Hello folks, Craig Amabello here... Your Truly Demented reporter & X-Hollywood reject blogging in from the Battlefield.

One day I can't get a crack head to spit on me..... & the next, I'm wheeling & dealing with presidential candidates...... Funny how surreal life can be.

Things are just starting to look up for me after so many years of heart break, disaster, ruination & turmoil. When you witness your dreams shattering right before your very eyes... It can be quite hard on the Soul... But the few... The Brave, must plod on... Can not abandon the Sinking ship.

I have had no other choice but to keep pushing on until I've reached the very edge of reason & as Insanity swirls around my head like a truck full of Drunken soldiers on a weekend pass.... Sometimes the Sh*t, really hits the fan!

I am far more than just some Cameraman, Editor, Director.... I have spent so much time in the trenches of Hollywood, that I sometimes forget all that I have learned there.

I have actually put together a nice 90 second Web spot for a presidential candidate that really had no plans... No ideas... No clue as to how to get his message across to the people. And I, helped him pull a rabbit out of his Arse!

What I do for DIRT CHEAP.... Big Advertising agencies get tens of thousands of dollars for. I really have to rethink my title. I am far more than just some dummy with a camera & decades of knowledge. I am a bona fide creator of Propaganda. A manipulator of reality... An Alchemist... A Wizard!

I know how to take a Non event & swirl it up with my magic swizzle stick & turn it into a decent & compelling ad campaign to help launch a mans bid for the president of the Untied States!

Yes, I know.... I sound like an ass & I am completely full of myself... But damn it.... ITS TRUE!

I am getting my confidence back & it shows.... I had a PR guy talking to me yesterday that wants me to work on his full length documentary. I said with absolute confidence.... "No problem, I excel at documentary work".

A few hours ago I received an email from an ER doctor that said that he was very pleased with my shooting on his documentary about life as a doctor. He plans to use me for several more days work before he wraps up shooting & begins editing.

And I have 11 Rock & Roll bands that I have to shoot this Sunday at an all day concert in Mansfield mass known as Locobazooka where Black Sabbath is the headlining act along with Alice Cooper. (my real goal is to get several interviews with Ronnie James Dio & Alice Cooper that I can feature on craigstv).

I am a very diversified camper this week... I love it! So nice to work with such diverse people which helps keep me grounded & very well rounded in my philosophy on dealing with Humans here on planet earth.

Nobody is really all that much different than anybody else... & living this kind of life keeps me on my toes & constantly reminds me of this simple... Yet so often, overlooked fact of life.

The presidential candidate, the Doctor, The Rock & rollers... are all just people who need a little help with their vision. A little outside opinion that gives them that extra edge that they may need to make a success of something. And I am the man to do just that!

Craig Amabello.... The maker of Presidential candidates!.... So damn funny.... I guess you just had to be there.

Hope all you fine Boston folks are having fun... Living life... Enjoying Your Reality.

I know I am for a change.

Hang in there people.... Be kind to your fellow confused humans... & remember,

When the door of life slams shut in your face...... Take that Bazooka outta your pocket & just Blow a hole right through the door & march on in & demand some Respect!

Rock On Keith Richards.

From you very own, Truly Twisted & Demented Reporter of Life & X-Hollywood Reject,
Craig Amabello

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Hello there Beanywood. Yours truly here, Craig Amabello demented reporter and X-Hollywood reject reporting in live, from the Bat cave.

  Its starting to feel like Hollywood all over again. I'm liking that feeling. Calls, meetings, bookings, emails with all kinds of eclectic people, places & gigs.

  September is off to an auspicious start. Phone talks with a long time Massachusetts producer who handed me a gig shooting some local bands for the locobazooka show (featuring Black Sabbath & Alice Cooper) set for next weekend at the Tweeter center.

  A Nice young sweet girl emailed me late last night & said that she needs some publicity stills so that she can try to break into the porn business out in Los Angeles. (thats the 4th girl in 3 weeks that I met that said they were heading off to Hollywood.... Poor kids... little do they know.... The lure of Hollywood to most people... is worse than Heroin is to a Junky).

  A presidential campaign committee gentleman has set up a meeting with me next week to talk about shooting some spots for Tv & Web promo's for a candidate he is handling.

  And a Director in Boston that is working on a cool Mob movie wants me to DP for him next week. Hell, its a No/Lo-pay gig, but if I can fit a couple days into my schedule, I thought it might be interesting to work with some real local film makers out here. (So far all of my attempts to hitch up with Boston film makers have ended up as total abortions. Maybe this one will be different).

  My life is, & always has been, a Hollywood B-movie. A movie that I will soon upgrade into a real life A-List Blockbuster Franchise. Honestly, I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried. Its pretty damn weird being me... But then again It must be pretty damn weird being Owen Wilson to!

  See what Hollywood does to people. And so many of you fine Boston folks can't wait to run out there & get run over by the damn freight train that is Hollywood.

  LA does strange things to good people.

Stay Happy, Be creative & Productive. And don't let the meanies tell you what you can & can not do!

  After several years of being back east & getting absolutely nowhere, I am finally, just now, starting to pick up steam again. The Hollywood Vampires had sucked so much of my life & soul outta me, that it has taken me this long just to recoup my energies & get back on that damn horse again... But as dear ole Steven Tyler would say.... "I'm back in the saddle again... I'm Back!"

Craig Amabello

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