Finally! Someone has pointed out that some plugs are so big that they cover the adjacent outlet, and that 'Wizard' is such a stupid word that it sucks to even say it. You need this collection of outraged observations about the ridiculous world we live in." - Joel McIver (Author) How often does someone do something that just blows your mind? The one thing that's common among us all is that we think everyone else is annoying. I know I'm perfect. But in your mind, I'm far from it! It Blows My Mind is a comedic look at everyday frustrations from the mind of Carmine, an overdramatic man who's easily agitated. Carmine is a lot like you and me, but maybe a little different in his reasoning and a bit more passionate in his disdain for things like Online Motivational Quotes, Parents That Bring a Baby to a Movie Theater, Wizards and Over-Friendly Neighbors. Get ready to laugh, as you see the world through Carmine's eyes in It Blows My Mind! "As a middle-aged shnook constantly astonished by the idiocy of humanity, I found It Blows My Mind to be highly relatable and highly hilarious." - Tony Rettman (Author) "Thank God someone still has a sense of humor in this challenging world that we live in these days. Don't be fooled by cheap imitations, laughter is truly the best medicine and Danny surely hits the spot. Take no prisoner's brother." - Drew Stone (Filmmaker / Musician) "Danny and Mick really bring their character Carmine to life in It Blows My Mind. He may be a little dramatic, but that's what makes him so appealing. There's a little Carmine in all of us!" - Roger Miret (Author/Musician) "The thing I enjoy the most about Danny Marianino's writing is that it reads like you're having a conversation with him and "It Blows My Mind" is no exception. He calls out everything and everybody, including himself! Seriously though, why DO we save all of the plastic containers? Things to ponder." - Samantha Bednarz (Comedian/writer) "It Blows My Mind is a fun, if sometimes profane and indelicate foray into the personal peccadillos and social mores that, if we were honest, we would admit drive most normal folks fucking crazy. Danny Marianino's thinly-veiled alter ego, "Carmine," who is given a brilliant humanity by the incredibly talented visual artist Mick Lambrou, is an everyman philosopher, a sort of Andy Rooney meets Pete Clemenza, crossed with a smiling Buddha... in a Hawaiian shirt. Turn by turn, Danny and Mick excoriate the mundane and the presumptuous; the pompous and petty that has been cultivated by our "new normal." Whether it be holding babies ("No thank you"), public restrooms, "reply all," or sucking on a chili dog outside the Tastee Freeze, Danny's lively commentary and observations read like a cigar-mouthed, saliva-moistened-thumbed "friend of ours" is giving you some good advice in a thick Jersey accent. Lots of laughs and some really great pieces from Mick. 5 stars." - Steve DiLodovico (Author/publisher DiWulf Publishing House) "Danny Marianino and Mick Lambrou have concocted one of the funnier volumes you're going to eyeball this, or any other year. All of us have our own It Blows My Mind within us, but these guys had the pelotas to let the misanthropy fly. I'm comforted to know that there are others as disgusted by the habits and tendencies of the human race as I am!" - Howie Abrams (Author)
For most of us, revenge is a dish best served....right now. Whether you're a die-hard fan of revenge films or just someone who enjoys seeing a good dose of vindication, this remarkably diverse genre gives notoriety to heroes, villains, and most importantly, the underdogs, who use humor, suspense, and sometimes, sheer mind blowing terror to inflict payback on someone (or thing) who had it coming. In The Mega Book of Revenge Films Vol. 1: The Big Payback, author Danny Marianino takes you on a ruthless journey with the most comprehensive film guide that includes the best and worst of cinema's retaliation flicks. Be prepared for Avenging Nuns, Armed Vagrants, Urban Anti-Heroes, Lone Wolves, Kung-Fu Masters and Demons from The Beyond that are just a sample of some of the hundreds of movies referenced inside. This book is an essential guide for the revenge film fan of all ages as Marianino presents a unique and exciting look into the genre while he explores some of the greatest moments from the big and small screen. You will love remembering the quotes and taglines that made you laugh, cheer, and wince as you revisit these amazing films through interviews, articles, and Marianino's tremendous sense of humor.
The late Danny Thomas recounts his fantastic life and career in this touching memoir. From his poverty-stricken boyhood to his incredible rise to fame, from his friendships with the giants of the entertainment world to his unselfish work for the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, here is a warmhearted look at one of the world's great storytellers.--Associated Press. 16 pages of photographs.
?Things I Have Saw and Did??the title derived from a grammatically challenged sports officiating friend?is a compilation of some 250 stories gleaned from Danny Andrews?s diverse life experiences. He has been a journalist, including 39 years of column, news, feature and sports writing for The Plainview, Texas, Daily Herald; sports broadcaster, sports official and basketball magazine publisher; involved in a variety of community organizations; an active Christian layman; and, for the past eight years, the alumni director at his alma mater, Wayland Baptist University. The stories include his family; growing-up years in Plainview; longtime friends and chance encounters with celebrities; experiences in school and Wayland; playing, officiating, reporting on, and broadcasting sports; interesting Herald and Hearst newspaper colleagues and experiences; faith, church and mission ventures; and a collection of miscellaneous tales. Andrews says he?s been ?Thinking Out Loud? (the title of his Herald column for 28 years and his musings for the Wayland alumni magazine) since his formal journalism career began almost 50 years ago. He brings his subjects to life with vivid detail, humor and pathos, hoping to foster in readers memories of their own similar experiences, to take them vicariously to meet with presidents in the White House, confront cantankerous newspaper readers, share humorous glimpses of sports officiating and broadcasting, relate tales that prove this is a small world after all and, perhaps, encourage their own faith journey.
The man who went from a childhood of poverty in Toledo to become a major star and producer of such hits as "Make Room for Daddy" and "The Dick Van Dyke show" shares the story of his phenomenal success
Country music legend Davis, leader of the world-famous Nashville Brass, shares stories from more than 50 years of show business from playing with Gene Krupa and others during the big band era to working with stars like Connie Francis and Hank Williams, Jr. Includes 150 rare and exclusive photographs.
Danny Lyon has long been considered one of the most original and influential documentary photographers. He pioneered the style of photographic 'New Journalism' as he rebelled against Life magazine style photographs, instead immersing himself as a participant with his documented subjects. He produced his major bodies of work in this way: living with the Chicago outlaw motorcycle club for The Bikeriders, immersing himself in the Texas prison system for Conversations with the Dead, and documenting the boarded-up lower Manhattan buildings before a major demolition in Destruction of Lower Manhattan. Since this work in the early 1960s and 1970s, Lyon has produced numerous highly collectible photobooks, won two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Rockefeller Fellowship, and ten National Endowment for the Arts awards. In this book, for the first time, Lyon has collected his photo essays from over forty years of his remarkable career. A radical and maverick figure, much of this work was considered too controversial for publication at the time of its creation and never reached the American public. Essayscollects together this wide body of work - from sensual images of girls in a barrio of Colombian brothels, to stunning portraits of young local boys in 1965 Chicago, from his most famous bodies of work to never before published projects - to produce a lasting testimony of the time and the people he pictured.
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