#jon bermuda schwartz

[jestersroute66]

before the year ends (ok dont stare too hard on the background-)

[iamtryingtobelieve]

You're sort of everything I ever wanted You're not perfect but I love you anyhow You're the woman that I've always dreamed of... Well not really, but you're good enough for now

[dilfsuzanneyk]

BERMUDA SCHWARTZ FUCKING KILLS YOU

[greensparty]

Talking with Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz - Part 2

In 2020, I interviewed Weird Al Yankovic drummer Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz about his photo book Black and White and Weird All Over. He is known as the official Weird Al archivist and historian. The book compiled some of his best pictures from 1983-1986. Earlier this year, I got the chance to catch up with Mr. Schwartz as Weird Al began his concert tour. This has been quite a year fro Weird Al fans especially with the release of Weird: The Al Yankovic Story on Roku in November (read my review here). 

Last month, Mr. Schwartz released his newest photo book Lights, Camera, Accordion!, a photo book of color photos of Weird Al on-set, in the studio, on tour and more. When I interviewed Mr. Schwartz earlier this year, we talked a little about his newest book. I saved some portions of that interview for Part 2 about the new book.

Schwartz’s book cover

Me: When we spoke in 2020, I asked if there could be a sequel with photos after 1986. You said “Short answer is there could be, but no plans at the moment”. So are there plans for a sequel of post-1986 photos at this point?

JBS: Yes. They’re post and pre and during that era. After the book came out[in 2020], I had a year off in 2021. So with no tour that year, I decided to start scanning all of my color negatives, which in Al’s case started in 1981 and go through 2006. For four months plus, I scanned film every single day. It was like 400 some odd rolls of film. I got to see some stuff I hadn’t seen in a long time. Based on the success of the first book, I thought there’s a lot of color pics that had been online, but they had always been taken from prints. So with the color scans I could make it look really really nice. I thought these really deserve to be seen in better quality. So there is a second book, completely in the works, hoping for a Fall 2022 release. There will be a special edition as well. It’s very flattering that everyone is very excited about it. There’s about 50% more photos in this. It starts with the very first photo I took of Al in January 1981 and ends with the last color film I shot of him in 2006 when we were shooting the cover photos for the Straight Outta Lynwood album. I don’t know that I really shot film much after 2006 or 2007. 

There was an overlap of time when I traveled with both a film camera and a digital camera and had both for pictures I took. Almost exactly the same photos. But I thought, the fans would really want this. Al is behind this book 100%, if he wasn’t I wouldn’t do a book of all these photos of him. 

Schwartz and Weird Al

For info on Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz’s Lights, Camera, Accordion!: https://www.bermudaschwartz.com/lightscameraaccordion/index.html

[cpfoa]

Lights, Camera, Accordion!: Eye-Popping Photographs of "Weird Al" Yankovic, 1981–2006 // Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (2022)

[queenrepent]

she bermuda on my schwartz until I jon

she jim on my west until I kimo

she rubén on my valtierra until i...keyboard?

she steve on my jay until i...bass?

[fake-weird-al-facts]

Weird Al Fact #39:

The Night Santa Went Crazy was based on an old German legend about Krampus. Al's drummer, Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, learned about the legend on a trip to Berlin and claimed it was "the perfect Christmas tale."

[arollofmirrors]

As a Weird Al fan, few things in my life thus far have been more earth-shattering than realizing that the reason Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz has the nickname Bermuda is because his last name sounds like "shorts".

[radagasthumperdinck]

"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC makes his national television debut with ANOTHER ONE RIDES THE BUS on THE TOMORROW SHOW (accompanied by longtime percussionist JON "BERMUDA" SCHWARTZ), 1981

[jestersroute66]

[greensparty]

2022: The Year in Green’s Party

This has been another great year on this blog of me sharing a thought or two about pop culture! This was a year I needed pop culture, entertainment and escapism more than ever. I got to do so many awesome things and I can’t believe that in early 2023 this blog turns 10! Here are some of the highlights of 2022:

Retweets and Social Media: There were numerous retweets and shares of my posts this year on social media including 2022 Collectibles Extravaganza sharing my coverage, Dana Carvey liked my tweet about Wayne’s World at Nice a Fest, David Spade liked my tweet about my interview with Siobhan Fallon Hogan, and Sean Baker liked my tweet about Red Rocket being my Best 2021 Movie I Saw in 2022.

Interviews: I got to interview numerous people including Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz of Weird Al Yankovic’s band (plus a bonus portion of the interview), Nice a Fest founder Alex Pickert, musician Colleen Green, actor / director James Morosini, director Marq Evans, director April Wright, director Ryan White, musician Kay Hanley, and actors Brian O’Halloran and Jeff Anderson.

Movie Reviews: I got to review A Hero, Sundown, I Want You Back, Studio 666, Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story, Jurassic World Dominion,  The Beatles and India, George Michael Freedom Uncut, Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song, Thor: Love and Thunder, Clerks III, Sidney, Nothing Compares, Halloween Ends, Let There Be Drums!, Rebel Dread, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, A Christmas Story Christmas, She Said, Avatar: The Way of Water, and Bablyon.

Album Reviews: I got to review Eddie Vedder’s Earthling and the vinyl reissue of Ukelele Songs, John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies’ Firestarter soundtrack and Halloween Ends soundtrack, Florence + The Machine’s Dance Fever, The Rolling Stones’ Live at El Mocambo, The Clash’s Combat Rock / The People’s Hall special edition, Wilco’s Cruel Country, Beabadoobee’s Beatopia, Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s Toast, Neil Young and Promise of the Real’s Noise & Flowers, R.E.M.’s Chronic Town 40th anniversary EP, Oasis’s Be Here Now 25th anniversary edition, Ringo Starr’s EP3, Djo’s Decide, Billy Idol’s The Cage, The Smithereens’ The Lost Album, The Pixies’ Doggerel, L7′s Bricks Are Heavy 30th anniversary reissue, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Cool It Down, Alvvays’ Blue Rev, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Return of the Dream Canteen, Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros’ Joe Strummer 002: The Mescalero Years box set, The Beatles’ Revolver Special Super Deluxe Edition, Foo Fighters’ The Essential Foo Fighters, the compilation album ‘Life Moves Pretty Fast’ The John Hughes Mixtapes, Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion I and II box set, Bruce Springsteen’s Only the Strong Survive, Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Live at the Fillmore, 1997.

Concert Reviews: The year began with a livestream concert review of Mike Garson’s A Bowie Celebration. In person concert reviews came back with reviews of Sheer Mag, Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band, Paul McCartney, Death Cab for Cutie, Alvvays, and not an official review but I did a semi-review of Cheap Trick at Boston Calling.

DVD and Blu-ray Reviews: I got to review some DVD and blu-rays including The Beatles: Get Back, Neil Young and Promise of the Real: Noise & Flowers, and You Can’t Do That on Film.

Book Reviews: I got to cover numerous books released in 2022 including Olivia Harrison’s Came the Lightening: Twenty Poems for George, Pattie Boyd’s My Life in Pictures, and Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee Book.

Theater Reviews: This year I got to do my first official theater review, for On Beckett.

Music Festivals: I got to cover the 2022 Nice, a Fest festival.

Film Festivals and Film Events: I got to review a virtual film at Sundance Film Festival, my annual guide to the 2022 Oscar Nominated Short Films, my coverage of the 2022 Independent Film Festival Boston, covered the 2022 Collectibles Extravaganza, and the 2022 IFFBoston Fall Focus.

...And the biggest postings and news of the year:

- 1/2/2022: Green’s Party turned 9!

- 1/28/2022: I wrote my tribute to Mighty Mighty Bosstones, who I have been lucky enough to cover since 2017.

- March 2022: I took a breather from the blog for a few weeks due to a death in the family. 

- 3/26/22: I posted my remembrance of Taylor Hawkins. 32 notes, my biggest post of 2022!

- 3/29/22: I posted my This Month In History column for March. 19 notes.

- 4/14/22: I wrote about returning to my first live concert in over 2 years to see LCD Soundsystem.

- 5/26/22: I posted my remembrance of Ray Liotta. 11 notes.

- 6/19/22: I re-shared my 2021 post about Sesame Street’s Juneteenth Song. 28 notes.

- 7/31/22: I posted my remembrance of Bill Russell and Nichelle Nichols. 18 notes.

- 8/7/22: I shared my return to Kim’s Video at NYC’s Alamo Drafthouse. 

- 9/21/22: I shared the big news that my documentary Life on the V: The Story of V66 has been added to the Permanent Collection of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

- 10/12/22: I re-shared my 2018 post about This Day in 2018. 15 notes.

- 12/8/22: Tumblr provided their data of Green’s Party Year in Review up until December 8.

- 12/17/22: I re-shared my 2020 Top 5 Seinfeld Episodes During the Holiday Season list. 11 notes.

[andrasandreas]

I’ve been a Weird Al fan since I was a kid since my parents were also Weird Al fans, so I had to look up where this came from

Turns out the photographer Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz published a hardcover, full color book with over 300 photos of Weird Al between 1981-2006, including behind the scenes photos of his music videos!

Also it’s on sale right now so this 256 page, full color, hardcover book of 1980s Weird Al photos is currently $26!!

[zerotodrum]

Jon Bermuda Schwartz – Best Among The Best

If there is any list of the best drummers in the world, Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz will be among them. He has been a drummer for “Weird AL” Yankovic for many years. He joined the group in 1980 and has seen and heard all their works. There is no album, video, concert, and TV performance that the drummer does not know about.

Read more : https://zerotodrum.com/jon-bermuda-schwartz/

[nofatclips]

White & Nerdy by "Weird Al" Yankovic (parody of Ridin' by Chamillionaire)

[mr-frump-in-the-iron-lung]

The Tale of ALCON 98

featuring Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz, Amanda Cohen, and Mike Hoffman

[cpfoa]

Black & White & Weird All Over: The Lost Photographs of "Weird Al" Yankovic '83 – '86 // Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (2020)