Today, I Ate a Balut.

A balut is a fertilized duck (or chicken) egg with a nearly-developed embryo. It tasted as bad as it sounds.

Two More Reasons Why Clapton is God

Buddy Guy Ain't No Slouch Either

About a year ago I wrote that I met Eric Clapton. In the post I included ten examples why I believe Clapton is God. Well, here's two more. The first example is a pulled from an excellent audience recording from Eric's 1994 "blues" tour. The second example is Eric and Buddy Guy from 1987 and it is one of the down-and-dirtiest, funky, greasy blues numbers you will ever hear. As an added bonus I've included the video of this performance in addition to the complete 13 minute long performance as a mp3 download. Enjoy.

Listen / Download:
Eric Clapton - Black Cat Bone
Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy - Wanna Make Love

Michael Pinches a Loaf

Michael Altobelli is Learning to Crawl

April 28, 2004

Like some unearthed lost Beatles song - here's a little something I created the very first day Michael started to crawl, April 28, 2004. Up until today, I had completely forgotten about this.

Happy 4th Birthday Michael Altobelli

Cousin Harry Altobello's Video Birthday Card

Tear Down The Vet

The Implosion of Veterans Stadium

I created this from some footage I shot the day Veterans Stadium imploded.

Harry Mose's First 258 Days

My brother, Stephen, cooked this up for Mother's Day to make use of the 5,300 of pictures his wife took of their son, Harry Mose. This is from 02/17 to 05/12/2007.

Part I

Part II

Part III

Beatles "Love"

Within You Without You / Tomorrow Never Knows

I listened to the "new" Beatles release today titled "Love." Since the Beatles haven't officially recorded as a band since 1969 I was under the impression that this release was same wine different bottle. I was way wrong.

Love begins with a twittering of birdsong lifted from "Across the Universe." And once the triple-tracked a capella harmonies of "Because" enter, followed by snatches from "A Hard Day's Night" and "The End," leading into a fired-up "Get Back," it became obvious that this was far more than just another Beatles compilation. Now, there's no new Beatles material per se, but the songs are all approached differently--some are cut together in a flawlessly mixed medley, some reassemble different backing tracks and vocal performances to create new spins on old classics; but all the songs are revitalized considerably. Case in point...

Now you may say, "why mess with perfection?" Well, why not? Especially, if the Beatles are backing the idea and their old producer George Martin is behind the controls. That said, I don't know if I would recommend this to brand new Beatles fan. This album is for the folks who really know the music. They're the ones who'll really appreciate this for its creativity.

Listen / Download other Beatles' mash-ups:
Beastie Boys (Beatles power sampled) - The Sounds of Science
Danger Mouse (Jay Z/Beatles mash) - 99 Problems.mp3

Michael Altobelli Talks Trains and Cookies

Three year old Michael Altobelli talks about his trains and his passion for cookies.

Short Martin Mull/Tim Conway joke

From: sma@stephenaltobello.com
Subject: Short Martin Mull/Tim Conway joke
Date: December 29, 2006 11:44:33 AM EST
To: altobelli@comcast.net

Here's a 30 sec. clip I put on YouTube. It's Martin Mull repeating a joke Tim Conway told him. I'm not sure it's so funny because:

1. I can hear Tim Conway tell it OR
2. Martin Mull is so happy telling it
3. it's great that when Tim Conway and Martin Mull got together, they told jokes.

Whatever reason, it's funny.

Messing Around With iMovie Effects

Joey Walks His Way

My son, Joey, took his first steps on September 26, 2006. Here's a week's worth of "first steps" in a minute and a half.

Now You Tree It...Now You Don't

A Day In The Death Of A Tree

Listen / Download:
A Day In The Life Of A Tree - Beach Boys

Hello Baby

Come on, admit it, he's cute ain't he?

The Blizzard of '96

It was ten years ago this weekend that Philadelphia and parts of New Jersey were hammered by the greatest one-storm, snowfall totals ever. In Philadelphia, the storm left 30.7 inches of snow, breaking the old one-storm snowfall total by 9.4 inches - the previous record was the Feb. 11-12, 1983, storm that blanketed the City of Brotherly Love with 21.3 inches of snow. This week's blizzard exceeded the 12 inches of snow left during 1993's so-called "Storm of the Century."

Central Park in New York City recorded 20.2 inches of snow in this storm, making it the third highest snowfall ever there. On parts of nearby Staten Island, N.Y., more than 27 inches of snow fell. LaGuardia International Airport, N.Y., recorded 24 inches of snow, which exceeds the normal for the entire season of 22.6 inches.



Here's some video from that first day of snow:

Halloween 2005

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Strong Like 10,000 Midgets

Believe it or not - this is a happy scream

My First Video Post