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Rochelle and I are kind of like the mailman--through -through storm and sleet, biting dogs and pounds of junk mail...we keep on delivering. "You can bet on it." So we've picked "You Can Bet On IT" to be our featured phrase of the week.
Even if you're not a betting person, it's comforting to know that you can bet on something you depend on to be there--especially when you're "all in."
JOE SOTTILE - joins join for a review of the year 2017.
We're making our lists and checking them twice!
We have lists, lists, and more lists:
- The growing list of powerful men in Washington and Hollywood accused of sexual misconduct
- The growing list of President Trump's accomplishments in less than a year which the mainstream media refuses to report. Is it getting any harder for the Left to demean Trump as crazy, incompetent, etc. etc.? Answer: No, but it ought to be.
- The growing list of empty seats in NFL stadiums. (How tone-deaf are Roger Goodell and most of the NFL owners?)
That and so much more on the next edition of Spouting Off!
Please join Internet radio host Dr. James Avington Miller, Jr. for an in-depth look into the subject of engagement - one of the many buzz words in education. There is a growing ENGAGEMENT MOVEMENT spreading across the US and other parts of the world, from flagship research universities and colleges to Pre-K through 12th grades. For some, engagement is getting back to the basic, original PURPOSE of education, and for others it is the last hope to survive the war on PUBLIC education at all levels. But WHAT is engagement? HOW and WHY does it matter? Does engagement matter at all? Has engagement also become a victim of co-option? For public middle and high schools, the issue TO BE OR NOT TO BE engaged can be the determining factor of the life or death of schools, teachers, and education. Please join us on Sunday and learn about what it means to be or not to be engaged.
Representing the museum Barry McNealy, historian, experienced lecturer and tour guide, will be interviewed by show host, Dr. Lyn Hughes. McNealy,an experienced lecturer and tour guide registered with the Birmingham Convention Bureau as well as the Alabama State Department of Tourism and Travel. Barry also serves as program coordinator for, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s Legacy Youth Leadership Program, an educational program where teens are trained to be docents.
McNealy will discuss some of the highlights of the memorable site, that is situated in the National Park Service Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument.
Tune in for an always interesting and informative show.
Radio Host
Tim Conway, Jr. was born and raised in Los Angeles...and survived 10 years in a youth detention center called the Los Angeles Unified School District.He spent his childhood around Santa Anita, Hollywood Park and Del Mar Racetracks with his father, four younger brothers and older sister. His father is yes, the real Tim Conway from the real Carol Burnett Show. Dad guests regularly on the younger Conway's radio program and recently told his son, "Comedy is in your blood...too bad it's not on your show."
Conway survived 12 years at 97.1 FM Talk in Los Angeles until it switched to an all-music format. The show was famous for providing Southern California with a wide variety of entertaining topics including live police Chases, Hollywood craziness and current events with a twist of humor. "What The Hell Did Jesse Jackson Say?" was a favorite segment and maintains a substantial cult following to this day (it's the stuff radio legends are made of). He now hosts a nightly show on the No. 1 news/talk radio station in the country, KFI AM 640, More Stimulating Talk Radio. You can catch the show Monday-Friday from 6-10pm. Conway's down-to-earth take on life brings a sense of refreshing levity to those surrounded by lunatics in SoCal.
Today, the Conway tradition continues. When he's not on the air, you can find him at the racetrack with his four-year-old daughter. "I got a tear in my eye the first time my daughter was photo'd out of a win." Tim also turned his wife onto horse racing. She's currently banned from two local tracks for verbal attacks on jockeys.
Singer,Songwriter
BOBBY KIMBALL
LEGENDARY FRONTMAN FOR CLASSIC ROCK'S 'TOTO'
ON THE RAY SHASHO SHOW
After playing and singing with about 15 different bands in Louisiana and Texas, Bobby ended up in a band called "The Levee Band", which became a high watermark of musicianship and talent. In the middle of a tour with The Levee band, Bobby received a call from a long time musician friend, Jon Smith, who asked him to come to LA and sing with the musicians who had made up the band "Three Dog Night", one of Bobby’s favorite bands ever. He had to make a very hard decision to leave, not only one of the best bands he had ever played with, but also his native Louisiana home.
After arriving in LA to meet the band, things changed drastically for Bobby. He was finally in the city where the music industry thrived, and most of the great musicians and singers who had created the hit songs that drew him into the fold to become a musician were living and working. After this band got together, they signed a contract with CBS Records under the name "S.S. Fools", which was the title of the first and only LP recorded by them. This band lasted for about 18 months before Bobby decided to leave them for better opportunities. During the rehearsal stages of "S.S. Fools", Bobby first met, and became friends with Jeffery Porcaro (then, the drummer with "Steely Dan"), and David Paich (who had just co-written the Grammy winning "Silk Degrees" LP with Boz Scaggs). Jeff and David were at most of our rehearsals, because they loved the music of "Three Dog Night" as well. A few months after leaving S.S. Fools, Bobby was asked by Jeff and David (the initial founders of Toto), to become the lead singer. There were no questions, nor hesitation about his decision to join this band. They were the best musicians Bobby had ever heard, and a perfect platform for his voice.
The very first LP Toto released, entitled "Toto", broke out with the massive hit single, "Hold The Line". The band was nominated for a Grammy as "Best New Band" that year, but lost to "A Taste of Honey".
Toto’s music was very well received and the band built a huge following of very loyal fans. Bobby was in the band for the recording of the first 4 records ("Toto", "Hydra", "Turn Back", and "TotoIV"). It was the "Toto IV CD" that absolutely defined the band, and it’s future. At the 1982 Grammy Awards, The "Toto IV" CD was nominated for a "record breaking" NINE Grammy Awards. Out of these nine nominations, the band won SIX Grammy Awards, based on the strength and popularity of the song, "Rosanna". Also, Steve Lukather, co-writer of "Turn Your Love Around", with Jay Gradon and Bill Champlin, won a 7th Grammy. Altogether, the band brought home 7 Grammy Awards that evening, ...which set a precedent for the number of Grammy Awards ever won by a single band in one year.
It was in the middle of the recording of the 5th CD that some differences broke out amongst the members of the band, and Bobby was asked to leave Toto. The band went through several singers, Fergie Frederikson & Joseph Williams, to name a couple of really great vocalists.
Bobby moved to Germany for 6 years, and recorded his first CD there with Frank Farian called “The Far Corporation”. This is where he met Simon Philips, who played drums on the CD. The CD did very well in the charts in Europe, and a 2nd CD was in the works by then.
Bobby ended up recording 3 more CDs in Germany:
1. “Rise Up”
2. “Tribute to Ray Charles”
3. “The Toto Classic Hits”
After several vocalist changes with Toto, in 1998, Bobby was asked to rejoin the band, which put the band back to it's most original form, and he remained the lead vocalist for the next 10 years until the band dissolved in 2008.
Not long after his departure from Germany, Bobby met, and began co-writing his next CD work with his friend John Zaika. The CD was entitled “All I Ever Needed”. Now, John and Bobby are starting on their 2nd project, but this time, they have started their own Record label called:
“Future Memories Music”
Bobby and John’s next CD work will be the first thing to be released on that new label, and then, other artists will be considered to join the label. John and Bobby are writing the new CD now (May 2011).
Bobby spent about 2 weeks, beginning may 8th, 2011, touring in Kuwait & Iraq for the US Troops. “It was one of the most interesting tours I’ve ever done. I learned so much about what was going on in the Middle East, that most people have no clue about.”
Since the dissolution of Toto in 2008, Bobby has been touring the world over, non-stop. At this time, he has 6 major tours lined up, and more on the way. “I’ve never been this busy in my whole career in music. I love touring, and I always have fun on the road with the fans.”
Bobby Kimball’s latest solo release is entitled We’re Not in Kansas Anymore available now for Pre-order and officially released November 9th in Japan and on November 18th in the U.S. at amazon
energy healer
Carolyn Coleridge, LCSW is a psychotherapist, an Intuitive and an Energy healer. Honor your spirit is her first book which describes her path of intuitively listening to the universe to find her purpose and her work to incorporate holistic approaches of spirit into traditional psychotherapy. Carolyn worked at UCLA Pediatric Pain Program as a healer and a major HMO teaching energy awareness and mindfulness meditation. She holds a Masters in Social Work from Columbia University. She has been featured in 4 books including; The Caring book, Divine visits, Visits from Heaven and The Spirit of Women Entrepreneurs. She was born in Brooklyn NY and has a holistic healing practice in Los Angeles.
Educator, author, researcher, lecturer focusing on the history, origins and foundational concepts related to commerce.
I have to admit…there are a couple of important life concepts that took me awhile to understand. First, many of the things we encounter in our lives are not always what they initially appear to be. And second, discovering the truth about something doesn’t always happen quickly or easily. Based on personal experience, and many years of observation, these two concepts seem to apply equally to things out in the world as well as people and situations close to home. Understanding these concepts has played a big part in my growth as an individual and as an educator.
After graduating from college with a degree in psychology – with little hope of getting a paying job – I supported myself and my family by working as a carpenter in the construction industry. For the most part, I enjoyed the work I was doing, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that I had another “true calling”. Over time, I began to notice that in my daily interactions with the world of commerce there were many inconsistencies and contradictions. Eventually, I found myself drawn to studying the history, origins and foundational concepts related to commerce. I began to understand that the commercial world we deal with every day is often not what it appears to be. And like many things in life that take time and effort to fully understand, at a certain point it became clear to me that my life’s work would focus on helping other people understand the truth about how commerce really works.
Author, Mentor and Public Speaker
George has had a lifetime of strange and wonderful experiences beyond the ordinary, encountering both benevolent and malevolent inter-dimensional and extra- terrestrial beings. As a consequence he went through a process of reconciling the knowledge and wisdom gained form these experiences and came to realise a natural responsibility to share what he has learnt with our global community.
As a result, George now embodies a limitless passion in answering life’s primordial questions: “Who are we? Where do we come from? and What are we doing here?”
All that George shares stems from direct experience. Some find his work challenging, yet for others it is incredibly liberating.
The knowledge and wisdom George shares, along with his values and philosophy have helped thousands of people the world over to feel, to BE and to live in a more peaceful, centred, and empowered state in a most natural way.
George knows his life path includes a focus to expose all levels of deception, no matter how far they go. He carries a deep seeded responsibility to help liberate our Humanity from all forms of imposing doctrine and dogma, without exception.
I Am Infinite is an expression of George’s work that provides people with a supportive learning environment. As George says, “It’s really a remembering process to revitalise and resurrect the Sovereign and Infinite Being you truly are.”
On the path of the truth seeker false beliefs are torn down, but in their stead the naked truth rises in its simple beauty.
Divine Direction
This show on Cosmic LOVE is an interview
with David Christopher Lewis, a ten year
Messenger for the Ascended Masters.
Today’s message is from the
Great Divine Director.
I realize that this may be hard to believe
if you’re not familiar with David’s history.
So if you want to know what David does
as Messenger for the Ascended Masters,
watch the recent Jan 16 video recording:
The Divine Director Speaks on Accelerated
Soul Raising Opportunities
If you compare that message from the
Divine Director to his new message in
this show, ask yourself if this resonates
with your higher discernment of Truth.
Read about David’s decade-long history as
Messenger for the Ascended Masters at his
global network site:
If this resonates with your heart’s interest in
Aquarian Age Principles of Freedom in Love,
then tune in for more divine inspiration from
the Ascended Masters at the Hearts Center.
Welcome the Great Divine Director to
Cosmic LOVE with Your Presence!
Author, speaker and the Co-President of the Santa Monica Holistic Chamber of Commerce
MICAELA BUBOLA PASSERI
Micaela Passeri’s mission is to empower women with self-confidence through positive messaging and positive thinking. Born and raised in Florence Italy, she is a Fashion Designer turned Intuitive Mindset Coach. She is an author, speaker and the Co-President of the Santa Monica Holistic Chamber of Commerce. She specializes in experiential products, workshops and mentoring to help those on their soulful journey of self-discovery, self-confidence and self-love. Trained in NLP and Emotion Code, she creates profound shifts in life patterns and has helped hundreds of women love who they are; her most powerful tool – empowering messages, aka affirmations!
Micaela is committed to helping women empower themselves to see their true value, not only for those who can purchase her products and services and use them as empowerment tools, but also for those who cannot, so she brings her workshops, clothing line and transformative work to domestic violence shelters, LAUSD schools, YMCA, Boys & Girls Clubs and other non-profits at no cost.






