Kinda Frustrated

Well gang ... don't know what to tellya.

Been taking meetings (yeah, I know that sounds "Hollywood" ... but sometimes ya gotta use the lingo) for the past couple of weeks and bustin' my butt trying to make things happen, but everything kinda seems in limbo right now.

I'm the kind of guy that needs some sort of perpetual forward motion, but it seems like I'm trapped in a world filled with people that just let things lay there.

I'm well aware of the fact that people have other things and projects in their lives that need attention and I totally understand that.    My problem is that I don't like being told that something is going to happen .... only to have to wait months and months until ANYTHING actually happens.

I'm sure that all of you have people in your lives that say they're gonna do things and then that topic just lingers and fades away with absolutely no progress.

One of the continuing themes in my life right now is that a lot of people want to work with me ... and nobody is ponying up the dough to pay me for my time.

I think the entertainment biz is the only place I know where you're expected to work like a maniac with only the hope of getting paid for your efforts.  Then they change everything you did and expect you to smile and thank them for the opportunity.

"Sure Steve, we'd love to have you write that screenplay.  Tellya what, why don't you give us 90 pages in three days and we'll pass it around, change it, add an exploding dwarf, a tapdancing albino, and a dyslexic pig ... and then never pay you for any work you've done."

Now, I've got a lot of amazing things coming up that will be very exciting, but I have no idea where it will lead.

I have at least three of my plays being staged in Long Island and Manhattan and they should be damn fun.  I also have a couple of short films in post-production, but those are lingering because of fund lackage (hey look .. I made up a word!).

Nobody really gets paid when a play is produced, since it takes a lot of people to do and everybody usually justs breaks even monetarily .... but whatever.   Sometimes art is art.

It's a shame that you can't use "art" as legal tender to pay your bills with.

So for now, I'll just keep perpetually moving, keep my head down, and barrel through some of the bullshit I've had to deal with in the past few months.

My goal  is to find some sort of solution to all of this chaos.

I'll just go take a meeting about it.

Obese Kids Run the Risk of Broken Bones, Smelly Armpits and Wedgies

Another satirical article from the Bongo News.

Click the link below to give it a read (and keep in mind that I was once a really fat kid) ....


BONGO NEWS

Bongo News - my news satire article

Just came across some comedy articles I wrote a while ago and thought I'd post a few up here every so often.

Check it out ... 
Atheist Claims “In God We Trust” Just Isn’t Kosher


Here's another ...

People Are Just Living Too Damn Long

Mondays Just Effen Suck

Can't we just skip to Tuesday?

But then Monday will be Tuesday?

No.  This is a hypothetical world that I'm talking about.   Mondays don't exist and we just move on to Tuesday and people actually get things done instead of waiting for Monday Night RAW to come on.

Sheesh.

The upward struggle continues as I await for people to get back to me from emails that I sent their way.

I just love that in this mega-info world we have, some people still don't feel the need to actually take 12 seconds out of their lives to send an response email.

So I wait.

Got a lot of projects on the horizon and I'd like to get them going RIGHT NOW!

Seems that I'm always waiting on other people to get things moving ....  but then I remember that they got lives also and are probably swamped with loads of other Monday stuff that they are doing as well.

Anyway .... here's the update ....

eGarage.tv
- Got a meeting with these guys on Friday about some new show I'm pitching.

Happy Saturdays
- A playhouse is reading this now and I have to decide if I can produce this and make it worth everybody's while.   I'm thinking that a combined stage production and web video premiere might be the trick.

Journey to the Strip Mall
- This is a feature length screenplay I have that has won all sorts of awards.  It's being read by an agency now ... and I'm in a holding pattern until they get back to me.

Go to http://www.journeytothestripmall.com/ to see the website












SAM Demon Hunter
- I wrote this ebook a while ago and it is still available on Kindle.   I just found out that the Kindle app is now available on the Android platform, so download that sucker and buy this ebook.  It's only 99 cents and it kicks ass.

You can pick it up here ..  SAM Demon Hunter

Or just download the Kindle app for your mobile and download it from there.

So that's about it for now.

I'm gonna go buy a burrito and pray that time moves quicker so I can get to Tuesday.

Coming back from the eGarage

HeyThere,
So I picked my big Ay-Talian self up and traveled the rails of the LIRR to the magical studios of eGarage.tv to see what industry insiders call An Upfront.

Here's the wiki on that ...

In the North American television industry, an upfront is a meeting hosted at the start of important advertising sales periods by television network executives, attended by the press and major advertisers. It is so named because of its main purpose, to allow marketers to buy commercial airtime "up front", or several months before the television season begins.

Bascially, people are invited to check out the latest shows that network has to offer, then everybody does the shmooze to find out how they can all work together.

This was more of a Gala put together by a group of really talented people that want to do something extraordinary.

My goal in all of this was to see how I'd fit in.

I have one show in the works for these guys and lots of other shows I'd like to pitch.

However, one of the main hurdles is getting a studio audience into this studio located in Long Island City.

I know that I can produce television like a mofo, but getting an audience is a whole different animal.

I just want to produce quality shows.

So I did the shmooze, met some really great people, and then headed out of the door to begin my trek back to my house (two trains and lots of walking at night in Queens).

Upon exiting, I ran into one of my former play producers and he offered to read Happy Saturdays, one of my favorite plays in the world.

Here I am doing a Q&A about the play and some footage from the show ...

Will this play be produced ... again ... in it's current full-length version?

Well, I'd have to produce it, but we'll see.   He has to read it again and well ... we'll see.

I also think that this would be a kick-ass show for eGarage, so .... we'll see.

Stay tuned.

Steve

Heading off to the eGarage.tv gala

So I'm heading into the magical land of Queens (Long Island City to be precise) to be a part of a 4-hour gala for a new online television network called eGarage.tv.

As it stands right now, I've struck a deal with these guys to produce a pilot for my new show called ONE-ACT.

It's a show that'll feature all of my one-act plays.

Wanna see a quick one?   Check out "AGREED!" 

Now, I'm not really sure what to expect from tonight, since it's actually going to be televised on the web.

Will I get on camera?  Who the hell knows?

If you wanna check it out, go here at 7pm and stick around for 4 hours ....
eGarage.tv

I took a tour of this place recently, being all brave and driving to Long Island City, cuz I'm a really big fan of The Road Warrior and I wanted to experience some car smashing action!

From what I can tell about tonight, it's gonna be a massive shmoozefest, so I'll be playing The Dealmaker all night.

However, this time, I'll be LIRR'ing it and doing the "Train Transfer Mambo."

Let's hope the Long Island Rail Road is actually on time for once.

It almost makes me wanna take a cue from my girlfriend Helena's li'l nephew Vinny and take Thomas the Tank Engine instead of the LIRR.

So stay tuned.

More info to come on this wacky adventure.

Steve

VIGNETTES FOR THE APOCALYPSE V

So here's the deal ...

If you've ever wanted to experience theater bad-assery in it's purest form, then you need to know about this festival.

Check out this quote ...

"Pushing theater to the edge fearlessly, and perhaps even wantonly . . .

unlike anything else that's playing on stage in New York at the moment"

- Martin Denton, nytheater.com

Yeah, these guys ain't effing around.

Two of my plays are a part of this upcoming festival and they've made a video about what's going in.

Click here to check it out ...

KICKSTARTER

There's money to be raisin' to spread the word and/or chip in and get some damn cool stuff!

My play Savage Hot Babe Massacre will be featured in a ONE-NIGHT ONLY show and it'll be paired with my new favorite band WITCHES IN BIKINIS.

Check out 4 of the wildest minutes of the play ...

Now check out Witches in Bikinis ...

Check out this info from EndTimes Productions ..

The triumphant return of cult band, Witches In Bikinis, performing with Alien Surfer Babes, grotesque burlesque artist, Missy B Havior, and Steve Strangio's comic deconstruction of the slasher genre, "Savage Hot Babe Massacre", in the first ever Vignettes Horror-Rock Circus. Hosted by The Blood Brothers. Musical Direction by Serena Miller. Choreogrpahy by Tiffany Herrioett.

YOU!  Yes ... YOU can see both of these in ONE NIGHT!!!

It'll be one of those nights that you'll talk about on your death bed.

So tell your friends, enemies, frenemies, enemafriends, and that guy on the corner that tapdances on pudding at midnight.

Go to EndTimes Productions to stay informed of show dates and times!

So What's Up?

Hey Gang,
Got a lot of projects ramping up, so I figured that it was time to turn on the MEGA STRANGIO PROMOTIONAL MACHINE and let loose with my flamethrower like powers of promotion.

DATES TO REMEMBER
Thursday, May 12 at 8:00pm - Friday, May 13 at 10:30pm

My comedy/drama play "Fairely Speaking" will appear at the Laughter is the Best Medicine benefit show.

This is the story of a young couple fighting about their relationship while dressed in full garb at a Rernaissance Faire.

Click the pic for the website ...

Location

The Blue Lagoon restaurant

677 Farmingdale Road (Rt. 109)

West Babylon, NY

Deborah Cascio Plezia's group The South Shore Theatre is producing this play, along with several others, for this great night of theater.

Check them out here ...  South Shore Theatre Experience

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DATE TO REMEMBER:

6/9 to 7/3

VIGNETTES FOR THE APOCALYPSE V

Next up we have TWO of my plays being staged at the VIGNETTES FOR THE APOCALYPSE V in NYC!

One is a world premiere and the other is yet another production of one of my favorite plays.

The world premiere is X-BOYFRIEND. 

This is a Thriller/Comedy about a Supervillain Psycho Killer and the woman he loves.

The other is SAVAGE HOT BABE MASSACRE.

Here's a clip ....

This is a comic deconstruction of the slasher genre featuring girls in scantily clad clothing and mass murder mayhem!

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So like I mentioned .... the STRANGIO MEGA PROMOTIONAL MACHINE has just been activated and I'll make regular updates here and add some special surprises.

UPCOMING POSTS ...

- Details on my new web series ONE-ACT featuring videos of my latest plays

- My new job as film correspondent for a nationally syndicated television show

- Details on my upcoming short films.

.... and lots more.

So stay tuned.

Steve