Yes, My lil guy turned 2 months old yesterday! It feels like he has been around forever already! Nick and Mommy are doing great and Lil Nicky is starting to play around and laugh and is so damn cute 🙂 There’s a dad talking! 🙂 I was gonna stop posting updates with Nicky, but everyone keeps telling me they enjoy seeing his progress and to keep it up, so here he is. 🙂
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Trailer
WOW The new Harry Potter Movie Looks AMAZING! I was just saying the other day how I love November, right before Thanksgiving movies and I love the way MOST of the Harry Potter movies have been following this trend! Check out the new trailer from this link it looks so amazing I can’t wait! Now if I only had time to read the damn books! I have no clue what that site is though!
Happy Anniversary! To Jos And Rob!
Happy Anniversary to my beautiful wife who I have been married to for 3 years! 🙂 Time flies and I can’t believe I have been married for 3 years already! We are gonna be low key with Lil Nicky today and just relax and enjoy the day! Odds are watch some more John Cusack movies!
Worn Out Old TiVo Remote
Just wanted to show everyone my old TiVo remote! I have had TiVo for 5 years strong now and don’t know what I would do without it! I actually wore out two modems and connected an external modem to get all the data from my series one TiVo. I can’t believe how worn out the old remote got and purchased another one for to but one upstairs and one downstairs! We are having a lot of fun with it! We finally made use of the wish list feature and have been having a John Cusack film festival, where TiVo looks for any Cusack movie and we watch it! reviews soon on my Blog 😉 If you don’t have a TiVo RUN out and buy one immediately! Can’t wait till Better Off Dead!
Nick Fuz – Week 7
Whats a week gone by without checking in on my lil man! He is being a good boy for mom and dad and is sleeping well! 🙂
Matthew McGrory, Karl in ‘Big Fish,’ dead at 32
USATODAY.com – Matthew McGrory, Karl in ‘Big Fish,’ dead at 32
Matthew McGrory, Karl in ‘Big Fish,’ dead at 32
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew McGrory, the deep-voiced 7-foot-plus actor who moved from appearances on Howard Stern’s radio show to a high-profile role as a gentle giant in Big Fish, has died. He was 32.
Matthew McGrory played gentle giant, Karl, in Tim Burton’s 2003 movie, Big Fish. He also had roles in Bubble Boy and Men In Black II.
McGrory died Tuesday at his home in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles, said director Drew Sky, who was working with him on his current movie, a biopic of wrestler-turned-actor Andre the Giant.
Paramedics determined he died of apparent natural causes, police said in a statement.
Nick Fuz @ 6 Weeks!
Hey everyone! I know I have been slacking on the Blog, But the lil guy has been keeping me real busy! Every thing is going great and being a dad is GREAT! Lil Nicky is starting to get his personality and still looks like his dad 🙂 Here he is, tomorrow he will be 6 Weeks! Time is flying! Posts soon! Please don’t give up on RobFuz.com! 🙂 My photo gallery is down because I was looking at other options, but I think ill just renew and stick with good ol Fotki!
John Mayer’s Songwriting Contest
Cool Contest RD showed me 🙂
Esquire:Feature Story:The Giveaway: John Mayer’s Songwriting Contest: “The Giveaway: John Mayer’s Songwriting Contest
While working on his new album, the Grammy winner offers up a handful of lyrics swimming around his head and asks you to do the rest.
By John Mayer
One of the most natural (and absolutely maddening) facets of creating music is that the product is constantly being refined. What you thought was a brilliant song title yesterday is probably just good enough to be a passing lyric in the third verse. That chorus you lost sleep over? Turns out the chords work perfectly in the bridge of that other tune you’ve been trying to finish for eight months.
I’ve never experienced anything like the recording process involved in making Continuum, my third-album-to-be. The songs continually beg for more work when they fall short of being great. I had been working on a very trance-inducing two-chord tune when I wrote the lyrics below. As it turned out, the song didn’t need lyrics at all. Looking to make some use of the time and emotion I spent writing them, I’ve decided to share a few random excerpts with you here:
I keep a note that I wrote on a taxi receipt
It says, Don’t listen to anybody other than me
I hit the big time for a nominal fee
You lose a friend in the end for every dream that you see come true
I got scars upon scrapes, I’ve got bruises on breaks
Masochistically committed to see how much of this I’ll take
Three years under water, and I ain’t even got the shakes
I’m going deeper and deeper and deeper
I’ve got dreams to remember, I’ve got days to forget
I’ve got some phone calls in to God but he ain’t called me back just yet
I’m still not done with these lyrics. But I don’t want to let them sit idly on my mind’s shelf. So here’s my offer: I’m inviting all aspiring songwriters to write their own chords and melodies around my lyrics. Go ahead, I’m not using them. You can tell people that we wrote a song together. I want to hear what you come up with, so send a CD of your song to the address listed below. The best submissions will be featured here on Esquire.com, and I’ll announce my favorite in an upcoming issue. But don’t be surprised if these words end up in some other song I’ve yet to write. Until they wrap my album in cellophane, anything can happen.
Lil Nicky
Tomorrow Lil Nick will be 1 Month Old! Happy Birthday lil man!
Here is last weeks photo! The lil guy has got me busy 🙂
RobFuz.com MOBLOG
I am happy to anounce a new section on my website! It will actually be updated more then my Blog 😉 I went to the DV Expo at the Javitz Center today! More on that later, but you can see the pictues almost live from the show! After I take the pictures and send them, they go live on the Text AMerica Moblog site 2 mins later! Check it out!
Nick Fuz Week 2!
Its been a busy 2 weeks for our lil Nick Fuz! He has watched a handful of Mets games, a Home Run Derby, a Bon Jovi Concert and fireworks on the Fourth Of July! 🙂 And NO Daddy hasn’t burned the retina’s out of his eyes! hehe
MLB – World Baseball Classic
Jos’s department had a huge press conference on Monday announcing the World Baseball Classic, a 18 day event during next season’s spring training! I saw the press conference on the internet and the hype has begun! This years All Star Game had many International themes to promote the event and I will be following it next year!
DETROIT — All the world is a stage. Next year, Major League Baseball will be at the center of it.
For the first time, Major League players will be eligible to compete in international play when the inaugural World Baseball Classic opens its 18-day run next March 3. Commissioner Bud Selig and Don Fehr, the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, announced specifics of the tournament at a packed Monday morning media conference on the eve of Tuesday’s annual All-Star Game at Comerica Park.
The landmark field of countries invited includes Australia, Canada, China, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Taiwan, the United States and Venezuela.
Read More! – World Baseball Classic
2005 All-Star Game, The Day After
Well another All Star Game has gone and went. Again I curse the damn National League and their lack of winning the past 9 years! Yeah there was some excitement, but it came way too late! Unfortunately, as soon as you forget about the loss, you are reminded with the slap in the face come World Series that your favorite League doesn’t have that all important home field advantage! What I did get out of it was the enjoyment of learning about Detroit. Yes, I will probably never go there for the rest of my life, but it is always fun seeing and discovering a new ballpark, especially a fairly brand new one like Comerica Park, home of the Tigers. Seeing the cool Tigers, waterfalls and carousels were pretty cool, even if it was on TV 🙂 I knew Miguel Tejada was going to be the MVP with his home run right off the bat! He seemed to be a really sincere guy and a great player. All in all it was great experiencing another All Star Game, even in the comfort of our home!
Major League Baseball – 2005 All-Star Game
THIS TIME IT COUNTS… AGAIN! Yeah baby! It’s that time again this year for the 2005 All Star Game! 1/2 way through the season this lil break is an awesome time to sit back and watch the All Stars go at it! Hopefully it will be a close game this year! Last year, at the game in Houston, it was very frustrating to see Clemons chock the way he did! Go National League! Check out mlb.com, the site during the All Star Game week is GREAT!
2005 All-Star Game – Home Run Derby
This years Home Run Derby was AWESOME! I really do love the event and theres nothing in the world like living it! It was almost as fun at home with Jos, Nicholas, Mamma and Frank seeing Bobby Abreu break the record for most home runs in a round first up was a great experience! It is also great to see the home town player, Pge Rodriguez kick ass and come in second!
Phillies All-Star Bobby Abreu smacked a record 41 taters to win the 2005 CENTURY 21 Home Run Derby on Monday night at Detroit’s Comerica Park. The Venezuelan had a first round for the ages, pounding 24 dingers — shattering the single-round record of 15 hit by defending champion Miguel Tejada in Houston last year.
Major League Baseball : Events : 2005 All-Star Game: Home Run Derby
Happy One Week Birthday Nicholas!
Mommy and Nicholas are home and doing really well! They came home Saturday, just in time for the Fourth Of July Weekend! Being a dad is great! I look at my son and remind myself he is really our son! He has changed a lot in a week and he is a great boy!
Hogan Knows Best
Hulk Hogan came into my brother in-law Pino’s office at US Weekly to promote his new VH1 Series Hogan Knows Best that premieres this Sunday. The picture is awesome so I wanted to post it on my Blog 🙂 Pino said the show is really funny and I am looking forward to seeing the show!
Disneyland’s NEW Space Mountain
For more than two years, one of Disneyland park’s most beloved and thrilling attractions has been under wraps. Hopeful space pilgrims would make the trek to Space Mountain, only to find the doors to Disneyland park’s space station closed to the public for renovation.
At long last, on July 15, 2005, Space Mountain will reopen to transport travelers to the outer reaches of the galaxy. Will it be worth the wait? The Insider sat down and got the scoop from Imagineer Chrissie Allen, who worked on the refurbish – and who has personally embarked on dozens of test flights… on the attraction. She let us in on everything that’s new, improved, and out of this world about Space Mountain.
Most of us who had ridden it thought Space Mountain was pretty cool to begin with, so why improve on a good thing? According to Chrissie, it was time for a facelift for the attraction, which was nearly 25 years old (Space Mountain first opened at Disneyland park in 1977).
The improvements at Space Mountain have gone far beyond sprucing it up. Chrissie tells us, “There are all kinds of changes, from the front door to the exit.” When Guests arrive for their journey into space, they’re now greeted by a brand-new mezzanine with new plantings and a landing strip. The changes aren’t just pretty; they help the attraction tell a new and exciting story, she explains. “We’re calling it Space Station ’77, in homage to the opening year. At the front door, there’s a graphic that shows what Space Station ’77 looks like from outer space, and it’s really a cool image. The corridors have been completely redone. We’re trying to say that you’re entering the space station, and when you get on the ride you’ll know when you’re in the launch sequence, you’ll know when you’re in space, and you’ll know when you return.”
Blast off on the newly refurbished Space Mountain! Because the story is such an important part of the experience, in the new Space Mountain (unlike the old experience) FASTPASS and stand-by Guests use the same entrance, so they can be immersed in the same atmosphere from the very beginning.
That atmosphere continues inside. “All of the corridors are brand new. There’s new art, new graphics, a new safety video, and then you enter the spaceport. We’ve done some pretty cool stuff there. We took the old CMB300 space probe, and it looks like a new ship has returned in its place,” Chrissie reveals. “The main room still has a kind of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ look, but the space probe has undergone a great transformation. And the status board where they used to keep track of the launches has now become a beautiful window into outer space. It shows some footage of what looks like the planet Mars, and when you look up to this window, you get the feeling the station is rotating around this planet, and you see nebulae and meteorites and stuff going around. If you kind of lock in on it, it makes you feel like maybe the space station is rotating. It’s kind of a neat feature.”
One change to Space Mountain was actually part of the original plans for the attraction, but simply couldn’t be implemented with the resources available in 1977. “In the final launch tunnel, they wanted that tunnel to mechanically rotate. It’s very hard to do, because it’s about 90 feet of mechanical tunnel, rotating with a live ride track in the center,” Chrissie explains. “Now the designers at Walt Disney’s Imagineering unique Research and Development group have created a rotating tunnel using special effects. And everyone who’s been on it so far – some people think the tunnel IS mechanically rotating, but it’s all done with what we call ‘illusioneering’ – it’s a special effect that just makes it appear the tunnel is rotating.”
The attraction vehicles are also all new, and include state-of-the-art onboard audio systems – each vehicle holds a whopping 42 speakers! This ensures that the new soundtrack to your interstellar adventure (composed by Michael Giacchino, who scored “The Incredibles”) is heard to its best advantage. Chrissie tells us that the music has been carefully orchestrated to heighten the emotions Guests feel on their “joy ride through space” – including nervousness as they ascend through the final launch tunnel before rocketing off into the dark.
And that dark has never been darker. Although it’s not as high tech as the “window” into outer space or the revamped attraction vehicles, one of the most impressive changes at Space Mountain is the way the Imagineers send travelers hurtling through total darkness. “When you’re flying through the star field and the nebulas, you really can’t see what’s coming. The track and everything has disappeared,” says Chrissie proudly. How did they do this? “It’s magic!” she laughs. “We made dark, darker. We did it with black and black interior finishes. We closed up all the light leaks – doors and frames that let light in from the outside. I ride it a couple of times a day and I’m always amazed at how dark it is.”
Come July 15, we’ll all get the chance to share that experience, including some surprises Chrissie refused to ruin. Nerves of steel are optional, but the spirit of adventure is strictly required!
2005 All-Star Game Players Announced
MLB ALL-STAR GAME 2005 – THIS ONE COUNTS – July 12, 8PM ET FOX
AMERICAN LEAGUE STARTERS
C Jason Varitek, BOS
1B Mark Teixeira, TEX
2B Brian Roberts, BAL
3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY
SS Miguel Tejada, BAL
OF Manny Ramirez, BOS
OF Vladimir Guerrero, LAA
OF Johnny Damon, BOS
DH David Ortiz, BOS
NATIONAL LEAGUE STARTERS
C Mike Piazza, NYM
1B Derrek Lee, CHC
2B Jeff Kent, LAD
3B Scott Rolen, STL
SS David Eckstein, STL
OF Bobby Abreu, PHI
OF Carlos Beltran, NYM
OF Jim Edmonds, STL
It’s A Boy!
Yes I am now the proud father of our new baby boy, Nicholas Robert!
He was born on June 29th at 6:20pm
He is 8 pounds 8 ounces and 21 inches long!
Everyone is well and he is awesome!
He look a lot like me but I see his a lot of his mom in him 😉
King Kong Trailer
Holy Smokes! The Trailer Looks AMAZING! All the NBC networks last night showed a 3 min trailer of the new King Kong Movie Due December 14th! It looks so amazing! It is a remake of the Claccis 30’s King Kong and it looks like its gonna be an amazing movie! Check it out!
Coors Light Billboard 2005
MCBJ, Brenna, Liz, Rosa, Melissa and Stephine
I was lucky enough to be ask to create and shoot this years Coors Light Billboard! It was my 6th billboard I created, (4th one for Coors Light) and I think it is the best one to date! With the help of Jacqui helping out with the concept and my AMAZING KICK ASS graphic designer Chris, the billboard came out AWESOME! As usual it was pretty cold when we shot the girls 2 months ago but the shoot came out really nice! We also incorporated Coors Light’s MC BJ who does an awesome job MC’ing out at a lot of the Coors events!
Jon Bon Jovi CD Listening Party
Matt, JBJ, Vinnie
It was a great day at Elements the lounge, where I photographed a listening party for Bon Jovi’s new untitled CD that comes out September 20th 2005. The CD is really good and pretty much follows the same formula as the past two studio CD’s Crush and Bounce.
Jon Bon Jovi came in and did a hour and a half Q & A and it was a lot of fun. I enjoy listening to him talking about the history of Bon Jovi and where they are heading. It was very informative and I had a great time.
After the Q & A I did a photo shoot with about 300 fans upstairs in the VIP room of Elements. Elements if you have not been there, is an awesome club and you should defiantly check it out this summer! There is another listening party in July and I believe I will be covering that one as well 🙂
2005 All Star Game Voting! – YOUR VOTE COUNTS
Its that time of year again to VOTE! No not for a new president, but for your favorite players for the All star Game in Detroit! I will NOT 🙁 be going this year, but will follow it heavy from home!
Made It Big Time On The Painted Gleny Short Bus!
I have know Gleny for quite some time now, it’s prob been over 2 years! I met him one night at the Headliner! He shares the same passion as I do and that is photography! Gleny is the king of the Jersey shore when it comes to having fun and taking your picture. All in the name of fun and its a real good time.
Over the years, Gleny has had a few unique automobile projects to add to his fun. Gleny likes to have amazing looking vehicles when he participates in parades or events to get the word out about his website and to bring everyone more fun. Part of his tradition is to paint whatever vehicle is in use.
He recently obtained a “short bus” and this one is the best one yet! Part of the painting is a collection of all of his posse’ and I am honored to be in on the cast of characters this time!
I have checked out the bus myself already and it is REALLY AWESOME! Thanks Gleny and Mesha and I am happy to be on the short bus!
The Wedding Of Karen And Joey
Congratulations to Karen And Joey! The wedding was AMAZING and prob one of the nicest weddings I have ever been too! I was lucky enough to be asked to be a reader at the wedding and, if I may say so I did pretty damn good 🙂
RobFuz Doing “The Reading”
Karen And Joey Are MARRIED!
Hot Tub Joey and RobFuz
A Great Shot!
The Fuz Posse
Joe And Shana They Are NEXT 🙂
RobFuz And Karen
The Atrium room
Philadelphia Phillies – Citizens Bank Park
Well, we finally made it out to the almost brand spanking new Philadelphia Phillies new Citizens Bank Park. Everyone who know me knows I am a sucker for a new ballpark and this one was awesome! There is no baseball experience better then attending a game at one of these new MEGA ballparks! It is really nice to just walking and only walk down like 20 steps to get to your seat! You can also catch all the action while u get up and walk around, or if you are in a line. The Phillies played the Barry Bondless Giants and beat them 6 – 5 in a great game! The entire Philly complex is really sweet. I have not been there in a long time and it has totally changed! I can’t wait to go to an Eagles game too! That stadium looks awesome as well!
Independence Hall – the birthplace of our nation
Penn’s Landing near our hotel
Citizens Bank Park
At the Game!
Ticket
JW, Mickey, Lisa, Robfuz
Batting Practice
Mickey, Lisa my crew from Tokyo!
What else do you get when are in Philly, a Philly Cheesesteak
Lisa’s Main Man – Kat! BIG PHILLY FAN! 🙂
Philies Dug Out
Killer Scoreboard! Out of the way, no HUGE ads
Kat And Lisa
Jos, RF and JW
Gotta love the Coors Light Plastic Bottle
Made it on the scoreboard, but it came out BLURRY 🙁
The best mascot EVER the Phillie Fanatic!
G5 & RobFuz’s PlayStation Portable – PSP
Wow! What a week! First as my bud Chris puts it, I have turned to the dark side! Getting my Mac G5 that is hehe I really do love it and after “Pimping my G5” by adding the Airport Extreme Wireless Card, Bluetooth and adding The latest OS 10 Operating system Tiger all loaded, it is really making me want to convert! I still like a lot of things on the PC better and some of the substitutes on the Mac I was not as impressed with. It is really like starting over in some respects, learning a whole new operating system and computer. Trying to figure out, what is what and having that mystery and trying to figure basics again for the first time is a really weird feeling. I think once I get a lot of it down i will get a better feel for the Mac.
Just when you thought it was safe, I finally got my PSP! Holy crap, I played Chris’s and Rory’s but now I have a portable system to call my own. Granted, I did get a Nintendo DS over the holiday season, but unfortunately I did not really have any interest in any of the DS games out there and even resorted to buying some Game Boy Advance games instead.
I got to play a lil bit so far with my system and it really does live up to all the hype! I got 3 games for it already, ATV Off-road Furry Blazin’ Trails which is a really cool ATV racing game. I never heard of it before and I tried it first and it is a fun game. Next I tried Wipeout Pure, a game I had planned on getting all along, just for the simple fact you can hack the PSP and go online with it and surf the web! I looked into it and it kind of seems like a real pain in the ass, so I will put that challenge on hold for a bit. This is also a racing game, where you are racing ships in the future. It kind of reminds me of Star Wars Pod Racer and is another good racing game. Last but defiantly not least was Twisted Metal Head On. This game really rocks and is defiantly my favorite of the three! It is really demented and is a fun game to just pick up and play. It is defiantly as good as the old PS1 version I played years back!
I also tried a few other things on the PSP like photos and music files and it really is an impressive portable media center. They give u a measly 32 meg card, so there’s not much u can do with it, so plan on spending some bucks on getting a 1 gig stick to really hold the music, pod casts, saved games and video I plan on storing on it. I was a lil disappointed how smudgy and dirty it gets as soon as you make contact with it. Will these companies EVER learn 🙂 I will check back soon on more of my gadgets! I am off to Philly tomorrow to a Philley’s game at their new stadium! I can not wait!
Memorial Day Weekend Podcast
Click Here For My 5/27/05 Memorial Day Weekend Podcast (mp3 file)
Back from another WPLJ Summer Kickoff With Bowling For Soup!
They were real good and even did a cover of I Want You To Want Me!
Check out the Podcast for detaisl! Have a Great Memorial Day!
LET SUMMER BEGIN!
Huge Crowd
The Girls With Scott And Todd From WPLJ
Bowling For Soup
Bowling For Soup
APPLE MAC G5!
Well mark the calendar! YES i got another new computer! I finally took the plunge and got a Apple Mac G5 with OS X. I also installed Tiger (their almost yearly operating system update) and it is AWESOME! Such a fresh breath of air! It really is nice and I will keep you updated with all the latest news with my G5 🙂 Now all I got to do is learn how to use this thing!