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Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJerry Douglas Dobro King- Grammys,CMAs, AMAs!Jerry Douglas - King of the Dobro- 16 Grammys, 3 CMAs, 3 AMAs, a Million Stories!
16-time Grammy Winner, three-time CMA Musician of the Year award recipient, Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship award winner, Artist in Residence for the Country Music Hall of Fame, Jerry Douglas, is such an underachiever!
What is a dobro? Uninformed minds wanted to know. Jerry schooled us, but as your fun favorite professor would.
Why a dobro? We got that education too. From his bluegrass-playing steelworker band on the side, father, Flatt and Scruggs obsessed little kid, to...
2026-01-151h 37
The Business of MaterialsEpisode 9: Thin Films - Building the Atomic Foundations of Modern ElectronicsIn this episode of The Business of Materials, host Isha Ghiya speaks with Professor Emeritus John Abelson of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a leading researcher in thin-film science. From building Yale’s earliest solar cells decades ago to pioneering new approaches in chemical vapor deposition (CVD), Professor Abelson explores how controlling materials at the atomic scale enables today’s microelectronics.
2025-12-0326 min
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonBassist David Santos Live on Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonBilly Joel, John Fogerty, Bassist David Santos Kills Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
I was so looking forward to catching up with bassist David Santos after almost 40 years. Insane in itself! The sit-down stunningly exceeded my expectations. What crazy fun! David regaled us with story after story… starting with gigging for me on Bleecker Street, doing weddings, The Ringo AllStar Band, sans Ringo, with Billy Preston, Lou Gramm, Mark Farner, Felix Cavaliere, Liberty DeVito, Mark Rivera, Randy Bachman, and a backup singer named Wendy Moten who would change and share his life. They’re a rare rock n’ roll r...
2025-10-162h 05
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonThe Blues Magoos Peppy Castro Live on Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonThe Blues Magoos Peppy Castro Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
There’s fun, and then there’s spending two hours with The Blues Magoos Peppy Castro! He’s lived a rockers’ life to covet and then some! The Who, Hendrix, Dylan, Jefferson Airplane, JOHN LENNON for Gd’s sake! Stories, stories, stories, one better than the next. He drove a Beatle in a Beetle! Who can say that?
Skipping school and playing the Night Owl in the village when he was 14. 14! When Jimi used to stop in and jam, when Bob would roam the streets with his guitar, when Richi...
2025-09-181h 56
The Big Bad BroadcastThe Big Bad Broadcast EP 191 -- Gabe AbelsonWelcome to another episode of The Big Bad Broadcast with comedians Mike Grief and John Ferrentino! This week, the guys are joined by the one and only Gabe Abelson, a five-time, Emmy-nominated comedy writer whose legendary career spans some of the biggest shows in late-night TV. Gabe’s credits include serving as Head Monologue Writer for the "Late Show with David Letterman," plus staff writing stints for "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "The Late, Late Show with Craig Kilborn." Gabe’s quick wit and sharp pen have written laughs for two sitting presidents, as well as headline mater...
2025-08-151h 02
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJim Vallely Live on Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJim Vallely Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
Sitting down with Emmy and WGA award winner, Jim Vallely was a cozy, comfortable, fun, and funny hang. He even told us a joke joke, on request. It’s one he’s been “testing” as part of a sociological experiment of sorts. Win/win, we got a laugh with a lesson.
Who knew that having a seizure in 6th grade would lead to a career as a TV comedy writer. Jim takes us through and it makes perfect sense. This accountant studying student just happened to sit next to the right guy at a...
2025-03-111h 09
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJohn Fugelsang Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJohn Fugelsang Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
Stop everything! John Fugelsang, a Drama League-nominated actor, comedian & host of Tell Me Everything on SiriusXM, is one thought-provoking, gracious, informed, intelligent, sexy liberal! And boy did fill the hour with passion and hope.
With informed insight, John offered us tools when dealing with the maga faux Christian right, which will be expounded upon in his upcoming book, Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back The Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds, which will be published this August by Simon & Schuster.
We talked this election...
2025-02-201h 10
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJohn Conte Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJohn Conte Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
What crazy fun to sit down with my old dear friend, bassist John Conte, whom I hadn’t seen in decades. How is it possible that he appears to have aged barely a day? Seriously!
John took us back to childhood days, his jazz-singing mother, Rosemary, his early days on guitar, and his brother Steve at first on drums. Their first band when John was 8 or 9, their early songwriting, including John’s first song, Maryanne, Sittin on a Log, which he gave us a little taste of. He was a boy with...
2025-01-301h 14
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJimmy Vivino Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJimmy Vivino Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
It had been six long, 4 1/2 COVID years since last I sat down with my old friend, multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, and long-time musical director for Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Vivino. It was like coming home. Almost the same age, we have many shared (unbeknownst to us at the time) memories of concerts at The Filmore East, Watkins Glen, the glory daze of the NY club scene, and a bounty of mutual friends. Talk about being in one’s comfort zone.
Jimmy talked growing up in New Jersey, his carpenter trumpet-playing father, his tale...
2024-12-121h 43
The John Kobylt ShowPhil Shuman fills in for The John Kobylt Show Hour 2 (12/06) - Discuss Shelter OvercrowdingPhil Shuman fills in for John Kobylt. Guest: Allie Pecorini, ABC News Digital Correspondent, on defense secretary Pete Hegseth and the battle to get him confirmed. Guest: City Councilwoman: Monica Rodriguez on the issue of homelessness in LA county and altering the way that the Los Angeles Homeless Authority works. An update on the suspect in the murder of the United Healthcare CEO and insurance rage as a phenomenon and how it began with former reporter Taylor Lorenz. LA City animal activist Sarah Abelson joins the show to discuss the shelter overcrowding issue and the complexity of the issue.
2024-12-0735 min
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonBruce Vilanch Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonBruce Vilanch Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
We were Live with 6x Emmy Winner, Bruce Vilanch, even though he only stakes genuine claim to 2 of them, he’s got 6. Well, he was awarded 6, he gave one to his mother, one to his manager, one to his business manager, and he’s got 2 in his possession. They all still count, Bruce. And they’re all deserved. This human has brought so much joy, and so much laughter to audiences around the globe for decades.
Bruce has written for 24 Oscar broadcasts, was head writer for 14 of them, and collaborated with hosts...
2024-12-0550 min
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonWiliam Katt Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonMy crush on William Katt began decades ago with the tumbling blonde spirals of Tommy Ross in Carrie, the close-cropped Sundance, to the shorter golden curls of Pippin… it wasn’t just the hair, of course… that face, the smile, his voice… the whole damn package. Like millions of other baby boomers, he had us swooning for years. How lovely to sit down with Bill, these almost 50 years later, to discover he’s still got that boyhood charm, mischievous sense of fun, with just a teeny touch of bad boy (note him playfully admonishing his wife when she sneaks into the “set.”...
2024-10-0356 min
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonNarada Michael Walden Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonNarada Michael Walden Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
Wow! I’ve seen hundreds of photos, loads of videos - I’ve never seen Narada Michael Walden in an orange bowler. When was the last time I wore orange? InSync! From the first moment to the last, what a glorious, grateful, exuberant lovefest. Narada is as passionate, fun, inviting, and accessible as his music.
We talked about his first paper drumkit at 5, how he watched, listened, and learned from his heroes. How the soul sounds of Detroit shaped him, how it’s all soul sounds. From his first band at 11...
2024-09-261h 11
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonRumer Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonRumer Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
It had been too long, too many years, since I’d last seen Rumer, whom I first heard about through our mutual friend, the late, J Marshall Craig a decade ago. As soon as I had my first taste I became obsessed with her and made it my quest to have her sing in my living room. I saw her perform at a benefit concert for Jeff Jones about 10 yrs ago and vowed to make it happen. A great friend and collaborator of the late, beloved PF Sloan, Rumer oft lived across th...
2024-09-121h 23
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonWill Lee Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonWill Lee Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
Head to head with the DNC, two news junkies didn’t walk into a bar but did get lost in conversation and fun. It’s easy when one of them is Grammy Winner, crazy talented, lovely, humble human, Will Lee.
It’s been a few years and a world of changes since last we spoke, this time focusing on the road to sobriety, many moons ago, what led there, the price of using, meeting Paul Schaffer, a relationship that changed his life, the two of them holding the distinction of being on Lat...
2024-08-221h 26
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonMelanie Taylor Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonOh, what crazy fun! Melanie Taylor who’s sung with pretty much everybody who’s anybody is such an absolute blast, joy, whip-smart, street-smart, soulful, intuitive, talented, informative, unabashedly opinionated and dare I say… right… at least, right on!
We started with traveling the world, and how Mel’s work, touring, has enabled her to do so, more to the point, how to pack, and what… I was schooled! A girly girl influenced by her stylin’ grandmother, Melanie’s got it all going on, even when she only takes one medium suitcase and a backpack for a month!
A theatre major dancer, a...
2024-07-041h 28
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonTom Bergeron On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonTom Bergeron on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
What a blast to sit down again with the just honored inaugural recipient of The Sam Rubin Award from The Critics Choice Association and Emmy-Winner, Tom Bergeron. The humble humanitarian was as funny and feisty as ever regaling us with one show biz gold story after another and commanding us to Google what he deemed unworthy of repeating (why he left the “dancing show”). He actually scooped it on this very show almost two years ago to the day.
We started with Tom’s current FLiRT with COVID, other than some residual fatigu...
2024-06-271h 14
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonThaao Penghlis Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonThaao Penghlis Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
Looking as fit, youthful, and handsome as ever, thrice Emmy nominated, Thaao Penghlis, was a model of class, sophistication, charisma, and information. As has always been the case, the conversation flowed and the time flew. We talked about Thaao’s travels to Egypt and Greece, how to best visit his family’s homeland, The Lost Treasures, his podcast, his passion for cooking, his first appearance on a cooking show, and what he cooked, the recent drop of the paperback of his Seducing Celebrities One Meal At A Time, why he’s no lon...
2024-06-201h 13
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonToto's Joseph Williams Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonToto’s Joseph Williams Live on Game Changers with Vicki Abelson
Hold the line! What a way to reenter this arena - with arena rockstar Joseph Williams of Toto! I had the best time - can’t stop smiling. Joseph could not have been more accessible, personable, humble, willing, thoughtful, informative… entertaining, and warm––like a fuzzy blanket on a cool summer night. Just loved every minute.
I watched quite a few interviews with Joseph to get to know him a bit before sitting down with him. All that I saw were centered around the music of Toto and Joseph’s solo work–...
2024-06-061h 18
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonRick Vito Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonRick Vito Live on Game Changers with Vicki Abelson
What a lovely way to spend a sunny afternoon. Grammy-nominated guitarist, singer, and producer, Rick Vito, probably best known as a member of Fleetwood Mac, was a sunny delight, hisself. Coming to us Live from Franklin TN, following the release of his recently dropped latest album, Cadillac Man, we wiled away the hour talking his tastes… The Stones, Duane Eddy, BB King, his passions, Jimi Hendrix, Peter Green, his custom guitars, and his history… a 41-year marriage, two great kids, starting out with Delaney and Bonnie and Eric Clapton, what a stor...
2024-04-1155 min
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonWarren Ham Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonWarren Ham Live on Game Changers with Vicki Abelson
What an absolutely delightful sit down with multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, Warren Ham. As much as I was blown away seeing him do his thing (s) Live with Ringo and his All Starr Band, singing lead, background vocals, playing flute, sax, harmonica, keyboards, and percussion, I’m exhausted just typing it, let alone watching him work the entire multi-level stage, I was equally impressed chatting with him. What an engaging, fun, open, self-effacing, lovely, ridiculously talented, accessible, human.
Warren started us with his family’s gospel group, recording his first album at 5. What...
2024-03-281h 04
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonGeorge Schlatter Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonOMG, where has George Schlatter been my whole life? I could've been a contenda!
George Schlatter relishes the accidents and has made a career and created a legacy spinning them into comedy gold. Sock it to me! Here comes the judge! Look that up in your Funk and Wagnells! It’s not everyone who creates language that becomes part of the lexicon. 25x Emmy Nominee, 3x Emmy Winner, Golden Globe WInner, Producers Guild Winner, and Directore’s Guild Man of the Year, George Schlatter is all that and so much more. A television icon, I’m beyond thrilled to have had th...
2024-03-0757 min
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonRicky Byrd Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonRock ’N Roll Hall of Famer Ricky Byrd Live on Game Changers with Vicki Abelson
Hanging out with Rock’N Roll Hall of Famer, Ricky Byrd, is like going home. Back to the days… when we were both in a daze. I was booking the Rock 'N Roll Café on Bleecker Street, Ricky was already a rockstar, center stage as lead guitarist with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, playing those iconic riffs in the fab MTV Music Video Days... when there were ashtrays on restaurant tables, and MTV played music videos. Just found a great pic of Ricky and Elliot Easton...
2024-02-221h 21
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonSteve Lukather Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonSteve Lukather Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
Hold the Line! Steve Lukather may be a bonafide rock star, but he’s also down-to-earth, self-effacing, self-aware, open-minded, hearted, reflective, enthusiastic, passionate, thoughtful, generous, and perhaps sweetest of all, a fanboy like us of his heroes. From the 6-year-old boy blown away by The Beatles on Ed Sullivan, George’s guitar specifically, to the grown man who came to play and friend not only George, but Paul, and closer than close with Ringo, his “boss” for the past decade. Fab stories of all three, not to mention much about Steve and then...
2023-11-161h 20
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonEd Begley Jr. Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonToday I got to hang with Ed Begley who makes me laugh and think and feel and want to do better and be better.
7x Emmy Award Nominee - St Elsewhere, Better Call Saul, Best In Show, Saturday Night Live, Spinal Tap, Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, Going South, She Devil, My Three Sons, The Dating Game, oh yes he did… even winning a date to Australia… we talked them all and then some… Nicholson, Brando, Streep, Cindy Williams, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby, Charles Manson, John Belushi, Harry Nilsson, Harry Dean Stanton, Lorne Michaels, Michael Richard’s… Ed Begley Sr, the Chinatown...
2023-11-0259 min
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonDavid Jackson Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonDavid Jackson Live on Game Changers with Vicki Abelson
What a delight music legend David Jackson is. No surprise. I was warned by his legions of loyal fans, most of whom are his brilliantly talented contemporaries. This was fabulous fun, topped perhaps by pre-fed stories with lots of misinformation which paved the way for the truths, which proved to make it all even more fun. So what if David wasn’t actually at Columbia Studios when George Harrison hid the pot from the cops, he told great story! Who cares if David was with Cher in DC, not the Chateau Ma...
2023-09-281h 29
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonSteve Conte Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonSteve Conte Live on Game Changers with Vicki Abelson
What a great time, as always, when old pal Steve Conte sits down to chat and sing. That voice! Those songs! The stories! Steve played his latest Coolest Song in the World, Fourth of July, co-written with Andy Partridge of XTC, which was a dream come true for Steve and anyone fortunate enough to hear it. He opened the show with that tune, and then almost at the close, after hearing the back story of his admiration, their meeting, growing friendship, and how it bloomed into co-writing 5 of the songs on...
2023-09-071h 33
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJason Scheff Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJason Scheff Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
Rock Star! Jason Scheff’s got the chops, the voice, the lineage, the career, and the hair! And I’m not sure he could be a more lovely, gracious, humble guy. As if thirty years with Chicago weren’t enough, Jason takes us through that experience from the rumors, the auditions, the close race, getting it, the faux pax, righting it big time, the glories of it, the joys, to why he left three decades later.
We started with his dad, the iconic bassist, Jerry Scheff, who’s played with countless legends...
2023-07-062h 19
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonTimothy Busfield Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonFriends who used to be 30 Something, Wingnuts, and Field of Dreamers, lend me your ear (s), and your eyeballs. Emmy-winner Timothy Busfield is a scream! His Burt Lancaster alone is worth the watch. Hysterical, and right on point.
Tim’s amazing bride, Melissa Gilbert joined us for a sec, she’ll be back! But she was a big part of the conversation––how they met, and where––great story. I love how he loves her, and her, him. Their togetherness is epic. We talked how they do it, handle challenges, and resolve them, so quickly. Merging their families - both married for...
2023-05-181h 52
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonMichael Ruff Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonMichael Ruff Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
In his first ever interweb interview, perhaps interview period, 3rd Zoom of his lifetime, and that includes 2 with his family, multiple Grammy-nominated producer and songwriter, BMI Award and Cable Ace Award winner, Michael Ruff, tried to be a little ruff, deflecting and avoiding answering questions about his past but ultimately, answering my questions he did. Even the really tough ones. And the password was FUN!
I’ve had a bit of a run with bad boy musicians who are a tad unpredictable and contrarian- I love a good challenge. Well, I’m ac...
2023-05-111h 34
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonEric McCormack Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonEric McCormack Live on Game Changers with Vicki Abelson
Will and Vicki. The virgin Walden/Abelson voyage. If you’re gonna break the almost 3 yrs to the day pandemic Zoom streak, and do a first Live in person from the new digs, how better than with handsome, charming, fabulous, Emmy, SAG, and GLAAD Award Winning, Eric McCormack? Couldn’t be done. If you’re gonna look into a set of eyeballs, share rarefied air, lotsa laughs, and some snacks, well…it doesn’t get better than this. Thank you, Loren Gold for putting up with my incessant begging and pleading and making...
2023-03-021h 11
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonTeresa James & Terry Wilson Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonTeresa James & Terry Wilson Live on Game Changers with Vicki Abelson
They may sing the blues but they sure make me happy. Grammy nominees Teresa James and Terry Wilson treated us to our first live mini-concert in Game Changers history. And it was spectacular! With their brand new album of reimagined Beatle songs, With a Little Help From Her Friends, which debuted at #9 on the Billboard Blues chart at the fore, the last third of the show was devoted to cuts from said album, and one of my favorites of theirs, Don’t Make A Habit of It. Joining them wa...
2023-02-161h 27
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonKeb’ Mo’ Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonWe talked and walked through Kevin’s childhood, early days of steel drums, french horn, to guitar… architecture, bands, playing parties, selling flowers, Papa John Creach, sessions, his first deal and album as Kevin Moore at 41, to two years later being nominated for a Grammy as Keb’ Mo’… four more Grammy victories, currently awaiting his night at The Staples Center… do I hear six?
We talked about his songwriting––lots of honesty, humility, self-knowing… where his philanthropy and activism began, a ready-to-go draft dodger, his one ask - to meet Taj Mahal, and boy, did he meet him. Working with Darius Rucker and...
2022-12-291h 35
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJohn Waite On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJohn Waite Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
John, no Waite-ing! Hot on the heels of his just-dropped doc, the ridiculously talented insanely handsome activist, humanist, and gifted storyteller, made time for us this morn prior to his concert tonight in Atlanta, which is being recorded for a Live album no less. As if Georgians didn’t have enough to celebrate this day. I certainly did. It was more than worth waking up at the crack of dawn after watching the Warnock runoff victory speech last night and then John Waite - The Hard Way (streaming as of yesterday on...
2022-12-081h 02
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonGregory Harrison Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonPaging Steven Spielberg! Actor Gregory Harrison's real-life story as the first moral conscientious objector needs to be told. And boy did he tell us here. I'm left in awe, mortified, inspired, and grateful, to name but a few adjectives I'm feeling.
A gifted storyteller as well as thespian, singer, songwriter, and producer, I've known Gregory for years, we've sat down a number of times, but he's always more provocative, informative, fascinating, and passionate than the time before.
Trapper John MD, Falcon Crest, Razorback, Logan's Run, Sisters, One Tree Hill, Gregory starred with moi in The M Word, well he was...
2022-12-011h 31
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonPeter Riegert Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonPeter Riegert Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
Stories, stories, and more stories, one better than the next, all fantastical! Peter Riegert exceeded my high expectations and that’s an exceedingly tall order.
Somehow 2 hrs and 45 min flew by in an instant, yet at the same time, we got to know so much about Peter, his life, his work, his thoughts, his heart, and his art.
From the Bronx boy playing stickball to marching with Martin, who had a dream, to an underachieving student, teacher, and waiter, Bella Abzug, to improv, War Babies to Peter’s first resume and head...
2022-09-082h 45
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonDavid Proval Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonCan you top this? Yes, we can. How the hell is it possible that this sitdown with The Sopranos Richie Aprile aka David Proval, will go down as one of the most entertaining shows yet? It shall. WOW. What fun. Great stories. Crazy coincidences. More great stories.
As if it wasn’t enough that David’s mother and I share the same family name, and she has the same country of origin as my grandma with the same name, we’re both New Yorkers, David went to Yeshiva, my father taught Yeshiva, our paths crossing about a decade ago while filmin...
2022-08-111h 32
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonTim Matheson Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonIf you look up “fun,” it’ll take you right to this thing right here. Exceeding my high expectations, Tim Matheson is even more gorgeous, charming, intelligent, animated, accessible, and fabulous than I could’ve imagined. Don’t think I’ve ever had more fun at 11 in the morning.
Squeezing us in on a busy day of meetings, and a table read for Netflix’s #1 smash, Virgin River, which Tim both stars in, and oft directs, he was relaxed, gave us his full attention, energy, passion, and focus, and, what a treat it was after all these years of adoring him.
We jumpe...
2022-08-031h 05
Mr Cozzo Seven/ElevenClub Cozzo 170 The Face Radio / PrismThis week, Mr Cozzo plays new music from Jeremy Sylvester, Ben Malone, Stuart King and Demuir.
The track of the week is Prism by Adonis Rivera.
Tune into new broadcasts of Club Cozzo every Saturday from 10 PM – Midnight EST / 4 – 6 AM CET (Sunday).
Jeremy Sylvester & James Mckenzie - Pressure Point [Urban Dubz Music]
Nenor - Work That [Razor-N-Tape Records]
Laurent Simeca - Moody [MONOSIDE]
Bass Toast - Obnoxious Groove (Dream Mix) [Happiness Therapy]
Kpsh - Paralell Punch [OneSun Yellow]
Johannes Albert - Pt. 1 (Original Mix) [Frank Music]
Enzo Leep - 500 Milles (Tapesh & Saintes Remix) [XYZ Underground]
Palmiz - Moogy (Original Mix) [Whoy...
2022-07-012h 00
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonStuart Pankin On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonStuart Pankin on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
There are no accidents and no mistakes. A cancellation led to a speedy opportunity, that I’m so grateful to have had. Five-time nominated and CableAce Award winner for HBO’s, Not Necessarily The News, Stuart Pankin, originally scheduled for August, jumped in tonight, and what an absolute joy!
We talked about the early days, how this constantly working actor never had to have a day job, with one short exception, funny story here. From Columbia University to theatre from off off off, to repertory, Shakespeare in the Park, how fellow sword carr...
2022-06-091h 30
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonMark Metcalf On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonAre you kidding me! I suspected from the first email from Mark Metcalf that we were gonna have fun, but wow! This time with Mark exceeded all my high hoped-for expectations.
The Maestro, The Master, yes, but for me, Mark has always been Neidermeyer. Even when he’s appearing in Ally McBeal, Hill Street Blues, One Life to Live, Oscar, Jag, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Seinfeld, Star Trek Voyager, Mad Men, that smug bad boy always shines through and makes me smile. Now, having met him, engaged with him, he's all of the above and so much more.
I must se...
2022-04-141h 04
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJohn Waite On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJohn Waite on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
Ridiculously talented, socially conscious, funny as hell, and easy on the eyes, the return of John Waite was well worth the waite. How I adore this man, artist, human. Damn, he's fun.
With the mid-April release of his upcoming EP, Anything, his rendition of the tragically timely again, Masters of War (contained within his brilliant cover design), dropping as a single today on all streaming services, except Spotify, his activism for Ukraine––The Babys, busting the charts with his #1, chart-topper, Missing You, Bad English, Alison Krauss, Ringo Starr, great stories with Rod Stew...
2022-03-191h 30
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonDavid Wild On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonWhen you’re writing with Ringo, lunching with Linda (McCartney), sharing royalties, and frolicking with the Friends, life doesn’t suck. Such is the earned, charmed life of Peabody and Emmy-winning television writer and producer, longtime Rolling Stone writer and editor, New York Times best-selling author, and prominent pop culture commentator, David Wild. When Dylan requests you, Prince plays privately for you, Van Morrison runs from then succumbs to you, life doesn’t suck.
David worked at Esquire straight outta Cornell, was hand-picked by Jann Wenner to be the editor, and then wrote countless stories for the cover of The Rollin...
2022-02-031h 43
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonWillie Ames On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonDo not pass Go, do not collect $200, just hit play. Now. Please. Teen idol, Willie Aames, shares heart, romance, love, sensitivity, thoughtfulness, emotional intelligence, great ideas, humility, humanity, forgiveness, speaks of destiny, success, bottoming out, addiction, recovery, reinvention, study, diligence, persistence, getting everything, losing it all, rebuilding, and, in the end, winning… Winnie. One of the greatest love stories ever told, coupled with one of the most sobering tales of abuse and excess which took an overachiever and kicked him to the curb.
From TV screens at 9 - The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, The Odd Couple, Medical Center, hanging arou...
2022-01-061h 44
CBS Radio Mystery TheaterYou Tell Me Your DreamsHyperNatural - Show Sponsor The Best Men’s Polo Shirts-Men’s Journal HYPER NATURAL “The Best Men’s Polo Shirts of 2024” – Men’s Journal. HyperNatural offers polos, tees, and button-ups that deliver unmatched comfort and style, featuring Hyper-Cool Jade® technology for natural cooling. Enjoy an exclusive discount with my promo code! 20% Off HYPER NATURAL In this intriguing episode of Radio Mystery Theater, we delve into the enigmatic world of dreams and their mysterious connection to reality. Hosted by EG Marshall, the story unfolds with a psychiatrist, Dr. Lucy Abelson, who finds herself entangled...
2021-12-3047 min
Twin Peaks UnwrappedA Very Ronnie Rocket Holiday Special Pt.2Scott Ryan is back to host our yearly holiday special.
We bring back the Unseen Players to act out 10 parts from the Ronnie Rocket script and we have John Thorne & Joel Bocko for our panel discussion.
~Unseen Players Cast List~
Narrator......................Chris Mathews (Scenes 1 - 3)
Narrator......................Bill Abelson (Scenes 4 - 6)
Narrator......................Robyn Lynne Norris (Scenes 7 - 10)
The Detective.............John Salinas
Terry............................Maya Adkins
Mr. Green.....................Colt Wilson
Receptionist................Joyce Picker
Bob..............................Marcell Fraiser
Dan..............................Aaron Cohen
Deborah......................Julia Rollo
Johnny & Riley.............Peter Hallin
Mr. Barko & Teache...
2021-12-271h 19Twin Peaks UnwrappedA Very Ronnie Rocket Holiday Special Pt.1Scott Ryan is back to host our yearly holiday special.
We bring back the Unseen Players to act out 10 parts from the Ronnie Rocket script and we have John Thorne & Joel Bocko for our panel discussion.
~Unseen Players Cast List~
Narrator......................Chris Mathews (Scenes 1 - 3)
Narrator......................Bill Abelson (Scenes 4 - 6)
Narrator......................Robyn Lynne Norris (Scenes 7 - 10)
The Detective.............John Salinas
Terry............................Maya Adkins
Mr. Green.....................Colt Wilson
Receptionist................Joyce Picker
Bob..............................Marcell Fraiser
Dan..............................Aaron Cohen
Deborah......................Julia Rollo
Johnny & Riley.............Peter Hallin
Mr. Barko & Teache...
2021-12-201h 27
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonRuss Kunkel On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonWhat a gift to be able to look iconic drummer Russell Kunkel in the virtual eye and say, thank you. A lifetime fan, I’ve seen and heard Russ play more times than I can begin to count. His beat literally weaves through the musical Tapestry of my life (see what I did there). Add to that, a sweet, gentlemanly, romantic soul, he's all that and a bag of sticks.
We started with The Immediate Family and came back around, full circle.
I honored the time promised (it's Russ's last night with his beautiful bride for a spell, so we ke...
2021-11-1158 min
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonRuta Lee Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonSometimes all that glitters is gold. Actress, dancer, philanthropist, pisser, Ruta Lee, is one bodacious, bawdy broad, absolutely gorgeous, inside and out.
This was not the time to be having a bad hair day and wardrobe issues. Sitting across the virtual desk from this stunner I felt like an ill-kempt man. I couldn’t take my eyes off the perfectly coiffed and made-up woman whose lipstick never lost its luster through an hour of conversation, whilst mine disappeared faster than
Florence Griffith-Joyner at the starting gate. And yet, Ruta, at every turn, was warm, inclusive, and oh so kind to me...
2021-11-041h 01
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonBennett Salvay Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonIt was wonderful to sit down at last with multi-BMI Award-winning composer, conductor, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist, Bennett Salvay. Scheduled to join me on March 11th, 2020, I chickened as he and wingman, Pete George, had very recently flown (and boy were their arms tired), and the COVID threat was ever-growing. Two days later we were in lockdown. Here, 19 months later we be. Some things, and people, are worth waiting for.
Bennett was working on the Linda Ronstadt doc, Linda and The Mockingbirds, with Jackson Browne, a follow-up doc to Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice, which Bennett scored, which won...
2021-10-211h 24
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonKenny Aaronson Live On Game Changers With VickiStories! Man does my old pal, Kenny Aaronson, have them, and, he was in them when their monster hit, Brother Louie, was #1. I love rock ’n roll, and savored every word of Kenny’s incredible career from Dust with Marky Ramone, to his current gig with The Yardbirds, a 50-year dream come true. There’s so damn much betwixt and between and stories for all of it. How he got each gig, highlights, and how they came to a close. Playing with Hall & Oats before they hit huge, opening with them for Lou Reed, suing Tommy Motolla to get paid, that t...
2021-10-141h 56
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonBarry Pearl Live On Game Changers With Vicki Abelson'Twas Doody, no shit! Barry Pearl, my fab new friend was such a delight, tonight. Grease is the word, and Barry’s got lots of ‘em. Great stories about Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Jeff Conaway. We talked his beginnings from tap class in Lancaster Pa to the original Bye Bye Birdie on Broadway at 11, and then Broadway’s Oliver with The Monkees Davy Jones, right after, where I saw him! I was but a little girl, my first Broadway show, literally life-changing. Great story about the cast on Ed Sullivan, with The Beatles. What! There was C.P.O. Sharkey, starring Don Ri...
2021-10-071h 39
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonEddie Martinez Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonWhat a treat to meet the artist behind more cross-genre iconic licks than I can count. Fellow Bronxite, Eddie Martinez, surrounded by platinum records, without a trace of a New York accent, was fun, whip-smart, thoughtful, articulate, inclusive, with stories to spare. Inspired by the Beatles, Hendrix, and Beck, Eddie started out when his neighbor, Nile Rogers, lead him to his first professional gig with Mother Night. Eddie took us through his time with LaBelle, game-changer, rocker, Nona Hendrix, Blondie, at the height of their heyday, cross-over to jazz with Lenny White and then Stanley Clarke and George Duke, She’s...
2021-09-301h 25
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonCarmine Rojas Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonHe's all about the bass. And, keys, who knew? Carmine Rojas has dug the groove on so much iconic music of our time. Not sure I've ever seen more gold and platinum records in one room.
I’ve been circling Carmine’s orbit since the streets of Bleecker and the Club of China. There were jams, loads of mutual friends, attempts to get him on this show, A Bowie Celebration show at his invitation, some Facebook messages, but this is the first time we’ve had an extended conversation in all these years. Now that we’ve chatted, it seems there we...
2021-08-261h 46
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJohn Waite Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJohn Waite Live On Game Changers With Vicki Abelson by Vicki Abelson
2021-08-051h 25
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonMichael Gross Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsoWhat a delight going Live with actor, and friend, Michael Gross. A pro, he handled the intro whilst I dealt with FB frustrations. We touched ever so briefly on the pandemic, jumped into Michael’s humble beginnings in Chicago, as a lower middle class, parochial school-going alter boy, raised by a fair-minded before his time, father, and a fearless, creative, impromptu mother who inspired and gave permission to Michael and his younger, one day to be SNL success-story, Mary Gross. With a mid-western work ethic, a chance role in High School as the comic relief in Oklahoma at an all-girls sc...
2021-07-221h 37
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonPhil Parlapiano Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonHad a great time chatting and getting to know Mr. Squeeze, Phil Parlapiano. From the meaning of his name, and how he got his nickname, what he did over his pandemic staycation, his grandma's guidance, to his first keys, early influences, not The Beatles... at first, pre-teen gigs, touring with Joan Baez, his first big gig at 22, his deal at Geffen, John Prine, 9 years with JOHN PRINE, sigh, Elvis Costello, Jon Bon Jovi, Iron Butterfly, placing music and scoring film, and appearing on it (he's on the shortlist when they want accordionist)... Barry, Shameless, Titanic, sessions, and his ongoing current...
2021-07-151h 57
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonEddie Ojeda Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonChatting Live with long-time friend Eddie Ojeda of Twisted Sister was like going home... and after all these years I just discovered we're both Bronxites.
Loved chatting about the early years, the first guitar, being inspired by the Beatles, he was a Paul, a few years later, a thisclose encounter with John, SPX to Twisted Sister, the successes and the "if only." From clubs to stadiums, to wedding band and back again, ending the touring reign on top, once again headlining stadiums.
We talked Eddie's Twisted Hot Sauce, it's fab, you can get it here:
twistedhotsauce.com, his appearance on...
2021-07-011h 21
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonSteve Conte Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonSteve Conte is a jumbo slice of Rock 'n Roll Heaven. We got treated to his latest single, Recovery Doll, a recent Coolest Song in the World on Little Steven's Underground Garage, the B side, Rock And Rye Queen, and, Gimme Rockaway, which was not only another Coolest Song in the World, it also placed in the top 5 for Coolest Song of the Year, on the heels of Ian Hunter, and The Monkees. He's in my top rock voices of all time.
Steve was chicken soup for the crazies soul, one of us, he shared how the Conte's have been...
2021-06-241h 49
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonSteve Postell Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonIt's been a long ride with singer/songwriter/producer, Steve Postell. We go back to Bleecker Street in the heady daze of the New York club scene. I was booking the Rock 'N Roll Café and Steve was fresh outta Pure Prairie League. I was RockStar struck. I booked him that day and have continued to for the past 30 + years wherever I went and whatever I did. When I had my book launch at The Federal it was Steve I went to. He put together the most kick-ass jam band, as he always does. Steve has the distinction of being t...
2021-06-171h 57
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonDonna Pescow Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonSCORE! Pure joy! #DonnaPescow is, even more of a dream than I'd hoped. The woman is hysterical! #SaturdayNightFever #Angie #EvenStevens #OutOfThisWorld #GreatStories #Travolta #FUN #GameChangersWithVickiAbelson Replay here:
https://bit.ly/3g9e5JH
It's such a joy when those I've adore and admire exceed expectations. Ka-ching! Donna Pescow is, even more, a dream than I'd hoped. The woman is hysterical! I loved the non-stop laughs, coupled with great showbiz stories, and thoughtful reflection of the work, and the people.
From Miss Sing at Sheepshead Bay HS to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, to a Best Supporting Actress Award by...
2021-06-101h 27Twin Peaks UnwrappedTwin Peaks Unwrapped 250: Community Rewatch S2: Episode29For the 30th anniversary, John Thorne talks with us about Twin Peaks episode 29. The Unseen Players and Ken Welsh, as Windom Earle, performs unseen scenes.
John Thorne @thornewip
https://anchor.fm/peaksinmyhouse
The Essential Wrapped In Plastic: Pathways to Twin Peaks is available on Amazon at http://amzn.com/099710810X
The Unseen Players
Ken Welsh as Windom Earle
Maya Adkins as Annie Blackburn
Chris Mathews as Doc Hayward
Peter Hallin as Agent Cooper
Aaron Cohen as Agent Cooper
Rebecca Plant as The Narrator
Bill Abe...
2021-06-071h 28
DailyJO by John Oberg#068 Dr Michael Abelson (on Relationships and Humility)Dr. Michael Abelson is CEO/President of The Abelson Group, working with leaders and other staff to identify, explore and solve day-to-day strategic, operational, and human resource issues. Michael is a developer of people, consultant, trusted advisor, award-winning educator and an expert witness (specializing in human resource, administrative, governance/fiduciary matters). Join us in a conversation that centers around people and relationships, and particularly that powerful ability to lead with humility.
If you enjoy our podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in h...
2021-05-0453 minTwin Peaks UnwrappedTwin Peaks Unwrapped 246: Community Rewatch S2: Episode 23, 24, 25, 26Courtenay Stallings, Josh Minton and Andy Bentley join us to talk about Twin Peaks episode 23, 24, 25, 26.
Courtenay's book Laura's Ghost: Women Speak about Twin Peaks is available at www.bluerosemag.com
Josh Minton
@JoshuaMinton
Red Room Podcast: HERE
In Our House Now: HERE
More info about Josh's book A Skeleton Key To Twin Peaks: https://jbmintonwriter.com/a-skeleton-key-to-twin-peaks
Andy Bentley
@abuddah
The Unseen Players
John Salinas as The Narrator, Jerry Horne and Andy Brennan
Sophiah Koikas as Catherine Martell
Bill Abelson as Andr...
2021-05-031h 12
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonKenny Aronoff Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonForgetaboutit! I thought I was going to be sitting down with one of the most prolific drummers to ever pick up sticks... yeah, there's that, there's also wisdom out the wazoo. I'm talking mind, body. spirit, health. Kenny Aronoff shared strategies for living, working, solutions, tools, suggestions. Wow. This here is packed with passionate guidance. We did get to his career. The players, the stories! Wow, x 2. The kicker, he's easy, entertaining, and fun! I want Kenny to be my life coach. Under his tutelage and example, I can imagine what would be doable. Guessing I'd lose the weight, get...
2021-04-152h 29
Twin Peaks UnwrappedTwin Peaks Unwrapped 239: Community Rewatch S2: Episode 15 & 16Ben and Bryon talk with John Thorne and J.C. Hotchkiss about Twin Peaks episodes 15 and 16. John Thorne@thornewiphttp://www.bluerosemag.comhttps://anchor.fm/peaksinmyhouseThe Essential Wrapped In Plastic: Pathways to Twin Peaks is available on Amazon at http://amzn.com/099710810X J.C. Hotchkiss @JHotch726@BookhouseBabes 25yearslatersite.com Unseen PlayersCaitlin Schrein as the NarratorAndy Bentley as Ben Horne and Andy BrennanBob Klier as Jerrry Horne and Hank JenningsBill Abelson as the Narrator and GerardColt Wilson as Dale CooperJimmy Sisto as Harr...
2021-02-091h 13Twin Peaks UnwrappedTwin Peaks Unwrapped 239: Community Rewatch S2: Episode 15 & 16Ben and Bryon talk with John Thorne and J.C. Hotchkiss about Twin Peaks episodes 15 and 16.
John Thorne
@thornewip
http://www.bluerosemag.com
https://anchor.fm/peaksinmyhouse
The Essential Wrapped In Plastic: Pathways to Twin Peaks is available on Amazon at http://amzn.com/099710810X
J.C. Hotchkiss
@JHotch726
@BookhouseBabes
25yearslatersite.com
Unseen Players
Caitlin Schrein as the Narrator
Andy Bentley as Ben Horne and Andy Brennan
Bob Klier as Jerrry Horne and Hank Je...
2021-02-091h 13
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonCandy Clark On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonI’ve been a candy fan all my life, I’ve been a Candy Clark fan almost as long. Her Academy Award Nominated performance as Debbie Dunham in American Graffiti is unforgettable.
We started with a few tech issues. It was worth the little time and frustration for the great stories and fun which followed.
We talked vaccines, pandemic protocols, adjusted living, shopping, eating, to making new friends in th midst of it. Candy's got her neighbors, I've got the COVID crazies.
We touched on the lunacy but focused on hope.
Candy walked us through her humble beginnings in Texas, wher...
2021-02-041h 39
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonGregory Harrison On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonSensational storytelling from actor, activist, veteran, sober, surfer, husband, father, grandpa, success story on celluloid and in life, Gregory Harrison. And, the whole gorgeousness thing.
We talked his Catalina upbringing, playing baseball and the guitar. A medic during the Vietnam War, stationed in Germany, he set a precedent as the first non-religious conscientious objector. A medic, he set the stage for Trapper John MD, which launched him to stardom. We touched on Logan's Run, Sisters, Henry Jaglom's The M Word, where we met, his Broadway debut in Steel Pier, his just before the pandemic stage turn starring in The Lion...
2021-01-281h 38
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonZane Carney Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonI don't even know where to begin. Zane Carney is a brilliant guitarist, singer/songwriter, actor, tech wiz, gamer... and his mind! Dare I say, genius? I do. A seeker, he's always asking questions, and he actually listens to the answers. Zane puts the knowledge into action, sans ego, bettering himself, and all in his wake, at every turn. I'm blown away. Literally, mind, heart, and spirit, blown! I knew his music, and I've had enough dealings with him to know how personable, enthusiastic, demonstrative, kind, thoughtful, and lovely he is. Put all that together and the time spent in...
2020-09-242h 19
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJohn Byner On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonChicken soup for the COVID soul. Seventy minutes in heaven with impressionist, comedian, actor, icon, John Byner. A hero of mine for as long as I can remember, he exceeded all my hopes, as a talent and a human. What a lovely, lovely man. I suspect his fabulous attitude had much to do with his wonderful career and the spectacular life he lives. He appreciates and cherishes it all. John's a power of example.
We talked his early days at The Vanguard in the Village, getting his first TV break on a Merv Griffith talent show and then, Ed Sullivan...
2020-08-131h 09
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonRichard TBear Live On Game Chnagers With Vicki AbelsonWe were Live with RIchard TBear. As his friend Mike FInnigan might say, what a life! We talked Belushi, his Joe Cocker, The Blues Brothers, SNL, getting blasted, Wired, Woodward, that fatal night, getting blacklisted... RIchie Havens starting him off, Allee Willis (*weeps*) and writing for Cher, getting sober, John Prine, Steve Goodman, oh hell yeah! Opening for The J Geils Band and getting balled, not in the good way, turning it around, The Doobie Brothers, Edgar Winter, the Fillmore East, Stephen Stills, Loren Gold, Alvino Bennett, Snuffy Walden, producer Tony Braunagel, who stopped by and shared a story about...
2020-02-131h 20
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonBruce Vilanch Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonWe were Live with 6x Emmy Winner, Bruce Vilanch. Oscars, Tonys, Grammys, Emmys! He's written for all of them. EGOT adjacent! We talked Bette, Barry, and Billy, to peoples who don’t have B names... Jane Fonda, Sidney Lumet, Kay Ballard (ooo, that's a B) who gave him his first break, Robin Williams, Hugh Jackman, Johnnie Carson, Robert Wuhl, Paul Lynde, Neil Simon, Ann-Margret, Jack Palance, Whoopi, Harvey Fierstein, Carol Channing, Carol Lynley, Keanu Reeves,. Johnny Depp, John Hughes... from sleep-away camp to Broadway... girls to men... straight-up gay sidestepping the war; journalist, comedy writer, to inhabiting a square, a Ho...
2020-01-301h 46
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonLarry Hankin Lve On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonHave I heard a better storyteller? I'd be hard pressed to name them. Larry Hankin took us through initial audition to shooting Breaking Bad and the follow-up film, El Camino ... from casting director, to creator/director, Vince Gilligan, to stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, with excruciating honesty. Getting Barry, working with Bill Hader whom he loves, an actor's director who just let him go... as did Woody Allen, the lessons learned doing Annie under John Houston, director's who over direct... starting in stand-up and within 6 months, a long time to Larry, opening for Woody Allen, being managed by his...
2020-01-162h 10
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJason Butler Harner Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonFabulous conversation with Obie Award winner, Drama Desk and SAG Award nominee, Jason Butler Harner, who's about to co-star with John Slattery in neXt on Fox. You may remember him from Ozark, Ray Donovan, The Blacklist, Scandal, Alcatraz, Changeling, Bernhardt Hamlet… screens large and small, stages from Broadway to the Geffen... here with stories of Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Janet McTeer, Sarah Paulson, Colleen Dewhurst, Ben Gazzara, Clint Eastwood, Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Geri Jewel.. and how he's managed to be a working actor for 20+ years. No Plan B. He had sage wisdom––the world reflects back to you what you gi...
2019-08-301h 36
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonMike Lang Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonFrom unknowing to extreme fandom in five easy minutes. For those in the know, this is a given. For those not, the opening of the show, where pianist composer, Mike Lang treats us to his Rural State of Mind, makes the case in certain terms. The man is a musical genius. From his gift at the keys, to his vast knowledge, expertise, finesse and collections, he’s a gift.
I had the great good fortune to attend a Jazz concert at Zipper Concert Hall, two weeks past. Great good fortune and jazz in the same sentence have not oft been ut...
2019-08-101h 51
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonFred Willard Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonFred Willard’s a national treasure. Spending time with him in his kitchen reminiscing about how he got to Fernwood 2 Night, and all that followed was a thrilling joyride. There’s no way to begin to assess the gazillions of laughs he’s responsible for. In my house alone. We talked about fun at Phil’s with current Emmy Nominee, Phil Rosenthal, Second City, Ace Trucking Company, Fernwood 2-Night, Martin Mull, Norman Lear, Charlton Heston, Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, Spinal Tap, Roseanne, Tom Arnold, Laverne and Shirley, Lenny & Squiggy, Saturday Nigh Liv...
2019-07-191h 28
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonSteve Resnik The 45 King Live On Game Changers WIth Vicki AbelsonIf you love the rock 'n roll, and who doesn't... Mitch Miller! (That story here.) Steve Resnik, creator, curator, and owner of the West Coast Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame Museum, and human encyclopedia of rock 'n roll, takes us through his growing up in Chicago in the 50s and 60s, coming alive as kid with the birth of said, rock 'n roll, walking us through the early days to the glory days. First as a passionate, obsessed listener and appreciator, to college radio program director, interviewer, where Stevie Wonder, Jim Morrison, and Led Zeppelin are a very few...
2019-06-272h 12
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonSteve Conte On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonThere aren't too many people who rock like my old pal, Steve Conte. This boy sings his ass off, and plays, like hell. In the best possible way. In town for Samantha’s graduation (surreal and fabulous), we were Live from New York. From my hotel room. Where the room was so cramped, and the hotel so unaccommodating, they wouldn’t loan me a second chair, thus the interview from my bed. Not as obscene as it sounds, or looks, Harry and Samantha were a few feet away. Steve opened the BROADcast with his OK DJ, a Coolest Song in the...
2019-05-241h 33
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonCoco Dolenz Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonWhat a gas (the good kind) we had with Coco Gemma Dolenz. Great stories about how she got her name, her brother Micky, their folks, the music, the movies. the Restaurant, Circus Boy, peroxide, The Monkees, what she learned from Peter, Mike, and Davy; The Beatles, John and George, Nilsson, Harry and Zak, Billy Bob Thornton, Dolenz & Daughters, Dolenz Delights, Etsy… music, food, a cookbook, salads, the human spirit, Religious Science, standards, recording new music, Cole Porter, singing with Micky, with Micky and Davy, with The Monkees, and currently with The Mike and Micky Show, Good Times, It’s Not Easy...
2019-04-261h 48
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonRob Bonfiglio On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonSome things, some people are worth waiting for. Rob Bonfiglio is certainly one. From the opening moments of the show, Rob kills the title track of his recently dropped masterful power pop CD, Trouble Again. A Philly boy, Rob takes us through the junior high school band that wasn’t, the teacher who opened the door to jazz which became Rob’s passion, Berklee College of Music, Wanderlust his first signed band, who just happened to open for The Who. Stop! He speaks of the meeting and courtship of his soon to be bride, Carnie Wilson––their early days in Philly...
2019-04-111h 53
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonEsai Morales Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonI love surprises. I’m not sure I’ve ever been more thrillingly unprepared for the fabulousness that was about to unfold. Fleaxatarian (he ‘splains), actorvist, Esai Morales, is a revelation. I knew I adored his work from Bad Boys, La Bamba, NYPD Blue, to Ozark, with so much fineness in between… but it’s the man––the human––the passionate, quite brilliant, committed, inspiring, humble, real, self-aware, loving, sensitive soul, who blew me away. For 2 hrs and 16 min, Esai was spellbindingly entertaining, informative, enlightening, and gottdamned exciting, I don’t need to mention easy on the eyes… isn’t it just a ridiculous giv...
2019-02-072h 16
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonOz Noy On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonThe Wizard of Oz. Noy. There’s no man behind the curtain. He’s the real deal. A working musician since the age of 13, a session musician no less, he took his native Israel by a rock/pop/jazz storm, a recognized part of their hit talk show house band by his early 20s. He’s been killing it worldwide since.
No drinks, no drugs, fastidious practice, make the man, and the musician.
With 10 albums of his own, Oz has played with just about everybody. Including his heroes. Getting to play rhythm guitar on Walk This Way with Steve Tyler and Jo...
2019-01-241h 04
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonThaao Penghlis Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonArriving at actor, author, collector, world-traveler, chef, and scholar, Thaao Penghlis’s home was a feast for the senses. Magnificent art and artifacts from the entrance to the john, where an enormous, gorgeous, Peter O’Toole as Lawrence oversees the proceedings. Next visit, I hope, a feast the belly––hIs lentil white bean soup recipe had Christinna and I salivating. Thaao lives his life to the full, doing and being his best at whatever he’s approaching at that moment.
From his childhood in Australia, enmeshed in everything Greek, to struggling to eat in New York where he assisted his mentor in...
2018-12-131h 35
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonFred Melamed Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonA rare guest I didn’t know prior to sitting down here, what a revelation and a treat to meet Fred Melamed. Lovely from the start, I was unprepared for his brutal humility, fierce self-reflection, and unflinching honesty. A fascinatingly unique conversation focused on how life affected his work, and his work affected his life.
The Coen Brothers award-winning A Serious Man star talked being adopted, his producer father and visits to the Car 54 set; his unmothering mother, Chanukah as resistance and how it applies today; falling into acting and earning his way into Yale Drama with David Alan Grier, “Fran...
2018-12-061h 54
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJimmy Vivino Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJimmy Vivino, Conan O’Brien’s long-time musical director, played, sang, and told first-hand stories about everyone from James Brown. Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Laura Nyro, Phoebe Snow,Johnny Johnson, Hubert Sumlin, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Muddy Waters, Pinetop Perkins, Levon Helms, John Sebastian, Watkins Glen, The Fillmore East, New Orleans Blues, Uncle Floyd, The Dead, The Band, The Allman Brothers, Paul Shaffer who he credits as teaching him to better orchestrate, Leader of the Pack, Broadway, Ronnie Spector, Felix Cavaliere, The Rascals, Frankie Valli, Robert Palmer., John Prine, Slash, Sly Stone, Bill Graham, The J. Geils Band, Larkin & Poe, Cost...
2018-11-151h 51
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonBob Cowsill Live On Game Changers With VIcki AbelsonSpoiler Alert! Bob Cowsill of The Cowsills debuts tastes of 4 new Cowsills songs which haven’t even been recorded yet. Oh yes, he does! And, we sample three A Cappella versions of their hits, which will drop in mid-2019. Oh, please, stop whatever you’re doing. Or, multi-task. When Bob comes to call, we make records, Well, Bob oft makes records, but he charts news ground, and lightning strikes whenever he’s in the living room. His performance at Women Who Write in 2014 continues to garner views and comments pretty much daily. This show, I suspect, will do in kind. Bob not onl...
2018-10-111h 50
Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonJudy Tenuta Live On Game Changers With Vicki AbelsonWe were Live with The Goddess of Love. The Petite Flower, The Aphrodite of the Accordion, The Fashion-Plate Saint, The Princess of Panty Shields, The Empress of Elvis Impersonators, The Judy of Judyism, Judy Tenuta... and she was HYSTERICAL!
Judy talked about Ladies of the Night which she did with Paula Poundstone, Rita Rudner and Ellen Degeneres, who back then said, "I want to do TV." Now that's manifesting! She talked Emo Philips, Jay Leno, Steven Wright, Sam Kinison, and Arsenio, who were there in the early days. And Tom Dreesen who walked her through it. George Carlin who took...
2018-09-271h 18
KodsnackKodsnack 271 - Skriva sitt eget sockerFredrik och Kristoffer snackar väderdata och värdering av samlade data. Gamla papers, språk som skrevs utan att någon inblandad sett en dator, spännande saker att livekoda med mera. Kristoffer behöver göra nya saker för att få ämnen att hålla presentationer om. Vi jobbar oss hela vägen tillbaka till Lisps barndom innan vi jobbar oss framåt igen, hela vägen till Gos sophantering. Som avslutning pratar vi, utifrån Linus Torvalds korrespondens kring Linuxkärnans utveckling, om att kommunicera bra och dåligt, och diskuterar att välja att öka eller...
2018-07-311h 11
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