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Newsstand Greg, Writer's Notebook: October 2005
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Tuesday, October 25, 2005. The Last Golden Age Of Radio. I was born into a Christian religion, but I became a believer in Radio. It was simple. The broadcast faith rewarded those who did one thing: listen. As I grew up a rabid radio listener in the Golden Age of Top 40, I developed fierce loyalties to my favorite southern California rock radio stations. 93 KHJ "Boss Radio". Was the AM powerhouse in the mid-60's, later toppled by progressive album rock FM: KPPC. I have had the honor of being part of the a...
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Newsstand Greg, Writer's Notebook: Welcoming The New Year!
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Tuesday, January 03, 2006. Welcoming The New Year! Well, well, New Year's. In Santa Barbara county was a fine time indeed. Deborah and I began with a great dinner at AJ Spurs in Buellton. We enjoyed a table next to the bar and guitarist Mike Shelton. Provided the tunes. He played my Marty Robbins request ("El Paso") and James Taylor and Willie Nelson songs in his setlist. Mike later made the rounds of the tables and said he plays three nights on the weekends and golfs the rest of the week! An Open Letter...
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Newsstand Greg, Writer's Notebook: 60 Was A Wonderful Birthday
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Friday, March 02, 2007. 60 Was A Wonderful Birthday. It was what could be called a small birthday party, but it meant more to me than ever. In fact, all birthdays mean more to me than they ever have. Sixty years ago on November 17th, a pink-skinned, eight and a half pound infant saw the light at the end of the tunnel. I arrived in this world kicking and crying at St John's Hospital in Santa Monica. Been kicking and questioning things ever since. This party took place at the Marriott Newport Coast Villas.
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Newsstand Greg, Writer's Notebook: January 2006
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Tuesday, January 03, 2006. Welcoming The New Year! Well, well, New Year's. In Santa Barbara county was a fine time indeed. Deborah and I began with a great dinner at AJ Spurs in Buellton. We enjoyed a table next to the bar and guitarist Mike Shelton. Provided the tunes. He played my Marty Robbins request ("El Paso") and James Taylor and Willie Nelson songs in his setlist. Mike later made the rounds of the tables and said he plays three nights on the weekends and golfs the rest of the week! An Open Letter...
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Newsstand Greg, Writer's Notebook: 25 Years Ago Today, Sergeant Pepper's Was The Band To Play
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Thursday, December 08, 2005. 25 Years Ago Today, Sergeant Pepper's Was The Band To Play. I had been a radio disc jockey for nearly 10 years, when on a crisp Monday evening in Seattle, 1980, the news came through the radio speakers of my car. "John Lennon has been shot.". Shot by a psycho killer with a hand gun. I'm sure he knew how he had affected his listeners and peers. We were all one. In the joy of the music, album after album, as the sounds grew in sophistication, moving from the socially ac...He sh...
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Newsstand Greg, Writer's Notebook: Is California Trying To Hurt Women?
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Monday, August 24, 2009. Is California Trying To Hurt Women? Watched the start of David Duchovny's "Californication". Showtime) series. He plays a convincing role as talented writer Hank Moody dealing with his former significant other and their teenage daughter. But since the show's setting is today's Hollywood, he's also finding various women (for various reasons) hitting on him. And we see how he does- and doesn't- resist temptation. After all, he's a troubled genius. (He's "moody," get it? Adult Alter...
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Newsstand Greg, Writer's Notebook: November 2005
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Sunday, November 20, 2005. There must be something magical about having yet another birthday. On last Thursday, the 17th. I have always said after May 15, 2001, I'm in "overtime," after surviving six strokes. Whew. Everyday since then the adventure of life has been more intense, more mystical and guided for certain by the One who sent us here. Over the last few weeks I have been of service to a friend who injured himself in an accident. He was transported to the hospital for emergency care. We strolled i...
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Newsstand Greg, Writer's Notebook: How Smart Is A Cockatiel?
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Thursday, August 27, 2009. How Smart Is A Cockatiel? Only life with a pet bird, a cockatiel, (ours is named "Buddy") could inspire this nugget of a story idea. Suppose for a moment the bird is super-smart. You whistle to him and he whistles back and you're entertained. You care for this wonderful, grey-winged squawker. You line the bottom of the cage with newspapers. The financial section, the sports section. Week after week. His stock tips actually.make me money! Think of the ramifications. Young men ar...
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Newsstand Greg, Writer's Notebook: Fast Forward To Summer 2009
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Sunday, August 23, 2009. Fast Forward To Summer 2009. Yes, a couple of years goes by fast and before you know it, the summer of Woodstock's 40th anniversary is upon us! It will be a tie-dyed haze for a bit, but then the fuzziness wears off and you're "back in your own reality, driving something other than that VW bus from back in the day. At the moment, "the Woodstock Nation" has voted a Democratic black president into the White House and the Democratic Party controls the House and Senate. Our pragma...
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Newsstand Greg, Writer's Notebook: Veterans' Day And Weekend 2005
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Friday, November 11, 2005. Veterans' Day And Weekend 2005. Thirty-six years ago this month I was on the USS Constellation steaming off the coast of Vietnam. 1969, my Navy tour of duty was known as a "WestPac" or Western Pacific cruise. Veterans' Day. today it's another day, yet unlike most any other day for me. My service enlistment seems so far away, but when I think of my two nephews going over to the mess in Iraq, I'm yanked back into today's headlines. As the song asks, "War, what is it good for?
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