A quick blast from the past: 11 years ago today, Anitra and I did a quick check of the venues for our then-upcoming wedding. This included a family get-together at the Don CeSar the day prior to the wedding, along with the wedding venue, the Grand Plaza Hotel (now known as the Bellwether Beach Resort).
I’ll let the updated posting in Craigslist explain:
*******UPDATE PLEASE READ*******
Thank you for your interest in
“Melania: Twenty Days to History.”
We had an incredible response to this offer and were excited to provide true American Patriots the opportunity to attend the best documentary ever created while providing some much-needed relief for Biden’s economy.
However, due to widespread coverage and backlash surrounding this offer in the fake news media, counsel has advised us that proceeding would run afoul of campaign finance laws. Considering the funding of the film by Amazon, we were shocked to hear this, but cannot take the risk.
Therefore, we are unable to move forward. As usual, this is the fault of the lunatic left and their corrupt election laws. They HATE America and will do anything to destroy this country.
On the bright side, this incredible film is now SOLD OUT everywhere, with box office success like no one has EVER seen.
Melania is incredibly thankful for your support and as always, encourages you to BE BEST!
Please consider making contributions and buying goods offered on her site, https://www.melaniatrump.com/pages/be-best
Just one incredible example of a wonderful piece of jewelry for sale is available here:
https://www.melaniatrump.com/products/vote-freedom?variant=44273836261571
THANK YOU ALL!
Here’s a screen capture of the updated Craigslit Boston posting:
On Wednesday afternoon, I got this text from Tom Hood, ukulele player extraordinaire and leader of the band I sometimes play with:
I hadn’t seen Tom since November, I’m always happy to collaborate with hime, and it’s been a while since I’ve recorded in a studio that wasn’t my home office, so it was easy to say “Yes!”.
If you’re wondering how I could possibly sign on to record an accordion part for a song I’d never heard before on the following day:
So I made my way to South Tampa on Thursday evening and brought two accordions into the studio and rehearsal space, situated in a building behind a house of friendly guy who introduced himself to me as Wayne.
The place had a homey feel that reminded me of my friend Chris Walmsley’s basement, where Volume, the band I played with at Crazy Go Nuts University rehearsed.
After a couple of rehearsal runs, it was time to record! Dennis McCarthy, whom I’d met as the drummer with the band that played at Tom’s birthday party, was the sound engineer.
“Ready?” asked Dennis, whose voice I heard through the monitor headphones.
“Let’s do this,” I replied.
“D’you wanna record another one?” I heard Tom say over my monitor headphones.
I couldn’t resist and was soon presented with a chord chart and a listen to the song in its current state.
Once again, I did two takes, which included a little noodling to go into the solo, and we were done!
I was invited into the booth to hear some of the other songs that Tom had recorded.
After listening to a couple of songs, it was time to go home. I bade good night to Tom, Dennis, and Wayne, hoping that I might have another opportunity to record there.
I’ll post a link to the tune once it’s published!
Trump and the MAGA crowd like to talk about “Soros-funded paid agitators,” partly because they can’t imagine anyone doing something out of a sense of civic duty or community, and partly because paying people to act as if they believe in a certain thing, even if they don’t actually believe in or endorse it, is just the way they operate.
So it should come as no surprise that they’re now paying people to watch the unwatched (and from some reviews, unwatchable) Melania film. Pictured above is a screenshot I took from Craigslist Boston at around 4 p.m. on Thursday, January 29th. (Here’s the link to the Craigslist ad.)
Here’s the thing, and this is me putting on my “developer relations” and “community building” hat:
The optics are poor, and there are better ways to “seed” an audience.
They could have easily just bought out the theatre, sent out invitations to pro-Trump groups, influencers, people in the area who are on their email/phone/texting lists, give out popcorn and soda for free, make it a party, and capture the entire thing on video.
Look, I know times are tough out there, so I’m not going to judge you if you’re in Boston and need the money. It’s also an opportunity to do hilarious things — I’ll leave those as an exercise for the reader.
Because the Current Situation calls for it: here’s an additional picdump with more images (and video!) about said situation. Share these pictures, and then do something to make the situation better.
Some suggestions:
In case you missed it, you can find the first Sunday picdump (400+ images!) here.
It’s getting ridiculous here.
The picdump here on The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century is usually a collection of images that I found amusing, interesting, or relevant that week. And yes, this week’s set does contain a lot of relevant pictures, editorial cartoons, and screen captures, but they are far from amusing.
But they are important.
Usually, I say “Share and enjoy!” at the end of the intro to each picdump, but I can’t do that in good conscience this week. Instead, I’ll say “Share — and do what you can to make things better.”
(By the way, there are 400 images in this week’s picdump.)
