.

For me, I remember always loving Radio as a very young child, ever since I could remember anything. I especially loved listening to it as we would drive in one of my dads cars; a Plymouth Fury, Packard (The Last Packard ever made), or Fabulous 1958 Cadillac Eldorado. back Then, I especially loved; The Beatles, The Supremes, and The Four Seasons of nearby Bellville, New Jersey, "Sherry! Sherry Baby!"

All these years, Radio has never wavered. It's always there, still and always great. Always providing great news, info, and Great Music. Well Great Music that is, if you listen to great music and not a station that plays "Horrible Crap Rap hip Hop." Now that's not good, and unfortunately it's out there on some radio stations that cater too those with the God Awful Taste who enjoy listening to "Crap" Rap.

 Well, let's get off that subject, and on to all the Good and great Music that Radio has given us over the years: Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, R&B, Pop, Jazz, Classical and more. Before TV it was a big thing to listen to Boxing Matches on the Radio, The Preakness, Kentucky Derby, Baseball, Basketball, and Football games, and listening to sports on the radio is still pretty big.

  Yes radio gives us a lot. It's quite versatile, and with sports, Talk Radio, and the News, it's biggest source and popularity is through music. Still, you ride in your car, you've got the radio on, it enhances the experience, of driving that is. Music on the radio has enhanced millions of experiences over the years, especially for lovers, young and old who have Necked (Made Out), and Fallen in Love with Music from the Radio, and please "No Rap."

to be CONTINUED

Daniel Bellino Zwicke

WORLD'S TOP 100 RESTAURANTS

MOMOFUKU SSAM BAR

East Village, NEW YORK, NY

5. Eleven Madison Park # 10
11. Per Se # 6
19. Le Bernadin # 19
29. Daniel # 25
63. Blue Hill at Stone Barns # 77
86. Momofuku Ssam Bar # 37
91. Masa # 90
93. Momofuku Ko # 79
98. Jean George  # 66

World's 100 Best Restaurants? according to Who? Restaurant Magazine UK, that's who. Restaurant magazine is a Restaurant Industry Resources Magazine sent to restaurants all around the country and all around the world.

Well, New York as everyone knows is a one of the World's Great Restaurant and Food City's, some would say the best, others not, at any rate, we are among-st the world's best. And on that Top 100 Best Restaurants of The World List, New York has almost 10% of the top 100, or 9 restaurants to be exact. And New York's own Chef Michael Chang has two restaurants of The World's 100 Best with his Momofuku Saam Bar at # 37 and Momofuku Ko at 79 out of 100 .. Bravo David ... And speaking of Momofuku, did you ever wonder what it means? 

Lucky Peach that's what.. And David Chang is definitely one of those, a Momofuku  Lucky Peach ...

THE ROLLING STONES SUPRISE CONCERT LA 2013

THE STONES STILL GOT IT

THE ROLLING STONES DID ANOTHER

PATENTED SURPRISE SMALL SHOWS

BEFORE TOUR

At THE ECHOPLEX in ECHO PARK

Los Angelos, California

Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen The Rolling Stones did one of their patented un-announced Surprise Concerts for a lucky few hundred in Echo Park, Los Angelos, California ... Not only did these Lucky Dogs get to see the rolling Stones, and in a smaller venue, but it cost them a mere $20.00 .. Hey I'm jealous ... The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood, sans Bill Wyman, still got, these boys can still Rock It and their legions of fans (Hundreds of Millions) still love them. And why not? They're the World's Great rock band Ever, The Rolling Stones.

Rumors of the surprise show spread across social networks last week after the band teased the appearance on their Twitter accounts. The dance-pop band New Build, which was originally scheduled to play the Echoplex on Saturday, was first to leak details about the performance.

Bruce Willis, Gwen Stefani and Skrillex were among the famous faces in the sold-out crowd.

IF YOU'RE NOT SO LUCKY To GO And SEE THE ROLLING STONES LIVE LIKE THOSE "LUCKY DOGS" in ECHO PARK, YOU CAN ALWAYS ENJOY LISTENING To ALL of THE STONES GREATEST HITS ... GET A COPY OF "GRRr" Gretest Hits of The WORLD'S GREATEST ROCK-N-ROLL BAND, "THE ROLLING STONES" All Their GREAT HITS" From THEIR BEGININGS In THE EARLY 1960's to PRESENT DAY 0f 2013 THE BOYS ARES STILL ROCKING !!!

GET A COPY of THIS GREAT 3 CD ROLLING STONES GREATEST HITS

NOW On AMAZON and "ROCK ON MY FRIENDS" ROCK-ON With THE ROLLING STONES

" I ALREADY OWN MOST of ALL THESE SONGS ON MY PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL STONES COLLECTION of MUCH VINYL LPs And CDs Too .. NEVER-The-LESS I JUST HAD to GET "GRRR" IT'S THE STONES and THEIR LATEST GRRR GET IT !!!"

KEITH RICHARD

"KEEF"

AND THE ROLLING STONES

LIVE At ECHOPLEX, LA

"IT'S CLASSIC KEITH"

"REMEMBERING MARTIN" MARTIN RICHARDS

Young Has A Poignant Message

"May God Bless You Young Martin"

Martin Richards

God Bless You Young Martin

May You Rest in Peace

And Bless Your Family and Give Them Strength

And Wishing Blessings and The Best Recovery Possible

For Your Mother and Sister's Speedy Recovery Now and Forever

And May They Live Lives Filled with Love and Happiness

Ever Though They Lost You Martin and Will Never Forget You

Look Down From Heaven at Your Mother, Sister, Father and Entire Family

One Day You Will Be with Them Again Dear Martin

And Know That Not Only Your Family But All of Boston

and All The People of America have Been Touch By The Loss of Your

Sweet Young Innocent Life and That It Hurts Us to See Such a Beautiful Young Boy's

Life Taken a Such a Young Tender Age and For No Reason at All

A Senseless Useless Act of Terrible Violence

God Bless You Beautiful Young Martin and Again Rest in Peace Dear Boy.

God Bless You Martin and May You Rest in Peace

                              Daniel