Cool Jobs For Which I Have No Qualifications

1. Queen of England
2. Artist
3. Opera Singer
4. Astronaut
5. Magazine Editor
6. Train Conductor
7. Oceanographer
8. Magician
9. Ashram Owner
10. Treasure Hunter

Vote for Matumbo Goldberg Today!

Matumbo Goldberg needs your vote! Help the film makers (my friends Miller and Rob)win $10,000 for their next project by voting at the link below.
How to vote?
1. Click here:
http://clipstar.com/videoshome.jsf?sortBy=Votes&categoryId=7
2. Click on "Matumbo Goldberg." It's the 3rd one from the right.
3. Click "VOTE" to your right---and it will take you to a page to enter your info.
4. They'll send you an email to confirm you're real--Go to your email and click that email link.
5. Paste back in the ABOVE Matumbo video link above and vote for us.

Success Update for Matumbo Goldberg:
E! Channel: Matumbo was screened and labeled a "genius spoof"of Brangelina on "E! Daily 10" April 3rd
Entertainment Weekly: Matumbo was featured on "The Must List" in the April 4th issue
LA Times: Funny Pages 2.0 pick
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/funny_pages_20/
FunnyOrDie: Exclusive main page player, 95,000 views and counting
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/36fb7bdd7e
YouTube: Today's Comedy Spotlight, 204,000 views and counting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCKLYCi2UJk
Break: Featured main page player, 1,195,000 views and counting
http://www.break.com/index/how-not-to-adopt-a-child-from-africa.html
Imeem: Today's Featured Video
http://profile.imeem.com/fibFEIC/video/AH2f_YVz/rob_pearlstein_matumbo_goldberg_comedy_video/

MATUMBO GOLDBERG, which stars Anthony Anderson (The Departed, Transformers, Law & Order), is about a trendy, none-too-bright couple who adopt an African baby, only to find their new son is a bit older than a toddler. Also starring is J. Robin Miller
(Andy Barker P.I., General Hospital) and Rob Pearlstein, who also wrote and directed. Rob's film "Our Time Is Up" w as nominated for an Academy Award in 2006 for Best Live Action Short Film.

Free Tunes

So I am a devoted Starbucks customer. I rarely deviate from my regular venti Earl Grey tea with steamed soymilk and no hot water. I also love the free ITunes downloads Starbucks offers each week. Their "Pick of the Week" is an ITunes card you can pick up on the music kiosks which features their artist of the week and includes a code to download a free song by the selected musician. The cards change every week and I have enjoyed some great music by new artists. This past week it was Hilary McRae and the free download is her song Every Day. If you are interested in new music, pick up a card each week (beginning on Tuesdays) at Starbucks and enjoy some great tunes while you sip your coffee or tea.

Flash Back Friday #2

When Michael Jackson performed his song Billie Jean on the Motown 25 Special in 1983, he "moonwalked" across the stage and a dance craze began. After that legendary performance "moonwalking" became something my friends and I tried to do everywhere, on slick basement floors, in the grass fields at school, down the hallways of my junior high and at every school dance. For years after that performance, there was nothing bigger in the world than Michael Jackson. The video Thriller came out weeks later and music videos changed forever, 1983 was Jackson's year.
Here is a clip of the legendary Billie Jean performance. All these years later, I still catch my breath when he slides across the floor. The moves, the sequin socks, the 1 glove...
Enjoy.

Must Read Book-I Was There

I just finished a terrific book, I Was There: Gigs That Changed The World by Mark Paytress. This fascinating book is a guide to the greatest live music performances from the 1930's to today. Each selection includes photographs and first hand accounts by those who were there.
Some of my favorites:
Elvis Presley on the Milton Berle Show in 1956
West Side Story on Broadway in 1957
Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli in London on 8 November 1964
Velvet Underground in New York April 1966
Frank Sinatra at the Sands in Las Vegas in 1966
Johnny Cash at Folsom State Prison, 13 January 1968
Isle of Wight Festival in August 1970
Iggy and the Stooges, London on 15 July 1972
The Ramones in London, 4 July 1976
Siouxsie and the Banshees in England, 15 october 1978
Joy Division in England 14 march 1979
Michael Jackson in California 25 March 1983
Prince in London August 1986
The Smiths in Manchester 30 October 1986
Jeff Buckley in New York 19 July 1993
Eminem in New Jersey October 2000
Each page makes you feel as if you were there, don't miss this glimpse into the magic of live performances.

Gardening Bliss

The weather here in the Chicago area has been beautiful for the past few days. I spent all day Sunday in my garden cleaning out my raised vegetable beds, pots and containers, cleaning all the patio furniture and starting my herbs and vegetables by seed. The home we bought in 2006 was previously owned by a couple who had transformed the front, back and side yards into English gardens. We completely redid the backyard last year by adding a wrought iron fence (for the beagle), had a large deck built, added sod and paved walkways and replanted many of the perennials. The side yard contains 4 raised beds of which 2 are full of established raspberry bushes (the previous owner made her own jam), the remaining beds I have been cultivating vegetables and herbs.
On Sunday I planted:
Green beans
Onions
Cherry tomatoes
Beef tomatoes
Chili peppers
Sweet yellow and red peppers
Cucumbers
Mint
Basil
Rosemary
Lettuce
Arugula
This year I will stagger what I grow and will start more herbs, eggplant, squash, radishes, carrots and possibly potato next month.

Awesome Idea

So my kid and I are addicted to the British sitcom Rosemary and Thyme, we try and watch one episode almost every evening. The show is silly and campy but combines so many of my favorite things, gorgeous locations around England, gardening and mysteries!
For more information, check out the shows website here: http://www.rosemaryandthyme.tv/
While we were watching an episode the other night, just as a character was murdered and the music swells my son says, "Mom wouldn't it be cool if theme music played in real life when something happened?" He starts humming a tune from a movie, "Like when the girl you like walks by..." He keeps humming. I thought it was a brilliant idea!
I love movie soundtracks, probably because certain songs remind me of my favorite movie scenes. Like Scarlett O'Hara raising her fist to the sky and proclaiming "I will never be hungry again" while the music rises. Other soundtracks I love, the Harry Potter movies, the Lord of the Rings trilogy soundtrack, the soundtrack from Conan the Barbarian, the 2005 Sense and Sensibility soundtrack and many others.
It got me to thinking what my personal life soundtrack would sound like. Sometimes I think it would be a combination of the "doo du du du doo doo" from "The Wizard of Oz" and the swelling piano solos from "The Piano". Here is one of my favorites:

What are your theme songs?