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