FOR THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW THE HISTORY OF LABOR DAY, SOME HISTORY CHANNEL NOTES!
THESE ARE SOME TOUGH TIMES FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT IF YOU NEED INSPIRATION……
Barbara “Bobby” Title, the author of this blog that you see a small clip of above, sent me this link out of the blue the other day, featuring an autograph on an index card to her that her children had asked me to sign nearly 40 years ago! Little did I know then that I was signing a note to a new friend I never knew about until 4 decades later.
The radio business today is not what attracted me to it as a 5 year old kid in Nebraska, but I knew I loved it back then, and wanted to be just like Jack Lewis, the guy on the radio that I listened to with my mom and dad each morning as I got ready for school. He was the very entertaining, funny guy who was my friend that he never knew, and is my inspiration for doing what I do today on the radio.
I have lamented since the mid 80′s what happened to radio from a business standpoint in interviews and speaking engagements, but it’s all part of what happened to every business since then. Wall Street dictates layoffs, cutbacks, multi-tasking, bottom lines, profit margins, etc., and it makes you second guess yourself continuing to be part of what you fell in love with so many years ago.
Make no mistake, I still love radio with a passion, but as you know, even the best love has ups and downs…..and then along comes a listener like “Bobby”, and it resurrects that emotional rush you felt when you first fell madly in love with someone or something! And it reminds you why you do what you do and why you love it so much!
Read Bobby’s blog about Staying Alive, and you will find the inspiration to keep doing what you have to do, no matter how hopeless or desperate things may seem for you sometimes. Read her other blogs on all manner of subjects, and find someone or something that just might give you a new perspective that will change everything to what you want for the rest of your life!
Bobby just sent a reminder to that 5 year old still inside of me of what I want to keep doing!
THIS IS THE EXTRAORDINARY 10 YEAR OLD JACKIE EVANCHO WITH THE UNBELIEVABLE VOICE!
HAVE YOU MET THE “INCEPTION CAT” YET? THIS KITTY WILL HAUNT YOUR DREAMS!
I THOUGHT “LOVE” WAS A WORD THEY USE A LOT IN A TENNIS MATCH…WATCH THIS FIGHT!
THERE’S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL, BUT THAT DOESN’T RULE OUT FIGHTING THERE TOO!
KARA DIOGUARDI OFFICIALLY ELIMINATED AS AMERICAN IDOL JUDGE BY FOX LATE FRIDAY!
Songwriter judge Kara DioGuardi has officially been eliminated by American Idol, after just two seasons with the show. The separation was announced by a press release distributed by Fox at 5 p.m. on the Friday before a long holiday weekend.
Kara’s statement: “I felt like I won the lottery when I joined American Idol two years ago, but I feel like now is the best time to leave Idol. I am very proud to have been associated with American Idol–it has truly been an amazing experience. I am grateful to Fox, FremantleMedia and 19 Entertainment, as well as the cast, crew and contestants, for all they have given to me. I look forward to my next challenge, and want to thank everyone who has supported me. All the best to everyone on season 10!”
Idol and Fox execs Mike Darnell, Simon Fuller, Cecile Frot-Coutaz and Ken Warwick weighed in with kind words about Kara, but nothing from incoming boss-man Nigel Lythgoe.
RANDY JACKSON WILL BE BACK AT THE JUDGES TABLE ON AMERICAN IDOL FOR NEW SEASON!
Sources confirm that original American Idol judge Randy Jackson will definitely return for season 10 of the hit reality-talent competition, which is set to premiere in January 2011. “Randy’s locked in and pumped about it,” says a source. “They’ll officially announce with the other judges.”
A second source tells us that the rest of the judge’s table still remains to be officially filled. In fact, an Idol source says that the large production staff that travels to different regions for tryouts in the fall has not yet received their itineraries. “Normally, they know exactly ‘who, what, where and when’ about the fall tryout schedule,” says the Idol staffer. “It’s partly because the judges aren’t yet formally finalized.” The source says they’ve been told they will know their schedules before the end of September.
Aerosmith rocker Steven Tyler is widely rumored to be joining the judges’ table this year. Pop star Jennifer Lopez may also be signing on for the show, despite some rather more involved negotiations.
Randy’s fellow original judges, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell, left the show after seasons eight and nine, respectively. 2nd year judge Kara DioGuardi has been officially announced as not returning to the series and new judge Ellen DeGeneres resigned after just one season with the show.
IT USED TO BE YOU COULD SCREW UP AT SOMETHING AND NO ONE WOULD NOTICE, BUT NOW..!
PARIS HILTON PURSE ALIBI DURING VEGAS ARREST MAY HAVE TWITTERED AWAY!
Paris Hilton was busted for cocaine possession last weekend in Las Vegas. Her alibi was those weren’t her drugs (she thought it was gum!), and that wasn’t her purse.
But just a month and a half ago, Paris posted a twitter picture of a Chanel purse she had just purchased and was excited about it—a purse which certainly looks identical to the handbag she was apparently carrying at the time of her arrest, she may have convicted herself.
While the Clark County District Attorney’s office said that the type of purse she was carrying that night was not listed in any report, there’s really no denying the photos. Possession, in this case, may add up to being slightly more than 9/10s of the law.
“She’s being charged with possession, so it doesn’t matter if it’s hers or someone else’s,” Las Vegas police spokesman Officer Jay Rivera. “She’s the person in possession of it, so it doesn’t matter.”
Rivera also noted that this case, despite its high profile, was not treated any different than normally—which means cops did not confiscate the Chanel purse. “This is a common typical arrest. We don’t keep track of people’s purses and we don’t impound people’s purses when we find evidence or contraband in them.”
Criminal defense attorney Alec Rose, who is not involved in Paris’ case, went one further. “In my 17 years of practicing criminal defense law, I have never heard of the ‘it’s not my handbag defense’ actually working, If it is in the handbag you are using, it is a pretty hard one to explain.”
ROD STEWART WEIGHS IN ON THE PARIS HILTON DRUG DEBACLE WITH A VIDEO WARNING!
IS LADY GAGA CHANGING HER MUSICAL DIRECTION WITH NEW SONG DEBUT MONDAY NIGHT?
Lady Gaga debuted a new song in St. Paul, Minnesota, the stripped-down, road-weary piano ballad “Living on the Radio,” for her obliging Little Monsters. The tune is seemingly autobiographical and poignant—in pop parlance, if she were Britney Spears, this would be her “Lucky.”
If chosen for her as yet untitled new album—which she gave us fair warning would in fact be “bitter”—it would mark a decidedly different direction for the superstar’s musical trajectory. Either that, or it’s an unfinished work in progress.
DEMI MOORE IN A BIKINI HITS THE MEDIA ON THE SAME DAY ASHTON KUTCHER LASHES OUT!
On the same day Ashton Kutcher lashed out against allegations he had been an unfaithful hubby, sexy photos of a bikini-clad Demi Moore quickly made their way around the Internet.
Perhaps in anticipation of the infidelity rumors that have surfaced, the 47 year old Demi decided a couple of weeks ago to take these pictures and tweet them out as if to say, “Would you cheat on this?!!”
Meanwhile, Ashton Kutcher went on a Twitter offensive Thursday, ripping Star magazine over allegations he cheated on wife Demi Moore. “I think Star magazine calling me a ‘cheater’ qualifies as defamation of character. I hope my lawyer agrees,” tweeted Kutcher.
“STAR magazine — you don’t get to stand behind ‘freedom of the press’ when you are writing fiction,” Kutcher added.
The tabloid drew Kutcher’s ire with a story citing an unnamed source who claimed to have witnessed the Valentine’s Day star “kissing and groping” an unidentified blonde beauty outside a restroom at the Los Angeles Italian restaurant Madeo. The magazine suggesting that the 15-year age difference between Kutcher and his movie-star missus was beginning to take its toll on their union.
Kutcher, 32, and Moore, 47, are due to celebrate their five-year wedding anniversary on September 24.
KIM KARDASHIAN EXPLAINS TO JAY LENO WHY SHE’S NOT ALWAYS IN TROUBLE LIKE LINDSEY!
