From: John Brodey<\/p>\n
Subject: Re: Re-The Frank Zappa Movie<\/p>\n
I can’t wait to see it.\u00c2\u00a0 He was the only artist I ever interviewed who truly intimated me and I was very anxious about it.\u00c2\u00a0 He was going to come to the station on my show (6-10 pm) and I had no idea what would happen.\u00c2\u00a0 He was obviously was a deep thinker and didn’t suffer fools period.\u00c2\u00a0 He might stay or five minutes or not at all.\u00c2\u00a0 How not to screw it up?.<\/p>\n
He got there about 8 and all I could think of was to try something different.\u00c2\u00a0 He said he might stay for a few minutes and I just wondered how I could change his mind, so I said; How about if you do my job.\u00c2\u00a0 You be the DJ.\u00c2\u00a0 You can play any of the 10,000 records in our library and we’ll just talk.\u00c2\u00a0 He went to look at the records and seeing the array of genres including classical, he then asked me if he could play anything and I said, of course (He couldn’t believe we had a Moon Dog album).\u00c2\u00a0 The he asked if I liked real wine, I said; I’ve never tried it.\u00c2\u00a0 He gave his tour manager $300 (more than my weekly salary) to go out and locate three very specific classic Bordeaux’s.<\/p>\n
And we got cracking, drinking, talking and playing music for 3 hours.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn’t worry about the time because it was Frank Fucking Zappa and I wasn’t about to say that we were out of time.\u00c2\u00a0 We went over into the next guy’s show for an hour.<\/p>\n
He softened up a bit and it just clicked.\u00c2\u00a0 Then he was done.\u00c2\u00a0 But I got to see exactly how Frank Zappa would have done radio and it wasn’t like anything else.<\/p>\n
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Subject: Re: More TikTok<\/p>\n
A great listen and lesson. \u00c2\u00a0I saw the power of these TikTok stars first hand at the 2020 Grammys. \u00c2\u00a0I brought my son (12 at the time) and niece (13) thinking they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d have a blast and it was my last year as a Trustee, so a nice way to go out. \u00c2\u00a0They had fun and got to meet a number of artists, but what blew their minds had nothing to do with the Grammys. \u00c2\u00a0In our hotel, they ran into Charlie D\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Amelio and both just freaked out. \u00c2\u00a0All the music artists I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d introduced them to and they didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ask for one pic. \u00c2\u00a0With Charli, it was all about getting pics with her and posting away. \u00c2\u00a0Mind you, at this point I had no idea who she was. \u00c2\u00a0I chatted it up with her dad for a bit and got the scoop. \u00c2\u00a0She couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have been nicer. \u00c2\u00a0The only \u00e2\u20ac\u0153rule\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was that the kids couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t post where they were, because it would create a frenzy and the hotel would turn into a sea of screaming fans.<\/p>\n
Richard Stumpf<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Hawkeye Music Group<\/p>\n
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From: Wade Mosher<\/p>\n
Subject: Re: Brad Stone’s New Amazon Book<\/p>\n
The billionaire class, especially the likes of Bezos, need to be stopped. It’s incomprehensible that this not only has been allowed to happen globally, but that it continues to happen and grow. People would rather follow the Divide and Conquer doctrine, Left vs. Right. Bezos and his kind are almost always absent from those online conversations.<\/p>\n
I haven’t ordered a single thing from Amazon in years; I’m not wealthy by any stretch, but I’ll pay a little more and wait a little longer just to avoid using Amazon. Of course, I realize I’m still lining the pockets of other billionaires by doing that.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Here’s a story about the last thing I did order from Amazon…<\/p>\n I was looking for a niche ‘part’, found it on Amazon and I accidentally ordered the wrong size. So, when it arrived, I realized that and sent a quick email to the 3rd party seller asking if there was a way to retro fit what I stupidly bought or if I could do a swap of some kind, admitting fully my dumb mistake. I’m in Canada, and the owner of the company called me within FIVE minutes in a panic. I explained again that it was my dumb mistake, no worries if he couldn’t do anything about it.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n He was in a panic. Once he realized I was the one apologizing, he went on to tell me the fear he goes through as a 3rd party seller on Amazon. That one tiny slipup or bad review could get him booted and that’s where all of his money comes from. (It’s a very small company that only makes these ‘parts’.) We had a lengthy chat, and I really felt worse of an A-Hole by the end of it and told him that I’d just eat the cost. Instead, he insisted that he could send a replacement part that would work for me, free of charge. And he did just that, and I’m still using that product. Needless to say, I gave him a glowing 5 star review. He did ask me not to mention the favor he’d done in the review, which I complied with.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Big Brother is here. Let’s stop pretending it’s the government. Big Corp IS the government.<\/p>\n __________________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: RE: Gone Away<\/p>\n Hey Bob,<\/p>\n I feel similar to you about The Offspring, I respect what they do and am a casual fan at best. \u00c2\u00a0However, having grown up in Huntington Beach and have lived in Cypress for the past 20 years where most of the local taco and breakfast joints in town serve Dexter’s Gringo Bandito hot sauce, it’s hard not to feel The Offspring’s influence and legacy in the community. \u00c2\u00a0West Garden Grove and Cypress are ground zero for the band and it’s common to see stickers on cars, bus benches, gas stations, random walls and lots of people rocking the bands black t-shirts. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0I was still surprised to see you write about “Gone Away” and ironically I have been playing it non-stop for the past few weeks and really can’t explain why. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Maybe it’s the strings? Who knows? I just know the song is resonating with me. \u00c2\u00a0I have taken it one step further. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0I announce the basketball games and play in-game music at Oxford Academy in Cypress, which means I play pop songs from MGK, Glass Animals, Polo G, Post Malone, Dua Lipa, The Kid Laroi, and 24kGolden. \u00c2\u00a0But I have been motivated to add “Gone Away” into the mix by starting off halftime with it, \u00c2\u00a0I guess I just want to share good music with people. \u00c2\u00a0In hindsight, I think it must be the strings.<\/p>\n Bill Gagnon<\/p>\n __________________________________________<\/p>\n From: Alan Johnson<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Extreme<\/p>\n I was mixing the live broadcast the day Extreme , along with Hootie and the Blowfish, Blues Traveler, Great White and a few other acts were a guests on the nationally syndicated Bob and Tom radio show.<\/p>\n Extreme\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s song \u00e2\u20ac\u0153More Than Words\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was climbing the charts and they refused to play it. Everyone in the room was stunned.<\/p>\n It’s something I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve given a lot of thought to over the years \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 good decision, bad decision, why even put it on the record if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to refuse to perform it?<\/p>\n __________________________________________<\/p>\n From: Phil Brown<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Vaccinations<\/p>\n My sister and I were talking about polio today. I’m 74 and she’s 72 and people born after the late 40s have no idea about polio. Think you’re afraid of COVID? Multiply that by one hundred and you’ve got polio. And multiply again by X because pretty much every school class had a kid in braces who’d sort of recovered from polio so you had a daily reminder of the horror. Every summer the disease\u00c2\u00a0returned in force. People born after the vaccine have no idea of the fear. Swimming pools seemed to spread it so no swimming. Anything could spread it. COVID may put you in the hospital for a while but polio put you in the hospital FOREVER. COVID long haulers? I have a friend my age who recovered from it in childhood and then in her 50s the symptoms returned.<\/p>\n I will never understand the anti vaxers\u00c2\u00a0at all. If they had lived through the polio epidemics\u00c2\u00a0 they would get down on their knees and thank God for the vaccines. I do.<\/p>\n Phil Brown<\/p>\n __________________________________________<\/p>\n From: Shari Ulrich<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Vaccine Passports<\/p>\n Travellers to certain countries have been required for eons to be vaccinated for certain diseases, and if the traveller elects not to, they don’t get to travel there. Pretty simple. People are being asked to get vaccinated against Covid for their own protection, their friends, their families, and strangers they may come in contact with.The exponential economic impact alone on the medical system should they become ill thanks to their determination that it’s “they body” and “the man” can’t tell them what to do, is staggering. Business owners, venue owners – they all have the right to create a safe space for their clients, and those clients or audience members have a right to feel safe entering. Period. As a society we have allowed personal “rights” to override any consideration for our fellow man or even our very survival. You don’t get to hold this up as a “Human Rights” issue. Your right to refuse to give a crap about anyone but yourself does not get to prevail and put countless other people at risk.<\/p>\n __________________________________________<\/p>\n From: Toby Mamis<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Vaccine Passports<\/p>\n Good piece.\u00c2\u00a0 I think even “Vaccine Verifications” is too strong.\u00c2\u00a0 I’d go with “Vaccine ID.”\u00c2\u00a0 Like a driver’s license.\u00c2\u00a0 You are not required to have a driver’s license, it’s strictly voluntary. But if you want to drive, you have to have one.<\/p>\n It’s not just Rapino and\/or AEG (which reminds me, when LN launched Crew Nation providing millions of $ for out-of-work tour personnel, and the Grammy gang offered millions more $ from MusiCares to crew and musicians, what did AEG do?).\u00c2\u00a0 It’s SPORTS.\u00c2\u00a0 The Buffalo Bills have already announced that all fans during the upcoming 2021 season will be required to show proof of vaccination to attend their games.\u00c2\u00a0 Other teams are likely to follow suit, though teams in Florida and Texas (and possibly elsewhere) may have problems due to their state governments.\u00c2\u00a0 And the NFL is requiring higher level employees, who interact with the teams, to be vaccinated.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 And the NFL is big business, with a lot of fans who may be in the non-vax camp.\u00c2\u00a0 I think we need to watch, and maybe pressure, NASCAR, to do the same.\u00c2\u00a0 Basketball and hockey are nearly in their playoffs, but they play indoors and might follow suit in the fall.\u00c2\u00a0 Major League Baseball, outside of Texas, are still not at full capacity, but they all want to be.\u00c2\u00a0 So they’ve got incentive as well.\u00c2\u00a0 And thanks to the Buffalo Bills, nobody else has to be first.<\/p>\n __________________________________________<\/p>\n From: Corey Bearak<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Vaccine Passports<\/p>\n Interesting.<\/p>\n If you follow what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going on in NYS, Yankee Stadium and Citfield have Vaccine sections and non Vax sections. \u00c2\u00a0So as of May 19, 75% capacity but if no vax very limited seating options.<\/p>\n __________________________________________<\/p>\n From: Dave Conklin<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Vaccine Passports<\/p>\n Yep. Fuck ’em. Bring on the MAGA-free shows. Can’t wait to hear how ticketed events have anything to do with their constitutional rights.<\/p>\n Because of the seasonal timing, we’re going to see events open up in the outdoor venues first, where the\u00c2\u00a0atmosphere is inherently safer.\u00c2\u00a0 Later this month, the two NY baseball stadiums are opening 100% capacity in designated “vaccinated” sections.\u00c2\u00a0 If you’re unvaccinated, you’re in pod seating,\u00c2\u00a033% capacity.\u00c2\u00a0 You think these teams want to sell 33% capacity sections instead of 100%?\u00c2\u00a0 Prices have been low thus far because all the seating was pod style.\u00c2\u00a0 Moving forward, I expect the unvaxxed seats to cost more.\u00c2\u00a0 At Citi Field, they’re offering on-site single shot J&J on the way into the games<\/i>!\u00c2\u00a0 Ok, fine, push push push.\u00c2\u00a0 But at a certain point, soon, we’re going to max out on converting hearts and minds.\u00c2\u00a0 All we’ll have left is making it inconvenient.\u00c2\u00a0 Live events, cruise lines and air travel.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m already over the bribes, the freebies and the bonuses.\u00c2\u00a0 If you don’t want the shot, we get it – we heard your solopsistic decree of indepedence, now fuck off.\u00c2\u00a0 The rest of us have some living to do.<\/p>\n __________________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Vaccine Passports<\/p>\n Venues should install glass walls and have that 25% portion\u00c2\u00a0of the venue be available\u00c2\u00a0for ‘socially distanced unvaccinated tickets’<\/p>\n The genera population vaccinated pays $50 and the behind the glass wall ‘tradesman entrance’ ticket costs $250. I would bet my bottom dollar that the ‘not me’ contingent\u00c2\u00a0would all rush out and get the ‘free shot’ all of a sudden.<\/p>\n If it’s financial and not political, we would be at herd in two seconds haha!<\/p>\n Loved this letter – best yet.<\/p>\n Paul Clegg<\/p>\n __________________________________________<\/p>\n From: lizzz kritzer<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Vaccine Passports<\/p>\n Bob, I live in the Hamptons and my friends sister died today from Covid, she lived up island, around Hampton Bays, still Suffolk county. \u00c2\u00a0Anti Vaxer\/Trumpsters. \u00c2\u00a0 This isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t over. \u00c2\u00a0She was in her 50\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s.<\/p>\n __________________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Vaccine Passports<\/p>\n I got my first shot today.<\/p>\n Thank you for helping me make my decision and my heart goes out to you this day<\/p>\n Your first one without your Mom . . .<\/p>\n My prayers are with you towards your continued good health.<\/p>\n Mark Flores<\/p>\n Guitar<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From: John Brodey Subject: Re: Re-The Frank Zappa Movie I can’t wait to see it.\u00c2\u00a0 He was the only artist I ever interviewed who truly intimated me and I was very anxious about it.\u00c2\u00a0 He was going to come to the station on my show (6-10 pm) and I had no idea what would happen.\u00c2\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,17,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-politics","category-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p96vPs-4wK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17407,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17406\/revisions\/17407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}