#Michael Salerno

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le coeur du masturbateur (michael salerno, 2023)

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My review of Michael Salerno's film, Le Coeur du Masturbateur.

The review was published in the December 2022 issue of Conceit Magazine, Volume 16, No. 189.

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Salerno Michael Schulz

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Fat Tony Salerno

Salerno was born and raised on Pleasant Avenue in East Harlem, New York. In his youth, he became involved in gambling, numbers, loan sharking and protection rackets for the Luciano family, which later came to be known as the Genovese family. Salerno was a member of the 116th Street Crew, headed by Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola. Salerno climbed the family ranks by controlling a possible million-dollar-a-year numbers racket operation in Harlem and a major loan sharking operation. In 1948, Coppola fled to Florida to escape murder charges, and Salerno took over the crew.

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Fire & Ice, in Pittsburgh (April 28th - 29th, 2006):

Mini Solo:

Olivia Ice - “The Trolley Song” (Tap) - 4th Place / Gold

Jordan Thomas - “Poison Ivy” (Jazz) - Did Not Place / Silver

Junior Solo:

John Michael Fiumara - “I Could Had Danced All Night” (Tap) - 1st Place / Junior Overall Winner / Diamond

Nina Linhart - “You’ve Got Possibilities” (Jazz) - 5th Place / Platinum

Josh Ice - “Up A Lazy River” (Tap) - 7th Place / Gold

Erika Maruca - “Stolen Child” (Acrobatic) - 9th Place / Gold

Natalee Bailey - “Amazing Mayzie” (Musical Theater) - Did Not Place / Gold

Emily Burkhart - “She’s Got The Action” (Jazz) - Did Not Place / Gold

Junior Duet/Trio:

John Michael Fiumara & Nina Linhart - “I Love Being Here With You” (Musical Theater) - 1st Place / Platinum

Teen Solo:

Kaitlyn Reiser - “The Perfect Lie” (Lyrical) - 3rd Place / Platinum

Miranda Maleski - “Queen Bee” (Jazz) - 4th Place / Platinum

Leah Pivorotto - “Right Now” (Jazz) - 5th Place / Platinum

Hannah Opalko - “Kiss Me In The Rain” (Acrobatic) - 6th Place / Gold

Savanna Carrozzi - “Paper Moon” (Acrobatic) - 7th Place / Gold

Alexandra McGee - “Spanish Rose” (Tap) - 9th Place / Gold

Cydney Miller - “Live And Let Die” (Acrobatic) - Did Not Place / Gold

Gabi Flora - “?” (?) - Did Not Place / Gold

Marissa Mchling - “Hollaback Girl” (Pom Pom) - Did Not Place / Gold

Sydney Shoff - “?” (?) - Did Not Place / Gold

Teen Duet/Trio:

Gianna Martello, Miranda Maleski & Leah Pivorotto - “Heartburn” (Jazz) - 3rd Place / Gold

Teen Group:

“Come Sail Away” (Musical Theater) [Alexandra McGee, Nina Linhart, Mackenzie Meixner, Hannah Opalko, Savanna Carrozzi, Erika Maruca, Kelly Monteleone, Alivia Shoop, Miranda Maleski, Leah Pivorotto, Jessica Ice & Alexandra] - 5th Place / Platinum

Teen Large Group:

“Summertime” (Lyrical) [Cydney Miller, Theresa Moio, Jennine Wedge, Miranda Maleski, Sydney Shoff, Marissa Pampena, Alexandra Salerno, Romana Henson, Leah Pivorotto, Alivia Shoop, Kelly Monteleone, Crystal Jennings, Jessica Ice, Kaitlyn Reiser, Alexandra McGee, Gianna Martello, Emily Burkhart, Amanda Stelluto & Hannah Opalko] - 1st Place / Diamond

“Airotica” (Jazz) - 2nd Place

Senior Solo:

Gianna Martello - “Wild Horses” (Lyrical) - 1st Place / Platinum

Jennine Wedge - “Fever” (Jazz) - 2nd Place / Platinum

Emily Shoop - “Let Me Leave” (Lyrical) - 4th Place / Platinum

Amanda Stelluto - “The Rose” (Jazz) - 5th Place / Platinum

Romana Henson - “Love Me Still” (Lyrical) - 6th Place / Platinum

Crystal Jennings - “Can’t Buy Me Love” (Jazz) - 7th Place / Platinum

Alivia Shoop - “Mama Lou” (Musical Theater) - 8th Place / Platinum

Alexandra Opalko - “The Journey” (Lyrical) - Did Not Place / Gold

Senior Duet/Trio:

Gianna Martello & Amanda Stelluto - “Last Days” (Lyrical) - 1st Place / Platinum

Crystal Jennings & Jennine Wedge - “Blood Of Us” (Jazz) - 2nd Place / Platinum

Senior Group:

“Shining Armor” (Lyrical) [Emily Shoop, Kaitlyn Reiser, Gianna Martello, Jennine Wedge, Miranda Maleski & Crystal Jennings] - 1st Place / Platinum

Senior Large Group:

“She Says” (Lyrical) - 1st Place / Senior Overall Winner / Platinum

“Killer Bees” (Acrobatic) [Alexandra Opalko, Miranda Maleski, Alivia Shoop, Emily Shoop, Kaitlyn Reiser, Crystal Jennings, Kelly Monteleone, Jennine Wedge, Hannah Opalko, Kasey, Amanda Stelluto, Cydney Miller & Marissa Mchling] - Did Not Place / Gold

Regional Junior Miss:

Mackenzie Meixner - Knock On Wood” (Jazz) - 1st Place (Title Winner) / Gold

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Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, Kill the Irishman chronicles Greene’s heroic rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Danny Greene: Ray Stevenson John Nardi: Vincent D’Onofrio Joe Manditski: Val Kilmer Shondor Birns: Christopher Walken Joan Madigan: Linda Cardellini Mikey Mendarolo: Tony Darrow Ray Ferritto: Robert Davi Grace O’Keefe: Fionnula Flanagan Jerry Merke: Bob Gunton Art Sneperger: Jason Butler Harner Keith Ritson: Vinnie Jones Jack Licavoli: Tony Lo Bianco Ellie O’Hara: Laura Ramsey Mike Frato: Steve Schirripa Tony Salerno: Paul Sorvino Leo “Lips” Moceri: Mike Starr William “Billy” McComber: Marcus Thomas Frank Brancato: Vinny Vella Valet: Brian Balzerini Young Danny Greene: Cody Christian Young Billy McComber: Dante Wildern Tony Lupero: Sean O’Reily Vic Centauro: Vincent Rogo Angelini Tommy Sinito: Grant Krause Joe Buka: Jeff Chase Stan Gilroy: Jim Porterfield Undercover Cop: Jeff Wolfe Film Crew: Director: Jonathan Hensleigh Executive Producer: Tara Reid Casting: Mary Vernieu Production Design: Patrizia von Brandenstein Director of Photography: Karl Walter Lindenlaub Editor: Douglas Crise Executive Producer: Arthur M. Sarkissian Visual Effects Supervisor: Chris Ervin Producer: Al Corley Producer: Eugene Musso Unit Production Manager: Bart Rosenblatt Producer: Tommy Reid Casting: Juan Carlos Cantu Screenplay: Jeremy Walters Book: Rick Porrello Executive Producer: Jonathan Dana Costume Design: Melissa Bruning Original Music Composer: Patrick Cassidy Music Supervisor: John Bissell Production Supervisor: Michael D. Jones Art Direction: Gary Baugh Script Supervisor: Dug Rotstein Still Photographer: Kim C. Simms Set Decoration: Joan MacFarlane Production Sound Mixer: Beau Williams Second Assistant Director: Phil Robinson Stunt Double: Cassandra McCormick Movie Reviews: Kenneth Axel Carlsson: This is the story of the irishman, Danny Greene (Ray Stevenson), a corrupt union man, who ended up as sort of a Robin Hood figure of Cleveland. This is the story of how he rose in the ranks, making countless of enemies along the way. This is also the story of how they tried to kill him, but failed. I’ve never heard of Danny Greene, but the movie paints a nice realistic picture of the 1970s. This is not a pleasant world, but one where everyone is trying to get their piece of the cake. Danny himself is a hard one to figure out, is he good, is he bad? The one moment he helps out a friend in need, the next… he is killing people. I kinda like the fact that he is a person with both sides to him, allowing us to make up our own mind about him. Life is never as simple as most movies would like us to think it is. The movie itself is a little messy, and I had expected a bit more from the cast, but of course, this is a movie based on actual events and characters, and of course that means that they can’t change too much. In minor roles we find Val Kilmer and Christopher Walken, both excellent actors that tend to make quirky and interesting characters, but not so much here. Last words… a solid movie that gives us some insight into a man who really lived and breathed. It has some heart, for sure, but ain’t all that interesting when it comes down to it. I probably won’t ever see it a second time, but I definitely survived seeing it once.

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Salerno by Michael Schulz

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Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History Ch. 4- The Normans

With the Normans, Sicily would come into her golden age. Unfortunately for Sicily, that golden age ended 800 years ago. 

In 911, Rollo, a Viking, first rowed up the Seine river in France. By a hundred years later, his followers had most of the eastern half of Normandy (a section of northern France) under their control. The descendants of these men were quick-witted, adaptable, and seemingly blessed with an inexhaustible energy. The early Norman adventurers were also enormously, um.... prolific. They were ready adventurers for the Crusades, and generations made the treks to the Holy Land through the Mediterranean. One of the pilgrimage stops on the way to the Holy Land was at Monte Sant'Angelo on the Italian side of the Adriatic. There, in 1016, a Lombard told the visiting Normans of a considerable territory that was now under Greek Byzantine occupation. Perhaps, e suggested, a joint Norman/Lombard army venture could dislodge the Greeks, such help being the kind of thing the Lombards would not forget. The opportunity proved irresistible to the adventurous Normans. They returned to Normandy to restock and get some more guys, then they came back and made themselves a force in southern Italy. An obscure Norman baron there, Tancred de Hauteville, bore something like 3 daughters and 12 sons. One of those sons, Robert Guiscard, proved himself to be one of the great military adventurers of all time.  

For the first generation of Normans, Sicily was of little interest. But in 1035, a civil war between the Arab clans that had been bubbling, finally came to a boil, and the Emir al-Akhal of Palermo found himself desperate for help. He appealed to Emperor Michael of Constantinople, and Michael, who had considered the Greek speaking population of Sicily a birthright of the Byzantine empire, saw an opportunity to insert himself back on to the island. The Greek force stopped in Salerno to pick up more soldiers, and while there, they attracted the attention of the Normans, who were just milling around looking for something worthwhile to do. 

Around 1038, the Byzantine forces arrived on Sicily, including the Hautevilles. The Greeks succeeded in dislodging the Arabs, but divisions among the Greeks caused problems and, realizing they were in no shape to continue on, they beat a hasty retreat. There was a dispute among the Normans and the Greeks over the fairness of the spoils, the Normans considering they weren't quite getting what they were owed.  

The Normans returned to the mainland disgruntled and even the Pope was concerned by the group of discontented soldiers in his proximity. Pope Leo IX decided the best defense was a good offense and  led an army against the Normans, but the Pope was defeated. The Normans, however, treated them with respect and, for a reward, the Pope awarded Robert dukedoms in Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily.  

Though Sicily had never been under Papal control, that didn't stop the Normans from looking to the island they had now seen and fought over. Roger Hauteville was only 26 at the time, but he was a fighter to match any,  and in 1060 he had forced the surrender of the Greeks across from Messina. By 1072 the brothers had fought their way to Palermo. Robert claimed suzerainty over the island, but his brother Roger would be the one effectively in control. 

Sicily had been in Muslim hands, but would now be transformed. 

The first order of business was establish Norman rule, but with only a few hundred knights, he knew he couldn't just bully his way to sovereignty. He would need to persuade the Muslims to voluntarily accept the new rule. This would require tolerance and understanding. So, Arabic was declared an official language, on equal footing with Latin, Greek, and Norman French. Roger won over the confidence of the people, and many who had fled the island beforehand came back. 

The new Christian subjects, on the other hand presented a more difficult problem. The Greeks welcomed the Normans at first, but found the new guys more uncivilized than the Muslims. That plus they brought in a bunch of Latin priests and monks who were schismatics through and through. Though the Greeks had been promised their language and traditions would be respected, Roger would have to do more to gain their trust. So he rebuilt Greek churches and personally endowed Greek speaking foundations.  

From these earliest days, Roger laid the foundation of a multiracial and polyglot society in which Norman, Greek, and Arab would, under a firm central government, follow their own traditions in freedom and concord. 

By the end of the 1000s, Roger had the most enlightened kingdom in all Europe. We know little about his personal and private life, other than he lived up to the famed Norman fertility, producing between 13-17 offspring. He died in 1102. Sicily had exploded economically and merchants from all over the Mediterranean came to the island. 

His son Roger II took control in 1108. He wanted to increase the size of his rule and make his power and presence felt in mainland Europe, Africa, and Asia too.  

On Christmas 1130, the Pope granted Roger II the royal crown of Sicily, Calabria, and Apulia. 

Roger, at this time, ruled the third largest kingdom in Europe. He was born in the south of an Italian mother, educated by Greek and Arab tutors, and grown up in the cosmopolitan atmosphere of tolerance and mutual respect created by his father. He instinctively understood the complex system of checks and balances on which the internal stability of the country depended.  

While the feudal barons on the mainland would cause problems, things were much easier in Sicily. Feudalism had not existed there. Things depended on mutual respect and religious and ethnic tolerance.  The Arabs were entrusted with the state finances since their math was more advanced than anyone else's. The navy was run by the Greeks since they produced the best sailors. The art and architecture of the time is truly a wonder to behold: Latin, Byzantine, and Islamic traditions blended. 

We can keep in mind that this time period was 100 years after the great schism which saw blood drawn between the Byzantine and Latin church. The Crusades were also in full swing, with both Christian and Muslim blood flowing in the Holy Land. Yet here in Sicily, the three civilizations came together and harmonized. 

The court at Palermo was the most brilliant in Europe. By the 1140's, Roger had given a permanent home to the foremost scholars, scientists, doctors and philosophers, geographers and mathematicians in Europe and the Arab world. Roger himself was famous for his insatiable intellectual curiosity, and could converse in French, Latin, Greek, or Arabic.  

Roger II died in 1154. 

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Episode Of The Television Program "Forensic Files" About The Murder Of Michelle Rizzi-Salerno

Dennis Michael Salerno killed his estranged wife, Michelle Rizzi, and his lover, Larry McClanahan; Sentenced to life in prison An article from another Blog about the murder of Michelle Rizzi-Salerno. The murder of Michelle Rizzi-Salerno by Dennis Salerno was the subject of an Episode of the Television Program “Forensic Files”.

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"I was very excited to pick up Loose Corpse, the latest from Kenji Siratori, a writer and artist whose work I've been a fan of since the early mid 2000s when I first read his seminal novel, Blood Electric. Loose Corpse is pure Siratori. From the outset the text is an assault on the consciousness and imagination but also on the reader's skills and concept of interpretation. The brain is sent scrambling for meaning as words and syntaxes glitch and sentences are disrupted before they are even started. You're left trying to find shapes in the ashes of languages - Siratori scorches the ground and then reanimates words zombie style with the walking dead screaming in unfathomable codes - sex and capitalism - technology and death - Loose Corpse is - a paranoia making nightmare that thrills. Jump aboard and watch language become plagued and fall to its knees." - Thomas Moore, author of Forever