Month: April 2012

As I was cooking a Turkey

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

The Turkey Hostage Rescue Team tried to infiltrate my secured and well defended place of detention, unfortunately they failed…  Yum

April 8, 2012Turkey

Gloucester Webcam of The Day- 7 Seas Whale Watch

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

This Webcam and more can be found at www.gloucesterwebcam.com

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Visit The 7 Seas Whale Watch Website Here

This www.gloucesterwebcam.com local webcam portal project was an idea I had last year to have as many webcams streaming from local businesses or organizations as possible which highlight the incredible vistas that we as people that live and work here get to enjoy each and every day.

The idea was to have the organization install the webcam, have them embed the webcam feed on their own websites as well and have a link to each business website on the Gloucester webcam portal website to showcase their business as well.

Tim Blakeley from Gloucester Bytes provided the initial installation at ridiculously cheap cost because he believed in the project.

Community Stuff Sunday

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Comedian Mel Simons will be at the Rockport Senior Center, 58 Broadway on Friday, May 4 at 7 p.m. for an evening ofComedy & Music.

Sponsors of the event are the Rockport Council on Aging and Den Mar Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. The cost is $5.00 which includes complimentary dessert and coffee served between 6 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.

Pre-reservations only by contacting Diane Bertolino at 978-546-2573.

Don’t miss out on the fun!

Joey,

First off, thank you for the heads up about Wicked Tuna. I’m excited to show my wife a taste of home.

Secondly, my wife and I have been trying to launch a food truck. We found a 1973 vintage airstream trailer and have been converting it over for the last month. We’re trying to raise the last of the money, via kickstarter. We’ve got a lot of pledges, but we’re still shy of our 3500.00 goal. If we don’t reach it in 20 days, we don’t get any of the funds. e’re hoping to bring the truck up to the North Shore for the summer, and eventually open a restaurant in either Cape Ann thereabouts. (check out our menu, http://friartucks.me/menu/)

If there’s any way you could post a link to this on your blog, maybe we could get some more exposure and get to where we need to be. If not, I thank you anyways 🙂

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2050131639/firar-tucks-truck

Thanks again Joey, and keep up the FANTASTIC work!

Robb Muise

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Easter Sunday Broadcasting Live From Terassini Sicily, Gloucester and Detroit. Gloucester’s Gianni Gallo and ItalicaTV Bring Us “La Festa degli Schietti”

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Each year, on Easter weekend in Terrasini, Sicily, an ancient tradition dating back over 200 years ago is renewed: "La Festa degli Schietti" which celebrates all of the singles and unmarried of Terrasini; Also known as La Festa del’Albero” or The Feast of the Tree, its symbol and popular protagonist. Single men raise an orange tree decorated in traditional Sicilian garb and weighing over 100lbs . to demonstrate their strength to all the single ladies in town.
At dawn on Holy Saturday, in the citrus groves of Terrasini, the organizing committee of “Gli Schietti” begins the ritual of cutting the bitter orange tree, chosen in the months prior to the celebration. The tree is then decorated with colorful banners, and red handkerchiefs , "ciancianeddi", or the bells of the horses and "anieddi", little lambs made of marzipan.

In the early afternoon, the tree is loaded on a Sicilian cart andtriumphantly arrives in town, led by the carpenter who fits it for the lift.
 

At dawn, on Easter morning, Terrasini is awakened by fireworks reminding the community of the big day. The blessing of the tree by the pastor marks the official start of the joyous celebration; Traditional Sicilian carts accompanied by a marching band parade about the town and Sicilian folklore groups and, of course, music entertain in the Piazza. For the single men it is the ultimate test of strength and skill to lift the tree at the balcony of “la zita”, their betrothed.

Watch it live, Easter Sunday on www.italicatv.com !
LA FESTA
La Festa degli Schietti Each year, on Easter weekend in Terrasini, Sicily, an ancient tradition dating back over 200 years ago is renewed: “La Festa degli Schietti” or the Feast of the Tree, its symbol and popular protagonist.

Karen Pischke Represents! At the Cherry Blossom Festival In Japan

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hey Joey-
SAKURA is in full Bloom in Japan! A year ago my elderly mother wondered why
I had to go to Kyoto, Japan for Sakura (Cherry Blossom Festival,) since
‘D.C. has beautiful Cherry Blossoms.’ I told her, because D.C. does not have
my Reiki teacher, Inamoto Sensei. Despite the disaster      in Japan, we
felt it important to continue our trip as planned in support of the Japanese
people. And Hyakuten assured us- "Kyoto is safe. You should come." And so,
3/30/11 we flew. One year ago today was our first full day in Kyoto! It
felt(and still feels!) surreal to be there. While there I also represented
GMG! You can find photos from this journey on Facebook Pages- Dreamtime
Wellness, Komyo Reiki Kai/New England and Komyo Reiki Kai Boston. And now,
Hyakuten will be coming to Boston/New England for the 1st time this October!
Hope you get a chance to meet him! Enjoy the photos. Note: Before the trip
and upon my return, we have organized fund raisers for Japan for continued
support at our monthly Reiki Clinic and Meditation Events. The gentleman in
the picture at the food stand kept saying- "Sank you. Sank you vely much."
The Japanese people we met were most grateful we were there, and Japanese
people still need our support! Thanks Joe! For all that you do! It ‘ripples
out’ to many!!    Karen Pischke, Dreamtime Wellness
(www.dreamtimewellness.com.) 
Peace, love, and light,  Karen

It’s not TV, it’s the Web. So don’t worry if you missed an Artist of the Week video

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

gimmesound Artists of the Week

People are asking what they can do if they miss an Artist of the Week video.  First, relax.  At gimmesound.com, we don’t just broadcast once and forget about it.    All of our Artist of the Week videos are available all the time.

Here’s how to find them:  Click on the picture, above and you’ll see 2 Artist of the Week videos that you can watch right now (they rotate, so you may see different videos than are in this photo).  Below the two big ones are thumbnails of more artists.  Click on any of those thumbnails and you will see all the videos we produced for that artist during that week.  BE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN.  The last video is on top and the first video is at the bottom of that page.

Not all Artist of the Week Thumbnails fit, so we also have a drop down selection that says, “See more Artist of the Week Videos”.  Just click on it and you can select any artist we’ve featured.  Happy now?

Excellent music choices tonight and lots of it is perfect for dancing, from Ska/Reggae, to Blues, funk and latin.  So get up off the couch and get your arse out the door!  See full music lineup here.

Tonight ~ The Bandit Kings and Andrea Gillis will descend on Somerville like a rock ‘n’ roll hurricane and, more!

Posted on by Joanne

http://banditkings.com/

http://www.andreagillis.com/

In my humble opinion this show is going to off the wall.

A few words from Gloucester’s own Bandit Kings.

Hola Banditos!

A spot of news for all of yous…

THE BANDIT KINGS WILL PLAY LIVE AT PRECINCT IN SOMERVILLE TONIGHT — FOLLOWED BY THE ONE AND ONLY, ANDREA GILLIS

On Saturday, April 7 The Bandit Kings and Andrea Gillis will descend on Somerville like a rock ‘n’ roll hurricane and, more specifically, on the Precinct stage for the night. Doors at 8pm. These Bandit Kings first, followed by the extraordinary Ms. Gillis.

https://www.facebook.com/events/347644721953349/

Come “Take Another Look” in Somerville, we have missed you!

“These guys have the potential to be huge. Not lower-case “h” huge, but Huh-yooooge.” (Francis DiMenno, The Noise-Boston)

LOVE,
The Bandit Kings
http://www.banditkings.com | Victory Agents
The Bandit Kings are a little bit country
and a whole lot of rock n’ roll.