Casey's Cable from Cambodia

If the tunes from the Dead Babbys have rung a little more hollow since Labor Day, it's because bassist Casey Brumels (Michigan State Univ ’98, MTV ’04, Nanny 911 ’05, Discovery Channel ‘current) has been on his own Amazing Race. In every corner of the globe, Casey's been directing an awesome new show for Discovery Channel called “1000 Places to See Before You Die”. He recently filed this dangerous dispatch:

Hello my brothas...

I had a day off a few days back and hopped in a tuk tuk and told him to take me to fun. In Cambodian, I guess “fun” takes place in an old army depot…For a mere 15 bucks, they assembled a hand grenade for me to throw into the pond out back. They hand you a grenade, tell you to pull the pin and throw it.

Click below to read the whole email....it's good.
Hello my brothas,

I had a day off a few days back and hopped in a tuk-tuk and told him to “take me to fun”. In Cambodian, I guess “fun” takes place in an old army depot about and hour outside of town because that is where he took me. We paid the "guard" at the gate a whopping $1.00 to let us in and we were off and rolling.

This old army depot has a cache of Vietnam era weapons just sitting there, with no one to shoot them and nothing to shoot at. So for a few bucks, they let me shoot them. I started off with an ak-47. When in Cambodia right? I squeezed off a few rounds before the helper guy stopped me and asked if I wanted to really have fun? Again because of language barriers it was hard to understand but he offered me a chicken for $10. )in an Asian accent) "moving target more fun" I agreed a moving target would be more fun but the thought of offing a chicken with an ak was a little weird to me so I said “no”. (Again in an Asian accent) ‘Ok, you want cow then?’ For 300, I could have offed a cow. Again, I declined.

I now know what charlie felt like shooting at us with an AK, and now I wanted to see what the US troops felt like so I had them pull the M-60 off the wall and let the bitch sing. Fully auto, I was working that target like [REDACTED] works a [REDACTED part of the human anatomy]. Good times, good times.

I squeezed off a couple rounds of some 9mm Russian handgun. I held it side ways and called the target a dirty bitch as I was shooting it. IT was cool.

The Class of October 2006

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From the mouth of Criminal Mike:

What do two producers from LA do when they get tired of making reality TV shows? Pack up, leave their apartments on Sunset Blvd vacant, and move into their friend’s living room on South Beach and matriculate in bartending school. Neither intend to actually bartend, but this was the only productive daytime activity they could imagine

Bobby P. and I sacrificed 5 hours a day of beach patrol for 2 weeks to pass our final exams: "Make me a Cosmo, 2 kamikaze shots, and a roasted toasted almond....1 kool-aid shot..etc"

Add a new credit on to our list of Academic Achievements .... Deerfield .. Syracuse .. MTV .. Congress .. Jackass .. Executive Producers .. Production Company founder...and ABC Bartending '06
As always, the best part of any school? The graduation party!






A produced sunset pool party, we enjoyed VIP attendance with Gonzalo (Sharon, MA H.S. '93, Syracuse '97, MTV Bus Development 'current) and Rappa flying in from the west coast.
Whitney Valins (Tampa Prep '02, Cornell '06, Miami Med School '10) chose this special occasion to make her overdue South Beach debut. (Pictured Right) Tampa Prep's headmaster is ex-Deefield faculty member Gordon McLeod

One of the Last Places on Earth I Would Guess...

I never have any clue where you are or even what country you're in, but that is one of the last places on earth I would guess you would go to for vacation. - Ashton Ramsey

The above is what Ashton said to me the day after I got back from a 5 day adventure in Montana . In a rash decision the night before School Picture day in September 1984, my mother let me select the "environmental" background - instead of traditional blue/grey - for my school photo. The "environmental", is the backgroundwith trees growing out of your head. Because they came out so bad, I had to go to Montana 22 years later to get the real thing.

Normal Still Photos in Ofoto here.

Culebra AGAIN

Back to Culebra....amazing place with only 2,000 people accessible only by a van with wings.

Throwback Posting – Hometown of Longmeadow Totally Not Gay

Old School/Grade school Longmedow, Massachusetts friend Matt Friedman (Longmeadow High '94, Univ of Missouri ' 98 , Nascar '99, Golf Channel '06) married Michelle DeLoach (Univ of Florida '99) in Orlando on June 3. In a break from the usual Deerfield, Hollywood, or Miami press coverage usually seen at this time, this is a special presentation of public school, suburbia, "Michael Glazer from the Bar Mitzvah years" posting.

After many years, the Glenbrook Middle school political elites gathered together to reminisce. Pictured from Left: Myself, (School Secretary ’88, defeated for President ’89), Matt (opposing winning campaign manager ’89, Groom ‘06), Longmeadow legend and lifer Brent Thomas (LHS ’94, Colby Lax Coach ’06), and music prodigy Michael Atheneos (Glazer Campaign Manager ’88, Victorious Presidential Opponent to Glazer ’89). A Friday rehearsal dinner preceeded this shot of kamikaze shots at Adobe Gilas bar in Pointe Orlando (site of world record 2200 person Fear Factor Casting Call, August ’01).

Early Saturday morning, Melissa and I rallied to hit the Magic Kingdom and unconsciously trespass on the annual “Gay Days” celebration at Disney World. For someone who has spent years living with male roommates in West Hollywood and South Beach, vacationing in Key West, and working for leftist Democartic Senators and in entertainment, it would be hard to find a couple more friendly and supportive. We embarrassingly forgot to wear our reds, the universal uniform for the massive event that Disney does not officially recognize….so we tried our best to make sure there were no perceived slights emanating…. Our co-visitors at the park truly elevated the day to a unique level of festiveness, people watching, and Small-worlding, Thundermountain Railroading, and Jungle Cruising….

Intellectual inclinations did rear their head with my mandate for a 10:15 AM showing of the Hall of Presidents. We paid homage to the replica portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, to show the love for his lineage.

As you may know, the sitting president in gets a “solo” in the animatronics show to deliver a bland evergreen speech about “The American Spirit” that is attentively watched by the other presidents. Sitting amongst a sea of red shirts listening to electronic George talk about “freedom and tolerance for all ethnic, religious, and social groups” elicited a well deserved wave of snickers, ssssssssssss’s, and general sarcasm – which was group bonding experience.

We filled up an autograph book like the ones we used at overnight Camp to have our new best bro’s like Gepetto sign, talked our way Hollywood style past a line of 50 people to somehow get VIP access to this meet and greet with “Chip”, and marveled at Disney’s production efficiency of queing people perfectly for trams, lines, rides, and food…there are thousands of Assistant Director’s hiding in that theme park.

So after 7 hours of that Saturday’s truly “happiest place on earth” it was a race back to the Rosenplaza Hotel to scrub up for some republican approvable festivities – the “I do’s” of Matt and Michelle, followed by lots of eating, drinking, and talking to a lot of people you don’t know well.


Full Disney World album of photos here.

Baby Chimp Loves Tao

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This weekend I got sucker punched out by a sneaky yet potent case of March Miami Measles. It yanked me off the couch next to DJ AM on the stage at Mansion ...and dropped me wheezing

and sniffling glued to Criminal’s couch for 48 hours. In my absences from both Miami (in general) and also going out, Criminal has adopted a "Baby Chimp" that sleeps in the guest room. When I went down over this weekend, the understudy took over and stepped up big time.

Thanks to Crim and the crew for hosting him all over town during the simultaneous Music Conference/Fashion Week/Spring Break/Tennis Tourney/Spring Miami Homecoming. VH1 just called and I think it's official - "Baby CHIMP had The Best Week Ever".

We tried to call Miami's marquee photographer, Seth Browarnik, to grab worldwide exclusive images for the wires, but still recuperating himself from his bout with some form of microbes....

...please enjoy amateur photos of Baby Chimp's fun at Shore Club, Nocturnal, and Delano at the Kodak Gallery here.

UPDATE: PAGE SIX, NEW YORK POST, PICKS UP ON BABY CHIMP

March 29, 2006
SIGHTINGS . . . SIGHTINGS . . .
SIGHTINGS
VENUS Williams clutching what looked like a Curious George doll at
Prime 112 in South Beach as she greeted basketball's Alonzo Mourning and the
Giants' Plaxico Buress.

UPDATE: 7.9.06 BABY CHIMP HAS POSSE OF FRIENDS ON MYSPACE.COM