By Jerry Pearce It was the year 2007, and my local sanctuary, Borders Books, was closing forever. Not only was the store closing, the entire adjoining mall was being torn down, and accordingly, the superstore was holding the precedent of an out of business sale. Walking through the gap-a-plenty music section, which looked much like […]
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Pearce’s Picks: Dean Martin – “Forever Cool”
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April 15th, 2017 CEO By Marla Eggar Joseph Dominick Pistone better known as “Donnie Brasco” has made a name and reputation for himself by laying the groundwork to successfully infiltrate the American mob. His undercover experience has been detailed in his book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia which went on to become the basis for the […]
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April 12th, 2017 CEO By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Comedian Charlie Murphy who found fame on Chappelle’s Show and in movies, has died at the age of 57 according to TMZ. Murphy, is also Eddie Murphy’s older brother. According to Charlie’s manager, he died from leukemia Wednesday morning in a NYC hospital. He’d been undergoing chemotherapy.
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April 10th, 2017 CEO By Marla Eggar The perception of beauty is subjective but anyone who tries to tell you that Theresa Ferrara wasn’t beautiful was either death, dumb or blind. Theresa was a New York Italian, born in South Ozone Park, Queens and an aspiring model and actress. However, I guess you could say her side gig was […]
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April 8th, 2017 CEO By Marla Eggar The first time I heard of Joseph Charles Massino I couldn’t help but to like him. However, in time, that changed! He came from good stock, provided for his family and was a devoted husband and father. In his youth, Massino was considered a renegade yet a good athlete. At the age […]
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April 6th, 2017 CEO By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt This one resonates hard with me NewzBreaker readers. Legendary comedian Don Rickles died from kidney failure today at the age of 90. For years, Rickles was one of the biggest comedians in the world where he did his insult comedy for sold out crowds around the world. He was Frank Sinatra’s […]
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April 3rd, 2017 CEO By Jerry Pearce “That’s the flattest note anybody ever hit!”– Sinatra, recording “Oh, You Crazy Moon” Let’s make a long story short: “Moonlight Sinatra” is a rarity of a Sinatra album, just not for the reasons that you might think. It’s not that type of album that will fetch top dollar on an online auction […]
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April 1st, 2017 CEO By Marla Eggar Anyone familiar with the movie Goodfellas has heard of Parnell Edwards, also known as “Stacks”. In Goodfellas, his character was played by Samuel L. Jackson and was described as someone who hung around the club playing music. What the movie over looked was despite the fact that “Stacks” was a struggling musician […]
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March 29th, 2017 CEO By Kristi O’Toole Being a writer of the supernatural one may think I’m not too fazed by horror, but this new trailer release should be titled, ‘S*it’, because that’s what I did in my pants. The blood-thirsty child-hungry Pennywise is back with a vengeance. ‘IT’ is easily one of Stephen King’s most well known creations, […]
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March 29th, 2017 CEO By Marla Eggar This week I’m taking an intermission break from the mob and introducing … My girls! These chicks have been down with me since day one. Periodically we try to get together for a date night that we call “Cougar Night”. This week we decided to put together a list of public service […]
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March 27th, 2017 CEO By Kristi O’Toole Located on the N.E coast of Florida, St Augustine boasts being the oldest city in America. With that being said it stands to reason there would be plenty of haunting history under her belt. In my research, I’ve plucked a few unsettling tales out to share with you. Founded on the site […]
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March 25th, 2017 CEO By Jerry Pearce Sad news to report out of California this evening with the untimely passing of an individual who was a true legend in American popular music, the talented Vincent Falcone. An ace pianist, accompanist, and musical director, Vincent was perhaps best known for his extended association as sideman and conductor for Frank Sinatra, […]
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March 25th, 2017 CEO By Marla Eggar Get ready for the main event! From the Old School era, born May 10, 1906, straight out of Brooklyn, New York, with the appropriate alias of “Kid Twist”. The most feared killer from Murder Inc, with a death toll of up to 1000, I give you the man himself Abe Reles! From […]
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March 25th, 2017 CEO Posted in BREAKING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: James Gandolfini AKA Tony Soprano Sings A Man Without Love Comments Off on James Gandolfini AKA Tony Soprano Sings A Man Without LovePractice What You Preach: Throwing the Word “Rat” Around Like a Pair of Dice!
March 24th, 2017 CEO By Marla Eggar The word “RAT” is thrown around so easily these days it’s hard to decipher whether someone truly deserves the title or not? General consensus say that a rat is a person who is deceitful, disloyal or someone who snitches. Being on certain mob forums, I’ve seen the post with certain mobsters and […]
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March 23rd, 2017 CEO By Marla Eggar Welcome back folks! This week I want you all to participate in a poll. Nothing presidential or political (thank God), but a process used by the FBI to help them gather information. Now this process is not exclusive to the mob, but never the less has been used for that very purpose. […]
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March 22nd, 2017 CEO By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Chuck Barris, who hosted “The Gong Show” and created “The Dating Game” and “The Newlywed Game,” died Tuesday of natural causes in Palisades, N.Y., his publicist confirmed. He was 87. A few years back his autobiography, “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” was made into a film directed by George Clooney and […]
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March 21st, 2017 CEO By Jerry Pearce In the opening chapters of his excellent music biography “Sinatra! The Song Is You,” veteran author Will Friedwald covers, with great detail, the evolution of Sinatra’s musical relationship with the Cole Porter jazz standard “Night and Day,” probably one of the most well-known sets of music and lyrics in the Sinatra singing […]
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March 18th, 2017 CEO By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Chuck Berry, a man refereed to as the “the Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” was found dead Saturday at a residence outside St. Louis, police in St. Charles County said. Berry, was 90 years old at the time of his death. Over the years, he recorded such hits as “Johnny B. […]
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March 17th, 2017 CEO By Jerry Pearce In the 1940s, while New Jersey native Frank Sinatra was making his bones as a viable singer with the orchestras of Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, dance audiences attending concerts by the orchestra of fellow bandleader Jack Teagarden were being serenaded by the vibrant vocals of another young vocalist new on the […]
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March 16th, 2017 CEO By Kristi O’Toole In my series of columns on haunted Ireland I have left the best for last. Malahide Castle is located in Malahide, Dublin County, Ireland. The castle is a very old and very proud one. It was built in 1185 by King Henry II of England, for his friend Sir Richard Talbot. Talbot […]
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March 16th, 2017 CEO By Marla Eggar “I don’t like your kind of people. I don’t like to see you come out to this clean country in your oily hair — dressed up in those silk suits – and try to pass yourselves off as decent Americans. I’ll do business with you, but the fact is, I despise your […]
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March 15th, 2017 CEO By Marla Eggar Everyone knows the mob thrived during the prohibition era. What you might not know is how the Klan was a huge supporter of prohibition but for all the wrong reasons. You see, prohibition was seen as an immigrant entity. At the time, most beer breweries where owned by Germans. The way the […]
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March 14th, 2017 CEO By Joe Liddle We’ve talked about mob movies, but we haven’t talked about some of the classic gangster movies the UK has to offer. Growing up in England, I think it’s fair to say I’ve seen my fair share of British classics. Some of them I consider rare finds, some of them cult masterpieces. I’ll […]
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March 12th, 2017 CEO By Kristi O’Toole Singer Joni Sledge, founding member of the 70’s musical group Sister Sledge has passed away. According to a statement released by the group’s reps, Sledge was found unresponsive at her home in Phoenix, Arizona on March 10, and was later pronounced dead. Joni, along with her sisters Debbie, Kim and Kathy, joined […]
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