20, 2016 PDF - Positively Pittsburgh Live Magazine

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Joanne Quinn-Smith
http://pplmag.com
Joanne Quinn-Smith is the CEO of
Dreamweaver Marketing Associates in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a full service
marketing company specializing in Web 2.0
Gorilla Branding™. Known as the Techno Granny she offers her clients unique, creative
and energetic marketing and management plans. Marketing and
consulting clients include individuals and entrepreneurs, non profit
agencies and organizations, restaurants, small businesses with
locations across the US and international organizations. Lauded for
her energetic and enthusiastic style of marketing, Ms. Quinn-Smith
is frequently in demand as a speaker. She spoke in 2007, 2008 and
2009 at the NAWBO (National Association of Women Business
Owners) Annual Convention in Atlanta Georgia, and Phoenix,
Arizona and Chicago, Illinois and is a regular speaker on Social and
New Media at the Pennsylvania Business Technology Conference.
Joanne has won national acclaim and international fans for her four
internet radio shows, four supplemental blogs and an on line, multi
media Community magazine.
In the professional sector, she has served on several committees and
boards including: Girls Going Places, NAWBO National Committees,
and Women’s Economic Development Outreach, WEDO. She has
been an active board member of NAWBO for many years and was
the 2007-2008 President of the Greater Pittsburgh Chapter. She was
also the chair of the Second Annual NAWBO Day at the Greater
Pittsburgh Chapter.
Positively Pittsburgh Live
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Always on the cutting edge of social media, Joanne is the host of a
weekly talkcast called Techno Granny Show™which airs each
Monday at 7am on Talkshoe. The talkcast helps entrepreneurs learn
how to negotiate and make the most of today’s technology. She is
also the host of three other pod casts including Positively Pittsburgh
Live™, The Monday Morning Marketeer™, and Professionals with
Impact™. All Talkcasts are recorded live and can be found at:
www.positivelypittsburghlivemagazine.com.
Her current niche is Web 2.0 Gorilla Branding Training™ and
PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazine.com a multi media resource for
and about Pittsburgh. Website:
www.positivelypittsburghlivemagazine.com which is also a
syndicated Pittsburgh Internet Radio and TV network. Joanne
Quinn-Smith has been designated nationally, 2009 Small Business
Journalist of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration for
her advocacy and reporting on smallbusiness using social and New
Media. Joanne is much in demand as a speaker instructing
businesses and organizations in internet branding and visibility.
Joanne’s internet radio shows have accumulated listeners
internationally of over 200,000.
http://www.PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazine.com
412.628.5048
Joanne Quinn-Smith, 2009 U.S. Small Business Administration
Small Business Journalist of the Year
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Magazine January 1 - 20, 2016
Table of Contents
Positively Pittsburgh Live! Lions, Tigers, Acrobats, Oh My .. 7
TechnoGrannyShow, Can You Really Stop Thos Annoying
Telemarketing Calls .................................. 8
Positively Pittsburgh Live Magazine Dec 15-31, 2015 ..... 10
Mrs. Cardiology, 10 Health Resolutions, 6 Scientific Ways to
Succeed ........................................... 12
Mrs. Cardiology, Strong Case for Anti Inflammatory Diet .. 13
On KDKA TV - Andre Weisbrod Discusses 2015 and 2016
Investment Markets ................................. 14
2015 - The Investment Year in Review - This may Surprise..
You14
2016 Economic and Investment Outlook ................ 15
The Only Thing to Fear… ............................. 16
Why most bands MUST work with a Producer ............ 18
Interview with John Kellogg .......................... 19
Where are your fans Learn the secret to finding the perfect
fans .............................................. 20
Interview with Shannon & The Merger ............. 21
Top Ten Reasons to Sponsor PositivelyPittsburghLive Podcast
.. 22
Body Beautiful: Embarrassing Facial Hair? Keep a Stiff Upper
Lip! .............................................. 34
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Dreamweaver Marketing News, MADEA ON THE RUN THE
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NEW MUSICAL STAGE PLAY BY TYLER PERRY ..........
The Family Business: Balls Pricey Review ...............
Leslie West Interview ................................
Dirty Streets: White Horse Review .....................
The Sheepdogs: Future Nostalgia Review ...............
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Positively Pittsburgh Live!
Positively Pittsburgh Live! Lions, Tigers, Acrobats, Oh My
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
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Click here to view or listen to the audio/video.
PPL Co-Host Jill Kummer, owner Black Tie Pittsburgh and the
Original Bow Tie Company to talk about how to raise money getting
people to wear Bow Ties at your events.| WHERE IN THE WORLD IS
TECHNOGRANNY? Wizard of Oz| Southpointe Chember Luncheon
at President’s Pub, Washington, Pa.| Cirque Holidaze| CULTURAL
CLUES: Madea On The Run | JazzLive, January| Bridges of Madison
County| Ciara at Quantum Theatre| KIDZ KORNER: Buzzword
Pittsburgh | Tetris and My True North| WOMEN AND GIRLS
ADVANCEMENT : Gwen’s Girls: See The Best In Me Campaign |
NAWBO National Webinars| Reaching Adolescents with Positive
Support| BUSINESS BUZZ: TechConnect: Google Drive| 15th Annual
Conference for Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Enterprises|
Cambria region Lands Foreign-trade Zone Status| PITTSBURGH
HISTORICAL STUFF: 7th Annual Antique & Collectible Identification
| NON-PROFIT EVENTS SPONSORED BY BLACKTIE PITTSBURGH:
2016 MLK Award Nominees| Center for Victims Raises the Bar| 2016
Peace It Together Awards| NEIGHBORHOOD NUGGETS
SPONSORED BY DARLENE KRUTH, NORTHWOOD REALTY,
UPPER ST. CLAIR: Meetup Happy Hour at Tilted Kilt Robinson|
Return to the Wild: the Chris McCandless Story| Saturday Silver
Screen Film Club: Selma| POSITIVE PITTSBURGHERS: Ebony
Harris| ROVING PITTSBURGHER REPORT SPONSORED BY
PITTSBURGH TRADE ALLIANCE: Wizard of Oz| Southpointe
Chember Luncheon at President’s Pub, Washington, Pa.| Cirque
Holidaze| PITTSBURGH LOCAL SPORTS: RDA U-16 Girls |
PITTSBURGH GOOD NEWS FORUM Sponsored by Mrs. Cardiology
Podcast and Mrs.Cardiology.com: TruFoodMfg Creating Jobs in
O’Hara
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TechnoGrannyShow
TechnoGrannyShow, Can You Really Stop Thos Annoying
Telemarketing Calls
it’s that time of year when the retails stores lay off their extra help
and many people are homebound or jobless. Two reasons that create
a boom in the telemarketing business. Those laid off after the post
holiday help boom are accepting jobs as telemarketers and often
their paycheck is based on what they sell. Now I have done this job
for a cultural establilshment in my area and it is thankless and
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people are often rude, with good cause as they are being disturbed
without an invitation.| But as a consumer what can you do about
these calls. You have heard about the famous “Do Not Call List” and
there are those who will tell you it does not work. Well it does as
long as you do what you are supposed to do and you are otherwise
vigilant. Listen in as TechnoGranny, Joanne Quinn-Smith goes over
some tips right from the FTA, Hear how the National Do Not Call
Registry works and how it doesn’t. For those who don’t want to take
the time to listen you can get the same info at donotcall.gov. What
you wont get is special insights from the TechnoGranny herself
culled from her own experience.
Positively Pittsburgh Live Magazine PDF & Turning Page
Formats
Positively Pittsburgh Live Magazine Dec 15-31, 2015
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Positively Pittsburgh Live Magazine
Positively Pittsburgh Live Magazine Dec 15 - 31, 2015
If you’ve missed some of the audios, videos or articles on Positively
Pittsburgh Live Magazine over the past week, you don’t have to
worry.
Every week, we are creating
a PDF version (a magazine that can be opened like an ebook on
your computer or even your smartphone), and
an online version that lets you actually turn the pages (and hear
the page turning sound!).
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In both versions, when you click the link for the multimedia, you can
download and listen to the audio shows, or watch the videos.
To view (and save) the PDF/Ebook version of Positively Pittsburgh’s
anthology of content from last week, just click
http://positivelypittsburghlivemagazine.com/PPLM-2015-12-15_31/P
PLM-2015-12-15_31.pdf.
To view the online, turning page version of Positively Pittsburgh’s
content for last week, just click
http://www.PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazine.com/PPLM-2015-12-1
5_31/.
If you’d like to have an article, audio show or video shared with the
rest of Pittsburgh, click here to contact me.
Have a positive and successful week!
Joanne Quinn-Smith, Publisher
http://www.positivelypittsburghlivemagazine.com/
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Mrs. Cardiology--Heart Tips Not Tricks
Mrs. Cardiology, 10 Health Resolutions, 6 Scientific Ways to
Succeed
: Health resolutions are great starting a new year, but surveys show
that they often don’t make it past two weeks or even less. As in
anything else, YOU NEED A PLAN. Culled from her fireside chats
with her cardiologist husband, Dr. Santosh Pandit, Mrs. Cardiology
has come up with Ten Healthy Resolutions for 2016. More
importantly she has searched around to put some science behind
putting them into a 90 day plan instead of one year with very good
scientific steps to help you succeed, Six Scientific Steps to Be Exact,
10 Resolutions and Breaking it down into 90 Day Increments.
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Mrs. Cardiology--Heart Tips Not Tricks
Mrs. Cardiology, Strong Case for Anti Inflammatory Diet
Hear the Strong Case for Anti Inflammatory Diet to Combat Chronic
Disease like Heart Disease, Cancer, Alzheimer’s, Asthma. Is it just a
buzzword in current medical circles or can following an
antiinflammatory diet save your life? Mrs. Cardiology’s research
shows that it certainly can’t hurt. Listen in to hear what she has
researched from authoritative sources on the anti-inflammatory diet.
Please share with those whose eating habits most certainly threaten
their well being.
STAAR Financial Advisors - Latest blog entries
On KDKA TV - Andre Weisbrod Discusses 2015 and 2016
Investment Markets
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On December 31 Andre Weisbrod discussed the 2015 markets and
commented on the New Year. For some reason the second segment
has not yet been posted. Look for his detailed evaluation blog later
today. http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/show/the-sunday-business-page/video
-3342151-looking-back-at-the-2015-stock-market-with-staar-financia
ls-andre-weisbrod-legend-financials-lou-stanasalovich/
Posted January 8, 2018
Read More
2015 - The Investment Year in Review - This may Surprise
You
2015 - The Investment Year in Review
January 8, 2016
By: J. André Weisbrod
SUMMARY POINTS:
· 2015 was a disappointing year, ending with a whimper.
Santa failed to show up.
· 2015 saw high volatility.
· Except for large consumer companies, no major category
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experienced close to an average long-term return, though a few
were modestly positive. Most categories were well under average
and over half were down for the year.
· The best major sectors of the S&P 500 were Consumer, Health
Care, Technology and Telecomm while the worst were Energy,
Materials, Utilities and Industrials. · Overall the S&P 500 was up 1.3%, but an equal-weighted S&P
500 actual lost 2.2%. · Of interest is that equal weight indexes, which have generally
outperformed the more quoted capital weight indexes over the past
15 years, mostly underperformed the capital weighted indexes the
past couple years. The equal weight S&P 500 returned -2.2% (3.5%
less than the capital weighted index) in 2015. We must remember
that indexes do not have expenses. This explains at least in part why
professional managers have had trouble meeting or beating the S&P
500 the last couple years. (See discussion and tables.)
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2016 Economic and Investment Outlook
2016 Economic and Investment Outlook
January 14, 2016 By: J. André Weisbrod
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SUMMARY:
Predictions can be a fool’s errand. The more variables, the more
difficult it is to forecast outcomes. That said…
Variables are legion and include: Overall economic growth and
company profits; employment; International economies; oil prices;
inflation; debt; politics; terrorism;
Though somewhat of a toss-up, I will suggest the probability for
2016 is for a modestly positive year for stocks and another flat or
losing year for bonds.
The above bullets were written January 4, and I have preserved
them intact. Has anything changed except for China and the
price of stocks? Yes and no. The China fiasco points out that we
are vulnerable to global economic events as much or more than
ever. This is truly an interlinked and interdependent planet. The
third bullet, though, remains a statement I can live with. A
“toss-up.”
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The Only Thing to Fear…
The Only Thing to Fear…
Monday, January 18, 2016
By J. André Weisbrod
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“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” This is the famous
quote from Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1932 inaugural address. With stock markets retreating amid global uncertainties, here are
some considerations:
· The two causes of the biggest financial mistakes are fear and
greed.
· The stock market loses value approximately three out of every
ten years. Over the past 10 years, only one was a complete loser,
2008. 2015 was a bit of a mix, but on balance a loser. Will 2016 end
up a loser? Or will it be one of those years that see losses during the
year but recover by the end?
Read More
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The Loudini Rock 'n Roll Circus
Why most bands MUST work with a Producer
On this edition of the Loudini Rock and Roll Circus Lou aka Loudini
and Kevin talk about the importance of a producer and what a
difference it can make to an artist. Also â??Mr. Smooveâ?? stops by
the studio. Plus Music from Loudini Artists Mary Jennings, Shannon
and the Merger, and Paul Nelson. Birthday shout outs to Paolo
Nutini, Jimmy Page & Dave Matthews
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Interview with John Kellogg
John P. Kellogg, Esq., is Assistant Chair of Music
Business/Management at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA
and an entertainment lawyer. An author and talent judge for the
Emmy Award winning Community Auditions, he is also a radio and
television music business commentator. John has represented
recording artists Levert, The Oâ??Jays, Eddie Levert, Sr., LSG, Stat
Quo of Shady/Aftermath Records, G-Dep of Bad Boy Records and
served as a member of the management team for late R&B recording
star Gerald Levert, whom he represented throughout his career.
Kellogg, board member and past president of Music and
Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA) he is a
former board member of Black Entertainment and Sports
Lawyerâ??s Association (BESLA) and a 2005 inductee into the
BESLA Hall of Fame. He has been profiled in Billboard, Ebony, Black
Issues, and In the Black magazines and was named to the 2009
Ebony Power 150 list of African-American Organization Leaders. He
is licensed in the states of New York and Ohio.
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Where are your fans Learn the secret to finding the perfect
fans
This week Loudini and Kevin reveal some little talked about ways of
finding your ideal fans. Plus music from Loudini artists The Von,
Circle of One, Lance Lopez and a sneak peak at the new ep from the
artist Koralee. All this and a visit from fan boi Pittsburgh Kevin!
Birthday Shout out to Sade
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Interview with Shannon & The Merger
https://www.facebook.com/ShannonandtheMerger/ There are several
avenueâ??s by which one can obtain said CD. Of course, the
preferred way of procuring your very own copy of â??Long Way
Downâ?? will always be to come and visit us live, at any Shannon
and the Merger event. You can also stop in at any of these fine
establishments where our friends have agreed to supply the hook up.
Donâ??t forget to say â??Hi!â?? for us!
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Top Ten Reasons to Sponsor PositivelyPittsburghLive
Podcast
Top Ten Reasons to Sponsor PositivelyPittsburghLive™ Podcast Will you be the next anchor radio host on pplmag.com?Ready
to have your name in front of over one million accumulated
internet listeners?
photo by Peter Miranda · The one thing that has kept radio going through TV,
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computers, iPods and iPads—drive time! Multi-tasking while
travelling and being stuck in traffic keeps listeners attention.
· Audio podcasts have invaded drivetime through ITunes,
Stitcher Radio, Player.fm and 40 Plus Directories. With Wi-Fi in
their car or a blue tooth device, listening is easy.
· Have you pooh-poohed Internet radio talk shows? Don’t!
Those shows are immortal. Evergreen! Archived on websites. They
show up in Internet searches for your name. That means they boost
your SEO. ~Steve Harrison
· Of the 243 million Americans using radio each week,
66.6 million of them are Millennials. This far outpaces the size of
the weekly Generation X and Boomer radio audiences, with 57.9
million weekly listeners each. Millennials spend more than 11 hours
a week with radio, and nearly three quarters (73%) of their listening
occurs while outside the home and close to making purchasing
decisions.~Neilsen.com
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photograph by Maciej Korsan · An estimated 46 million Americans over the age of 12 now
listen. That’s 17% of the 12+ US population, up from 12% in 2013.
They listen during their morning commute on the train, in their car
while they’re running or at the gym, or while doing household
chores.
· About 10% of the US population listens to podcasts on a
weekly basis. These listeners average about 6 podcasts per week!
· Podcast Listeners Are Young + Tech Savvy
You need to be adept at using a Smartphone or a computer to listen
to a podcast. In general, 12-34 years old.
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photo by Steve Best half of podcast listeners in the US are between
Podcast listeners also spend more time online in general than the
rest of the US population. Plus, podcast listeners tend to favor the
Internet over any other form of media such as TV, radio,
or newspapers.
· They’re Affluent + Educated
Weekly podcast listeners are nire educated and have higher incomes
when compared to the rest of the population. 24% of Americans
with a college degree listen to podcasts weekly compared with
the 10% of Americans without a college degree who are listening
weekly. And you’re twice more likely to be a weekly podcast listener
if you make $100K or above than if you make $50k or below. In
other words, podcast listeners have money to spend on the products
and services you are offering.
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photo by Wilfred Ivan
They’re Social Media Users
Podcast consumers are the people who check social media sites
multiple times a day – a perfect demographic for the social media
marketers out there who are reading this. In fact, 56% of podcast
listeners use social media sites at least once a day to several
times a day.
photo by Joao Silas
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· PositivelyPittsburghLive listeners can become your marketers,
while sharing the podcast your name is being shared as a sponsor
over and over again.
photo by Alexis Doyen
Do you like good news?
Would you like it even better if the good news put you in
front of new prospective customers?
Let’s face it, bad news like what’s on our local TV networks
attracts people with bad attitudes who like gloom and
doom. Wouldn’t it be easier to sell to people attracted to
good news with good attitudes?
Are you tired of bad news, robberies, murders, tragedies, car
crashes? Greater Pittsburgh Area Listeners are also. They do
not subscribe to “If it bleeds, it leads” motto of local news.
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photo by Ryan McGuire
There is at least one Pittsburgher who is dedicated to spreading the
good news in Pittsburgh. Joanne Quinn-Smith also known as the
TechnoGranny and Pittsburgh Good News Reporter has dedicated 8
years to broadcasting the good news about Pittsburgh and the
surrounding areas. She fashions her talkcasts after the famous
broadcast journalist Gabriel Heater who for years started his
broadcast with the quote, “There’s good news tonight!” Joanne Quinn-Smith interviewing at the Military Writer’s Society of
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America
Joanne started her Talkcast/podcast, PositivelyPittsburghLive in
2007. PositivelyPittsburghLive is the flagship podcast for
PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazine.com, Pittsburgh’s First Internet
Radio and TV Network. PPLMag is a free online news network and
community magazine where Pittsburgher’s and surrounding
residents can go for the good news and events. Once a week, all the
user generated good news from over 70 Pittsburgh area business
owners and organizations is turned into an online turning page
magazine complete with live links to internet radio and TV shows
and full color magazine pages.
The TechnoGranny herself has interviewed over 1,000 Area business
owners, local celebrities and nonprofit organizations and produced
over 2,000 podcast episodes, all about good news. There are also 8
anchor podcasts/talkcasts produced weekly or bi-weekly and the
anchor podcast community is growing.
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Will you be the next anchor radio host on pplmag.com?
Or would you like to have your name in front of listeners as a
sponsor?
To find out if you have a “face for radio, contact award
winning host and producer, Joanne Quinn-Smith at: 412-444-5197
Joanne Quinn-Smith, 412-444-5197
2009 National SBA Journalist of the Year
AKA TechnoGranny, Talkcast Host
Publisher, PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazi ne.com
2010 Stevie Award Finalist for Best Media Website or Blog
Creative Energy Officer, Dreamweaver Marketing Associates, Full
Service Marketing Company Specializing in Digital Branding.
Take advantage of the PositivelyPittsburgh Alliance:
Post your Positive Events and Use Discussion Forum
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Get Your Own Syndicated Pittsburgh Internet Radio or TV Channel
at:http://www.pplmag.com
twitter: http://twitter.com/ pospittsburgh
http://twitter.com/ technogrannysho
Network on LinkedIn: http://www. joannequinnsmith.com
Join: Other Positive Pittsburghers at: http://
positivepittsburghers.com
Join: PositivePittsburghers Group on LinkedIn
(c) Joanne Quinn-Smith dba PositivelyPittsburghLive, 2015
What Can YOU do on PPL Mag
1. REGISTER FOR PPL MAG POST YOUR PERSONAL OR BUSINESS PHOTO AND BIO IN
THE MEMBERS AREA.
2. CHECK OUT THE PPL MAG CALENDAR
POST YOUR OWN EVENTS AND VIEW OTHER UPCOMING
EVENTS IN THE CITY. 3. READ THE LATEST GOOD NEWS FORUM POSTS
START YOUR OWN PITTSBURGH GOOD NEWS
DISCUSSIONS, TOO YOU CAN ALSO CONNECT ON THE
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POSTIVE PITTSBURGHERS NETWORKING SITE HERE
AND CREATE YOUR OWN PAGE.
Don’t Just Watch or Listen to the News, “Be the News!”
Attention Business Owners
FRONT PAGE RESULTS GREATER PITTSBURGH AREA RESULTS!
LEARN HOW 29 DOLLARS A MONTH GETS YOUR OWN
INTERNET RADIO OR TV SHOW.
ALL DONE FOR YOU. CALL 412-444-5197 OR EMAIL [email protected]
If you would like to have your own channel at:
PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazi ne.com, Pittsburgh’s First Internet
Radio and TV Network contact Publisher, Joanne Quinn-Smith Positively Pittsburgh Live
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P.S.S. BUSINESS OWNERS!
Remember podcasts are now available in cars through phone blue tooth technology and digital radio, so
PPLMag channels have invaded drive time which has been the
secret of the success of terrestrial radios longevity and
popularity.
Contact Joanne at
412-444-5197
Joanne Quinn-Smith, 412-444-5197
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2009 National SBA Journalist of the Year
AKA TechnoGranny, Talkcast Host
Publisher, PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazi ne.com
2010 Stevie Award Finalist for Best Media Website or Blog
Creative Energy Officer, Dreamweaver Marketing Associates, Full
Service Marketing Company Specializing in Digital Branding.
Body Beautiful Laser Medi-Spa
Body Beautiful: Embarrassing Facial Hair? Keep a Stiff
Upper Lip!
Embarrassing
Facial Hair? Keep a Stiff Upper Lip!
If you have a prickly issue that you’d like to eradicate this year,
you’re not alone. Millions of others have vexing problems, too; and
often, even the firmest resolutions, or a will of iron, can’t fix them.
For example, many women are plagued with facial hair; and, despite
their best efforts, they can’t completely conceal, or get rid of, it.
However, with our laser hair removal treatment, we can eliminate
hair, comfortably, safely, and permanently, from the face, and nearly
any other part of the body. So, if you want to finally shed your
unwanted hair for good, keep a stiff upper lip; the only effort
required on your part is to call us. Like us on
Facebook!
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Body Beautiful Laser Medi-Spa
Introducing PicoSure: The Newest Laser Technology for Tattoo Removal and Skin Rejuvenation
Body Beautiful Laser Medical Spa is proud to welcome the PicoSure
- the newest and most effective technology for tattoo removal and
skin rejuvenation. These procedures are performed by experienced
technicians in our newly remodeled office. There are currently only
400 Picosure machines across the country and Body Beautiful is the
only location in the Pittsburgh area with the new FDA-approved
handpiece to treat red and pink ink, which is very hard for most
other lasers to do. This unit also features the Focus Lens Array for
heightened skin rejuvenation.
The PicoSure tattoo removal state-of-the-art technology is
guaranteed to erase tattoos within 4-8 sessions or less (depending
on size, color, type of ink). After a recent study, approximately 75%
of Body Beautiful clients notice exceptional results within 2-3
treatments.
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All of Body Beautiful’s Certified Laser Technicians have found that
PicoSure is a quick and effective procedure that has left many
individuals extremely happy and satisfied with their results,
especially those with multiple colored tattoos, which are very hard to
remove with other lasers. In the past, patients would have to come
back for several months or even years to have their tattoo removed
and sometimes it would never fully erase. The PicoSure is easy to
use and lightens tattoos a substantial amount after even the first
treatment.
The PicoSure laser treatments use thermal energy to break apart the
ink particles like a sound wave. The ultra-short pulses (one trillionth
of a second in length) hit the ink particle with extreme pressure,
causing the ink to shatter into smaller, dust-like particles. Since the
particles are so small, they are more easily absorbed, which means
better results, less treatments needed and with less risk.
The PicoSure is also an excellent tool for skin rejuvenation. The
Focus Lens Array handpiece delivers younger looking skin in just
one treatment. These immediate, long-lasting results require no
downtime and will re-boost your confidence! We recommend this
treatment for those who want to remove fine lines, wrinkles and
uneven skin tone. This treatment is also great for melasma. It works
by creating an intense photomechanical impact, boosting collagen
production. This gentle treatment can also smooth acne scars and
other marks.
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Mark Fleis, Manager and Certified Laser Technician, said, “I am
excited to be able to provide highly effective technology that leaves
my patients with results and happiness. I have had several
individuals have their tattoo permanently erased in just 4 visits; they
are just as pleased as I am!”
For more information about these procedures or Body Beautiful
Laser Medical Spa, please visit www.BblmSpa.com or call
724-987-3221.
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Dreamweaver Marketing Associates News and Views
Dreamweaver Marketing News, MADEA ON THE RUN THE
NEW MUSICAL STAGE PLAY BY TYLER PERRY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
Local Show Publicist: Shaunda Miles, Director of Public Relations, 412-471-1578 / [email protected]
Image available: Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Pressroom
Search: Tyler Perry
PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES
TYLER PERRY’S
MADEA ON THE RUN
THE NEW MUSICAL STAGE PLAY BY TYLER PERRY
TICKET ON SALE NOW
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TYLER PERRY & CASSI DAVIS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN
PITTSBURGH
Pittsburgh, PA—The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces that Tyler
Perry will star
in his new musical stage play Madea On The Run at Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center (237 7th Street, Downtown Pittsburgh) for a
limited engagement. Three performances of Tyler Perry’s Madea
On The Run are scheduled for Friday, February 26, 2016 at 8:00
PM and Saturday, February 27 at 2:00 PM and 7:00PM.
Tickets ($44.25-$71.25) vary according to performance and are
available at TrustArts.org, by phone at (412) 456-6666, or in person
at the Box Office at Theater Square, 655 Penn Avenue.
About the Show
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Madea is at it again in Tyler Perry’s most outrageously funny stage
play ever. In trouble with the local authorities, Mabel Simmons,
notoriously known as Madea, is on the run from the law. With no
place to turn, she volunteers to move in with her friend Bam who is
recovering from hip replacement surgery. Bam is so grateful that
her faithful friend Mabel is putting her life on hold in order to nurse
Bam back to health. Unknown to Bam however, Madea is only using
the concerned friend gag as a way to hide out from the police. But
as they say… all things work together for the good of those who love
the Lord and are called according to his purpose. Madea’s presence
at Bam’s house is just what the doctor ordered. Bam’s family is in
desperate need of some home improvement, and it is the only kind of
family makeover that Madea could deliver. Starring Tyler Perry as
Madea, and Cassi Davis as Aunt Bam, Madea On The Run delivers
a couple hours of pure joy and laughter. With brand new music
written by Tyler Perry, the show delivers a finger snapping and
inspirational evening of theater. Madea’s life lessons on friendship,
marriage, personal reflection, and overcoming, leave audiences with
some great food for the soul. Don’t miss Tyler Perry’s Madea On
The Run.
Tyler Perry’s inspirational journey from the hard streets of New
Orleans to the heights of Hollywood’s A-list is the stuff of American
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legend. Born into poverty and raised in a household scarred by
abuse, Tyler fought from a young age to find the strength, faith and
perseverance that would later form the foundations of his
much-acclaimed plays, films, books and shows. It was a simple piece
of advice from Oprah Winfrey that set Tyler’s career in motion.
Encouraged to keep a diary of his daily thoughts and experiences, he
began writing a series of soul-searching letters to himself. His
writing inspired a musical, I Know I’ve Been Changed, and in 1992
and in 1998 his perseverance paid off when a promoter booked I
Know I’ve Been Changed for a limited run at a local
church-turned-theatre. This time, the community came out in droves,
and soon the musical moved
to Atlanta’s prestigious Fox Theatre. Tyler Perry never looked
back.And so began an incredible run of 13 plays in as many years,
including Woman Thou Art Loosed!, a celebrated collaboration with
the prominent Dallas pastor T.D. Jakes. In the year 2000, I Can Do
Bad All By Myself marked the first appearance of the now-legendary
Madea. The God-fearing, gun-toting, pot-smoking, loud-mouthed
grandmother, Madea, was played by Perry himself. Madea was such
a resounding success, she soon spawned a series of plays - Madea’s
Family Reunion (2002), Madea’s Class Reunion (2003), Madea Goes
To Jail (2005) - and set the stage for Tyler’s jump to the big screen.
In 2015, Perry returned to the stage, performing his new original
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play, Madea on the Run, to sold out audiences across the United
States.
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has overseen one of Pittsburgh’s most
historic transformations: turning a seedy red-light district into a
magnet destination for arts lovers, residents, visitors, and business
owners. Founded in 1984, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a
non-profit arts organization whose mission is the cultural and
economic revitalization of a 14-block arts and
entertainment/residential neighborhood called the Cultural District.
The District is one of the country’s largest land masses “curated” by
a single nonprofit arts organization. A major catalytic force in the
city, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a unique model of how
public-private partnerships can reinvent a city with authenticity,
innovation and creativity. Using the arts as an economic catalyst,
the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has holistically created a
world-renowned Cultural District that is revitalizing the city,
improving the regional economy and enhancing Pittsburgh’s quality
of life. Thanks to the support of foundations, corporations,
government agencies and thousands of private citizens, the Trust
stands as a national model of urban redevelopment through the arts.
About Tyler Perry
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Perry’s first feature film, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, debuted at
number one nationwide. His ensuing films, Madea’s Family Reunion
, Daddy’s Little Girls, Why Did I Get Married?, Meet The Browns, The Family That Preys, I Can Do Bad All by Myself, Why Did I Get
Married Too?, For Colored Girls, Madea’s Big, Happy Family, Good
Deeds and Madea’s Witness Protection have all been met with
massive commercial success, delighting audiences across America
and around the world. He starred in the Rob Cohen directed Alex
Cross and helped release Academy Award-nominated Precious, a
movie based on the novel Push by Sapphire, in conjunction with his
34th Street Films banner, Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films and
Lionsgate.
In the fall of 2008, Perry opened his 200,000 square foot Studio in
Atlanta, situated on the former Delta Airlines campus of more than
30 acres. The Studio consists of five sound stages, a post production
facility, a pond, a back lot, a 400-seat theater, a private screening
room, and designated areas for entertaining and hosting events.
Tyler recently garnered rave reviews for his role opposite Ben
Affleck in David Fincher’s box office hit, Gone Girl. He will next be
seen on the big screen in 2016 for Paramount’s Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles sequel as the villain “Baxter Stockman.” A philanthropist, New York Times best-selling author, television
producer, actor and activist, Perry continues to break television
network and box office records with his unique brand of
inspirational entertainment to a devoted new audience. It is a brand
that quickly became an empire. Perry has garnered a Helen Hayes
Award for Excellence in Theater, the Brandon Tatikoff Legacy Award
from the National Association of Television Program Executives
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(NATPE), an MTV Movie Award, over 20 NAACP Award nominations
and over a dozen subsequent awards.
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
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Blog – Lou Lombardi Music
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The Family Business: Balls Pricey Review
Balls Pricey is the fourth release from the Madison Wisconsin
neo-classic rockers, The Family Business. Over the years the boys
have explored different genres from straight up heavy blues riffs on
their debut Nightmares and Wildest Dreams, to the more Americana,
Band-esque sound from the their last record Forefathers. On Balls
Pricey we find T.F.B. cranking out a mix of straight up rock and roll
as well as exploring a few other related genres.
Balls Pricey opens with the hard rocking “The Problem.” The band
quickly shifts gears with the R&B grooving “Make My Move”
followed by the boogie rock of “You Never Know.” The entire record
is a mini catalog of various feels and grooves and types of songs in
the blues rock idiom. One of my favorites is the 6/8, psychedelic,
Allman Brothers tinged “Blue.” This is definitely one of the album
highlights. The guys seem to be stretching their muscles a bit and
they do quite well no matter what style they put their hands to.
Ambient production, rock and roll attitude, and their love of the
blues keeps the record from sounding too eclectic. There is a
definite sonic thread that The Familiy Business weaves through out
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the entire album. While it’s obvious that they can play anything that
they want and still sound authentic, great rock and roll is still what
they do best. Tracks like” Double Suite,” “Still Alive,” and “Big Red
Button” is where they seem most at home.
Singer and guitarist Alex White is a natural blues rock singer with
enough bite to convince the even toughest “rock is dead” critic. Lead
guitarist Eric Ziegler’s tasteful solos create a powerful double guitar
attack with White. T.F.B. meld rock and blues effortlessly. Both
White and Ziegler benefit from the formidable rhythm section of
Garrett Wartenweiler and Derek Hendrickson who keep Balls Pricey
rocking hard from start to finish.
Ball Pricey, no matter what genre The Family Business is working
with, has a very live feel. It’s well produced but not slick. The
guitars are warm and fat. The drums are loud and the vocals are ruff
and soulful. This is the way that great rock and roll and great blues
should always sound.
The Review: 9/10
Can’t Miss Tracks
– The Problem
– Blue
– Still Alive
– The Double Suite
The Big Hit
– Big Red Button
http://familybusinessband.bandcamp.com/album/balls-pricey
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Leslie West Interview
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Leslie West and Felix Pappalardi formed Mountain in 1969. Their
fourth ever show was at Woodstock where they went on after the
Grateful Dead. Those hippies were in for a big surprise to say the
least. The group got its name from lead singer and guitarist Leslie
West’s imposing stage presence, which one British publication
referred to as “girth some.” Leslie West went on to form West,
Bruce and Lang with Cream bassist Jack Bruce. He has been
sampled by rap artists like Jay Z. He is also a frequent guest on the
Howard Stern Show. He has just released his 16th solo album
called,Soundcheck and shows no sign of slowing down.
Leslie, you basically started your career at Woodstock. That is a
pretty high bar to start at. You’ve been in the music business ever
since, what are some of your favorite moments from your career so
far?
Jimi Hendrix’s agent, Ron Terry, was our agent, and I think he made
them take us on that show. He said, if you want Jimi Hendrix, you
have to take this new group down. So we got on that show, which
was lucky for us. We weren’t in the movie, I don’t know what
happened with my manager at the time, he probably didn’t get
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enough money, who knows. We were on the Woodstock II album.
They came out with a 40th anniversary box set six years ago. I got
married the night we had the 40th anniversary reunion on stage with
some of the acts. I got married right on stage to my beautiful wife,
Jenny. Actually on YouTube, you can see Leslie West’s wedding
right in the middle of the show. The justice of the peace comes out in
his blue robe and all the guys in my group grabbed my guitars and
formed an arch and Jenny came out. We had 25,000 witnesses.
They built an amphitheater where the actual original site used to
be. It is a beautiful, beautiful amphitheater that big money built. It
was a great night for us. I will never forget that night.
That is amazing, it is an anniversary show and you get married to
the love of your life. I don’t really know how you can top that. Let’s
shift gears a little wee bit. In the rock and roll business, there is
always crazy stuff that happens. Other than getting married at the
40th anniversary show, just off the top of your head, what is the
most wacky, insane thing that you ever saw go down at a show?
Well, the night before West, Bruce, and Laing signed a deal with
Columbia, we were playing Carnegie Hall. We sold out two shows
and we didn’t even have an album out. It was just word of mouth.
Right in the middle of the second show, all of sudden I see the
house lights come up and paramedics come in with a stretcher and I
thought, “Oh no, please don’t tell me…” My brother O.D.’d in the
fuckin’ show. They carried him out on a stretcher. I said, “How did
I know when those lights came on…” I remember the next day my
mother was screaming at him, “You couldn’t keep yourself under
control for one night and let Leslie enjoy his night at Carnegie Hall.
God Dammit.” She was really mad at him. I will never forget that
night man? He’s recovered alright.
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So let’s talk a little bit about your new record. We will fast forward
a little bit. You have 16 solo albums. You have been making music
for a long time What keeps you going? You have a new record
out, Soundcheck. It kicks ass. What keeps you still keep making
this great music?
Mountain started in’69, but I was in a group called the Vagrants
before that, but we never really made it. Felix happened to be our
producer. The first cut on the new album is called Left by the
Roadside to Die. When I lost my leg four years ago, I sort of felt that
way, but everybody gets knocked down in life. It’s how you choose
to get up that is something else. I heard Lawrence Taylor, a great
football player say that. Doing this album, I started with that song,
which was the first song. I wanted to pick other songs, because I
was going to do interpretations (I don’t even like the word cover,
because I am hoping when I do a song that you recognize it was
someone else’s song). So, I wanted to put everything together that
fit with the new songs song and pick songs by other people. I was
going to do that very blended. I think I did that with, especially,You
are my Sunshine, that I did with Peter Frampton on this. It is a
really dark sounding song. I was watching Sons of Anarchy and
thought I heard somebody playing acoustic on the soundtrack. I hear
acoustic guitar playing what I thought was You are my Sunshine but
in a minor key. So, I started fooling around with it and made an
arrangement of it and recorded it. I played swag guitar on it and we
put the bass of the drums, so I said to Peter because I know he was
going to play on the album, ”Tell me what you think.” He wrote me
back by text right away. He said, “Man, I can’t believe how fantastic
that sounds by changing the key and what you did to the
arrangement man.” What we have is the finished product that Peter
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did and it’s one of my favorite cuts on the album. He is a fantastic,
underrated guitar player, Peter Frampton is.
There are a lot of great guests on this record. You collaborated with
Peter Frampton, Bonnie Bramlett, Jack Bruce (rest in peace), and
Brian May. You obviously have known these people for a long time.
How did you and Peter get to be friends?
We toured together for years and we had the same agent, Premier
Talent. In fact, a few years ago, Peter had this tour called
Frampton’s Guitar Circus and he invited guests to come out. So he
asked me to come out and do some shows. He wanted to sing a
couple of Mountain songs. He sang “Theme for an Imaginary
Western,” which was great, and I sang the chorus. Between doing
that, I think we did “Mississippi Queen” also. I said, “Peter your
manager is dead; my manager is dead; our agent is dead, what are
we still doing here.” He walked over to the mic and he says, “They
can’t take our money now mate.” I never recorded with him. I
toured with him on Humble Pie and Frampton Comes Alive. He has
made it in so different areas, but we never recorded together, so
that was a great thrill to finally come up with a song that we could
do. He’s one of the sweetest guys I ever met and businessman. You
don’t even want to call him a businessman when you talk about
Frampton. He is a big star. He used to be the biggest star in the
world.
Frampton Comes Alive, who didn’t have that record?
How much money he made from that because it was a live record?
It is very inexpensive to record a live version as opposed to studio.
Probably my favorite guitar song doing a jam is “Going Down,” and
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it was written by a guy named Don Nix. So, the guy that produced
the album, John Tivet, called mad up and he said, “Look, I’m doing
an album with Don Nix, the guy who wrote “Going Down” and I’d
love you to play on it. I said, “Who else is on it.” He said, “Brian
Mays is on it, Bonnie Bramlett, Max Middleton, the keyboard
player/piano player with Jeff Beck who actually did the original
version of it, and Bonnie Bramlett is singing background. I called
John back up and said, “I’d loved to do that man, Don Nix is the
singer.” He said, “But you have to sing it.” I said, “How am I going
to do that? Where are the files?” He says, “I have them. I will send
them to you tomorrow. Just go sing the song and remix it.” As we
were working on it, it says BM on the tape. I said, “Wait a minute,
that’s Brian Mays. You can’t even hear him on the original.” So, we
remixed it, I sang it and I’m playing the lead guitar from the
beginning to about 2 minutes and 48 seconds in the song,
somewhere in that range and then Brian Mays played the lead from
there to the end of the song. After I did it I said, “John, go ask Brian
it’s ok that I want to use it with me and him.” He said, “Brian said
he would be flattered if you do it.” I was thrilled man. Brian May
doesn’t do too many outside projects if you know what I’m saying.
That shows a lot of respect between you two guys. That is awesome.
I love that man, I really do.
Now you’ve said in the past that Jack Bruce was your favorite bass
player. How did you guys become friends, and talk a little bit about
the track Spoonful.
Leslie West
Well, Cream is my favorite group. So, Felix Pappalardi, bass player
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of Mountain, all of a sudden one day, I’m looking at his album of
Cream out and I see, Produced by Pappalardi. So I said to my
brother Larry, I said, “Is the same guy who produced us in the
Vagrants (my first group). He said, “Yeah,” I said, “How come we
don’t sound like Cream.” He said, “Because we suck. We didn’t
practice enough.” He says to me, “Let’s go see Cream.” They were
actually playing at what became the Filmore East. It was actually
The Village Theater at that time. My brother said to me; let’s take
some acid before we go. So we took LSD and all of a sudden the
curtain opens up and I hear them playing “Sunshine” and I see Eric
Clapton and his buckskin jacket with a flash over his shoe like Daniel
Boone. I said, “Oh my God, we really suck.” After that, I started
really practicing and practicing. One day after my first album came
out; it’s now called the Filmore East. Jack Bruce was headlining a
show and then it was Mountain… I was dying to me him, so Felix
introduced me to Jack. We really hit it off good. In fact, John
McLaughlin was playing with him at the time and he wanted me to
talk to John about what kind of amps I was using to get that sound.
Jack liked the sound. So, a few years go by and we go over to Jack
Bruce’s house in London. It was Mountain’s first time over there
and Felix was busy talking to Jack Bruce’s wife, Janet. While he was
busy bullshitting with Janet, I went upstairs and I’m jamming with
Jack. He was playing on the grand piano and I was playing on the
acoustic guitar and we got to know each other. When Mountain
finally split up, Felix just didn’t want to go on the road anymore, we
flew over to England and he was the first guy I called, Jack, and
luckily he said yeah. So, we had West, Bruce and Laing, and we did
about 3 or 4 albums and then we broke up unfortunately about drugs
and so on and so forth. Jack recently died last year and that track
“Spoonful,” years ago I was recording an album upstate and Jack
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flew over and was playing bass. I guess someone in Poughkeepsie,
New York heard we were recording and wanted to know if we
wanted to do a set the next night, which was Saturday night. I knew
Jack was going home Sunday, so Jack says, “Yeah, let’s do it.” So,
Joe Franco, the drummer who was playing with me, and our
engineer at the studio, Paul Orofino recorded the show on a stereo
tape deck. I wanted to put this on the album as a tribute to Jack. We
edited it down from 15 minutes to around 7 minutes. I get tears in
my eyes when I listen to it because he’s not here anymore. Although
I must say his son, Malcolm, sounds uncannily like Jack on these
songs. It’s just that I put that song on there and I heard how much
fire Jack has in his voice when we are playing. He knew what I was
going to play before I played it, and I knew sometimes what he was
going to play before he played it. I was just a great, great night and
to have it on a record is fantastic.
You guys had a sort of unspoken connection when you were playing
music.
That was what the magic was, man. Even though we broke up, we
weren’t talking for a while, who knows what happened. Believe me,
you don’t lose that. It’s hard to lose. If you throw a football like Joe
Namath, I bet he still knows how to throw the football.
So Jack Bruce was your favorite bass player. You guys had a great
connection when you worked together. You influenced a lot of
people. A lot of people grew up listening to the Mountain records
and your subsequent projects, but who were some of your favorite
guitarists?
Right off the bat, it was Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and Keith
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Richards. Now there are a bunch of new ones that came in, Joe
Bonamassa and Joe Satriani, these are guys that I listen to, and
Slash. Last year on the Rolling Stone, you know they had the top
100 list of greatest rock acts, greatest guitarists, so someone calls
me up and says, “You came in at #66 out of 100.” I said, “Really.”
I’m looking at the list and I see Slash came in at 65, “I said come
on, I think we should be a little higher up than that.” So, I called
Slash on the phone and I said, “Listen man, I came in #66 and you
came in #65 on a Rolling Stone guitar poll. Slash says to me, “He’s
lucky he’s on any list.” That I was as good as he is very humbling
because he is rock star from the minute he opens his eyes. He has
that certain thing and he certainly he plays great. That is good list I
just gave you.
On a little bit of a personal note, what is a typical day like for Leslie
West?
It’s different now that I lost my leg, but I typically wake up and I do
what every other person does, go brush my teeth, have a cup of tea
maybe, then look at my iPad and start fooling around. My wife wrote
a couple of lyrics on the new album, and she is always sending me
lyrics on the cloud. I wonder where the lyrics come from. She really
is a great lyricist. I always check the cloud. I write songs, not
necessarily what she just sent me which is why I keep them in a list.
Some of the lyrics she comes up with are fantastic.
Do you have musical ideas swirling around all the time where you
grab a guitar and start to put things together?
We live in a condo on a golf course and I don’t play electric guitar in
the house, not because I don’t want to bother the neighbors or shit,
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but I play acoustic. It makes me play a certain way, then I can
transfer to an electric guitar in the studio. I don’t play the guitar
everyday, sometimes I will go and give my head and my fingers a
rest for a month and then finally I will pick up a guitar. I have quite
a few guitars lying around the house. That way you can’t avoid it. I
get ideas for songs at all different times, never the same. I don’t
wake up with an idea although I remember writing a song in my
dreams one night. I didn’t have a guitar in my hand but I
remembered everything in the morning.
Speaking of songwriting because there is an original on your new
record called “Stern Warning,” tell us about that song.
I did a song a long time ago with Mountain for my friend, it was
about Felix. It was an instrumental and Felix had this beautiful
12-string and he told me Clapton played it when they he was
producing him. So he said, “If you write a song, you can have it.” I
said, “No shit.” It must have been a 7 or 8 thousand dollar guitar. I
said I’ll write a song. So, I wrote to my friend. All of a sudden one
day because I’m pretty friendly with Howard, he says to me (we
email all the time), what did you have in mind when you wrote that,
because it’s such an off the track song, it sounds like an Irish Celtic
dance, a Riverdance. So, I said I am going to write another one and
have it in the same genre as that. I am going to call it “Stern
Warning” because he reminded me about it. I listened to it and I
couldn’t believe I wrote that, so I wrote a new song and tried to
emulate it together. My father used to tell me a stern warning. He
used to say to me, “I want to talk to you when a minute. Right now.
Let that be a stern warning to you.” So it all worked out great, my
stern warning.
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What’s coming up for you next, Leslie? Are you guys going to be on
tour? Are you going to be on the Stern Show?
Two weeks ago we started at BB King’s in New York. New weekend
we are going up to play at Darryl Hall’s. He has a club called
Darryl’s House and I’m going to Annapolis and Maryland. Two
weeks ago at BB King’s when we were playing, it was supposed to be
the album release party as the album came out on November 20th.
We were going to be at BB Kings, but my wife says to me two days
before the show that we got a call from a security team. They want
to come and scope out the exits and entrances for Paul Allen. Paul
Allen is Bill Gates’ partner. He’s worth about 23 billion. I know Bill
is worth about 67 billion. Anyway, we played at his Experience
Museum in Seattle. Paul Allen is a real guitar freak and loves
guitars. He built this great museum up there and he has a lot of
Hendrix stuff there, so we played there. Paul wasn’t there that
night, but the staff asked if they could record the show so he can
keep it for his archives and I said, “Sure.” Now he wants to come
see me in New York and I’m getting a little nervous. I said to my
wife, Jenny, “The place is sold out. It’s standing room only. Where
is he going to sit?” She says, “He’s sitting in the front row right in
front of you.” So I see the bodyguard and sitting next to him there
was this beautiful blonde lady, his date for the evening, and I am
watching him enjoying the show and was eating sliders and having a
great time. I had a meet and greet afterwards. There were quite a
few people and it takes a while to do all that and they knew about it.
The security team wanted to know if he could meet me before that
because he didn’t have that much time and he wanted to come back
stage and meet me and so on and so forth. I said, “Sure.” So right
before our set ended, the bodyguards took him backstage with his
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lady friend, I go off stage now in the middle of the song. The last
song we do is Willie Nelson’s “Turn out the Lights the Party’s Over.”
They took Paul backstage before the crowd got up and the lights
came on. So I go backstage in the dressing room and I see two of
the bodyguards outside of the room and the door to the dressing
room is wide open. There is Paul sitting there with his girlfriend.
He introduced me to his friend Monica, a really great looking
woman. I walk into the room and what am I going to say to him. I
pretend I’m Howard Stern. I said, “My hero. I change guitar
strings. You change the world.” I started to ask him questions
about Microsoft, like how they came up with the name. He said he
and Bill were just sitting around contemplating a name for the
company, and Paul says he came up with it. He says we have
something very small and it’s also software, so why don’t we call it
Microsoft. Bill said ok, let’s go with that. I said also know that, I
read a lot about him and Bill, is it true that you talked Bill into
quitting Harvard. He said, “Yeah, his mother didn’t talk to me for
nine months.” They grew up together as kids, and he said Bill’s
mother was so mad at them. I had a ball talking to him. I have
about five different models of Leslie West signature guitars and I
was playing Mississippi queen. I gave it to him after the show as a
present. I got a great picture of him and me. He was playing
around and he played a B chord. He actually can play pretty good.
On top of being a software mogul, he is a guitar player, too.
He has one of the greatest guitar collections in the world. I think it’s
worth about 60 million dollars, all the guitars he has, which is
chump change to me and you.
Is there anything else that you want to let the folks out there in the
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rock and roll world know about Leslie West, what is going on, or
what is coming up?
I am really proud of this album because it sounds really good. Every
album I do, I want to make that much better than the last one or
have something about it flow better and I had some really good
guests on the album. Usually when you have too many guests, it
means you are not good enough to carry yourself. In this case, it
was Peter Frampton, Brian May, Jack Bruce, and Bonnie Bramlett.
That is a good bunch of people, most of them are going down, but I
am really proud of how the album came out. I hope you enjoy it and
I hope your listeners and readers enjoy it.
Interview by Lou Lombardi
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Dirty Streets: White Horse Review
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For those of you who have been lamenting that there is no “good
music” out there, let not your hearts be troubled. Dirty Streets are
here to wipe away your tears. Their brand new record due out
November, 2015 called White Horse is a collection of 11 rock and
roll tracks that will make you swear that you’ve been transported
back to 1970. Get out your lava lamp, throw on your cleanest dirty
tie dye and fire up some incense so the folks won’t get a wiff.
White Horse from the Memphis power trio of Thomas Storz, Justin
Toland, and Andrew Denham, feels like a natural progression from
their last record, Blades of Grass, which had the boys
experimenting a bit with keyboards and such. Here they just simply
bust out the jams. They describe their sound as proto-punk but do
not let that fool you. White Horse is some of the best rock and roll
you will hear this year. The production is lean and mean. All the
sounds are very warm and natural. The vocals and guitar work are
soulful and the bass and drums lay down one tastey groove after
another.
White Horse opens with the sing along “Save Me” and the boys keep
things rocking hard until we get to the acoustic country-soul of “The
Voices.” The only other a brief respite from the ear bleeding is the
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psychodelic and very melodic “Dust” where the Streets reference
the “Hey Joe” bass line. The rest of the record is one catchy,
grooving, guitar driven track after another.
While some may try to marginalize Dirty Streets as some sort of
revival act, there is no denying the passion and excellent
songwriting craft here. If you like your rock and roll down and dirty
saddle up and take a ride on the White Horse.
The Review: 9/10
Can’t Miss Tracks
– Save Me
– Looking For My Peace
– White Horse
– Think Twice
– Good Pills
The Big Hit
– Save Me
Review by Lou Lombardi
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The Sheepdogs: Future Nostalgia Review
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Let’s step into Mr. Peabody’s Wayback Machine forFuture
Nostalgia the latest from Saskatoon’s The Sheepdogs. We will set
the dial for the late 1960s to early ’70s and just cruise, while The
Sheepdogs straddle the difficult line between nostalgia and being
original.
This time around frontman Ewan Currie along with engineer Matt
Ross-Spang handled the production duties. The aptly titled Future
Nostalgia delivers 18 classic rock inspired tracks. The signature
guitar and vocal harmonies which have been a Sheepdog staple from
the beginning remain firmly intact throughout.
It’s hard to pick favorites on such a great record. The rocking
opening track “I’m Gonna Be Myself” has a catchy lyrical hook and
Jimmy Page-esque guitar work. The Sheepdogs follow up with the
guitar harmony drenched chorus of “I Really Wanna Be Your Man”
and each subsequent track opens new vistas of sound in
the “neo-classic rock” arena. Finally there is suite of six tracks that
close the album. These gems are strung together like side two
of Abbey Road. It’s a fitting conclusion to an album that owes so
much to the music of that era.
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It’s easy to listen to this album over and over. Each song has
something of value; hooks that won’t let you go and very warm
production that beckons the listener to come back for seconds and
thirds. Don’t be shy. By all means, help yourself to as much Future
Nostalgia as you like.
The Review: 9.5/10
Can’t Miss Tracks
– I’m Gonna Be Myself
– Back Down
– Giving It Up For My Baby
– Help Us All
– I Really Wanna Be Your Man
The Big Hit
– I Really Wanna Be Your Man
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