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This is Beetle Launch Party - Comix NYC


You may have heard that Howard TV has a new series about Beetlejuice called "This Is Beetle." It premieres October 29th. If you don't have Howard TV, this may be the time to get it.

They are doing a big Halloween launch party for Beetle on Oct 29th at Comix NYC and.....

I HAVE 10 PAIRS OF TICKETS TO GIVEAWAY

Fans will have to come in costume as something (Gray's teeth, Robin's boobs, "the emotional friend) or someone (Yucko, Beetle, Siobhan, etc) from the Stern show. There will be a costume contest with judges from the show and cash prizes. Plus Beetle himself will be there to host. Should be awesome.

You can find out more about the show here. There are video clips, a sound board, wallpapers, games, & even a Beetlejuice mask that you can print out.
http://my.howard.tv/this-is-beetle

As you guys know I occasionally write articles about comedy shows, books, CDs, strip clubs, sex toys, etc but this week it's a law firm. Yep, a law firm. I guess i won't have to stick my dick in anything this time.



When Rich Rochlin first contacted me about the write up for Signman & Rochlin all I could think of is why would a law firm want to do with us but honestly, look around. We probably all need a little legal help. I'm not pointing any fingers. Besides, there is a Stern Show connection. Rich from Signman & Rochlin is the financial adviser that put Sal & Christine Governali on a budget. Their firm also handled Sal "the Stockbroker", Richard Christy, & Shuli Egar's contracts. Sounds like I need to find out more about these guys.

College roommates Rich Rochlin (business attorney and former partner at Shipman & Goodwin) & Scott Sigman (former Philadelphia assistant district attorney) launched their new law firm earlier this year but have been working in law for more than 10 years. They teamed up with Wally Zimolong (real estate & construction litigation) and Rich Agins (CPA & bankruptcy attorney) to round out the team. Details of their practice areas are on their website.

Since I can't exactly review the firm, I did an interview.


Mutt - "So what's the deal with this financial planning thing? How exactly did you help Sal & Christine get back on track?"
Rich Rochlin - “I gently force my clients to take a realistic approach to finances and do so without making any judgments. My role is to help fix the problem and not to chastise the client for poor decisions. I put together a budget looking at their debt and let them know what is the most important to to get paid off, set up goals, and a timeline to get it accomplished. I've also followed up with them to make sure they are sticking to the plan and work on getting them disciplined. In other instances we've negotiated with the banks to settle credit card debt but in their case that was not an issue."

Mutt - "You were in Florida with us when Sal fell off the stage. Did you represent Sal for that? He's lucky he didn't get severely hurt."
Rich Rochlin - "We are available to handle personal injury cases nationwide but when I spoke to Sal about it, he fully admits it was his own fault and was not interested in going after damages."

For those of you that don't remember or just want a laugh, here's the youtube video of Sal in the monkey mask falling off stage in Lakeland, FL. Luckily he only broke his arm from this 7' fall onto a concrete floor landing between two metal fences. I was shocked & relieved that it wasn't any worse. He spent the night in the hospital and the next day was violently nauseous from the pain killers. Though his ass was still welted up from being shot with a paintball gun by his wife Christine days earlier, he stayed in good spirits. .

Mutt - "You said you handle entertainment law & have worked with Sal, Richard, & Shuli. What's that about? What can you tell me that you've done for them?"
Rich Rochlin - "We recently handled Richard's record contract. He got a great deal from Metal Blade Records and the production is almost done. The most important thing I could do in representing Richard in his contract negotiations is to be sure that the final agreement was clear and concise. Most litigation occurs when the party’s expectations are not aligned, particularly when the contract is not drafted in a clear and concise way. We handle all of Richard’s and Sal’s higher profile appearances. I make sure that everyone is on the same page and add some credibility to a process that is too often done with handshakes and phone calls – and often results in talent getting screwed in some way. We also negotiated Sal & Richard's contracts with InDemand though I can't get into any details."

Mutt - "What about criminal stuff? Have you helped any of the wackpackers or do you have any advice for those like Joey Boots or High Pitch Eric that have pending cases against them?"
Rich Rochlin - "No we have not handled any wackpack cases and I'm not familiar enough with the specifics to give advice but combined our partners have defended over 100 jury trials to verdict."

Mutt - "Artie recently pled guilty to driving while under the influence of prescription drugs. If he was fighting it, would you have any advice?"
Scott Sigman - "We handle lots of DUI cases as well drug possession offenses. While working for the city of Philadelphia as the assistant DA, I specialized in drug prosecutions and certainly know how to defend them. Artie needs to minimize his discussions on the air about the incident. I wouldn’t want him to give the prosecution any additional information to use against him. The lower the profile he keeps, the better it will be for his defense."

Mutt - "What makes your firm different from other firms?"
Rich Rochlin - "Clients can sometimes feel like they have to battle just to speak to their attorney. At our firm clients get our cell phone number & direct emails. You'll never feel like your being blown off for bigger clients."
Mutt - "I've never even heard of such a thing. When you have an upcoming court case & it takes days or weeks to get a call back from your lawyer, you could drive yourself crazy. I love that you give out your personal contact info and not just a secretary or voicemail."

Mutt - "Law firm commercials are normally focused on things like divorces, wills, personal injury, etc. Are you that kind of firm? Do you strictly work in New York?"
Rich Rochlin - "No, we have offices in New York, Philadelphia, Hartford, and Cherry Hill where we represent clients for criminal defense, bankruptcy, construction litigation, corporate law,& finance, entertainment law, and more. We do not do divorces, wills, or trusts but as I said before we handle personal injury cases nationwide."

Scott Sigman often appears on IYC with Lynn Doyle. Check out the video of a recent show where they discuss is the Michael Jackson death was murder to get an idea of who he is.

Rich said if I ever need legal help, their firm will have my back so look out internet wackos with your empty lawsuit threats. I've got muscle. If you find yourself in need of a law firm, consult Sigman & Rochlin. These guys are one of us.

Sigman & Rochlin LLC
Counselors at Law
www.SigmanAndRochlin.com



1515 Market Street suite 1410 Philadelphia, PA - 215-665-0842
590 Madison Ave 21st floor New York, NY - 212-521-4258
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2167 RT70 West Suite 201 Cherry Hill NJ - 215-665-0842

RICK'S CABARET NEW YORK HOSTED A VIP BOOK PARTY FOR PENTHOUSE MAGAZINE SEX ADVICE COLUMNIST LAINIE SPEISER'S NEW BOOK: "HOT GAMES FOR MIND-BLOWING SEX"


The Rick's Cabaret Girls liked the book. "The book is great. It's got some things in there that I would have never thought of. I can't wait to try some of her sex games," said Rick's Cabaret Girl Avalon. "Hot Games looks like fun. I will read it right away," said Rick's Cabaret Girl Kelly.

Over 150 people attended the party, held on Rick's Cabaret's 2nd floor lounge. They enjoyed champagne, hors d'ouvres prepared by Rick's Cabaret's award winning chef Mr. Nestor, and were entertained by dozens of beautiful Rick Cabaret dancers.

Joining the Rick's Cabaret Girls at the party were several Penthouse Pets, "Bumblefoot" from "Guns and Roses," a New York Knick basketball player (he prefers anonymity), recording star Unkle Kracker, sex advice columnist Victoria "Dr. Z" Zdrok, reality TV stars from VH-1's "My Antonio," "Miss Howard TV" Becky Wunder, and numerous others.

Author Lainie Speiser signed copies of her book and gave a brief talk. The book features Penthouse Pet Krista Ayne in many photos, some of them taken at Rick's Cabaret.


Rick's Cabaret 50 West 33 St New York City NY

Scotty wanted me to pass this along to you all.

Saturday May 9th
Jim Dowds Shoot for the stars foundation, presents Hockey night in Hoboken. A Fundraiser for families in need & local childern's organizations in New Jersey.

Appearances By Ken Daneyko, Jim Dowd & Scott Ferrall of the Scott Ferrall show on Howard 101. Additional Current players to be announced soon.
For Tickets: www.neco.com/hockeynight

Willie McBrides Pub
616 Grand St
Hoboken, NJ 07030-2807
http://www.williemcbrides.com

Live music by PUMP CITY
$2 Drafts

GIVEAWAY : 20 WINNERS, 44 TICKETS, 3 SHOWS

Florentine • Dipaolo • Levy
Starland Ballroom, NJ

Plus Chris Johnston + Joe Conte! An all-ages to enter, 21 to drink comedy event

Artie Lange
Starland Ballroom, NJ

An all-ages to enter, 21 to drink event.

Richard & Sal have a new website to promote the their appearances www.TheRichardAndSalShow.com. Artie said to go out on your own and that's exactly what they did. The website is new and doesn't have a ton of content yet but it has their upcoming shows, links to book them, photos, & a contact form. Check it out & shoot them an email.



UPCOMING EVENTS
March 7 - Treehouse Comedy Club in Stratford, CT
March 15 - Northeast Motorcycle Expo in Philadelphia, PA
March 21 - Treehouse Comedy Club in Stamford, CT
March 26 - McGuire's in Long Island, NY
March 27 & 28 - The Scriba Town Inn in Oswego, NY
April 2 - Manhattan Comedy Club in Middletown, NY
April 3 - Cinema Paradiso in Fort Lauderdale FL
April 4 - The Atlantic Theater in Jupiter, FL
April 24 & 25 - The Comedy Connection in East Providence, RI
May 8 & 9 - Peabody's in Cleveland, OH
May 23 - Winston's in San Diego, CA
June 4 - The Highland Ballroom in Atlanta, GA

Visit the website, www.TheRichardAndSalShow.com for tickets & further details.

Join myself and several hundred friends & fans of the Howard Stern show in Hoboken
Sunday May 3rd for the Comedy Rocks New Jersey Charity Show
starring Artie Lange at Hoboken's Lana Lounge

That's right! Artie Lange is Live in his hometown, Hoboken NJ!!

Proceeds go to support the Valerie Fund. A non-profit organization for children with cancer & blood disorders. We can not thank Artie enough for donating his time to help our cause.

Goto www.comedyrocksnj.com to buy tickets.
General admission tickets cost $58 for singles, $97 a pair, or $154 for a 4-pack. VIP tickets are $98 and include reserved seats, access to the lounge, access to the meet & greet, a gift pack, and 1 drink.
Sunday May 3rd with Meet & Greet @ 6:30PM & show starts @ 7:30PM


You can also support the charity by buying a raffle ticket at www.comedyrocksnj.com for a 50" LG HT Flat Screen TV with BLU-RAY Player & Home Theater System.

I always get emails from people that want me to checkout their website or product and give them a plug on SFN. When Brick House Security emailed saying they were the people from the Duracell commercial where the kid gets lost in the park and mom sees a van pulling away but then she finds him with some sorta kid tracker deal (here's the commercial, god damn Kevin), my initial reaction was I don't think this is a good fit for SFN. Before I emailed back saying thanks but no thanks, I swung by their website BrickHouseSecurity.com to peek around and they've got all the goodies you'd find in a spy shop. There are voice changers and phone call recorders that a prank caller would need, hidden cameras for more prank fun, and even tasers & stun guns for full on Bubba-type antics, but it was spotting this insane outdoor floodlight spy cam that screws into a regular socket and transmits the video thru the power lines to a recorder inside that got me to email them back. The thing is kick ass. I stopped by their NYC offices last week and picked up a big shopping bag of spy shit to demo. I feel like Gadget Gary.

They gave me close to a dozen items to play with so insert your Colin Powell graphic now. This is gonna be one of those long assed Mutt posts but I promise I'll try to keep it tight. (FYI, These things don't really come with Brickhouse Security stickers plastered all over them.)


Secret Agent Camcorder Watch
The camcorder watch is completely covert. Nobody would ever believe there's a color audio/video camcorder built into it. It takes some practice to aim the thing but using it is simple and and pulling the video off of it is as easy as using a USB thumb drive. By wearing it on my left arm, I could put my hand to my chin and shoot video right side up sitting at a table and by wearing it on my right arm, I could leave my arm down by my side and walk around. The video is small but good enough for youtube. Here's a sample video of me playing with the dog.

Micro DVR with Button and Screw Camera
The button & screw cam takes a little more setup but you certainly don't need to worry about aiming. It's one of those things you see in the movies where the guy is wired to go in undercover on a drug bust. After picking a button close to the ones on my shirt and slipping the button cam into my shirt, using it was simple. I was able to put the little DVR into my jeans pocket and by leaving my shirt untucked, everything was 100% hidden. (just don't get frisked) It was easy enough to reach into my pocket and start / stop recording. I didn't have to worry about aiming it. Basically as long as I remembered to turn my body & not just my head, it recorded what ever I looked at. If you are serious about it, the camera comes with real buttons for the rest of the shirt and a perfect match. It uses a MiniSD memory card so pulling video off of it is just like getting photos off your digital camera. Don Jamieson told me that he & Jim Florentine use a similar setup with the camera in a pair of shades to film Meet the Creeps. As far as the video quality, it was a little grainy but a larger picture than the watch. Here's a sample video of me standing in the powder room looking in the mirror.

Mega Mini Spy Camera Pro Built in DVR
The mega mini cam is smaller than your thumb but can record video w/ audio that's every bit as good as your digital camera. It's not disguised as anything like these others but it's small enough that you could hide it in almost anything. The controls are simple. After turning it on, you only need to worry about the record / stop button. When I had Beetlejuice in the Jeep riding from AC to NYC, every time I tried filming him singing Van Halen, he'd clam up. If I had this then, it would have been easy to clip it to the sun visor and then adjust the visor so it was pointing right at him. If you weren't inspecting it, you'd never guess it was a cam. It has a voice activated option that automatically starts / stops recording when it hears something. With this you could hide it in something like a pack of smokes & then sit it on a shelf. Without a doubt it was the highest quality cam and the smallest all around package. I will certainly continue to use this. Here's a sample video of our boxer, Jersey opening a door.

I can't wait for the next big event to give things a real try out. I'll be back with some candid video for sure.



Black Box Hidden Camera
This thing doesn't look like anything. It's a plastic box with no buttons or lights that's about the size of an 8-track. If you found it you'd have no reason to think it's a camera. There's a hidden compartment on one end. From there you can access the SD memory card and the on / off button. The opposite end is where the camera is. Once you turn it on, you sit it on a shelf and that's it. It's motion activated and records whenever anything passes by it. They recommend hiding it in something like a tissue box but I slid it under the TV and the shiny black finish let it blend right in with the other stereo equipment. It's a color picture & super easy to use but there isn't any sound. Would be cooler with sound but for catching people stealing or snooping in your office, it's perfect. Here is an action packed sample video of me drinking coffee.

Modern Clock DVR Nightvision Hidden Camera
Theses hidden cameras are cool as shit but it's stuff like this one that's got the whole family freaked out. Every one fo the kids is like, what are you doing with all these cameras? Built into this alarm clock is a motion detected camera with night vision. Would be perfect for your Paris Hilton video (I kid, I kid) but seriously, it's one hell of a nanny cam. You can inspect it as much as you want and you'll never find any signs of a camera. You can even unplug it, move it, and it will just start right back up when you plug it in. It's completely automatic. When you want to check the video you have 2 options. Use the included special magnetic tool to open a secret panel and pull out the SD card or plug the included cable into what appears to be a headphone jack, plug it into your TV, and use the remove to play back everything it's saved. The video is black & white and there's no audio but the thing is bulletproof and perfect for someone who just needs a nanny cam. There's no turning it off or discovering the camera. Here's a very boring sample video of me walking thru the family room.


MORE
It's not just all cameras though. If you are worried about the wife's emotional friend, they have GPS trackers that alert you when the unit enters what you've decided is the bad area or when it's left the safe area, SIM card readers that let you read deleted text messages off her phone, key loggers that record everything she types on the computer including emails, IM's, facebook, etc, and anything else you might need including semen detection kits. I have some of this stuff here but haven't even started working with it yet. I might as well call it a day. I'm sure if I type any more, you guys will riot.


COUPON CODE
They gave me a $20 Off $175 coupon code "SFN20". With that you could grab something like the mega mini or the watch for $180.


VIDEO SOFTWARE HELP
- Rotate The Video Clips, Don’t Tilt Your Head or the Computer Screen - a useful article which suggests using Windows Movie Maker to rotate video that's on it's side 90 degrees (for when the mega mini cam or the black box cam is on it's side) or using VirtualDub to rotate it as much or as little as you need. (for times when the camcorder watch is at a odd angle)
- Ultra Video Splitter - an extremely easy tool to crop out snippets of video. It's what I used when cutting the sample clips and it couldn't have been simpler. I highly recommend it.
- Ultra Video Joiner - great for when you have 2 video files and you only want 1. really quick & easy.
- VLC Media Player - this free video player handles everything. Any time I can't get a video to play I feed it to this and it works perfectly.

if you have any other video soft suggestions, let me know and I'll add it here.