Friday, April 30, 2021

Unplugged and Totally Uncut April 30th

 Today. Friday April 30th. Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!!


You know him from Jane The Virgin. Wait until you really get to know Justin Baldoni in his new book Man Enough. 11am post


Movies! Movies! Get your movies right here! Ryan Jay reviews three this week. The first is a Tom Clancy piece Without Remorse starring Michael B Jordan. Ryan says its original as well as unique. A total Amazon Prime thriller. His second movie is a forgetter. It's lost and incomplete. It's on Netflix and its called Things Heard and Seen. Forget we talked about it. And finally you loved Tina Fey in Soul as 22. She's back in an animated short. 22 vs Earth on Disney+ 1pm post


Crank Yankers is back on Comedy Central. The who's what's where's and how's are completely melted into one incredible conversation with Jonathan Kimmel. 4pm post


Then we're Playing It Forward with Dr Kapil Parakh who not only works at Google in the search engine dept but the dude is a real doctor! His new book deals with what we all do when something doesn't feel right. Do we call the doctor? No! We hit Google. 7pm post.

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The Missing Dot On The Map

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April 30, 2021

Here we are!  But where’s the dot on the map? You know!  The part of the story that clearly tells us where time has delivered us.  This point to that point.  As a daily writer, these words are my photographs.  Which I’m horrified to go back and read.  Not that the journey has been reckless, out of tune or bent in ways that reshape the statue.  Mentally speaking.  Your past 60 weeks are very much a mile marker in the heart.  To study your photographs or my writing with all its vibrant truths will keep each of us out here on the desert.  I’m on the front lines every day.  I see you walking, struggling and trying to piece whatever’s left back together.  Let’s break this down.  How often do you get caught up in a conversation that you think is a connection but in reality your heart and soul are elsewhere? No matter how strong the relationship is, there’s something spinning around in your head that keeps coming up every time you get with this person. That’s how I feel about writing!  That’s how you react to the photographs stuffed in the memory banks of that smart phone.  We’ve all experienced more than a pandemic. We’re overloaded with memories, questions, failures, new challenges and whatever else we allow to easily slip inside.  Here’s the challenge.  Leave it off the page.  Don’t go anywhere near it.  The only sunset photos we keep are the good ones.  The same isn’t true about the way we think and hoard experiences.  Leave it off the page.  We are here.  In the present.  Right now.  What’s running through your thinker?  Leave it off the page.  You’ll see how a single bad day or moment truly doesn’t need your reasons for wanting to hold onto things. When I first started my walk through a grocery store life I hated putting things back on the shelf.  I couldn’t find where they were supposed to go.  Every day I spent too much time wandering the aisles trying to figure out why packages of tuna are in the canned meat lane.  I became instantly angry with myself and I held it out there for a passerby to feel when they’d reach out and put a loaf of bread inside the potato chips. Nearly a year later I call it Easter egg hunting.  I turned a horrid negative caused by other people’s laziness into a game, an adventure, a quest to be a leader.  I took my early bad experiences off the page.  Last night a guest decided at the last moment that they no longer needed the $228 worth of groceries in the basket.  They left.  Do you know what $228’s worth of groceries looks like? Because I’ve been present with turning a negative into a positive, it took less than 25 minutes to put everything back.  I kept the past off the page.  There are many things in your life that can be compared to this experience and for hours you’ll stew over something that was just a moment.  Don’t make me say it!  Leave it off the page.


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Thursday, April 29, 2021

The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 244

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April 29, 2021

A frozen wet morning inside the forest.  The writer’s words on January 31, 2021.  A frozen wet morning.  I knew something was up the day before.  I had come in contact with twelve to fifteen deer roaming together.  Like cattle they belong to each other for warmth, they feed as one and to protect the young.  To be ready for the soon to become winter storm.  I often think of the deer as being human. What would they do in this age where we’re still being asked to keep our gatherings at limited numbers?  Being on the front line I fall witness to a lot parents protecting their little ones.  The past year has been rough.  Remote learning, a lack of energy to want to learn, the job front has changed, the dream to overcome is what we did several months ago.  Today we just want it to back to normal.  Our willingness has turned into extra weight with absolutely no physical evidence of truly gripping the reins of mental freedom.  What would the deer do?  Seriously!  In all things they do rarely do I see just one.  They’re masters at walking in amazing amounts of peace while grouping in the name of affection and protection.  Could they survive how we’ve been encouraged to separate?  As open as it’s becoming during these April days 2021 is as far away as we remain from the reality of normal. Being transparent with your open eyes I admit that our motions and emotions are suffering with no true answer to what it is we seek.  Are we standing on our feet or given in to defeat?  Nothing feels like it’s changing so we do the best we can.  This isn’t a negative.  This is awareness.  Have you ever studied the habits of a deer?  The swishing of the tail, the quick jerks of the ears and the stamping of the front hoofs in the dirt.  The animal kingdom knows the way.  Instinct is everything.  Is that where you are?  The daily gut check.  This is where we are.  This is how we are. This isn’t turning out the way we dreamed.  I know!  Let’s find a new way!  A frozen wet morning inside the forest.  The lesson learned sits in the temperature.  Without each other it’s very cold. When you reach your new normal accept each other’s changes.  The old path no longer exists.  You weren’t ghosted by coworkers and friends.  Unlike the deer we elected to hide from the way it was all being done.  The goal is to be seen, heard, loved, believed in, trusted, accepted and more importantly aware because the next storm truly could be bigger.   


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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Unplugged and Totally Uncut April 27th

 Today Tuesday April 27th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!!


Compassionately T.D. Jakes has shaped his walk and way to include every person he comes in contact with. Don't Drop The Mic is a message of true hope, replenishment and empowerment which leads to a brilliant new path of discovery. 11am post


Pod-Crashing is back. Episode 101 is all about constructing better spending decisions without having to painfully take on a new image and way, The podcast is Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin. 1pm post


Did this years Oscars make it to the right hands? Movie Reviewer Ryan Jay puts it all on the line and it will create conversation. 4pm post


Then we're Playing It Forward with actors Ptosha Storey and Javon Johnson from The Oval on BET. 7pm post

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Stream Thinking Getting Time Back

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April 27, 2021

Stream thinking.  Challenging yourself to fill a single page.  No editing.  Write about what’s moving through your Now.  Gaining access to owning your Now.  On April 24th my heart was flooded with the present workplace.  Being transparent I wanted to know why workforces aren’t sticking together. Post Covid 19 Lockdown business leaders are facing a new normal in the hands of those no longer chasing workplace success.  The new age of thinking is to keep your personal plans close to your heart.  To not give away the importance of discovery and family.  It truly feels like the benefits of having a job aren’t greater than the reasons to stay away.  The reasons for this attitude are very clear.  In America the government has stood beside us.  For millions rent still isn’t due.  How many stimulus checks have you received?  In America school students were given notebooks and computers then taught on Zoom.  For adults the movie industry didn’t shut down.  The decision makers located a streaming outlet Hulu, Netflix, Disney+, Paramount+ and HBO Max.  We’ve evolved into a binge watching generation without the burning need or desire to create workplace drive, passion, loyalty and perseverance.  In America the food lines were haunting but what do the credit card statements look like for those who ordered their dinners then picked it up curbside?  We wonder why people don’t want to work.  The idea of driving to work then walking into a large building feels too much like 2019.  Having less is priceless.  Less stress.  Less expectation.  Less of a need to be part of a team. For a very brief moment in global history every person on the planet felt what it was like to have enough room to create and bring to life a choice. I was with T.D. Jakes yesterday.  We talked about the new workplace.  He was extremely strong in his support for the changed employee.  Leaders are going to have to break free old habits and commands. The workplace isn’t sticking together because we’re all carrying the weight of personal pain. We’re fighting a storm we can’t explain.  We aren’t being selfish.  We just don’t understand or want to take the time to openly admit our mental sickness.  Therefore people have labeled it what they think.  Turning it into a season of disconnection and not collaboration. I’m no expert.  I face the same challenges but I choose not to stay away.  My values are located in the receiver.  Collaborating with the guest or client.  Watching life move through them when the product just purchased now belongs to them. I’ve been on a 7 day workday plan since September 2020.  Staying positive during the 9th hour is a choice.  My new normal is less of me and more about those who receive.  It creates a new space for collaborating.  With whom?  You.  No matter how many employees move through our place of business, the relationship still exists with those who receive.       


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Friday, April 23, 2021

Unplugged and Totally Uncut April 23rd

 Friday! Friday! April 23rd. Today on Unplugged and Totally Uncut.


Investigative reporter Warren Binford has taken note of what's being laid out in the lower half of our nation. We keep hearing a lot of voices but we haven't heard from the children affected. Until now. Her new book is Hear My Voice. 11am post


Two of the three movies premiering this weekend are R rated films. Which feels kind of odd to say. When was the last time something was rated R? The mission has always been to get it close but don't cross the line. Gotta get all people in those seats. Up first Ryan Jay reviews Mortal Kombat. Fast, action packed, martial arts but no storyline. It's in theaters and on HBO Max. Up next is Stowaway on Netflix. Ryan says the cast is incredible with it's mission to Mars plot then there's a strange twist. Someone snuck on board. He says its extremely slow. And finally in theaters is the R rated Rom-com Together Together with Ed Helms. It feels like Woody Allen but there's no reason to invest your time. 1pm post


This is reality. Both parties taking huge hits of judgement. Pitbulls and Parolee's. It's on Discovery+. Talking with the very likeable and deeply compassionate Mariah Harmony. 4pm post


Then we're Playing It Forward with Dana Monique from season 20 of NBC's The Voice. She was on the road as a background singer at the age of 15. Now the world knows her name and sound. 7pm post






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The Placement Of Thought

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April 23, 2021

The placement of thought.  Where shall it land? Will it grow?  Was it wise to bring it forward?  Who am I to think such a feeling needed to be seen and or heard?  The placement of thought.  I could never do modern day Talk Radio.  Politics are like religion.  Expect to lose a lot of connections.  I’m not really into sports.  If they could get the game over in 30 minutes or less you might have my attention.  During these days of radio evolution, the politics of the vocal sport is still seen as a profitable opportunity for radio station owners to always brag about how their position on the dial is every bit worthy of why you should be advertising.  In an age of so many choices and instant favorite songs on YouTube, I’m blown away by the enormous egos that terrestrial radio continues to cling to.  Not bashing!  It’s a placement of thought.  I don’t know who’s more blind, a mouse or the station owner that fired their staff during the pandemic and they still have the balls to call themselves local. Every one of us have social media to put on display our thoughts.  Social media has the power to erase your thoughts.  To silence your willingness to share thoughts.  I endlessly feel embarrassed for the person nearby that’s having face to face time and every bit of their conversation is broadcast in what little space is available.  Mom’s yelling at kids.  Friends talking junk.  The grocery list is never complete until you leave the store because someone’s always gonna call and demand that you pick something else up.  The placement of thought.  What is your source?  How does it arrive? How long does it take you to trust you?  What if what you think no longer matters?  Hmm I wonder if my parents felt that way when I was 18 and already married.  At nearly 59 I look back at that decision making moment and still call it one of the best made.  I had a thought.  So I activated it.  Whoa.  What if you found reason to take your thoughts out of hiding and put it out there for others to see, hear, experience and quite possibly throw away.  It’s when you don’t share your thoughts that time has a way of poisoning the moment.  You’re putting us in a vat full of assumption.  Not judgement.  Assumption.  Without communication. Without thoughts.  We’re left to create our own. 


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Thursday, April 22, 2021

Unplugged and Totally Uncut April 22nd

 Today Thursday April 22nd on Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!!


Margaret Josephs (The Marge) On Housewives of New Jersey has always had caviar dreams while living on a tuna fish budget. 11am post


If you haven't caught Secrets Of The Whales on National Geographic yet you might want to start with Brian Skerry's book first. Major league one of kind life changing. 1pm post


Pia Renee grew up as the oldest of eight siblings and was primarily raised by her grandmother, who passed down her love for music. Pia was inspired to start singing, but when she became pregnant at 15, music was the last thing on her mind. After having a second child at 18, music remained on the backburner. She didn't stop the dream. She's made it to NBC's The Voice. 4pm post


Then we are Playing It Forward with Queen Meg, Queen Nana and Wonder Meg from the world's first virtual Con. Justice Con 21 was held last week but the experience remains on YouTube. It features two days with Zack Snyder. 7pm post

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The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 243

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April 22, 2021

The sights unseen still carry energy.  Is it coming from history or the presence of the present? The sights unseen.  Is it a moment of connection that generates empowerment or is it a series of stories that which were required to make it known this day growing forward? The sights unseen.  Judgement without truly knowing.  People are a sight that is unseen.  Meaning if we don’t know the moments before the greeting it still has energy from a past that could infect the collaboration.  In martial arts it was mandatory that we knew the history of every move and form.  Through its history we grew to understand the plan and purpose.  Life should be no different.  Look at today’s mass shootings.  Sights unseen.  The history sits right there in front of those before the moment but nothings done until confronted by the action. On a more peace filled level I ask if you’ve come to terms with who you are today.  How you got here and what’s expected to be delivered.  Participating with the process of growth.  Everything we do is swayed by decisions of participation.  The sights unseen can’t remain a mystery.  Or we’re giving permission to others to give birth to our personal image.  How people accept you determines your cause and effect.  There might be forgiveness.  There will always be challenge.  The daily mission is to be seen. But in whose eyes?  How do we grow fruit from this? Our limbs are heavy.  They provide food for thought but who’s taking it?  School teachers are being brutally treated by students and parents refusing to readjust to being in class.  Those learning were given a year off while being passed on to the next level of learning without being properly tested.  Respecting someone’s fruit so freely shared turns the apple on the tree into an invisible source of possibility because like music and movies, we believe all things should be handed to us and not earned.  Sights unseen.  Nobody wants to see their kids suffering in the classroom so they create friction by way of demanding an easing up of the expectation.  The sight unseen isn’t today but rather 10 years from today.  The student that quit learning now lives in a self-designed mental prison of little hope and a fear of the word perseverance.  Structuring your life should be a mandatory.  Discipline your mind body and soul and get this planet moving again.  Saying your job sucks proves nothing.  Admitting to it opens the door for new opportunities.  What sucks is how you won’t change the fruit on your limbs.  Sights unseen.  Your future.  What’s your decision today?  It will control your tomorrow. 


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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Unplugged and Totally Uncut April 20th

 Today Tuesday April 20th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!!


Iconic Rock guitarist Richard Thompson has turned the inside sleeve of an album into a true backstage pass into his past. The book is Beeswing. 11am post


Pod Crashing is all about introducing you to the biggest podcasts with the most attractive subjects. How about the Royal family? Then you need to check in with Omid Scobie. His podcast is The Heir Pod. 1pm post


Talk about a hometown hero. Avery Roberson on NBC's The Voice is from Rutherfordton! 4pm post


Then we're Playing It Forward with Amy Morin whose new book 13 Things Strong Kids Do is totally helping parents and teachers out during this new age of post Covid. 7pm post

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Stream Thinking Covid Homes

 

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April 20, 2021

I call them “Covid Homes.”  We’ve all got them in our neighborhoods.  Covid Homes!  They aren’t for sale.  They’re lifeless.  The yards are somewhat mowed.  The trees sort of trimmed.  But the owners haven’t been seen since the start of the pandemic in March of 2020.  Every one of us walk or drive by them. I’m talking about homes that were once vibrant with cars parked in the driveway and neighbors seen talking to each other.  A year and month later the people are still gone!  Covid Homes.  If something such as Covid 19 made them ill, why are the homes still sitting empty during a time when the New York Times is screaming, “The housing market has gone empty. What’s happening on the inside of a Covid Home?  Does it affect the value of the hood? The Covid Home looks approachable to the passerby but they’ve been empty for a very long time.  Can these empty dots on a Google Map be haunted? I would love to step inside!  Out here, we’ve moved forward in time.  In there.  Time is frozen.  It’s exactly the way it was left all those weeks and months ago.  It reminds me of April and May of last year.  We took our daily walks through strip mall parking lots.  Looking inside the stores that were forced to stop.  The posters on the wall were stuck in February and March. Many of the businesses never recovered.  What lurks within the framing of a Covid Home?  Does it smell like dust?  Has the paint on the walls faded?  The oil spots on the garage floor have they dried?  I want to step inside.  For we all know every home has its own personality.  I want to go inside to just listen to the moments of what it was like and is like when time stands still.


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Friday, April 16, 2021

Unplugged and Totally Uncut April 16th

 


Today Friday April 16th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut!!!

Getting kids away from the computer. Author Hans Aschim has just released How To Go Anywhere and Not Get Lost. The perfect companion for adventure and exploration. 11am post


Three new movies make their way into our lives this weekend. Wait. It's really only two because according to Ryan Jay's Review the film Vanquish is a total no show and you should be to at theaters. Then there's the movie Monday. A whirlwind romance with lots of hot sexual heat. New on Netflix is the next best thing. Arlo the Alligator Boy. Look for the television series to begin the months ahead. 1pm post


Season 20 of NBC’s The Voice has an amazing talent pool such as Jose Figueroa Jr. Jose's love of singing was solidified after his first performance in church at six years old. Professional gigs started rolling in and Jose soon found himself performing on stages all over the world. With a desire to share his experiences and help others nurture their relationship with music he began offering vocal and dance lessons. Jose now lives in Florida and is a respected performer and Zumba instructor. 4pm post


Then we’re Playing It Forward with Dr. Randall Bell who isn’t afraid to say the past 60 weeks are every reason to believe we’ve all suffered with Covid 19 trauma. Here’s the thing. We’re thriving off it’s energy. Getting through the storm begins with awareness. His new book is titled Post Traumatic Thriving. 7pm post

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