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A Blurb And Yada Yada!

10 Sunday Jun 2012

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Me & my good friend Scott Michaels, after having dinner with some grave hunting friends, at The El Coyote Cafe Mexican restaurant, in Los Angeles (2011).

Hey what’s going on my loyal readers, I wanted to bring you all up to speed on a few things. Well first things first, I’m in the process of putting the finishing touches on episode 12 of The Gravecast Show Podcast. Where Steve Goldstein, and yours truly interviewed noted author, historian, and fellow grave hunter Michael Barry about his books and grave hunting in general.

The other thing I wanted to mention is the fact that I’m going to be heading back to Los Angeles, this October 2012 coming up. I’ll be in the area from October 2nd through the 15th. While I’m in Tinseltown, grave hunting until my heart’s content, I’m also planning on taking part in the First Annual Death Hag Weekend festivities. The First Annual Death Hag Weekend is being organized by my good friend, fellow Detroit native, grave hunter, celebrity death guru, and all around good guy, Scott Michaels. At the event I’ll be rubbing elbows with other like-minded personages who have an interest in celebrity death, and the gravesites of famous people. If you’re gonna be in Hollywood the first weekend of October, make a point to take part in this monumental gathering of like-minded people.

Anyway if you’re not familiar with Scott’s reputation. Let me bring you up to speed on that, Scott is the webmaster/curator over at the highly acclaimed Find A Death.com celebrity death website. Not only that he’s the owner of the Hollywood based Dearly Departed Tours. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Dearly Departed Tours, the three-hour tour is a unique approach to the typical Hollywood sight-seeing, venue. If your like me and have an interest in the deaths of celebrities, and you’re gonna be in Hollywood anytime soon, you gotta take Scott’s tour. The tour is bar none one of the best sight-seeing venues in Hollywood. Anyway that is all for now.

Famous Graves iPhone App

10 Tuesday Apr 2012

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Every now and then, I get messages sent to my personal email inbox, related to grave hunting in general. Sometimes those messages relate to products which would be of keen interest to people who enjoy visiting the gravesites of famous people. As in the case of the new “Famous Graves” iPhone/iPod/iPad App. This app was created by Destinworld Publishing, and is a FREE downloadable app on iTunes.

According to the DestinWorld Publishing website. The app “Famous Graves” lists the grave locations of movie stars, musicians, royalty, presidents, writers, composers, scientists and many more people who once graced our TV screens, newspapers and stereos. Not only that the app is easily customizable by consumers who wish to add the names of anyone famous to the database.

If your interested in trying this app out for your self, feel free to cruise over to The DestinWorld Publishing website. Or the official “Famous Graves” iTunes page. Unfortunately for me, I do not own an Apple iPhone/Pod/Pad, so I can’t personally vouch for the accuracy of the “Famous Graves” app. But I will say it is an innovative product for those who like to grave hunt, and is bound to get better. So I thought I’d promote it anyway. If you use this app, feel free to leave a comment to say what you like about this product.

A Message From Yours Truly!

06 Friday Apr 2012

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Hey what’s going on I wanted to bring you all up to speed on a few things. First and foremost being that today is Passover, & Sunday is Easter, I wanted to take a moment to wish all my Jewish readers a Happy Passover, and all my Christian readers a Happy Easter. Now that I’ve got that outta the way, I wanted to let everyone know that I’ve added two new books to the “Required Reading” page. The two new books I’ve added which just arrived today from Amazon.com are: “Stories in Stone New York: A Field Guide to New York City Area Cemeteries & Their Residents” by Douglas Keister & “The Cemetery Book: Graveyards, Catacombs, And Other Travel Haunts Around The World” by Thomas Weil

Another thing I wanted to mention is the fact that I’m putting together the pieces for my next graveside film. This documentary style graveside sketch is on noted B-Movie producer, Herman Cohen. To make a long story short Cohen who is originally from Detroit, made a name for himself producing many B-Movie classics under the teen horror genre. At one time Cohen was also the owner of the renown Fox Theater located on Woodward Ave, in downtown Detroit. Cohen rests peacefully in Clover Hill Park cemetery, which is in the affluent Detroit suburb, Birmingham.

The current film project is bound to be one of the best I’ve produced. To make things even better, I’ve asked a friend from my Specs Howard days to create the sensational yet fitting intro sequence. I’m also utilizing the “Adobe Premiere Pro” film editing software utility to piece together the film segments I’ve shot. The film will be complimented by voice-over narration done by me, photos, & royalty-free music to capture the true ambiance of this masterfully designed stellar film. If your interested in checking out the intro sequence for the Herman Cohen graveside documentary narrative, to get a taste for what I have in-store for you. Feel free to watch the twenty-four second clip I’ve included below. And if you’d like to see some of the projects that Eric Ziehm (who created the intro sequence) has worked on. Feel free to check out EZ-Impressions


A Message From Your Host.

03 Tuesday Apr 2012

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Me at the sarcophagus crypt of metal god musician Ronnie James Dio who is buried in Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills

Hey what’s going on my loyal readers. I wanted to bring you all up to speed on some things. First and foremost if you log onto the site from the old domain name (gravesidestroll.com) I just wanted to let you all know that as of this July 2012 I’m not going to be renewing that domain name. So the only way you will be able to view the articles, podcasts, etc on this site is by clicking on grave-cast.com. So please when you get a chance change your bookmark for the site to grave-cast.com.

The next thing I wanted to bring up. Is that I’ve decided to put a paypal donation button on the right sidebar of this blog. I’ve had to think long and hard about this ordeal, and decided to go with it. After finding out that I can’t put any sort of Amazon Associate style e-store on the site. I’ve decided to go with the donation button. Any amount you kindly wish to give will go towards the upkeep of this blog.

Requests From Viewers/Readers Like YOU!

14 Saturday Jan 2012

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With the recent spike in viewers to the Gravecast blog. I’ve decided to ask you the loyal viewers/readers, of Gravecast, what kinda topics you’d like to see on the blog. Keep in mind your suggestions have to be grave hunting, celebrity death, or maybe even ghost hunting related. I’m trying to make things as interactive as I can, especially with the videos, and podcasts I produce, and post. So that’s why I’ve decided to reach out to the readers/viewers of the blog, to ask them what they’d like to see on the blog. If your interested in chiming in some suggestions, feel free to make a comment to this post, or contact me via email, OR Facebook.