Monday, February 28, 2022

Unplugged and Totally Uncut February 28th

Today!!! Monday February 28th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!! Monday's are YA Author days. One of the biggest most faith collection of readers on the planet. This week it's a conversation with Sharon Draper who gives us Out Of My Heart. 11am post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48896855 Pod Crashing is all about introducing you to those are the source of energy behind the podcasting microphones. DJ Jazzy Jeff is your total connection to Bel-Air. 1pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48896929 Then we're Playing it Forward with one of music's greatest keyboardists Mr. Rick Wakeman from YES. 7pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48897154

Daily Mess: Butts And Thoughts

Listen to "The Daily Mess Butts And Thoughts" on Spreaker. My father used to say, “You’d forget your butt if it wasn’t attached!” As a child I truly didn’t understand the term because the one thing I didn’t like carrying with me was my butt. Can you imagine how uncomfortable people would be if they were allowed to forget their butt? You know like a credit card or your driver’s license at a grocery store. They’d spend so much time trying to borrow another person’s butt. Only to complain about the size and weight. “Ummm sorry to bother you but can I borrow your butt? I left mine at my uncle’s home twenty miles away.” Or! “You’re not going to believe this but someone has stolen my butt.” I can’t imagine sitting down with a different butt. Then to give it back! “Hey thanks for the help. They didn’t have TP.” So what’s the moral of this story? Don’t leave home without a credit card. Not every business takes Apple Pay. That’s my thought for the day. It doesn’t mean we have to understand it. When we hear a thought in our head it seems to fit. Sounds great! Why hasn’t someone else thought of this? Then something happens while writing it or sharing it out loud. It doesn’t come out the way you thought it. We are the generation that forces thought out. We do it so much and so hard that I’m shocked we don’t have mental hernias. Butts and thoughts. You’d forget your butt if it wasn’t attached and thoughts are lost every fifteen seconds. One you can share. The other? Please don’t. Yet if your thought is an opinion. Yeah, just like a butt. Everyone’s got one.

Thursday, February 24, 2022

The Daily Mess: A Moment To Clear

Listen to "Thge Daily Mess A Moment To Clear" on Spreaker. To clear our head and heart. To free our paths from things we have no control of or over. We stand on a different rock. Not to watch the behavior of other people. But to lead by way of inner strength. We cannot be hiders. Nor should we rise. It's time to clear. For what we have and own is the present. Right here right now. Embrace it with true love and compassion. We cannot write history before it happens. To be a visionary can get in the the way of what history has done to many. Staying clear is a walk of life. It doesn't keep you from being an activator by way of serving peace filled ways to rebuild and replenish. It's another one of those days when something too large to comprehend has invaded our personal thoughts and reactions. We must unite in equal love and pace. We are what will shape the next seven generations. How you make decisions creates the seeds.

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Unplugged and Totally Uncut February 23rd

Today! Wednesday February 23rd on Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!! Coni Meyers. As the former FEMA inspector and trainer for 7 years, she witnessed many kinds of disasters including hurricanes, earthquakes, typhoons, fires, floods, tsunamis, and countless others. Her new book is When Unthinkable Happens. 11am post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48842835 Motor Trend continues to pump up the volume on reality automotive artists. Garage Squad is in its 8th season. Bogi and Joe take us into the world of metal meeting metal and the engines that need rebuilding. 1pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48845174 Marc Eliot has put together the most in depth and in touch book about one of music's greatest performers. Merle Haggard. The interviews that Marc collected along the way are staggering and one of a kind. 4pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48846288 Then we're Playing It Forward with the director of the new Johnny Depp film Minamata. Andrew Levitas posts at 7pm https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48847056

The Daily Mess: The Balancer

Listen to "The Daily Mess The Balancer" on Spreaker. February 23, 2022 So many scars on my knuckles. Instantly you can tell I’m right handed. It’s not that my left hand is lazy. I call it The Balancer. It holds the page in place. Hammers and I have never gotten along. The courageous left hand would hold that tiny sharp sliver of metal and wham! Almost always my thumb would get whacked. For that nail to work there had to be a full collaboration of energy. No single wall can stand without true support. The Balancer. A great example? The number of times people admit their dreams are blocked behind a wall. I always look around. Then react, “It takes more than one wall to fully block. Have you tried to get through any of the others?” How we make our way through walls and countless days of other people’s expectations is through the physical execution of making a choice. Which tool will you use? In all cases there will be a Balancer. Without it, the awkward image would be that of dizzy behavior. My left hand can’t do what my right is capable of accomplishing. But could the right achieve success on its own? Your life is no different. Who what and where is your Balancer? Who sits on the opposite side making sure your ambitions are met with success? Hall and Oates, Lennon and McCartney and I once thought Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora. Having something or someone to balance with gifts the path with opportunities that can be met. Learn to identify with your Balancer. It’s going to require time. You can’t just point a finger. It’s too easy to be ghosted. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. Who is the lead and who is The Balancer? I’d love for Jon and Richie to find their way back to each other. Neither have toppled the music scene since. They’ve relied on the past to keep them present.

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Unplugged and Totally Uncut February 22nd

Today!!! Tuesday February 22nd on Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!! Eoin Colfer is back with those pesky Fowl brothers. Ghosts, clones, and fairy magic come to play in this ultimate and ridiculous showdown between the twins and their worst enemy. FOWL TWINS Get What They Deserve is the 3rd installment in the FOWL TWINS series. 11am post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48830038 Tuesday means Pod Crashing! Introducing you to incredible podcasters and their episodes. #141 is a conversation with a brilliant conversationalist Sam Fragoso from Talk Easy. 1pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48831205 Then we're Playing It Forward with the hosts of Inside the Black Box a ten part series on Crackle. Joe Morton and Tracey Moore. 7pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48834036

The Daily Mess: Documenting 2-22-22

Listen to "The Daily Mess Documenting 2 22 22" on Spreaker. February 22, 2022 Today is 2-22-22 on a Two’s day. Once in a lifetime. Is it a milestone or a mile marker? What are the chances people looked at the clock at 2:22 this morning or later this afternoon? The number two is said to be powerful. God created the sky on day number 2. The number 2 represents collaborations. In numerology number 2 people are emotional, sensitive and filled with love. One problem. The default is what comes with it, a need to be helping, caring and always willing to help guide. Here we are! 2-22-22! Time is moving faster than the human eye. There won’t be a 3-33-3333 or 4-44-4444. Dear future reader; what’s life like in 1-1-2111 and 2-22-2122? Or does that even work with a different number mixed in? The 1’s are done! As will the 2’s after 2-22-2222. Funny how numbers tease our hearts and imaginations. We play with numbers until someone reinvents math. Someone, somewhere will finally prove to the world that the number 2 isn’t a prime number. Because… I don’t know. But they will! And on that day they’ll say Pluto is a planet it again and not a wandering moon. What are you doing on your 2-22-22? Let there be peace in Ukraine.

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Unplugged and Totally Uncut February 16th

Today!!! Wednesday February 16th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!! He created Q*Bert and other classic video arcade games. Getting intothe mind of Warren Davis. 11am post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48756512 Ted Nugent is currently in the studio putting together his new album Detroit Muscle. The second single rom it is American Campfire. That's where he believes the greatest conversations are experienced. 1pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48759940 Kim Fields is an actress, writer, director and more. The Facts of Her Life. 4pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48760533 Then we are Playng It Forward with Dr. Mark Borg. Making Crazy Work For You. 7pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48760870

940 Minutes

Listen to "940 Minutes" on Spreaker. February 16, 2022 940 minutes. That’s how long the average person stays awake each day. A waking mind requires 30 minutes to kick start your heart. Having a cleared process cannot carry the weight of last night’s dreams. We allow the little things to get in the way. We tend to invest more in creating excuses then we do in physical actions. I’m totally guilty of allowing the hands of the clock serve as a borderline. We give ourselves only so many minutes to complete a project. To which I ask, “Is this the result of the Covid 19 lockdown?” I remember recreating the rules to keep the human system from getting messed up with anxiety. I could only watch so much news, we binge watched only one show. We created windows to keep the process moving. 940 minutes of awake hours. When we do get sleep, the dreams don’t live up to the expectation. If it were a bad movie we may get our money back! Whomever or whatever is planting those moving pictures into the subconscious isn’t being fair. Those 940 awake minutes stretch to 960 then 970. How do you regain control? We’ve always been told to think positive. Not so true. One of the greatest motivators has a different walk. Tony Robbins says in his new book that positive thinking is B.S. If you see weeds in your flower garden the power of positive thinking won’t remove them. You have to physically become part of the picking. Facing a bad dream means calling it out. If there’s a mountain in your way, remove it. Positive thinking has lost its biggest guru. My method of madness is mindfulness. The awareness of Now. Present. Which according to Doris Kearns Goodwin says was Abraham Lincoln’s secret to success. A man of great depression and other mental hard times kept it together due to knowing where he was. In the Now.

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Unplugged and Totally Uncut February 15th

Today!!! Tuesday February 15th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!! A celebrity chef and a top notched national comedian met in the kitchen to create not just a cookbook but an entire video series on how much fun is waiting for everyone who wants to cook! Chef Stuart O'Keefe and Amy Phillips. 11am post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48741223 Wend Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez have been heating up your flat screen with The Game on Paramount+. What is the relationship like when not in front of the camera. 1pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48741443 If you're searching for a great Rom-Com Tubi wants to be your free host. Camilla Belle stars in 10 Truths About Love. 4pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48742810 Then we're Playing It Forward with the legendary Debbie Boone. She grew up in Vegas. The Rat Pack and all. Falling deeply in love with Swing music. Now she's recorded the greatest hits. Her album is called Swing This. 7pm post. And yes we talk about You Light Up My Life. https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48744323

The Daily Mess: Captive Versus Captivated

Listen to "The Daily Mess Captive Versus Captivated" on Spreaker. February 15, 2022 A captive imagination. That would say a trapped or imprisoned form of wanting to express. A captive audience is no different. Unable to leave. I’ve always believed in the spirit of free form, doing all I can to not be held up or held back by what appears to be impossible. Yet at the same time the goal is to captivate the audience as well as the imagination. That has a completely different message. To get something from. Captive versus captivated. Many times we feel like we can’t break free of a great binge watch because it’s so captivating. The opposite of all of this is where so many paths disappear. Lost interest, failed faith, a lack of ambition and or reason to participate. Becoming aware of the layers introduced sends information to your subconscious. The decision is made to stay present or allow your captive imagination to remain locked in a circle of constant behaviors. While losing interest where does the heart take its next step? How much are you willing to invest? On a personal level would you rather be captive or captivated? During the early part of the millennium I was captive to my art on a canvas. I couldn’t break free of the paint because I wanted to be in galleries. When it happened I couldn’t handle the judgement. Does that mean the 28 years I’ve put into daily writing is a captive imagination? No. I pull things from it. To build, replenish, to understand then share. That makes it captivating. Now it’s your turn to locate the truth in your journey. What’s keeping you from finding your voice?

Monday, February 14, 2022

Unplugged and Totally Uncut February 14th

Today!!! Monday February 14th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!! Rick Riordan is more than one of the most successful young adult authors, he's the open door for other creative minds reaching toward adventure. Rick's new book is a first for him in the way that he's never taken his story beneath the surface of water. Daughter of The Deep. 11am post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48726179 Pod Crashing is all about introducing you to the newest and best podcasts. This week we focus on Dominant Stories hosted by Jess Weiner. Does your inner monologue sound like: "I'm not good enough, pretty enough, or thin enough"? How about: "I can't do that" or "I'm not worthy"? These are what Culture Expert and host Jess Weiner calls our Dominant Stories - the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves (whether they are true or not). 1pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48726606 Then we are Playing it Forward on this Valentines Day 2022 with sex expert Laura Corn who has influenced and empowered 25 years of couples to make it a great time. 101 Nights. 7pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48730921

Stream Thinking: Coaching

Listen to "Stream Thinking Coaching" on Spreaker. February 14, 2022 I posted a note of gratefulness on Facebook last evening. Thanking every team member and department for their incredible structure of bringing their game on Super Bowl Sunday. Team leading in a post Covid 19 world isn’t about a pyramid process of business success. The daily challenges often feel like they’re increasing more than improving. For many the working mindset is locked in on just being present. I grip the reins of compassion tightly. I want my players to be present but with an open mind. Not as they see it but as the company was built on it. I don’t want to be that guy! The evil stepfather figure that runs the house with a ton of rules that say don’t do this and why did you do that? Because my team leaders bust serious tail, I’m inspired to bring the same game to that field. Standing around laughing has always been looked upon as being a top dog deal breaker. How though, in this post Covid 19 world where human connection was a Zoom call away do we allow the human comradery to remain while still getting the job done? Coaching. You’ll learn more about yourself as a leader if you take the time to listen to the stories each of your team members are carrying. Life isn’t about your job. Some people took up the guitar while in lockdown. Other’s mastered their kitchen chef skills, became writers, got outside to enjoy the sun or withdrew from the world and don’t know how to get back. A coach knows the whole player. I never have the same conversation with two people. The mission is to know the person not the employee.

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Unplugged and Totally Uncut February 9th

Today!!! Wednesday February 9th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!! Donna Zakowska is the brilliant creative mind designing the wardrobe of The Marvelous Mrs. Maesel. Now you can get extremely close up to all the beauty in Madly Marvelous. 10am post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48657680 "I was 23 when I first approached him about making this film," filmmaker Robert Weide says in the trailer for his IFC Films documentary Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time. 1pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48660102 Those moment in music history where lightning strikes. Elvis Presley, Hendrix, The Beatles. Lightning Striking from Lenny Kaye from The Patty Smith Group. 4pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48660265 Then we're Playing it Forward with actor Eric Roberts is currently starring in the suspense filled and unbelievably unpredictable The Surprise Visit. 7pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48661993

Eyes Before Heart

Listen to "Eyes Before Heart" on Spreaker. February 9, 2022 I was shocked to see a sheet of frost on the windows this new sun. Moments of unexpected change toy with my imagination. It continues to prove how much I’m truly not in control. It’s not that I’m a control freak. I’m just not into things I didn’t see coming. Over the past year the journey has been to create a separation with the world of news. One problem. When you remove the news from CNN, ABC and so on, you always drop the weather. Rather than be bummed out by the natural display, the eyes chose to take note of the sun and how it was turning light into multitudes of layered prisms. It cast colors in ways that seemed just as unpredictable as first walking into the forest. Mother Nature’s paint is not found in a can. Looking at the openness of life and seeing with my eyes then my heart. Not my heart then eyes. I’ve got to say it again! Looking at the openness of life and seeing with my eyes then my heart. Not my heart then eyes. We are guilty of seeing things with our heart first then sharing it with our eyes. When things don’t play out the way your heart designed it, your eyes constantly search for what will make your heart happy. Let it begin with the eyes first! When I write in the morning I do not speak from my heart. The words that appear on paper start with my eyes then share the story with the heart. If I spoke from heart first, the eyes read it then return it to the heart. An endless circle. I was shocked to see a sheet of frost on the windows this new sun. Moments of unexpected change toy with my imagination. That was my heart speaking. When I allowed the eyes to tell the story the thought process changed. Rather than be bummed out by the natural display, the eyes chose to take note of the sun and how it was turning light into multitudes of layered prisms. Grow forward through sight.

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Unplugged and Totally Uncut February 8th

Today!!! Tuesday February 8th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!! Daniel Shumski loves to invite people into a new world of food exploration. The author of How To Instapot and Will It Waffle has now stepped into an area once thought to be for the exclusive. How to Sous Vide. 11am post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48641462 We've heard the heart breaking stories and unbelievable amounts of stress that come with being a 911 operator. Essence Sullins and Nancy Woodruff live it everyday. Now you can see it on Oxygen's 911 Crisis Center. 1pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48641825 The music that took 25 years to write. Bad ass Rock drummer Phil Varone returns to the forefront with his new band Panic Boom. 4pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48642157 Then we're Playing It Forward with actress Gina Gershon. The best part of being in Woody Allen's new film Rifkin's Festival was getting the opportunity to speak Swedish. 7pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48642365

The Daily Mess: Don't Silence Joe

Listen to "The Daily Mess Don't Silence Joe" on Spreaker. I don't fear being a creative. What I wonder about is how far as a creative will we be allowed to travel. The most recent attack on podcaster Joe Rogan is a great example. Why him and not all of these political opinion makers sharing the same poison with listeners? Neil Young and Joni Mitchell took their music off the same platform because they didn't agree with Joe's spoken word. I've yet to hear of anyone leaping off streaming due to Mark Levine or Chris Cuomo! Being a creative means extending your voice. To make yourself present requires not an act of God but a willingness to be judged. When Joe Rogan's message didn't agree with my walk and way, I quit listening. I didn't think once about leaving Spotify. It's a freedom of speech that Mr. Rogan is exercising. Spotify just happens to be his soapbox.

Monday, February 7, 2022

Unplugged and Totally Uncut February 7th...

Today!!! Monday February 7th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!! Does the walker choose the path or the path the walker? Best selling author Garth Ni is back with Terciel and Elinor. 11am post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48626121 Pod Crashing is all about introducing you to hot new podcasts blasting around the globe. Episode 139 is with Frankie Grande and Hector Navarro from the podcast SpongeBob Binge Pants. 1pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48627291 Then we're Playing It Forward with singer/songwriter and actor Marques Houston who not only helped write and direct Howard High but he stars in it on TUBI. 7pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48629933

The Daily Mess: What Nobody Sees

Listen to "The Daily Mess What Nobody Sees" on Spreaker. What nobody sees. The working mind. The planning. The execution. Then the goal to do it again. Nobody sees it. If it breaks, you make the move to keep from walking away. Nobody sees it. Even while looking your eyes. Finding the grind. Knowing what’s in store. So we explore. To put the value of creative energy ahead of all things. Nobody sees it. The inner battle with who you are and who you’re going to become. It’s not always a choice. It’s more of a mopping up what a thought can do in a moment of change, challenge and evolution. For the moment. That’s all any of us own. This moment. Here we are! Nobody sees it. The struggle to be normal. Because it’s not always easy to step onto the path you lead. What nobody sees. Your evolution.