Tuesday, October 9, 2012

China Is Spying On Your Wordy Word Doodles And You're Doing Nothing...

I love walking through "Daily" radio only to find myself stepping in a fresh pile of famous quotes. Radio people read, study and live out more than the norm. It's their job to be in support of, disconnected because or completely filtered due to... Although Amazon.com embarrassingly features six of my published books; the true chapter's I've always wanted to write have been baking in radio's hot oven since the birth of the recordable 8-Track tape. I love watching radio people! The problem is...publishers aren't interested in the hourly drama, the late night dead air fears, on-air jocks assumed confident but in reality would walk away from the microphone if a nuclear war busted the zipper of American adventure. Over the past thirty three years, there's never been a time or radio station that hasn't featured a classic overdose of what my stepfather Joe always called, "A Know It All." Radio people know it all. Ask them! They'll tell you! You either accept it or spend the next three months or life sentence holding grudges that could've easily been mopped up by Bobby and Cindy Brady's housekeeper Alice. The sick part is...the majority of what's been spread across the bottom of your heart are facts, figures and premonitions that prove to be true, inspiring and or physically capable of generating enough magnetic energy to collect thousands of followers. A foundation made of twigs and clumps of Georgia clay because today is another day and in radio it could be your final. The publisher said to me, "Who would buy this book? Radio people live what you speak of and don't want to be reminded of the realities that bend the moment their vocals move through a set of car speakers. Listeners aren't interested! Who wants to hold the vision of their favorite on-air talent if it's been tainted or painted over by expressions of realism?" The closest I've gotten to releasing a book of this nature is Conversation with the Devil. 53 pages of what it would be like if the jock on the air allowed someone to ask them questions; only to realize the presentation of words were too close for comfort. A lost and forgotten decision to steal a record from a JC Penny store leads the Devil into wanting total credit for the Broadcaster's career. The verbal war that breaks out still makes me sweat. Because how many radio people got here for reasons they'll never share? Anybody! Any career can fit into the blanks! Religious organizations and college campuses aren't the only institutions keeping secrets. What would your conversation with the Devil be like? Would you defend? Pretend? Push away? Or play along? Oh crap! The freaky Blog writer has gone totally Elevation Church on your Tuesday! Not at all! Replace the Devil with your parents names. If you were given the chance to sit down and have a conversation with Mom and Dad and they burped up, farted or released from the center of their teeth a moment that shaped what you became...would you have what it takes to share a conversation with The Faceless Beast? We all Broadcast! Be it on Face Book, Twitter, Stumbleupon or through texting while you're driving. Radio people aren't the only ones being heard. Everyday people are the modern entertainment and radio thinks Ryan Seacrest is your God. If I were running for President of the United States the focus of my conversation wouldn't be on what the other candidate is doing, has done or envisions over the next four years. America has changed. We hold the power of communication on the tips our fingers. How long will your freedom to Face Book be your right to write? If lawmakers and decision takers are currently holding China accountable for hosting an internet company whose only purpose is to spy on those that write...who is your Devil? What will the face of tomorrow look like if what you write becomes the conversation brought into a room used for your reasons to broadcast? Radio people are funny, moody, deeply interested in connection, feasibly strong enough to divert or convert. The problem is...radio people no longer lead communities. You do... Your voice is more powerful than mine. The depth of your perception exceeds expect ability. How many political candidates are truly speaking to you and not at you? I wrote a song called Kicked Out Of Heaven. I asked a simple question, "Do you see me or do you see through?" Something historic is about to happen in November. Having the right to vote isn't the only voice you carry. You're the modern Broadcaster. Are you true to your word or the speaker king that gets up and leaves the first sign uncomfortable of stubble on the face of the beast controlling change? This wasn't even supposed to be the subject of my Blog today. I came across a famous quote from Ernest Holmes: Everything I do, say or think today shall be done."

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