Vitamin Steve

En el Bronx...

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:12:00 +0000

En el Bronx...
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Boom.

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:02:00 +0000

Boom.
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I hate holidays...

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:49:00 +0000

I hate holidays...
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FREE THE BEANIE BABIES!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:42:00 +0000

FREE THE BEANIE BABIES!!!!
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Tuesday.

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:15:00 +0000

Tuesday.
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The MTA Knows Where You Want To Go.

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:34:00 +0000

The MTA Knows Where You Want To Go.
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Shoes!

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:41:00 +0000

Shoes!
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HULK SMASH PUNY CRAYONS!

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:54:00 +0000

HULK SMASH PUNY CRAYONS!
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Friday Afternoon.

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:40:00 +0000

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This is pleasant.

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:46:00 +0000

This is pleasant.
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Yum.

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:48:00 +0000

Yum.
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Wendy's Fails.

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:07:00 +0000

Wendy's Fails.
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According to Michel Gondry...

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:55:00 +0000

...I look like this.

Pretty accurate, I think.

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Angry Garage Door.

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Mon, 26 May 2008 01:03:00 +0000

Angry Garage Door.
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Creepy Sad.

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Sun, 25 May 2008 04:08:00 +0000

Creepy Sad.
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I'm more of a man than you.

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:26:00 +0000

I'm more of a man than you.
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Yum.

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:25:00 +0000

Yum.
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This is a grasshopper taco.

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:24:00 +0000

This is a grasshopper taco.
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I have talented friends.

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Sun, 11 May 2008 04:16:00 +0000

I have talented friends.
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"I'll smack you in the mouth, I'm Neil Diamond!"

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:25:00 +0000

So, on May 7, 2008, I may have seen the best concert I will ever see in my life.

One of the greatest things I inherited from my Mom is a love of the Jewish Elvis, Neil Diamond. Until I was 5, I thought "America" was the national anthem. This love of Neil Diamond, led to him being one of my only two celebrity friends on MySpace (him, and Kevin Federline). On Tuesday night, a bulletin went up, alerting all of Neil Diamond's friends to a MySpace Secret Show at The Bitter End on Bleecker St on Wednesday, May 7, 2008. Now, The Bitter End is a tiny little club where Neil used to perform in the 1960's. Here's video of Neil performing his classic "Solitary Man" at The Bitter End back then.

Now, I'm never one to make a big deal about secret shows and whatnot, but Brooklyn's own Neil Diamond coming home to Greenwich Village, well, I couldn't pass it up. The only problem was this was a first come, first serve show, and this club couldn't hold more than 150 people. But I had work, and couldn't spend the whole day in line. How could I make this happen?

So, I went through my rolodex of unemployed friends, and for $50 plus train fare, Anthony was willing to come in from Long Island and spend a whole Wednesday waiting on line for me. I had sent him all the information he needed to find the club, and told me he should get there at around 11 that morning.

Being that Sunday is Mother's Day, I told my Mom to get out of work as early as possible, I promised her that she would see Neil that night.

So, I go to work the next morning, and I'm more useless than normal. I can't concentrate, I'm too excited about Neil. At 10:57AM, I get the following text message from Anthony.

"So I am at the theater. There is no one here and the doorr are locked. I guess I'll wait around here an see if anything happens."

Holy crap, Anth was first in line! I told him do not leave, I'll stop by at lunch to see how it was going. At around noon, there were a dozen or so people on line, including a handful of Neil superfans. I decided then that I needed to get out of work ASAP, to make sure it won't be an issue when my Mom gets there. I came back at around 3, and was told I just missed Neil arriving for soundcheck. As we waited in line, we could hear Neil sound checking the entire show.

Finally at around 5:00pm, my Mom showed up. I told her she was in for something special. Suddenly, Neil exited the club. He was right there. Right in front of me. NEIL. FRICKIN. DIAMOND.

Neil assured us that the show was going to be special. He left and we continued to wait in line. The doors opened at 7pm, and we made our way in. The club was smaller than I thought it was, and since were first in line, we grabbed seats at a table right at the foot of the stage.

Then, at nine, Neil hit the stage.

He started off with "Solitary Man". And I was sitting right in front of him. NEIL. FRICKIN. DIAMOND. was less than two feet away from me.

See that silhouette of a large, oafish man wearing a baseball cap to the right of Neil? That's me.

He did three tracks off his excellent new album ("Don't Go There", "Home Before Dark", and "Pretty Amazing Grace"), and then he told us he had some oldies for us.

"Kentucky Woman".

"Cherry, Cherry".

and then...

"Sweet Caroline".

That was it, as Neil said thanks to everyone, and left us all wanting more. Sadly, there was no encore, but it just left even more excited for Neil's shows this August at Madison Square Garden.

This really was something special. The club opened up the windows, and turned a speaker to the street to share the magic of Neil to the rest of New York City. There's video of that on YouTube, and the official recording of the show will be on MySpace next week.

We all got special limited edition posters, and my Mom was really happy. I don't think I'll ever see a show as special as this ever again.

-Steve!

Reaching out, touching me...

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:36:00 +0000

Reaching out, touching me...
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No chocolate?

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:34:00 +0000

No chocolate?
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Free Comic Book Day!

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Sat, 03 May 2008 17:29:00 +0000

Free Comic Book Day!
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Earth Day isn't that bad...

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:27:00 +0000

Earth Day isn't that bad...
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Inside Deep Six

noreply@blogger.com (Vitamin Steve) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:45:00 +0000

Ok, this took me way too long to finish up, but this series of interviews conducted by Randy Gentile, and edited by me are finally up on the web. It's a mini-doc on a local Brooklyn artist collective that does awesome comics, both in print, and on the web (http://www.act-i-vate.com/).

"Inside Deep Six," is a six-part video interview featuring Dean Haspiel, Simon Fraser, Tim Hamilton, Joan Reilly, Michael Cavallaro, and Leland Purvis, conducted by Randy Gentile and edited by Steve Flack.

Enjoy!

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