Weekly Wakeup Call wtv-032

New WTV...

 

Well... welcome to the website for another day. Besides the original podcast about music and the people who love music (I Love the Company) there's a brand new installment of the more politically-minded and socially-conscious podcast, "Where's the Voice" here today!

 

Damn! I know there are people reading this in different parts of the country and different parts of the world, but yesterday here in New York City, the temperature was well over 70 degrees. Hopefully, it won't be long until we're all out in Central Park for the 17th summer at what has become known as - "The Hill".

 

(That is, if the people in the permit office don't create problems for us this year!)

 

Hey, coupla things!

 

First, I wanna say again THANKS to every single person who's helping out with this year's PERMIT FUND. (Actually, by donating something to the permit fun, you help support everything that goes on around here - this website, the podcasts, the concerts, all of these projects.)

 

I love doing what I do. I love my life and I love writing songs and sharing them with all of you. I'm a very lucky man.

 

I'll be letting you know very soon about the next concert in the newest music hall on the Upper West Side of Manhattan - H.I. New York Performance Hall. My last concert with guest artists Christine Lavin and Galia Arad was a sold out success and we're itchin' to do the next in a few weeks.... maybe on the outdoor lawn!!!

 

Y'know?

 

If you're new around here, why don't you take a few minutes to hit the "Archives" button over there and browse some updates... give you a feel for what's been goin' on around here!

 

One thing that's kinda cool.

 

I have a good friend.

His name is Sid.

 

Now, Sid will be out in Central Park and over at H.I.N.Y. every chance he gets this year.

 

Well, Sid is living an amazing life. Seriously. He's done so much to make this world a better place it's just amazing and he keeps dreaming new dreams. (That's one reason he wanted to put his name on this new concert series at H.I. New York Performance Hall.)

 

But, for the few of you who don't know... Sid changed American music history forever when he introduced The Beatles to America.

. .

 

Besides that, he brought The Rolling Stones here... ABBA... countless others. He also played such a huge and underrated role in breaking the racial barriers down in this country by being the first promoter to book white and black acts on the same rock 'n roll bill. (He also made James Brown the very first rock n soul act in Madison Square Garden.) He discovered and managed The Rascals. He's also been humbly on the front lines of political activism from the rise of the Nazis, to the current corruption of the American government, from the civil rights movement to the recent assault on The Constitution... he speaks with presidential candidates and people who have no voice. And he has always spoken out where and when there's been a need. Over his lifetime, he's been some amazing places with some amazing people. (Anyway... you just hafta read his book.)

 

So, Sid has been a promoter, a producer, a manager, an activist for Truth and Reason... he's been immersed in the music business his whole, long life. But he's never played one note and... he's never written a song.

 

Until now.

 

Listen... this is a very, very rough recording of a song that I'm writing all because of a phine message I got from Sid a little while ago. So, I decided the song credits should read:

 

Music: David Ippolito
Lyrics: Sid Bernstein and David Ippolito

 

So like I said, this is a rough demo... a scratch track of this song for you to listen to right now so that you can get your mind and your heart around the song. IT'S NOT FINISHED!!! Some of the lyrics still need work. But you can get the idea.

 

Cool?

 

Here... click on this logo to check out the song.

 

Okay... PODCAST TIME

 

After you listen to both podcasts, 'm gonna ask you one more time to call with absolutely anything you wanna say. Use this phone number for you to call to be a part of all this... right here. Use it to chime in and leave a message for either podcast, a comment, a request, an opinion, or just say "Hey" and let me know where in the country or the world your listening.

646-224-8162

 

NOW... on the sister-podcast to the original. This show, I'm passionate about hearing from you guys today. Here it is... the brand new installment of the more politically-minded and socially conscious podcast, "Where's the Voice". Plug in your headphones, jam in your earbuds or turn on your speakers and listen. (You can always subscribe to the show and get it automatically.)

 

We really do live in a pinball machine.... thing happen so fast. And it's been a few weeks since we met here. On this show, I'm gonna play A WHOLE BUNCH OF YOUR PHONE COMMENTS!!!

HERE'S A BRAND NEW EPISODE OF THE ORIGINAL PODCAST:

 

"I Love the Company" (Show #364)

 

I'm playing a song requested by a listener... a song by a fellow-artist ad friend who will certainly be a guest artist joining me on stage at H.I. New York Performance Hall.

 

Just click on the logo.

SHOW 364

 

Cool? My musical guest on ILTC: Karlus Trapp (Click on his photo to visit his website, find out more about him, where he's playing, and how to get his music.)

 

Okay... gotta run.

 

But, spread the word and keep checking back to find out where we're gonna be hangin' out. Y'know, check back to find out about the next concert at H.I.N.Y and when we're gonna get out to "The Hill"

 

Thanks again for everything