Hi, everyone, and thanks for all the welcoming messages, y'all (I was raised in the South).
Hi, BP!
Your Swisher Sweets are on the way! (j/k : :shock: ) I couldn't afford those expensive El Productos :!:
Hi, Brenda! I think it's sexy to see a lady smoking a stogie! :wink: I'm currently performing at the Luxor on the weekends, crooning classic Frank, Sammy, and Dean tunes. When the alcohol kicks in (the patrons, not me- er, um, yet), I shift gears into Elton John, Billy Joel, Jerry Lee Lewis, and some Latin/Salsa music. I do a "one man band act", playing grand piano, keyboards and trumpet. Some of my jokes are funny- the more they drink, the better I sound :wink:
I also travel, and may be conducting an orchestra in Mexico City in April- it's cool to see Latin musicians play their ass off to "Luck Be A Lady" 8) I also just completed writing the score for a motion picture to be released on the West Coast this Summer called "The Return". You can check out my website
http://www.nedmills.com if you're curious (not a sales pitch- I've got too much work as it is).
Yeah, I just started this casino collecting bug, but I need to pull back the reins before I get carried away. I just bought Sinatra's original movie contract with RKO from 1943 with his signature on it, and I've got all kinds of rare stuff including some records that the Chairman owned himself- it's amazing how many of his friends are still here in Vegas. I'm building a digital piano bar in my living room with custom Vegas barstools (In crushed purple velvet, of course-state law), and when you open the lid, the inside of the piano will be a combination crap table and pool table! On the other side of the room I'm designing a Vegas'themed jukebox the size of the classic Wurlitzers of the late 1940's. It will be next to my Victrola and 78's collection.
Y'all should come by this summer and we'll have a helluva jam session! (I'll have to put up serious air purifiers, though- my lease doesn't allowing smoking inside my house :cry: )
Apologies in advance, I am a complete virgin in the cigar world, so "be gentle". I am technically a non-smoker- never smoked cigarettes (not even the "left-handed": kind). But once in a while after completing a project or to celebrate after a big show I like to light one up. People give me cigars all the time. That's why I'm so grateful to all of you because I really have no clue what I am doing, except that I'm enjoying the heck out of it. If I can only use a cigar cutter without chopping off a finger (Michael Jordan almost did that), that's a good start for me. I want to discover what I like (and don't like, for that matter), how to tell a fake Cuban from a real one, and figure out why I get a different result every time I smoke a stick- sometimes it's pure pleasure, sometimes it burns the shit out of my throat and I can't sing for 2 days, sometimes it makes me high as a kite (especially the Romeo y Julieta I had in Phoenix last fall) and somtimes the next morning I feel like I just licked an ashtray. Oh well, it will be fun learning.
Great forum, guys- keep up the good work.
Love,
Ned
a.k.a The Nedster
a.k.a. Nederace
