Andy Thibault's Blog, page 7
January 28, 2021
Louis the Coin book & film news:
Direct Link to PayPal
for inscribed copy / message from The Providence Office
https://tinyurl.com/louisthecoinbook
LOOKING FORWARD:
Who is the Jack Chaucer guy and what is he up to?
1st draft of COIN MAN screenplay
COIN MAN, 120 pages, mob memoir/period crime drama, book adaptation, based on the true story of Louis "The Coin" Colavecchio, Rated R
A college graduate and mechanical genius casts aside his family and a normal life to become a top earner for the Rhode Island mob, pulling off the biggest counterfeiting operation against casinos in U.S. history.
https://queensarewild.wordpress.com/2021/01/27/first-draft-of-coin-man-screenplay-done/
Louis on Twitter, Facebook
https://twitter.com/LOUIStheCOINbio
https://www.facebook.com/Louisthecoinbook-117267789668938
Jack Chaucer on Twitter, Facebook
https://twitter.com/JackChaucer
https://www.facebook.com/jackchaucerbooks
Cool Justice Blog
December 8, 2020
Chaz & AJ, Ashley rave about premiere of Feliz Navidad by Rick Reyes & James ‘Fuzz’ Sangiovanni -- Updated, José Feliciano wishes you "Feliz Navidad"
"Perfect voices
Better than the original
These guys are great
Wow
Very talented
Can’t wait to see the video
That’s above & beyond
That’s a hit
A classic"
Audio, Chaz & AJ, 12-8-20:
https://youtu.be/AT-JloiKC1Y
Feliz Navidad via WPLR Facebook post:
BACKGROUNDhttps://cooljustice.blogspot.com/2020/12/feliz-navidad.html
Complete track via YouTube, Feliz Navidad https://youtu.be/lOH7Sv8Skws
José Feliciano wishes you "Feliz Navidad"
Cool Justice BlogChaz & AJ, Ashley rave about premiere of Feliz Navidad by Rick Reyes & James ‘Fuzz’ Sangiovanni
"Perfect voices
Better than the original
These guys are great
Wow
Very talented
Can’t wait to see the video
That’s above & beyond
That’s a hit
A classic"
Audio, Chaz & AJ, 12-8-20:
https://youtu.be/AT-JloiKC1Y
Abridged version, Feliz Navidad, via WPLR:
BACKGROUNDhttps://cooljustice.blogspot.com/2020/12/feliz-navidad.html
Chaz & AJ, Ashley rave about Feliz Navidad by Rick Reyes & James ‘Fuzz’ Sangiovanni
"Perfect voices
Better than the original
These guys are great
Wow
Very talented
Can’t wait to see the video
That’s above & beyond
That’s a hit
A classic"
Abridged version, Feliz Navidad, via WPLR:
BACKGROUNDhttps://cooljustice.blogspot.com/2020/12/feliz-navidad.html
December 6, 2020
FELIZ NAVIDAD! Listen live @WPLR @ChazandAJ #ToyDrive
WPLR has scheduled Feliz Navidad to be on the air at 6:20 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8, as part of the Chaz & AJ McDermott Chevrolet & Lexus Toy Drive.
They plan to post the video on the 99.1 PLR and 95.9 THE FOX Facebook pages at the same time, a staffer said.
Listen live, CHAZ & AJ:https://www.wplr.com/chaz-aj/
99.1 WPLR Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/wplrfm
95.9 THE FOX Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/959THEFOX
-From the @CosmicJibaro @RickReyesMusic who brought you
King Louis de la Provvidenza
http://cooljustice.blogspot.com/2020/10/icymi-new-song-by-rick-reyes-composed.html
ABOUT RICK REYES
Rick Reyes, a self-taught guitarist, songwriter known for poetic lyrics, and leader of the Latin Rock band The Cosmic Jibaros, is a folk hero of Connecticut’s independent music scene.
In Puerto Rico, where Reyes grew up between early years in Bridgeport and his return to the Park City as a teenager, los jibaros possess the romantic individualism of American mountain men from an earlier era and are known for having a simple, honest connection to the earth, a strong work ethic, and wonderful music.
The Cosmic Jibaros blend Latin and Caribbean rhythms, rock guitars and global influences cross-cultural music that’s danceable, and hypnotically magnetic. Primarily sung in Spanish by Reyes, the songs are laced with social and political overtones, and energized by the pulse of congas, timbales, and effects-laden guitar work.
Reyes has also combined other musical genres to produce new sounds in projects that include his first solo album Novela Sin Tiempo (2013), featuring an acoustic band with cello, violin, upright acoustic bass, hand percussion, and nylon string guitars. A 2018 project called Latin Americana fused Caribbean music and American country, folk, and blues.
Reye’s songs range from exploring the illusory qualities of love (Illusion) to the wisdom of seeing everyday as a new opportunity (Todos Los Dias), and breaking the chains that prevent you from moving forward (La Cadena).
It all began with Reyes’ father, who played the guitar-like cuatro and wrote decimas, a form of poetry. Reyes was 13 when the family returned to Bridgeport from Puerto Rico. He didn’t speak English, felt alone, and even encountered racism. Recording his in journals became an outlet, and his musical future began to gel when Reyes’ father bought him a Harmony guitar from the Sears catalog.
“I remember playing a few chords and looking at something I had written. Just like that I began combining the two,” Reyes recalls.
He attended Sacred Heart University but spent all his free time writing songs, playing music, performing for the first time, and later forming The Cosmic Jibaros.
The band has performed at New Haven’s Art’s & Ideas Festival, The Gathering of The Vibes, New London’s Sail Fest, The SONO Arts Festival, and New England’s largest Hispanic festival, The Areyto Festival, as well as appearing on TV and playing storied clubs like The Cutting Room and The Bowery Ballroom.
In 2009, the band toured Puerto Rico, and has opened for music legends, Sergio Mendes, Gato Barbieri, and Eddie Palmieri.
While music is Reyes’ passion, he also has a career on the sales side of the textile industry interior design industry and currently serves as a sales representative for Maxwell Fabrics.
In his “spare time,” Reyes works to improve the community with nonprofits such as the Greater Bridgeport Latino Network, the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County, City Lights Gallery, and others.
Follow @CosmicJibaros and @RickReyesMusic on Twitter, as well as Instagram and Facebook, and see Reyes’ web page to learn more.
ABOUT FUZZ James Sangiovanni, better known in the music industry as “Fuzz” has been an international recording artist, professional musician and music educator for over 20 years. Guitarist, multi instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter and producer, Fuzz has performed and toured globally with acts such as the Tom Tom Club, Allman Brothers Band, Emmylou Harris, Phish, John Scofield, James Brown, Deep Banana Blackout, Caravan of Thieves and many of the legendary musicians who live and work in New Orleans including Dr John, The Neville Brothers, The Meters, The Revivalists, Galactic, The Rebirth Brass Band and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
Being a well traveled and experienced musician, Fuzz learned how to work with many different kinds of people from different backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities and countries of origin, and came to realize that though we are all individuals, we have so much more in common than we are led to believe, especially in music and art. And it’s in the collaboration between people, where the most innovative and valuable ideas come from.
Sponsored by City Lights
City Lights & Company is a nonprofit organization, based in Bridgeport CT for 16 years, that serves the community through art. We are honored to sponsor this music video with Rick Reyes and Fuzz Sangiovanni and applaud the efforts of WPLR radio to support the Toys for Tots project. City Lights believes in the power of the arts to engage, enrich, nurture, heal and inspire. Our signature programs include the Bridgeport Art Trail and outreach programs that enrich the learning experience for youth. Cool Justice Blog
FELIZ NAVIDAD!
New video coming very soon
From the @CosmicJibaro @RickReyesMusic who brought you
King Louis de la Provvidenza
http://cooljustice.blogspot.com/2020/10/icymi-new-song-by-rick-reyes-composed.html
Stay tuned …
ABOUT RICK REYES
Rick Reyes, a self-taught guitarist, songwriter known for poetic lyrics, and leader of the Latin Rock band The Cosmic Jibaros, is a folk hero of Connecticut’s independent music scene.
In Puerto Rico, where Reyes grew up between early years in Bridgeport and his return to the Park City as a teenager, los jibaros possess the romantic individualism of American mountain men from an earlier era and are known for having a simple, honest connection to the earth, a strong work ethic, and wonderful music.
The Cosmic Jibaros blend Latin and Caribbean rhythms, rock guitars and global influences cross-cultural music that’s danceable, and hypnotically magnetic. Primarily sung in Spanish by Reyes, the songs are laced with social and political overtones, and energized by the pulse of congas, timbales, and effects-laden guitar work.
Reyes has also combined other musical genres to produce new sounds in projects that include his first solo album Novela Sin Tiempo (2013), featuring an acoustic band with cello, violin, upright acoustic bass, hand percussion, and nylon string guitars. A 2018 project called Latin Americana fused Caribbean music and American country, folk, and blues.
Reye’s songs range from exploring the illusory qualities of love (Illusion) to the wisdom of seeing everyday as a new opportunity (Todos Los Dias), and breaking the chains that prevent you from moving forward (La Cadena).
It all began with Reyes’ father, who played the guitar-like cuatro and wrote decimas, a form of poetry. Reyes was 13 when the family returned to Bridgeport from Puerto Rico. He didn’t speak English, felt alone, and even encountered racism. Recording his in journals became an outlet, and his musical future began to gel when Reyes’ father bought him a Harmony guitar from the Sears catalog.
“I remember playing a few chords and looking at something I had written. Just like that I began combining the two,” Reyes recalls.
He attended Sacred Heart University but spent all his free time writing songs, playing music, performing for the first time, and later forming The Cosmic Jibaros.
The band has performed at New Haven’s Art’s & Ideas Festival, The Gathering of The Vibes, New London’s Sail Fest, The SONO Arts Festival, and New England’s largest Hispanic festival, The Areyto Festival, as well as appearing on TV and playing storied clubs like The Cutting Room and The Bowery Ballroom.
In 2009, the band toured Puerto Rico, and has opened for music legends, Sergio Mendes, Gato Barbieri, and Eddie Palmieri.
While music is Reyes’ passion, he also has a career on the sales side of the textile industry interior design industry and currently serves as a sales representative for Maxwell Fabrics.
In his “spare time,” Reyes works to improve the community with nonprofits such as the Greater Bridgeport Latino Network, the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County, City Lights Gallery, and others.
Follow @CosmicJibaros and @RickReyesMusic on Twitter, as well as Instagram and Facebook, and see Reyes’ web page to learn more.
ABOUT FUZZ James Sangiovanni, better known in the music industry as “Fuzz” has been an international recording artist, professional musician and music educator for over 20 years. Guitarist, multi instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter and producer, Fuzz has performed and toured globally with acts such as the Tom Tom Club, Allman Brothers Band, Emmylou Harris, Phish, John Scofield, James Brown, Deep Banana Blackout, Caravan of Thieves and many of the legendary musicians who live and work in New Orleans including Dr John, The Neville Brothers, The Meters, The Revivalists, Galactic, The Rebirth Brass Band and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
Being a well traveled and experienced musician, Fuzz learned how to work with many different kinds of people from different backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities and countries of origin, and came to realize that though we are all individuals, we have so much more in common than we are led to believe, especially in music and art. And it’s in the collaboration between people, where the most innovative and valuable ideas come from.
Sponsored by City Lights
City Lights & Company is a nonprofit organization, based in Bridgeport CT for 16 years, that serves the community through art. We are honored to sponsor this music video with Rick Reyes and Fuzz Sangiovanni and applaud the efforts of WPLR radio to support the Toys for Tots project. City Lights believes in the power of the arts to engage, enrich, nurture, heal and inspire. Our signature programs include the Bridgeport Art Trail and outreach programs that enrich the learning experience for youth. Cool Justice Blog
October 11, 2020
ICYMI: New song by Rick Reyes, composed for Louis the Coin Zoom extravaganza, premiered Oct. 6, 2020 @morrislibraryct @RickReyesMusic @CosmicJibaros @LOUIStheCOINbio w/ Testimonial by Louis daughter, link to complete program
Testimonial by Louis daughter Susan:
I would like to thank everyone for being “here” virtually to memorialize my dad. He considered many of you his close friends, and at times shared with me some stories of the interactions he had with each of you. My father to me was always that “happy go lucky” guy who was hard not to love. His gregariousness and “I can do anything” attitude kept him moving throughout his life. He was a man that truly lived his life to the fullest with his countless life experiences, which I can assure you some never made it to paper. He was still composing ideas for story lines only a year ago. To some he was the infamous “Louie the Coin,” to others he was a brilliant guy who could do just about anything, creative and talented, but to me he was my Dad, the father that would be impossible to forget for so many reasons. I cherish all of the memories forever embedded in my heart, both in health and in sickness. Rest in peace Dad (Papa Lou) and thank you for watching over me every day.
You thought it was more?
Complete event video posted at Louis book site
September 29, 2020
updated -- KING LOUIS DE LA PROVVIDENZA: 4 NEW VIDEO Previews of original composition by Rick Reyes of The Cosmic Jibaros @LOUIStheCOINbio @CosmicJibaros @RickReyesMusic @morrislibraryct
Did I really sit at the right hand of Raymond?Did I really soak the sheets with red wine?
My Lamborghini is always in the news
My chips in casinos everywhere
Machines working night and day
Find my way around the law
Cool Justice Blog
September 27, 2020
Louis The Coin’s Garage of Magic: Some of the Equipment He Used To Create Undetectable Slot Machine Tokens
AS AN AUTHOR,
LOUIS MADE METALLURGY RIVETING
Learn more about Louis The Coin's escapades Oct. 6 during ZOOM event
at Morris Public Library
Finished product“So much sets this book apart – the extraordinary tales it tells, its insider’s look at organized crime, and Louis Colavecchio's enormous affection for his characters. But the biggest surprise? I was held in total suspense by the technical sections. I never expected to be riveted by metallurgy . . . but I was.”
-Novelist Pam Lewis, author of “Speak Softly, She Can Hear” and “Perfect Family.”
https://louisthecoinbook.com/
Strip after coinage blanks have been punched out,
dies and rubber impressions of tokens
Electrical Discharge Machine used to reproduce the token dies
- also known as a spark erosion machine
Rolls used to produce strip of the required thickness
Press to produce coinage blanks
A press to strike the tokens
Electro plating equipment
VIDEO Previews / News Reports, @LOUIStheCOINbio ZOOM Extravaganza
10-6-20:
Registration Required @morrislibraryct
http://cooljustice.blogspot.com/2020/09/previews-louisthecoinbio-zoom.html
