Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Anita Bryant gets what she deserves!

I love watching this 1977 clip of the pathetic Anita Bryant getting a pie thrown at her during a press conference! It's hysterical each and every time. Her life in the past 30 years has been one bad thing after another. I can't help but wonder if she deserves it for spreading hate and intolerance. Those are the people who go to hell. Click below to see history in the making.

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

SUBMISSIVE JESUS GETS CRUCIFIED BY MYSPACE


SUBMISSIVE JESUS GETS CRUCIFIED BY MYSPACE
Press release
For immediate release:
May 25, 2007
for more information contact:
Lee Neville
(818) 994 3262
pirromount@hotmail.com
www.thesubmissivejesus.com


Promo ads for "The Submissive Jesus Prayer Answering Talking Head," a novelty item created by filmmaker Mark Pirro, has been censored off the popular website, Myspace.com. The toy, which made its debut in February 2007, has been sparking controversy amongst some religious communities, and was even the topic of a Reno ABC TV Web and Email poll. Pirro has been selling a steady amount of these toys, primarily through online sites like Ebay and its own website http://www.thesubmissivejesus.com/. However, as the toy started gaining popularity, the number of protests began to grow. Last month, Pirro's Youtube account, which had over 90 videos was closed. Reason given? Inappropriate content. The Submissive Jesus videos were less than 3% of the videos loaded, yet they all got pulled.


On March 17th, the website myspace.com put one of Pirro's Submissive Jesus ads on their front page as a featured video, attracting over 160,000 views and over 3000 comments. Many of the comments were hateful and vulgar, coming from angered 'Christians.' Many threatened to contact myspace and get the videos removed. Well yesterday, they succeeded. Pirro's videos were removed, the comments were deleted and the account was shut down. "I was stunned when I tried to log on yesterday," Pirro fumed, "I was wiped out from the myspace community, like it never existed." The Submissive Jesus website has been getting many emails from supporters expressing support and anger. One email states, "There was nothing obscene, vulgar or indecent in those videos. Who makes the decision of what stays and what goes these days?" Another email simply says, "Welcome to the future. Watch your words or you will be squashed."


Pirro has been an independent filmmaker for over 25 years. His films have always been a bit controversial; like the 1988 cult film, Curse of the Queerwolf - the story of a man who turns gay when the moon rises; and Color-Blinded, his 1998 movie about an African American woman who turns white and blonde overnight. He is currently in production on "The God Complex," a comedy re-telling of the Bible. The Submissive Jesus Prayer Answering Talking Head was originally produced as a product to be featured in the movie, but became so popular with family, crew and friends, that Pirro decided to turn it into a real toy.


Myspace has not commented.


"I plan on being very vocal about this!" Pirro says, "Myspace didn't have a problem with this video when they featured it on their front page. It was only after attention was really brought to it that they reacted. I'm urging all advocates of free speech to bombard myspace with calls, emails, etc. The mythical Jesus was silenced and resurrected in three days. It may take us a little longer, but Submissive Jesus will rise again!" Every generation needs a martyr.

Monday, May 28, 2007

Another Pink Dog in Hollywood!


What are the chances of me meeting up with a second pink dog in Hollywood? I guess the chances are good as you can see from this photo. Maybe some fashion trend passed me by? I wonder how the dog likes having pink hair? Maybe he hates it. Poor thing. I think it looks silly.


Let's all blame Paris Hilton.

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Another day, another wedding

The wedding I played for today was really stressful. It was super hot and the sun was blaring down on me. I wear a black tuxedo, have a black music stand, a black stool, and a black amplifier, so that all attracts the heat. I thought I was dealing with it ok, and then at the very second the wedding processional begins the wind starts to blow my music. I already had my hands on the strings so there was no way to just stop and clip the page down. Then my hair blew down over my eyes. This repeated itself at least 20 times during the processional music, most of which I played only with the right hand. I couldn't believe the situation I was stuck in. I was constantly batting the page back and then it would blow over, then my hair again, repeat, repeat, repeat. When the bride came I was so pissed I took a clip and clamped down the music on all four corners and smashed my hair back behind my ears. The was zero wind for over an hour, the whole thing took me by surprise. No more assumptions about the wind not coming. After I got inside the hotel for the cocktail hour, I think I had suffered from some kind of sun poisoning because my brain wasn't functioning correctly at all. I was all sweaty and just wanted to go home by that time but had to play another hour. Somehow I do believe I left a decent impression. Crazy. Then at the end two conservative Christian ladies came up and starting telling me how my talent was a gift from Jesus, that Jesus loves me, etc. They were both very nice, I just didn't quite know where it was going. When I finally got packed up and in my car, which incidentally has the check engine light on, I had to go to McDonalds and eat nasty, awful greasy food so I could feel better. Tonight I am doing laundry, Yay.

Friday, May 25, 2007

Abandoned theaters galore


I have always been interested in the many boarded up theaters all up and down Hollywood Boulevard, and what they must have been like 60 years ago. It's so sad they are no longer in use. I think as Hollywood continues it's renaissance these theaters will probably end up as night clubs and restaurants. I know the Fox Theater, for example, is going to be renovated as "Crowbar" in the next year or so. I wonder what's going on with the Pacific Theater? I took a picture of it. The Pacific was one of the most expensive theaters of it's day and was built by the Warner brothers. The building takes up an entire city block and is used about once a month, if that. I always wanted to go inside but it is never open to the general public, only for special events and filming. Here is a link I found about old Los Angeles movie palaces. http://www.gmrnet.com/theaters.html and a specific listing of Hollywood theaters past and present, http://cinematreasures.org/search/query=Hollywood&search=city

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Overstimulated

I am just so overstimulated this week - so many big and unexpected things happening, all catching me off guard, all creating wide ranges of emotion. First I watched a family I have known for a while in a fued on national television, so sad. Then the next day I lost a good friend who will not be coming back and I have had a lot of angst about how and what happened to him. Tonight another friend called and said his brother was murdered and a few miutes later while crossing the street on a green light with the walk signal I was almost run down by a CHP on a motorcycle who completely ran the red light and rudely honked his siren at me. Oh, and I say Kobe Bryant in his car tonight as well. He has the window down and was checking people out at the stoplight. How random. I hope this weekend is kind of quiet.