King Tiki Tiki's Christmas Extravaganza!

Here's this years Elmwood Holiday Short...
Gabe made King Tiki Tiki, and it looks awesome!

ZAPPA on ZAPPA!!!

A few years back I made a Frank Zappa puppet for my Aunt Desi and Uncle John for Christmas... They were the ones to turn me on to Zappa when I was a teenager, and I haven't turned back...
John went to see Dweezil Zappa's show "Zappa Plays Zappa" last year and brought the puppet with him and managed to get Dweez to sign him!
I was pretty stoked when Desi showed me!

Monday Song - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Monday Song - The Adventures Of Raindance Maggie - Red Hot Chili Peppers Live at Rox...

"I'm With You"  - My vote for Album of the Year 2011

Warts and all

A couple weeks ago the Elmwood blog had a profile on ME written by my cousin for a paper she did for class...  We liked it, so we posted it!  And now I'm linking it here...  Cuz my ego is out of control today...

Just click the picture above to read it!

"Have you seen the Muppets?"

YES! I HAVE!

People keep asking me if I saw it and what I thought of it...

So I'll keep my review short and simple...

Loved it! Was the first Muppet movie that had the feel of "The Muppet Show" and it was full of that Henson Heart. If they keep moaking movies like this then they can't fail!

Can't wait to see it again...

I was lucky enough to have some great friends and my awesome girlfriend come with me to see it opening nite!

Monday Song - Evaporated - Ben Folds

And Thanks Brie!  You gave this song so much meaning to me...  I'm lucky to have you in my life.

Munny Madness!!!!

So here is my other Munny Doll... This one's the Foomi, completed with a base... It's already at Paris In Plantsville for the show!

I actually got this picture texted to me today by Josh, with the text "You're touched man."

To me that's a compliment.

Monday Song 2 - I Should Have Known - Foo Fighters

This Video Sucks Contest: Directed by Daniel Fickle

Monday Song - Walk - Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters had a contest recently where fans could make videos, here is one of the videos they liked!  I'll be posting another one later today.

This Video Sucks Contest: Directed by Phil Hodges

Happy "Black Friday"!

Josh & Todd Movie Trailer

Who Is Going With Me Tomorrow?

Monday Song - Keep Fishin' - Weezer

Guns N' Roses Week.... Encore!

No, this wasn't the encore...  But it is footage from last nite!

Say whatever you want about the new Guns N' Roses...  But let me tell you.  This is a band, a group.  Not just a bunch of hired musicians like so many so called classic bands are now.  This guys played to make each other sound good, they played off and with each other.  They cared for the old songs and killed it on all the new ones...  And I've never heard Axl sound so good...

And they weren't even that late!  Hahaha!  They hit the stage at 11:30 and played till 3:30 AM!!!

Never a dull moment, and it was killer song after another...  

Thanks Tricky for wanting to go!

So bittersweet, this tragedy...

The last day of Guns N' Roses week...

This clip is recent...  Very recent...  Really looking forward for tonite.

This week has been brought to you by Rock 'n' Roll and my love for my friend Tricky.

This is no disrespect for anyone else in my life, but Tricky is one of the reason's I keep going.

He's an inspiration to me.  He's my brother from another mother.

Lucky to have you in my life man, and tonite we get to act like 18 year olds again.  At least for a few hours...

Don't hang your head in sorrow, and please don't cry

In May or June 1992 Gn'R did a pay-per-view concert...

I got a few buddies to chip in five bucks each and ordered the show.

We were still in high school and my folks and brother were leaving town for the night, and they actually OK'ed me having a party...

I'd love to see what Tricky has to say about that nite...

Anyway here's Don't Cry from that show

Animal!

Sick of this life, not that you'd care...

This is a clip from the first Gn'R show I saw with Tricky...  March 1993...

I was looking for any clips from the second time we saw then together in 2002, but nothing really came up...  Oh well...

You Like To Hurt Me, You Know That You Do...

Here's a song from Gun N' Roses latest album...  But not there version...  When you're done watching this, check out the YouTube page it came from, this woman is amazing.

"Sorry" is also one of my faves on Chinese Democracy...

You can't fool yourself, you came in this world alone

So I texted Tricky right after I posted on Sunday that this is Gn'R week, letting him know...

And  I was expecting a "Fuckin' A" text or something.

But instead he punched me in the gut...

The text read "When you're talking to yourself..."

That S.O.B....  Hahahaha...

So here's "Estranged" 

Dedicated to Tricky; my soul brother, and to J.R. Calvo, my other soul brother

Thank you both for being there for me whenever I have need you

Monday Song- Sweet Child O' Mine -Guns N' Roses

11/19!

Guns N' Roses Week

Today starts Guns N' Roses week on this blog...

Tricky and I are going to see them Saturday nite in Hartford...  So to share how happy I am I'm gonna force Gn'R on everyone who reads this blog...

So here's some vintage Elmwood Puppets making fun of the fact Chinese Democracy had yet to come out...  2003 or 2004...  I don't remember!

Art

Creepy Jon

acrylic on canvas, portrait of a puppet

Ahh, New England

I'll be returning to the blogging in a few days...
Still no net at the homespace...

Monday Song - My My - Seven Mary Three

Kermit the Frog

Monday Song - Ice Age - Joy Division

King Tiki Tiki's Shack of Amazement!

Look for a ton more of Steve and his friends in 2012!

Welcome To The Jungle On Halloween Part 2

Summer 1990...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!