November 25, 2025 • 58 mins
Hello all ... We hope you all have a great Thanksgiving. Please enjoy our visit with 20-something '60's icon specialist Kit Frascella and you'll have to just listen to the episode to see what that means! Enjoy your holiday wherever you are.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
I saw I'm sitting in the rim.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Hi.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
We're the Councils.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
I'm Paul, I'm Bob.
Speaker 4 (00:11):
And I'm Susan cowcill and welcome, Welcome, one and all to.
Speaker 5 (00:15):
The Calcil Podcast, where we have fun, fun, fun, even
when we're being serious every single week with our music
stories and weekly special guests from all walks of life.
Speaker 4 (00:27):
All of us can use a break sometimes, take a breezer,
right right right.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Well, if that's true for you, then you have a
rived at the right place at the right time.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
So we want you to sit back, reading back and escape.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
With us and to our world of harmony, laughter and
tom foolery.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
So let's get to it. Here's today's episode of the Castle.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Yeah, this is officially the Thanksgiving episode.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
This is it. We're all after today's podcast. Actually, we
have another one tomorrow tomorrow over here, we have guests
on both. Can you believe this? People, guests are back
on our podcast.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Yeah, but it's nothing but Thanksgiving after we hang up here.
That's that.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Yeah, that's true. And don't go up Wednesday night Thanksgiving
even so, Happy Thanksgiving everybody.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
Yes, and for this year, I'm pretty excited guys, because
you know, normally, I mean, I always cook for the
whole family and stuff, and then I always get to
this rigamarole about head counts and who's coming, and please
get back to us, like advancing a gig.
Speaker 6 (01:43):
Like some people call back, some people don't.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
You're right up to the wire. You don't know how
many plates to put out, and you want to shoot somebody.
So instead I'm making what I'm making. I always get
a twenty to twenty two pound bird. I always make
that much potatoes.
Speaker 7 (01:58):
Woo.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
I mean, who came right?
Speaker 4 (02:01):
So this year the text goes from three point thirty
on and then come or don't, and then I can
sit down whenever I want. It's just going to beautiful.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
That sounds a lot better. I'm not saying better than mine.
Mine's going to be very active. I'm with two kids,
three grandkids and all the associated adults associated with all hitches.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Oh it will be too, but it'll just all there.
Yours is going to be more organized, and mine will
be organized. It's just usually everybody has this whole detailed
what's going to happen, and I'm just saying the door
will be opened by three thirty. The food will be ready.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
So Susan. So you make macaroni and cheese for Thanksgiving?
Speaker 4 (02:47):
No? Not usually? No, I make all the trad but
then the entries that come, like Miranda has either greenbe
cast or ale mac and cheese.
Speaker 6 (02:55):
She does a pumpkin, she has her you know, the
banana pudding.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
She has her things, and we love mac and cheese.
So it's just like, well, who's not going to say, yeah, yeah,
brings you know, it's like that.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
As soon as you said green bean casserole, Yes, my
mind went to Branson, Missouri and the Thanksgiving we did there.
I think it may have been the first time I
ever witnessed in person green bean cast role. It's nothing
I would pursue. Of course, remind me of Branson and
(03:28):
and the guy the magician we played with Rick, which
would tell everyone Rick. Rick just sent all of us
the show. Yes, have you.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
Watched it yet? I haven't. I want to put it
up on my big screen and watch it for a
Christmas show.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Yeah, put it up in the morning, like, yeah, I
do want to hear it.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
I want to.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
He seems quite proud of it, and I know it
was something he thought he was going to be able
to sell and continue and maybe tell the show to
another theater.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Because it was interesting. I actually did play it, you know. Oh,
it's just great.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
It's it's so funny, fun oh yeah, oh yeah. But
it almost seemed like he edited because it took a
long time for for for any magic to be shown.
Did we actually go through our whole set before any
magic was shown?
Speaker 4 (04:14):
Magic to the last it.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Was the second half?
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Yeah, oh okay, anyway, it was great it oh yeah,
such good memories and yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Yeah, but Branson, if you're listening, you've got a theater
up there.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
The councils are so ready to available the top of
the mountain to.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
The and we should tell you we work at keep
in December free, but for you, we would not.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
Branson is Christmas Brandson is whole other entity into itself.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
It was crazy.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
I think I'd probably bring my family for half of it,
like literally changed.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
It would be so big because even we, I mean
we were blown away by the scope of it doing it,
and even we didn't know through most of it. We
thought this was a new annual booking. We're going to
get this, not to do every year.
Speaker 6 (05:12):
We're rather happy together.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Yeah yeah, knowingly to us. Oh no, they're selling the
andy or and this is your last performance of there's
stuff but yeah.
Speaker 6 (05:25):
Yeah, well it was a hell of a way to
go out.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
And there's a Christmas show that sits and lives and that.
I'm sorry, but those things can go anywhere anytime if
somebody wanted to step up and think about it, you know,
I mean, you know there's there's there's venues all through
the country that do Christmas shows.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
He could yes, make that a video to sell it
Christmas time. Hey, here's a Christmas show that took place
in Branson and two thousand whatever. Yeah, oh good, we
want to share it with you.
Speaker 6 (05:51):
All where this night where the dark only knows.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
I just remember we remain Ever, this show was so
fun for me, Paul and Susan because we were challenged
to be on believe And I remember early thinking, oh
my god, they're not gonna They're not really gonna have
us walking around singing.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
Are they remember you said that?
Speaker 3 (06:15):
I remember that. I thought we were just going to
do our set, stand in place and behave we're romping
around the stage with mood.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Yeah, you know, Bob turned into a real Dennis Stefano
that week. That you brought out your inner Denny, Me.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
And Paul got there ahead of you, Susan, and they
had one night of rehearsal that you couldn't make or
whatever you were behind schedule. Yeah, and at that we
learned just bring in what we all learned on our own,
because we all worked individually to do the ship obviously,
and just there was so much going on. Whatever we
picked was gonna work. It's like you didn't really have
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to rehearse with the Letterman or anybody. You're just saying
what you're saying in it.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
You know.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
We all moved around a little during rehearsal and got
it to where you hear it. But that was cool.
That was wild. What do we do to just do
what we learned? Paul's going, I'm doing what I'd figure
it out, and and and now you're going to meet too. Then, man,
you weren't even in yet, and I'm going, this is nutty.
It was crazy.
Speaker 6 (07:15):
But what fun was the Letterman? Guys what sweetye pies?
And that was just great.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
It was just such a while. It was like a
whole life. It's like we went to some Buddhist retreat
of music and like, you know, and there was every
day was the same. We did the same thing every day.
It was quiet and peaceful. They would unfold and then
we'd go back into our little Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
And Rick and they really wanted me not to wear
my hat.
Speaker 6 (07:43):
Yeah, they wanted to wear.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Our lady's name.
Speaker 6 (07:48):
I can't remember her name.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Her name Rick and uh Anya.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
No, that's terrible.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
We should know that name well.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
But Rick never introduces her.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
You know, even in the video, you keep wondering what
her name is, She's never really introduced.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
Well, he was great, we say, we're all boasting about guests.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Podcast, have a guest, Paul take us through today?
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Is kit for Sella. I'm thinking that's how we say
her last name. But basically she is DJ Sunny G
and she has a show called The Sunshine Factory. But
the very interesting thing that I found out about her
is that she and we want to find out where
her head was at when she was a junior or
senior in high school because she picked Montclair State University
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that has a department there where you can go to
the college and when you graduated, you're a certified DJ.
And there are these certifications and so and so, and
I looked at the school. You know, it almost seems
like a you know, like Hollywood professional or something, but
it's just a department in the whole scheme of Montclair State,
(09:01):
you know, and it was something they're able to do,
and she went into it.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
She graduated last year and she came.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Out, and so we're going to find out about you know,
DJ sonny G and that show there, how long has
that been going? And then man, I got a whole
bunch of questions like where is radio at is it surviving?
Because she's a college student, and so she's already dealt
with all these questions, and I think she's going to
have some really good answers. How are you keeping up
(09:27):
with technology changes in radio? They have to be on
the cusp of that, you know, And here she is
being where's Mount Claire on New Jersey right down from
ira oh, right down the street.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
And she's in a college radio station, college radio station.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Well she went nope, yes, but she went to college
to become a DJ or radio. So they have this
whole department with all the you know, we'll find out
more from her, but you know, all the options that
there are for these kids. I want to know, what
did your mom and dad think when you came home
as a junior or senior, going I'm going to become
a DJ, and I'm yeah, I'm going to Montclair State.
(10:07):
I mean because we met her parents.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
They're awesome.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Yeah, they came through the meet and greet line, and
so I'm wondering.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
How that all worked out, because you know, she was
telling her parents, I'm going to go into radio and
be a DJ, and they're thinking, well, honey, there is
no more DJ.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
There is no more radio. What are you talking about.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
There's only podcasts like Rachel to get.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
Into it with her. Yeah, I can see the dad, Well,
you don't have five turntables in front of you, do you.
Speaker 4 (10:37):
Listen on this kind of quirky notes?
Speaker 6 (10:40):
And I don't want to forget, so I'm.
Speaker 4 (10:41):
Just going to pop it in real quick. I got
a little girl who was out on one of our
shows handed me this envelope, okay, and inside it was
this dossier and I'm.
Speaker 6 (10:51):
Just going to briefly touch on it.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
And I think we ought to have her on because
it's a really great idea. It's called Rock of Age's
business Plan. Rock of Ages is a groundbreaking senior community.
This is her Idea is a groundbreaking senior community that
combines high quality wellness with the culture, spirit, and aesthetic
of rock and roll. Designed for Baby boomers and Gen
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xers who grew up on the soundtrack of rebellion, self expression,
and social changed. This concept blends music, whole health and
person centered care to deliver a joyful, meaningful, aging experience.
This is not a themed facility, it's a full style brand.
The community uses music as therapeutic, social and identity affirming
force to reduce isolation, enhance engagement, and deliver exceptional outcomes
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in physical, mental, and emotional health. That's the beginning of it.
And she goes on to tell her plan. She put
her card in here and what it is, and this
is the kind of thing I think about these kind
of things. It's you know, it's an old person home
for us, us for the people, Paul that you want
to do your documentary about what is why this music
(12:00):
has just been there?
Speaker 1 (12:01):
You go, don't.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
And so this young lady is thinking outside the box
for people like us who are getting old and like
Sydney's going on, I don't want to go to one
of those places. But she'd hop in a bus because
she thought Elvis, you know, like her life was going
to be centered around talking about Elvis Presley all day
and listening to Elvis and wearing poodle skirts and being
with other people who like Elvis.
Speaker 6 (12:23):
That's what this is. And I think it's pretty cool.
Speaker 4 (12:25):
I mean, that's me.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
I can say, Sydney, it's an Elvis community within the villages.
Speaker 7 (12:31):
But it's not.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
Yes, yes, I mean, and.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
She's thinking that, well, it is.
Speaker 6 (12:38):
But it's a little more.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
When you read her plant she said, you know, it's
got two more pages full of very plan and wanted
to know what I thought. And I think it's a
grand idea and I think people should hear about it.
Who Mike could make something happen. You know, she's to
help out our people who come to us. I mean,
she took some time to write this, so anyway, I
just wanted to share that along.
Speaker 3 (12:59):
With It's kind of reminds me of the Happy Together
to her, because shell, if she makes that community and
all the boomers and everybody's in there, they're eventually going
to pass out and pass through. No pen intend to
pass out, but you know what I mean.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
And then no, it's really beautiful in every.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
Month, Yeah, accommodate the theme and now we're going to
do seventies or eighties music. I don't know, it sounds good,
you know.
Speaker 4 (13:21):
It's just like I bet they'll have many festivals like
the one I just played where you're out in lawn
chairs and you're in your hippie clothes and you're standing
there listening to a rock band on a stage in
this community because that's what you are.
Speaker 7 (13:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
She's tapped into how the music bought our generation.
Speaker 6 (13:39):
Paulie's always talking about with his idea.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
Why are they still here? Why do we still do this?
Speaker 7 (13:45):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (13:46):
I was very impressed. So you know, I love this
other walks of life that we happen to throw in
our intro that day, Yes, and making us come up
with other walks of life. Yeah, yeah, which Ira Ira
needs to be on our podcast guy, Oh my gosh, yes, Ira.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
Wolf Little Little Couscil History.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
It's just the best. It's stuff nobody will ever hear.
And it's phenomenal. From the from the car full of
people that Dad had him bring down to the Ed
Sullivan Show, it's like there's it's endless.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
Yeah, we don't. IRA's our friend, guys, and he's from
our passing here, and basically his memories are when we
were all very very early in the game, very young.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
I'm six.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
I mean he says things I don't even remember. Oh yeah,
you were, you were right.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
There, Bobby was over there, he was.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
I'm going irah, Bob's hobby.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
You remember that diner?
Speaker 3 (14:43):
Yeah, you would, all. Yeah, he'll say stuff to me
like I do remember, I'm going cute. My memory is
kicked in at age fourteen. I think I'm I'm flueless.
I don't know, but he.
Speaker 6 (14:54):
Says some things I remember. But that was a great observer.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
We're joking. But you do remember, you do? Oh yeah,
that's right, A lot of great No, for.
Speaker 4 (15:02):
Sure, you do. But the details he's got I got.
He was trying to tell Paully and I about this
spot that you and Billy ate at or slept in
a parking lot.
Speaker 6 (15:11):
You remember, Bob, you did it all the.
Speaker 4 (15:12):
Time from the Ruins. Maybe have great names like the
Bruins Bowl will coming your way. You're gonna love him, y'all.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
So, but the only thing we have to remember about
I is that we need to figure out how to
get him on Zoom.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
I mean, get him.
Speaker 4 (15:36):
On are his friend, his sweet friend, our.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Friend Eric, Well we'll see yeah, oh no, or the
girl what's her name?
Speaker 4 (15:44):
Oh god, we're terrible. We're all hey, we're all okay.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Yeah, names are tough, but you're right. We don't want
to say. But now Paul is on a flight to
New Jersey. Right now, he's going to get to IRA
and we're gonna do our episode tomorrow. He will yeah,
but you're right. Zoom would be I mean email was
hard enough and now.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
He's good coffee he would say, no, no, no, I'm
not doing it.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Yeah. Yeah, he fights the technology. That's my god.
Speaker 4 (16:15):
He came in with a piece of paper this big
with our itinerary on it. We have to be what
are we doing? Oh, we're being students of our business.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
So we do have two more performances we want to
just bring up before the year ends. One is in Tomball,
Texas on December fifteenth. Is at fifteenth. I think that's late.
While we say yes next year it's December tenth. But anyway,
December fifteenth, we do have our annual Christmas show in
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Tomball at the main street crossing the Council's annual Christmas
return is December fifteenth.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
This year is a Monday, which is a Monday.
Speaker 3 (16:59):
Yeah, yeah, all right, people are gonna go out on
a Monday night.
Speaker 4 (17:03):
You're going to give it you though, we've seen that happen,
you guys, because it's early and we're old, we're like
old people's stuff.
Speaker 6 (17:09):
They're like, oh, let's go. There's a lovely thing. They
go eat, they watch us, and they go home.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
It is fun to do.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
It is fun to do something like that where, you know,
because you can't do it on Monday, let's buy a ticket.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Heck, we don't have a job, you know, we're not
going to work. We don't. It's not a school night. Yeah,
it's crazy though.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
Even Monday night football. You go, what about the game?
You go, well, it starts at seven, eight o'clock for
a bit, we've got time for the concert and the game.
This is a big night.
Speaker 4 (17:40):
It's actually the fifty guys.
Speaker 3 (17:42):
It's yeah, yes, it's a.
Speaker 4 (17:44):
Fifteenth travel out back home on the sixties.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Yes, and then the gig that the the event that
almost wasn't because unless somebody got in touch with us
asking for the names for twenty one hotel.
Speaker 4 (17:58):
Rooms, which really got our ten we would.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
Have quietly missed a gig December twenty eighth at the
Arcada Theater with the Association and the Vogue if we
had missed that and the Vogues, and we happen to
know that you if you go to that show, we'll
be seeing three eighths of the Happy Together that night. Yeah,
there's eight groups. Three of them are there. Three eighths
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will be there that night at the Arcada eight three
eighths of the of the show.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
We have to get on booking flights for that, we do.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
Oh yeah, you're right, right, Well, we got to sign contract.
We're all a little nervous all through this. It's unstable,
but now it's stable. Let's get those those things booked.
Speaker 6 (18:41):
We've been to unstable gigs before.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
Yeah, oh yeah, I.
Speaker 6 (18:46):
Kind of like them. You kind of walk in and go.
Speaker 3 (18:49):
That's that's how I met Bill Mummy. Billy Mummy and
I years ago booked accidentally for the same private gig,
and I set up and I was all set up
and then he shows up with KI, who are you?
I didn't even know who he was.
Speaker 1 (19:06):
I missed.
Speaker 6 (19:07):
I missed that part of this.
Speaker 8 (19:09):
You.
Speaker 3 (19:09):
Oh yeah, that's how we met. I said, your Bill
Mooney that we're gonna years later, we're going to do
any kind of interaction and John is going to meet him. Yeah,
he goes.
Speaker 4 (19:19):
Book somebody doubled the two Pops sixties icons for their gig.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
And yeah, so I'm already set up. So Billy goes, well,
what are we going to do? I said, I guess
we're gonna say.
Speaker 5 (19:32):
Now.
Speaker 3 (19:32):
I didn't know he is going to know every song
I know. I don't know. I don't know him well.
I don't know that he's made records and stayed in
the music business and it was prolific and wrote and
recorded and all of it. But he we started Let's
plug in and Go, and it was amazing, you guys.
Every lead vocal he knew. I knew the harmony, every
lead vocal I did, he knew the harmony. He knew
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everything I knew. Who was to tell you.
Speaker 6 (19:55):
Somebody and you're reminded me because of Bill Mooney.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
We all started a band.
Speaker 4 (20:00):
Well guess what. That's what's so funny, And you know
he thinks like that Bob, that guy is so much
wants to play music John and nuts because he can't
get It's the guys Stanley Livingston Ernie from Three Sons.
Bill's been there, but they're old besties. And you know Wally,
I mean Wally was his bestie, Okay, Tony Dow Wally
(20:23):
passed away, and I'm noticing Bill's hanging out with Ernie
a lot, and they're doing these they're both doing. Ernie
is like Bill.
Speaker 6 (20:30):
He knows every Beatles.
Speaker 4 (20:32):
Song and he plays acoustic and he knows the Harvey's perfectly.
So my brain, I'm gonna hit Bill up and go, dude,
will Stanley come on? We need Ernie from the My
Three Sons. I mean, that is my childhood.
Speaker 6 (20:46):
He was equivalent in the.
Speaker 4 (20:47):
House of those crazy days when I was trying to
figure out who we all were and like, so anyway,
I'm sorry, I don't mean to interrupt, but these are
things I want to remember to say because they're good ones.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
No no, no.
Speaker 4 (20:59):
Family and then Chips still around too. Am I tell you.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
I'm telling you, it's it's good to find these people.
I'm in love in these interviews with these kids that
were part of our life. Yeah, it's cool we were kids,
Yeah yeah, a different version of what we were doing here.
It's cool to hear their version it is.
Speaker 4 (21:16):
And what is funny to me is that most of
these kids from my Brady Buddies all the way down
their musical and what they got to do from it
is express that on the outskirts. I mean there's pictures
a little moomy like ten year old Moomee with a
guitar and his Lost in Space outfit. He's been saying,
I want to be this guy, and they've always said, okay,
here singing. He's singing on Lost in Space. So they
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all have a little we connect because they're very rounded.
Most of these kids were talking about have it all right,
So when you know they relate to us, were.
Speaker 6 (21:48):
The musical version of what they wanted to do. And
we're like, oh, you guys were the.
Speaker 4 (21:51):
Cool kids in the SITA so right right right right.
Speaker 3 (21:57):
Wow that so and again Artie part Build has contacted us.
We love Artie and uh.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
We're gonna have an Arti segment, right guys, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
Corn once a month, check in with them months a month.
Speaker 4 (22:14):
Sure, Yeah, are Cornfield and the other things.
Speaker 3 (22:17):
Because the thing here's the Arti, Carnfeller, the other things.
And I get the feeling with Artie. The more we learn,
I feel like I could say so Artie without even
asking him. Arty, So tell us your your Lady Gaga
interaction and you'll have I started her when she was
just a piano player, sitting on the piano stool, when
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she was fourteen.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
I who knows.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
He seems kind of like Forrest Gump, like he's in
a picture with every rocks.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
He is the more even we didn't know.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
It's like when low our minds he does.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
But it's like back. But we were always that way.
I mean me and Bill. We were working with this guy,
Charlie Coleelo for the Weekend Fly album Now all along.
Charlie was one of the four seasons. He was the
guy that took the place of the guy who got
kicked out because of the mafia. I don't know if
you saw, you know, I saw that movie four Seasons thing,
But Charlie Kollela was the fourth season who replaced him,
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and I worked all with him during We Can Fly.
I never knew it, and never I would have said, man,
you were one of the four seasons. That's incredible. Nothing
ever has multiple histories, you know, of the things that
they did, it's incredible. We did get a question on
info at Castle that the Odium in Rhode Island. They're
(23:39):
not listening us on February twentieth, but they now are
listening to us. We are going to be there before
the cutting room February twenty first, will be at the
Odium in Greenwich, Rohde Island on that Saturday or Friday night. Okay,
they said, are you really playing there? They're not showing
it yet, and but hey listen, we this this Illinois
(24:01):
and showed the twenty eighth got me or learn about everything.
I listened to everybody. Now I immediately think we are playing
and we don't.
Speaker 4 (24:09):
Know if wait, so say that. I'm sorry I was
so casual. Here.
Speaker 9 (24:13):
Where is the Odium in Rhode Island? It's the island,
like how close to what greenwed Trode Island? And it's
the night before we go to New York and do
the cutting room and then the next Sunday we go
out and do the trio gig while everyone else goes home.
So that's that weekend in February.
Speaker 6 (24:29):
I see it over here near my lamp and my.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
They're just making it because I gotta we got to
request say hey, they're not listening to you. Are you're
really there because they know we're knuckleheads.
Speaker 6 (24:40):
Listen, we didn't even know we were That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (24:44):
We didn't know we were somewhere on the twenty eighth
till a minute ago.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
So yeah, right, My answer was not, oh no, we're there.
My answer was like, waiter, I'll check and see what
I'm only I'm one of the guys funniest, right, but
that's going that's true. And then January thirty as our
residency at the Golden Nugget and the Breath, here she comes, here, she.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
Comes walking down the street. She's the funniest. Hello, Kit,
she's coming on the radio show.
Speaker 3 (25:23):
Hey, your microphone still shows a red mark through it.
We don't hear you yet.
Speaker 6 (25:32):
Came in so hot the last time, Boy, you were.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
Looking how she got right to that.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
Kit tell most of our guests how to come on,
and they're just they can't do anything.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
And all we see is this.
Speaker 3 (25:45):
Great to have someone young, someone young who knows knows
what zoom means.
Speaker 4 (25:51):
Yes, you know the class.
Speaker 6 (25:53):
Kit told us she took a Zoom class, so she yeah,
I had a.
Speaker 7 (25:57):
Couple of college classes that we're on zoom. So to
be there at a certain time and if you weren't
you missed attendance?
Speaker 1 (26:03):
Oh wow?
Speaker 4 (26:05):
Oh quote?
Speaker 6 (26:06):
Can I ask a quick question before we even get started? So,
but like what if you say? Happens a lot here
for me?
Speaker 4 (26:11):
Sometimes with podcasting, I can't the internet will not work.
Speaker 6 (26:15):
What happens?
Speaker 4 (26:15):
Then?
Speaker 7 (26:17):
That happened a couple of times to a few students
and they got marked absent.
Speaker 4 (26:22):
That's hardcore and I have an issue with that and
I'd be taking it to the top because yay big hawk. Okay, Polly,
you started.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
Off just real quick for me, Kit, I wanted to
do this off air. But so, how do we say
your last name? For Sela?
Speaker 7 (26:38):
For Sella?
Speaker 1 (26:40):
Oh for Sheella?
Speaker 4 (26:40):
Okay, sure for Shella, like for.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
Sure, everybody.
Speaker 2 (26:44):
This is Kit for Shella and she has a show
called the Sunshine Factory and she is actually called DJ
sonny G love it.
Speaker 1 (26:55):
And this is a radio station, Kit right here? Is
it a show? A radio show?
Speaker 7 (27:00):
Oh yeah, The Sunshine Factory is a radio show.
Speaker 1 (27:03):
And how long has that been going?
Speaker 7 (27:06):
Well, it's been on MMR for about since last October,
but it originated on my college radio station when I was.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
At the College Mountain Claire. Yes, yes, okay, what's MMR.
Speaker 7 (27:23):
MMR is a online radio station, which stands for Groovy
Radio is Great Radio. So we're an oldies station, but
it was originally monkey Mania Radio.
Speaker 4 (27:33):
Okay, that's where MMR comes. Yes radio, I like groovy better.
Speaker 1 (27:41):
So, kit you're a junior or not. Now I'm bringing
you to something.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
You're a junior or a senior in high school and
you're trying to figure out what is my.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
Path in life?
Speaker 7 (27:52):
I just you to college.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
Yes, so, but you're going to college not to become
an engineer as far as a building engineer. You're actually
going into Montclair State University that has its own DJ
certification department, Right, is that kind of the thing? And
so when you're a senior, a junior and you tell
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mom and dad, Hey, you know what, I've decided, I'm
going to be a DJ and I'm going to go
to Montclair State to do it.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
Were they cool with that?
Speaker 7 (28:24):
Well, to be honest with you, I just graduated from
Montclair This.
Speaker 5 (28:27):
May wow, okay wow, But were they happy to hear
that you were going to be a DJ instead of
perhaps something.
Speaker 4 (28:36):
A little more and you were a senior mainstream high school.
Speaker 7 (28:42):
Well, to be honest with you. I went to Montclair
to be an animator and an illustrator because art is
my big passion.
Speaker 4 (28:51):
That's where my question would come in.
Speaker 7 (28:55):
And radio was kind of a minor that I took
at Montclair. So I had a show on Montclair for
about maybe two and a half years. I just graduated
this May, and I started as a DJ over at Montclair.
I had the Sunshine Factory, and then I moved up
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to when I became a senior this year, I moved
up to mentoring other students about radio and radio studies.
Speaker 3 (29:23):
But how does animating on entry? You're an animator. I
saw your artwork. It's incredible. How how I was doing
that to translate transfer into the DJ and the music
and the whole other thing.
Speaker 7 (29:38):
To be honest with you, I don't know, because you know,
I love I love it. I love music. And I
saw that they had the radio club thing at the
college and I was like, oh, you know what, I'm
going to try out for my own show. And I
had to go through like a rigorous six weeks training.
Speaker 3 (30:01):
Well mostly most people don't say I'm going to try
out for my own show.
Speaker 4 (30:08):
I can picture being I mean, I always have to
just imagine an educational life kit, because I didn't have one,
and I kind of longed for it at times in
my life. And I can imagine coming in with this
thing and then seeing that and going, what I could
wait a minute, run? You know?
Speaker 6 (30:29):
That would have if I was a musical person loved music.
Speaker 4 (30:31):
I mean, I just think that would be It's like
almost like joining a club. It's like, well, that's cool,
I'll do that.
Speaker 7 (30:36):
Right well, to be honest with you, the Sunshine Factory
was like a big passion project of mine because there
were about forty students when I got there, and that
already had shows and none of them were oldies shows. No,
So all of them were like rapping hip hop. So
I'm like, you know what, I'm going to change that
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up and I'm going to bring in the oldies stuff.
So when they said oldies, they're like like nineties, and
I'm like, what you call me old? So I said, no,
I want to bring in a show that showcases majority
of the sixties because that's the music I love, and
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the late fifties and possibly the forties because that's also
what I grew up with from my grandparents.
Speaker 4 (31:22):
I love it.
Speaker 7 (31:23):
So I really had to fight for that. Wow. And
you know when I got that's in history, Well, I
got on a roll. I just loved it so much
that I was picked up by MMR. They heard my
show a couple of times and they just said, you
know what we want you on, and that's where I am. Now.
Speaker 4 (31:44):
You walked into a phenomenon in a way from our generation.
The phenomenon is is that the boomers don't want this
to be over and so they so you presented something
to a subset of folks not even your age.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
You know what I mean?
Speaker 4 (32:03):
That is cool? Like whoever's driving their kid, Like if
a grandma's driving their kid and.
Speaker 6 (32:07):
All of a sudden this comes on, They're like, who
is this all?
Speaker 4 (32:11):
That she's from our school? It's like, yeah, it's great exactly.
Speaker 3 (32:15):
So when you're young and music is going to be
a part of your life. So and we know this
because we've all got kids, we've all got grand because
your generation was good at Yeah, if you like the sixties,
you like the sixties, but you also know the seventies, eighties,
and now you know it all. So how do you
gravitate personally? I mean, did it really just you just
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started hearing the songs, the music from the sixties and
decided as personal taste. I think that stuff's pretty darn good.
It needs to be spread or how do you end
up there?
Speaker 7 (32:47):
Well, to be honest with you, you know, it just
came that way. I grew up with it. My mom
was a record collector since the sixties, and when I
was younger, she played your music, the early Begs and
most of the Beach Boys for me.
Speaker 3 (33:04):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (33:05):
Wow, Early Begs, so Massachusetts, Wow, the Hole, the Mining Company,
all the deep dark.
Speaker 3 (33:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (33:14):
Yeah, that's great stuff. Yeah, and go ahead.
Speaker 7 (33:20):
It's It's what I grew up with, you know, And
I just love it so much. And I could have
changed my musical interest, but I decided not to, and
I started teaching myself stuff along the way. I got
into hermanterments, the Doors and you know, the Watch Band
and all that. So I just love it so much
and I like spreading the love with everybody else on
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my shows.
Speaker 3 (33:43):
That's just put you, I'm sorry, has put you in
the path of some of the sixties kind of icons
that you're playing their music and writing about. Have you
met any of them? Or you know? Who do you are?
You put in the paths of some of these people.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
You help.
Speaker 3 (33:59):
You're in our path right here, you know.
Speaker 1 (34:01):
We found.
Speaker 7 (34:03):
Yeah, I recently met Dave Davies at a convention, okay,
and I've met the Mickey Dolans and I've met Mike Nasmyth.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Wow, Mike, You met Mickey and Mike at the same time.
Speaker 7 (34:20):
Well, No, I met Mike through a zoom and we
kind of had a connection with each other through a concert,
a very iconic Monkey's concert that happened on the Farewell tour.
But I met Mickey in person and he was pretty sweet.
Speaker 3 (34:35):
Yeah, he's a sweet guy.
Speaker 2 (34:37):
Well, and you met us, and just you know, I
want to let everybody out there know. So I'm just
you know, out on tour and all of a sudden
and straightened me out if I'm wrong here.
Speaker 1 (34:48):
But it seems like.
Speaker 2 (34:49):
I got a note from you saying, hey, you know,
I'm here at the show. I'd love to do a
little interview with you, you know, and you kind of
sent your card along and then somehow we put that
together and you know, so Kit was interviewing me, you know,
and it was just like, wow, look at this girl,
is you know, really well doing well as an interviewer,
and you know, what is her deal?
Speaker 1 (35:11):
You know, thinking what is her deal?
Speaker 2 (35:13):
And then her and her parents show up at Abnel,
New Jersey out there Performing Arts Center, and it was Kit,
you know. And I had told Kit, yeah, I'll get
your tickets for the Poppy Together tour. You know, I
laid that out there a while ago. And then I
saw her text to me, and I'm thinking, oh my god.
And the first thing I said, do you have tickets?
Because I didn't know if this was where I was
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supposed to get her tickets.
Speaker 1 (35:38):
Show. And she goes, now, no, we've got tickets.
Speaker 4 (35:42):
We've got tickets.
Speaker 2 (35:42):
And I was able to meet her parents, who were
really cool, and you know, and they're just they're backing her.
I can tell because even through the meet and greet
and stuff, they were behind her. They had her back
literally literally and just you know, going through and so
and so, you know. And then I said to Kid,
I go, man, you got to come on our podcast
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because you know, we want to hear from you and
what you think about this. And then I looked into her.
Now she's at this college, but she's doing this whole thing.
I got a question for you. Where is radio at
Is it surviving?
Speaker 7 (36:20):
Yeah, I think it is. I think it is. I
mean my personal taste, I think it is.
Speaker 3 (36:26):
Okay, now okay, mmr is that? Like what's your schedule?
Is this a weekly show you do?
Speaker 7 (36:32):
Is it a daily It's a weekly show, so I
have it every single Friday. Well it's on a two
pm here, two to four, so I don't really know
what time it would be over in your time zone.
Speaker 3 (36:46):
And where are you.
Speaker 7 (36:48):
I'm over in Jersey.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
Oh you're in Jersey.
Speaker 3 (36:50):
That's right, Okay, Yeah, so that's eleven am. Yeah, eleven am,
eleven to one. That's reasonable for old people. We can
we can do that and like take us through a show.
I mean, do you interview people on your show or
is it just music only with some stories? Like what's
your show?
Speaker 8 (37:09):
Like?
Speaker 7 (37:10):
It's it's mainly well me playing the hits of whatever
theme I choose. And now I have not done any
interviews besides the one I did with you Paul the
Hockey Together tour, which was the first interview that I
did on the show, and everyone loved it. They thought
it was fantastic.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
Google cool.
Speaker 7 (37:34):
So I'm in the process of doing more interviews.
Speaker 4 (37:38):
Right as you should.
Speaker 2 (37:39):
Girl, and now do you have can you can you like,
let's say, okay, here we are and you say, hey,
you guys, why don't you come on my show?
Speaker 1 (37:48):
Is that possible?
Speaker 7 (37:49):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (37:50):
Oh okay cool?
Speaker 4 (37:55):
Oh go go ahead, Paul, you guys.
Speaker 2 (37:56):
No, no, I was just thinking, you know, the technic
is crazy, just real quick.
Speaker 1 (38:02):
How do you keep up with the technology?
Speaker 2 (38:05):
You know, is it's whizzing by?
Speaker 7 (38:09):
I don't know. To be honest with you, I just
try to keep up as much as I can with technology.
Speaker 6 (38:14):
Yeah, he has a young line that can receive information.
Speaker 3 (38:17):
Yes, can you produce this show right right at your
own home or do you have to go to a
studio or how do you do it?
Speaker 7 (38:25):
I would like to do it studio because what I
remember doing at the college, and I also interned for
two other radio stations during the summer where I did
news reporting and news stories. So try to get myself
into different areas in radio. But I prefer more of
a studio setting because it's live. You can do it
(38:47):
right there, and everything's spontaneous and you can just talk
about whatever. Even if something comes on your mind. You
can go, oh wait, I forgot here it is. But
in Mr I pre record everything.
Speaker 1 (39:00):
Okay, Okay, that's a pre dumb thing.
Speaker 7 (39:04):
Cool.
Speaker 4 (39:04):
So, kit, are you familiar with with teen magazines from
the sixties?
Speaker 7 (39:10):
Yeah, I collect Tiger Beat, I collect.
Speaker 6 (39:12):
Team Be Okay do you know? Okay, so do you
know who Anne Moses is?
Speaker 7 (39:17):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (39:17):
Yes, I'm because here's huh say.
Speaker 7 (39:21):
I'm inspired by her a lot.
Speaker 4 (39:22):
Okay, because look, wow, I'm nailing something because my look,
we've known Annie since she was your age, and she
was a young journalist for Tiger Beat. Yep, and she
and and you just remind your year. I'm getting chills.
(39:43):
You remind me of little Anne because and I believe
that if this was that time, our kit here would
probably be one of those gals who went out and
got the interviews with the guys hung out, told the stories,
played the you know I mean, I mean, am I right?
Would that be at that time? That's how this would
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be expressed. There's not going to be a teenage DJ,
but you know, but there are. But there were teenage journalists, man,
and they were they were real. So go ahead.
Speaker 7 (40:18):
I mean, I'm very inspired by Anne Moses. I think
she inspired me a lot during this radio journey, as
well as getting to interview people. And I think it's
a big passion of mine. I mean, I love talking
to people that did music that I love.
Speaker 4 (40:33):
You know.
Speaker 3 (40:34):
No, it's great, honey, And Anne is Anne aware of
your passion for her history.
Speaker 4 (40:42):
I don't think if it's really you should try and
contact Anne and do an interview with her, because you
guys are from the great same cloth, but just fifty
sixty years later. And that's what's really warming my heart
is that, like you know, the appreciation of art and
music and and and just the creative is still alive
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out there and really beautiful young people. And that for me,
like you are combining traditional things with modern things because.
Speaker 6 (41:11):
Technicality is but your your old school.
Speaker 4 (41:14):
I bet Anne would have loved have been to DJ,
you know, I mean her, I would love to ask
her like I think she would be inspired by you.
Oh have you read her book, honey?
Speaker 7 (41:26):
I've you have a little bit of it. I don't
have it.
Speaker 4 (41:29):
But I gotta get it's fun, I mean, because you
know it's it's just beautiful little clips of things. Anyway,
I just wanted to interject that, Paul, I just that's
just the vibe I was getting. And you really remind
me of her. It's really sweet.
Speaker 7 (41:41):
Thank you. I'm very flattered by I'm glad.
Speaker 3 (41:44):
It's weird.
Speaker 4 (41:45):
I would say it and you wouldn't even know who
she is. Girl, I don't know your age knows who
Anne Moses is. I'm sorry they don't.
Speaker 1 (41:53):
Yeah, hey, kit, I got a question for you. So
this is incredible.
Speaker 2 (41:59):
And Montclair State, I think that's a brilliant department that
they even offer that up. And I did look at
a bunch of the students there and got their opinions
on all this stuff. You know, it's a very heavy,
heady kind of thing, you know, honestly, going in there
and deciding to be a DJ? Where DJs are? You know,
almost you know, on the bus out of town kind
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of thing. How do you monetize everything you've learned at
college and you've got this beautiful sunshine factory? How do
you get a job? Can you get a job at
a radio station? How are you making ends meet while
you're doing your passion a being so creative?
Speaker 7 (42:40):
Well, to be honest with you, I don't really have
a job right now since I graduated in college. It's
a little tough trying to get on right now. I
will be honest with you. But I still I want
to do radio, you know. I think it's a great
career path for me, and I love doing the interviewing,
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you know.
Speaker 4 (43:02):
I mean, you know there's serious, serious radio. I mean
there's there is still radio, but it's very limited. I mean,
I can't even think of somebody besides sirius, you know
what I mean. But there's local like do you consider
checking in with your local world to be you know,
to bring do you have does your city have a
classics radio station?
Speaker 7 (43:24):
The two radio stations that I did intern for they
didn't pay.
Speaker 1 (43:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (43:33):
Right, isn't notoriously dejaying a rather low ball kind of
career even I think it's not a big money career.
Speaker 7 (43:43):
That I'm not too sure about.
Speaker 4 (43:44):
Well, you should find out, girl, because this is your I.
Speaker 3 (43:47):
Know now is there? I'm just curious. You say, if
it's a theme, you have themes in your show, So
you're just signing a show. MMR loves it. That's that's
really a compliment. Anyway, When they took your show, you
just you just give it to them. It's your show.
You're in charge of everything, you have total control. You're
gonna love that because you'll miss it if you lose
(44:08):
that later, So enjoy that. But I'm just curious about
this week. We're gonna play all the Rain songs from
the sixties, and what kind of thing is it.
Speaker 7 (44:19):
Mainly I do different like genres from the sixties, Like
sometimes I do motown, I do surf rock, I do
cyc but sometimes I do maybe Like one of the
themes that I do a lot on the show is
like the rare gems. So what I like to do
is I like to dig into archives and play like
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really obscure stuff like the Chocolate Watch Band. Like last
week I played stuff from Paul Peterson and Shelley Faberret
so oh got.
Speaker 1 (44:50):
We had them on our podcast We have fall On.
Speaker 3 (44:53):
So you played Johnny Angela?
Speaker 7 (44:56):
Yes, great? But man, yeah, I like the obscure stuff.
I mean I played something from a little known group
called the Charlatan. Sometimes I play like the Rip Chords.
Speaker 4 (45:09):
You never know, Oh you deep dive very much. We
have a young lady who we've been working with three years.
She's family. Her name is Rachel Cromer and she's our
merchandise girl out on Happy Together to her and we've
known her since she was in college. And you guys
are cut from the same cloth. She just has always
(45:29):
dug sixties music. She's twenty seven. I guess she's a
little older than you. But you know, I just think
it's really interesting that there are just some young people
who are born with this gene that is drawn to
our time.
Speaker 6 (45:48):
And I understand that because I'm drawn to medieval times.
Speaker 4 (45:51):
I have my own theory about what's going on with
these kind of things, like go ahead, Polly.
Speaker 2 (45:56):
Oh, I was just gonna kind of carry on about Rachel.
And so Rachel went to Belmont College in Nashville, I
believe it is, and she got into some other things.
Speaker 1 (46:05):
You know, always loved art and always loved photography, Okay,
but nothing happening there.
Speaker 2 (46:10):
She was the merch girl for us, and you know,
and and all of a sudden, you know, she was
coming out with us and out with us, and you know, oh,
I'm a photographer, and all of a sudden, she lands
this job on the cruise we do. It's called the
Flower Power Cruise, and you know, yeah, and so and
she became one of the photographers that work on the
(46:32):
ship while the whole week is going on, taking all
these crazy pictures of everybody and and you know, and
and I think her.
Speaker 10 (46:39):
Sorry, guys, that's probably a doctor, but I can't take
it here, hang on im, sorry, guys, Okay, this is live.
Speaker 4 (46:50):
I'm going to bring you back.
Speaker 6 (46:51):
It was Rachel.
Speaker 4 (46:51):
You're talking about Rachel and.
Speaker 2 (46:53):
Okay, and so you know, but but she that was
her passion and she was able to hook up that
kind of a job, you know.
Speaker 4 (47:01):
And then a resume. We just kind of said, hey,
do you need a new guy? And they did and
then she's worked three four years now.
Speaker 1 (47:08):
Yeah, yeah, she's doing really well.
Speaker 3 (47:10):
But no, Yeah, in that spirit, is there a platform
kit that you're aiming for beyond MMR that exists that
that you want to move this show up up the
ladder or have you reached you know?
Speaker 7 (47:25):
My goal would be to do that. And speaking of merchandising,
since I do have a passion for the monkeys, I
do stickers, I do T shirts and I do.
Speaker 6 (47:38):
Oh that's great. Where's my guy?
Speaker 4 (47:41):
Where's David?
Speaker 5 (47:42):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (47:42):
There he is? Ah sweet, that Mike is phenomenal.
Speaker 4 (47:48):
That's awesome. So is there is there some place people
can buy those sticks?
Speaker 1 (47:52):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (47:52):
Where do people find you?
Speaker 7 (47:55):
I'm mainly on Facebook. I've had the stickers up on
eBay for a while, but I I'm starting. The other
thing that I was interested in college is merchandising. So
I started doing my own T shirts and stickers and
I did I did figures.
Speaker 6 (48:12):
Let's see, Well that guy out is that Scooby?
Speaker 7 (48:15):
It's a great gan character.
Speaker 6 (48:18):
Oh hey, did you create that guy? I love his
ears and his tail. He's very unique. As I am
looking at him, it was done.
Speaker 1 (48:27):
Yeah, very nice.
Speaker 3 (48:29):
Well you're you're in the art world. You're left brain,
right brain?
Speaker 6 (48:33):
Which brain reminds me of a little amba right now?
Speaker 3 (48:38):
I mean, so every Friday, you said at two o'clock
Eastern to four, you can be found on MMR Radio
with your show every Friday. That's cool.
Speaker 7 (48:51):
And there's a rerun on Saturday from twelve to two
that's Eastern time.
Speaker 3 (48:57):
A rerun up Friday's Friday show.
Speaker 7 (49:00):
Cool.
Speaker 3 (49:00):
I love bit.
Speaker 7 (49:01):
I don't really know what's going on with this week though,
because my show's normally on Fridays. But for this week's Thanksgiving,
I'm having a one time Thanksgiving episode on Thanksgiving.
Speaker 6 (49:14):
Okay, duly noted to our viewers.
Speaker 1 (49:17):
Cool.
Speaker 7 (49:17):
Yeah, I've had to find out the timeslot okay.
Speaker 4 (49:21):
And also so when like, if a person wants to like, Okay,
I'm an old lady and so radio, I'll leave here
and go kid has on the radio and I'll be
like in my car.
Speaker 6 (49:31):
No, I can't. So where do I find kids radio show?
Speaker 7 (49:37):
You can go to MMR Live three sixty five online, okay,
and then it takes you to the Lives three sixty
five website and you can stream it for free there.
But you can also listen to it in your car
if you have bluetoothes too.
Speaker 4 (49:52):
Oh okay, See I'm old, so I don't need to
be led down that path. Okay.
Speaker 6 (49:57):
Well, just just because there are.
Speaker 4 (49:58):
Old people watching and guys, I'm talking about us, not y'all,
and so I want to make it accessible to them.
I still can't do the u r L thing, go, Paul, Yeah,
I got to.
Speaker 8 (50:09):
Oh yeah, you are l think I hate those things.
Just take your phone and you'll be on your way.
Whatever those codes, yeah, park.
Speaker 4 (50:20):
And I'm looking at a giant r L No.
Speaker 7 (50:22):
Uh oh oh, I hate QR codes. Some people I
don't know the QR codes, you know, like the little
pattern thing. Yeah they aren't talking about I hate those
because they do job applications by those things.
Speaker 6 (50:34):
Now, even the kids don't like them, you're not.
Speaker 3 (50:38):
Going to remember what you're getting kids.
Speaker 2 (50:41):
So Kit, You've got a question for you. And so,
you know, you've been in this now a few years.
You know, you know the highs and the lows, you
know the ins and the outs, and so what would
you tell another person who was in high school look
into you know, looking at you, going, man, I want
to do that? What would you tell them?
Speaker 7 (51:02):
The best part to do is probably find a radio venue.
I mean, since I did it through college. You would
have to find maybe a again a venue or a
club or some kind of thing going on at your
university or whatever, and just try to pursue something. But again,
(51:22):
it takes a lot to you know, pitch an idea.
I had to pitch an idea and I had to
really convince the college to really take this show in
the beginning.
Speaker 6 (51:33):
So wow, girl, so it's not just you got to
really want it. Yeah, Yeah, that's what I'm hearing.
Speaker 3 (51:40):
Yeah, pitching shows a talent all itself. I mean, you
did well. Did you talked them into thank you?
Speaker 2 (51:49):
Now?
Speaker 3 (51:49):
Are they happy you talked them into it?
Speaker 7 (51:52):
I have no idea. To be honest with you, I
never got any notifications on what the ratings were or anything.
I just came in every Wednesday when I was at
the college. I mean sometimes I would have finals or
midterms going on during that time, but I prioritized, and
I knew that the show must go on regardless prioritize.
Speaker 6 (52:13):
I thought you was gonna say my midterms.
Speaker 3 (52:16):
Me too, that the show must That's a great phrase
I could take off. The show must go on.
Speaker 7 (52:26):
Sometimes. Originally I had the show at maybe ten to
nine thirty at night, That's what the original slot was
that I had at the college. And I would be
having maybe two midterms or two finals during the day,
and I would come at night, and I would have
one the next morning, and I'd still do my job.
Speaker 4 (52:43):
I had a girl.
Speaker 3 (52:46):
Everyone listening to this girl, because that's what.
Speaker 6 (52:49):
Be the one who just managed to get the show done.
Speaker 3 (52:52):
That's what you're looking at. Yeah, right.
Speaker 7 (52:56):
One thing I forgot to mention is we did have
this thing every spring the college called vinyls On, where
it would be a two day celebration, like twenty four
hours of just vinyl music. So I dressed up in
my little sixties miniskirt with the go go boots, and
I showed up to the radio station at the college
(53:17):
and I brought original vinyls. They brought all repressings and
they brought new rap stuff, and I O, we're here
with my Paul Revere and the Raiders albums.
Speaker 4 (53:30):
She got from her house. Because the kids are going
it's like going to it's like going to party city
to get your hit the outfit. They're going to go
get their stuff, you know, but she's going to bring
it from her collection.
Speaker 7 (53:44):
The dress was vintage from nineteen sixty.
Speaker 6 (53:46):
Seven, right on right, No party city dress, Nope.
Speaker 7 (53:50):
And the vinyls were all vintage too, And they're like,
why'd you bring old vinyls? Because I'm doing the part.
Speaker 4 (53:58):
Yeah, we're having a vinyl celebration, y'all, which is great.
You know, not everybody has folks who listen to that
music or it was a big part of their life. Really,
I feel like kids who have parents who bring music
into their lives are very lucky. And I have to
be honest and fair to my parents because they did
do that.
Speaker 2 (54:16):
So yeah, yeah, yeah, So kit, what's what's your future?
Speaker 1 (54:21):
Looking like?
Speaker 4 (54:22):
You need to wear shades?
Speaker 7 (54:24):
Girl, I'm not sure, to be honest with you, I'm
just trying to do what I can. But I would
like to do more interviewing with different people, and I
would like to do more at my radio show. And
my lifelong dream ever since I was younger, is to
do a cartoon series, either animated or comic. And that's
(54:45):
pretty much what I did all throughout college. And nothing's
happening too much with that.
Speaker 4 (54:51):
Well, you know, AI, I'll kick your butt.
Speaker 3 (54:54):
Well, that's the new generation I have to deal with AI.
But I think that'll work out. You'll start using to
your advantage is what you're gonna.
Speaker 4 (55:02):
You'll get to it. Kit your whole lifelong.
Speaker 3 (55:06):
Well, Kit, keep us posted and everyone check out her
radio show at MMR.
Speaker 4 (55:13):
Sunshine Factory, Sunshine Factory.
Speaker 3 (55:15):
Great name, Sonny.
Speaker 4 (55:17):
It makes me think of the Brady Bunch songs.
Speaker 7 (55:21):
Card.
Speaker 6 (55:21):
It's a great card. By the way, I have one
of those.
Speaker 4 (55:24):
I don't. I must have. I don't know how I
got one. But you're no.
Speaker 6 (55:28):
Wait, did you have a couple? Paul, Let me see that.
Speaker 4 (55:31):
Put that back up place.
Speaker 3 (55:32):
In your artwork. It's that's what I mean. It's very Yeah,
you're nailing it. Yeah, you're definitely nailing.
Speaker 4 (55:40):
I'm so glad, Paulie, I'm so glad you brought Kit
on on our our cast. This is perfect.
Speaker 1 (55:46):
Yep. I knew you'd be great on here, and you are.
Speaker 2 (55:48):
And I want everybody to reach out to all of
the things that you're doing and.
Speaker 1 (55:52):
Get inside of it because it's really cool. Go to
her radio station, listen to her shows because she knows
what she's doing.
Speaker 7 (56:01):
K I also have a YouTube channel too, called sonny G.
Speaker 1 (56:07):
Channel called sonny G.
Speaker 4 (56:10):
That's easy for me.
Speaker 2 (56:11):
Well, you really are and all the platforms see you
know more than we know.
Speaker 1 (56:15):
I mean, I think, oh wow, that's brilliant.
Speaker 2 (56:17):
I guess that might even just be part of the course,
but to me, it's brilliant.
Speaker 5 (56:22):
It is.
Speaker 3 (56:23):
Thank you right, And if you want us on your show,
get in talk to those we'll come on your show.
Speaker 7 (56:27):
Yet fantastic.
Speaker 1 (56:31):
You can ask us all the questions.
Speaker 3 (56:33):
Yeah, like Susan in the group, we you know we
didn't know what to.
Speaker 4 (56:41):
Well. I want everybody, including Kit and your family, to
have a great Thanksgiving.
Speaker 2 (56:45):
Yes, happy Thanksgiving, Kit to you and yours and thank
you much love from us Thanksgiving too.
Speaker 3 (56:53):
Your Thanksgiving episode Thursday right, you are giving it a
look for it there. If you're hanging around fool of food,
you can listen to the food, all right, everybody, Jim right, Kit.
Speaker 1 (57:07):
We'll see you in Pennsylvania during the summer.
Speaker 7 (57:11):
Yes, for next year's Happy Together tour.
Speaker 4 (57:13):
You will be there.
Speaker 1 (57:15):
Cool.
Speaker 7 (57:15):
Yes, I'm excited. I'm excited.
Speaker 6 (57:18):
It's going to be exciting. And that's a fact.
Speaker 1 (57:22):
Coming out. Oh my gosh, we can't tell you, but
I can't.
Speaker 4 (57:24):
Tell you big excitement. All right, gentlemen, I gotta go shopping.
I gotta go get a bird.
Speaker 1 (57:30):
Thanksgiving, Kit.
Speaker 2 (57:35):
Okay, everybody, We hope you enjoyed visiting with us today.
We definitely had a blast visiting with you.
Speaker 1 (57:41):
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Speaker 2 (57:42):
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Speaker 6 (57:48):
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Speaker 2 (57:52):
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Speaker 7 (58:00):
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Speaker 1 (58:02):
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Speaker 2 (58:03):
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Speaker 3 (58:15):
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I saw I'm sitting in the rim.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Hi.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
We're the Councils.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
I'm Paul, I'm Bob.
Speaker 4 (00:11):
And I'm Susan cowcill and welcome, Welcome, one and all to.
Speaker 5 (00:15):
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Speaker 4 (00:27):
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Speaker 1 (00:46):
So let's get to it. Here's today's episode of the Castle.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Yeah, this is officially the Thanksgiving episode.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
This is it. We're all after today's podcast. Actually, we
have another one tomorrow tomorrow over here, we have guests
on both. Can you believe this? People, guests are back
on our podcast.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Yeah, but it's nothing but Thanksgiving after we hang up here.
That's that.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Yeah, that's true. And don't go up Wednesday night Thanksgiving
even so, Happy Thanksgiving everybody.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
Yes, and for this year, I'm pretty excited guys, because
you know, normally, I mean, I always cook for the
whole family and stuff, and then I always get to
this rigamarole about head counts and who's coming, and please
get back to us, like advancing a gig.
Speaker 6 (01:43):
Like some people call back, some people don't.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
You're right up to the wire. You don't know how
many plates to put out, and you want to shoot somebody.
So instead I'm making what I'm making. I always get
a twenty to twenty two pound bird. I always make
that much potatoes.
Speaker 7 (01:58):
Woo.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
I mean, who came right?
Speaker 4 (02:01):
So this year the text goes from three point thirty
on and then come or don't, and then I can
sit down whenever I want. It's just going to beautiful.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
That sounds a lot better. I'm not saying better than mine.
Mine's going to be very active. I'm with two kids,
three grandkids and all the associated adults associated with all hitches.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Oh it will be too, but it'll just all there.
Yours is going to be more organized, and mine will
be organized. It's just usually everybody has this whole detailed
what's going to happen, and I'm just saying the door
will be opened by three thirty. The food will be ready.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
So Susan. So you make macaroni and cheese for Thanksgiving?
Speaker 4 (02:47):
No? Not usually? No, I make all the trad but
then the entries that come, like Miranda has either greenbe
cast or ale mac and cheese.
Speaker 6 (02:55):
She does a pumpkin, she has her you know, the
banana pudding.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
She has her things, and we love mac and cheese.
So it's just like, well, who's not going to say, yeah, yeah,
brings you know, it's like that.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
As soon as you said green bean casserole, Yes, my
mind went to Branson, Missouri and the Thanksgiving we did there.
I think it may have been the first time I
ever witnessed in person green bean cast role. It's nothing
I would pursue. Of course, remind me of Branson and
(03:28):
and the guy the magician we played with Rick, which
would tell everyone Rick. Rick just sent all of us
the show. Yes, have you.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
Watched it yet? I haven't. I want to put it
up on my big screen and watch it for a
Christmas show.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Yeah, put it up in the morning, like, yeah, I
do want to hear it.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
I want to.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
He seems quite proud of it, and I know it
was something he thought he was going to be able
to sell and continue and maybe tell the show to
another theater.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Because it was interesting. I actually did play it, you know. Oh,
it's just great.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
It's it's so funny, fun oh yeah, oh yeah. But
it almost seemed like he edited because it took a
long time for for for any magic to be shown.
Did we actually go through our whole set before any
magic was shown?
Speaker 4 (04:14):
Magic to the last it.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Was the second half?
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Yeah, oh okay, anyway, it was great it oh yeah,
such good memories and yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Yeah, but Branson, if you're listening, you've got a theater
up there.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
The councils are so ready to available the top of
the mountain to.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
The and we should tell you we work at keep
in December free, but for you, we would not.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
Branson is Christmas Brandson is whole other entity into itself.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
It was crazy.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
I think I'd probably bring my family for half of it,
like literally changed.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
It would be so big because even we, I mean
we were blown away by the scope of it doing it,
and even we didn't know through most of it. We
thought this was a new annual booking. We're going to
get this, not to do every year.
Speaker 6 (05:12):
We're rather happy together.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Yeah yeah, knowingly to us. Oh no, they're selling the
andy or and this is your last performance of there's
stuff but yeah.
Speaker 6 (05:25):
Yeah, well it was a hell of a way to
go out.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
And there's a Christmas show that sits and lives and that.
I'm sorry, but those things can go anywhere anytime if
somebody wanted to step up and think about it, you know,
I mean, you know there's there's there's venues all through
the country that do Christmas shows.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
He could yes, make that a video to sell it
Christmas time. Hey, here's a Christmas show that took place
in Branson and two thousand whatever. Yeah, oh good, we
want to share it with you.
Speaker 6 (05:51):
All where this night where the dark only knows.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
I just remember we remain Ever, this show was so
fun for me, Paul and Susan because we were challenged
to be on believe And I remember early thinking, oh
my god, they're not gonna They're not really gonna have
us walking around singing.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
Are they remember you said that?
Speaker 3 (06:15):
I remember that. I thought we were just going to
do our set, stand in place and behave we're romping
around the stage with mood.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Yeah, you know, Bob turned into a real Dennis Stefano
that week. That you brought out your inner Denny, Me.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
And Paul got there ahead of you, Susan, and they
had one night of rehearsal that you couldn't make or
whatever you were behind schedule. Yeah, and at that we
learned just bring in what we all learned on our own,
because we all worked individually to do the ship obviously,
and just there was so much going on. Whatever we
picked was gonna work. It's like you didn't really have
(06:52):
to rehearse with the Letterman or anybody. You're just saying
what you're saying in it.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
You know.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
We all moved around a little during rehearsal and got
it to where you hear it. But that was cool.
That was wild. What do we do to just do
what we learned? Paul's going, I'm doing what I'd figure
it out, and and and now you're going to meet too. Then, man,
you weren't even in yet, and I'm going, this is nutty.
It was crazy.
Speaker 6 (07:15):
But what fun was the Letterman? Guys what sweetye pies?
And that was just great.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
It was just such a while. It was like a
whole life. It's like we went to some Buddhist retreat
of music and like, you know, and there was every
day was the same. We did the same thing every day.
It was quiet and peaceful. They would unfold and then
we'd go back into our little Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
And Rick and they really wanted me not to wear
my hat.
Speaker 6 (07:43):
Yeah, they wanted to wear.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Our lady's name.
Speaker 6 (07:48):
I can't remember her name.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Her name Rick and uh Anya.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
No, that's terrible.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
We should know that name well.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
But Rick never introduces her.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
You know, even in the video, you keep wondering what
her name is, She's never really introduced.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
Well, he was great, we say, we're all boasting about guests.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Podcast, have a guest, Paul take us through today?
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Is kit for Sella. I'm thinking that's how we say
her last name. But basically she is DJ Sunny G
and she has a show called The Sunshine Factory. But
the very interesting thing that I found out about her
is that she and we want to find out where
her head was at when she was a junior or
senior in high school because she picked Montclair State University
(08:39):
that has a department there where you can go to
the college and when you graduated, you're a certified DJ.
And there are these certifications and so and so, and
I looked at the school. You know, it almost seems
like a you know, like Hollywood professional or something, but
it's just a department in the whole scheme of Montclair State,
(09:01):
you know, and it was something they're able to do,
and she went into it.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
She graduated last year and she came.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Out, and so we're going to find out about you know,
DJ sonny G and that show there, how long has
that been going? And then man, I got a whole
bunch of questions like where is radio at is it surviving?
Because she's a college student, and so she's already dealt
with all these questions, and I think she's going to
have some really good answers. How are you keeping up
(09:27):
with technology changes in radio? They have to be on
the cusp of that, you know, And here she is
being where's Mount Claire on New Jersey right down from
ira oh, right down the street.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
And she's in a college radio station, college radio station.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Well she went nope, yes, but she went to college
to become a DJ or radio. So they have this
whole department with all the you know, we'll find out
more from her, but you know, all the options that
there are for these kids. I want to know, what
did your mom and dad think when you came home
as a junior or senior, going I'm going to become
a DJ, and I'm yeah, I'm going to Montclair State.
(10:07):
I mean because we met her parents.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
They're awesome.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Yeah, they came through the meet and greet line, and
so I'm wondering.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
How that all worked out, because you know, she was
telling her parents, I'm going to go into radio and
be a DJ, and they're thinking, well, honey, there is
no more DJ.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
There is no more radio. What are you talking about.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
There's only podcasts like Rachel to get.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
Into it with her. Yeah, I can see the dad, Well,
you don't have five turntables in front of you, do you.
Speaker 4 (10:37):
Listen on this kind of quirky notes?
Speaker 6 (10:40):
And I don't want to forget, so I'm.
Speaker 4 (10:41):
Just going to pop it in real quick. I got
a little girl who was out on one of our
shows handed me this envelope, okay, and inside it was
this dossier and I'm.
Speaker 6 (10:51):
Just going to briefly touch on it.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
And I think we ought to have her on because
it's a really great idea. It's called Rock of Age's
business Plan. Rock of Ages is a groundbreaking senior community.
This is her Idea is a groundbreaking senior community that
combines high quality wellness with the culture, spirit, and aesthetic
of rock and roll. Designed for Baby boomers and Gen
(11:14):
xers who grew up on the soundtrack of rebellion, self expression,
and social changed. This concept blends music, whole health and
person centered care to deliver a joyful, meaningful, aging experience.
This is not a themed facility, it's a full style brand.
The community uses music as therapeutic, social and identity affirming
force to reduce isolation, enhance engagement, and deliver exceptional outcomes
(11:38):
in physical, mental, and emotional health. That's the beginning of it.
And she goes on to tell her plan. She put
her card in here and what it is, and this
is the kind of thing I think about these kind
of things. It's you know, it's an old person home
for us, us for the people, Paul that you want
to do your documentary about what is why this music
(12:00):
has just been there?
Speaker 1 (12:01):
You go, don't.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
And so this young lady is thinking outside the box
for people like us who are getting old and like
Sydney's going on, I don't want to go to one
of those places. But she'd hop in a bus because
she thought Elvis, you know, like her life was going
to be centered around talking about Elvis Presley all day
and listening to Elvis and wearing poodle skirts and being
with other people who like Elvis.
Speaker 6 (12:23):
That's what this is. And I think it's pretty cool.
Speaker 4 (12:25):
I mean, that's me.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
I can say, Sydney, it's an Elvis community within the villages.
Speaker 7 (12:31):
But it's not.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
Yes, yes, I mean, and.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
She's thinking that, well, it is.
Speaker 6 (12:38):
But it's a little more.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
When you read her plant she said, you know, it's
got two more pages full of very plan and wanted
to know what I thought. And I think it's a
grand idea and I think people should hear about it.
Who Mike could make something happen. You know, she's to
help out our people who come to us. I mean,
she took some time to write this, so anyway, I
just wanted to share that along.
Speaker 3 (12:59):
With It's kind of reminds me of the Happy Together
to her, because shell, if she makes that community and
all the boomers and everybody's in there, they're eventually going
to pass out and pass through. No pen intend to
pass out, but you know what I mean.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
And then no, it's really beautiful in every.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
Month, Yeah, accommodate the theme and now we're going to
do seventies or eighties music. I don't know, it sounds good,
you know.
Speaker 4 (13:21):
It's just like I bet they'll have many festivals like
the one I just played where you're out in lawn
chairs and you're in your hippie clothes and you're standing
there listening to a rock band on a stage in
this community because that's what you are.
Speaker 7 (13:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
She's tapped into how the music bought our generation.
Speaker 6 (13:39):
Paulie's always talking about with his idea.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
Why are they still here? Why do we still do this?
Speaker 7 (13:45):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (13:46):
I was very impressed. So you know, I love this
other walks of life that we happen to throw in
our intro that day, Yes, and making us come up
with other walks of life. Yeah, yeah, which Ira Ira
needs to be on our podcast guy, Oh my gosh, yes, Ira.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
Wolf Little Little Couscil History.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
It's just the best. It's stuff nobody will ever hear.
And it's phenomenal. From the from the car full of
people that Dad had him bring down to the Ed
Sullivan Show, it's like there's it's endless.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
Yeah, we don't. IRA's our friend, guys, and he's from
our passing here, and basically his memories are when we
were all very very early in the game, very young.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
I'm six.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
I mean he says things I don't even remember. Oh yeah,
you were, you were right.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
There, Bobby was over there, he was.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
I'm going irah, Bob's hobby.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
You remember that diner?
Speaker 3 (14:43):
Yeah, you would, all. Yeah, he'll say stuff to me
like I do remember, I'm going cute. My memory is
kicked in at age fourteen. I think I'm I'm flueless.
I don't know, but he.
Speaker 6 (14:54):
Says some things I remember. But that was a great observer.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
We're joking. But you do remember, you do? Oh yeah,
that's right, A lot of great No, for.
Speaker 4 (15:02):
Sure, you do. But the details he's got I got.
He was trying to tell Paully and I about this
spot that you and Billy ate at or slept in
a parking lot.
Speaker 6 (15:11):
You remember, Bob, you did it all the.
Speaker 4 (15:12):
Time from the Ruins. Maybe have great names like the
Bruins Bowl will coming your way. You're gonna love him, y'all.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
So, but the only thing we have to remember about
I is that we need to figure out how to
get him on Zoom.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
I mean, get him.
Speaker 4 (15:36):
On are his friend, his sweet friend, our.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Friend Eric, Well we'll see yeah, oh no, or the
girl what's her name?
Speaker 4 (15:44):
Oh god, we're terrible. We're all hey, we're all okay.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Yeah, names are tough, but you're right. We don't want
to say. But now Paul is on a flight to
New Jersey. Right now, he's going to get to IRA
and we're gonna do our episode tomorrow. He will yeah,
but you're right. Zoom would be I mean email was
hard enough and now.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
He's good coffee he would say, no, no, no, I'm
not doing it.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Yeah. Yeah, he fights the technology. That's my god.
Speaker 4 (16:15):
He came in with a piece of paper this big
with our itinerary on it. We have to be what
are we doing? Oh, we're being students of our business.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
So we do have two more performances we want to
just bring up before the year ends. One is in Tomball,
Texas on December fifteenth. Is at fifteenth. I think that's late.
While we say yes next year it's December tenth. But anyway,
December fifteenth, we do have our annual Christmas show in
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Tomball at the main street crossing the Council's annual Christmas
return is December fifteenth.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
This year is a Monday, which is a Monday.
Speaker 3 (16:59):
Yeah, yeah, all right, people are gonna go out on
a Monday night.
Speaker 4 (17:03):
You're going to give it you though, we've seen that happen,
you guys, because it's early and we're old, we're like
old people's stuff.
Speaker 6 (17:09):
They're like, oh, let's go. There's a lovely thing. They
go eat, they watch us, and they go home.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
It is fun to do.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
It is fun to do something like that where, you know,
because you can't do it on Monday, let's buy a ticket.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Heck, we don't have a job, you know, we're not
going to work. We don't. It's not a school night. Yeah,
it's crazy though.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
Even Monday night football. You go, what about the game?
You go, well, it starts at seven, eight o'clock for
a bit, we've got time for the concert and the game.
This is a big night.
Speaker 4 (17:40):
It's actually the fifty guys.
Speaker 3 (17:42):
It's yeah, yes, it's a.
Speaker 4 (17:44):
Fifteenth travel out back home on the sixties.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Yes, and then the gig that the the event that
almost wasn't because unless somebody got in touch with us
asking for the names for twenty one hotel.
Speaker 4 (17:58):
Rooms, which really got our ten we would.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
Have quietly missed a gig December twenty eighth at the
Arcada Theater with the Association and the Vogue if we
had missed that and the Vogues, and we happen to
know that you if you go to that show, we'll
be seeing three eighths of the Happy Together that night. Yeah,
there's eight groups. Three of them are there. Three eighths
(18:21):
will be there that night at the Arcada eight three
eighths of the of the show.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
We have to get on booking flights for that, we do.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
Oh yeah, you're right, right, Well, we got to sign contract.
We're all a little nervous all through this. It's unstable,
but now it's stable. Let's get those those things booked.
Speaker 6 (18:41):
We've been to unstable gigs before.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
Yeah, oh yeah, I.
Speaker 6 (18:46):
Kind of like them. You kind of walk in and go.
Speaker 3 (18:49):
That's that's how I met Bill Mummy. Billy Mummy and
I years ago booked accidentally for the same private gig,
and I set up and I was all set up
and then he shows up with KI, who are you?
I didn't even know who he was.
Speaker 1 (19:06):
I missed.
Speaker 6 (19:07):
I missed that part of this.
Speaker 8 (19:09):
You.
Speaker 3 (19:09):
Oh yeah, that's how we met. I said, your Bill
Mooney that we're gonna years later, we're going to do
any kind of interaction and John is going to meet him. Yeah,
he goes.
Speaker 4 (19:19):
Book somebody doubled the two Pops sixties icons for their gig.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
And yeah, so I'm already set up. So Billy goes, well,
what are we going to do? I said, I guess
we're gonna say.
Speaker 5 (19:32):
Now.
Speaker 3 (19:32):
I didn't know he is going to know every song
I know. I don't know. I don't know him well.
I don't know that he's made records and stayed in
the music business and it was prolific and wrote and
recorded and all of it. But he we started Let's
plug in and Go, and it was amazing, you guys.
Every lead vocal he knew. I knew the harmony, every
lead vocal I did, he knew the harmony. He knew
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everything I knew. Who was to tell you.
Speaker 6 (19:55):
Somebody and you're reminded me because of Bill Mooney.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
We all started a band.
Speaker 4 (20:00):
Well guess what. That's what's so funny, And you know
he thinks like that Bob, that guy is so much
wants to play music John and nuts because he can't
get It's the guys Stanley Livingston Ernie from Three Sons.
Bill's been there, but they're old besties. And you know Wally,
I mean Wally was his bestie, Okay, Tony Dow Wally
(20:23):
passed away, and I'm noticing Bill's hanging out with Ernie
a lot, and they're doing these they're both doing. Ernie
is like Bill.
Speaker 6 (20:30):
He knows every Beatles.
Speaker 4 (20:32):
Song and he plays acoustic and he knows the Harvey's perfectly.
So my brain, I'm gonna hit Bill up and go, dude,
will Stanley come on? We need Ernie from the My
Three Sons. I mean, that is my childhood.
Speaker 6 (20:46):
He was equivalent in the.
Speaker 4 (20:47):
House of those crazy days when I was trying to
figure out who we all were and like, so anyway,
I'm sorry, I don't mean to interrupt, but these are
things I want to remember to say because they're good ones.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
No no, no.
Speaker 4 (20:59):
Family and then Chips still around too. Am I tell you.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
I'm telling you, it's it's good to find these people.
I'm in love in these interviews with these kids that
were part of our life. Yeah, it's cool we were kids,
Yeah yeah, a different version of what we were doing here.
It's cool to hear their version it is.
Speaker 4 (21:16):
And what is funny to me is that most of
these kids from my Brady Buddies all the way down
their musical and what they got to do from it
is express that on the outskirts. I mean there's pictures
a little moomy like ten year old Moomee with a
guitar and his Lost in Space outfit. He's been saying,
I want to be this guy, and they've always said, okay,
here singing. He's singing on Lost in Space. So they
(21:38):
all have a little we connect because they're very rounded.
Most of these kids were talking about have it all right,
So when you know they relate to us, were.
Speaker 6 (21:48):
The musical version of what they wanted to do. And
we're like, oh, you guys were the.
Speaker 4 (21:51):
Cool kids in the SITA so right right right right.
Speaker 3 (21:57):
Wow that so and again Artie part Build has contacted us.
We love Artie and uh.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
We're gonna have an Arti segment, right guys, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
Corn once a month, check in with them months a month.
Speaker 4 (22:14):
Sure, Yeah, are Cornfield and the other things.
Speaker 3 (22:17):
Because the thing here's the Arti, Carnfeller, the other things.
And I get the feeling with Artie. The more we learn,
I feel like I could say so Artie without even
asking him. Arty, So tell us your your Lady Gaga
interaction and you'll have I started her when she was
just a piano player, sitting on the piano stool, when
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she was fourteen.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
I who knows.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
He seems kind of like Forrest Gump, like he's in
a picture with every rocks.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
He is the more even we didn't know.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
It's like when low our minds he does.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
But it's like back. But we were always that way.
I mean me and Bill. We were working with this guy,
Charlie Coleelo for the Weekend Fly album Now all along.
Charlie was one of the four seasons. He was the
guy that took the place of the guy who got
kicked out because of the mafia. I don't know if
you saw, you know, I saw that movie four Seasons thing,
But Charlie Kollela was the fourth season who replaced him,
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and I worked all with him during We Can Fly.
I never knew it, and never I would have said, man,
you were one of the four seasons. That's incredible. Nothing
ever has multiple histories, you know, of the things that
they did, it's incredible. We did get a question on
info at Castle that the Odium in Rhode Island. They're
(23:39):
not listening us on February twentieth, but they now are
listening to us. We are going to be there before
the cutting room February twenty first, will be at the
Odium in Greenwich, Rohde Island on that Saturday or Friday night. Okay,
they said, are you really playing there? They're not showing
it yet, and but hey listen, we this this Illinois
(24:01):
and showed the twenty eighth got me or learn about everything.
I listened to everybody. Now I immediately think we are playing
and we don't.
Speaker 4 (24:09):
Know if wait, so say that. I'm sorry I was
so casual. Here.
Speaker 9 (24:13):
Where is the Odium in Rhode Island? It's the island,
like how close to what greenwed Trode Island? And it's
the night before we go to New York and do
the cutting room and then the next Sunday we go
out and do the trio gig while everyone else goes home.
So that's that weekend in February.
Speaker 6 (24:29):
I see it over here near my lamp and my.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
They're just making it because I gotta we got to
request say hey, they're not listening to you. Are you're
really there because they know we're knuckleheads.
Speaker 6 (24:40):
Listen, we didn't even know we were That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (24:44):
We didn't know we were somewhere on the twenty eighth
till a minute ago.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
So yeah, right, My answer was not, oh no, we're there.
My answer was like, waiter, I'll check and see what
I'm only I'm one of the guys funniest, right, but
that's going that's true. And then January thirty as our
residency at the Golden Nugget and the Breath, here she comes, here, she.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
Comes walking down the street. She's the funniest. Hello, Kit,
she's coming on the radio show.
Speaker 3 (25:23):
Hey, your microphone still shows a red mark through it.
We don't hear you yet.
Speaker 6 (25:32):
Came in so hot the last time, Boy, you were.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
Looking how she got right to that.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
Kit tell most of our guests how to come on,
and they're just they can't do anything.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
And all we see is this.
Speaker 3 (25:45):
Great to have someone young, someone young who knows knows
what zoom means.
Speaker 4 (25:51):
Yes, you know the class.
Speaker 6 (25:53):
Kit told us she took a Zoom class, so she yeah,
I had a.
Speaker 7 (25:57):
Couple of college classes that we're on zoom. So to
be there at a certain time and if you weren't
you missed attendance?
Speaker 1 (26:03):
Oh wow?
Speaker 4 (26:05):
Oh quote?
Speaker 6 (26:06):
Can I ask a quick question before we even get started? So,
but like what if you say? Happens a lot here
for me?
Speaker 4 (26:11):
Sometimes with podcasting, I can't the internet will not work.
Speaker 6 (26:15):
What happens?
Speaker 4 (26:15):
Then?
Speaker 7 (26:17):
That happened a couple of times to a few students
and they got marked absent.
Speaker 4 (26:22):
That's hardcore and I have an issue with that and
I'd be taking it to the top because yay big hawk. Okay, Polly,
you started.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
Off just real quick for me, Kit, I wanted to
do this off air. But so, how do we say
your last name? For Sela?
Speaker 7 (26:38):
For Sella?
Speaker 1 (26:40):
Oh for Sheella?
Speaker 4 (26:40):
Okay, sure for Shella, like for.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
Sure, everybody.
Speaker 2 (26:44):
This is Kit for Shella and she has a show
called the Sunshine Factory and she is actually called DJ
sonny G love it.
Speaker 1 (26:55):
And this is a radio station, Kit right here? Is
it a show? A radio show?
Speaker 7 (27:00):
Oh yeah, The Sunshine Factory is a radio show.
Speaker 1 (27:03):
And how long has that been going?
Speaker 7 (27:06):
Well, it's been on MMR for about since last October,
but it originated on my college radio station when I was.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
At the College Mountain Claire. Yes, yes, okay, what's MMR.
Speaker 7 (27:23):
MMR is a online radio station, which stands for Groovy
Radio is Great Radio. So we're an oldies station, but
it was originally monkey Mania Radio.
Speaker 4 (27:33):
Okay, that's where MMR comes. Yes radio, I like groovy better.
Speaker 1 (27:41):
So, kit you're a junior or not. Now I'm bringing
you to something.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
You're a junior or a senior in high school and
you're trying to figure out what is my.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
Path in life?
Speaker 7 (27:52):
I just you to college.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
Yes, so, but you're going to college not to become
an engineer as far as a building engineer. You're actually
going into Montclair State University that has its own DJ
certification department, Right, is that kind of the thing? And
so when you're a senior, a junior and you tell
(28:15):
mom and dad, Hey, you know what, I've decided, I'm
going to be a DJ and I'm going to go
to Montclair State to do it.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
Were they cool with that?
Speaker 7 (28:24):
Well, to be honest with you, I just graduated from
Montclair This.
Speaker 5 (28:27):
May wow, okay wow, But were they happy to hear
that you were going to be a DJ instead of
perhaps something.
Speaker 4 (28:36):
A little more and you were a senior mainstream high school.
Speaker 7 (28:42):
Well, to be honest with you. I went to Montclair
to be an animator and an illustrator because art is
my big passion.
Speaker 4 (28:51):
That's where my question would come in.
Speaker 7 (28:55):
And radio was kind of a minor that I took
at Montclair. So I had a show on Montclair for
about maybe two and a half years. I just graduated
this May, and I started as a DJ over at Montclair.
I had the Sunshine Factory, and then I moved up
(29:15):
to when I became a senior this year, I moved
up to mentoring other students about radio and radio studies.
Speaker 3 (29:23):
But how does animating on entry? You're an animator. I
saw your artwork. It's incredible. How how I was doing
that to translate transfer into the DJ and the music
and the whole other thing.
Speaker 7 (29:38):
To be honest with you, I don't know, because you know,
I love I love it. I love music. And I
saw that they had the radio club thing at the
college and I was like, oh, you know what, I'm
going to try out for my own show. And I
had to go through like a rigorous six weeks training.
Speaker 3 (30:01):
Well mostly most people don't say I'm going to try
out for my own show.
Speaker 4 (30:08):
I can picture being I mean, I always have to
just imagine an educational life kit, because I didn't have one,
and I kind of longed for it at times in
my life. And I can imagine coming in with this
thing and then seeing that and going, what I could
wait a minute, run? You know?
Speaker 6 (30:29):
That would have if I was a musical person loved music.
Speaker 4 (30:31):
I mean, I just think that would be It's like
almost like joining a club. It's like, well, that's cool,
I'll do that.
Speaker 7 (30:36):
Right well, to be honest with you, the Sunshine Factory
was like a big passion project of mine because there
were about forty students when I got there, and that
already had shows and none of them were oldies shows. No,
So all of them were like rapping hip hop. So
I'm like, you know what, I'm going to change that
(30:57):
up and I'm going to bring in the oldies stuff.
So when they said oldies, they're like like nineties, and
I'm like, what you call me old? So I said, no,
I want to bring in a show that showcases majority
of the sixties because that's the music I love, and
(31:17):
the late fifties and possibly the forties because that's also
what I grew up with from my grandparents.
Speaker 4 (31:22):
I love it.
Speaker 7 (31:23):
So I really had to fight for that. Wow. And
you know when I got that's in history, Well, I
got on a roll. I just loved it so much
that I was picked up by MMR. They heard my
show a couple of times and they just said, you
know what we want you on, and that's where I am. Now.
Speaker 4 (31:44):
You walked into a phenomenon in a way from our generation.
The phenomenon is is that the boomers don't want this
to be over and so they so you presented something
to a subset of folks not even your age.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
You know what I mean?
Speaker 4 (32:03):
That is cool? Like whoever's driving their kid, Like if
a grandma's driving their kid and.
Speaker 6 (32:07):
All of a sudden this comes on, They're like, who
is this all?
Speaker 4 (32:11):
That she's from our school? It's like, yeah, it's great exactly.
Speaker 3 (32:15):
So when you're young and music is going to be
a part of your life. So and we know this
because we've all got kids, we've all got grand because
your generation was good at Yeah, if you like the sixties,
you like the sixties, but you also know the seventies, eighties,
and now you know it all. So how do you
gravitate personally? I mean, did it really just you just
(32:35):
started hearing the songs, the music from the sixties and
decided as personal taste. I think that stuff's pretty darn good.
It needs to be spread or how do you end
up there?
Speaker 7 (32:47):
Well, to be honest with you, you know, it just
came that way. I grew up with it. My mom
was a record collector since the sixties, and when I
was younger, she played your music, the early Begs and
most of the Beach Boys for me.
Speaker 3 (33:04):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (33:05):
Wow, Early Begs, so Massachusetts, Wow, the Hole, the Mining Company,
all the deep dark.
Speaker 3 (33:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (33:14):
Yeah, that's great stuff. Yeah, and go ahead.
Speaker 7 (33:20):
It's It's what I grew up with, you know, And
I just love it so much. And I could have
changed my musical interest, but I decided not to, and
I started teaching myself stuff along the way. I got
into hermanterments, the Doors and you know, the Watch Band
and all that. So I just love it so much
and I like spreading the love with everybody else on
(33:41):
my shows.
Speaker 3 (33:43):
That's just put you, I'm sorry, has put you in
the path of some of the sixties kind of icons
that you're playing their music and writing about. Have you
met any of them? Or you know? Who do you are?
You put in the paths of some of these people.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
You help.
Speaker 3 (33:59):
You're in our path right here, you know.
Speaker 1 (34:01):
We found.
Speaker 7 (34:03):
Yeah, I recently met Dave Davies at a convention, okay,
and I've met the Mickey Dolans and I've met Mike Nasmyth.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Wow, Mike, You met Mickey and Mike at the same time.
Speaker 7 (34:20):
Well, No, I met Mike through a zoom and we
kind of had a connection with each other through a concert,
a very iconic Monkey's concert that happened on the Farewell tour.
But I met Mickey in person and he was pretty sweet.
Speaker 3 (34:35):
Yeah, he's a sweet guy.
Speaker 2 (34:37):
Well, and you met us, and just you know, I
want to let everybody out there know. So I'm just
you know, out on tour and all of a sudden
and straightened me out if I'm wrong here.
Speaker 1 (34:48):
But it seems like.
Speaker 2 (34:49):
I got a note from you saying, hey, you know,
I'm here at the show. I'd love to do a
little interview with you, you know, and you kind of
sent your card along and then somehow we put that
together and you know, so Kit was interviewing me, you know,
and it was just like, wow, look at this girl,
is you know, really well doing well as an interviewer,
and you know, what is her deal?
Speaker 1 (35:11):
You know, thinking what is her deal?
Speaker 2 (35:13):
And then her and her parents show up at Abnel,
New Jersey out there Performing Arts Center, and it was Kit,
you know. And I had told Kit, yeah, I'll get
your tickets for the Poppy Together tour. You know, I
laid that out there a while ago. And then I
saw her text to me, and I'm thinking, oh my god.
And the first thing I said, do you have tickets?
Because I didn't know if this was where I was
(35:36):
supposed to get her tickets.
Speaker 1 (35:38):
Show. And she goes, now, no, we've got tickets.
Speaker 4 (35:42):
We've got tickets.
Speaker 2 (35:42):
And I was able to meet her parents, who were
really cool, and you know, and they're just they're backing her.
I can tell because even through the meet and greet
and stuff, they were behind her. They had her back
literally literally and just you know, going through and so
and so, you know. And then I said to Kid,
I go, man, you got to come on our podcast
(36:04):
because you know, we want to hear from you and
what you think about this. And then I looked into her.
Now she's at this college, but she's doing this whole thing.
I got a question for you. Where is radio at
Is it surviving?
Speaker 7 (36:20):
Yeah, I think it is. I think it is. I
mean my personal taste, I think it is.
Speaker 3 (36:26):
Okay, now okay, mmr is that? Like what's your schedule?
Is this a weekly show you do?
Speaker 7 (36:32):
Is it a daily It's a weekly show, so I
have it every single Friday. Well it's on a two
pm here, two to four, so I don't really know
what time it would be over in your time zone.
Speaker 3 (36:46):
And where are you.
Speaker 7 (36:48):
I'm over in Jersey.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
Oh you're in Jersey.
Speaker 3 (36:50):
That's right, Okay, Yeah, so that's eleven am. Yeah, eleven am,
eleven to one. That's reasonable for old people. We can
we can do that and like take us through a show.
I mean, do you interview people on your show or
is it just music only with some stories? Like what's
your show?
Speaker 8 (37:09):
Like?
Speaker 7 (37:10):
It's it's mainly well me playing the hits of whatever
theme I choose. And now I have not done any
interviews besides the one I did with you Paul the
Hockey Together tour, which was the first interview that I
did on the show, and everyone loved it. They thought
it was fantastic.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
Google cool.
Speaker 7 (37:34):
So I'm in the process of doing more interviews.
Speaker 4 (37:38):
Right as you should.
Speaker 2 (37:39):
Girl, and now do you have can you can you like,
let's say, okay, here we are and you say, hey,
you guys, why don't you come on my show?
Speaker 1 (37:48):
Is that possible?
Speaker 7 (37:49):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (37:50):
Oh okay cool?
Speaker 4 (37:55):
Oh go go ahead, Paul, you guys.
Speaker 2 (37:56):
No, no, I was just thinking, you know, the technic
is crazy, just real quick.
Speaker 1 (38:02):
How do you keep up with the technology?
Speaker 2 (38:05):
You know, is it's whizzing by?
Speaker 7 (38:09):
I don't know. To be honest with you, I just
try to keep up as much as I can with technology.
Speaker 6 (38:14):
Yeah, he has a young line that can receive information.
Speaker 3 (38:17):
Yes, can you produce this show right right at your
own home or do you have to go to a
studio or how do you do it?
Speaker 7 (38:25):
I would like to do it studio because what I
remember doing at the college, and I also interned for
two other radio stations during the summer where I did
news reporting and news stories. So try to get myself
into different areas in radio. But I prefer more of
a studio setting because it's live. You can do it
(38:47):
right there, and everything's spontaneous and you can just talk
about whatever. Even if something comes on your mind. You
can go, oh wait, I forgot here it is. But
in Mr I pre record everything.
Speaker 1 (39:00):
Okay, Okay, that's a pre dumb thing.
Speaker 7 (39:04):
Cool.
Speaker 4 (39:04):
So, kit, are you familiar with with teen magazines from
the sixties?
Speaker 7 (39:10):
Yeah, I collect Tiger Beat, I collect.
Speaker 6 (39:12):
Team Be Okay do you know? Okay, so do you
know who Anne Moses is?
Speaker 7 (39:17):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (39:17):
Yes, I'm because here's huh say.
Speaker 7 (39:21):
I'm inspired by her a lot.
Speaker 4 (39:22):
Okay, because look, wow, I'm nailing something because my look,
we've known Annie since she was your age, and she
was a young journalist for Tiger Beat. Yep, and she
and and you just remind your year. I'm getting chills.
(39:43):
You remind me of little Anne because and I believe
that if this was that time, our kit here would
probably be one of those gals who went out and
got the interviews with the guys hung out, told the stories,
played the you know I mean, I mean, am I right?
Would that be at that time? That's how this would
(40:05):
be expressed. There's not going to be a teenage DJ,
but you know, but there are. But there were teenage journalists, man,
and they were they were real. So go ahead.
Speaker 7 (40:18):
I mean, I'm very inspired by Anne Moses. I think
she inspired me a lot during this radio journey, as
well as getting to interview people. And I think it's
a big passion of mine. I mean, I love talking
to people that did music that I love.
Speaker 4 (40:33):
You know.
Speaker 3 (40:34):
No, it's great, honey, And Anne is Anne aware of
your passion for her history.
Speaker 4 (40:42):
I don't think if it's really you should try and
contact Anne and do an interview with her, because you
guys are from the great same cloth, but just fifty
sixty years later. And that's what's really warming my heart
is that, like you know, the appreciation of art and
music and and and just the creative is still alive
(41:03):
out there and really beautiful young people. And that for me,
like you are combining traditional things with modern things because.
Speaker 6 (41:11):
Technicality is but your your old school.
Speaker 4 (41:14):
I bet Anne would have loved have been to DJ,
you know, I mean her, I would love to ask
her like I think she would be inspired by you.
Oh have you read her book, honey?
Speaker 7 (41:26):
I've you have a little bit of it. I don't
have it.
Speaker 4 (41:29):
But I gotta get it's fun, I mean, because you
know it's it's just beautiful little clips of things. Anyway,
I just wanted to interject that, Paul, I just that's
just the vibe I was getting. And you really remind
me of her. It's really sweet.
Speaker 7 (41:41):
Thank you. I'm very flattered by I'm glad.
Speaker 3 (41:44):
It's weird.
Speaker 4 (41:45):
I would say it and you wouldn't even know who
she is. Girl, I don't know your age knows who
Anne Moses is. I'm sorry they don't.
Speaker 1 (41:53):
Yeah, hey, kit, I got a question for you. So
this is incredible.
Speaker 2 (41:59):
And Montclair State, I think that's a brilliant department that
they even offer that up. And I did look at
a bunch of the students there and got their opinions
on all this stuff. You know, it's a very heavy,
heady kind of thing, you know, honestly, going in there
and deciding to be a DJ? Where DJs are? You know,
almost you know, on the bus out of town kind
(42:19):
of thing. How do you monetize everything you've learned at
college and you've got this beautiful sunshine factory? How do
you get a job? Can you get a job at
a radio station? How are you making ends meet while
you're doing your passion a being so creative?
Speaker 7 (42:40):
Well, to be honest with you, I don't really have
a job right now since I graduated in college. It's
a little tough trying to get on right now. I
will be honest with you. But I still I want
to do radio, you know. I think it's a great
career path for me, and I love doing the interviewing,
(43:01):
you know.
Speaker 4 (43:02):
I mean, you know there's serious, serious radio. I mean
there's there is still radio, but it's very limited. I mean,
I can't even think of somebody besides sirius, you know
what I mean. But there's local like do you consider
checking in with your local world to be you know,
to bring do you have does your city have a
classics radio station?
Speaker 7 (43:24):
The two radio stations that I did intern for they
didn't pay.
Speaker 1 (43:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (43:33):
Right, isn't notoriously dejaying a rather low ball kind of
career even I think it's not a big money career.
Speaker 7 (43:43):
That I'm not too sure about.
Speaker 4 (43:44):
Well, you should find out, girl, because this is your I.
Speaker 3 (43:47):
Know now is there? I'm just curious. You say, if
it's a theme, you have themes in your show, So
you're just signing a show. MMR loves it. That's that's
really a compliment. Anyway, When they took your show, you
just you just give it to them. It's your show.
You're in charge of everything, you have total control. You're
gonna love that because you'll miss it if you lose
(44:08):
that later, So enjoy that. But I'm just curious about
this week. We're gonna play all the Rain songs from
the sixties, and what kind of thing is it.
Speaker 7 (44:19):
Mainly I do different like genres from the sixties, Like
sometimes I do motown, I do surf rock, I do
cyc but sometimes I do maybe Like one of the
themes that I do a lot on the show is
like the rare gems. So what I like to do
is I like to dig into archives and play like
(44:41):
really obscure stuff like the Chocolate Watch Band. Like last
week I played stuff from Paul Peterson and Shelley Faberret
so oh got.
Speaker 1 (44:50):
We had them on our podcast We have fall On.
Speaker 3 (44:53):
So you played Johnny Angela?
Speaker 7 (44:56):
Yes, great? But man, yeah, I like the obscure stuff.
I mean I played something from a little known group
called the Charlatan. Sometimes I play like the Rip Chords.
Speaker 4 (45:09):
You never know, Oh you deep dive very much. We
have a young lady who we've been working with three years.
She's family. Her name is Rachel Cromer and she's our
merchandise girl out on Happy Together to her and we've
known her since she was in college. And you guys
are cut from the same cloth. She just has always
(45:29):
dug sixties music. She's twenty seven. I guess she's a
little older than you. But you know, I just think
it's really interesting that there are just some young people
who are born with this gene that is drawn to
our time.
Speaker 6 (45:48):
And I understand that because I'm drawn to medieval times.
Speaker 4 (45:51):
I have my own theory about what's going on with
these kind of things, like go ahead, Polly.
Speaker 2 (45:56):
Oh, I was just gonna kind of carry on about Rachel.
And so Rachel went to Belmont College in Nashville, I
believe it is, and she got into some other things.
Speaker 1 (46:05):
You know, always loved art and always loved photography, Okay,
but nothing happening there.
Speaker 2 (46:10):
She was the merch girl for us, and you know,
and and all of a sudden, you know, she was
coming out with us and out with us, and you know, oh,
I'm a photographer, and all of a sudden, she lands
this job on the cruise we do. It's called the
Flower Power Cruise, and you know, yeah, and so and
she became one of the photographers that work on the
(46:32):
ship while the whole week is going on, taking all
these crazy pictures of everybody and and you know, and
and I think her.
Speaker 10 (46:39):
Sorry, guys, that's probably a doctor, but I can't take
it here, hang on im, sorry, guys, Okay, this is live.
Speaker 4 (46:50):
I'm going to bring you back.
Speaker 6 (46:51):
It was Rachel.
Speaker 4 (46:51):
You're talking about Rachel and.
Speaker 2 (46:53):
Okay, and so you know, but but she that was
her passion and she was able to hook up that
kind of a job, you know.
Speaker 4 (47:01):
And then a resume. We just kind of said, hey,
do you need a new guy? And they did and
then she's worked three four years now.
Speaker 1 (47:08):
Yeah, yeah, she's doing really well.
Speaker 3 (47:10):
But no, Yeah, in that spirit, is there a platform
kit that you're aiming for beyond MMR that exists that
that you want to move this show up up the
ladder or have you reached you know?
Speaker 7 (47:25):
My goal would be to do that. And speaking of merchandising,
since I do have a passion for the monkeys, I
do stickers, I do T shirts and I do.
Speaker 6 (47:38):
Oh that's great. Where's my guy?
Speaker 4 (47:41):
Where's David?
Speaker 5 (47:42):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (47:42):
There he is? Ah sweet, that Mike is phenomenal.
Speaker 4 (47:48):
That's awesome. So is there is there some place people
can buy those sticks?
Speaker 1 (47:52):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (47:52):
Where do people find you?
Speaker 7 (47:55):
I'm mainly on Facebook. I've had the stickers up on
eBay for a while, but I I'm starting. The other
thing that I was interested in college is merchandising. So
I started doing my own T shirts and stickers and
I did I did figures.
Speaker 6 (48:12):
Let's see, Well that guy out is that Scooby?
Speaker 7 (48:15):
It's a great gan character.
Speaker 6 (48:18):
Oh hey, did you create that guy? I love his
ears and his tail. He's very unique. As I am
looking at him, it was done.
Speaker 1 (48:27):
Yeah, very nice.
Speaker 3 (48:29):
Well you're you're in the art world. You're left brain,
right brain?
Speaker 6 (48:33):
Which brain reminds me of a little amba right now?
Speaker 3 (48:38):
I mean, so every Friday, you said at two o'clock
Eastern to four, you can be found on MMR Radio
with your show every Friday. That's cool.
Speaker 7 (48:51):
And there's a rerun on Saturday from twelve to two
that's Eastern time.
Speaker 3 (48:57):
A rerun up Friday's Friday show.
Speaker 7 (49:00):
Cool.
Speaker 3 (49:00):
I love bit.
Speaker 7 (49:01):
I don't really know what's going on with this week though,
because my show's normally on Fridays. But for this week's Thanksgiving,
I'm having a one time Thanksgiving episode on Thanksgiving.
Speaker 6 (49:14):
Okay, duly noted to our viewers.
Speaker 1 (49:17):
Cool.
Speaker 7 (49:17):
Yeah, I've had to find out the timeslot okay.
Speaker 4 (49:21):
And also so when like, if a person wants to like, Okay,
I'm an old lady and so radio, I'll leave here
and go kid has on the radio and I'll be
like in my car.
Speaker 6 (49:31):
No, I can't. So where do I find kids radio show?
Speaker 7 (49:37):
You can go to MMR Live three sixty five online, okay,
and then it takes you to the Lives three sixty
five website and you can stream it for free there.
But you can also listen to it in your car
if you have bluetoothes too.
Speaker 4 (49:52):
Oh okay, See I'm old, so I don't need to
be led down that path. Okay.
Speaker 6 (49:57):
Well, just just because there are.
Speaker 4 (49:58):
Old people watching and guys, I'm talking about us, not y'all,
and so I want to make it accessible to them.
I still can't do the u r L thing, go, Paul, Yeah,
I got to.
Speaker 8 (50:09):
Oh yeah, you are l think I hate those things.
Just take your phone and you'll be on your way.
Whatever those codes, yeah, park.
Speaker 4 (50:20):
And I'm looking at a giant r L No.
Speaker 7 (50:22):
Uh oh oh, I hate QR codes. Some people I
don't know the QR codes, you know, like the little
pattern thing. Yeah they aren't talking about I hate those
because they do job applications by those things.
Speaker 6 (50:34):
Now, even the kids don't like them, you're not.
Speaker 3 (50:38):
Going to remember what you're getting kids.
Speaker 2 (50:41):
So Kit, You've got a question for you. And so,
you know, you've been in this now a few years.
You know, you know the highs and the lows, you
know the ins and the outs, and so what would
you tell another person who was in high school look
into you know, looking at you, going, man, I want
to do that? What would you tell them?
Speaker 7 (51:02):
The best part to do is probably find a radio venue.
I mean, since I did it through college. You would
have to find maybe a again a venue or a
club or some kind of thing going on at your
university or whatever, and just try to pursue something. But again,
(51:22):
it takes a lot to you know, pitch an idea.
I had to pitch an idea and I had to
really convince the college to really take this show in
the beginning.
Speaker 6 (51:33):
So wow, girl, so it's not just you got to
really want it. Yeah, Yeah, that's what I'm hearing.
Speaker 3 (51:40):
Yeah, pitching shows a talent all itself. I mean, you
did well. Did you talked them into thank you?
Speaker 2 (51:49):
Now?
Speaker 3 (51:49):
Are they happy you talked them into it?
Speaker 7 (51:52):
I have no idea. To be honest with you, I
never got any notifications on what the ratings were or anything.
I just came in every Wednesday when I was at
the college. I mean sometimes I would have finals or
midterms going on during that time, but I prioritized, and
I knew that the show must go on regardless prioritize.
Speaker 6 (52:13):
I thought you was gonna say my midterms.
Speaker 3 (52:16):
Me too, that the show must That's a great phrase
I could take off. The show must go on.
Speaker 7 (52:26):
Sometimes. Originally I had the show at maybe ten to
nine thirty at night, That's what the original slot was
that I had at the college. And I would be
having maybe two midterms or two finals during the day,
and I would come at night, and I would have
one the next morning, and I'd still do my job.
Speaker 4 (52:43):
I had a girl.
Speaker 3 (52:46):
Everyone listening to this girl, because that's what.
Speaker 6 (52:49):
Be the one who just managed to get the show done.
Speaker 3 (52:52):
That's what you're looking at. Yeah, right.
Speaker 7 (52:56):
One thing I forgot to mention is we did have
this thing every spring the college called vinyls On, where
it would be a two day celebration, like twenty four
hours of just vinyl music. So I dressed up in
my little sixties miniskirt with the go go boots, and
I showed up to the radio station at the college
(53:17):
and I brought original vinyls. They brought all repressings and
they brought new rap stuff, and I O, we're here
with my Paul Revere and the Raiders albums.
Speaker 4 (53:30):
She got from her house. Because the kids are going
it's like going to it's like going to party city
to get your hit the outfit. They're going to go
get their stuff, you know, but she's going to bring
it from her collection.
Speaker 7 (53:44):
The dress was vintage from nineteen sixty.
Speaker 6 (53:46):
Seven, right on right, No party city dress, Nope.
Speaker 7 (53:50):
And the vinyls were all vintage too, And they're like,
why'd you bring old vinyls? Because I'm doing the part.
Speaker 4 (53:58):
Yeah, we're having a vinyl celebration, y'all, which is great.
You know, not everybody has folks who listen to that
music or it was a big part of their life. Really,
I feel like kids who have parents who bring music
into their lives are very lucky. And I have to
be honest and fair to my parents because they did
do that.
Speaker 2 (54:16):
So yeah, yeah, yeah, So kit, what's what's your future?
Speaker 1 (54:21):
Looking like?
Speaker 4 (54:22):
You need to wear shades?
Speaker 7 (54:24):
Girl, I'm not sure, to be honest with you, I'm
just trying to do what I can. But I would
like to do more interviewing with different people, and I
would like to do more at my radio show. And
my lifelong dream ever since I was younger, is to
do a cartoon series, either animated or comic. And that's
(54:45):
pretty much what I did all throughout college. And nothing's
happening too much with that.
Speaker 4 (54:51):
Well, you know, AI, I'll kick your butt.
Speaker 3 (54:54):
Well, that's the new generation I have to deal with AI.
But I think that'll work out. You'll start using to
your advantage is what you're gonna.
Speaker 4 (55:02):
You'll get to it. Kit your whole lifelong.
Speaker 3 (55:06):
Well, Kit, keep us posted and everyone check out her
radio show at MMR.
Speaker 4 (55:13):
Sunshine Factory, Sunshine Factory.
Speaker 3 (55:15):
Great name, Sonny.
Speaker 4 (55:17):
It makes me think of the Brady Bunch songs.
Speaker 7 (55:21):
Card.
Speaker 6 (55:21):
It's a great card. By the way, I have one
of those.
Speaker 4 (55:24):
I don't. I must have. I don't know how I
got one. But you're no.
Speaker 6 (55:28):
Wait, did you have a couple? Paul, Let me see that.
Speaker 4 (55:31):
Put that back up place.
Speaker 3 (55:32):
In your artwork. It's that's what I mean. It's very Yeah,
you're nailing it. Yeah, you're definitely nailing.
Speaker 4 (55:40):
I'm so glad, Paulie, I'm so glad you brought Kit
on on our our cast. This is perfect.
Speaker 1 (55:46):
Yep. I knew you'd be great on here, and you are.
Speaker 2 (55:48):
And I want everybody to reach out to all of
the things that you're doing and.
Speaker 1 (55:52):
Get inside of it because it's really cool. Go to
her radio station, listen to her shows because she knows
what she's doing.
Speaker 7 (56:01):
K I also have a YouTube channel too, called sonny G.
Speaker 1 (56:07):
Channel called sonny G.
Speaker 4 (56:10):
That's easy for me.
Speaker 2 (56:11):
Well, you really are and all the platforms see you
know more than we know.
Speaker 1 (56:15):
I mean, I think, oh wow, that's brilliant.
Speaker 2 (56:17):
I guess that might even just be part of the course,
but to me, it's brilliant.
Speaker 5 (56:22):
It is.
Speaker 3 (56:23):
Thank you right, And if you want us on your show,
get in talk to those we'll come on your show.
Speaker 7 (56:27):
Yet fantastic.
Speaker 1 (56:31):
You can ask us all the questions.
Speaker 3 (56:33):
Yeah, like Susan in the group, we you know we
didn't know what to.
Speaker 4 (56:41):
Well. I want everybody, including Kit and your family, to
have a great Thanksgiving.
Speaker 2 (56:45):
Yes, happy Thanksgiving, Kit to you and yours and thank
you much love from us Thanksgiving too.
Speaker 3 (56:53):
Your Thanksgiving episode Thursday right, you are giving it a
look for it there. If you're hanging around fool of food,
you can listen to the food, all right, everybody, Jim right, Kit.
Speaker 1 (57:07):
We'll see you in Pennsylvania during the summer.
Speaker 7 (57:11):
Yes, for next year's Happy Together tour.
Speaker 4 (57:13):
You will be there.
Speaker 1 (57:15):
Cool.
Speaker 7 (57:15):
Yes, I'm excited. I'm excited.
Speaker 6 (57:18):
It's going to be exciting. And that's a fact.
Speaker 1 (57:22):
Coming out. Oh my gosh, we can't tell you, but
I can't.
Speaker 4 (57:24):
Tell you big excitement. All right, gentlemen, I gotta go shopping.
I gotta go get a bird.
Speaker 1 (57:30):
Thanksgiving, Kit.
Speaker 2 (57:35):
Okay, everybody, We hope you enjoyed visiting with us today.
We definitely had a blast visiting with you.
Speaker 1 (57:41):
You'll forget.
Speaker 2 (57:42):
Each episode of the Past is available to download on demand.
Speaker 6 (57:48):
So please subscribe and give us a rating thumbs up.
Speaker 2 (57:52):
You can also follow the Castles on Facebook at at
coucil dot com, and of course, we will see you
in concert.
Speaker 7 (58:00):
And on the road.
Speaker 1 (58:02):
Until then, Let's stay.
Speaker 2 (58:03):
In touch by tuning in each week for another episode
of the podcast.
Speaker 3 (58:15):
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