tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17568336955922313942024-03-18T18:16:12.427-07:00SeanPaulMurphyVilleThe musings of Sean Paul Murphy: Editor, Producer, Screenwriter, Author. Or, Hollywood -- and beyond -- as seen from an odd little corner of northeast Baltimore, Maryland.Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.comBlogger720125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-69789095781367112822024-03-16T09:07:00.000-07:002024-03-18T06:10:47.724-07:00YKYMP #222: The General<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOt8UcNSzviNoML9aD1QnTa_sunnZAd8NuwBpVeaAr1Hxoq9wXJp6jvT0F8WIAaI_rfNK7q38y9fgMXK9iVbi6dkmHd_B1c1EFqknJu8m3pTBQNGVD6R2SnzEV4CeuTbN4Rrz43DK2APYG0dredXn4pT_3rM9SdK8AsCxkla8Ke1FVDoeV_qqlGZaK8fT9/s1483/The%20General.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1483" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOt8UcNSzviNoML9aD1QnTa_sunnZAd8NuwBpVeaAr1Hxoq9wXJp6jvT0F8WIAaI_rfNK7q38y9fgMXK9iVbi6dkmHd_B1c1EFqknJu8m3pTBQNGVD6R2SnzEV4CeuTbN4Rrz43DK2APYG0dredXn4pT_3rM9SdK8AsCxkla8Ke1FVDoeV_qqlGZaK8fT9/w432-h640/The%20General.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><p>Here's another exciting ZOOM edition of the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1756833695592231394/7017847308521743788#">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a><span>, a lively discussion of the movies that sometimes devolves into a group therapy session.</span></p><p></p><p>Okay, I officially resent my podbrother John. I wanted to be the first one to bring a silent film to the table, but John beat me to the punch with Buster Keaton's 1926 classic <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017925/" target="_blank"><i>The General</i></a>. If you sadly haven't seen a silent film before, this one is an excellent place to start. Check out our review:</p><p style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UB9R3gbYn6Q?si=MeCl-bHHrCHZlkAx" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></p><div>Our Podcast is available on iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast/id1317616002?mt=2">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Subscribe to our YouTube page: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn1coVPOrEu_6At3K5DIsBg">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Check out our webpage: <a href="https://yippeekiyaymotherpodcast.com/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Yippee-Ki-Yay-Mother-Podcast-192338501326681/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast.</a></div><div>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/YKYPodcast">YKYPodcast</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Check out our other episodes here:</div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/p/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast-episodes.html">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast Episode List</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s1600/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="1600" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s400/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can currently buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>.</div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the book trailer:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnU9tuBD7A" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Subscribe on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA" style="text-align: center;">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-27085016341250816592024-03-13T16:27:00.000-07:002024-03-13T16:27:15.392-07:00Redemption Trailer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZf8Z5uonzj0-l2wA32n9E2A2sZbZPEN2P8LFjmP6Z8GcbXDW3JVgrY2RXlFrY9nk4XmIuo1rdmCeJTmf0BBuX5Aqa25kWOUM3BDsnwAK4SD8LLAxGZkVnJQ3tOg6QN6EwXL4EJYLtmN0csQHTyOJfo6Bkr-nRFC4r6_ES8qwrQS8SFFY-7iWrvvZslQ/s1410/Redemption.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="1410" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZf8Z5uonzj0-l2wA32n9E2A2sZbZPEN2P8LFjmP6Z8GcbXDW3JVgrY2RXlFrY9nk4XmIuo1rdmCeJTmf0BBuX5Aqa25kWOUM3BDsnwAK4SD8LLAxGZkVnJQ3tOg6QN6EwXL4EJYLtmN0csQHTyOJfo6Bkr-nRFC4r6_ES8qwrQS8SFFY-7iWrvvZslQ/w400-h173/Redemption.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>I recently found the trailer for a film I co-wrote called Redemption online.</p><p>This film was produced a number of years ago for the Federal Bureau of Investigation to illustrate the threat of homegrown extremist organizations. (In this case, the Sovereign Citizen movement.) I was not the first writer on the project. I thought I was doing an uncredited rewrite so I never mentioned it. However, I recently saw the film and discovered my name in the credits so I felt safe writing about it now.</p><p>I am always grateful to work with the FBI. It has given me the opportunity to use my writing skills to help protect America by exposing the tactics used by foreign intelligence agencies and extremist groups to undermine our nation.</p><p>Here's the trailer:</p><p>
<iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/194377648?h=e457981938" width="640"></iframe></p><p><a href="https://vimeo.com/194377648">FBI "Redemption" trailer</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/rocketmediagroup">Rocket Media Group</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><p>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street" target="_blank">Chapel Street</a> is the tale of a young man battling a demonic entity that has driven members of his family to suicide for generations. It was inspired by an actual haunting. </p><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div>Read about the true haunting that inspired the novel here:<br /><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 1, An Introduction</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_17.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 2, The House</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_27.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 3, This Is Us</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 4, Arrival</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_14.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 5, Methodology</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_20.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 6, Clara's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_25.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 7, Clara's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_59.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 8, My Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_40.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 9, My Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_8.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 10, My Tale, Pt. 3</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 11, Natalia's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 12, Natalia's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 13, John's Tale, Pt. 1 </a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_19.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 14, John's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_23.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 15, Come Inside!</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_30.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 16, Marion's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 17, Marion's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 18, Jeanne's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_15.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 19, Jeanne's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_27.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 20, Lisa's Tale</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 21, Recap, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_22.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 22, Recap, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 23, Recap, Pt. 3</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 24, Bad News Betty</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 25, Joe's Tale</a><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Let's stay in touch:</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Subscribe on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA" style="text-align: center;">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-24424105249681917142024-03-11T12:07:00.000-07:002024-03-11T12:11:10.724-07:00YKYMP #221: All of Us Strangers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xW17TMjcSug8G-6yppkKtdNzwiyji07EB3RoEZSp6YauY3f2_KPA55LXbzaptTeu6kJy78FiioPHn7jhyphenhyphenzLC5zG5lSrP12E3nPAX4odrvXE8ckHmD5AJRRIodsWU6x71qWtuNKw8u73YLGyKftPBGEPv9kFF9gZgG8N8K84nWnhfeB4q4lJePuA8Stxq/s1499/All%20of%20Us%20Strangers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xW17TMjcSug8G-6yppkKtdNzwiyji07EB3RoEZSp6YauY3f2_KPA55LXbzaptTeu6kJy78FiioPHn7jhyphenhyphenzLC5zG5lSrP12E3nPAX4odrvXE8ckHmD5AJRRIodsWU6x71qWtuNKw8u73YLGyKftPBGEPv9kFF9gZgG8N8K84nWnhfeB4q4lJePuA8Stxq/w426-h640/All%20of%20Us%20Strangers.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><p>Here's another exciting ZOOM edition of the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1756833695592231394/7017847308521743788#">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a><span>, a lively discussion of the movies that sometimes devolves into a group therapy session.</span></p><p></p><p>This episode Drew slipped in another film he hadn't seen before: 2023's <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21192142/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_All%2520of%2520" target="_blank"><i>All of Us Strangers</i></a>. It starts off seemingly as a gay romance, but turns into a haunting and unsettling film about loss, grief, loneliness and ultimately death -- I think. It is very moving and very strongly acted film. It is a rare film that surprised me and kept me guessing.... Check out our review:</p><p style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UB9R3gbYn6Q?si=MeCl-bHHrCHZlkAx" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p><div>Our Podcast is available on iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast/id1317616002?mt=2">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Subscribe to our YouTube page: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn1coVPOrEu_6At3K5DIsBg">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Check out our webpage: <a href="https://yippeekiyaymotherpodcast.com/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Yippee-Ki-Yay-Mother-Podcast-192338501326681/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast.</a></div><div>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/YKYPodcast">YKYPodcast</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Check out our other episodes here:</div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/p/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast-episodes.html">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast Episode List</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s1600/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="1600" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s400/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can currently buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>.</div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the book trailer:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnU9tuBD7A" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Subscribe on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA" style="text-align: center;">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-83874123364313643902024-03-05T14:31:00.000-08:002024-03-05T14:31:59.981-08:00YKYMP #220: A Death in the Gunj<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6z4hBEPID14478Zz5vr3DAm4_n2Lt2FvJ10jAZD5KV7yxhhLwHJA4BBVN4eQL541KoMjVcnL8IVdYv8jKf2m89de0qYMkbPVDwxwa1WBAtYTZ98EIF359-zArA4yL8O5WXNEx61CR7q_MLsSddEJs87pGa035vSZAnfkZHY3Bl8yxlZx-bN5TfU9ctjS/s843/Death%20in%20the%20gunj.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="843" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6z4hBEPID14478Zz5vr3DAm4_n2Lt2FvJ10jAZD5KV7yxhhLwHJA4BBVN4eQL541KoMjVcnL8IVdYv8jKf2m89de0qYMkbPVDwxwa1WBAtYTZ98EIF359-zArA4yL8O5WXNEx61CR7q_MLsSddEJs87pGa035vSZAnfkZHY3Bl8yxlZx-bN5TfU9ctjS/w400-h258/Death%20in%20the%20gunj.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Here's another exciting ZOOM edition of the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1756833695592231394/7017847308521743788#">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a><span>, a lively discussion of the movies that sometimes devolves into a group therapy session.</span></p><p></p><p>The Indian Cine-maniacs return to look at 2016's <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5918074/" target="_blank"><i>A Death In The Gunj</i></a>, about a depressed and sensitive college student who makes the mistake of visiting his family during the New Year's holiday. It is a genre-defying film that could be best described as an Indian "independent" film. See what we think of it:</p><p style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/F7WaoGrzpxQ?si=aLJJprCHQCkeYPCf" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p><div>Our Podcast is available on iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast/id1317616002?mt=2">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Subscribe to our YouTube page: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn1coVPOrEu_6At3K5DIsBg">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Check out our webpage: <a href="https://yippeekiyaymotherpodcast.com/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Yippee-Ki-Yay-Mother-Podcast-192338501326681/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast.</a></div><div>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/YKYPodcast">YKYPodcast</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Check out our other episodes here:</div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/p/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast-episodes.html">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast Episode List</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s1600/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="1600" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s400/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can currently buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>.</div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the book trailer:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnU9tuBD7A" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Subscribe on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA" style="text-align: center;">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-79612325249367708692024-03-01T06:54:00.000-08:002024-03-01T06:56:29.870-08:00Writer Tip #42: Scammed, Pt. 2! Headfone <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiha8_9EWxC4zLQVijxX8E4olPNBbS8V1V8JSjvKxQvPITcVidiRFRrONxVcM-uevt4ry1kOXElAzUpNreSR-1XYLRz-Xo64oc_tjs7D9EnDGhlkDDtb46njL8bKw5I1Dy0-juv2Z5Yp2ob4voocO3OR262RMPm0Z4kOB2xntmBJJw6NXwB7pBCFevfC2M0/s445/Headfone%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiha8_9EWxC4zLQVijxX8E4olPNBbS8V1V8JSjvKxQvPITcVidiRFRrONxVcM-uevt4ry1kOXElAzUpNreSR-1XYLRz-Xo64oc_tjs7D9EnDGhlkDDtb46njL8bKw5I1Dy0-juv2Z5Yp2ob4voocO3OR262RMPm0Z4kOB2xntmBJJw6NXwB7pBCFevfC2M0/w360-h640/Headfone%203.png" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>I'm a writer and I'm always looking for someone to pay me to write. That's always been a little more fun than writing on spec.<div><br /></div><div>I've been getting job posts emails from Linkedin for scriptwriters for audio dramas, and I was curious. Who wouldn't want to write a few audio dramas? However, whenever I clicked on the email link, Linkedin would report that the job was no longer available. This was usually only one or two days after the job was posted. Then essentially the same job would be posted again, with slightly different parameters. That's always sketchy, but it made me even more curious. I knew I had to click on the post on the day it first appeared and I finally did. I applied immediately.</div><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately, I did not screengrab of the original job post itself and Linkedin had already pulled it when I went back. However, the same job posted by a different person with a different company name:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vrin1wn-HGw5E7_Jg6-OhKLHVitgdyd0M2E1Hbbw78L3BNRl6fS1MccQYXNtCL7dWP_6GMe6dt9CY9D5gW5X3ca3ZbfYDbXyMYGPEpKjPPPSZlchykWa_fhmHxh8F_ifleBIoegMOXLqEqmq5G0JJYdBCtDzRDm9MhgLuBse6qUWm2z2w7deqneYYhXH/s759/Scammed%205.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="645" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vrin1wn-HGw5E7_Jg6-OhKLHVitgdyd0M2E1Hbbw78L3BNRl6fS1MccQYXNtCL7dWP_6GMe6dt9CY9D5gW5X3ca3ZbfYDbXyMYGPEpKjPPPSZlchykWa_fhmHxh8F_ifleBIoegMOXLqEqmq5G0JJYdBCtDzRDm9MhgLuBse6qUWm2z2w7deqneYYhXH/w544-h640/Scammed%205.png" width="544" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I did get an email response from the company the next day. Here it is:<br /><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt;">Dear Sean,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">Hope you are doing well. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">You applied for the position of Script Writer on Linkedin posted by </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; outline: none;">Script Craft Talent Hub</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">. They have reviewed your profile and shared it with us. Based on your application, we would like to advance you in the process. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">To give you an overview, </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"><a href="http://www.headfone.co.in/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank">Headfone</a><span style="color: #202124; outline: none;"> is an audio drama platform with over 20 million users offering a rich variety of audio drama shows, including genres such as Romance, Thriller, Horror, Drama, Self-help, Comedy, and more. Headfone already has 1000+ American Writers on the platform and is expanding quickly.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">In this role, you will be writing original scripts for audio drama series. An experienced producer will be assigned from the Headfone team to assist with the script, casting and production.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">As a next step, we would like to share a pre-screening assignment with you. If your submission aligns with our expectations, we would be happy to onboard you as a writer. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">_________________________________________________________________________________</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">ASSIGNMENT</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">Disclaimer - </span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">This assignment is only for the screening process, your work will not be utilized by the company for any other purpose.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">Listen to all the episodes of the show - </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"><a href="https://www.headfone.co.in/channel/Night-shift-english/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none;">Night Shift</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; outline: none;"> and write <b style="outline: none;">Episode 6</b> for the show. Refer to the </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rOzFosmeiPVdvPcQrGEUY-Yhh91bqnP_/view?usp=share_link" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none;">Sample script</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; outline: none;"> to understand the format. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">As you would need to listen to the complete series for this assignment, we would like to provide you the discount code ASSIGNMENT90 to unlock the subscription. Please note that this discount code is created only for the purpose of this assignment. Please don't spread this further.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">_________________________________________________________________________________</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">Remuneration Structure - </span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">At Headfone, we operate under a Revenue Sharing Model. This unique system ensures you earn 50% of the subscription amount ($7.99) when a user decides to subscribe via your show's page on our app, ensuring that your earnings are tied directly to the success of your work. E.g. if 100 new users purchase the subscription via your show, you earn $400.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">Please submit the assignment in PDF / Word format as a reply to this email. </span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">We look forward to working with you. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">Best Regards</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">Utkarsh Nigam</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">Content Director, Headfone</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"><a href="http://www.headfone.co.in/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none;">Web</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; outline: none;"> | </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/headfone-premium-audio-dramas/id1621673190" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none;">iOS</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; outline: none;"> | </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.headfone.www.headfone&hl=en_IN&gl=US" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none;">Android</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; outline: none;"> | </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/headfone/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; outline: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none;">Linkedin</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; outline: none;"> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; outline: none;"> </span></p>Okay. So far so good. I'll listen to your sample show. The first episode was free, a policy reminiscent of the one practiced by my local street pharmacist. Here's the screenshot for the show. It looks like the first episode got considerably more listens than the subsequent ones.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjuHPyvr1_uXE8fpltZSb-yxfNjM4nhoKKJi6en1e_czMzhpc-6sr7s64geGSWMBtYOf4761df7K4Fo4a89AjiFHG7yPLBui7MtIjvUYq-oREOFJsJlNAahoyqMGv1twKAHN-N6oz3BnB3lt9y_iIlwLDZfPsu_TQEZe8Ux9lm8nKQ3QCVx9TXDaHAD7U/s869/Headfone%20Scam%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="798" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjuHPyvr1_uXE8fpltZSb-yxfNjM4nhoKKJi6en1e_czMzhpc-6sr7s64geGSWMBtYOf4761df7K4Fo4a89AjiFHG7yPLBui7MtIjvUYq-oREOFJsJlNAahoyqMGv1twKAHN-N6oz3BnB3lt9y_iIlwLDZfPsu_TQEZe8Ux9lm8nKQ3QCVx9TXDaHAD7U/w589-h640/Headfone%20Scam%202.png" width="589" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It wasn't good, but being a writer, I thought it would have better if I had written it. I applied my code to listen to the following episode and got this screen:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeKgK-SXrQrxkdQR4HhLzIwQ5eesSxuCVyYzK1tIvb7eQ9IYhrnPrjNwij3m9JLeWPCMgdb7S6YgNpTaTjazn-TpuOsCWXYaFBwOuNByz0dSBCyMXTqm5DxqETESrGKBPAKJXKpSVm-DLF-uuQVKZYkIJoZpJePmi8ztNRY-ILbw8s3rMzWvJ3dFTphry/s1468/Headfone%20Scam%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="818" data-original-width="1468" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeKgK-SXrQrxkdQR4HhLzIwQ5eesSxuCVyYzK1tIvb7eQ9IYhrnPrjNwij3m9JLeWPCMgdb7S6YgNpTaTjazn-TpuOsCWXYaFBwOuNByz0dSBCyMXTqm5DxqETESrGKBPAKJXKpSVm-DLF-uuQVKZYkIJoZpJePmi8ztNRY-ILbw8s3rMzWvJ3dFTphry/w400-h223/Headfone%20Scam%201.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Danger Will Robinson! An eighty-cent charge to hear the rest of the shows? I wouldn't pay one cent for a job interview, and there's no way I would ever give them my credit card information. </div><div><br /></div><div>Usually, I would respond to the email to get more information, but I didn't feel the need to bother this time. The folks at <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/16rxjvc/anybody_ever_hear_of_headfone/" target="_blank">Reddit</a> did a good job analyzing this so-called opportunity. Some fellow writers actually went through the entire process and finished an audio drama. So this is not a total <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/12/writer-tip-38-scammed.html">scam</a> like the previous one I examined. However, none of the "successful" writers seemed satisfied with the experience or the compensation. I would definitely avoid this opportunity at all costs, and any other one that asks for your credit card information.</div><div><br /></div><div>A pity. They seem to be based in India and I've become quite a fan of Indian cinema. I would have enjoyed working in that milieu.</div><div><br /></div><div>Remember, there's no shortage of people looking to take advantage of writers! Be wary!</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Other Writing Tips:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2009/11/writer-tip-1-first-act.html">Writer Tip #1: The First Act</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2009/12/writer-tip-2-write-for-actors.html">Writer Tip #2: Write For Actors</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2010/02/writer-tip-3-dont-work-for-free.html">Writer Tip #3: Don't Work For Free!</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2010/02/writer-tip-4-make-changes.html">Writer Tip #4: Make The Changes</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2010/04/writer-tip-5-manage-your-expectations.html">Writer Tip #5: Manage Your Expectations</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2011/05/writer-tip-6-hone-your-scripts.html">Writer Tip #6: Hone Your Scripts</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2013/10/writer-tip-7-how-to-make-movies-for.html">Writer Tip #7: How To Make Movies For A Living</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2014/05/writer-tip-8-query-letter.html">Writer Tip #8: The Query Letter</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2014/06/writer-tip-9-nobody-wants-to-see-your.html">Writer Tip #9: Nobody Wants To See Your Crappy Little Movie</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2014/12/writer-tip-10-make-it-real.html">Writer Tip #10: Make It Real</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2014/12/writer-tip-11-start-living-your-life-now.html">Writer Tip #11: Start Living Your Life Now!</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2015/01/writer-tip-12-whos-in-it.html">Writer Tip #12: Who's In It?</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2016/01/writing-tip-13-writing-about-yourself.html">Writer Tip #13: Writing About Yourself</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2016/03/writing-tip-14-no-means-no.html">Writer Tip #14: No Means No!</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/09/writing-tip-15-shark-and-dreamer.html">Writer Tip #15: The Shark and The Dreamer</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/10/writer-tip-15-three-questions.html">Writer Tip #16: Three Questions</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/11/writing-tip-17-attaching-talent.html">Writer Tip #17: Attaching Talent</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/12/writer-tip-18-go-to-movies.html">Writer Tip #18: Go To The Movies!</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/01/writer-tip-19-readers.html">Writer Tip #19: Readers</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/02/writer-tip-20-cross-purposes.html">Writer Tip #20: Cross Purposes</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/05/writing-tip-21-contracts.html">Writer Tip #21: Contracts</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/06/writer-tip-22-backstory.html">Writer Tip #22: Backstory</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/09/writer-tip-23-sometimes-you-have-to-say.html">Writer Tip #23: Sometimes You Have To Say No!</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/09/writer-tip-24-persistence-aka-my.html">Writer Tip #24: Persistence (aka My Writer's Journey)</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/09/writer-tip-25-log-lines.html">Writer Tip #25: Log Lines</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/10/writer-tip-26-character-descriptions.html">Writer Tip #26: Character Descriptions</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/01/writer-tip-27-ampersand-and-and.html">Writer Tip #27: The Ampersand and The And</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/02/writer-tip-28-curse-of-being-nice.html">Writer Tip #28: The Curse of Being Nice</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/02/writer-tip-29-big-triumph.html">Writer Tip #29: The Big Triumph</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/01/writer-tip-30-anatomy-of-query-letter.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #30: Anatomy of a Query Letter</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/writer-tip-30-why-are-you-writing.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #31: Screenplays Vs. Novels</a></div></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/08/writer-tip-32-screenwriting-contests.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #32: Screenwriting Contests</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/01/writer-tip-33-conflict-overload.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #33: Conflict Overload</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/03/writer-tip-34-power-to-say-no.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #34: The Power To Say No</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/07/writer-tip-35-zoom-call.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #35: The ZOOM Call</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/09/writer-tip-36-my-querying-process.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #36: My Querying Process</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/11/writer-tip-37-non-disclosurenon.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #37: Non-Disclosure/Non-Disparagement Agreements</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/12/writer-tip-38-scammed.html">Writer Tip #38: Scammed!</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/02/writer-tip-39-in-praise-of-day-job.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #39: In Praise of the Day Job</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/08/writing-tip-40-advising-producers.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #40: Advising Producers</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2024/01/writing-tip-41-screenwriting-quotes.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #41: Screenwriting Quotes</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2024/02/writer-tip-42-scammed-pt-2-headfone.html">Writer Tip #42: Scammed, Pt. 2! Headfone</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div>Check out my novel<i> Chapel Street</i> on Amazon now:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the book trailer here:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnU9tuBD7A" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-4-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a><br /><br />Let's stay in touch:<br /><br /></div></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Subscribe on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-70727467232772174472024-02-28T08:19:00.000-08:002024-02-28T08:20:03.020-08:00YKYMP #219: Oppenheimer<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbEQ3C-Dt56IvNuX4f8xIbVG4HFm809R8L10CSB_c6poFx05NXzWIHevGLXVh1UeuCzCDkzUtLRxbhcoMxWrGhaOkk6atxNLIh0wfdpkFJy-Cr9Kozyki_z101Y3E76S8ZnRlLdRVIGrb7YhfS-EQvlgYW5CBSNbx2fiDLyLhCw4NZ5bpXrYNjHWOmFhZ/s3454/Oppenheimer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3454" data-original-width="2331" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbEQ3C-Dt56IvNuX4f8xIbVG4HFm809R8L10CSB_c6poFx05NXzWIHevGLXVh1UeuCzCDkzUtLRxbhcoMxWrGhaOkk6atxNLIh0wfdpkFJy-Cr9Kozyki_z101Y3E76S8ZnRlLdRVIGrb7YhfS-EQvlgYW5CBSNbx2fiDLyLhCw4NZ5bpXrYNjHWOmFhZ/w432-h640/Oppenheimer.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here's another exciting ZOOM edition of the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1756833695592231394/7017847308521743788#">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a><span>, a lively discussion of the movies that sometimes devolves into a group therapy session.</span></p><p></p><p>This episode Podmember Drew brings the Oscar-favorite film <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15398776/" target="_blank"><i>Oppenheimer</i></a> to the table. The film was a massive box office and critical hit. Will we think it lives up to the hype? Watch and find out:</p><p style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a45oTHzstqU?si=VT_Azd1JgupRBZPW" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p><div>Our Podcast is available on iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast/id1317616002?mt=2">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Subscribe to our YouTube page: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn1coVPOrEu_6At3K5DIsBg">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Check out our webpage: <a href="https://yippeekiyaymotherpodcast.com/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Yippee-Ki-Yay-Mother-Podcast-192338501326681/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast.</a></div><div>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/YKYPodcast">YKYPodcast</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Check out our other episodes here:</div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/p/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast-episodes.html">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast Episode List</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s1600/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="1600" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s400/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can currently buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>.</div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the book trailer:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnU9tuBD7A" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Subscribe on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA" style="text-align: center;">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-67889525315989906332024-02-23T19:43:00.000-08:002024-02-24T13:41:59.909-08:00First Five: The Mark<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUk8QidY5HPepjZjLcw90v0JaoTsA1bjMjXWLn9lp_pY-er7FiHDOd46ThKx73i977HYXMFqONeSH-y-B2XGBMWj2tIlrKYMsql5ZM1rPvnl_jxSf702Se6whJOWHZy3D4WyF0fUzakY59dS6TlQtqhCVJJ56rSQyZbARDFM5QY_rQzaHbAPHVZ8P7hIR/s825/Revelation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="825" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUk8QidY5HPepjZjLcw90v0JaoTsA1bjMjXWLn9lp_pY-er7FiHDOd46ThKx73i977HYXMFqONeSH-y-B2XGBMWj2tIlrKYMsql5ZM1rPvnl_jxSf702Se6whJOWHZy3D4WyF0fUzakY59dS6TlQtqhCVJJ56rSQyZbARDFM5QY_rQzaHbAPHVZ8P7hIR/w400-h266/Revelation.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I am awfully quick to give advice about screenwriting in this blog. And some people actually accept it. The funny thing is that none of those people have ever read any of my scripts! They might have seen one of my films, but, with a finished film, it is difficult to say who contributed what. Therefore, to help people decide whether my writing advice is any good, I am posting some pages for your pleasure and perusal.</p><p>Inspired by the three-page challenges on the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scriptnotes-podcast/id462495496">Scriptnotes</a> podcast by John August and Craig Mazin, I have decided to post the opening of some of my scripts in a series of blogs. However, rather than three pages, I am going with five pages because I feel that will provide a more accurate appraisal of my writing and the stories. I am not posting the scripts of any of my produced films. That would be complicated legally since those scripts now belong to their respective production companies. These scripts are either new or part of my back catalog. Some are ready to be pitched. Others need a little polishing. But you can read the first five pages now.</p><p><i>The Mark </i>is my second script, and the first one to receive major Hollywood attention. It is a thriller inspired by the Bible's Book of Revelations. Hollywood had previously mined this territory with <i>The Omen</i>, however, the subgenre of End Time films hadn't come into being yet. Had I pursued this script, I might have beat <i>Left Behind</i> to the punch -- both the books and the movies. And I had the chance....</p><p><i>The Mark</i> got genuine interest. An agent at a mid-sized agency that handled directors read it. He really liked it, but they didn't handle writers. Still, he tried to set it up with one of his directors, but he was unsuccessful.</p><p>I found the agent's attitude about the project fascinating. He was Jewish, but he wasn't put-off by the Christian content and themes. He never viewed it as a Christian film. He looked at it as a futuristic <i>Twilight Zone-ish</i> allegory of the Holocaust set in the United States. In fact, he said he felt the script was perhaps a little too Jewish for him!</p><p>That would never happen today. In those days, Christian content and themes were acceptable in projects as long as the story would appeal to the mainstream movie-going public. Nowadays, more Christian films than ever are being made. However, they are considered a small niche and marketed predominately to Christians mainly through outreach to the megachurches. The need for church approval severely limits what is "acceptable" content. It also severely limits the audience. Don't expect mainstream crossover hits anymore.</p><p>I think <i>The</i> Mark would have crossed over. I wish I would have pursued it. I tossed this script into the back catalog because I wrote <i>Then The Judgement</i>, which got a much stronger response. (Then I backed off that script because I was getting an even stronger response to <i>The Long Drive</i>....)</p><p>Oh well. That's the problem with always chasing what's new and shiny....</p><p>Here are the first five pages:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHobZpbLFXVwTFLhyphenhyphen9LyVHroCQ0cp2C5WY81JgBXP-h4YxtS0hfqpUgqg5lIhqRkSpod79nnrKfJm3UXAgDFI2-ZjdlWiYlJQc0_87F3Ejn87QEo6stBWNSsl3tKlmxO621xTckSwTjenx196_5PUIgH71qKPDfP6pBNc12e_b0VB6b-glZduZQB_Ixa6X/s901/Mark%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="620" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHobZpbLFXVwTFLhyphenhyphen9LyVHroCQ0cp2C5WY81JgBXP-h4YxtS0hfqpUgqg5lIhqRkSpod79nnrKfJm3UXAgDFI2-ZjdlWiYlJQc0_87F3Ejn87QEo6stBWNSsl3tKlmxO621xTckSwTjenx196_5PUIgH71qKPDfP6pBNc12e_b0VB6b-glZduZQB_Ixa6X/w440-h640/Mark%201.png" width="440" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0I8fknQzGI9fUHT7KTE-EWiLKup69rW-1CS_hIcCmqhsHShoPy6BAUgWfZqb9tFMbRpRPGtFT-Y89nRV3KkKPVYw1m6XOhtXpjHw3Evl3ii8x78mbyFZFJfhHhsgKu3PJLuuDlxjn8BR_vdS5tL7HH7L3B6Wd4FlGOtltaV9_7E239Uv8ZQ1C_3JXK2_/s919/Mark%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdxXeyuSFdAXx9_EVpXvt_KWFeiBLbUR_RsBeWK6glAuCqgN69G_3b4gAtusJRu5P96D73CFKsNrTG1778sxDUWC3mhLVYEBte4RwQa2k4rEeu_Ak6wFAR_ZzQ9ptXlIjgZNERMDJ9xU4sXKFeV8QPA_A2u2MkNcrR3AwAnQbz5Cf_QPwah51lT-dSv4w/s932/Mark%204.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="631" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdxXeyuSFdAXx9_EVpXvt_KWFeiBLbUR_RsBeWK6glAuCqgN69G_3b4gAtusJRu5P96D73CFKsNrTG1778sxDUWC3mhLVYEBte4RwQa2k4rEeu_Ak6wFAR_ZzQ9ptXlIjgZNERMDJ9xU4sXKFeV8QPA_A2u2MkNcrR3AwAnQbz5Cf_QPwah51lT-dSv4w/w433-h640/Mark%204.png" width="433" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvyDaA0BJHoH9VsQ4xAsNh9IyxWEmV_YpN1rcvUhCcaYy1lcG7Wz4Q598NeYMAN2ixleUOubtPBswR687cG7MAeV7_mynFNOPdTpWkvNeF0oMBdhvJ1Vkd0Sspy5Uww87KUucUZUUp35MqPKd7IEPxbV2IXZSk0-sNXY-ITyAG_XMknRRpe5cQfgRRxHA/s936/Mark%205.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="632" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvyDaA0BJHoH9VsQ4xAsNh9IyxWEmV_YpN1rcvUhCcaYy1lcG7Wz4Q598NeYMAN2ixleUOubtPBswR687cG7MAeV7_mynFNOPdTpWkvNeF0oMBdhvJ1Vkd0Sspy5Uww87KUucUZUUp35MqPKd7IEPxbV2IXZSk0-sNXY-ITyAG_XMknRRpe5cQfgRRxHA/w432-h640/Mark%205.png" width="432" /></a></div><p>I hope you enjoyed those first five pages, If you're interested in reading more, send me an email.</p><div><div>First Fives:</div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2024/02/first-five-mark.html" target="_blank">The Mark</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2024/01/first-five-then-judgement.html" target="_blank">Then The Judgement</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/11/first-five-west-rhodes.html" target="_blank">West Rhodes</a><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/09/first-five-candido.html">Candido</a><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/09/first-five-mr-inside.html" target="_blank">Mr. Inside</a><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/08/first-five-final-table.html" target="_blank">Final Table</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/08/first-five-outer-dark.html" target="_blank">Outer Dark</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/08/first-five-grid.html" target="_blank">The Grid</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/06/first-five-desecrated.html" target="_blank">Desecrated</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/07/first-five-4-sided-triangle.html" target="_blank">The 4 Sided Triangle</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/06/first-five-i-john.html" target="_blank">I, John</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/06/first-five-runaway-heart.html" target="_blank">Runaway Heart</a></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>To read about my journey to "success," read my blog: <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/09/writer-tip-24-persistence-aka-my.html" target="_blank">Persistence, or My Writer's Journey</a></div><div><br /></div><div>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street" target="_blank">Chapel Street</a> is the tale of a young man battling a demonic entity that has driven members of his family to suicide for generations. It was inspired by an actual haunting. </div><div><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div>Read about the true haunting that inspired the novel here:<br /><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 1, An Introduction</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_17.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 2, The House</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_27.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 3, This Is Us</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 4, Arrival</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_14.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 5, Methodology</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_20.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 6, Clara's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_25.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 7, Clara's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_59.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 8, My Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_40.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 9, My Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_8.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 10, My Tale, Pt. 3</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 11, Natalia's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 12, Natalia's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 13, John's Tale, Pt. 1 </a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_19.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 14, John's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_23.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 15, Come Inside!</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_30.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 16, Marion's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 17, Marion's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 18, Jeanne's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_15.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 19, Jeanne's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_27.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 20, Lisa's Tale</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 21, Recap, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_22.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 22, Recap, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 23, Recap, Pt. 3</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 24, Bad News Betty</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 25, Joe's Tale</a><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Let's stay in touch:</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Subscribe on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA" style="text-align: center;">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-12139208034760405872024-02-20T12:21:00.000-08:002024-02-20T12:21:01.373-08:00YKYMP #218: LOTR: The Return of the King<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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group therapy session.</span></p><p></p><p>We already inflicted the first two Lord of the Rings films on our fantasy-hating podmaster Ralph. It was inevitable that we would bring him the magnificent capstone of the trilogy, 2003's <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167260/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_the%2520return" target="_blank"><i>LOTR: Return of the King</i></a>. How will he react? Watch and find out:</p><p style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fqzIlRfE0i8?si=MZGccrYKwwSBXpJO" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p><div>Our Podcast is available on iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast/id1317616002?mt=2">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Subscribe to our YouTube page: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn1coVPOrEu_6At3K5DIsBg">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Check out our webpage: <a href="https://yippeekiyaymotherpodcast.com/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Yippee-Ki-Yay-Mother-Podcast-192338501326681/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast.</a></div><div>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/YKYPodcast">YKYPodcast</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Check out our other episodes here:</div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/p/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast-episodes.html">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast Episode List</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s1600/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="1600" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s400/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can currently buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>.</div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the book trailer:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnU9tuBD7A" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Subscribe on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA" style="text-align: center;">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-85101778984506821242024-02-10T07:55:00.000-08:002024-02-10T07:55:13.564-08:00YKYMP #217: My Name Is Khan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdB0ZHr5-u80wXF_QKfnBCRo2F3KxI87l5amC7PL18yb0Lu1N1HYZyggCHcaTf_PDFk5JlkUAX8GQugp5IFaYrAc5oTkEAgfK3a6iOcDDGgYBJFPyf2v4pE-cozqZoAJIb8r7ROwqkpwKmgNsWX_9xn9HPJgKqXSaxv5XB2E0jRWhyphenhyphenRsjIOvF_TNefEWtG/s2048/My%20Name%20Is%20Khan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1382" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdB0ZHr5-u80wXF_QKfnBCRo2F3KxI87l5amC7PL18yb0Lu1N1HYZyggCHcaTf_PDFk5JlkUAX8GQugp5IFaYrAc5oTkEAgfK3a6iOcDDGgYBJFPyf2v4pE-cozqZoAJIb8r7ROwqkpwKmgNsWX_9xn9HPJgKqXSaxv5XB2E0jRWhyphenhyphenRsjIOvF_TNefEWtG/w432-h640/My%20Name%20Is%20Khan.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><p>Here's another exciting ZOOM edition of the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1756833695592231394/7017847308521743788#">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a><span>, a lively discussion of the movies that sometimes devolves into a group therapy session.</span></p><p></p><p>This week we put our India Cine-maniacs hats back on and watch the film <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1188996/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_3_nm_5_q_My%2520Name%2520Is%2520Khan" target="_blank"><i>My Name Is Khan</i></a>, starring Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan. It's the story of a Muslim immigrant from India to the United States, who suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, that faces harassment and travails after 9/11. An interesting look at America from an Indian viewpoint. Here's our review:</p><p style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HhS9za9o83A?si=qbGfMy0TDenSFD-P" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p><div>Our Podcast is available on iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast/id1317616002?mt=2">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Subscribe to our YouTube page: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn1coVPOrEu_6At3K5DIsBg">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Check out our webpage: <a href="https://yippeekiyaymotherpodcast.com/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Yippee-Ki-Yay-Mother-Podcast-192338501326681/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast.</a></div><div>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/YKYPodcast">YKYPodcast</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Check out our other episodes here:</div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/p/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast-episodes.html">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast Episode List</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s1600/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="1600" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s400/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can currently buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>.</div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the book trailer:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnU9tuBD7A" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Subscribe on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA" style="text-align: center;">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-67085865527543213852024-02-09T06:45:00.000-08:002024-02-09T18:58:24.106-08:00My 10 Favorite Indian Films<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYI9o5lTQWm-tlHl8-kEnnMdlvIzsQ0dfadgQjquLv9EkpkfzTbCY3CmExZzwA0nfLpWhI5B3Al6d-KeRYl3pqxQLLh1UM9DTPnTIvb0IcYbTUZrZNf5toQII86mLJ8CgwDvAqfKEtGR1UqCy0-FDycMqJ9erK2gtjwuASR0Gzsx_3JnxIpF92NOxLvi0e/s1600/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="1600" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYI9o5lTQWm-tlHl8-kEnnMdlvIzsQ0dfadgQjquLv9EkpkfzTbCY3CmExZzwA0nfLpWhI5B3Al6d-KeRYl3pqxQLLh1UM9DTPnTIvb0IcYbTUZrZNf5toQII86mLJ8CgwDvAqfKEtGR1UqCy0-FDycMqJ9erK2gtjwuASR0Gzsx_3JnxIpF92NOxLvi0e/w400-h86/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast was unexpectedly invigorated during our "Never Seen" series, where members of the group brought films to the table that they had never seen. Mother Podcaster Drew brought the Indian film <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8178634/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_RRR" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>RRR</i></b></a> to the table and it blew us all away, and brought us a legion of Indian fans. We decided to take a deep dive into Indian cinema, guided by the suggestions of our YouTube audience. <div><br /></div><div>The viewers have shared a number of wonderful films with us, which have taught us a great deal about India and its diverse culture. We sometimes made culturally ignorant or insensitive remarks in our reviews, but fortunately most of our viewers have forgiven us. They know we're on a learning curve!</div><div><br /></div><div>One thing we have learned is not to refer to all Indian films as Bollywood. The term Bollywood only accurately describes a portion of the Indian film business. India has many official languages and each major language group has its own cinema. In addition to the language differences, the cultural differences from various sections of the country also show up in the films. There is no one "Indian" film.</div><div><br /></div><div>This list consists of my ten favorite films we have reviewed to date on the podcast. For the most part, it reflects my own personal taste. However, I do take into account the "accessibility" of the film for the American audience. There are certain films I believe are better entry points into Indian cinema than others. This list reflects that opinion.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here they are:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TbW99gmm9d0StA8vcT__QuEe-oDk5ECA76o4szoBGsGIbIuXELaNG423P8WkyL1b3z7maSkUtNjCR7OrSM8-ly-n71NpCdzlDcoUmuh_Dgb1EzwOZa15J1frh9dnPPyiUY1CbDQzdGkm17FVufsQooDFGLgJeAgkKoriRB34aC0bCfEsO_bVCFdx1-wP/s1170/Omkara%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="780" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TbW99gmm9d0StA8vcT__QuEe-oDk5ECA76o4szoBGsGIbIuXELaNG423P8WkyL1b3z7maSkUtNjCR7OrSM8-ly-n71NpCdzlDcoUmuh_Dgb1EzwOZa15J1frh9dnPPyiUY1CbDQzdGkm17FVufsQooDFGLgJeAgkKoriRB34aC0bCfEsO_bVCFdx1-wP/w266-h400/Omkara%201.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">10. <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488414/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_3_q_Omkara"><i><b>OMKARA</b></i></a>, 2006<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Directed by <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0080235/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Vishal Bhardwaj</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">155 minutes/Hindi language</div><div><br /></div><i>Omkara</i> is a gripping and faithful adaptation of Shakespeare's <i>Othello</i> set in modern day rural Uttar Pradesh, where a powerful political enforcer's loyalty is tested when he becomes entangled in a web of deceit, betrayal, and tragic misunderstandings.<div><br /></div><div>In the podcast, we've watched a few Indian Shakespeare adaptations. This is my favorite because of the powerful performance by Ajay Devgn, who has become my favorite Indian actor. He has tremendous charisma.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's our podcast on the film:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/O15d7hOkH1Y?si=okr2bEYZCnIpq866" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDx3jCbhbZBq9o4U-A8mhUmTbbjz6cqytnakvEM7Tfn9quxKN-4g4_YJ4Zjyheujt3887Wqyd3Z6VTiP9_AdkVngcqoX1IBzC_OaMXhdtQAVOXvfg0EPYIxspfZKpF2eLIUmUydmDgPo8mMwqicL7ipuTvXUHUJ-p6gH6haeRc-KWJ8-HPcU-tLC9jJNO7/s900/Sardar%20Udham%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDx3jCbhbZBq9o4U-A8mhUmTbbjz6cqytnakvEM7Tfn9quxKN-4g4_YJ4Zjyheujt3887Wqyd3Z6VTiP9_AdkVngcqoX1IBzC_OaMXhdtQAVOXvfg0EPYIxspfZKpF2eLIUmUydmDgPo8mMwqicL7ipuTvXUHUJ-p6gH6haeRc-KWJ8-HPcU-tLC9jJNO7/w320-h400/Sardar%20Udham%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">9. <b><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10280296/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_2_q_Sardar" target="_blank"><i>SARDAR UDHAM</i></a>, </b>2021</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Directed by <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1999473/?ref_=tt_ov_dr">Shoojit Sircar</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">162 minutes/Hindi language</div><div><br /></div>Udham Singh, a revolutionary freedom fighter, goes to England to avenge the infamous Jallianwala Bagh massacre through assassination.</div><div><br /></div><div>The scope and seriousness of this historical drama will come as a surprise to people who dismiss Indian cinema as strictly musical, romantic comedies. This is a film that asks important questions like when does violence become justified in face of cruel oppression. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here's our podcast on the film:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1LJOeLHEkFs?si=lBKf9nybT-qA1GEz" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8y1ATH0xNOPIat8R4hPWGiF8wRJv1-hkbH4vnCz8T2TTvBfF0ZB-erMw7D2X52PgOGAUHyFMNRiA0Ltdh4wYAhl-TCKl2PVHdqmKPyKFaY7ASbH3AL4S7d5jSHa-1yVj1p9tChbujzFaFx_C27RaR7iXnwXNMucA1EghfEtB-tZGZMOjCeQwDsl6zVoi/s2048/Lunchbox%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1391" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8y1ATH0xNOPIat8R4hPWGiF8wRJv1-hkbH4vnCz8T2TTvBfF0ZB-erMw7D2X52PgOGAUHyFMNRiA0Ltdh4wYAhl-TCKl2PVHdqmKPyKFaY7ASbH3AL4S7d5jSHa-1yVj1p9tChbujzFaFx_C27RaR7iXnwXNMucA1EghfEtB-tZGZMOjCeQwDsl6zVoi/w271-h400/Lunchbox%201.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">8. <b><i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2350496/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_The%2520Lunch" target="_blank">THE LUNCHBOX</a>,</i></b> 2013</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Directed by <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3592235/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Ritesh Batra</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">105 minutes/Hindi language</div><div><br />Mumbai has a unique delivery system set up that allows wives to send hot lunches to their working husbands. An unexpected and heartwarming friendship through handwritten notes arises after an emotionally neglected housewife's lunches are delivered instead to a lonely office worker.</div><div><br /></div><div>This soft-spoken romantic drama is anchored by great performances by the late, great Irrfan Kahn, who appeared in Hollywood's Jurassic Park and Spiderman franchises, and the lovely Nimrat Kaur. Very touching.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's our podcast on the film:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b7JWYqZ-Pks?si=oeyYUJHGftm8acsH" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisByN4ceJ94ci0a1Fy1t7HfSzpl_UYyAGM3Y0Tce-lchKoJQ7OI7y57VEzQCnU3KA02DpcLm37rPGHGzC-tgVJstPwEucxk0RdA4hkP3XyfNIaZW-QgSpORnLEzDTnWz-3J5hkka6tVCRgtCRfXQLwXRfbN4tEyeTNQAxQslnr17vLa_MUFkAraqsoZoPk/s1200/Drishyam%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="630" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisByN4ceJ94ci0a1Fy1t7HfSzpl_UYyAGM3Y0Tce-lchKoJQ7OI7y57VEzQCnU3KA02DpcLm37rPGHGzC-tgVJstPwEucxk0RdA4hkP3XyfNIaZW-QgSpORnLEzDTnWz-3J5hkka6tVCRgtCRfXQLwXRfbN4tEyeTNQAxQslnr17vLa_MUFkAraqsoZoPk/w336-h640/Drishyam%201.jpg" width="336" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4430212/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_28_act" target="_blank">DRISHYAM</a>,</i></b> 2015<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Directed by <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1723225/?ref_=tt_ov_dr">Nishikant Kamat</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">163 minutes/Hindi Language</div><div><br /></div><i>Drishyam</i> is a gripping thriller where a common man's quick thinking and resourcefulness are put to the test when his family becomes entangled in a crime, forcing him to use his wits to outsmart the police and protect his loved ones.<div><br /></div><div>This is not the original version of the film. Because of the many languages in India, successful films are often remade with different casts in different languages. I saw the original film and I liked that version too. However, this version features Ajay Devgn, my favorite Indian actor, and Tabu, my favorite Indian actress, so I am including this one.<br /><br /></div><div>I am not surprised this film has been remade repeatedly in India. It has also been remade in China. What surprises me is that it hasn't been remade in America yet. This film would be a huge success in the United States as well.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's our podcast about the film:</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GNmKyzICsck?si=HrMhAVDbSZViryaL" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCGlXwhqoXbtPaylPqD-4BDwI0KTb7Wl-KNeY8n6tZwV-gWSWQSKu4nO2Mgr8v2mq_yNyIGz16QfRIv1FFCsiK3X3aWHg9tTIfx-xnaEVHZXz5NeukgdX9udPwHnoBw4vgDkReJHvhg7GVxniDDN5WylQYQbjy7mZxl6Js6kITnW2uxFLblI3vp1QTZ95/s1445/Andhadhun.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1445" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCGlXwhqoXbtPaylPqD-4BDwI0KTb7Wl-KNeY8n6tZwV-gWSWQSKu4nO2Mgr8v2mq_yNyIGz16QfRIv1FFCsiK3X3aWHg9tTIfx-xnaEVHZXz5NeukgdX9udPwHnoBw4vgDkReJHvhg7GVxniDDN5WylQYQbjy7mZxl6Js6kITnW2uxFLblI3vp1QTZ95/w276-h400/Andhadhun.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8108198/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank">ANDHADHUN</a>, 2018<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Directed by <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1437189/?ref_=tt_ov_dr">Sriram Raghavan</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">139 minutes/Hindi Language</div><div><br /></div><i>Andhadhun</i> is a darkly comedic thriller where a supposedly visually impaired pianist unwittingly becomes embroiled in a murder, blurring the lines between reality and deception in a twisted tale of crime and consequences.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>I don't want to say too much about the plot, but this is a highly-entertaining film. It's both funny and suspenseful. I have discovered that Indian filmmakers aren't afraid to make huge tonal changes, but the plot of this film takes a few surprising left hand turns too. You will find yourself saying, "Whaaaaaat?" But it all pays off, even if the narrative viewpoint can't be entirely trusted. Great performance by femme fatale Tabu.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is another film begging for an American remake. I'd be happy to write the script!</div><div><br /></div><div>Here is our podcast about the film:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oBlM4-g0DcY?si=yEM7yysPQJpV6Hbp" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5kYEcmLH57Ue7tsdJKJWnKNEZVIpx2KuROC4u3ozXIc-eNrYwoPsNtBWt_lksMZM-DLO0DULUFeJDbwiitbdBD2n10m6mJlZUvdU2esmdajg-0EMemtuxC4cnl8zaT2QXE-K8oRtO9AeCQsdL83qdbQLzgksF4kYCAcMqQYZadLdX86ZJhOypEHMl8IY/s731/RRR%20v1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="585" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5kYEcmLH57Ue7tsdJKJWnKNEZVIpx2KuROC4u3ozXIc-eNrYwoPsNtBWt_lksMZM-DLO0DULUFeJDbwiitbdBD2n10m6mJlZUvdU2esmdajg-0EMemtuxC4cnl8zaT2QXE-K8oRtO9AeCQsdL83qdbQLzgksF4kYCAcMqQYZadLdX86ZJhOypEHMl8IY/w320-h400/RRR%20v1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">1. <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8178634/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_RRR"><b><i>RRR</i></b></a>, 2022</div><div style="text-align: center;">Directed by <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1442514/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">S.S. Rajamouli</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">187 minutes/Telugu language</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>In this historical fantasy, director S.S. Rajamouli wonders what might have happened if two Indian pre-independence freedom fighters, who never met in real life, teamed up to fight the British. Imagine George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, both endowed with superhuman fighting skills, taking on the British army by themselves. That's what we have here.</div><div><br /></div><div>Although this was the film that won me over to modern Indian cinema, I hesitated putting it at the top of the list because I am not sure it is as accessible as the previous two films. For example, early in the film the mother of a child being stolen by the British governor is brutally beaten. I think a lot of folks would stop watching the film right there. Like many Indian films, this one undergoes huge tonal shifts that might be off-putting to Western audiences. </div><div><br /></div><div>Primarily <i>RRR</i> is a serious film about colonialism and oppression, but it is also an action film, and the action sequences are amazing, but it is also a romance and, more importantly, a bromance laced with comedy and dance numbers. In fact, one of the songs won an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Check it out:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OsU0CGZoV8E?si=QgAfDChllZZeuxAZ" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>If that number doesn't make you want to see the film, I don't know what will.</div><div><br /></div><div>I decided to place this film at the top of the list primarily because it exemplifies so many of the passionate strengths of Indian cinema. It is a must see.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's out podcast about the film:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2vpqN6JoxU4?si=B4Vf9ZLlFQUrBxs6" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Check out other episodes of the podcast here:</div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/p/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast-episodes.html">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast Episode List</a></div></div><div><div><p>Here are my other lists:</p><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/02/top-10-comedies-of-2000s.html">Top 10 Comedies of the 2000s</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/01/top-10-comedies-of-1990s.html">Top 10 Comedies of the 1990s</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/12/top-10-comedies-of-1980s.html">Top 10 Comedies of the 1980s</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/12/top-10-comedies-of-1970s.html">Top 10 Comedies of the 1970s</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/01/top-10-comedies-of-1960s.html">Top 10 Comedies of the 1960s</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/01/top-10-comedies-of-1950s.html">Top 10 Comedies of the 1950s</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/02/top-10-comedies-of-1940s.html">Top 10 Comedies of the 1940s</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/03/top-10-comedies-of-1930s.html">Top 10 Comedies of the 1930s</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/11/top-10-horror-films-of-2010s-so-far.html">Top 10 Horror Films of the 2010s</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/09/top-10-horror-films-of-2000s.html">Top 10 Horror Films of the 2000s</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/07/top-10-horror-films-of-1990s.html">Top 10 Horror Films of the 1990s</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/05/top-10-horror-films-of-1980s.html">Top 10 Horror Films of the 1980s</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/06/top-10-horror-films-of-1970s.html">Top 10 Horror Films of the 1970s</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/08/top-10-horror-movies-of-1960s.html">Top 10 Horror Films of the 1960s</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/09/top-10-horror-films-of-1950s.html">Top 10 Horror Films of the 1950s</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/09/top-15-horror-films-of-1930s-1940s.html">Top 15 Horror Films of the 1930s and 1940s</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/my-10-favorite-james-bond-films.html">My 10 Favorite James Bonds Films</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/04/my-10-favorite-faith-based-films.html">My 10 Favorite Faith Based Films</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/08/my-10-favorite-laurel-hardy-shorts.html">My 10 Favorite Laurel & Hardy Shorts</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/11/my-10-favorite-alfred-hitchcock-films.html" target="_blank">My 10 Favorite Alfred Hitchcock Films</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/06/my-10-favorite-train-movies.html" target="_blank">My 10 Favorite Train Films</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-10-favorite-indian-films.html" target="_blank">My 10 Favorite Indian Films</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-10-worst-films-i-paid-to-see.html" target="_blank">The 10 Worst Films I Paid To See!</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/11/my-5-favorite-westerns.html">My 5 Favorite Westerns</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/09/seven-guy-films.html">7 Guy Films</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2009/10/20-movies-or-confessions-of-misspent.html">20 Films, or Confessions of a Misspent Youth</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-marx-brothers-films-ranked.html">The Marx Brothers Films Ranked</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-chaplin-mutual-shorts-ranked.html">The Chaplin Mutual Shorts Ranked</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/12/beatles-albums-ranked.html">Beatles Albums Ranked</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/02/my-20-favorite-beatles-songs.html">My 20 Favorite Beatles Songs</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/02/my-5-least-favorite-beatles-songs.html">My 5 Least Favorite Beatles Songs</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/01/my-5-favorite-rolling-stones-albums.html">My 5 Favorite Rolling Stones Albums</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2016/01/my-five-favorite-dylan-albums.html">My 5 Favorite Dylan Albums</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/08/top-5-songs-that-depressed-me-as-kid.html" target="_blank">Top 5 Songs That Depressed Me As A Kid</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2014/10/halloween-recommends.html">Halloween Recommends</a><br /></div></div><div><br /><div>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can currently buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>.</div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the book trailer:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnU9tuBD7A" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Let's stay in touch:</div><div><br /></div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a><br />Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a><br />Subscribe on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-86822843364749161892024-02-06T04:26:00.000-08:002024-02-06T04:26:17.394-08:00YKYMP #216: LOTR: The Two Towers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguADw9lVaUjxgZ2unqQUgLrwXote40RN4ALWACen0oTOdwy898ixnQaPawRRuvTRlRPLC7QFpFleS_hecFS2HeQsxwr6vEZzYbGHiZ9yU9JBUuDOH2DhwZiAIOetCh_a_lXcDaZQ0lE28WnZTB8h-w5z5MbONlKer8d-CeMNvw_OPd8oGlrTu6Y8XH6kWK/s1556/Two%20Towers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1556" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguADw9lVaUjxgZ2unqQUgLrwXote40RN4ALWACen0oTOdwy898ixnQaPawRRuvTRlRPLC7QFpFleS_hecFS2HeQsxwr6vEZzYbGHiZ9yU9JBUuDOH2DhwZiAIOetCh_a_lXcDaZQ0lE28WnZTB8h-w5z5MbONlKer8d-CeMNvw_OPd8oGlrTu6Y8XH6kWK/w412-h640/Two%20Towers.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><p>Here's another exciting ZOOM edition of the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1756833695592231394/7017847308521743788#">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a><span>, a lively discussion of the movies that sometimes devolves into a group therapy session.</span></p><p></p><p>Surprisingly, Ralph liked <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120737/" target="_blank"><i>The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring</i></a>. He was willing to move on with the trilogy, provided we went with the original theatrical versions and not the extended editions. I agreed and chose the second film: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167261/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_The%2520Two%2520Towers" target="_blank">The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</a>. Here's our review:</p><p style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rk2pFFOkCkU?si=NSaKd1COV64CNADh" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p><div>Our Podcast is available on iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast/id1317616002?mt=2">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Subscribe to our YouTube page: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn1coVPOrEu_6At3K5DIsBg">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Check out our webpage: <a href="https://yippeekiyaymotherpodcast.com/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Yippee-Ki-Yay-Mother-Podcast-192338501326681/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast.</a></div><div>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/YKYPodcast">YKYPodcast</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Check out our other episodes here:</div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/p/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast-episodes.html">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast Episode List</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s1600/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="1600" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s400/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can currently buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>.</div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the book trailer:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnU9tuBD7A" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Subscribe on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA" style="text-align: center;">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-15365171963064816452024-01-27T17:08:00.000-08:002024-01-28T11:02:22.406-08:00YKYMP #215: LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEyeJ5dNkdQgrCjrioaoD52z31mvFhf0Ylx5StIVkZ2Q0PCmBitleEF_OIsMK-iU3zW4BEcDJUtHGquJPJ-Y-BcJ0ukfrUqQWBvLHFFI7tUSpJMzp2WdRLVdlEqrSF7OXhbcX_TlQ5krWBRv2KE86Kh8KJ9FDFoAciEt3-E6HauLYtGwSkvPr5N8m42ZH/s800/LOTR%20Fellowship.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="539" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEyeJ5dNkdQgrCjrioaoD52z31mvFhf0Ylx5StIVkZ2Q0PCmBitleEF_OIsMK-iU3zW4BEcDJUtHGquJPJ-Y-BcJ0ukfrUqQWBvLHFFI7tUSpJMzp2WdRLVdlEqrSF7OXhbcX_TlQ5krWBRv2KE86Kh8KJ9FDFoAciEt3-E6HauLYtGwSkvPr5N8m42ZH/w432-h640/LOTR%20Fellowship.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><p>Here's another exciting ZOOM edition of the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1756833695592231394/7017847308521743788#">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a><span>, a lively discussion of the movies that sometimes devolves into a group therapy session.</span></p><p></p><p>Ralph doesn't like fantasy films. Nor does he like hairy feet. Therefore, John couldn't resist picking <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120737/" target="_blank"><i>The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring</i></a>. To increase the pain, he picked the extended edition. Did Ralph survive? Watch and find out:</p><p style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lwhrkNlkTE0?si=xw0lCiVQnDdLwcW4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p><div>Our Podcast is available on iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast/id1317616002?mt=2">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Subscribe to our YouTube page: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn1coVPOrEu_6At3K5DIsBg">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Check out our webpage: <a href="https://yippeekiyaymotherpodcast.com/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Yippee-Ki-Yay-Mother-Podcast-192338501326681/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast.</a></div><div>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/YKYPodcast">YKYPodcast</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Check out our other episodes here:</div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/p/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast-episodes.html">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast Episode List</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s1600/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="1600" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s400/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can currently buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>.</div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the book trailer:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnU9tuBD7A" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Subscribe on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA" style="text-align: center;">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-31967005645913120382024-01-25T14:15:00.000-08:002024-01-25T14:22:44.012-08:00Sean Paul Murphy: (Failed) Songwriter, Pt. 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqx4nK69y1xW9kAi7TOPn7SQjhsiOcM7rDiFIR7pdwndEYJHYGsepcnx76eOUJjcdYzNhYXEtAMmK56f29m0U6iQiscvoR8dDq6iXc9npGvDF43rzaJR4VAH_2Xcfj57MJad1wWjHYWHCaY52n3NBpPvJDr6k788s9-jGTgWduT5Sxu-UsAL9TxqOTEidE/s2048/Sean%20Red%20Guitar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqx4nK69y1xW9kAi7TOPn7SQjhsiOcM7rDiFIR7pdwndEYJHYGsepcnx76eOUJjcdYzNhYXEtAMmK56f29m0U6iQiscvoR8dDq6iXc9npGvDF43rzaJR4VAH_2Xcfj57MJad1wWjHYWHCaY52n3NBpPvJDr6k788s9-jGTgWduT5Sxu-UsAL9TxqOTEidE/w400-h266/Sean%20Red%20Guitar.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>This is my second blog about my "career" as a songwriter. Check out Part 1 here: <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/09/sean-paul-murphy-failed-songwriter.html" target="_blank">Sean Paul Murphy: (Failed) Songwriter</a></p><p>A friend of mine wrote a book. He gave me a copy and said, with pride, "That no one would learn anything about him by reading it." I found that attitude shocking. To me, it is antithetical to everything I believe as a writer. It's a busy world filled with many things to do. I think if someone is willing to read a book I wrote, they deserve everything I've got. I feel I must spill my blood on the page for them, both in effort and personal commitment. So far, all of my published work has been very personal and very real.</p><p>I wrote my memoir, <a href="https://a.co/d/gM37hA6" target="_blank"><i>The Promise, or the Pros and Cons of Talking with God</i></a>, after a near death experience. I had previously been a very private person, emotionally, but I felt the need to tell my story, warts and all. I tried to be as emotionally transparent as possible with that book. One place I never had to worry about being emotionally transparent was in my songs.</p><p>To me, songwriting is a purely emotive form of writing -- at least to me. I don't remember writing many abstract songs outside of my own experience. I generally wrote about what I was feeling at the moment. I guess that's why I am writing these blogs -- as an addendum to my memoir.</p><p>The majority of the songs in part one dealt with the primary romantic relationship I discussed in my memoir. However, the emotions they displayed were colored by male bravado. I fully intended to perform anything I wrote during that period with my band. I knew the guys would reject anything too weepy or sentimental. I had to put on a harder shell.</p><p>The songs in this blog are more personal and vulnerable. Like the songs in part one, they were inspired by real people and real relationships. By the early nineties, I had started meeting women online on AOL. These songs were about them and for them. Each of these pieces had an intended audience of one. As a result, the songs tend to be very raw and honest. And immediate. Most of these songs are responses to something that happened the day I wrote them.</p><p>Most of these songs began simply as poems. That shouldn't be surprising. When I started on the Internet, it still took twenty minutes to download a single photo. It was much easier to send a poem in an email than record a song, upload it and hope your intended had the right program to play it. Text was much easier.</p><p>As I recorded these songs for this blog, I realized I had accomplished a musical goal of mine. When I was playing with my band, I dreamed of writing a song cycle about the life of a romantic relationship starting with the couple meeting, falling in love before ultimately breaking up. I never accomplished it. Because of my emotional state, I could write endless break-up songs, but I couldn't write the happy ones. These songs, taken in whole, managed to accomplish my goal! In a way, this blog might serve as an outline for my intended second memoir.</p><p>One way or another, all of the following were inspired by a personal ad I found on America Online. Actually, my old friend Bob Burgess found the ad first. He responded, and, obviously not afraid of the competition, said I should too! Here's the ad:</p><i>Subj: serenity.....</i><div><i>Date: 93-10-31 10:02:50 EST</i></div><div><i>From: Mandy1964</i></div><div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Hi, I am an attractive 37 year old lady who is looking for that attractive, sweet, exciting fellow to share my moonlight with..........My porch swing is empty now, and needs someone to share the joy, the sweetness of life, and many other good things that life has too offer.......I have MANY varied interests, hiking, listening to music, walks in the fields, holding hands, swimming, reading great novels, having pleasant weekends in Harper's Ferry browsing, just enjoying someone's company.</i><div><i> If you feel good about yourself, and want a special someone to share some happiness with, please write back..........Hurry before the moon goes down.</i></div><div><br /></div><div>That sounded like heaven to me. I wrote her. I don't know if Bob ever got a response, but I did. Emails followed. Before long, Mandy sent a picture that encouraged me. Then I sent her a picture that didn't scare her off. Before long, we were sharing our deepest thoughts on long phone calls. Things were going so well, I began to fear that real life couldn't possibly live up to what we had already experienced. Hence this first song:</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>THE MOUNTAINTOP</i></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Words and Music by</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sean Paul Murphy</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] When you start on a mountaintop</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] is there no way to go but down?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D7] Must you trade the heights?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] for the boring [G] ground?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It takes a lot of faith to step onto a cloud</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>If you’re not careful, it’ll be your shroud</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The heights can be frightening and the fall deadly steep</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>with one unwary step, you’ll lie a broken heap</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But you can close your eyes step into the mist</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and float on a cloud as soft as a kiss</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>No, not alone, you can't reach that goal</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>to heavy, I think, is a single soul</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>but two souls together, how can they miss?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by holding and lifting each other into bliss</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I step from the mountain, my eyes fixed on you</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Keep me from falling, please hold me true</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>For if I must fall, into your arms let it be</i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>in joy and wonder, wrap them around me</i></div><p>Here I am singing the song:</p><p style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ulLcQweL_xk?si=dHvMyxbqe5dvYBgg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>We were fated to meet. Here's a song based on the poem I sent her before that fateful night:</p><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>THE CANVAS</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Words and Music by</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sean Paul Murphy</i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Gadd9]Tomorrow lies [Cadd9] before us</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Gadd9] Like a canvas made for [Cadd9] two </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Our [Em] hopes supply the [Bm] colors</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Our [Am] dreams will make it [D7] true</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>With a single brush we’ll paint</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>beauty beyond compare</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>of hopes beyond our sorrows</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>of the life that we can share </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But [Bm] Don’t wake me [Em] now</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Bm] Not before the [G] dawn</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] This canvas must be [C] finished</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Or [Am] forever [D7] gone</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>With shaky hands at first</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>we’ll paint our masterpiece</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>our vibrant colors singing</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the song of sweet release</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So [Bm] Don’t wake me [Em] now [Bm]</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Not before the [G] dawn [Em]</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This canvas must be [C] finished</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Or [Am] forever [D7] gone</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Gadd9] Tomorrow lies [Cadd9] before us</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Gadd9] Like a canvas made for [Cadd9] two</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I hope [Em] it’s not a [Bm] dream</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I hope [Am] it all comes [D7] true</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So [Bm] Don’t wake me [Em] now</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Bm] Not before the [G] dawn</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] This canvas must be [C] finished</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Or [Am] forever [D7] gone</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Here I am singing it:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/82J8-Y_STxc?si=5BwlqWcpSob4xRnT" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><div><br /></div><div>How did that first meeting work out? Just look at the song I wrote the next day:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>YOUR FIRST KISS</i></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Words and Music by</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sean Paul Murphy </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Your [A] first kiss, baby, held [D] a power beyond belief</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>it [A] sent me home trembling [E] like a falling leaf.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Our [A] first kiss, baby, made me [D] hunger for more</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>but [A] from your lips only, no [E] one else any [A] more</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] You stole me away, some [A]where I didn’t know</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>but [E] with you there beside me [A] I fear not to go</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] I’ll set down this road [A] reaching for your hand</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[E] I know we’ll awaken [D] in the promised [A] land</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Your first kiss, baby, took me somewhere new</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and crowded out dreams of everyone but you,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Our first kiss, baby, raised me from the dead</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It took away my sorrow, and brought joy instead</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Here I am singing it:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UFKcE7s7iLM?si=dpmBC1Il5ArhSD2X" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>More love poems/songs followed that joyous kiss, like this one, which she left captured her:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>WILDFLOWER</i></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Words and Music by</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sean Paul Murphy</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C]You are a [Am] wildflower, [F] sweet blossom of the [G] field</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] worth every [Am] step to find for [F] the scent that you [G] yield</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] wildflower [Am] wildflower [F] reaching for the [G] sun</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] Wildflower [Am] Wildflower [F] Behold your day has [G] come</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] you are a [Am] wildflower [F] swaying in the [G] breeze</i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] pink petals [Am] wet with dew [F] ready to [G] please</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] wildflower [Am] wildflower [F] reaching for the [G] sun</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] Wildflower [Am] Wildflower [F] Behold your day has [G] come</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bridge:</i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I [F] drink in your [G] nectar It [Em] dances on my [Am] tongue</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The sweet [F] visions I [G] see as [Em] your fragrance fills my [Am] lungs</i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[F] wildflower [G]</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C]You are a [Am] wildflower, [F] sweet blossom of the [G] field</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] worth every [Am] step to find for [F] the scent that you [G] yield</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] wildflower [Am] wildflower [F] reaching for the [G] sun</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] Wildflower [Am] Wildflower [F] Behold our day has [G] come</i></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>
Here I am singing it:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/F-DmJTXVbIo?si=rRJVOgVzFALmd5G4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </div><div><br /></div><div>Soon we experienced our first bump in the road. Mandy was divorced mother with two young boys. She said her ex-husband wanted to attempt a reconciliation. Being a good Christian boy, and a strong believer in marriage, I wholeheartedly supported her decision. But it still hurt.</div><div><br /></div><div>I needed someone to talk too, and I sought that person where I originally met Andrea: On America Online. The shoulder I ultimately found to cry on belong to a thirty-year-old office manager in Florida named Tammy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>She was unlike any woman I had previously met. She was vivacious and uninhibited, but also thoughtful and compassionate. Most importantly, she was anchored with a down-to-earth genuineness. That's what I valued most.</div><div><br /></div><div>Historically, I usually sought older or married woman in which to confide my romantic shortfalls. I always felt I could be emotionally transparent with such a woman without any fear of romantic involvement. That proved not to be the case with Tammy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>She was an incredible online flirt, and brought out the similar tendency in me. Despite the growing depth of our friendship, it was clear that romantic feelings were growing on both of our parts. Eventually, she flew up to Baltimore to meet me. Here's a song I wrote about meeting her at the airport.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>FINALLY MEETING</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Words and Music by</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sean Paul Murphy</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Here we stand - hand in lovely hand</i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>a tender find - our fingers intertwined</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> [G] our hair brushing and our [A] foreheads a-touching</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>our [G] eyes are bound [Bm] without a [A| sound</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] our hearts [A] apart no [D] more </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] dreams come true - I [F<a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/m">#m</a>] know they do </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Now that [G] I met you - I [A] am renewed Y</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>ou offer your best - This is my test</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Can I just rest - With you?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Finally meeting - our hearts a-beating</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>lips are parted - a new course charted</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] sharing and caring The [A] smiles we’re wearing</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] you heard my plea [Bm] you came to [A] me</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] finally [A] free [D] girl</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] dreams come true - I [F<a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/m">#m</a>] know they do</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Now that [G] I met you - I [A] am renewed</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>You offer your best This is my test</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Can I just rest - With you?</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Here I am singing the song. I couldn't play the riff and sing at the same time, so I had to double track myself.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CzfUbvyAv0Y?si=g0HOFnAGGtV7wGI9" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>This was my test. Could I just rest with her? The answer was no. Despite the fact that she was already experiencing problems that would tear her marriage apart, I was too good a Catholic boy to proceed. There is no doubt I would have proposed to her if she had been single. And for years, I wondered what if....</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>WHAT IF?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Words and Music by</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sean Paul Murphy</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] what if who's to [F#m] say</i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] where we would be today </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What [D] if who's to [F#m] know </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] where the two of us could go</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and [A] what the two of us could do</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] if we knew what [G] if</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>what [A] if what [D] if</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[F#m] I held you in my arms but let you [G] go</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It [F#m] was painful for me then, as you [G] know</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But [A] the memory lingers on head to [G] toe</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Don’t [A] you know, girl, don’t you [D] know? </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] what if who's to [F#m] care</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>that [G] fate's hand was so unfair</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What [D] if who's to [F#m] cry</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] that we should live and finally die </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[A] never drinking our fill</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Of [D] that longed for thrill</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>what [G] if what [A] if what [D] if </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>REPEAT CHORUS</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] what if who's to [F#m] chart</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] love's long journey through the heart</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What [D] if who's to [F#m] hear</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] the words I'd whisper in your ear</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[A] words I long to speak</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] of the love I seek</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>what [G] if what [A] if what [D] if</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Here I am singing the song:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RoFS6mohB34?si=ap4nawT7JQsUVMi-" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Tammy and I drifted apart after our stolen weekend. She soon found the man who would become her second husband. They've been together for twenty-six years. I am very happy for them.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, Mandy's reconciliation with her ex-husband proved short-lived. It left her angry and hurt. In its aftermath, she opened up even more to me about some tragic events in her past and troubled relationships. I wrote this song in response to her stories....</div><div><br /></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>THE LONELY SENTRY</i></b></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Words and Music by</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sean Paul Murphy </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] a lonely sentry [A] standing guard</i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Bm] after a battle [F#m] waged so hard</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] left a heart [D] in disarray [G] torn and used</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And [A] left that way</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] cautious – [A] with cause, [Bm] afraid – [F#m] with reason</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] hidden – [D] for safety, [G] guarded – [A] this season - arise</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] standing guard [A] at a lonely post</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Bm] love a memory [F#m] a shadowy ghost</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] darkness abounds [D] the stars don’t shine</i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] Is there no hope [A] Of a love to find?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] cautious – [A] with cause, [Bm] afraid – [F#m] with reason</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] hidden – [D] for safety, [G] guarded – [A] this season - arise</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] no need to hurry [A] sit and mend</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Bm] await that soul [F#m] with which to blend</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] if words can comfort [D] and arms embrace</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] trust me, girl [A] to put a smile on your face</i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] cautious – [A] with cause, [Bm] afraid – [F#m] with reason</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] hidden – [D] for safety, [G] guarded – [A] this season - arise</i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In retrospect, I think I might have written that song about myself. Here I am singing it:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5YWP2_DQuX8?si=sL0xmSQtn52O4KLj" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It was then that I decided to love her unconditionally. That I would be there for her no matter what. It was an experiment in love I had tried once before with another woman, with whom I was not and would never be romantically involved with. It worked beautifully and proved to be the basis of a lasting friendship. I thought I should do the same with Mandy. It seemed to work at first. Our relationship blossomed. I really started seeing us spending over lives together. It all felt so instinctive, hence the following song.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>INSTINCTIVELY</i></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Words and Music by</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sean Paul Murphy</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] In the middle of the [G] night</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I reached for [Am] you</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>In-[F]-stinctively</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] and discovered</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] to my sorrow</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>it [Am]was only a dream</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>only[F] a dream</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C]In the middle of the [G] night</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I called your [Am] name</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>In-[F]-stinctively</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] like two lovers</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>with [G] nowhere to go</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>but [Am] to a dream</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>back to a [F] dream</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] Tell me you’re [Am] there</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] Tell me that you [Am] care</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em]Tell me that we [Am] share</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>That [F] dream [G]</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] In the middle of the [G] night</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I reached for [Am] you</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>In-[F]-stinctively</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] under covers</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>afraid [G] that tomorrow</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Would [Am] end our dream</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[F] our perfect dream</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] Tell me you’re [Am] there</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] Tell me that you [Am] care</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em]Tell me that we [Am] share</i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>That [F] dream [G] that [C] dream</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Here I am singing the song:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DZ7KVz_Hg7I?si=FFBScLdDHvHyUNhA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>I could hardly believe how well things were going with Mandy. Finally, she said she loved me. Not as a friend but as a man. Real love.... I couldn't believe my luck!</div><div><br /></div><div>At the time, I was a historical reenactor. I made arrangements for her to join me on a weekend event in Sodus Point, New York. It was perfect. Her ex husband had the kids that weekend so it would be just the two of us. But she seemed nervous as the date neared. Finally, she said she couldn't go because she had promised a couple from California she had met online that they could stay with her that weekend. </div><div><br /></div><div>Turns out the couple wasn't a couple. It was a guy. He was her new love. Our relationship was over again before it had really started. After his visit, he promised to find a job in Maryland and move out. He didn't. Mandy was heart-broken. Since I remained a friend, she started calling to cry on my shoulder. Then we'd be going out to eat and the movies. There'd be hand-holding and kissing and sometimes more. It was like we were a couple, except in name. Today, you would call our relationship friends with some benefits, but I was very confused about our relationship at the time.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then she would reconcile with her California boyfriend. I wouldn't really see or hear from her for weeks, until her boyfriend seemed reluctant to fulfill promises made. Then I would hear from her again and the process would start over. That's how our relationship played out for about five years. It was a true test of my internal vow of unconditional love.</div><div><br /></div><div>Needless to say, this romantic ying and yang inspired many songs -- a few happy, most of them sad. I will only include a few of them here.</div><div><br /></div><div>Let's start with a happy one:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>MY SWEET LOVE</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Words and Music by</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sean Paul Murphy</i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] My sweet love [A] flower of spring</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Bm] feed by the rains [G] warmed by the sun</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>time to [A] shine, now [D] shine</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] My sweet love [A] petals arising</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Bm] silky and soft [G] extend to the sky</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It’s your [A] time, our [D] time</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] let me be your [D] meadow [Bm] let your roots run [A] deep</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] we will grow [D] together [Bm] with promises we’ll [A] keep</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] My sweet love [A] A delicate treat</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Bm] tender to touch [G] fragile beauty</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So [A] fine, [D] divine</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] let me be your [D] meadow [Bm] let your roots run [A] deep</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] we will grow [D] together [Bm] with promises we’ll [A] keep</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] My sweet love [A] Eyes closed</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Bm] Burdens gone [G] Trusting now</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[A] be mine, be [D] mine</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] let me be your [D] meadow [Bm] let your roots run [A] deep</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] we will grow [D] together [Bm] with promises we’ll [A] keep</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Here I am singing it:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zV1LEXC-k-E?si=O_lnpNV0nSgojs3C" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a sad one, but I wasn't about to give up:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>STILL I BELIEVE</i></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Words and Music by</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sean Paul Murphy</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] I hunger for you [B7] beyond all words</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] the tongue can find. Or [G] the heart can bind</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] words softly spoken, [D7] slowly subside</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] leaving our memory [C] to decide</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What [G] was truth And [D7] what was a [G] lie</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] I hunger for you [B7] in action's realm</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] in daily haunts of [G] everyday wants</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] actions deliver [D7] more than a term</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] like brick and mortar [C] holding firm</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] giving light [D7] dispelling the [G] night</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] Burned by the sun and sand [G] I crawl the desert floor</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Your [Em] Oasis lies just ahead [C] Please let your water [D7] pour</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] I hunger for you [B7] in fevered dreams</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] of moist red lips [G] beyond friendship</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] no promises given[D7] no future no past</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] But still you say[C] Our love will last</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Yet [G] you leave [D7] and I still[G] Believe</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] Burned by the sun and sand [G] I crawl the desert floor</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Your [Em] Oasis lies just ahead [C] Please let the water [D7] pour</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>REPEAT FINAL VERSE</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Here I am singing it:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nmyg2tgE2O0?si=uslv1HWAxhpr1I_E" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's one from the frustrated middle ground. She was probably equally frustrated by me constantly asking for more than she could give. I'll own that!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>SHE MATERIALIZES AT WILL</i></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Words and Music by</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sean Paul Murphy</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>She [C] drifts - like a [B7] scent on a breeze</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] tempting but tem-[G]-porary</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] almost imagined [B7] but quite real</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>all [Em] too real.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My[C] hand – reaches [B7] outward to touch</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] fingers grasping [G] only air</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] and emptiness [B7] is she gone?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Yes – [Em] she’s gone</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>She [C] materializes at [B7] will But [Em] she doesn’t ful-[G]-fill</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the [C] want remains [B7] Leaving me in [Em] chains</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Perfume -curling upwards away</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>a smoky ribbon so rare</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>how may I touch it? Is it desired?</i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Yes – desired</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>REPEAT CHORUS</i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sunshine – lingers on the horizon</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ready to dip into night</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Blindness coming. Is she needed?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Always needed</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>REPEAT CHORUS 2X</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Here I am singing it:</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qe0qYK_mWTc?si=i8aA9eDCKaPrIk1k" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's another sad one:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>NO ONE ELSE FOR ME</b></i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Words and Music by</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sean Paul Murphy</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Am] I walked beside you, [Dm] woman</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>my [G] arm around your [Cmaj7] waist</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>my [Fmaj7] heart at last found [Dm] heaven</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Esus4] of your lips I won a [E] taste</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>in [Am] silence and conver-[Dm]-sation</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] I drew closer than I [Cmaj7] should</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I [Fmaj7] never dreamed you’d [Dm] walk away</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Leaving [Esus4] me where I [E] stood</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Am] Try as I may and [Dm] try as I have</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] I have struggled to break [Cmaj7] free</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Fmaj7] look as I may and [Dm] look as I have</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Esus4] there's no one else for [E] me</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I saw your sweet smile, lady, your eyes dancing with delight</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I stood in awe, transfigured enraptured by the sight</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>oh damn my expectations of the life that we could share</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I couldn't enjoy the moment before me then and there</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>REPEAT CHORUS</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I saw in you a partner a lover and a wife</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the gift of every woman I needed in my life</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The world you held inside your hand was big enough for me</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>but now you're gone and I must beg for you to hear my plea</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>REPEAT CHORUS</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Have you closed the door, my love or is it open still</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I long to look into your eyes and again drink my fill</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>my arms reach out 'cross an empty space cold and dead and dry</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>will you take my hand, sweet girl and give me another try</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>REPEAT CHORUS</i></div><div><br /><div>Here I am singing it:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e2tcs46HSFg?si=hIwGq_KGaT_d9xwt" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's another upbeat one:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>SUPERNOVA BRIGHT</b></i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Words and Music by</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sean Paul Murphy</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D] Your voice softly coaxes [D+] Me from my shell</i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[D6] Making my heart skip a [D7] beat.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>You embody the summer. The sun on my face</i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I kick my shoes from my feet.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The wind in your hair, like a billowing sail</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Gliding me far from shore.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We cut through the water. Your smile reassures.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I want for nothing anymore.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] Nothing can contain [A] you [G] My heart bursts at the [A] seams</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] Every step the [G] beginning [A] Of a thousand [D] dreams</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Your hand finds mine. I melt from the heat.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Burning away the cold.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Your lips find mine. Is this the rapture?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A promise long foretold.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>REPEAT CHORUS</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Your legs invite me. I tremble inside.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>You’re supernova bright.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I lean into love. I surrender at last.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>To you alone tonight</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>REPEAT CHORUS</i></div><div><br /><div>Here I am singing it:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7HqKegzVaWI?si=wyGktVSQnoLDCzdx" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's one final song to sum up my relationship with Mandy. Here's the context. After a supposedly final break-up with her California boyfriend, we found ourselves together again. I boldly proposed marriage. She accepted. We fully consummated our physical relationship. (I was a good Christian boy waiting for marriage -- but being engaged was close enough for me!) Then, about two days later, she broke up with me to return to her California boyfriend....</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>ALWAYS AND FORVER</i></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Words and Music by</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sean Paul Murphy</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] Alone at night I [Bm] think of you</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And your [Am] soft electric [C] skin</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] How your hips [Bm] rose to meet me</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And [Am] gently let me [G] in</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>No {Em] sweeter gift was [Am] ever given</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Or [C] more gratefully [G] received</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] Even as you [Am] stole away</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>No [C] man could be more [G] pleased</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] You offered me [Bm] everything</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Except [Am] the rest of your [C] your life</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] I should’ve accepted [Bm] you as you were</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But I [Am] wanted to make you [G] my wife</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But [Em] Rejoice, you purred, in [Am] what we share</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A [C] love unexpected but [G] true</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] Trust that it will [Am] always be there</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] Binding me and [G] you</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Am] We are still together, Seanie, [G] Always me and you</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Am] Always and forever, you said [G] Always me and you</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] Curving breasts. [Bm] long blonde hair</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And [Am] legs that never [C] ended</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But [G] it was with [Bm] more than flesh</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>That [Am] I dreamed of being [G] blended</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] You shared a glimpse [Am] of your heart</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] Your strength your fears [G] your soul</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] To love you com-[Am]-pletely</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] Became my only [G] goal</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>REPEAT CHORUS</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] I promised to [Bm] meet your needs</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But [Am] demands I added [C] too</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>You [G] refused the [Bm] gilded cage</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>That [Am] I had built for [G] you</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But [Em] Rejoice, you purred, in [Am] what we share</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A [C] love unexpected but [G] true</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Em] Trust that it will [Am] always be there</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[C] Binding me and [G] you</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>REPEAT CHORUS</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] You were right, I [Bm] see it now</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[Am] You’re just a dream [C] away</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>[G] Two old friends with a [Bm] secret smile</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>From [Am] our bygone [G] days</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We’ve both changed each other</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lessons taught and learned</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And every smile memory brings</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>In our hearts was burned</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>REPEAT CHORUS</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Here I am singing the song:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wOYYwnVjvAQ?si=_zPuwJLPym80XDZx" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><div><br /></div><div>The first verses are contemporaneous to the events. The chorus, however, came from something Mandy said years later. She told me that although our story didn't turn out the way we intended, we did truly love each other and that love would bind us forever. Her words reminded me of the end of <i>Casablanca</i> when Bogart said to Bergman: "We'll always have Paris." I can live with that. And we're still friends to this day.</div><div><br /></div><div>Don't look at me as a victim of love. Obviously I was getting something out of the relationship or I would have walked away. Also, while I did experience some romantic frustration with her, did I actually fulfill my promise of unconditional love? Sure, I stuck with her despite her California boyfriend. However, I now realize that my expectations undermined the love I promised. I loved her "unconditionally" with the unstated proviso that we would be together, as a romantic couple in the end. My romantic feelings were always at odds with our friendship. Nowadays with us both married to other people with no lingering romantic inclinations toward each other, I feel we can both be more honest and open to each other as friends. </div><div><br /></div><div>I guess that's what my next memoir will be about: What does it mean to truly love someone unconditionally? I'm still working on that answer myself! (My books tend to be about my failures, not the failures of others.) You can hear me read an intended first chapter here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhviIRziRH8">Unconditional: Chapter 1</a></div><div><br /></div><div>After our relationship ended, I wrote this final portrait of Mandy:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>LITTLE GIRL BROKEN</b></i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Words and Music by</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sean Paul Murphy</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Abandoned at birth by a mother unknown</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Shipped away with no love ever shown</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Innocence stolen in a criminal act</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Her little heart shattered in the attack</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Nurture she needed but abuse always reigned</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The victim herself was finally blamed</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>She needed nurture but found none at home</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So she built herself a protective dome</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Brick by brick and stone by stone</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hardening both her flesh and bone</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Into the sky it slowly reached</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A castle too strong for a man to breach</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Little girl broken in a woman of strength</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Concealed deep inside at considerable length</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The woman the equal to any task</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Provided she never lowers her mask</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Little girl restless, her pain unconsoled</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Will she get the love to soothe her soul</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>While the woman grew in beauty and grace</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The little girl shivered behind her face</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Constantly pushing down the pain</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Inside her tears tumbled like rain</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A kingdom the woman now surveys</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But in her heart, will love have its sway?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>For the woman of strength love was a must</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But the little girl broken could never trust</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The ying and the yang broke many a man</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Without the patience to understand</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But I doubt a man can make her whole</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Only God can soothe her soul</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Repeat Chorus:</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Here I am singing the song:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C55xBfkDZzY?si=nHxhCytpSsftgM2f" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Fortunately, my final break-up with Mandy wasn't the end of my love life. I soon met my lovely wife Deborah and quickly married her. (I wasn't taking any chances with her!) We recently had our twenty-third anniversary.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8YBij7HktcrEES9FXZX1HHQYUgo4FhTe21AT3NTcMph1aWEla_9oZQ3dt4pJyEZ1SOkilI-lARIYA7AZUlCprmhE_6UFCoP8LxJD1b9UtQ4I2I_RLfbz41sbD2A4F9F0JTRKZIyDsv1_YbbpwzK_A9l7efJuA6EW05SkdeI8reN1qaO7rTlYkJDvxQJ2/s722/11421%20lvw-010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8YBij7HktcrEES9FXZX1HHQYUgo4FhTe21AT3NTcMph1aWEla_9oZQ3dt4pJyEZ1SOkilI-lARIYA7AZUlCprmhE_6UFCoP8LxJD1b9UtQ4I2I_RLfbz41sbD2A4F9F0JTRKZIyDsv1_YbbpwzK_A9l7efJuA6EW05SkdeI8reN1qaO7rTlYkJDvxQJ2/w305-h400/11421%20lvw-010.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a song I sang to her at our wedding. It's based on our first date, when I asked her to stay in the car a moment longer for a kiss...</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>I’M HERE TO STAY</i></b></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Words and Music by</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sean Paul Murphy</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Take your hand from the handle</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Slide away from the door</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Can’t you feel the ice is melting?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Let me warm you to the core</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Chorus:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I’m here to stay. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I’m here to stay.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And I love you so.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I know you’ve been waiting.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I’ve been waiting too.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>For a love to write songs about.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I’ve been waiting just for you</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Repeat Chorus:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bridge:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Let the past simply pass away, as we face this brand new day</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Born again with you that night. You gave me wings and we took flight</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Repeat 1st Verse:</i></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Here I am singing the song:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ihGnQs0a_uo?si=TquqltBrIt4a_0B1" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Thankfully, I haven't written many songs about Debbie because, as I said in part one of these blogs, I only tend to write songs when I am uncertain or depressed. Debbie has been keeping me too happy!</div><div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPTTralWMtNQm0zMIJX9dHvJtbfuDl_5STMgkaF8pOm99Wj0C4ouGZ4eXfHi9I1VVPFhN1UCt9E8NB2uYK7-x9t7OIwiuro5LOwJEl0AD81Nl2EHv9R9NZ6AcGG_hziHPW-2N2xeslaPofOEyVr2JfmoHv4CW0YpdQee1KpBca-niWi0BfETHKYc98s5-o/s3000/Sean%20Deb%20IMG_7281.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPTTralWMtNQm0zMIJX9dHvJtbfuDl_5STMgkaF8pOm99Wj0C4ouGZ4eXfHi9I1VVPFhN1UCt9E8NB2uYK7-x9t7OIwiuro5LOwJEl0AD81Nl2EHv9R9NZ6AcGG_hziHPW-2N2xeslaPofOEyVr2JfmoHv4CW0YpdQee1KpBca-niWi0BfETHKYc98s5-o/w400-h266/Sean%20Deb%20IMG_7281.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>My songs have brought me neither fame nor fortune. However, I think they work pretty well as a diary.</div><div><br /></div><div>You can hear more of my music on Soundcloud: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sean-paul-murphy-67260045" target="_blank">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Here's some music videos I worked on:</div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/02/big-pun-twinz-deep-cover-98.html" target="_blank">Big Pun: Twinz (Deep Cover 98)</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2014/10/crack-sky-mr-president.html" rel="nofollow">Crack The Sky: Mr. President</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2011/09/greg-kihn-horror-show.html">Greg Kihn: Horror Show</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2011/05/nils-lofgren-alone.html">Nils Lofgren: Alone</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2014/12/fd-automatic-video-red-shoes.html">Face Dancer: Red Shoes</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-sunday-cannons-friends-become.html" target="_blank">The Sunday Cannons: Friends Become Flowers</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">More personal musings:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2011/09/me-post-death.html">Me, Post Death</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2012/10/my-premature-memorial-video.html">My Premature Memorial Video</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/search?q=meeting+the+love" target="_blank">Meeting The Love of My Life</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/09/my-wedding-9302000.html">My Wedding 09.30.2000</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2012/11/personal-letters-or-love-in-time-of.html">Personal Letter, or, Love in the Time of Texts</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2014/09/death-of-amway-god.html">Death of an Amway God</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2015/06/religion-and-politics-uneasy-mix.html">Religion & Politics: An Uneasy Mix</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-most-important-election-of-our.html" target="_blank">The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2016/03/god-told-me-to-write-it.html">God Told Me to Write It</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2016/04/prince-and-nexus-of-music-and-memory.html">Prince and the Nexus of Music and Memory</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/12/surviving-year-of-death.html">Surviving The Year of Death</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-ultimate-wedding-extravaganza.html" target="_blank">The Ultimate Wedding Extravaganza</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/09/sean-paul-murphy-failed-songwriter.html" target="_blank">Sean Paul Murphy: (Failed) Songwriter</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/12/sean-paul-murphy-failed-songwriter-pt-2.html">Sean Paul Murphy: (Failed) Songwriter, Pt. 2</a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Other early writings:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/short-story-christmas.html">Short Story: Christmas</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="page" title="Page 9"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/10/short-story-intruders.html">Short Story: The Intruders</a></div></div></div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2016/01/short-story-to-die-hero.html">Short Story: To Die A Hero</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2010/05/lunch-or-how-i-became-professional.html">Short Film: The Lunch</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-three-stooges-analysis.html">The Three Stooges: An Analysis</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/10/recent-horror-films-circa-1981.html">Recent Horror Films: An Analysis</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/08/my-life-my-4th-grade-autobiography.html" target="_blank">My Life - My 4th Grade Autobiography</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/06/my-poetry-or-sorrow-and-self-pity.html" target="_blank">My Poetry, or, The Sorrow and The Self-Pity</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/09/sean-paul-murphy-failed-songwriter.html" target="_blank">Sean Paul Murphy: (Failed) Songwriter</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/12/sean-paul-murphy-failed-songwriter-pt-2.html">Sean Paul Murphy: (Failed) Songwriter, Pt. 2</a><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Be sure to check out my memoir <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Promise-Pros-Cons-Talking-With/dp/0692200533/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1406599220&sr=8-1"><i>The Promise, or the Pros and Cons of Talking with God</i></a>, published by <a href="https://touchpointpress.com/">TouchPoint Press</a>. It is my true story of first faith and first love and how the two became almost fatally intertwined.</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B00M66IXRS&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_GKSFCbGZHXTD3" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div>Here are some sample chapters of The Promise:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-promise-chapter-1.html">Chapter 1 - A Photograph</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-promise-chapter-2.html">Chapter 2 - My Death</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-promise-chapter-3.html">Chapter 3 - Childhood</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-promise-chapter-4.html">Chapter 4 - Saved!</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-promise-chapter-5.html">Chapter 5 - The Promise</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-promise-chapter-6.html">Chapter 6 - The Mission</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-promise-chapter-7.html">Chapter 7 - Mission Accomplished</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-promise-chapter-15-quarter-to.html">Chapter 15 - Quarter To Midnight</a><br /><br />Be sure to check out my novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street"><i>Chapel Street</i></a>. It tells the story of a young man straddling the line between sanity and madness while battling a demonic entity that has driven his family members to suicide for generations. It was inspired by an actual haunting my family experienced.<br /><br />You can buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>.<br /><div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><br /><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the book trailer:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnU9tuBD7A" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Read about the true haunting that inspired the novel here:<br /><div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 1, An Introduction</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_17.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 2, The House</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_27.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 3, This Is Us</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 4, Arrival</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_14.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 5, Methodology</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_20.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 6, Clara's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_25.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 7, Clara's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_59.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 8, My Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_40.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 9, My Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_8.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 10, My Tale, Pt. 3</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 11, Natalia's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 12, Natalia's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 13, John's Tale, Pt. 1 </a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_19.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 14, John's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_23.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 15, Come Inside!</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_30.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 16, Marion's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 17, Marion's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 18, Jeanne's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_15.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 19, Jeanne's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_27.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 20, Lisa's Tale</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 21, Recap, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_22.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 22, Recap, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 23, Recap, Pt. 3</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 24, Bad News Betty</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 25, Joe's Tale</a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Subscribe on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-40876376619204708972024-01-23T15:00:00.000-08:002024-01-23T15:00:48.921-08:00YKYMP #214: Mughal-E-Azam<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3vevBM9XVk9Xso7-Ms1KmJLndNrhQva1X2IYuM_Fona0lOMxl8ljdDISi-Zjbx3sgC7mwOZURVXAlZIi5K9Mc6GupIAHvHPEAuwP63hhexVaUFM2yBE5oKjncGq-2NapaUX2x-fQ-9pI7JL5FnFYevHET50k8Z86tUttNpbmUpsMIP4hk-qrWtI6FyJS/s649/Mughal%20E%20Azam.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="472" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3vevBM9XVk9Xso7-Ms1KmJLndNrhQva1X2IYuM_Fona0lOMxl8ljdDISi-Zjbx3sgC7mwOZURVXAlZIi5K9Mc6GupIAHvHPEAuwP63hhexVaUFM2yBE5oKjncGq-2NapaUX2x-fQ-9pI7JL5FnFYevHET50k8Z86tUttNpbmUpsMIP4hk-qrWtI6FyJS/w466-h640/Mughal%20E%20Azam.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><p>Here's another exciting ZOOM edition of the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1756833695592231394/7017847308521743788#">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a><span>, a lively discussion of the movies that sometimes devolves into a group therapy session.</span></p><p></p><p>In this Indian-Cinemaniacs episode, we go with another viewer pick. Our friend Wolverina Pagan asked us to watch the 1960 film period piece <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054098/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_2_nm_6_q_mughal" target="_blank"><i>Mughal-E-Azam</i></a>. This film, sixteen years in the making, is still the most expensive Indian film ever made when adjusted for inflation. To Indian cinema, the film is equivalent of <i>Gone With The Wind</i> or <i>Citizen Kane</i>, but what will we think of it? Watch and find out:</p><p style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vR0RtdFIuoY?si=w32aTiT3zbkKzSib" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><span> </span><span> </span></p><div>Our Podcast is available on iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast/id1317616002?mt=2">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Subscribe to our YouTube page: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn1coVPOrEu_6At3K5DIsBg">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Check out our webpage: <a href="https://yippeekiyaymotherpodcast.com/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Yippee-Ki-Yay-Mother-Podcast-192338501326681/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast.</a></div><div>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/YKYPodcast">YKYPodcast</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Check out our other episodes here:</div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/p/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast-episodes.html">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast Episode List</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s1600/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="1600" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s400/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can currently buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>.</div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the book trailer:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnU9tuBD7A" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Subscribe on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA" style="text-align: center;">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-37188875349532533452024-01-20T07:18:00.000-08:002024-02-23T19:46:02.149-08:00First Five: Then The Judgement<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31bOj9J6yKAd6R8qf3xX-8yA-7zADNhUDBAOF_Tb33zfiQyymThrvYU251j0r2HiqqlILhX9wt_IZliVf-mzdh5Irk6XLJ6HIqlgcJA5GfHaaa6iq_4nIz2HLMU6O7BN_xfTuVQiFerVFRGRAqfl42xzMj5FR6Sc3IFeIIWqqSVNEuA8Bfg_9d4b7OCMi/s570/Judgementfangs.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31bOj9J6yKAd6R8qf3xX-8yA-7zADNhUDBAOF_Tb33zfiQyymThrvYU251j0r2HiqqlILhX9wt_IZliVf-mzdh5Irk6XLJ6HIqlgcJA5GfHaaa6iq_4nIz2HLMU6O7BN_xfTuVQiFerVFRGRAqfl42xzMj5FR6Sc3IFeIIWqqSVNEuA8Bfg_9d4b7OCMi/w336-h640/Judgementfangs.jpg" width="336" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork by Belinda Butler</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I am awfully quick to give advice about screenwriting in this blog. And some people actually accept it. The funny thing is that none of those people have ever read any of my scripts! They might have seen one of my films, but, with a finished film, it is difficult to say who contributed what. Therefore, to help people decide whether my writing advice is any good, I am posting some pages for your pleasure and perusal.</p><p>Inspired by the three-page challenges on the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scriptnotes-podcast/id462495496">Scriptnotes</a> podcast by John August and Craig Mazin, I have decided to post the opening of some of my scripts in a series of blogs. However, rather than three pages, I am going with five pages because I feel that will provide a more accurate appraisal of my writing and the stories. I am not posting the scripts of any of my produced films. That would be complicated legally since those scripts now belong to their respective production companies. Nor am I posting any script currently under option for the same reason. These scripts are either new or part of my back catalog. Some are ready to be pitched. Others need a little polishing. But you can read the first five pages now.</p><p><i>Then The Judgement </i>is my third script, and the second one to receive major Hollywood attention. It was read at Creative Artists Agency. The assistant to a major agent wrote me back. He said they would be interested in handling it if I made three changes. This was my first experience with "changes."</p><p>At the same time, Stu Robinson at Robinson, Weintraub and Gross, later Paradigm, was reading my script <i>The Long Drive</i>. He wanted to rep it. I told him of CAA's interest in this script. He asked to read it. I FedExed the script to him. (Remember when you had to print out scripts and FedEx them?) He read it the day it arrived and called me back. He said it was a good script. However, it was horror. He said if my first film was a horror film, I would be typecast as a horror writer. He said if <i>The Long Drive</i> got produced, I would be able to write anything.</p><p>I ghosted the CAA offer and went with Stu with <i>The Long Drive</i>. I understood his logic, but it was probably just foolish pride. I didn't want to make the changes CAA requested. Little did I realize that those would have been the fewest changes I would ever be requested to make!</p><p>In retrospect, I should have gone with CAA.</p><p><i>Then The Judgement</i> is a high-concept horror film with a faith aspect. Here's the logline: Weary vampire Richard Stevens, desperate for release from his immortal existence, collides with disillusioned TV evangelist Reverend William Renfrow and vengeful FBI Agent Robert Gray. As their paths intertwine in a deadly dance, each man pursues his own salvation, setting the stage for a climactic confrontation where fates are sealed in unexpected ways.</p><p>The script has been optioned but never produced. I have the rough draft of a sequel finished, and the third film of the trilogy in mind. I have taken the script off the market because I would like to execute it as a book first. That said, if you're interested, send me an email.</p><p>Here are the first five pages:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichi1vdtUWgrKId47-tlJNGYNgoZ28op250iRY-bIIUbGdvIxs-qD3uWUw1NrAF5f-GnBZKl44vLDpDefR14ERZkmzEb9KDOa9Moq_1b16MJYPagIT6zN-aKs8AriRw8DP3qugDb45iVe4AHjLAQbLoIGYPQICls-MQG6JQwcPOPzhyphenhyphenTP4tOSBK5xoryqZ/s846/TTJ1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="546" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichi1vdtUWgrKId47-tlJNGYNgoZ28op250iRY-bIIUbGdvIxs-qD3uWUw1NrAF5f-GnBZKl44vLDpDefR14ERZkmzEb9KDOa9Moq_1b16MJYPagIT6zN-aKs8AriRw8DP3qugDb45iVe4AHjLAQbLoIGYPQICls-MQG6JQwcPOPzhyphenhyphenTP4tOSBK5xoryqZ/w414-h640/TTJ1.png" width="414" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLDRmsAuC0v90Mc5RpKnbHOrL6D-aPNciu-8p34yMOJcigIreH99XCssBZaVnIZe37Vj0i92_fY-3iWOBypcgK734MuGrBHhP2E-vYCmzhfPRAclLm4ieJI7CHuBKpQ-ApLagMAXr9w7H8csI6HBK-z41V5mC67OkIby9y3FCWbrg2XPlmzlUUB9ykFPIp/s902/TTJ2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxcIsY6Pu2lsmeXr_KVrwzk2nAiFH2Vmp9XeOI_xIs4HVmQ9uqtyOAAbHMy-8fMv279J1MZabAhe-Sf8Ym38-rvmNi8X3oAL_by6U4aSz_0BhHQKqgEw3VJMNjnYmrlOvQpou_KwSUoQ4Qc5_-2TEpbPKNP-OrHi9MxNOOrhV9ocSpeKWeqaFzrJwjp5H/s900/TTJ4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="593" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxcIsY6Pu2lsmeXr_KVrwzk2nAiFH2Vmp9XeOI_xIs4HVmQ9uqtyOAAbHMy-8fMv279J1MZabAhe-Sf8Ym38-rvmNi8X3oAL_by6U4aSz_0BhHQKqgEw3VJMNjnYmrlOvQpou_KwSUoQ4Qc5_-2TEpbPKNP-OrHi9MxNOOrhV9ocSpeKWeqaFzrJwjp5H/w422-h640/TTJ4.png" width="422" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0LSozGcfjYgboh3_DyNXe3Ui4OegYaxmgqyAwzoB13sZGlPsTI__qLpluc-MNF9ohF0C4u8_AZBGpwVPSqr8vqC3hcepZuPrSomw2YiD6ILJE9UdJ9synT1yjziSVk0MSKjWeYh44lt2uhq-fDZfclpEH9WHxCUNTP9cBJp22SlJEdJ049gfqtDjiR5C/s893/TTJ5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0LSozGcfjYgboh3_DyNXe3Ui4OegYaxmgqyAwzoB13sZGlPsTI__qLpluc-MNF9ohF0C4u8_AZBGpwVPSqr8vqC3hcepZuPrSomw2YiD6ILJE9UdJ9synT1yjziSVk0MSKjWeYh44lt2uhq-fDZfclpEH9WHxCUNTP9cBJp22SlJEdJ049gfqtDjiR5C/w430-h640/TTJ5.png" width="430" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>I hope you enjoyed those first five pages, If you're interested in reading more, send me an email.</p><div><div>First Fives:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2024/02/first-five-mark.html" target="_blank">The Mark</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2024/01/first-five-then-judgement.html" target="_blank">Then The Judgement</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/11/first-five-west-rhodes.html" target="_blank">West Rhodes</a><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/09/first-five-candido.html">Candido</a><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/09/first-five-mr-inside.html" target="_blank">Mr. Inside</a><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/08/first-five-final-table.html" target="_blank">Final Table</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/08/first-five-outer-dark.html" target="_blank">Outer Dark</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/08/first-five-grid.html" target="_blank">The Grid</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/06/first-five-desecrated.html" target="_blank">Desecrated</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/07/first-five-4-sided-triangle.html" target="_blank">The 4 Sided Triangle</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/06/first-five-i-john.html" target="_blank">I, John</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/06/first-five-runaway-heart.html" target="_blank">Runaway Heart</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street" target="_blank">Chapel Street</a> is the tale of a young man battling a demonic entity that has driven members of his family to suicide for generations. It was inspired by an actual haunting. </div><div><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div>Read about the true haunting that inspired the novel here:<br /><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 1, An Introduction</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_17.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 2, The House</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_27.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 3, This Is Us</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 4, Arrival</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_14.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 5, Methodology</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_20.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 6, Clara's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_25.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 7, Clara's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_59.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 8, My Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_40.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 9, My Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_8.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 10, My Tale, Pt. 3</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 11, Natalia's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 12, Natalia's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 13, John's Tale, Pt. 1 </a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_19.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 14, John's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_23.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 15, Come Inside!</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_30.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 16, Marion's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 17, Marion's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 18, Jeanne's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_15.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 19, Jeanne's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_27.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 20, Lisa's Tale</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 21, Recap, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_22.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 22, Recap, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 23, Recap, Pt. 3</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 24, Bad News Betty</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 25, Joe's Tale</a><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Let's stay in touch:</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Subscribe on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA" style="text-align: center;">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-28562685901039842572024-01-15T12:40:00.000-08:002024-01-19T10:04:41.654-08:00YKYMP #213: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbo_W-Uzlo-WNs56dkEJEEOHyWUvUjmEOpmttLTScu4t8zWQ5hoXDZZv4CEXnor2W5wZs3-JfowfoWqiPbECNGbystvMdotNX6PnDqQY7MbTGaipAO9XZfSa8ctDxOptiGnYXkvitV8Fts17mBgg-ViZhZoryDpdQsB0YBzWrbcx0PT4LSqHr-fZigAG5/s1000/Indiana%20Jones.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbo_W-Uzlo-WNs56dkEJEEOHyWUvUjmEOpmttLTScu4t8zWQ5hoXDZZv4CEXnor2W5wZs3-JfowfoWqiPbECNGbystvMdotNX6PnDqQY7MbTGaipAO9XZfSa8ctDxOptiGnYXkvitV8Fts17mBgg-ViZhZoryDpdQsB0YBzWrbcx0PT4LSqHr-fZigAG5/w430-h640/Indiana%20Jones.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><p>Here's another exciting ZOOM edition of the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1756833695592231394/7017847308521743788#">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a><span>, a lively discussion of the movies that sometimes devolves into a group therapy session.</span></p><p></p><p>We sang the praises of <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast-34-raiders.html"><i>Raiders of the Lost Ark</i></a><i> </i>in an earlier episode of the podcast but a number of us were hesitant to see this final sequel: 2023's <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462764/" target="_blank"><i>Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny</i></a>. The film was widely lambasted on its original release, but will the film live down to the negative hype? Watch and find out:</p><p style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vR0RtdFIuoY?si=w32aTiT3zbkKzSib" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p><div>Our Podcast is available on iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast/id1317616002?mt=2">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Subscribe to our YouTube page: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn1coVPOrEu_6At3K5DIsBg">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Check out our webpage: <a href="https://yippeekiyaymotherpodcast.com/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Yippee-Ki-Yay-Mother-Podcast-192338501326681/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast.</a></div><div>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/YKYPodcast">YKYPodcast</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Check out our other episodes here:</div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/p/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast-episodes.html">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast Episode List</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s1600/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="1600" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s400/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! 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Mankiewicz</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>This blog is just the wit and wisdom of some great screenwriters, and others, concerning Hollywood and writing in general. I hope you enjoy it.</div><div><br /></div><div>"I want to point out to you that in a novel a hero can lay ten girls and marry a virgin for a finish. In a movie this is not allowed. The hero, as well as the heroine, has to be a virgin. The villain can lay anybody he wants, have as much fun as he wants cheating and stealing, getting rich and whipping the servants. But you have to shoot him in the end. When he falls with a bullet in his forehead, it is advisable that he clutch at the Gobelin tapestry on the library wall and bring it down over his head like a symbolic shroud. Also, covered by such a tapestry, the actor does not have to hold his breath while he is being photographed as a dead man." Screenwriting advice from <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542534/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_q_Herman%2520Mank" target="_blank">Herman J. Mankiewicz</a> to Ben Hecht, 1926</div><div><br /></div><div>"I knew no one as witty and spontaneous as Herman would ever put himself on paper. A man whose genius is on tap like free beer seldom makes literature out of it." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372942/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_4_nm_4_q_Ben%2520Hecht" target="_blank">Ben Hecht</a> on Herman J. Mankiewicz</div><div><br /></div><div>[on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542534?ref_=nmbio_qu_6">Herman J. Mankiewicz</a>] "Sure, Mank was witty, but his wit took a much more elaborate form than wisecracks. He could improvise in a way that just held you spellbound." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0425913/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_q_Nunnally%2520Johnson" target="_blank">Nunnally Johnson</a></div><div><br /></div><div>"If Los Angeles is not the one authentic rectum of civilization, then I am no anatomist. Any time you want to go out again and burn it down, count me in." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2494267/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_q_H.%2520L.%2520Mencken">H. L. Mencken</a>, the sage of Baltimore, to F. Scott Fitzgerald, on his return from Hollywood.</div><div><br /></div><div>"At 18 our convictions are hills from which we look; at 45 they are caves in which we hide." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0280234/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_F.%2520Scott%2520Fitzgerald">F. Scott Fitzgerald</a></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZaG97JHxH2Jn5PRjlgZiVOwarJsk2wwPSQFrVqwrtyMotg4rinUaA_5JRZs_bdbEMiqT9J_ZfNOiraSal_1ezx7aWwaOiF0VJRkb5KVh9dfPCZjtLAj7CgFxsEBziryfoQsyWwpjFfIW-yc9K3XdTgckWXj8SmlFpJiMBiSmmHVrbHcLuXD_jyxPGmuE/s1515/Ben%20Hecht.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1051" data-original-width="1515" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZaG97JHxH2Jn5PRjlgZiVOwarJsk2wwPSQFrVqwrtyMotg4rinUaA_5JRZs_bdbEMiqT9J_ZfNOiraSal_1ezx7aWwaOiF0VJRkb5KVh9dfPCZjtLAj7CgFxsEBziryfoQsyWwpjFfIW-yc9K3XdTgckWXj8SmlFpJiMBiSmmHVrbHcLuXD_jyxPGmuE/w400-h278/Ben%20Hecht.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372942/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_4_nm_4_q_Ben%2520Hecht" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Ben Hecht</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div>"For many years Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle. Of the 60 movies I wrote, more than half were written in two weeks or less. I received from each script, whether written in two weeks or [never more than] eight weeks, from $50,000 to $150,000. I worked also by the week. My salary ran from $5000 a week up. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1949 paid me $10,000 a week. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">David O. Selznick</a> once paid me $3500 a day." Ben Hecht</div><div><br /></div><div>"It's not Hollywood's fault. The writer is not accustomed to money. It goes to his head and destroys him." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001203/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_3_q_William%2520Faulk" target="_blank">William Faulkner</a></div><div><br /></div>"I begin to realize why people believe that Hollywood corrupts writers. But they're quite wrong. All Hollywood does is give them enough money so they can get married and have kids like normal people. But it's the getting married and having kids that really corrupts them." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0874308/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_3_nm_5_q_Dalton%2520Tr" target="_blank">Dalton Trumbo</a><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjDRIkD_ivYQ2p-bsobdJI0guiWpeEjZNaxyMXRIqv3Lr-c4fWc4Ybpy5fXMm0JsZSH9tpWvvJ_6QBtKCJ9Lt1PvCFBbDDkTBIXtiNR8Q-kHQqUDvu_CM8KFACLvkVXyfiwBLN86l53fq5R35t9BZOeQFioKfg8JTkEXcwmJS5lnW_POlzJWuU_umv1YS/s1920/Dorothy%20Parker.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="1920" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjDRIkD_ivYQ2p-bsobdJI0guiWpeEjZNaxyMXRIqv3Lr-c4fWc4Ybpy5fXMm0JsZSH9tpWvvJ_6QBtKCJ9Lt1PvCFBbDDkTBIXtiNR8Q-kHQqUDvu_CM8KFACLvkVXyfiwBLN86l53fq5R35t9BZOeQFioKfg8JTkEXcwmJS5lnW_POlzJWuU_umv1YS/w400-h210/Dorothy%20Parker.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662213/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_2_nm_6_q_Dorothy%2520Parker" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Dorothy Parker</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>"I'd like to have money. And I'd like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that's too adorable, I'd rather have money." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662213/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_2_nm_6_q_Dorothy%2520Parker" target="_blank">Dorothy Parker</a></div><div><br /></div><div>"One of the downsides of money is if there's no money there are very few real jerks who are attached to your project. And if there is money you do attract some very difficult unhelpful people." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001775/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_2_nm_6_q_Whit%2520Stillman" target="_blank">Whit Stillman</a></div><div><br /></div><div>"I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. Most often it belongs to the producer." Ben Hecht</div><div><br /></div><div>"Understand this: all the sleaze you've heard about Hollywood? All the illiterate scumbags who scuttle down the corridors of power? They are there, all right, and worse than you can imagine." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001279/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" target="_blank">William Goldman</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>"The making of a motion picture is an endless contention of tawdry egos, almost none of them capable of anything more creative than credit stealing and self-promotion." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151452/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" target="_blank">Raymond Chandler</a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6Nv0j4jPVqLrYCcq6FhlNCwv_uxS0F1FcdUFkg__0vVrK087nwojHht68CcyuTXfY_rq3UNbmnsvkT6aeKCm0YFZbT3zUexAIRRM67TGoaQW1B-tP720ldorLnePJK9pjCc6m1tT1gn0mkh83cro22uDBz7vP7re0NLG2eE-BslpGGjOcNZm7Vi2Jdfy/s400/Paul%20Schrader.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="297" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6Nv0j4jPVqLrYCcq6FhlNCwv_uxS0F1FcdUFkg__0vVrK087nwojHht68CcyuTXfY_rq3UNbmnsvkT6aeKCm0YFZbT3zUexAIRRM67TGoaQW1B-tP720ldorLnePJK9pjCc6m1tT1gn0mkh83cro22uDBz7vP7re0NLG2eE-BslpGGjOcNZm7Vi2Jdfy/w298-h400/Paul%20Schrader.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001707/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_2_q_Paul%2520Schrader" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Paul Schrader</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>"Every time you think the studios have fucked you every way they can, they come up with a new way." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001707/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_2_q_Paul%2520Schrader" target="_blank">Paul Schrader</a></div><div><br /></div><div>"I struggled with that for quite a while -- trying to see like a child again, and realizing why I'd started in the movies. To get that excitement back, and lose some of the more unsavory lessons I'd been forced to swallow." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000948/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" target="_blank">Shane Black</a></div><div><br /></div><div>“The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.” Dorothy Parker </div><div><br /></div><div>"The job of turning good writers into movie hacks is the producer's chief task." Ben Hecht</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_sr2OuIi0Ev49wpiMWxzISpoiC8MtKUIzL25UmM946zNpokRhUUxGuW6bBua3rvtLgwZ2sVsZsfB_0nui5JFOZxQd7GBuxUMn9PZcC3ngwD83sj68uqMlVki7b5UHbKWLWqZGdcJDu1I24IAoq3Mnn8G59cz-1A9MqbC-YoINZYD47dLiUpYmvFZ-X5w/s830/Raymond%20Chandler.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="830" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_sr2OuIi0Ev49wpiMWxzISpoiC8MtKUIzL25UmM946zNpokRhUUxGuW6bBua3rvtLgwZ2sVsZsfB_0nui5JFOZxQd7GBuxUMn9PZcC3ngwD83sj68uqMlVki7b5UHbKWLWqZGdcJDu1I24IAoq3Mnn8G59cz-1A9MqbC-YoINZYD47dLiUpYmvFZ-X5w/w400-h284/Raymond%20Chandler.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151452/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Raymond Chandler</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>"The wise screen writer is he who wears his second-best suit, artistically speaking, and doesn’t take things too much to heart. He should have a touch of cynicism, but only a touch. The complete cynic is as useless to Hollywood as he is to himself. He should do the best he can without straining at it. He should be scrupulously honest about his work, but he should not expect scrupulous honesty in return. He won’t get it. And when he has had enough, he should say goodbye with a smile, because for all he knows he may want to go back." Raymond Chandler</div><div><br /></div><div>"It is not at all difficult for a writer to stay sane in Hollywood. Cynicism is more often a defense against just criticism." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0499626/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" target="_blank">Ernest Lehman</a></div><div><br /></div><div>"An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000697/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_Billy%2520Wilder" target="_blank">Billy Wilder</a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbkMmlpc4BDFhClDHJy1WYQhKXHWidDAVhqDf_b3r4gfcCHvBsdQW0rj9fIwzyhe2c5g4ibKEsOQVWgd_9Oik18no0hPunYpCuZiznFMfRmDd7qQcvY_UtuzE8dW7Prrzn8XZHuQRS5iRQZaINtYtjcx-9yudF-CbBhUPQdpAErnAbeJMVxnzvQjmaFMM/s1401/Robert%20Towne.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1401" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbkMmlpc4BDFhClDHJy1WYQhKXHWidDAVhqDf_b3r4gfcCHvBsdQW0rj9fIwzyhe2c5g4ibKEsOQVWgd_9Oik18no0hPunYpCuZiznFMfRmDd7qQcvY_UtuzE8dW7Prrzn8XZHuQRS5iRQZaINtYtjcx-9yudF-CbBhUPQdpAErnAbeJMVxnzvQjmaFMM/w400-h225/Robert%20Towne.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001801/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Robert Towne</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>"Because the one thing you know when you're shooting a script, and I've been on a lot of sets, is space is in a script, and the distance between the page and the stage is so enormous that it is unbelievable how even the brightest people can misread your intent or not see it altogether. Scripts have air in them. Scripts are supposed to leave things up to interpretation, but people can misread things enormously, so sometimes it's just a matter of wanting to put on the screen what you had in mind." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001801/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" target="_blank">Robert Towne</a></div><div><br /></div><div>"Every screenwriter worthy of the name has already directed his film when he has written his script." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000581/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_1_q_Joseph%2520L.%2520Mankiewicz" target="_blank">Joseph L. Mankiewicz</a></div><div><br /></div><div>"I don't think the written word is important in movies anymore and the really great movies are done by great directors who in many cases write their own scripts. I think it's gotten to be more of a visual thing than an audible thing." Anita Loos</div><div><br /></div><div>"Give me a good script, and I'll be 100 times better as a director." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002030/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_2_nm_6_q_George%2520Cukor" target="_blank">George Cukor</a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLwGWU_BgE4Ha0FMScEyWbB8m4CXSVdvWc8MImENJtSlWkeNz3KbuFPmjW_asMWwrj8BBorgxnXPY241ZA0zoCMgIoyMYoKfnWLxIxZUh5zxSAKs2-Grg2fJYe4u6tgA1bWUrA0D2rEr03ej7JDHqAz_aeZ6oAzyDXI6023MewtJPev4opra1UG0weVcO/s800/Nunnally%20Johnson.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLwGWU_BgE4Ha0FMScEyWbB8m4CXSVdvWc8MImENJtSlWkeNz3KbuFPmjW_asMWwrj8BBorgxnXPY241ZA0zoCMgIoyMYoKfnWLxIxZUh5zxSAKs2-Grg2fJYe4u6tgA1bWUrA0D2rEr03ej7JDHqAz_aeZ6oAzyDXI6023MewtJPev4opra1UG0weVcO/w400-h300/Nunnally%20Johnson.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0425913/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_q_Nunnally%2520Johnson" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Nunnally Johnson</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>"I think <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000406?ref_=nmbio_qu_10">John Ford</a> almost dies because he can't write. It just runs him nuts, that he has thoughts and ideas and has never trained himself to put them down on paper. And I've found that true of so many directors. They're just so thwarted." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0425913/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_q_Nunnally%2520Johnson" target="_blank">Nunnally Johnson</a></div><div><br /></div>"The similarity between the big directors I've worked with is that they allow the writer to find a way of doing what they want done without saying 'do it this way.' They describe what they want, then let the writer figure out a way to do it." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001873/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_q_Steven%2520Zaillian" target="_blank">Steven Zaillian</a><div><br /></div><div>"A film set, as <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000080?ref_=nmbio_qu_1">Orson Welles</a> was first to say, is the most wonderful electric train a boy could ever be given. What he failed to add was that, most of the time, it doesn't work." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0682757/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_q_Frank%2520Pierson" target="_blank">Frank Pierson</a></div><div><br /></div><div>"I don't want the power. When a project is given to me, and I say yes, I'm gonna oblige everybody who has the power to try to make it work." William Goldman</div><div><br /></div><div>"I was driving by Otto Preminger's house last night -- or is it 'a house by Otto Preminger?'" <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0447944/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_2_nm_6_q_Burt%2520Kenn" target="_blank">Burt Kennedy</a></div><div><br /></div><div>“Don’t write about Man, write about a man” <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924754/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" target="_blank">E.B. White</a></div><div><br /></div><div>"It is the writer who is the dreamer, the imaginer, the shaper. He works in loneliness with nebulous materials, with nothing more tangible than paper and a pot of ink; and his theatre is within his mind. He must generate phantoms out of himself and live with them until they take on a life of their own and become, not types, but characters working out their own destinies." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629580/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm" target="_blank">Dudley Nichols</a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAISfIwDJrb8LJnyWPmvdRiHURgfjmPcW3FwuHyBfXnc3CDdZ4469ZTI2YvkJJYQmK0_jgViWwUJrf7Z7W9_S9IgbMsMLKQeDKxcPb1P20UyLECPVFEKCAUTxkX9gZYxYC2Rp6RGXuJJ61F5Xl192uyaSF5ZRv5pD3wpNjzQdRdY1q12fgIqAresE6KTa0/s1200/Lillian%20Hellman.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAISfIwDJrb8LJnyWPmvdRiHURgfjmPcW3FwuHyBfXnc3CDdZ4469ZTI2YvkJJYQmK0_jgViWwUJrf7Z7W9_S9IgbMsMLKQeDKxcPb1P20UyLECPVFEKCAUTxkX9gZYxYC2Rp6RGXuJJ61F5Xl192uyaSF5ZRv5pD3wpNjzQdRdY1q12fgIqAresE6KTa0/s320/Lillian%20Hellman.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0375484/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_4_nm_4_q_Lillian%2520Hell" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Lillian Hellman</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>"If you believe, as the Greeks did, that man is at the mercy of the gods, then you write tragedy. The end is inevitable from the beginning. But if you believe that man can solve his own problems and is at nobody's mercy, then you will probably write melodrama" <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0375484/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_4_nm_4_q_Lillian%2520Hell" target="_blank">Lillian Hellman</a></div><div><br /></div><div>"Plot is people. Human emotions and desires founded on the realities of life, working at cross purposes, getting hotter and fiercer as they strike against each other until finally there’s an explosion—that’s Plot." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102824/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_3_q_Leigh%2520Brackett" target="_blank">Leigh Brackett</a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KqLbgMhIP3aGpzwSrt1FFMJjpvOI6Bw06DTPkm_h2ZmpnoQI4taRdpvn0jUgRX3fhdcMrItWbICMVXbGyYKByPnJIeY5MwUQTHOGyd336XstN007ldVIqvXYqmZccxywJbW5ZO5JqKstkDl-_KuJfmdE6EWsdBl_GM1fkHdUieZIMjzqxpzK1syiAfSc/s750/Billy%20Wilder.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="750" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KqLbgMhIP3aGpzwSrt1FFMJjpvOI6Bw06DTPkm_h2ZmpnoQI4taRdpvn0jUgRX3fhdcMrItWbICMVXbGyYKByPnJIeY5MwUQTHOGyd336XstN007ldVIqvXYqmZccxywJbW5ZO5JqKstkDl-_KuJfmdE6EWsdBl_GM1fkHdUieZIMjzqxpzK1syiAfSc/w400-h214/Billy%20Wilder.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000697/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_Billy%2520Wilder" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Billy Wilder</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>"Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000697/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_Billy%2520Wilder" target="_blank">Billy Wilder</a></div><div><br /></div><div>"When in doubt have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand." Raymond Chandler</div><div><br /></div><div>"There is only one plot -- things are not what they seem." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0860292/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" target="_blank">Jim Thompson</a></div><div><br /></div><div>"Out of the thousand writers huffing and puffing through movieland there are scarcely fifty men and women of wit or talent. The rest of the fraternity is deadwood. Yet, in a curious way, there is not much difference between the product of a good writer and a bad one. They both have to toe the same mark." Ben Hecht</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuA52jbZw28-iLadnicmVc_r2R_qyrE_x-2dTspP75xaMN2_69Km0X4rZsZwCT1eAzJdzFze_6xCCsr000DOo51HimJNpGSLw5QLODfD9xpPNnS_gMlgt6E9xrpqNRgo0oYqC_6EDT1Kd76FRtUytGc1dpW-nA25uKNJT520dheYuFnOpcAZFTCcYmwqz-/s400/Anita%20Loos.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="400" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuA52jbZw28-iLadnicmVc_r2R_qyrE_x-2dTspP75xaMN2_69Km0X4rZsZwCT1eAzJdzFze_6xCCsr000DOo51HimJNpGSLw5QLODfD9xpPNnS_gMlgt6E9xrpqNRgo0oYqC_6EDT1Kd76FRtUytGc1dpW-nA25uKNJT520dheYuFnOpcAZFTCcYmwqz-/w400-h283/Anita%20Loos.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002616/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_q_Anita%2520Loos" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Anita Loos</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>"Sometimes writers of no talent at all can write great acting scenes. Sometimes the very best writers can't write scenes that come to life." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002616/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_q_Anita%2520Loos" target="_blank">Anita Loos</a></div><div><br /></div>"I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page of your screenplay, in your head, you're also writing your Oscar acceptance speech." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001188/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_4_nm_2_q_Nora%2520Ephron" target="_blank">Nora Ephron</a><div><br /></div><div>"Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154665/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_2_nm_1_q_Paddy%2520Chayefsky" target="_blank">Paddy Chayefsky</a></div><div><br /></div><div>"Nobody knows anything." William Goldman</div><div><div><div><br />"When screenwriting, be prepared to drop your pants and show your dirty laundry. If you can't do that, better find yourself something more polite." Paul Schrader</div><div><br /></div><div>"You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that’s it." <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0114522/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_q_Rita%2520Mae%2520Brown" target="_blank">Rita Mae Brown</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>"If my books had been any worse I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better I should not have come." Raymond Chandler</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtWRr8futr3JdVfyiIpCPhqxbXa5-Tn_rBjrLcfX5URFU-_SiXjM0D3wfU_rV5WBf1mlhfduYAspqrg3hbcJxTdA_OxMAwwTcTuOQ4i5vCdXoemj5FjPVXydkJ1iqsimChGeeW2u-7ev3nZYxz04V_QY1TFWyVWVVD5UQM2gRr9Qpm8fVwiCmTUtxCXSG/s704/Ernest%20Lehman.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="704" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtWRr8futr3JdVfyiIpCPhqxbXa5-Tn_rBjrLcfX5URFU-_SiXjM0D3wfU_rV5WBf1mlhfduYAspqrg3hbcJxTdA_OxMAwwTcTuOQ4i5vCdXoemj5FjPVXydkJ1iqsimChGeeW2u-7ev3nZYxz04V_QY1TFWyVWVVD5UQM2gRr9Qpm8fVwiCmTUtxCXSG/w400-h328/Ernest%20Lehman.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0499626/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Ernest Lehman</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>"No good screenplay is vulnerable. Only those that still need work are vulnerable, and should be vulnerable, and should be worked on some more by the writer - or, if not him, another writer - to ensure, or make possible, a good film." Ernest Lehman<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>"In spite of everything, screenwriting is better than threading pipe." Paddy Chayefsky</div><div><br /></div><div>Or working in advertising, Paddy.</div><div><div><br /></div><div><div>Other Writing Tips:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2009/11/writer-tip-1-first-act.html">Writer Tip #1: The First Act</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2009/12/writer-tip-2-write-for-actors.html">Writer Tip #2: Write For Actors</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2010/02/writer-tip-3-dont-work-for-free.html">Writer Tip #3: Don't Work For Free!</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2010/02/writer-tip-4-make-changes.html">Writer Tip #4: Make The Changes</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2010/04/writer-tip-5-manage-your-expectations.html">Writer Tip #5: Manage Your Expectations</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2011/05/writer-tip-6-hone-your-scripts.html">Writer Tip #6: Hone Your Scripts</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2013/10/writer-tip-7-how-to-make-movies-for.html">Writer Tip #7: How To Make Movies For A Living</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2014/05/writer-tip-8-query-letter.html">Writer Tip #8: The Query Letter</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2014/06/writer-tip-9-nobody-wants-to-see-your.html">Writer Tip #9: Nobody Wants To See Your Crappy Little Movie</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2014/12/writer-tip-10-make-it-real.html">Writer Tip #10: Make It Real</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2014/12/writer-tip-11-start-living-your-life-now.html">Writer Tip #11: Start Living Your Life Now!</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2015/01/writer-tip-12-whos-in-it.html">Writer Tip #12: Who's In It?</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2016/01/writing-tip-13-writing-about-yourself.html">Writer Tip #13: Writing About Yourself</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2016/03/writing-tip-14-no-means-no.html">Writer Tip #14: No Means No!</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/09/writing-tip-15-shark-and-dreamer.html">Writer Tip #15: The Shark and The Dreamer</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/10/writer-tip-15-three-questions.html">Writer Tip #16: Three Questions</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/11/writing-tip-17-attaching-talent.html">Writer Tip #17: Attaching Talent</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/12/writer-tip-18-go-to-movies.html">Writer Tip #18: Go To The Movies!</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/01/writer-tip-19-readers.html">Writer Tip #19: Readers</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/02/writer-tip-20-cross-purposes.html">Writer Tip #20: Cross Purposes</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/05/writing-tip-21-contracts.html">Writer Tip #21: Contracts</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/06/writer-tip-22-backstory.html">Writer Tip #22: Backstory</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/09/writer-tip-23-sometimes-you-have-to-say.html">Writer Tip #23: Sometimes You Have To Say No!</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/09/writer-tip-24-persistence-aka-my.html">Writer Tip #24: Persistence (aka My Writer's Journey)</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/09/writer-tip-25-log-lines.html">Writer Tip #25: Log Lines</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/10/writer-tip-26-character-descriptions.html">Writer Tip #26: Character Descriptions</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/01/writer-tip-27-ampersand-and-and.html">Writer Tip #27: The Ampersand and The And</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/02/writer-tip-28-curse-of-being-nice.html">Writer Tip #28: The Curse of Being Nice</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/02/writer-tip-29-big-triumph.html">Writer Tip #29: The Big Triumph</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/01/writer-tip-30-anatomy-of-query-letter.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #30: Anatomy of a Query Letter</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/writer-tip-30-why-are-you-writing.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #31: Screenplays Vs. Novels</a></div></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/08/writer-tip-32-screenwriting-contests.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #32: Screenwriting Contests</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/01/writer-tip-33-conflict-overload.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #33: Conflict Overload</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/03/writer-tip-34-power-to-say-no.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #34: The Power To Say No</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/07/writer-tip-35-zoom-call.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #35: The ZOOM Call</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/09/writer-tip-36-my-querying-process.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #36: My Querying Process</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/11/writer-tip-37-non-disclosurenon.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #37: Non-Disclosure/Non-Disparagement Agreements</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/12/writer-tip-38-scammed.html">Writer Tip #38: Scammed!</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/02/writer-tip-39-in-praise-of-day-job.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #39: In Praise of the Day Job</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/08/writing-tip-40-advising-producers.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #40: Advising Producers</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2024/01/writing-tip-41-screenwriting-quotes.html" target="_blank">Writer Tip #41: Screenwriting Quotes</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2024/02/writer-tip-42-scammed-pt-2-headfone.html">Writer Tip #42: Scammed, Pt. 2! Headfone</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div>Check out my novel<i> Chapel Street</i> on Amazon now:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the book trailer here:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnU9tuBD7A" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-4-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a><br /><br />Let's stay in touch:<br /><br /></div></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Subscribe on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-72173090845264669652024-01-08T16:28:00.000-08:002024-01-19T10:05:06.156-08:00YKYMP #212: The Thin Man<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichF0pJ2nyhFuvHcG26vPFaO0oN6dnvo7hJIoLw73J04ZhCWt_dfMKF0IZnSIm_KhdCamv9Tf0Bp72olgPBpCsWIa5jNQw5ZBjL9dLRoCBsNzUcVwNMdKOhmEI1EQj2gB_aopqYvmZt3EEdr9_mtKsDKfzIkPWICl34q7bkwZJY_eolYG9rjLjKB3tTwr2/s1508/The%20Thin%20Man.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichF0pJ2nyhFuvHcG26vPFaO0oN6dnvo7hJIoLw73J04ZhCWt_dfMKF0IZnSIm_KhdCamv9Tf0Bp72olgPBpCsWIa5jNQw5ZBjL9dLRoCBsNzUcVwNMdKOhmEI1EQj2gB_aopqYvmZt3EEdr9_mtKsDKfzIkPWICl34q7bkwZJY_eolYG9rjLjKB3tTwr2/w424-h640/The%20Thin%20Man.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><p>Here's two more exciting ZOOM editions of the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1756833695592231394/7017847308521743788#">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a><span>, a lively discussion of the movies that sometimes devolves into a group therapy session.</span></p><p></p><p>Although Christmas had come and gone, the guys decided to discuss my holiday entry: 1934's <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025878/?ref_=tttrv_ov_i" target="_blank"><i>The Thin Man</i></a>, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Like many of our recent holiday picks, this film is not specifically a holiday film but it does take place during the holidays. I was curious how Ralph would respond to the film. Would it be too stagey for him. Watch and find out:</p><p style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VMF3C4T0Mv0?si=keVfWQCVlcXcTdEW" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p><div>Our Podcast is available on iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast/id1317616002?mt=2">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Subscribe to our YouTube page: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn1coVPOrEu_6At3K5DIsBg">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Check out our webpage: <a href="https://yippeekiyaymotherpodcast.com/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Yippee-Ki-Yay-Mother-Podcast-192338501326681/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast.</a></div><div>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/YKYPodcast">YKYPodcast</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div>Check out our other episodes here:</div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/p/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast-episodes.html">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast Episode List</a></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s1600/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="1600" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s400/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can currently buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>.</div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the book trailer:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnU9tuBD7A" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Subscribe on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA" style="text-align: center;">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-3624068411033394372023-12-26T08:22:00.000-08:002023-12-26T08:23:36.106-08:00My Family: Christmas 1967<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tDQzdIWKK4M?si=YyQqaYLBgZK-zsA3" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </div><p>My birthday was coming up and I thought it would be fun to post home movies of one of my childhood birthday parties on social media. However, I couldn't quite figure out what year it was because my birthday cake only had three candles on it and I was clearly seven-to-nine-years-old.</p><p>To give myself context, I backed up the home movies to Christmas footage shot right before my birthday. In the footage, I saw my great uncle Louis Ernst. He sadly died at young age in February 1968. That meant this had to be Christmas 1967. It obviously couldn't have been Christmas 1968!</p><p>Watching the Super 8mm footage, I couldn't help but be overwhelmed by the images of so many of my relatives who had passed away. Since so few people shot home movies during this period, I realized that this might be the only movie footage of some of these people during this time frame. I wanted to preserve it here on my blog. So, if you're a cousin from either side of my family, enjoy.</p><p>Here's a list of the people featured in the video who have passed away:</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F-xU5WOKVo&t=3s " target="_blank"> Douglas Ernest Murphy, Sr.</a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16271646/margaret-angie-murphy " target="_blank">Margaret Angie Robertson Murphy</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL-WKbV643o&t=1s " target="_blank">Rita Rosenberger Protani Pollock</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13266832/laura-lee-valenti " target="_blank">Laura Lee Murphy Valenti</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13266835/mark-brendan-murphy " target="_blank">Mark Brendan Murphy</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13266798/john-norbert-rosenberger">John Norbert "Butch" Rosenberger</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/03/my-family-uncle-buzzy-and-boys-in.html " target="_blank">Anthony Ignatius Rosenberger</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13266807/helen-mary-ernst " target="_blank">Helen Mary Rosenberger Ernst</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13266810/ernst " target="_blank">Louis Francis Ernst</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160851480/martin-joseph-ernst " target="_blank">Martin Joseph Ernst</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2xpYWizA5Y" target="_blank">Carole Ann Hagan Protani</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14163096/delphine-evelyn-murphy" target="_blank">Delphine Evelyn Pfhaler Murphy</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186743132/mary-janet-simmons" target="_blank">Mary Janet Murphy Simmons</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/222198577/loretta-gail-stewart " target="_blank">Loretta Gail Murphy Stewart</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138110194/cathleen-alice-hand" target="_blank">Cathleen Alice Murphy Hand</a></div><div><div><div><div><div><p>Click here for more of my genealogical blogs:</p><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/12/my-family-christmas-1967.html" target="_blank">My Family: Christmas 1967</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/11/my-family-my-granddaugher-emma-renee.html" target="_blank">My Family: My Granddaughter Emma Renee Schwalm</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/08/my-family-diaries-of-mary-elizabeth.html">My Family: The Diaries of Mary Elizabeth McLane, Part 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/07/my-family-back-river-tragedy.html">My Family: The Back River Tragedy</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/05/my-family-my-three-nuns.html">My Family: My Three Nuns</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/04/my-family-murder-of-adam-robertson.html">My Family: The Murder of Adam G. Robertson</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/03/my-family-uncle-buzzy-and-boys-in.html">My Family: Uncle Buzzy and The Boys In Company B</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-family-1st-lieutenant-charles-edward.html">My Family: 1st Lieutenant Charles Edward Farber, KIA</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/10/my-family-cousin-tillies-balcony.html">My Family: Cousin Tillie's Balcony</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/04/my-family-public-suicide-of-carl-ernie.html">My Family: The Public Suicide of Carl "Ernie" Stark</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/02/my-family-public-suicide-of-frank.html">My Family: The Public Suicide of Frank Kostohryz</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/my-family-mary-marshall-mirfin.html">My Family: Mary Marshall Mirfin, Hero</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/10/my-ancestors-rita-cecilia-rosenberger.html">My Family: Rita Cecilia Rosenberger Protani Pollock</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/10/my-ancestors-vincent-klima-and-spanish.html">My Family: Vincent Klima and the Spanish Influenza</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/06/my-ancestors-festival-of-fathers.html">My Family: A Festival of Fathers</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/05/my-ancestors-honorable-george-farber.html">My Family: The Honorable George Farber</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/05/my-ancestors-celebration-of-mothers.html">My Family: A Celebration of Mothers</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/03/my-ancestors-mystery-of-frank-john.html">My Family: The Mystery of Frank John Murphy</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2016/04/my-ancestors-kristina-bednar-kostohryz.html">My Family: Kristina Bednar Kostohryz</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/09/great-grandmom-protanis-spaghetti-sauce.html">My Family: Great-Grandmom Assunta's Spaghetti Sauce Recipe</a></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Be sure to check out my memoir <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Promise-Pros-Cons-Talking-With/dp/0692200533/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1406599220&sr=8-1"><i>The Promise, or the Pros and Cons of Talking with God</i></a>, published by <a href="https://touchpointpress.com/">TouchPoint Press</a>. It is my true story of first faith and first love and how the two became almost fatally intertwined.</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B00M66IXRS&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_GKSFCbGZHXTD3" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div>Here are some sample chapters of The Promise:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-promise-chapter-1.html">Chapter 1 - A Photograph</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-promise-chapter-2.html">Chapter 2 - My Death</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-promise-chapter-3.html">Chapter 3 - Childhood</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-promise-chapter-4.html">Chapter 4 - Saved!</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-promise-chapter-5.html">Chapter 5 - The Promise</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-promise-chapter-6.html">Chapter 6 - The Mission</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-promise-chapter-7.html">Chapter 7 - Mission Accomplished</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-promise-chapter-15-quarter-to.html">Chapter 15 - Quarter To Midnight</a><br /><br />Be sure to check out my novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street"><i>Chapel Street</i></a>. It tells the story of a young man straddling the line between sanity and madness while battling a demonic entity that has driven his family members to suicide for generations. It was inspired by an actual haunting my family experienced.<br /><br />You can buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>.<br /><div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><br /><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the book trailer:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnU9tuBD7A" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Read about the true haunting that inspired the novel here:<br /><div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 1, An Introduction</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_17.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 2, The House</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_27.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 3, This Is Us</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 4, Arrival</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_14.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 5, Methodology</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_20.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 6, Clara's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_25.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 7, Clara's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_59.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 8, My Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_40.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 9, My Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_8.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 10, My Tale, Pt. 3</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 11, Natalia's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 12, Natalia's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 13, John's Tale, Pt. 1 </a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_19.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 14, John's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_23.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 15, Come Inside!</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_30.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 16, Marion's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 17, Marion's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 18, Jeanne's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_15.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 19, Jeanne's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_27.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 20, Lisa's Tale</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 21, Recap, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_22.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 22, Recap, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 23, Recap, Pt. 3</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 24, Bad News Betty</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 25, Joe's Tale</a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqH9ET1F7mSzySh8WbAXXd4VH8p0fl9ZVze4H_nZzZgvXe40mCUUEKYwqTwVrF2rkfeXcyqivmMJfsxn-Jw7FawqvSqE_-IaJsPiWZ_yFYTgKrGFSUk_j1KQLUULpCN1lqGUrCNdzBL25laCWXyAc9GVeukWsX_m_KRK5WBDo86QehOdtlmfvd97bg2Czy/s6000/Regina%20Milewski%20Grave.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqH9ET1F7mSzySh8WbAXXd4VH8p0fl9ZVze4H_nZzZgvXe40mCUUEKYwqTwVrF2rkfeXcyqivmMJfsxn-Jw7FawqvSqE_-IaJsPiWZ_yFYTgKrGFSUk_j1KQLUULpCN1lqGUrCNdzBL25laCWXyAc9GVeukWsX_m_KRK5WBDo86QehOdtlmfvd97bg2Czy/w400-h266/Regina%20Milewski%20Grave.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>I am an avid genealogist. The past is very important to me. I spend a lot of time in cemeteries photographing tombstones to upload on website the<span> </span><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/46824373" target="_blank">FindAGrave</a><span>.</span></p><p>I enjoy recognizing long dead people by putting memorials to them online. However, every once and a while something grabs me about a specific grave. It could be the name, or the dates or a ceramic photo. In those cases, I feel compelled to dig a little deeper. That's what this series of blogs is about: The tales behind those graves. Some of my subjects will be heroes. Some will be villains. Some will be victims. And some will linger in between, like most of us. However, don't be surprised if the tales are inherently tragic. These are grave tales. They all end in death.</p><p>My friend <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kathleen.glancymilstein" target="_blank">Kathleen Glancy Milstein</a> asked me to research <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178908694/regina-marie-milewski" target="_blank">Regina Marie LaBanz Milewski</a>. She went down the rabbit hole called <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/">Findagrave</a> and discovered Regina and her sons. She knew it was a tale of madness and murder and she wanted more details. She thought I would be interested since Regina and her family lived at 6009 Hamilton Avenue and I live in Hamilton -- not too far from Hamilton Avenue itself. However, the Mileskis lived at the far end of Hamilton Avenue in Fullerton, but I still investigated and found the most tragic of my grave tales.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheN3Jex5k17qt52t14o9biEDjbAuuJN5PoMBmiquMEE_LmyzkN6rMJkyb6T5_TEJmDEguA-W8NILPNUqpAYHT4rtwMT4oR8T0tMxp_hOsSPCVEFZeWLBe3TL_C-2VmoC0OxEwiERlr5Nd7c4DqszQRLvaX-ZRyYmTlXahzvDjNFJAUXON_T5aKcSI6sJFa/s190/Regina%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="159" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheN3Jex5k17qt52t14o9biEDjbAuuJN5PoMBmiquMEE_LmyzkN6rMJkyb6T5_TEJmDEguA-W8NILPNUqpAYHT4rtwMT4oR8T0tMxp_hOsSPCVEFZeWLBe3TL_C-2VmoC0OxEwiERlr5Nd7c4DqszQRLvaX-ZRyYmTlXahzvDjNFJAUXON_T5aKcSI6sJFa/w335-h400/Regina%201.jpg" width="335" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Regina Marie LaBanz Milewski*</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I quickly found Regina on Findagrave.com. Her memorial was very complete. There were photos of the grave and the occupant herself. She looked happy enough. She was born on 13 October 1931 and died on 18 August 1984. I looked Regina up at Newspapers.com in August of 1984. I couldn't find anything. Not even a simple death notice. Obviously, there was nothing tragic about her death or there would have been a story. So I turned to her children who were connected to her on Findagrave. Seven-year-old <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178974629/richard-michael-milewski">Richard Michael Milewski</a> died on 3 November 1964. His four-year-old brother <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178974653/charles-brian-milewski" target="_blank">Charles Brian Milewski</a> died on the same day. That was the tragedy.</p><p>I looked the boys up on 3 November 1964. Nothing. I looked them up on 4 November 1964. I found their death notice:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZSsht_glhpHPby-tUh9O6DqKgv-X3byTQfeCXxClrJOV3UOKsfsdZmKmwO22KFbkvkVgmBKbKjK4JvayhquUYzIelICpFhGPwiVMUFmZ3G-BzoJktVyxPqBt40SgVXa99zcasmFOC5te16c3uROZNg_h8IJs5oD9srI5ugRpeYNBYGTuyNW6X4_JoM4U/s714/Milewski%20DN.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="714" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZSsht_glhpHPby-tUh9O6DqKgv-X3byTQfeCXxClrJOV3UOKsfsdZmKmwO22KFbkvkVgmBKbKjK4JvayhquUYzIelICpFhGPwiVMUFmZ3G-BzoJktVyxPqBt40SgVXa99zcasmFOC5te16c3uROZNg_h8IJs5oD9srI5ugRpeYNBYGTuyNW6X4_JoM4U/w400-h268/Milewski%20DN.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>Suddenly.... Always a bad word to see in a death notice. But what happened? If you only searched using the Milewski name, you would have never found the next story. I only found it tucked away in the back because I went through that issue of the paper page by page. Here's what happened.</p><p>The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), 4 Nov 1964, Wed:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP65YugSFQpMqVCMA6C-70nMP4To2Ns_UyoklTYkEugoQ-SZm87jSnhe07ty2Q4qmpJ0U5NEU1gMY_kiQJtomZ7R4LP66kZ517fuQnhrBjnm3ZbLXDnYAs0XJvtv1WCZxgOExSfRlkKpqNABorjFfFNsYMCqMmsYG4QN4GK6tEElb-4IxKiuOZVZaGiiZJ/s555/Milewski%20HL%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="555" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP65YugSFQpMqVCMA6C-70nMP4To2Ns_UyoklTYkEugoQ-SZm87jSnhe07ty2Q4qmpJ0U5NEU1gMY_kiQJtomZ7R4LP66kZ517fuQnhrBjnm3ZbLXDnYAs0XJvtv1WCZxgOExSfRlkKpqNABorjFfFNsYMCqMmsYG4QN4GK6tEElb-4IxKiuOZVZaGiiZJ/w400-h384/Milewski%20HL%201.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>MOTHER HELD</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>IN 2 DEATHS</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>----</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Sons Found Strangled In</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Fullerton Area Home</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>-----</b></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i> Two small children were strangled to death in their homes in the Fullerton area of Baltimore county yesterday and police arrested their 33-year-old mother, a former mental patient.</i></div><div><i> County police at Fullerton said that a 7-year-old and his 4-year-old brother were found dead in a bed in their home.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>"I've Done Something Terrible"</b></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i> The boys' father returned from work at the Martin Company's plant and was told by his wife, "I've done something terrible."</i></div><div><i> She took him upstairs to where the bodies of the children lay.</i></div><div><i> Police said the mother had been released on October 9 from Seton Psychiatric Institution on Reisterstown road.</i></div><div><i> Police were called by neighbors after the father, in near-hysterics, had run to them.</i></div><div><i> Dr. John Hyle, Baltimore county medical examiner, said the boys were killed around noon. The couple had no other children.</i></div><div><p>What a horrible crime. To me, the most sacred relationship between human beings is the one between a mother andher minor children. Regina said she had done something terrible. That was a gross understatement. Those poor, innocent boys....</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4nkB5I4SpuqZCtinq3aT7KA5hE8SgQNnjcqZGCI38fjBORGCBz9aXWu1mTPZFBdbnMTlrAAxHorft4HlMdXerELp7T3TeLvqvDcgfEVW0b6QlpiOqmhHm9ZfqFQQcw0PmuFjxxdOT9EofJ0WZvFagh_6g62MRYvPB3Wf3o6_T3vPkdV-nEPSFlUjfGqY/s1454/Richard%20Milewski.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="1193" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4nkB5I4SpuqZCtinq3aT7KA5hE8SgQNnjcqZGCI38fjBORGCBz9aXWu1mTPZFBdbnMTlrAAxHorft4HlMdXerELp7T3TeLvqvDcgfEVW0b6QlpiOqmhHm9ZfqFQQcw0PmuFjxxdOT9EofJ0WZvFagh_6g62MRYvPB3Wf3o6_T3vPkdV-nEPSFlUjfGqY/w329-h400/Richard%20Milewski.jpg" width="329" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richard Michael Milewski</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Oh8_MXTjiCAgERyxus2AL7e166FeVlE0WhizMdzCXxIfcF4Vx094EWH0oScORUEPgVl3rExhTYAaysMthyi8nxRTNwxC0cdHQj-WTJTsUQLI3nkYURC6VFxX3b7GbKS0HbqNEkmEuSZ4aHmT2qKZ9MVtTnUsxzJu_BC7JT8_KlEahWC_sRmFhetdC794/s2869/Charles%20Brian%20Milewski.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2869" data-original-width="2264" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Oh8_MXTjiCAgERyxus2AL7e166FeVlE0WhizMdzCXxIfcF4Vx094EWH0oScORUEPgVl3rExhTYAaysMthyi8nxRTNwxC0cdHQj-WTJTsUQLI3nkYURC6VFxX3b7GbKS0HbqNEkmEuSZ4aHmT2qKZ9MVtTnUsxzJu_BC7JT8_KlEahWC_sRmFhetdC794/w316-h400/Charles%20Brian%20Milewski.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Charles Brian Milewski</div><p>And, talk about understatement, look at the completely discrete newspaper story. At another time, this would have been a front page story with a screaming headline and loaded with all of the lurid details. This time the Baltimore Sun was unbelievably restrained, probably due to concern about the mental health of the family. They didn't even give Regina's name, or the names of the victims.</p><p>Despite the horrible nature of the crime, there seemed to be no rush to demonize Regina. Re-read the death notice. the victims are listed as the sons of Casimir and Regina Milewski. They included Regina! Trust me, as a genealogist, I have read hundreds of death notices and I have seen parents, spouses, siblings or children excluded for <i>considerably less</i> than the murder of the deceased.</p><p>This same attitude can be seen on the graves of the sons. Richard's grave is inscribed with the words: "Our First Son." Charles' grave is inscribed with the words: "Our Little Son." The plural of the word "our" includes Regina, the mother, in the grief. I might be incorrectly reading between the lines, but it appears that her husband Casimir was blaming the mental illness, not Regina herself, for the deaths.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGhM3832esV_Jkc7MgXej3ypag1gQ5zPUmD3UV5BnTbfDfviBBKYORNf2GRUgjGevRRvOwIyFG6FgfF0uxtoeHTjxDO1sVuvTGv-eg2tdeCSFgwlMnwSC0PpglV-_UiarzTaxi9RAaDQPl1c7dXUrBSTmQQ8-be9dWK8Zv7tkeWVnKhaFB7a2YW-BKivv/s6000/Richard%20Milewski.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGhM3832esV_Jkc7MgXej3ypag1gQ5zPUmD3UV5BnTbfDfviBBKYORNf2GRUgjGevRRvOwIyFG6FgfF0uxtoeHTjxDO1sVuvTGv-eg2tdeCSFgwlMnwSC0PpglV-_UiarzTaxi9RAaDQPl1c7dXUrBSTmQQ8-be9dWK8Zv7tkeWVnKhaFB7a2YW-BKivv/w400-h266/Richard%20Milewski.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_Gxqw7q9j4sS5gS5WHU9W_zn2kquk5STOBNF7iAW97p1C38VHQvoQR3Zvoj4yancB3JCBd9qB4BEjc5QXDZTNvJX_sWeWaTzuCRRhO5ttL0sY-8dDrSNy5DicdPNwtcef8Hezcs0wncKcg1eNBpB5fp7Gp6cTULB5Eimxf3rDg7RuPGFrykyR_gZ_R5C/s6000/Charles%20Milewski.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_Gxqw7q9j4sS5gS5WHU9W_zn2kquk5STOBNF7iAW97p1C38VHQvoQR3Zvoj4yancB3JCBd9qB4BEjc5QXDZTNvJX_sWeWaTzuCRRhO5ttL0sY-8dDrSNy5DicdPNwtcef8Hezcs0wncKcg1eNBpB5fp7Gp6cTULB5Eimxf3rDg7RuPGFrykyR_gZ_R5C/w400-h266/Charles%20Milewski.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>There were no further stories about the deaths. No stories about an arraignment or sentencing, or eventual release. Nothing. However, there was an earlier story detailing Regina's marriage to Casimir.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOVzN47fRRQ41f-HAaS5YeGhO9KCAZkKb7LBqaf3LRNCbDH08iZFqSBr8Tizoj5-RzcoNfIa8NeJIyHkZLr6zkb3g-s-xlN5TJvBcjmNNxe70UaeTZfeDf7raUVKGfa7SBgnmQ9E6GIYlh52TbxOD6CIOBnvts_-aKwN9vPNdo8-9Lwx1q5hlF9FGFMLG/s989/Wedding%20Photo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="710" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOVzN47fRRQ41f-HAaS5YeGhO9KCAZkKb7LBqaf3LRNCbDH08iZFqSBr8Tizoj5-RzcoNfIa8NeJIyHkZLr6zkb3g-s-xlN5TJvBcjmNNxe70UaeTZfeDf7raUVKGfa7SBgnmQ9E6GIYlh52TbxOD6CIOBnvts_-aKwN9vPNdo8-9Lwx1q5hlF9FGFMLG/w460-h640/Wedding%20Photo.jpg" width="460" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Regina & Casimir Milewski</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), 2 Oct 1955, Sun:</p><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Milewski-Labanz</i></b></div></b></div><div><i> The wedding of Miss Jean Labanz, daughter of Mrs. Clara R. Labanz, of 740 Melville avenue, to Mr. Casimir Milewski, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Milewski, of 4904 Pennington avenue, took place September 18.</i></div><div><i> The ceremony was at St. Bernard's Church. A reception was held at Cameo Hall.</i></div><div><i> Miss Nelva Labanz was the maid of honor for her sister. The bridesmaids were Miss Rita Labanz, another sister, and Mrs. Betty Butkus. Christine Matanoski was the flower girl.</i></div><div><i> Mr. Eugene Milewski was best man for his brother. The ushers were Mr. Vincent Milewski, brother of the bridegroom, and Mr. Charles Wiseman. Walter Korzybski was the ring bearer,</i><p>The marriage did not survive the tragedy. Casimir would divorce Regina in June of 1966. That same year he would change his name to <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163317932/christopher-charles-miller" target="_blank">Christopher Charles Miller</a> and leave Maryland. He would marry Edith Mae Parks on 12 December 1968. They would have two children. Christopher and Edith would later divorce and he would finally marry Jeanette Luker. He would die in Picayune, Mississippi on 4 May 2016.</p><p>Here's his obituary from his Findagrave memorial:</p><i> Mass of Christian Burial for Christopher Charles Miller, age 88, of Picayune, MS, who passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2016 will be held Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 11:00 am at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church.</i></div><div><i> Visitation will be Tuesday, May 31, 2016 from 10:00 am until 11:00 am at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church.</i></div><div><i> Burial will be in Southeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery at 2:00 pm under the direction of McDonald Funeral Home.</i></div><div><i> Father John Noone will officiate the service.</i></div><div><i> Originally known as Casimir Milewski, Chris was born in Curtis Bay, Maryland on August 18, 1927. In 1945, he enlisted for four years in the U. S. Navy, training at the Bainbridge, MD and Gulfport, MS Naval Stations as Quartermaster/Navigator. After assisting the Bikini Operation he was assigned to the Navy's amphibian fleet. Upon service discharge, he attended and graduated from the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) with a degree in Civil Engineering. This led to a forty year employment with Lockheed-Martin as a Heat Shield Materials Engineer at their Baltimore, Denver, and New Orleans facilities.</i></div><div><i> Mr. Miller was a devout member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Picayune and a faithful participant in it's Perpetual Adoration Program. On retirement, he also increased his attention on art (multi-medium painting), puzzles, and wood crafting.</i></div><div><i> He was preceded in death by his parents, Vincent Milewski and Carrie Korzybski Milewski; sons, Richard M. Milewski, Charles B. Milewski, Joe Russell Jr.; daughter, Sandra K. Kinder; brother, Eugene P. Miles.</i></div><div><i> Survivors include his wife, Jeanette Luker Miller; children, Christopher Paul Miller, Daniel Clayton Miller, Janet L. Richard, and James B. Russell; 10 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren; brother, Vincent John Milewski; many nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and loved ones.</i><br /><div><div><div><p></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">I said there were no further newspaper stories concerning Regina and the crime. However, she was mentioned in the death notices of her family members.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVp4oTTQmolkmtlJkpMnCJyT4ysN7mf2jbvEUIRQm3xGQBv9nFH1xfnScfotZEl247tWxFt2j-2_MQ9rMhiqo0KtBbn5RMSs3aJnJqnJuUCToBbhCWNgI6WEUmEcZwuGspY5CDRp6LDzxfLoCjpp_aUiJzyNZXiY7CkJJXZmcsr0Y96HfWrZ1BykHaE9XP/s549/Clara%20DN.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="295" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVp4oTTQmolkmtlJkpMnCJyT4ysN7mf2jbvEUIRQm3xGQBv9nFH1xfnScfotZEl247tWxFt2j-2_MQ9rMhiqo0KtBbn5RMSs3aJnJqnJuUCToBbhCWNgI6WEUmEcZwuGspY5CDRp6LDzxfLoCjpp_aUiJzyNZXiY7CkJJXZmcsr0Y96HfWrZ1BykHaE9XP/w344-h640/Clara%20DN.png" width="344" /></a></div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwaFnrEIV3V_4nUkDm5kCRF_TB9IyAb4QGgHBH5ZDniYtqsTZaWNkYNYdqC6uBoABHdLa7cuIwncO_RvRljij5EIyLxubBKeLHDcS7Ofti0pd0zBh9gVZ1fKHWWoSk5_RfhJI6FIs4gka7ZWDEn6-VKjW1ddHEu-6JxcdiD9_zTLZflzPl4JQoTsyw87gc/s630/Mary%20DN.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="336" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwaFnrEIV3V_4nUkDm5kCRF_TB9IyAb4QGgHBH5ZDniYtqsTZaWNkYNYdqC6uBoABHdLa7cuIwncO_RvRljij5EIyLxubBKeLHDcS7Ofti0pd0zBh9gVZ1fKHWWoSk5_RfhJI6FIs4gka7ZWDEn6-VKjW1ddHEu-6JxcdiD9_zTLZflzPl4JQoTsyw87gc/w342-h640/Mary%20DN.png" width="342" /></a></div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGD0MUyZzAV5m_mq4Lkb4h-jUNHV6M3B3cwmZ9Xk7eBhCjAsmjI5SCeOBBrUhNgVBvJ2r3tFAxa7IuaFevnAdCWgup5BPd-r0SeKQOANFheRc-QE8z-JIVuCtYTl_AdaSNYoby4g4fa21LupFCzjA7zce-3JvlNSO_m7x9sEBfpzY5_6CRTuwCOhgxrwwP/s459/Rita%20DN.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="459" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGD0MUyZzAV5m_mq4Lkb4h-jUNHV6M3B3cwmZ9Xk7eBhCjAsmjI5SCeOBBrUhNgVBvJ2r3tFAxa7IuaFevnAdCWgup5BPd-r0SeKQOANFheRc-QE8z-JIVuCtYTl_AdaSNYoby4g4fa21LupFCzjA7zce-3JvlNSO_m7x9sEBfpzY5_6CRTuwCOhgxrwwP/w400-h299/Rita%20DN.png" width="400" /></a></div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">Obviously, her family members continued to honor her as a member of their family despite her crime.</span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">I have more questions than answers about this story. Was Regina incarcerated or institutionalized for this crime? Was she ever released? How did she die? But it seems that her family offered her some measure of mercy or forgiveness. Remember the inscription on her grave: "In Loving Memory." I'm sure she didn't write that herself. She was still loved....</span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">Still, no amount of forgiveness could undo what happened and that is evident from the family plot. Beside Regina there is an empty grave between her and her two boys. That space was obviously intended for her husband, but he was no longer her husband and he was eventually buried hundreds of miles away. The family was broken forever. I only hope that they all found a way to rest in peace. Having just unexpectedly lost a eight-year-old granddaughter myself, I know peace will be hard to find. (Read about my granddaughter here: <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/11/my-family-my-granddaugher-emma-renee.html" target="_blank">Emma Renee Schwalm</a>)</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_hpYHM77iJfONriiE4S6hQNfEPVLAvZSxlLhR9w8pOAtxUW-NtlvEKgQ_H13luFdU314pbhAnx-6yuTvV2ZzPgv3amXj2qGmLele6Y1ewnI2XRdUjC6Qm_vOvqrx7yuXdWrsvmmdBoNdKIUVUqjT1RT7mxTmqmwgt5xOi_lOBNSailZvuOThqEAFJp3_/s2964/Regina%20and%20Richard.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2964" data-original-width="2398" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_hpYHM77iJfONriiE4S6hQNfEPVLAvZSxlLhR9w8pOAtxUW-NtlvEKgQ_H13luFdU314pbhAnx-6yuTvV2ZzPgv3amXj2qGmLele6Y1ewnI2XRdUjC6Qm_vOvqrx7yuXdWrsvmmdBoNdKIUVUqjT1RT7mxTmqmwgt5xOi_lOBNSailZvuOThqEAFJp3_/w324-h400/Regina%20and%20Richard.jpg" width="324" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Regina with Richard,<br />in happier days.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">Remember, there is a story behind every grave. You never know what you're missing when you walk past one....</span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">*All photographs of the people come from the family tree of Christopher Miller on Ancestry.com. Used without permission.</span></p><p>Grave Tales:</p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/11/grave-tales-1-leopold-w-gilden.html">Grave Tales #1: Leopold W. Gilden</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/11/grave-tales-2-emanuel-ruby-snell.html">Grave Tales #2: Emanuel & Ruby Snell</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/11/grave-tales-3-philip-t-pinky-kandell.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #3: Philip "Pinky" Kandell</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/12/grave-tales-4-bobbi-jo-eaddy.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #4: Bobbi Jo Eaddy</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/12/grave-tales-5-anthony-tony-tiger-brown.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #5: Anthony "Tony The Tiger" Brown</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/01/grave-tales-6-isidore-solomon-gold.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #6: Isidore & Solomon Gold</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/02/grave-tales-7-louis-kid-dorbet.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #7: Louis "Kid" Dorbert</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/02/grave-tales-8-maurice-goldberg.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #8: Maurice Goldberg</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/03/grave-tales-9-maria-monteferrante.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #9: Maria Monteferrante</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/03/grave-tales-10-oscar-goldstein.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #10: Oscar Goldstein</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/03/grave-tales-11-james-tully.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #11: James Tully</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/03/grave-tales-12-solomon-goldman.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #12: Solomon Goldman</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/04/grave-tales-13-suvilla-elizabeth.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #13: Survilla Elizabeth Braverman</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/04/grave-tales-14-ernest-dora-blumenfeld.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #14: Ernest & Dora Blumenfeld</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/04/grave-tales-15-terri-lea-sain.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #15: Terri Lea Sain</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/04/grave-tales-16-hyman-greenberg.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #16: Hyman Greenberg</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/06/grave-tales-17-sunshine-marie-royston.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #17: Sunshine Marie Royston Hillegas</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/06/grave-tales-18-samuel-shlian.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #18: Samuel Shlian</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/06/grave-tale-19-gertrude-parnaby.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #19: Gertrude Parnaby</a><br /></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/07/grave-tale-20-susan-lynn-nasdor.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #20: Susan Lynn Nasdor</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/08/grave-tale-21-rev-ronald-p-pytel.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #21: Rev. Ronald P. Pytel</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/08/grave-tale-22-dr-maurice-chideckel.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #22: Dr. Maurice Chideckel</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2021/09/grave-tales-23-mieczyslaw-james.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #23: Mieczyslaw "James" Zacharksi</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/01/grave-tales-24-yetta-palatnik.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #24: Yetta Palatnik</a></div></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/01/grave-tales-25-oscar-n-slitzer.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #25: Oscar N. Slitzer</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/02/grave-tales-26-william-ashbie-hawkins.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #26: William Ashbie Hawkins</a><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/05/grave-tales-27-benjamin-kulpe.html">Grave Tales #27: Benjamin Kulpe</a><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/07/grave-tales-28-henry-nicholas-john.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #28: Henry Nicholas John Gunther</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/09/grave-tales-29-philip-freidel.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #29: Philip Friedel</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/10/grave-tales-30-walter-ross-jester.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #30: Walter Ross Jester</a> </div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/10/grave-tales-31-thomas-bright.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #31: Thomas Bright</a> </div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/11/grave-tales-32-john-p-brandau.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #32: John P. Brandau</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/11/grave-tales-33-norman-myers-chubby.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #33: Norman Myers "Chubby" Chaney</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/12/grave-tales-34-isaac-winder.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #34: Isaac Winder</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/01/grave-tales-34-meyer-sacks.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #35: Meyer Sacks</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/03/grave-tales-36-commodore-thornton.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #36: "Commodore" Thornton Rollins</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/04/grave-tales-37-john-h-johnny-eck.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #37: John H. "Johnny Eck" Eckhardt</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/05/grave-tales-38-helena-mignon-zeigler.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #38: Helena Mignon Zeigler</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/08/grave-tales-39-dr-james-m-morrison.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #39: Dr. James M. Morrison</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/08/grave-tales-40-morris-m-miles-murphy.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #40: Morris M. "Miles Murphy" Snyder</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/12/grave-tales-41-regina-marie-labanz.html" target="_blank">Grave Tales #41: Regina Marie LaBanz Milewski</a><br /></div><p>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street" target="_blank">Chapel Street</a> is the tale of a young man battling a demonic entity that has driven members of his family to suicide for generations. It was inspired by an actual haunting. </p><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div>Read about the true haunting that inspired the novel here:<br /><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 1, An Introduction</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_17.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 2, The House</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_27.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 3, This Is Us</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 4, Arrival</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_14.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 5, Methodology</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_20.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 6, Clara's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_25.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 7, Clara's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_59.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 8, My Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_40.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 9, My Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_8.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 10, My Tale, Pt. 3</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 11, Natalia's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 12, Natalia's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 13, John's Tale, Pt. 1 </a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_19.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 14, John's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_23.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 15, Come Inside!</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_30.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 16, Marion's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 17, Marion's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 18, Jeanne's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_15.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 19, Jeanne's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_27.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 20, Lisa's Tale</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 21, Recap, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_22.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 22, Recap, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 23, Recap, Pt. 3</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 24, Bad News Betty</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 25, Joe's Tale</a><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Let's stay in touch:</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Subscribe on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA" style="text-align: center;">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-63767525032885084652023-12-06T12:03:00.000-08:002024-01-19T10:05:21.974-08:00YKYMP: #208: Trance/#209: A Christmas Carol (1984)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYtpRdCC0PKma_ILLib14SYq1GKRUUSmXCcXpjSMHWfA-j_rlVHjv5GJfcMq0eucp7U-_vKUDIIeUmwInJUFB5eSlIkBuitPjp5q1j5z_rzVhiPAzizQ1sGNNKXnYg7Ok_oO1nsUxku_zgY0WG2Oj3FmVIJHgbMxtqtmpyhp-8saruItPzEQdYUT73uou/s686/Trance%202020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYtpRdCC0PKma_ILLib14SYq1GKRUUSmXCcXpjSMHWfA-j_rlVHjv5GJfcMq0eucp7U-_vKUDIIeUmwInJUFB5eSlIkBuitPjp5q1j5z_rzVhiPAzizQ1sGNNKXnYg7Ok_oO1nsUxku_zgY0WG2Oj3FmVIJHgbMxtqtmpyhp-8saruItPzEQdYUT73uou/w448-h640/Trance%202020.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><p>Here's two more exciting ZOOM editions of the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1756833695592231394/7017847308521743788#">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a><span>, a lively discussion of the movies that sometimes devolves into a group therapy session.</span></p><p></p><p>In our India Cine-Maniacs episodes, Ralph, John and Drew watch the 2020 film <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6720802/externalreviews/?ref_=tt_ov_rt" target="_blank"><i>Trance</i></a> about a disillusioned motivational speaker. Is it worth watching? Check out the review and find out:</p><p style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mGrwUhOOA3U?si=TPTbjov0rUQpkCvm" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3Tn1yLG3bsGUJpsD_VPsOGUyn2yeKAm2MwpQO_jn66MXm3MVV_ULrOkJir2Od9O6FDbtaDidO-rBC2HGBDBOMQf5IgwichJBt-bSz5ilVUk6svizRaF1-4G02_KZx09EI1A6IkUfXqiWeWQlelLqcmvdkyIvvhii950uG34ufAYjV_xLyZjkeDEVAJjC/s3000/A_Christmas_Carol_1984_Poster.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3Tn1yLG3bsGUJpsD_VPsOGUyn2yeKAm2MwpQO_jn66MXm3MVV_ULrOkJir2Od9O6FDbtaDidO-rBC2HGBDBOMQf5IgwichJBt-bSz5ilVUk6svizRaF1-4G02_KZx09EI1A6IkUfXqiWeWQlelLqcmvdkyIvvhii950uG34ufAYjV_xLyZjkeDEVAJjC/w426-h640/A_Christmas_Carol_1984_Poster.webp" width="426" /></a></div><p>In our special holiday episode, John brings yet another version of Charles Dicken's <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087056/" target="_blank"><i>A Christmas Carol</i></a> to the table. How could I resist returning for this episode? This is a 1984 made for television version starring George C. Scott. How will it compare to the multitude of other versions? Watch our review and find out:</p><p style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qrut0ZKx0-M?si=Ix2qPzuv_IrLM7GP" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </p><div>Our Podcast is available on iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast/id1317616002?mt=2">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Subscribe to our YouTube page: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn1coVPOrEu_6At3K5DIsBg">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Check out our webpage: <a href="https://yippeekiyaymotherpodcast.com/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Yippee-Ki-Yay-Mother-Podcast-192338501326681/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast.</a></div><div>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/YKYPodcast">YKYPodcast</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div>Check out our other episodes here:</div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/p/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast-episodes.html">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast Episode List</a></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s1600/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="1600" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s400/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can currently buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>.</div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the book trailer:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnU9tuBD7A" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Subscribe on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA" style="text-align: center;">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-88818529546057248402023-11-15T09:05:00.000-08:002024-02-23T19:46:15.243-08:00First Five: West Rhodes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUvxi48hR166NwKRBxSYn50APaipcOQ8UenAh6WZFqyEEYM_obYiSwVMUaA3nU7pVWV6EOyXZsA-ns4mCKzvArdvvzj7PwzFzqcAyTJswlB86Awsq_AX-CPaqmagHAZ5enrUR7fPwZbSWqORbgKitI558zX6PD4EPGFOTIV_SxVWSucOvA8KxAPrQLMr7/s740/West%20Rhodes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="740" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUvxi48hR166NwKRBxSYn50APaipcOQ8UenAh6WZFqyEEYM_obYiSwVMUaA3nU7pVWV6EOyXZsA-ns4mCKzvArdvvzj7PwzFzqcAyTJswlB86Awsq_AX-CPaqmagHAZ5enrUR7fPwZbSWqORbgKitI558zX6PD4EPGFOTIV_SxVWSucOvA8KxAPrQLMr7/w400-h266/West%20Rhodes.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I am awfully quick to give advice about screenwriting in this blog. And some people actually accept it. The funny thing is that none of those people have ever read any of my scripts! They might have seen one of my films, but, with a finished film, it is difficult to say who contributed what. Therefore, to help people decide whether my writing advice is any good, I am posting some pages for your pleasure and perusal.</p><p>Inspired by the three-page challenges on the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scriptnotes-podcast/id462495496">Scriptnotes</a> podcast by John August and Craig Mazin, I have decided to post the opening of some of my scripts in a series of blogs. However, rather than three pages, I am going with five pages because I feel that will provide a more accurate appraisal of my writing and the stories. I am not posting the scripts of any of my produced films. That would be complicated legally since those scripts now belong to their respective production companies. Nor am I posting any script currently under option for the same reason. These scripts are either new or part of my back catalog. Some are ready to be pitched. Others need a little polishing. But you can read the first five pages now.</p><p><i>West Rhodes</i> is the first script I wrote with my friend director <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094915/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_q_Lee%2520Bonner" target="_blank">Lee Bonner</a>, who ultimately co-wrote and directed my first produced feature <i>21 Eyes</i>. When I met Lee Bonner, he was a top commercial director and a budding director of episodic primetime dramas. He had also been an RCA recording artist with his band <a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/features/retro-baltimore/bs-fe-retro-lafayettes-20200303-4mtks67ytbdydcmjxhnreuwtyi-story.html">The Lafayettes</a>. Their most famous song was <i>Life's Too Short</i>. Here it is:</p><p style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IumNaLhVEuc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>The band was more popular abroad than it was in the United States. The Beatles used to cover Lee's song <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUQDisMlQFI" target="_blank"><i>Nobody But You</i></a> during their days in the clubs. (Paul sang it.) I remember reading an interview with Robert Plant where he mentioned another one of their recordings. I immediately called Lee and told him about it. Lee's response: "Who's Robert Plant?"</p><p>Lee had previously directed a low budget featured called <i>Two For The Money</i>, which was ultimately released by Troma as <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092511/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_15_dr" target="_blank"><i>The Adventure of the Action Hunters</i></a>, featuring a fabulous supporting performance by former Baltimore Colts great Artie Donovan. (Interesting, the leading lady of the film was named <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614696/?ref_=tt_ov_st" target="_blank">Sean Murphy</a> -- not to be confused with yours truly.) The film was about a cocktail-loving man who lives on a boat on the Chesapeake who becomes entangled in a mystery and treasure hunt. Here's the trailer:</p><p style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uRhxLrMsS50?si=gO3da-ixio_D_inF" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>Not surprisingly, Lee wasn't satisfied with the release of the film. He was aiming a little higher than Troma. He wanted to try again and he already knew who the film was about: A carefree Maryland State water cop named West Rhodes who becomes entangled in a murder mystery. (Lee got the name was a newly-born nephew.*) He wanted and a co-writer, and that's where I came into the picture.</p><p>I had known Lee for years. He was the top commercial director in the Mid-Atlantic area and I was a boy producer at Smith Burke & Azzam, one of the top advertising agencies in the area at the time. When I left the agency and became a freelance film editor, Lee became one of my top clients. However, he didn't view me as a writer until my screenplays, <i>The Long Drive</i>, won the praise of Baltimore's own Academy Award winner Barry Levinson. Barry called me "a very good writer." That was all Lee needed to hear.</p><p>Lee invited me out for the day on his sailboat, along with producer David Butler. I'm not much of a drinker, but the first thing Lee did was make me am industrial-sized martini. Then he asked me to read his notes and thoughts for the story and character while he and David sailed the ship around the Chesapeake. I loved the idea and I said I would be happy to write it with him. During that trip, I also began my tradition of losing something overboard -- my glasses, my wallet, my phone, etc. -- every time I got on one of his boats.</p><p>I loved the final script, but, sadly, Lee decided that it wasn't viable as an independent film at the time because of the expense of shooting so much action on the water. Lee and I followed that script up with a few others. They tended to be mysteries that leaned heavily into characters and humor. That's my wheelhouse.</p><p>Hopefully one day we'll get it made.</p><p>Here's a brief synopsis:</p><p>Meet West Rhodes, marine police; his beat, the waterways surrounding the gold coast of Annapolis, a cop who gives warning tickets to girls so he can ask them on dates and confiscates beer from teenagers so he can drink it.</p><p>Then one day, West discovers the body of a man hung by the ankles with his head submerged in the Severn river, left there at mean low water to die a slow death on the incoming tide.</p><p>The case is assigned to detectives Burger and Frye, spare them the witticisms, they’ve suffered enough. Fate brought them to the department at the same time and no Lieutenant could resist pairing them as a team.</p><p>But West knows something they don’t know, a secret from his own past that links the victim to a previous crime. Soon West, conspiring with ex-girlfriend and local newshound Joey Bliss, finds himself up to his neck in multiple homicide, and a case that will change his life forever.</p><p>*BTW, the real West Rhodes, whose name inspired the character, has grown up and actually became a water cop!</p><p>
Here are the first five pages:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNuym0Obam6w6pRsHnZgpbko-obwesRgIkCZU6zpNGiSdzm9WsSx_2oKmns0SOc6QUD2zHvVTCk4Z_o8kHpMh-LAv3JEOAqZ8ibOSlCDuy5CglPUcK_d0Bd9XOICB2V3RxaH6phR5OrsrbNr6OiBrEYQGTZtX-0CfrQ2IPFzH4MUsSUrx8iXzX2a2V_eA/s901/West%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="591" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNuym0Obam6w6pRsHnZgpbko-obwesRgIkCZU6zpNGiSdzm9WsSx_2oKmns0SOc6QUD2zHvVTCk4Z_o8kHpMh-LAv3JEOAqZ8ibOSlCDuy5CglPUcK_d0Bd9XOICB2V3RxaH6phR5OrsrbNr6OiBrEYQGTZtX-0CfrQ2IPFzH4MUsSUrx8iXzX2a2V_eA/w420-h640/West%201.png" width="420" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYM21drnIANgcnVOBEh8xiHuhtCm7r5a_Kb2wlMSlt153mGsOtDgg7kXmyaesSCTdg253XwZNO-B_JSz_HuWJdqb9JQYcYLmoGW_CJ3QRkA785MzvjmT_MezbYqi2d_WnvGpENEbXe0NXqITbP34UpU1BUckexW7dKOfXbjNsnK91J62wAyORu0OUbwrG/s918/West%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="567" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYM21drnIANgcnVOBEh8xiHuhtCm7r5a_Kb2wlMSlt153mGsOtDgg7kXmyaesSCTdg253XwZNO-B_JSz_HuWJdqb9JQYcYLmoGW_CJ3QRkA785MzvjmT_MezbYqi2d_WnvGpENEbXe0NXqITbP34UpU1BUckexW7dKOfXbjNsnK91J62wAyORu0OUbwrG/w396-h640/West%202.png" width="396" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcro7uMICmvi3E5gQqyeDWcqeIclzp0Z6PUu3VJOGfVoJ9MeLP86NjjvROngMeLaIsnWvPCnTMb8vtHbts6oIoeKmeQE0Tg3YJjVFpwq2DG_QiTTd5BlUqDe6kwrR6KRUziM0TfBAXj6NfJUOndh8DsvXY5tJ0dNdssekuvdnehsO1oD6KB_6_m1eNgS2Y/s902/West%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="574" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcro7uMICmvi3E5gQqyeDWcqeIclzp0Z6PUu3VJOGfVoJ9MeLP86NjjvROngMeLaIsnWvPCnTMb8vtHbts6oIoeKmeQE0Tg3YJjVFpwq2DG_QiTTd5BlUqDe6kwrR6KRUziM0TfBAXj6NfJUOndh8DsvXY5tJ0dNdssekuvdnehsO1oD6KB_6_m1eNgS2Y/w408-h640/West%203.png" width="408" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgioo3KD5unKsSB6ywR0Hx6-LTj6dIEVUdrWM6rGjShH7uv-hR7bIDdMmDpY43jy5WyG2bDmmgL4e8F8uV55hLnw8WCKae4Y-EhtcAk4CqaoAoD7l8TqyqcuoMUtPzJYlDTJq17mgMqDAEIgCBls_BlkoTCdSRFqBYbA8rtpWuvtREdLt7ZV9WJDHnpia/s910/West%204.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="910" data-original-width="557" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgioo3KD5unKsSB6ywR0Hx6-LTj6dIEVUdrWM6rGjShH7uv-hR7bIDdMmDpY43jy5WyG2bDmmgL4e8F8uV55hLnw8WCKae4Y-EhtcAk4CqaoAoD7l8TqyqcuoMUtPzJYlDTJq17mgMqDAEIgCBls_BlkoTCdSRFqBYbA8rtpWuvtREdLt7ZV9WJDHnpia/w392-h640/West%204.png" width="392" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQj4ZT7SRckMxYCC6BGVdgVqF2VcAzH7Maw3EWdzxKuSHkxltggYL_A17bCxnqAEzoO7ldLZuSZAyDp9rlMlXU3KbnEOf7bhb4nuc_0vElFCZS8RHf6kSYyNmwyybNgwZg7LY2UNWtBKyoUNtjjAZUGv2-QYp07JxrVfKQFQ8A5IRHs4nBGo0mk1KoGAxR/s930/West%205.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="576" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQj4ZT7SRckMxYCC6BGVdgVqF2VcAzH7Maw3EWdzxKuSHkxltggYL_A17bCxnqAEzoO7ldLZuSZAyDp9rlMlXU3KbnEOf7bhb4nuc_0vElFCZS8RHf6kSYyNmwyybNgwZg7LY2UNWtBKyoUNtjjAZUGv2-QYp07JxrVfKQFQ8A5IRHs4nBGo0mk1KoGAxR/w396-h640/West%205.png" width="396" /></a></div><p>I hope you enjoyed those first five pages. Here's the trailer for the film we made together:</p><p style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/amxjOxKaj40" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>You can read about the making of the film here:</p><p><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2010/05/21-eyes-happened-overnight.html">21 Eyes, A History, Part 1</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2010/05/21-eyes-history-part-2.html">21 Eyes, A History, Part 2</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2010/05/21-eyes-history-part-3.html">21 Eyes, A History, Part 3</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2010/05/21-eyes-history-part-4.html">21 Eyes, A History, Part 4</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2010/05/21-eyes-nude-scene.html">21 Eyes, About That Nude Scene....</a></p><div>Here's the pilot of a travel series Lee produced, directed and starred in called <i>Iron John Cruising</i> about traveling on the Chesapeake Bay. It played on Maryland Public Television:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m4NiafkYkR8?si=g_yOwc_f2PD1hwCy" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's Lee on our podcast discussing the film <i>That Thing You Do</i>, about a one-hit wonder band -- a subject which he knew every well.</div><div> <iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="300" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/501444978&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-606814192" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-606814192/yky_that-thing-you-do" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="YKY_That Thing You Do">YKY_That Thing You Do</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>First Fives:</div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2024/02/first-five-mark.html" target="_blank">The Mark</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2024/01/first-five-then-judgement.html" target="_blank">Then The Judgement</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/11/first-five-west-rhodes.html" target="_blank">West Rhodes</a><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/09/first-five-candido.html">Candido</a><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/09/first-five-mr-inside.html" target="_blank">Mr. Inside</a><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/08/first-five-final-table.html" target="_blank">Final Table</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/08/first-five-outer-dark.html" target="_blank">Outer Dark</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/08/first-five-grid.html" target="_blank">The Grid</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/06/first-five-desecrated.html" target="_blank">Desecrated</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/07/first-five-4-sided-triangle.html" target="_blank">The 4 Sided Triangle</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/06/first-five-i-john.html" target="_blank">I, John</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/06/first-five-runaway-heart.html" target="_blank">Runaway Heart</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street" target="_blank">Chapel Street</a> is the tale of a young man battling a demonic entity that has driven members of his family to suicide for generations. It was inspired by an actual haunting. </div><div><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div>Read about the true haunting that inspired the novel here:<br /><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 1, An Introduction</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_17.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 2, The House</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_27.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 3, This Is Us</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 4, Arrival</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_14.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 5, Methodology</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_20.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 6, Clara's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_25.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 7, Clara's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_59.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 8, My Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_40.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 9, My Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_8.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 10, My Tale, Pt. 3</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 11, Natalia's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 12, Natalia's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 13, John's Tale, Pt. 1 </a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_19.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 14, John's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_23.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 15, Come Inside!</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_30.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 16, Marion's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 17, Marion's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 18, Jeanne's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_15.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 19, Jeanne's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_27.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 20, Lisa's Tale</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 21, Recap, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_22.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 22, Recap, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 23, Recap, Pt. 3</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 24, Bad News Betty</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 25, Joe's Tale</a><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Let's stay in touch:</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Subscribe on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA" style="text-align: center;">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-83150646558314801812023-11-12T19:04:00.000-08:002023-12-26T08:23:50.858-08:00My Family: My Granddaugher Emma Renee Schwalm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIo5eqPbi0IxIwfpcykLNO5E08oP-8iufw6hZTaXV0kRFoJOfHawuHWsPWnZBZIypPxRCdN98MZ9AVp4GcNws4gf5_XoobQTNvwtcI4-IQHrLs6htHxQX_rzG70bnUmsZye60CbLsFkHWRIWscfdVWuns-WW08X4XpZoQPSZsdL1yU4yzqmKDoUYVjNXD/s2992/1294577%20Emma.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2992" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIo5eqPbi0IxIwfpcykLNO5E08oP-8iufw6hZTaXV0kRFoJOfHawuHWsPWnZBZIypPxRCdN98MZ9AVp4GcNws4gf5_XoobQTNvwtcI4-IQHrLs6htHxQX_rzG70bnUmsZye60CbLsFkHWRIWscfdVWuns-WW08X4XpZoQPSZsdL1yU4yzqmKDoUYVjNXD/w400-h268/1294577%20Emma.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>I can't believe I'm writing a genealogical blog about someone who was supposed to outlive me by sixty years, but here I am....</div><div><br /></div>On Friday, October 20, 2023, my wife Deborah and I lost our precious eight-year-old granddaughter Emma. Emma was a beautiful, intelligent and sweet girl. She was a wonderful sister to her older sister Claudia and her little brother Ian, and she was like a sister to her cousin Mara. We called them twin cousins. I always wondered what Emma would achieve in her life. She was bright, kind and independently minded, and not without a little playful mischief in her heart. She certainly had grandpa figured out. I would see her and Mara in pool whispering and looking at me. Then Emma would swim up to me with a smile and say, "Grandpa, can we have a snack?" The answer was always yes. I could never say no to her.<div><br /></div><div>Here's one story that summed up our relationship. Early this summer, she had a sleepover at our house. Emma came over and sat beside me on the sofa and asked, "Grandpa, who do you love the most?" "Grandma," I answered. "Well, who loves you the most?" Emma continued. "Grandma," I replied. "No," she answered. "I do." (I'm not intimating that she loved me more than anyone else in her life -- only that she felt that she loved me more than anyone else in my life loved me!) About a month ago, I recounted that conversation to her. "You remember that?" she said quietly. "Of course, I do," I replied. "I'm going to remember it the rest of my life." And I will.</div><div><br /></div><div>I always wondered what Emma would achieve in her life. Now I know. It was a short life, but she managed to bring love to everyone she knew. That's a great accomplishment. I will miss her everyday of my life. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlXz6Q39XYf1Qv2H8lEM-fiBQxvD6-X7rBtT5e4TjHF8C6FiaZYdVY7QP7OduXT41P1OVFLrV_dZXopRnwxogHkrsNB11ZELWncCMB6KWE45Pu1aLmxkSODhDE8iHQI6bp_b_roFNVIORydjEtifacENwnSxW2N3K1_9Bf6bNQ0K-7pwooYutbtSoStLk/s1499/Emma%20Leaves.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="843" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlXz6Q39XYf1Qv2H8lEM-fiBQxvD6-X7rBtT5e4TjHF8C6FiaZYdVY7QP7OduXT41P1OVFLrV_dZXopRnwxogHkrsNB11ZELWncCMB6KWE45Pu1aLmxkSODhDE8iHQI6bp_b_roFNVIORydjEtifacENwnSxW2N3K1_9Bf6bNQ0K-7pwooYutbtSoStLk/w360-h640/Emma%20Leaves.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's my daughter Elizabeth's Facebook post about Emma's death:</div><div><br /></div>On Friday October 20th at 11:48 am the world lost one of its most beautiful souls that has ever walked this earth. Emma was a perpetual source of light, positive energy and love, as anyone who was blessed enough to have met her already knows. I don't have the words to express the true blessing that was my daughter, or the loss I (we) feel as a family. All I can really express is that she made me truly happy to be a mom. Emma , you are sooo missed and soo completely loved by me, Claudia, Ian and all who knew you. I love you forever and you'll always be in my heart, my angel.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGaMeIjwX7fjVeX-rTZwPV_O39RsZLFxES8flxcIi9QRfoSnta4Amh_9ILnmcYyKifOJ_dmJbD1iSXluNTDrH1ed18f185R8zwnAa1Ki7vPzIdoCruLUV0EGL9BLFRQWfogWGmVSCDvYBpOtXS9h379iGv4jHD3nZhSwkW_nYiF_bPHq_NMR2mBop4_G8o/s2048/Candlelight%20Vigil.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGaMeIjwX7fjVeX-rTZwPV_O39RsZLFxES8flxcIi9QRfoSnta4Amh_9ILnmcYyKifOJ_dmJbD1iSXluNTDrH1ed18f185R8zwnAa1Ki7vPzIdoCruLUV0EGL9BLFRQWfogWGmVSCDvYBpOtXS9h379iGv4jHD3nZhSwkW_nYiF_bPHq_NMR2mBop4_G8o/w480-h640/Candlelight%20Vigil.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emma's neighbors held a candlelight vigil for her.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><div><br /></div><div><div>Here's the official death notice from the funeral home:</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Emma Renee Schwalm, age 8, sadly passed away on Friday, October 20, 2023. Born in York, PA, a beloved daughter of Elizabeth Fry of Parkville and Christopher Littlefield of Baltimore; cherished sister of Claudia and Ian Schwalm; loving granddaughter of Deborah Murphy and husband Sean of Baltimore, Robert Fry and wife Joanne of New Windsor, Roger Schwalm and wife Linda of Shippensburg, PA and the late Claudia Schwalm; dear niece of Erica Hicks of Kansas City, KS, Jason Kinnear and wife Carolyn of New Windsor, Jessica Garthley and husband Neil of Brick, NJ, Christine Fry and husband Josh Harmon of Cockeysville, Wesley Fry of New Windsor, Roger Schwalm of Savannah, GA, Scott Schwalm and wife Linda Tausin of Cincinnati, OH and Melissa Littlefield of Waynesboro, PA. Also survived by cousins, other relatives, classmates and friends. Emma will be lovingly missed.</i></div><div><i> Family will receive friends on Thursday, November 2, 2023 from 5:00-8:00 PM in the family owned Parkview Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 7527 Harford Rd, Parkville.</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a memorial video I made for her. I think it captures her spirit:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3uos8JpfbLM?si=W24IDZkfEMFghLcX" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Elizabeth wanted the memorial video made to the song <i>Somewhere Over The Rainbow</i>. However, that was not Emma's favorite song. Her favorite song was <i>Counting Stars</i> by OneRepublic. Here's a memorial video to that song. I hope you like it, Emma.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jaBWaWv2z84?si=cuYR98R0U4IRuNTx" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>I don't know what we're going to do without our little Emma. Everything I do reminds me of her. Plus, she had offered to come to the nursing home when I got really old to watch horror movies with me. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm going to miss her.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjmaiI8Jtf2oMBFIB78no2GmZN7qoldhImrHvmepf9JAIb5UMUU-BIU04uBmV8qnfengzaJC5RHyFBpRoTCh9S0NqFzlZp2FV9pcEIlOMyaihXMISqcnti6kJuCgYfmjCbxi_JN8iyACuTb5uQv-9XhwlRHf9g238JJiPcMfHLHYR0RnoDiMrEYZrEhZ3/s4032/Emma%20Renee%20Schwalm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjmaiI8Jtf2oMBFIB78no2GmZN7qoldhImrHvmepf9JAIb5UMUU-BIU04uBmV8qnfengzaJC5RHyFBpRoTCh9S0NqFzlZp2FV9pcEIlOMyaihXMISqcnti6kJuCgYfmjCbxi_JN8iyACuTb5uQv-9XhwlRHf9g238JJiPcMfHLHYR0RnoDiMrEYZrEhZ3/w300-h400/Emma%20Renee%20Schwalm.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><p>Click here for more of my genealogical blogs:</p><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/12/my-family-christmas-1967.html" target="_blank">My Family: Christmas 1967</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/11/my-family-my-granddaugher-emma-renee.html" target="_blank">My Family: My Granddaughter Emma Renee Schwalm</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/08/my-family-diaries-of-mary-elizabeth.html">My Family: The Diaries of Mary Elizabeth McLane, Part 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/07/my-family-back-river-tragedy.html">My Family: The Back River Tragedy</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2023/05/my-family-my-three-nuns.html">My Family: My Three Nuns</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/04/my-family-murder-of-adam-robertson.html">My Family: The Murder of Adam G. Robertson</a><br /><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/03/my-family-uncle-buzzy-and-boys-in.html">My Family: Uncle Buzzy and The Boys In Company B</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-family-1st-lieutenant-charles-edward.html">My Family: 1st Lieutenant Charles Edward Farber, KIA</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/10/my-family-cousin-tillies-balcony.html">My Family: Cousin Tillie's Balcony</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/04/my-family-public-suicide-of-carl-ernie.html">My Family: The Public Suicide of Carl "Ernie" Stark</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/02/my-family-public-suicide-of-frank.html">My Family: The Public Suicide of Frank Kostohryz</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/my-family-mary-marshall-mirfin.html">My Family: Mary Marshall Mirfin, Hero</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/10/my-ancestors-rita-cecilia-rosenberger.html">My Family: Rita Cecilia Rosenberger Protani Pollock</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/10/my-ancestors-vincent-klima-and-spanish.html">My Family: Vincent Klima and the Spanish Influenza</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/06/my-ancestors-festival-of-fathers.html">My Family: A Festival of Fathers</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/05/my-ancestors-honorable-george-farber.html">My Family: The Honorable George Farber</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/05/my-ancestors-celebration-of-mothers.html">My Family: A Celebration of Mothers</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/03/my-ancestors-mystery-of-frank-john.html">My Family: The Mystery of Frank John Murphy</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2016/04/my-ancestors-kristina-bednar-kostohryz.html">My Family: Kristina Bednar Kostohryz</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/09/great-grandmom-protanis-spaghetti-sauce.html">My Family: Great-Grandmom Assunta's Spaghetti Sauce Recipe</a></div></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Be sure to check out my memoir <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Promise-Pros-Cons-Talking-With/dp/0692200533/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1406599220&sr=8-1"><i>The Promise, or the Pros and Cons of Talking with God</i></a>, published by <a href="https://touchpointpress.com/">TouchPoint Press</a>. It is my true story of first faith and first love and how the two became almost fatally intertwined.</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B00M66IXRS&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_GKSFCbGZHXTD3" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div>Here are some sample chapters of The Promise:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-promise-chapter-1.html">Chapter 1 - A Photograph</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-promise-chapter-2.html">Chapter 2 - My Death</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-promise-chapter-3.html">Chapter 3 - Childhood</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-promise-chapter-4.html">Chapter 4 - Saved!</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-promise-chapter-5.html">Chapter 5 - The Promise</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-promise-chapter-6.html">Chapter 6 - The Mission</a></div><div><a href="http://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-promise-chapter-7.html">Chapter 7 - Mission Accomplished</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-promise-chapter-15-quarter-to.html">Chapter 15 - Quarter To Midnight</a><br /><br />Be sure to check out my novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street"><i>Chapel Street</i></a>. It tells the story of a young man straddling the line between sanity and madness while battling a demonic entity that has driven his family members to suicide for generations. It was inspired by an actual haunting my family experienced.<br /><br />You can buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>.<br /><div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><br /><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the book trailer:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnU9tuBD7A" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Read about the true haunting that inspired the novel here:<br /><div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 1, An Introduction</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_17.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 2, The House</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_27.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 3, This Is Us</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 4, Arrival</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_14.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 5, Methodology</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_20.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 6, Clara's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_25.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 7, Clara's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_59.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 8, My Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_40.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 9, My Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_8.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 10, My Tale, Pt. 3</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 11, Natalia's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 12, Natalia's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 13, John's Tale, Pt. 1 </a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_19.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 14, John's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_23.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 15, Come Inside!</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_30.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 16, Marion's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 17, Marion's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 18, Jeanne's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_15.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 19, Jeanne's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_27.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 20, Lisa's Tale</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 21, Recap, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_22.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 22, Recap, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 23, Recap, Pt. 3</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 24, Bad News Betty</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 25, Joe's Tale</a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDkoyfAgIKdelIuyf-JNsIahfXi_8X7hYJdsWC1dGk0tbmz5fkVWcQlefctfpf84LwNXaLDJ9ZPtjjmfJpgmSvdcO9PQFCCvZXECxGt56SR645aNtn3W7JuSSi8t-P_najPvaJeSaPaAM1xNBJjlEPvDdBcr7cJKM8MLn-cStO_b359dEb-n-0SZbQJXO4/s393/Agneepath_poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="253" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDkoyfAgIKdelIuyf-JNsIahfXi_8X7hYJdsWC1dGk0tbmz5fkVWcQlefctfpf84LwNXaLDJ9ZPtjjmfJpgmSvdcO9PQFCCvZXECxGt56SR645aNtn3W7JuSSi8t-P_najPvaJeSaPaAM1xNBJjlEPvDdBcr7cJKM8MLn-cStO_b359dEb-n-0SZbQJXO4/w412-h640/Agneepath_poster.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><p>Here's two more exciting ZOOM editions of the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1756833695592231394/7017847308521743788#">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a><span>, a lively discussion of the movies that sometimes devolves into a group therapy session.</span></p><p></p><p>In this episode we watch the 2012 revenge thriller <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1849718/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_3_q_Agneepat" target="_blank"><i>Agneepath</i></a>, which was a remake of an Indian cult classic of the same name from 1990. The film features Sanjay Dutt as one of the most evil villains in cinema history. However, will our review ultimately be decided by how many knife wounds a person can take? Check out our review and find out:</p><p style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lMwbo-b6NVo?si=EUpmz1pa-va9_uJ7" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQFZ953TrKrrBkCyi5VeJ9KYQeRqaB45MtPd45FysuMp3kYi2H_-R9ZIM4vd3Xh16bA2G06sfT3333AZXbZr2JaLKzgMDo8ArxcGTlYeUVpfrA_DtfHEYqSxjiS69vs3dV40qJVBbgGz8rX2DiQKq87tIcNmL8Duona-BLqWhkBdA3HFcPQbZXcbM8lCL/s393/The%20Verdict.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="254" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQFZ953TrKrrBkCyi5VeJ9KYQeRqaB45MtPd45FysuMp3kYi2H_-R9ZIM4vd3Xh16bA2G06sfT3333AZXbZr2JaLKzgMDo8ArxcGTlYeUVpfrA_DtfHEYqSxjiS69vs3dV40qJVBbgGz8rX2DiQKq87tIcNmL8Duona-BLqWhkBdA3HFcPQbZXcbM8lCL/w414-h640/The%20Verdict.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>We conclude our courtroom series with the 1982 drama <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084855/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_The%2520Verd" target="_blank"><i>The Verdict</i></a>. The film, built around a script by David Mamet and directed by the great Sidney Lumet, features a towering performance by Paul Newman, as a ruined, alcoholic attorney who decides to fight a case all parties are content to settle out of court. The film is loaded with other great actors in the supporting roles. Does it survive the test of time? Watch our review and find out:</p><p style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-6bUy3r__GM?si=iQ7O4PbhyWLzkRdk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></p><div>Our Podcast is available on iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast/id1317616002?mt=2">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Subscribe to our YouTube page: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn1coVPOrEu_6At3K5DIsBg">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Check out our webpage: <a href="https://yippeekiyaymotherpodcast.com/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast</a></div><div>Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Yippee-Ki-Yay-Mother-Podcast-192338501326681/">Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast.</a></div><div>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/YKYPodcast">YKYPodcast</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div>Check out our other episodes here:</div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/p/yippee-ki-yay-mother-podcast-episodes.html">Yippee Ki Yay Mother Podcast Episode List</a></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s1600/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="1600" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxq_oUjSxj0c7aBmSQrDi_oGE13rVJX36pLzy_SX4PHJ9jLAf5C9q8ZTGGsVzQj6osod7LSMfRTRoRl5XuaQQeEbRG3NiAtiGXemJBZUVWRAkIjrHF13plEP_7NAmovq0apUjWLs0UkNE0/s400/YouTube_Banner_2020.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can currently buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>.</div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the book trailer:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnU9tuBD7A" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Subscribe on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA" style="text-align: center;">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756833695592231394.post-19617413340239938482023-10-20T05:46:00.000-07:002023-10-20T05:46:20.155-07:00Michael Steven Martin: Mid-Morning Musings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1NuajkgvUYcyqJk5NIa5u1aEw_SDhwKVs52x7G3o37NDTQP-EHw_Q3iyYqSA7bwgsCMt057mRrGMfkCtlGN_lNSy8iHQ-BNk80M85B2iecwt04PzYIQL9xL9c3J-Kh02sDjwAR8HFYr45-jX9P23lLQH7crK4CouuFHwh8pLf65Bs_MvVaNOYDI-9pVX/s1101/MSM%20Portrait.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="1101" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1NuajkgvUYcyqJk5NIa5u1aEw_SDhwKVs52x7G3o37NDTQP-EHw_Q3iyYqSA7bwgsCMt057mRrGMfkCtlGN_lNSy8iHQ-BNk80M85B2iecwt04PzYIQL9xL9c3J-Kh02sDjwAR8HFYr45-jX9P23lLQH7crK4CouuFHwh8pLf65Bs_MvVaNOYDI-9pVX/w400-h316/MSM%20Portrait.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>Michael Steven Martin, the pastor of my church <a href="https://www.stillmeadow.community/" target="_blank">Stillmeadow Community Fellowship</a>, is also a talented singer and songwriter. Earlier this year, he asked me if I could help create a lyric video for one of the songs from his upcoming album <i>Mid-Morning Musings</i>. We had such good time working on it that we did a couple more. Now the album is out, and I would like to share some of the videos here. Check them out:</p><p style="text-align: center;">
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fUcQPnYZGts?si=b18j99symCB5kYXh" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JVMWApJ7IA4?si=64JjcAV-vGY6LCyb" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/99g-GKVM5v4?si=iEFQqH0M1-KMB7U3" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uBA74q7aWHg?si=y3iXeTkYIErwQhnE" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y2Lf1F0aOgA?si=mVCbQ1jJBbKC5NkY" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sh1L-oKVg8E?si=quh6EIjH6wyagd1z" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>You can find the rest of the songs on his YouTube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelStevenMartinMusic/videos" target="_blank">Michael Steven Martin Music</a></p><p>And, if you'd like to meet him, you can find him every Sunday morning at <a href="https://www.stillmeadow.community/" target="_blank">Stillmeadow Community Fellowship</a>. Drop on by. You won't regret it!</p><p>My novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street">Chapel Street</a> is now available! You can buy the Kindle and paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Street-Sean-Paul-Murphy-ebook/dp/B088C2431B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QITJOA7L48ZM&dchild=1&keywords=chapel+street+sean+paul+murphy&qid=1593793384&s=books&sprefix=Chapel+Street%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> and the Nook, paperback and hardcover at <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chapel-street-sean-paul-murphy/1136985542?ean=9781078741941">Barnes & Noble</a>. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53950887-chapel-street" target="_blank">Chapel Street</a> is the tale of a young man battling a demonic entity that has driven members of his family to suicide for generations. It was inspired by an actual haunting. </p><div><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B088C2431B&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_FhiaFb93N16YF" style="max-width: 100%;" type="text/html" width="336"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Learn more about the book, click <a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/07/chapel-street-released.html">Here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Listen to me read some chapters here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqYRDde39g">Chapel Street - Prologue - My Mother</a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyWqUnKR90">Chapel Street - Chapter 1 - RestingPlace.com</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/05/chapel-street-chapter-2-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 2 - Elisabetta</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/chapel-street-chapter-3-read-by-yours.html">Chapel Street - Chapter 3 - The Upload</a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsEsmcdPrk">Chapel Street - Chapter 4 - The Kobayashi Maru</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div>Read about the true haunting that inspired the novel here:<br /><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 1, An Introduction</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_17.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 2, The House</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_27.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 3, This Is Us</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 4, Arrival</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_14.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 5, Methodology</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_20.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 6, Clara's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_25.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 7, Clara's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_59.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 8, My Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_40.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 9, My Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_8.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 10, My Tale, Pt. 3</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 11, Natalia's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 12, Natalia's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 13, John's Tale, Pt. 1 </a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_19.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 14, John's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_23.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 15, Come Inside!</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_30.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 16, Marion's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 17, Marion's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 18, Jeanne's Tale, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_15.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 19, Jeanne's Tale, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_27.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 20, Lisa's Tale</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 21, Recap, Pt. 1</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue_22.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 22, Recap, Pt. 2</a><br /><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 23, Recap, Pt. 3</a></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 24, Bad News Betty</a></div></div><div><a href="https://seanpaulmurphyville.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-haunting-of-21-st-helens-avenue.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of 21 St. Helens Avenue, Part 25, Joe's Tale</a><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Let's stay in touch:</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPaulMurphy">SeanPaulMurphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sean.p.murphy.60">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div>Follow me on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sean_paul_murphy/">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Subscribe on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4R9LpzbdZnDyFDMG0eRSA" style="text-align: center;">Sean Paul Murphy</a></div></div></div>Sean Paul Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978569816193184315noreply@blogger.com0