Between The Sheets

Acclaimed Author and Scholar and Social Networker - who is wickedly funny - HOWARD BLOOM joins us Between The Sheets! Listen to Part 1 of a 2 part interview with this amazing person....he used to be a highly sought after celebrity publicist as well and hear him talk about his mega famous clients....oh like Michael Jackson, Billy Idol, Prince - need we say more? Howard Bloom, is founder of the International Paleopsychology Project, executive editor of the New Paradigm book series, a founding board member of the Epic of Evolution Society, and a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, the National Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Society, the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, The International Society of Human Ethology, and the Academy of Political Science. He has been featured in every edition of Who's Who in Science and Engineering since the publication's inception. Bloom has taken an unusual approach to the study of mass moods and cultural convolutions. He started out normally enough, building his first Boolean algebra machine at the age of twelve, becoming a dedicated microscopist that same year, codesigning a computer which won a Westinghouse Science Award before he left grade school, and being granted a private brainstorming session with the head of the Graduate Physics Department of The State University of New York, Buffalo, at the age of thirteen. By sixteen he was a lab assistant at the world's largest cancer research center, the Roswell Park Memorial Research Cancer Institute, where he helped plumb the mysteries of the immune system. And before his freshman year of college he designed and executed research in Skinnerian programmed learning at Rutgers University's Graduate School of Education. Then came an act of academic heresy. After graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from New York University, Bloom turned down four graduate fellowships and embarked on a 20-year-long urban anthropology expedition to penetrate what he calls "society's myth-making machinery"--the inner sanctums of politics and the media. During his foray into "the dark underbelly of mass emotion" he edited a magazine which won two National Academy of Poets prizes, founded the leading avant-garde art studio on the East Coast, was featured on the cover of Art Direction Magazine, then gave up listening to Beethoven, Bartok, and Mozart to become editor of a rock magazine. Using correlational studies, focus groups, empirical surveys, ethnographic expeditions into suburban teen subcultures, and other scientific techniques, Bloom more than doubled the publication's sales, and was credited by Rolling Stones' Chet Flippo with having founded a new genre--the heavy metal magazine. Seeking still further ways to infiltrate modernity's mass mind, Bloom formed a public relations firm in the music and film industry and won the confidence of those whose territory he'd invaded. The payoff in knowledge proved invaluable. Bloom worked with Michael Jackson, Prince, John Cougar Mellencamp, Kiss, Queen, Bette Midler, Billy Joel, Joan Jett, Diana Ross, Simon & Garfunkel, The Talking Heads, AC/DC, Billy Idol, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Run D.M.C., Simply Red, and the heads of many a media conglomerate. He was adept at spotting new subcultures, entering them, and helping their members achieve their goals…a skill which gave him an inside role in the rise of rap, disco, and punk rock. The pinnacles of fame provided surprising scientific revelations. "When you're at the center of the sort of attention-storm which hits when you're working with a superstar," Bloom says, "it's as if the laws of physics change. Hormones charge you up in ways you never imagined. Time perception alters. You resolve crisis in minutes, seeing solutions instantly which previously would have taken you weeks. "More important is the impact of a communal ritual like a rock concert. The star onstage is taken over by a self he doesn't know, one that seems to surge through him as if he were a length of empty pipe. The force of this strange passion welds the audience in an almost transcendent bond." Bloom's task was to first experience the exaltation, then to dissect it. Bloom's forays into power and its manipulations were also intense. "In the music and film industry everyone knew that money and career advancement were on the line. But few realized how deeply what they did affected the lives of millions, and even fewer felt the responsibility that demands. It was an amazing privilege to work as an equal with the entertainment industry's elite, many of whom I either had to woo or thwart to help my clients reach their audience with a message of genuine value. Some executives were master strategists but used their intelligence to increase their own stature, often at a brutal cost to others. Others were far more ethical. Yet even the best-intentioned employed boardroom and backroom tactics handed down from the politics of chimpanzees. Without knowing it, they used tricks of leadership we share with social animals from lizards and lobsters to baboons and mountain apes." The subculture of Washington politics was, to Bloom, the most disturbing of them all. Bloom founded Music in Action, a national anti-censorship organization. This brought him into head-on combat with Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President and eventual presidential candidate Al Gore. Says Bloom, "Tipper and the right wing religionists who used her for their ends were masters of perceptual manipulation. They perpetrated hoaxes of outrageous transparency, yet still managed to convince the press and public that their falsifications were true." Twenty pages in The Billboard Guide to Music Publicity are devoted to Bloom and the antidote he invented, "perceptual engineering," which he defines as "a way of finding a valid truth which the herd refuses to see, then turning the herd around and making that truth self-evident. It's what we do in much of science--seeing the ordinary from a new perspective, then revealing what makes it tick and in the process altering society's views." In 1981, Bloom organized the material he'd unearthed and began the formal research for a new theoretical structure that would first reveal itself in The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History. However he continued pursuing scientific truths in unconventional ways. In 1995 Bloom headed an insurgent academic circle called "The Group Selection Squad" whose efforts precipitated radical re-evaluations of neo-Darwinist dogma within the scientific community. In 1997, he founded a new discipline, paleopsychology, whose participants included physicists, psychologists, microbiologists, paleontologists, entomologists, neuroscientists, paleoneurologists, invertebrate zoologists, and systems theorists. Paleopsychology's mandate is to "map out the evolution of complexity, sociality, perception, and mentation from the first 10 second of the Big Bang to the present." Evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson has written that with his unusual insights Bloom has "raced ahead of the timid scientific herd" often "vaulting over their heads" with a "grand vision" that "we do strive as individuals, but we are also part of something larger than ourselves, with a complex physiology and mental life that we carry out but only dimly understand." In The Lucifer Principle and his new book Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century, Howard Bloom brings those understandings from dimness into the light. Bloom has published three books, The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History, Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century, and The Genius of the Beast: A Radical re-Vision of Capitalism. He is also the author of the e-book book How I Accidentally Started the Sixties.

Acclaimed Author and Scholar and Social Networker - who is wickedly funny - HOWARD BLOOM joins us Between The Sheets! Listen to Part 1 of a 2 part interview with this amazing person....he used to be a highly sought after celebrity publicist as well and hear him talk about his mega famous clients....oh like Michael Jackson, Billy Idol, Prince - need we say more?  

Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing; October 30, 1939) is an American singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship, and was a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s. Slick was an important figure in the 1960s psychedelic rock genre, and is known for her witty lyrics and powerful contralto vocals. AND GUESS WHAT - we got her!  Her first interview in 20 some odd years.....she invited us up to her home to record this amazing and insightful...and FUNNY...podcast.  We talked for hours hence why this is part 2 of a 2 part. We were in awe - it's kafucking GRACE SLICK!  Not going to tell you more...you are just going to have to listen! Also on the podcast is musician Michelle Mangione, the co-collaborator on the new Slick song called EDGE OF MADNESS (PS Terri, Martha and Grace sing on it!)  It was recorded to raise funds for the victims of the OIL DEBACLE in Louisiana.....to download the song go to http://grammymuseumstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=88. To find out info about Grace and her art works go to:  http://www.areaarts.com/ For info on musician Michelle Mangione go to: http://www.michellemangione.com/home.cfm PODCAST RATED:  radically awesome!

Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing; October 30, 1939) is an American singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship, and was a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s. Slick was an important figure in the 1960s psychedelic rock genre, and is known for her witty lyrics and powerful contralto vocals. AND GUESS WHAT - we got her!  Her first interview in 20 some odd years.....she invited us up to her home to record this amazing and insightful...and FUNNY...podcast.  We talked for hours hence why this is part 1 of a 2 part (part 2 to post next Friday). We were in awe - it's kafucking GRACE SLICK!  Not going to tell you more...you are just going to have to listen! Also on the podcast is musician Michelle Mangione, the co-collaborator on the new Slick song called EDGE OF MADNESS (PS Terri, Martha and Grace sing on it!)  It was recorded to raise funds for the victims of the OIL DEBACLE in Louisiana.....to download the song go to http://grammymuseumstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=88. To find out info about Grace and her art works go to:  http://www.areaarts.com/ For info on musician Michelle Mangione go to: http://www.michellemangione.com/home.cfmPODCAST RATED:  radically awesome!

How and Why does a top level award winning TV executive living as a biological man named Lauren decide to become a a trailblazer in the TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY named Laura.....listen to the riveting life story of this inspiring person who after many years living as a man....now has claimed herself (MtoF) and currently is one of the main voices for the Transgender population in Southern California. Laura Gonzales is a transgender (MtoF) person living in the Venice/Culver City area. Although Laura is an activist, web blogger, administrator of a massive TG website, (TGCD.net) and nightclub promoter in the TG community, she only began her transition within the last 5 years. Before that time, she was married, and living the traditional Victorian way of heterosexual life. Laura came into transgenderism after her 2nd divorce and determined there had to be more to life and more to herself. She began learning from friends about being in-touch with oneself, positive and enthusiastic living, and meditation. She also helped co-found Club SHINE at the OXWOOD in Van Nuys, LA’s #1 transgender community nightclub. Currently, Laura has her own company, 3GProductions.com where she creates content aggregation websites, graphics, video production, marketing and consulting. She is working with a group called Gender ID to bring the nation its first transgender radio and TV stations based out of Irvine, California. Laura also writes and performs music playing guitar in the all-original, alternative music band, Blind Dog Wanders which she is the sole songwriter. BDW is currently performing in the LA area . Two songs are gaining increasing popularity: HEAR ME is quickly becoming a theme song for the transgender community and MARY is becoming popular in the underground alternative music world and moving quickly up on several Internet play charts. You can hear MARY and HEAR ME and two others songs on BlindDogWanders.com Check out Laura on FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/laura.gonzales?v=photos#!/laura.gonzales and MYSPACE and TGCD.NET.

LUST FOR LIFE - stellar collaborations and drugs.... Learn about our LUST for life.....highlights of the first GIRLS NIGHT OUT...want to know who we collaborated with - Johnette Napolitano, Bernie Taupin, Sisters Of Mercy, and Billy Corgan....Gaye Ann finally crashes and has a "bug up her ass" according to Terri and find out why....Oh the web we weave in ROCK n ROLL.... Podcast rated: Absurdly educational.

The Man, The Myth & The Legend: Richard Blade Richard Blade joins Terri, Martha and Gaye Ann in studio for another hour of hi jinx and controversy - and of course sex and humor!  And you thought we had road stories...listen in and hear Richard spilling the beans on other rock star's dirty little secrets!  Plus one of his own involving Terri Nunn!!! Blade worked as a DJ in the United Kingdom and Europe before moving to Los Angeles and starting work as a DJ there in 1982.  Within a few months of working in Los Angeles, Blade had become the #1 Arbitron-rated radio personality on the West Coast, and in 1982, he began to host a weekly television program on KCAL-TV called "MV3," which later became "Video One."  In 1984 Richard created, produced and hosted "VideoBeat" for KTLA. The weekly series ran for two years.  Between 1991 and 2003, Blade hosted several music-related television programs, including "America's Top Ten", which he took over from Casey Kasem. He hosted several "Flashback" radio programs on KROQ, and was a frequent host at Los Angeles dance clubs on their KROQ Nights, including the famous Palace Theatre in Hollywood. He appeared on the cover of a six-volume set of 80's music compilations called Richard Blade's Flashback Favorites. In 1998 Richard wrote for the UPN TV Sci-Fi series "7 Days" including writing the second season's finale "The Cure". In April 2000, Blade moved to St Maarten in the Caribbean and took a two-year break from the industry to work on several writing projects.Returning to Los Angeles in 2002, Blade returned to his career in radio and television.  In June, 2003, he consulted for MTV Networks on the television program "Bands Reunited", then worked for VH1 as a writer and producer on both seasons of the series. (BOTH BERLIN & THE MOTELS WERE PROFILED)  In 2004, he returned to radio on Los Angeles station KYSR (Star 98.7), originally as host of a Saturday night "Totally 80's" program and short features in the afternoon drive-time period. Today he has gained a national audience in North America where he is a host for the Sirius Satellite Radio channel First Wave, a 1980s New Wave Music channel. He hosts his own signature show "First Wave Rewind". He also hosts a twice-daily short feature on Sirius' The Big 80's channel called "Behind The Big '80s"

GETTING DOWN & DIRTY & INTIMATE (aka dishing the dirt) WITH THE FABULOUS ICON - PAMELA DES BARRESQueen of the groupies, best-selling author, renowned journalist, Internet columnist, rock & roll aficionado. As the spokeschick for the most sexually liberated generation of females in history, Pamela Des Barres exemplifies the exuberance of the 1960s hippie subculture, plus an unexpected soupçon of old-fashioned 1950s Mama-Knows-Best wisdom. Equal parts born-again Jesus junkie, New Thought believer, and rebel with a righteous cause, Pamela has always bulldozed the road less traveled, finding original ways to express her irrepressible spirit. And Rock & Roll was the source of her evolution. With the release of her enormously successful 1987 autobiography, "I’m With The Band," Pamela introduced the world at large to the Hollywood-and-Beyond groupie lifestyle, a badly kept secret among rock & roll musicians and the women who adored them. She lifted sexual conquest and musical collaboration to breathy new heights, then toured the globe advocating the most open-minded sexual perspective anyone had espoused in bone-dry decades. You don’t have to burn your bra to be liberated, she seemed to say. Just make it black lace and wear it with garters. In public. The prolific Miss Pamela followed with three more books: "Take Another Little Piece of My Heart," "Rock Bottom," and her collaboration with rock pioneers Dick & Dee Dee, "The Rock and Roll Cookbook." She has written numerous articles for such diverse publications as Cosmopolitan, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Details, Jane and Tracks, has interviewed a multitude of rock luminaries, and her E! On-Line music column ran for five years. She has appeared on dozens of television programs, innumerable documentaries and radio shows, and is the go-to girl for groupie/rock & roll trivia. In 1998 E! True Hollywood Story produced a one-hour documentary about her extraordinary life. At age 40, she was featured in all her naked glory in Playboy. She is currently working on a new book- a compendium of interviews with groupies and rock musicians aptly named, "Let’s Spend The Night Together."  Check out her website: http://www.pameladesbarres.com/ Martha & Terri text challenged?  YEP! Are we cougarlious?  YES according to one of our listeners. SEX:  Of course we talk about our early sexual escapades and how we learned about sex ed......yes you are correct we broke all the rules! Download the most original and refreshing talk radio show ever. Podcast Rated:  Sensually Explicit.

Being Politically Correct - is this a form of censorship; Modifying Behavior in the Workplace - is this sexual harassment; Have we gone too far? Why are we now accepting to live in a BIG BROTHER type of society - why do the rule makers think the majority of society doesn't know right from wrong? Political correctness (abbreviated to PC) is a term which denotes language, ideas, policies, and behavior seen as seeking to minimize social and institutional offense in occupational, gender, racial, cultural, sexual orientation, disability, and age-related contexts. The term politically incorrect connotes language, ideas, and behavior unconstrained by a perceived orthodoxy or by concerns about offending or expressing bias regarding various groups of people. Sexual harassment is intimidation, bullying or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors. In some contexts or circumstances, sexual harassment may be illegal. It includes a range of behavior from seemingly mild transgressions and annoyances to actual sexual abuse or sexual assault. Sexual harassment is a form of illegal employment discrimination in many countries, and is a form of abuse (sexual and psychological) and bullying. For many businesses, preventing sexual harassment, and defending employees from sexual harassment charges, have become key goals of legal decision-making. Join us for another eye opening and informative view on the evolving situations in our society today. Hear Martha sing a very controversial song dealing with our topics. Terri, Martha and Gaye Ann throw it down once again in their open, honest, and comical round table discussions dealing with issues to hot to handle including censorship, healthcare, sex and more sex. WHAT THE KAFUCK? moment: profiling iphone apps - can't live with them - can't live without them.. PS: This podcast is rated POLITICALLY CORRECT - NOT!

It's funny when it happens. NOT! Well...maybe when these 3 eccentric ladies dissect it!  They get together and they're like a GREAT SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE SKIT! Martha, Terri and Gaye Ann share little secrets about what it's like to crash and burn while throwing in the wild tales of the odd jobs they did during those times between feast & famine while working in the biz. Comedy and high jinx is this show's theme! You’ll learn about Terri's "I Love Lucy Moment"...Martha's "Pratt Fall"...and then Gaye Ann goes head to head with their superstar comedian guest Wendy Liebman. Oh and let's not forget about sex...sex...and more sex talk. Did we mention sex? PS: This podcast is rated unpredictable...and always outrageously entertaining.

Terri, Martha & Gaye Ann welcome musician and songwriter, Deborah Iyall, the lead singer of the group "Romeo Void" to the show. Take a listen to hear more "Behind the closed door" antics and secrets from the road and the absurdities of being a celebrity. Oh, and not even Oprah is sacred. Join us for another week of non political correctness, sex talk, humor and What The Kafuck! This podcast is rated: Too Hot To Handle!  

Wanna hear us play a name game?  Porn star names?  Soap opera names?  How about sex names?  Of course, it's all about sex.  PLUS...Martha Davis showcases her new jazz hit (download on iTunes) - MR. GREY - but it's the first time she performs it acoustically! Listen in and hear our insane, insightful and politically incorrect points of view! Surgeon General’s Warning:  Not for the faint of heart!

Testosterone in the house! Berlin's sexy guitarist, Carlton Bost (he also is in the band "The Dreaming") stops by to get BETWEEN THE SHEETS with us! Also, he accompanies Terri on guitar to sing an acoustic Country Song. Listen in to see what craziness transpires and to hear what Country song Terri will sing - you will be floored!

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Terri Nunn, Martha Davis and Gaye Ann Bruno broadcasted live from the grounds of LA Pride in the heart of West Hollywood on June 11, 2010.  Now you can hear it again.  Check out this hip show!