Tue Mar 31, 2009

On Today's Show: www.crntalk.com



Moonalice
Moonalice is a Native American tribe that dates back to the beginning of time. According to Moonalice legend, the tribe descends from Piltdown Woman, or possibly from a couple of naked, snake-charmed gardeners who liked to hang around with friendly dinosaurs. In later times, the tribe evolved into two major clans. One was agricultural, the other nomadic. The farmers were known as hippies. They cultivated many things, but their specialty was a native American crop: hemp. Over the years, the hippies found many uses for hemp and built an advanced culture around it.

Robert Smith - www.lawyers.com
What Every American Taxpayer Needs to Know to Get the Biggest Return in this economy, so many Americans are struggling to make due with less, making it more important than ever to file taxes accurately and on time – in order to get the most out of tax refunds.

Ali Vincent-WINNER "The Biggest Loser"
ALI VINCENT (Phoenix, Arizona), the season 5 winner and first female winner of NBC's hit series "The Biggest Loser," will be available to talk about her appearance in the episode of "The Biggest Loser: Couples" airing that night. Ali, along with season 6 winner Michelle Aguilar, will be filling in as host while host Alison Sweeney is on maternity leave.

FLASHBACK: "Time of the Season" is a song by The Zombies, featured on the 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. The song was written by keyboard player Rod Argent and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in August 1967. Several other songs from Odessey and Oracle were released as singles prior to "Time of the Season." Columbia Records supported the album and its singles at the urging of new A&R Rep, Al Kooper. One of the singles Kooper pushed for was the quite-uncommercial sounding "Butcher's Tale," which he and Columbia thought might catch on as an anti-war statement, at the time a popular trend. "Time of the Season" was only released at Kooper's urging, after previous singles flopped, and made its breakthrough in 1969, over a year after the band split up, reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 early in the year. The song's characteristics include the unique voice of lead singer Colin Blunstone, the memorable bass riff, and Rod Argent's fast-paced psychedelic improvisation. The lyrics are an archetypical depiction of the emotions surrounding the Summer of Love. It is famous for its call-and-response verses "What's your name? (What's your name?)/Who's your daddy? (Who's your daddy?)/(He rich?) Is he rich like me?". Its riffs also are similar to Ben E. King's hit single "Stand By Me".

Mon Mar 30, 2009

On Today's Show: www.crntalk.com

Harlen Coben - International Best Selling author
Harlan Coben is the bestselling author of fifteen previous novels, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Hold Tight, The Woods, Promise Me, and the Myron Bolitar series. He is a winner of the Edgar Award, the Shamus Award, and the Anthony Award.

Scott Silverman - Founder and Executive Director Second Chance
Book - "Tell me No. I Dare You!"
Scott Silverman is the Founder and Executive Director of the highly successful, multi-million dollar non-profit Second Chance, a human services agency committed to breaking the cycles of unemployment, poverty, homelessness and recidivism by offering job readiness training, employment placement assistance, mental health counseling, case management, and affordable housing referrals to people who desire to change their lives. In the last 15 years, Scott Silverman has helped more than 24,000 people successfully find their own Second Chance. In 2008 he was named a CNN Hero of the Week and the City of San Diego named February 19 Scott Silverman Day. Scott is also one of the foremost experts on prisoner release and recidivism in the country.

Adriana Chirilov - founder and CEO of ELA
Adriana Chirilov is the founder and CEO of ELA, the industry leader in global translation and cultural message authentication. A recognized multicultural and linguistics expert, Chirilov founded ELA in 1992 with the intention of combining her love of language with her passion for perfection to set a new industry standard in a previously unregulated field. ELA is the industry leader in language translation and global cultural message authentication. The company specializes in translation, interpretation and cross-cultural consulting in more than 200 languages, as well as protocol training for international companies and their executives. Through its network of 5,200 United States and worldwide professional interpreters, translators and inter-cultural experts, ELA transcends cultural and geographic boundaries to communicate the global voice of business.

William Dietrich - "The Dakota Cipher"
William Dietrich is the author of eight novels, which have sold in twenty-eight languages, as well as several works of nonfiction. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, historian, and naturalist, and teaches at Western Washington University. The novel poses the question: Did Scandinavians get to America 150 years before Columbus?

FLASHBACK - "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" is a song written and recorded by Gary DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer, and Paul Leka; attributed to a then-fictitious band "Steam," it was released under the Mercury subsidiary label Fontana. It became a number one pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1969. Although subsequent recordings and a quickly assembled touring band Steam met with little success, "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" remains a perennial favorite.With DeCarlo as lead vocalist, the three musicians recorded the song in one recording session. Instead of using a full band, Leka spliced together a drum track from one of DeCarlo's four singles and played keyboards himself. "I said we should put a chorus to it (to make it longer)," Leka told Fred Bronson in The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. "I started writing while I was sitting at the piano going 'na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na'...Everything was 'na na' when you didn't have a lyric." Someone else added "hey hey." (Bronson,2003)To everyone's great surprise, the powers-that-be at the label decided to release the song, now named "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye", as the A-side on Fontana, a Mercury Records subsidiary. Leka thought it was "an embarrassing record, not that Gary sang it badly. But compared to his four songs, it was an insult." (Bronson, 2003) Since none of the musicians wanted credit for the tune, a nonexistent group, "Steam", was concocted. "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" rapidly rose to the top of the pop charts, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for a pair of weeks, on December 6 and 13 of 1969; it was Billboard (magazine)'s final multi-week #1 hit of the 1960s. A touring band, quickly assembled and dubbed "Steam" by their producer, Paul Leka, went on tour with the song but quickly disbanded in 1970. Despite the demise of the original band, "Na Na Hey Hey" continued to ride the charts during the 1970s. The original recording of "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" has been released in many collections of oldies songs and re-recorded by other groups. In February 1983, UK girl group Bananarama released the song as a single off their album Deep Sea Skiving. This version became a top ten hit in the United Kingdom, but only a minor hit in the US (Billboard #101) later that year.

Thursday Mar 26, 2009

On Today's Show: www.crntalk.com

Brendan Brazier
Brendan Brazier is one of only a few professional athletes in the world whose diet is 100 percent plant-based. He’s a professional Ironman triathlete, bestselling author on performance nutrition, and the creator of an award-winning line of whole food nutritional products called VEGA. He is also a two-time Canadian 50km Ultra Marathon Champion. "Thrive"

Louis Ferrante - "Unlocked"
Louis Ferrante lived in a world in which fear and muscle ruled. As part of the Gambino crime family, he participated in some of the most lucrative robberies in American history—until the feds caught up with him and he became prisoner number 42365053.

Alton Scarborough "Renaissance"
Alton McClain Scarborough launched her singing career in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Her first manager took her into the studio to cut a single, COME BACK BABY with famed R&B drummer Bernard Purdie producing. The record sold 20,000 copies in the Baltimore/Washington area alone and Alton's career was off and running. Alton then did a series of solo performances and commercials before moving to Los Angeles. With a new manager Alton met her first producer, Frank Wilson who subsequently introduced her to D'Marie Warren and Robyrda Stiger and Alton McClain & Destiny was born.Fronted by Alton's soulful vocals, the group's first album for PolydorRecords produced the Top 40 hit IT MUST BE LOVE. On the strength of that song, the group toured with Teddy Pendergrass, Frankie Beverly & Maze, Chic, Peobo Bryson, The Gap Band and Millie Jackson. They appeared on national television and did a successful tour in Europe. The second album MORE OF YOU was a wonderful collection of upbeat dance tunes and heart wrenching ballads that displayed Alton's unique vocal styling and versatility.However, it was the third album, GONNA TELL THE WORLD, the title having almost a prophetic ring that would bring about many changes in Alton's life. This album was produced by Grammy award winning songwriter, Skip Scarborough. He was indeed Alton's "destiny" and out of that production would come a beautiful marriage and a great music team through which Alton was "gonna tell the world" a different kind of message.

Pete Bils, Chairperson Select Comfort® Sleep Advisory Board
Pete Bils is the senior director of the newly created Sleep Innovation function at Select Comfort. Bils leads the company's efforts to educate consumers about all aspects of sleep, sleep deprivation and sleep solutions. Bils also serves as the Chair of the company's Sleep Advisory Board, a consortium of health care professionals with sleep expertise across several disciplines including sleep disorders, pain management, women's health, pediatrics and clinical sleep research. A new sleep study conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital by Harvard researchers, examined the impact sleep has on our overall well-being and revealed some very surprising results. After only six weeks, the majority of the participants who switched to a different bed reported a significant improvement in sleep quality, which allowed them to fall asleep faster and to sleep longer

FLASHBACK - "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" is a song written and recorded by Gary DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer, and Paul Leka; attributed to a then-fictitious band "Steam," it was released under the Mercury subsidiary label Fontana. It became a number one pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1969. Although subsequent recordings and a quickly assembled touring band Steam met with little success, "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" remains a perennial favorite.

With DeCarlo as lead vocalist, the three musicians recorded the song in one recording session. Instead of using a full band, Leka spliced together a drum track from one of DeCarlo's four singles and played keyboards himself. "I said we should put a chorus to it (to make it longer)," Leka told Fred Bronson in The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. "I started writing while I was sitting at the piano going 'na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na'...Everything was 'na na' when you didn't have a lyric." Someone else added "hey hey." (Bronson,2003)
To everyone's great surprise, the powers-that-be at the label decided to release the song, now named "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye", as the A-side on Fontana, a Mercury Records subsidiary. Leka thought it was "an embarrassing record, not that Gary sang it badly. But compared to his four songs, it was an insult." (Bronson, 2003) Since none of the musicians wanted credit for the tune, a nonexistent group, "Steam", was concocted. "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" rapidly rose to the top of the pop charts, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for a pair of weeks, on December 6 and 13 of 1969; it was Billboard (magazine)'s final multi-week #1 hit of the 1960s. A touring band, quickly assembled and dubbed "Steam" by their producer, Paul Leka, went on tour with the song but quickly disbanded in 1970. Despite the demise of the original band, "Na Na Hey Hey" continued to ride the charts during the 1970s. The original recording of "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" has been released in many collections of oldies songs and re-recorded by other groups. In February 1983, UK girl group Bananarama released the song as a single off their album Deep Sea Skiving. This version became a top ten hit in the United Kingdom, but only a minor hit in the US (Billboard #101) later that year.

Wed Mar 26, 2009

On Today's Show: www.crntalk.com





Robert Kiyosaki - "Rich Dad, Poor Dad"

Robert Kiyosaki¹s first book, Rich Dad Poor Dad, the Number One PersonalFinance book of all time, ranks among the longest running bestseller on allfour of the lists that report to Publishers Weekly‹The New York Times,Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today‹and has held a topspot on the famed New York Times bestseller list for over six years.Translated into 51 languages and available in 109 countries, the Rich Dadseries has sold over 27 million copies worldwide and has dominatedbestseller lists across the United States and around the world. In 2005,Robert was inducted into the Amazon.com Hall of Fame as one of its Top 25authors. There are currently 26 books in the Rich Dad series.



Danielle Holland - Goodbye Analog, Hello Digital

Many older Americans depend on television for critical news and safety information, and may face significant challenges when television signals become exclusively digital on June 12th. Television stations will stop sending out program signals on their analog channels completely by that date but this won’t signal the end of free broadcast television. Your favorite broadcast programs and local television stations will still be available. While the change will mean better quality television picture and more channel options, some may be overwhelmed and confused by the conversion process.



FLASHBACK - Jack Leroy "Jackie" Wilson, Jr. (June 9, 1934 – January 21, 1984) was an American singer. Wilson was important in the transition of rhythm and blues into soul. Gaining fame in his early years as a member of the R&B vocal group, The Dominoes, after going solo in 1957 he went on to record over fifty hit singles over a repertoire that included R&B, pop, soul, doo-wop and easy listening before lapsing into a coma following a collapse on stage during a 1975 benefit concert. By the time of his death in 1984, he had become one of the most influential soul artists of his generation Wilson was shot and wounded by one of his alleged lovers, Juanita Jones, on February 15, 1961. Allegedly, Jones shot Wilson in a jealous rage when he returned to his apartment with another woman, fashion model Harlean Harris, an ex-girlfriend of Sam Cooke. In order to protect his reputation, Wilson's management concocted a story that Jones was an obsessed fan who threatened to shoot herself, and that Wilson's intervention concluded in his being shot. The story was accepted, and no charges were brought against Jones. Freda Hood, Jackie's first wife with whom he had four children, divorced him in 1965 after fourteen years of marriage. He married Harris in 1967, but split up soon after. Jackie later met and lived with Lynn Crochet, and they had two children. He was with Lynn up until his heart attack and on-stage accident in 1975. However, as he and Harris never officially divorced, Harris took the role of Wilson's caretaker for the singer's remaining nine years. Wilson was a convert to Judaism. Wilson suffered a massive heart attack while playing a Dick Clark show at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey on September 29, 1975, falling head-first to the stage while singing "Lonely Teardrops". The blow to the head Wilson suffered left him comatose. For the next eight years and four months, he was in a vegetative state until his death at age 49. Al Green and Elvis Presley were some of the few artists who regularly visited the bed-ridden Wilson. A little known fact is that when he found out that Jackie was broke, Dick Clark paid all of Jackie's medical bills up to the day he died.[citation needed] According to the 2005 biography, Jackie Wilson: Lonely Teardrops, he received a well-publicized funeral attended by approximately 1,500 relatives, friends and fans. He is interred in the Westlawn Cemetery in Wayne, Michigan.

Tue Mar 24, 2009

On Today's Show: www.crntalk.com

Patrick Marsek "Complete Idiot's Guide to Medical Tourism"

Patrick W. Marsek is cofounder and managing director of MedRetreat, the first American-owned and operated medical tourism service agency, and a medical tourism industry expert whose television appearances include 20/20, ABC News, and CBS News. The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Medical Travel covers the financial advantages and treatment options for those who choose to travel abroad for health care. The guide will also show readers how to minimize risks as they search for the right countries, facilities, and doctors to meet their medical needs. Readers will learn how to identify and work with travel agencies that specialize in medical travel and what to expect in terms of follow-up care.·Medical tourism is a 20-billion-dollar industry and it’s expected to double by 2010·More than 50,000 Americans traveled abroad for health care in 2005·Cost savings for various expensive procedures performed abroad can be as high as 90%

FLASHBACK - "The House of the Rising Sun" is a folk song from the United States. Also called "House of the Rising Sun" or occasionally "Rising Sun Blues", it tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans. Depending on the version, the song may be sung from the perspective of a woman or a man. The most successful version was recorded by the English rock group The Animals in 1964, which was a number one hit in the United Kingdom, United States, Sweden and Canada.

Mon Mar 23, 2009

On Today's Show: www.crntalk.com

Yahoo! Movies Executive Producer - Sean Phillips

“100 MOVIES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE” Yahoo! Movies Executive Producer and Entertainment Expert, Sean Phillips, Discusses the Authoritative Guide, According to Yahoo! Movies. An entertainment insider and live TV veteran. His enthusiastic approach, encyclopedic knowledge of the movie industry and deep baritone voice make him a broadcast natural. He has done many interviews and live shots for local and national news outlets.

Actress Tanna Frederick (upcoming in the film “Irene in Time”)

Project Save Our Surf (Project SOS) was launched by actress Tanna Frederick (upcoming in the film “Irene in Time”) and world-renowned surfer Shaun Tomson, both avid surfers concerned about the world's oceans. They were inspired to embrace the surfathon concept as a fun and rewarding family event, bringing together the legendary sport of surfing and beach lovers who want to make a difference. Project SOS is collaborating with a number of generous local and national sponsors including Billabong, ZJ Boardinghouse, Quiksilver, Rocker Board Shop, Kreation Café, Charlie Palmer Restaurants and Natural Surf Technique. WHAT: Surf participants will raise money by asking people to sponsor their commitment to surf non-stop during a five-hour shift. The event will be followed by a Celebrity Gala* with a live band, auction, cocktails, tapas, buffet dinner, a performance by Tom Curren and a celebrity “blue” carpet befitting Oceana. Celebrities surfing the event include Michelle Rodriguez (”Lost”), David Chokachi (“Baywatch”) and World Champion of International Professional Surfing Peter “P.T.” Townend under Project SOS Surf Captain Frank Caronna. Other activities at the event include Tae Kwon Do demonstrations, environmental guest speakers, face painting, team relay races, yoga sessions, free massages, raffle prizes and musical performances by Francis Awe and The Nigerian Talking Drum Ensemble, and Birdsong and the Eco-Wonders. The Honorary Event Committee includes Dennis Hopper, Jeff Garlin, Richard Lewis, Judd Nelson, director Ron Vignone , Rosanna Arquette , Eric Roberts, Noah Wyle, Ed Begley Jr., Justine Pasek (Miss Universe 2002), Elliot Gould, Victoria Tennant, writer/director Phil Alden Robinson, Christopher Rydell and director Henry Jaglom.

WHEN: Surfathon: Sunday, April 5, 2009 - 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Gala Event: Sunday, April 5, 2009 - 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 pm.
WHERE: Surfathon Celebrity Gala Event
Ocean Park Beach Shutters on the Beach, Ballroom
2600 Barnard Way One Pico Boulevard Santa Monica, CA

To register to surf please visit www.projectsaveoursurf.com. Tickets for the Celebrity Gala* are $100 per person and can be purchased by calling 310-271-0202 . Co-Host actress Tanna Frederick


FLASHBACK: "Cheeseburger in Paradise" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer Jimmy Buffett. It appeared on his 1978 album Son of a Son of a Sailor and was released as a single, reaching #32 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Cheeseburger in Paradise" has become one of Buffett's best-known songs and was selected as the first track on his greatest hits album Songs You Know by Heart. According to Buffett's Margaritaville web site, the myth of the "cheeseburger in paradise" was inspired by a boat journey Buffett once took in the Caribbean. Buffett states that while subsisting on canned food and peanut butter, he envisioned eating a "piping hot cheeseburger". He reports that upon finally arriving in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, he was surprised to find a restaurant serving American cheeseburgers:
...we gave particular instructions to the waiter on how we wanted them cooked and what we wanted on them -- to which little attention was paid. It didn't matter. The overdone burgers on the burned, toasted buns tasted like manna from heaven, for they were the realization of my fantasy burgers on the trip. In 2002, Buffett's company Margaritaville Holdings LLC licensed the name of the song to OSI Restaurant Partners as the name of the Buffett-themed Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant chain. As of 2006, the restaurant has 38 locations in 17 states in the United States. A Cheeseburger in Paradise is also a menu item at Buffett-owned Margaritaville Cafes located in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean.