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Pod-Crashing Episode 39: The Beginning Between 2012 and 2016 I approached the decision makers of Broadcasting Schools and Universities to open their hearts and imaginations to accepting the platform dubbed Podcasting. I was losing the battle on the terrestrial radio side of the performance. Sales people loved it but didn’t know how to sell it and programmers wanted nothing to do with something tha...

Maybe it's something planted in us a kids.  What are your goals?  Stick to your goals.  Are you focused on your goals?  Then when your goals aren't met you become hurt, bent out of shape and quite possibly ready to quit.  I grew up being that punk kid that wouldn't leave his bedroom because his goals were to be a major market radio personality in Los Angeles.  Everyth...

January 16, 2002 The contemplation of career suicide The painting is about suicide. As much as the tiny bear thinks he’s become invisible, the white goose retrieves the air from his final vision blowing it back in his direction. The goose’s thought, “There’s no proof of reincarnation—therefore, your choice should be to live.” Interviewer: Why suicide? Are you thinking death? This career has bloodi...

Triumph’s 13-track ‘Classics’ has once again hit the racks (via Round Hill/Triumph Catalog), and all of the expected gems are included - “Lay It on the Line,” “Magic Power,” “A World  of Fantasy,” “Fight the Good Fight,” and “Hold On.” Also featured are two special live recordings that close the set - “Never Surrender” (live at the US Festival) and “Blinding Light Show/Moon Child (live at Swe...

A woman attacked by her neighbor’s pet colony of bats. A man who regretfully got a radio station’s call letters tattooed to his forehead. A man who had the skin ripped off his  chest during a waxing session. These are just some of the cases presented in daytime TV’s newest sensation, Personal Injury Court . The  nationally syndicated courtroom show reviews highly charged cases alleging p...

Born in Liverpool, England, “terminally cheerful” Angie McCartney has enjoyed a life of amazing ups and downs, tempered by a breathtaking blend of optimism and determination to succeed no matter what may befall her. Amid tragedy, World War II, illness and endless entertainment, McCartney gained a firsthand knowledge of Beatlemania and has amassed a collection of stories during and since. “Your Mot...

The votes have been counted and the following have been elected for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame : The Doobie Brothers - two former elected members are deceased Depeche Mode Whitney Houston - deceased Nine Inch Nails The Notorious B.I.G. - deceased T. Rex - three elected members are deceased The Ahmet Ertegun Award will be presented to Jon Landau , the head of the Hall of Fame's n...

Spell Check has made us careless writers.  I don't know how many times I've read and reread an email or text and the wrong words have been plastered all over the itty bitty screen.  The computer automatically assumes your next thought.   I was shocked to hear about why Space Force was put into play inside the ranks of our military.  The newsman said, "To protect the satell...

Gilbert O’Sullivan is truly a songwriter’s songwriter - a craftsman in the finest sense of the word, blessed with a relentless work ethic, a dry and sly wit and a keen lyrical, observational take on the human condition and all things love, life, pathos and  delight. You likely knew all this of course, but it bears repeating, especially in the illuminating light of present day. O’Sullivan has...

January 15, 2002 I’m not alone inside this universe of hell Oh how I can relate with numb depression—you can hit walls, break glass, scream at people, even cut deep into your arm and numb is all you feel. When reality sets back in, any path taken is filled with bruises, cuts and emptiness, and it all came from a moment of being numb.

The visible picture isn't always what you see.  Let that sink in.  What you're presently seeing is what?  It's a thought.  It's an interpretation.  What you have as a vision might in fact be only a decision.  

January 14, 2002 Somewhere over a rainbow My loyalty and or willingness to sacrifice can be easily compared to a dog. The owners or receivers can change, but never the unconditional spirit I bring. Basically meaning, no matter who I work for… my presentation will always be, “How can I save your ship?” I paint pictures to release the negative vibrations that consume my assumption. Assuming it works...

When I first got into podcasting in 2012 the days of being recognized as a communicator weren't bleak but a lot of top dogs in terrestrial radio weren't on board. I saw it as a great place to take radio station clients.  It was no longer about purchasing 30 second commercials.  Two clients bit into my vision to begin a process of sharing their stories.  But I didn't know what I was...

From the darkest shadows of your nightmares, The Beast rises. No one knows who she is or where she comes from. The only thing anyone knows about The Beast is that she is here to win the WOW championship - and she won’t take no for an answer! No other woman on the roster has the size and strength of this phenomenon, who tends to make short work of her “prey”.  Trained in Krav Maga and other br...

‘Twisted Road’, the exemplary new album from Asphalt Valentine is set to release on February 28, 2020. Based in Atlanta, GA Asphalt Valentine got its start in the early 2000's. signing with Chavis Records now HighVolMusic and released their debut Strip Rock Roll in 2008. The band toured the U.S. with Mama Kin from Sweden on the 'Summer of Sin Tour'. The album received high praise as one of rock’s...

Jeffrey Epstein is one of the most horrifying villains the modern world has ever known-a shameless pedophile who built a network of child sex abuse around the globe. But in this case, the rot of evil goes even deeper than that. How did Epstein pull off his sex trafficking scheme? Who was a participant, and who might have helped him? These questions-and more-linger still, even after inmate 76318-05...

On the television front, LaMonica Garrett recently joined the DC Comics universe starring as The Monitor, an extraterrestrial being of absurdly infinite power. His character was introduced in 2018 in the highly-anticipated Arrowverse series crossover "Elseworlds"  for The CW, alongside the DC series' casts and new characters including Ruby Rose (as Batwoman), Elizabeth Tulloch (as Lois Lane)...

A single raindrop falls from the sky.  The thought of rain changes so many people's moods and minds.  Is it part of the flow or flaw of an everyday world?  Friendships.  A special kind of love.  A flow of energy or the acceptance of flaws?  Like a raindrop our flaws tend to change a lot of moods and minds.  Facing your flaws must be done with truth or the hole gr...

Alex learned to play guitar at 12 years old and later joined the school chorus and a garage band. At 16, he started gigging and skipped college to pursue music. When music wasn’t paying the bills, he explored his interest in reptiles and began snake breeding. With some money in his pocket, he spent a year doing a 44-state tour playing music around the country. After returning home, he was cast as...

There's a reason why Gabe and I waited two extra weeks before unveiling our favorite films from 2019.  We wanted the Critics Choice Awards complete and the Oscar nominations completely uncovered. How well did we do?  The flicks between number ten and number one.  How many were physically getting some extra post season love?

Alex learned to play guitar at 12 years old and later joined the school chorus and a garage band. At 16, he started gigging and skipped college to pursue music. When music wasn’t paying the bills, he explored his interest in reptiles and began snake breeding. With some money in his pocket, he spent a year doing a 44-state tour playing music around the country. After returning home, he was cast as...

In Hoffa’s Shadow: A Stepfather, a Disappearance in Detroit, and My Search for the Truth is the definitive account of Jimmy Hoffa’s rise and fall, and his infamous disappearance on July 30, 1975, as told by the Harvard Law professor and former senior U. S. Department of Justice official Jack Goldsmith. Goldsmith is the stepson of the leading suspect in the disappearance, Charles “Chuckie” O’Brien,...

Following the successful debut of its first-ever kids’ fact-based fiction series, Explorer Academy , National Geographic’s new Under the Stars imprint introduces its second action-packed fiction series, Zeus the Mighty , by Crispin Boyer. Humorous and heartwarming, readers embark on a thrilling adventure in this entertaining new middle-grade fiction series inspired by Greek mythology and ancient G...

Bookended by Mary Wilson's retelling of the legendary story of The Supremes, new illustrated hardcover book presents the spectacular Mary Wilson Gown Collection, showcasing iconic outfits created for and worn by The Supremes, specially photographed on the  stage of the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles As Motown's leading act in the 1960s, The Supremes became synonymous with glamorous, elegant, co...

My father was crucial when it came to how his children thought.  No matter what we did he'd always stop the walk and ask, "What were you thinking?"  As a teenager I'd never have a truth filled answer for him.  I wasn't interested in what I was thinking it was more about what I was doing.  As a daily writer my process of progress is all about documenting what's endlessly moving...