Sunday, September 14, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Captain Zorikh on City of Fame
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Saturday, September 6, 2008
Captain Zorikh's Birthday Gig Crawl!
CAPTAIN ZORIKH'S BIRTHDAY OPEN MIKE CRAWL!
Hi Friends and Fans. It's that time of year again! Yes, every September 6th I celebrate the anniversary of my first exposure to this fabulous mystery we call Life. This year it happens to fall upon this coming Saturday.
I have decided that this year I will do not one, but TWO open mikes!
The first one will be at Banjo Jim's at 700 E. 9th Street, just off Ave C. Sign up is at 2:45, and the music begins at 3:00 PM
The second one will be at Paddy Reilly's, the famous bar the Black 47 used to do weekly gigs at. It is located at 519 2nd Ave at 29th Street, and they know how to pour a proper Guinness! Sign up is at 5:30The action begins there at 6:00 PM.
If we last that long we might make it to the open jam at Fat Cat on 75 Christopher Street at 1:30 AM.
There will be a diner stop along the way at a place to be determined.
I would love to see as many people along this “crawl” as possible. Those of you who are musicians (and I know who you are) are invited to jam with me or to sign up and do your own open mike performance.
You can join in at any point along the crawl. Just call me at 917-865-1214 if you are not sure where I am at any particular moment to join (like if you want to join in the “to be determined” dinner stop).
Happy Birthday to Me! (If you were there last year, you know how old I am this year!)
Captain Zorikh
zorikh@juno.com
917-865-1214
http://www.captainzorikh.com
Hi Friends and Fans. It's that time of year again! Yes, every September 6th I celebrate the anniversary of my first exposure to this fabulous mystery we call Life. This year it happens to fall upon this coming Saturday.
I have decided that this year I will do not one, but TWO open mikes!
The first one will be at Banjo Jim's at 700 E. 9th Street, just off Ave C. Sign up is at 2:45, and the music begins at 3:00 PM
The second one will be at Paddy Reilly's, the famous bar the Black 47 used to do weekly gigs at. It is located at 519 2nd Ave at 29th Street, and they know how to pour a proper Guinness! Sign up is at 5:30The action begins there at 6:00 PM.
If we last that long we might make it to the open jam at Fat Cat on 75 Christopher Street at 1:30 AM.
There will be a diner stop along the way at a place to be determined.
I would love to see as many people along this “crawl” as possible. Those of you who are musicians (and I know who you are) are invited to jam with me or to sign up and do your own open mike performance.
You can join in at any point along the crawl. Just call me at 917-865-1214 if you are not sure where I am at any particular moment to join (like if you want to join in the “to be determined” dinner stop).
Happy Birthday to Me! (If you were there last year, you know how old I am this year!)
Captain Zorikh
zorikh@juno.com
917-865-1214
http://www.captainzorikh.com
Friday, September 5, 2008
What the Hell's Kitchen Chef Taught Me
I usually don't watch "reality" shows or make time for "makeover" shows, but every once in a while I surf past one at get curious enough to stay tuned. Last night I stumbled on to "Kitchen Nightmares," Where Chef Gordon Ramsey goes into variuous restaurants that are not doing so well and fixes them up. In some cases all they need is a re-focusing of the menu and better efificience in running the business. In others, the just need to be neutron-bombed and completely re-done from the goround up. In every case, after a visit to the restaurant as a customer and an observation of an evening, Gordon shuts down the place, makes changes, and when the place re-opens, it is a big success, and when he revisits, the place is doing even better because they have stuck with the changes.
Of course nothing is ever as perfect or quick as it appears on TV, but one thing does come through. In almost every case, the restaurants were poorly and inefficiently manged, certain egos were getting in the way of good work, and things needed to change. Gordon totally broke down the owners' and manager' egos and then showed them how to make the business work. Also, simplicity, focus, and efficiency were a big part of wheat he brought to the business.
This is a good lesson for a lot of us, especially people like me who are "all over the place." We have to cut out the crap, ditch the excess baggage which is holding us back, and focus on our strength. Ego is nothing. Success is everything.
Of course nothing is ever as perfect or quick as it appears on TV, but one thing does come through. In almost every case, the restaurants were poorly and inefficiently manged, certain egos were getting in the way of good work, and things needed to change. Gordon totally broke down the owners' and manager' egos and then showed them how to make the business work. Also, simplicity, focus, and efficiency were a big part of wheat he brought to the business.
This is a good lesson for a lot of us, especially people like me who are "all over the place." We have to cut out the crap, ditch the excess baggage which is holding us back, and focus on our strength. Ego is nothing. Success is everything.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Captain Zorikh for President!
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Thursday, July 3, 2008
Made new CD, need new glasses
Captain Zorikh's New Glasses Benefit CD!
Over the course of a person's life, glasses get lost, damaged, destroyed, worn out, and it comes time to replace them.
Such a time has come upon Captain Zorikh.
My famous aviator-shape spectacled with the transitions lenses have become too scratched and worn to wear, the really cool, very expensive rimless glasses you can see in the “M&M Song” video on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrthXdfCg3U went and disappeared at a Valentine's Day party. Those round glasses, that really aren't doing it for me anyway, have had their ear pieces replaced twice and the bridge has given way. The little round glasses that I have had since 2000 had broken a while back, which had prompted the purchase of the new rimless ones. The old navigator frames, which had been brought out of retirement as the Last Pair Left, suffered a fatal twist on the way home from the Totally Normal Event and the attachment point for the ear piece has broken off.
In short, it's time for new glasses. I found two perfect pair, one a quite fashionable aviator frame that will go great with the transitions lenses, and the other a wireless set with nigh-indestructible stainless steel handles, at a buy-one-get-the-other-pair-half-off deal. To support the purchase of these glasses, I have produced a CD of all-original songs . Some of them are the best cuts from previous CD's, some are brand new. There are 11 songs in all (with one bonus “hidden” track) with myself on guitar, harmonica and vocals, and support from Eli Maniscalco and Danny Wacker on guitar, Eli on bass, Jeff Webb of Eastwinds drummers on drums and percussion, and Marnen Laibow-Koser on fiddle/violin.
You can see the conditions of my glasses, and order the CD through my website at http://www.captainzorikh.com/glasses. If you are not inclined to buy a CD, but would still like to contribute to the cause, please feel free to purchase any other item on my Watch This Space catalogue page, or even order anything through Amazon.com through any Amazon.com link on any of my websites. Finally, if actually buying something is of no interest to you, but you would still like to contribute to the causes, you can use the Amazon Honor System by clicking on the link at http://www.captainzorikh.com/glasses
In other news, I have posted a new video on YouTube. You can find it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX2rpGMtC9Y. It is a report of my bout at the Grappler's Quest tournament last weekend. The report explains why we don't actually have video of the match.
Also, my review of “The Incredible Hulk” is up at http://bigapplemedia.blogspot.com/.
Finally, there will be a review of the first issue of “Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam” at http://captainmarvelculture.blogspot.com/ by tomorrow.
Hang in, see well!
Captain Zorikh
zorikh@juno.com
917-865-1214
hjttp://www.captainzorikh.com
http://www.captainmarvelculture.com
Over the course of a person's life, glasses get lost, damaged, destroyed, worn out, and it comes time to replace them.
Such a time has come upon Captain Zorikh.
My famous aviator-shape spectacled with the transitions lenses have become too scratched and worn to wear, the really cool, very expensive rimless glasses you can see in the “M&M Song” video on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrthXdfCg3U went and disappeared at a Valentine's Day party. Those round glasses, that really aren't doing it for me anyway, have had their ear pieces replaced twice and the bridge has given way. The little round glasses that I have had since 2000 had broken a while back, which had prompted the purchase of the new rimless ones. The old navigator frames, which had been brought out of retirement as the Last Pair Left, suffered a fatal twist on the way home from the Totally Normal Event and the attachment point for the ear piece has broken off.
In short, it's time for new glasses. I found two perfect pair, one a quite fashionable aviator frame that will go great with the transitions lenses, and the other a wireless set with nigh-indestructible stainless steel handles, at a buy-one-get-the-other-pair-half-off deal. To support the purchase of these glasses, I have produced a CD of all-original songs . Some of them are the best cuts from previous CD's, some are brand new. There are 11 songs in all (with one bonus “hidden” track) with myself on guitar, harmonica and vocals, and support from Eli Maniscalco and Danny Wacker on guitar, Eli on bass, Jeff Webb of Eastwinds drummers on drums and percussion, and Marnen Laibow-Koser on fiddle/violin.
You can see the conditions of my glasses, and order the CD through my website at http://www.captainzorikh.com/glasses. If you are not inclined to buy a CD, but would still like to contribute to the cause, please feel free to purchase any other item on my Watch This Space catalogue page, or even order anything through Amazon.com through any Amazon.com link on any of my websites. Finally, if actually buying something is of no interest to you, but you would still like to contribute to the causes, you can use the Amazon Honor System by clicking on the link at http://www.captainzorikh.com/glasses
In other news, I have posted a new video on YouTube. You can find it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX2rpGMtC9Y. It is a report of my bout at the Grappler's Quest tournament last weekend. The report explains why we don't actually have video of the match.
Also, my review of “The Incredible Hulk” is up at http://bigapplemedia.blogspot.com/.
Finally, there will be a review of the first issue of “Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam” at http://captainmarvelculture.blogspot.com/ by tomorrow.
Hang in, see well!
Captain Zorikh
zorikh@juno.com
917-865-1214
hjttp://www.captainzorikh.com
http://www.captainmarvelculture.com
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