Summertime Sadness

Winding down a summer that just seemed to go by too quick. I hit a cool party again with Kaves and hung with a few of the stars from the hit TV show Orange is the New Black. Love the show, and love when they have a huge hit here at home in NYC. I also spent time with my good friend Olivier Busquet who was skilled and lucky enough to win the European Poker Tour last month. I also made sure I got one good beach day and got together with a few friends and hit up a private beach out on Long Island for some much needed R&R.

With Kaves & Jackie Cruz

With Dawin, Jessica Pimentel & Juliana Longoria

With Olivier Busquet

Private Beach Trip ;)

A LUCKY, GQ, Don Capria hits Tampa with Dawin

at the Kennedy with Mr. Buck Wheat

Working with a few brands this month had me at a rooftop event hosted by Lucky and GQ magazine. I was sipping whiskey alongside the rooftop pool at the Jimmy Lounge James Hotel in Soho. I went with my actor and good friend Kaves, my business partner Alex, at 1:10 A.m. and our rising star artist, Dawin. Dawin and I had just landed at JFK coming back from a radio gig on WILD 94 in Tampa. He DJ'd at the Kennedy the night prior with Tampa's number one DJ - King JB.

Wild 94 Jaybuggz, Dawin, and Stiff from the Nuthouse

Alex S. / Kaves / Me / Dawin

with Kaves at the Jimmy at the James in Soho

Preparing Valhalla

One of my earliest screenplays and truly one of my favorite stories is finally being brought back to the front burner. After our 110 film team closes in on completing Eulogy, we get the next package ready to shoot; "Valhalla." During my producers trip to NYC we got an exclusive tour of the newly renovated spaces at the Empire State Building. We were the only people on the planet that day they had access to the small deck surrounding the needle which is above the 102nd floor deck. The views cant translate with word or photo. 110 artists management had a nice night out in Little Italy when our Casablanca Records artist Dawin DJ'd for the crowd at Goldbar. It was a fun night for all.

Above the 102 floor at the Empire State Building

w/ Lillo Brancato & Rav Vanacore

Dawin flyer for Goldbar

Brooklyn Bowl

I'm not referring to the existing venue with said name in Williamsburg, I'm talking about how the Black N Blue Bowl ended up in Brooklyn this year. The new location (the Well) was amazing. The first night was as heavy a festival line up as it could get. It really brought me back to the 90's. Hatebreed, Agnostic Front, Biohazard, Ludichrist, All Out War, Stigmata. It was a real mosh pit and the vibe at this indoor outdoor venue was really what the NYHC scene should be. Lots of respect to Cuz Joe and the guys that make this show possible. 

Line up 2014

Biohazzard

New intern at the 1:10 AM offices

With the two shredding guitarists in All out War

April- Time To Clear My Mind

After a few months of grinding projects and with the close of the Eulogy shoot, I decided to spend most of April unwinding and relaxing. A good friend of mine and fellow writer gave my a simple piece of advice years ago- to have a great source of output with your work you need equal parts input. So I decided to take some trips and see some sights that would help inspire my next writing project and my current horror script. I was trying to get to Detroit (still on my to do list) but instead took a few trips to Upstate NY. I'm drawn to the calm air upstate and it always inspires me to get back to the grind. The first thing I did was get to work on the Colombo project again, starting with a very important meeting with Barry Slotnick. The best defender in the USA is not an athlete. 

Me with Barry Slotnick, criminal defense attorney #1

Beautiful upstate NY

March - A Capria in the Bronx

About 50 years ago, my Grandfather Frank Capria was living and working in the Bronx. I spent a lot of time in the Bronx as a kid writing graffiti and hanging out with friends. Now as an adult I used this borough for my first short film shoot. I've been building the story around Eulogy for a few years, but finally the weekend after my birthday I began principal photography. It was a smooth shoot and I had the pleasure of working with a few friends in the business- my close friend and a great influence on all my work, my DP Bliss, and my leads, two very talented actors, Kaves and Federico Castelluccio. 

W/ Darenzia and Kaves

W/ Kaves, and Federico Castelluccio

W/ my DP-Bliss 

#quityourdayjob

Misun and Preparing a Eulogy

This month Misun dropped a 7 inch for fans on B3 Science with an awesome set of jams "Travel With Me" and "Sleep." Back in New York, my producer Ray Vanacore secured financing for my short film script Eulogy. After 2 years of writing the script it will finally have a chance to live on film. I began casting and preproduction and set dates to begin shooting in the Bronx around Mid-March. I worked on a few re-writes to get the best version possible for the shoot.