Swoop's World Radio

On Wednesday April 10, 2013 at 8pm/PST (10pm/CST, 11pm/EST) we are happy to welcome journalist and Publisher Dave Wielenga of GreaterLongBeach.com to Swoop’s World Late Night. Join us as we sit down with Dave and discuss the current state of journalism, community reporting, and news in Long Beach. After our interview we’ll be up to all of our usual fun with Brewskis beer tasting segment, TBones Timeout, as well as our take on all topics, and any interesting news stories of the day. We’ll also be simulcast by AM1670 – Dewberry Jam Community Radio – San Antonio, TX. Swoop’s World Late Night is on Wednesday’s from 8pm/PST – 11pm/PST tune in at Swoopsworld.com. Listen to the show Dave Wielenga Dave has been covering Greater Long Beach since 1972, when as a 16-year-old student at Bellflower High he became a $2-an-hour copy boy in the sports department of the Long Beach Press-Telegram. He’s never really left home---well, not counting those mysterious years in Mexico, anyway---because during a 40-years-and-counting career he just keeps finding this place so damn fascinating. Dave’s prize-winning work has appeared in magazines as diverse as Rolling Stone, US Weekly, Modern Maturity, Sports Illustrated and Vibe, as well as newspapers from the Los Angeles Times to the Washington Post. He’s received awards for investigations, features, news, entertainment and sports from the Associated Press, Los Angeles Press Club, Orange County Press Club and Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. When he did leave town—the country, in fact--the university students of Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mazatlan voted him Teacher of the Year. Just sayin’. Dave spent 23 years at the Press-Telegram, covering USC, UCLA, the Rams and the Angels---as well as high schools, Rose Bowls, Super Bowls and two Olympics Games—then moving through features, entertainment, news and investigations before taking a buyout when the paper slashed its staff in 1995. Dave served on the staffs of three so-called “alternative” weeklies—New Times Los Angeles, OC Weekly and the late, great District Weekly. He’s passionate about the importance of an independent press, especially here in Greater Long Beach. “The best gift anybody can give Long Beach,” he says, “is to tell it the truth.” After our interview with Dave Wielenga we’ll be up to all of our usual fun including our DrinksWinesSpirits.com sponsored “Brewskis” Beer Tasting segment, sports talk, rants, and more.

On Friday April 5, 2013 at 7pm, we'll be heading out to join our friends of Michelle Mangione headquarters live from First Fridays Bixby Knolls. Join us as we broadcast from The Mirage Cafe Mediterranean Grill. We will have the opportunity to chat with Michelle and Exene Cervenka and learn about their recent collaboration as well as what they are up to individually. Tune in and get in on all the fun, ask questions, and give us your thoughts by logging into the chat line or calling in. Tune in at Swoopsworld.com. Listen to the show Michelle Mangione A familiar face in the Los Angeles music scene, Mangione first polished her chops playing drums for such greats as saxophonist Buddy Collette and guitarist Robben Ford. An accomplished drummer by age 16, Mangione taught herself to play guitar, bass and piano while growing up in Los Angeles. She studied under legendary jazz drummer Kay Carlson before going on to graduate at a young age from Percussion Institute of Technology in Hollywood. She later taught at PIT and then became a successful road musician. Songwriter and acclaimed drummer Michelle Mangione recently released "The Edge of Madness." The single, which is her second collaboration with rock icon Grace Slick (formerly of Jefferson Airplane) was chosen as one of Rolling Stone Magazine's "Top Singles" in November, and can be downloaded from iTunes, where proceeds will be donated to victims of the latest Gulf Coast disaster. Slick, who describes Mangione as “…a gifted artist and poetic songwriter” also contributed lyrics to two of the songs on Michelle's second CD "What is a Saint", and in 2007 the rock legend-turned-painter provided the cover art for Mangione’s critically acclaimed debut CD Life Beneath the Sun after hearing a demo version of the album. Exene Cervenka A true renaissance woman, Exene is a singer, artist and poet whose work traverses virtually every aspect of those disciplines. She is known for her work as singer for the legendary punk band X as well as The Knitters and The Original Sinners. Best known as the singer for X, one of the leaders of the late-’70s/early-’80s California punk explosion, Exene Cervenka has also issued solo albums, launched several side bands, and penned books. Although Cervenka has been closely associated with California, she grew up primarily in Tallahassee, FL, before relocating to Santa Monica, CA, during the summer of 1976. Through a local poetry workshop, Cervenka met John Doe, and the seeds of what would eventually become X were planted. With both sharing vocal duties (and Doe doubling on bass), Doe’s friend Billy Zoom supplied guitar in a Duane Eddy style and was soon followed by the arrival of drummer D.J. Bonebrake, resulting in the birth of X in 1977. Join us at 7pm/PST! Listeners can call in live or join in via our online chat right here at Swoops World Live, there’s more than enough fun for everyone! Not near the computer? You can also listen to Swoop’s World streaming live on your Smartphone. The Swoop’s World iPhone app is now available in the iTunes store. Download yours for free now! If using an Android or Blackberry get the new Swoop’s World app for android devices here. Keep up with what’s happening here at Swoop’s World. Sign up for our newsletter and be the first to know about upcoming guests and shows. Every episode of Swoop’s World is archived here on the website. You can find it the next day embedded with the weekly episode description. Or log onto iTunes and download it straight to your favorite MP3 player.

On Wednesday April 3, 2013 at 8pm/PST (10pm/CST, 11pm/EST) we are happy to welcome Toaster Music to Swoop’s World Late Night. Join us as we have this opportunity to talk to Sumako and Sander of Toaster Music and learn about their creative process, music, and projects. After our interview with Toaster Music we’ll be up to all of our usual fun with Brewskis beer tasting segment, TBones Timeout, as well as our take on all topics, and any interesting news stories of the day. We’ll also be simulcast by AM1670 – Dewberry Jam Community Radio – San Antonio, TX. Swoop’s World Late Night is on Wednesday’s from 8pm/PST – 11pm/PST tune in at Swoopsworld.com. Listen to the show Toaster Music Toaster Music is an improvisational electronica duo focused primarily on live performance, especially in collaboration with visual artists. We frequently perform in costume, and use video projections, to evoke a post-apocalyptic techno-centric atmosphere. Music ranges from gently evolving ambience to raging dub-step madness. We also embrace collaboration, and have performed with others on occasion. Toaster Music is Sumako, an experimental visual and musical artist who combines a variety of beats, samples, synthesized textures, and occasionally his beautiful, custom made, Fernandez Fretless Guitar. Sander Roscoe Wolff brings decades of production and performance experience to the table, using vintage synths, and heavily processed lap steel guitar, to create beautiful and terrible sonoroties. After our interview with Toaster Music we’ll be up to all of our usual fun including our DrinksWinesSpirits.com sponsored “Brewskis” Beer Tasting segment, sports talk, rants, and more.  

On Thursday, March 28, 2013, at 11 am/PST, 2pm/EST, on Swoop’s World Primetime, Swoop and Peter look into news of the day and then look into all things bikes. Including bike news, events and tips. Join us as we discuss life on a bike. Give us your thoughts too by logging into the chat line or call in and get in on the fun.Tune in at Swoopsworld.com. Listen to the show Join us at 11 am/PST! Not near the computer? You can also listen to Swoop’s World streaming live on your Smartphone. The Swoop’s World iPhone app is now available in the iTunes store. Download yours for free now! If using an Android or Blackberry get the new Swoop’s World app for android devices here. Keep up with what’s happening here at Swoop’s World. Sign up for our newsletter and be the first to know about upcoming guests and shows. Every episode of Swoop’s World is archived here on the website. You can find it the next day embedded with the weekly episode description. Or log onto iTunes and download it straight to your favorite MP3 player.

On Wednesday March 27, 2013 at 8pm/PST (10pm/CST, 11pm/EST) we are in store for a full night of fun on Swoop’s World Late Night. Join us as we look into March Madness, the Amanda Knox case, and a host of other subjects. Give us your thoughts too by logging into the chat line or call in and get in on the fun. Of course we’ll be up to all of our usual fun with our Brewskis beer tasting segment, TBones Timeout, as well as crazy insights into any interesting news stories of the day. We’ll also be simulcast by AM1670 – Dewberry Jam Community Radio – San Antonio, TX. Swoop’s World Late Night is on Wednesday’s from 8pm/PST – 11pm/PST tune in at Swoopsworld.com. Listen to the show

On Thursday, March 21, 2013, at 11 am/PST, 2pm/EST, we are happy to welcome Filmmaker Walter Dominguez on Swoop’s World Primetime, Walter Dominguez and his wife Shelley Morrison (Will and Grace) have spent the last 11 years working on a documentary about Walter’s family’s roots called “Weaving the Past.” Join us as we discuss his film and his journey. Tune in at Swoopsworld.com. Listen to the show Weaving the Past: Journey of Discovery is a documentary about a family mystery and one man's journey to find the answers. It's journey that leads him into a labyrinth of self-reflection as he discovers a past he never knew existed; a time of suffering and courage, of violence and idealism, of revolution and death.... and redemption. Filmmaker Walter Dominguez finds himself at a crossroads in his life, wondering how to find a new path and regain his sense of purpose. A mysterious photograph connected to his late beloved Mexican-born grandfather Emilio, a kindly and saintly minister who influenced Walter’s life, leads Walter to embark on a quest to unearth answers to enigmas and mysteries surrounding Emilio’s early life. But what Walter discovers is a dark side of his grandfather’s life that he had no inkling existed, and it turns his perceptions about his grandfather upside down. He learns Emilio was an anarchist revolutionary, befriended and mentored by a famous Mexican revolutionary named Praxedis G. Guerrero. And that Emilio and Praxedis together were involved in conspiratorial, even violent activities based from the United States against the dictator of Mexico, Porfirio Díaz, activities that helped precipitate the cataclysmic ten year Mexican Revolution. The documentary traces Walter’s odyssey as he puts the pieces of the puzzle together, the puzzle of how conditions in Emilio’s tragic early life, and in Mexico as a whole, brought him together with Praxedis and motivated their fiery opposition to Díaz; and of how Emilio transformed from a radical anarchist into a Methodist minister, dedicated to changing human conditions through peaceful, non-violent means. Traveling throughout the U.S. and Mexico, interviewing family elders and American and Mexican historians, locating places and people connected to Emilio’s early life, and eventually discovering Emilio’s long-lost relatives in a mountain village in Mexico, who provide the missing pieces of information to make sense of Emilio’s motives and his life’s mission, Walter himself gradually changes. In the end, having discovered how his grandfather found meaning and redemption for himself, Walter finds renewal of his life and a vision for the future Join us at 11 am/PST! Not near the computer? You can also listen to Swoop’s World streaming live on your Smartphone. The Swoop’s World iPhone app is now available in the iTunes store. Download yours for free now! If using an Android or Blackberry get the new Swoop’s World app for android devices here. Keep up with what’s happening here at Swoop’s World. Sign up for our newsletter and be the first to know about upcoming guests and shows. Every episode of Swoop’s World is archived here on the website. You can find it the next day embedded with the weekly episode description. Or log onto iTunes and download it straight to your favorite MP3 player.

On Wednesday March 20, 2013 at 8pm/PST (10pm/CST, 11pm/EST) we are in store for a full night of fun on Swoop’s World Late Night. Join us as we take on a host of subjects. Give us your thoughts too by logging into the chat line or call in and get in on the fun. Of course we’ll be up to all of our usual fun with our Brewskis beer tasting segment, TBones Timeout, as well as crazy insights into any interesting news stories of the day. We’ll also be simulcast by AM1670 – Dewberry Jam Community Radio – San Antonio, TX. Swoop’s World Late Night is on Wednesday’s from 8pm/PST – 11pm/PST tune in at Swoopsworld.com. Listen to the show

On Wednesday March 13, 2013 at 8pm/PST (10pm/CST, 11pm/EST) we are happy to welcome hip-hop artist Jey Ahr to Swoop’s World Late Night. Originally scheduled last week, Jey Ahr had to reschedule and will be joining us this week. Join us as we have this opportunity to talk to Jey Ahr and find out what he’s been up to, his new music, and projects. After our interview with Jey Ahr we’ll be up to all of our usual fun with Brewskis beer tasting segment, beer trivia, TBones Timeout, as well as our take on all topics, and any interesting news stories of the day. We’ll also be simulcast by AM1670 – Dewberry Jam Community Radio – San Antonio, TX. Swoop’s World Late Night is on Wednesday’s from 8pm/PST – 11pm/PST tune in at Swoopsworld.com. Listen to the show Jey Ahr Ronnie “Jey Ahr” Woods is an up and coming hip-hop artist Born and Raised in Long Beach, California. The spelling of his stage name is just one thing that makes him different. Pronounced J.R. but spelled Jey Ahr meaning “Just Ron”, although very different it is also very straightforward. This quite simply is the best way to describe him and his music. He fell in love with the hip-hop culture at a very young age with influences like Notorious B.I.G, Tupac Shakur, and Rakim just to name a few. He began writing rhymes with his cousin Derrion “Spadez” Woods. Together with help from older brother Lamaur “Big L Mar” Woods and family friend Charles “Rayon” Jennings they formed, what was then known as AUE (Artist United Entertainment). This grouping of young men furthered his love for music and inspired him more to grow as an artist. In 2006 Jey Ahr learned that he was about to become a father so, he put his aspirations on hold and joined the military to be able to support his family. After a few years of putting his passion on hold Jey Ahr could no longer resist. He began writing and recording with his friend James Bryant. Together they formed the group Fam Bam. Now as a solo artist Jey Ahr is coming at the world full force, ready to give it his all. When asked by spectators, what made you really get into music? A very confident Jey Ahr replies, “I knew I could be better than the people that were out then, and I still feel that way now.” Although some may perceive this as cocky when you listen to his music you will see that it is just pure confidence. In a time where hip-hop is full of generic rhymes, dance instructions, and jokes this young man bring something very different to the mic. His lyrics and delivery are like a breath of fresh air. With lines in his music like, “I go through it I don’t just rhyme this s**t”, it is made very evident that the lyrics that he spits are real and come from his very own life experiences. That very line taken from his single “Cali Breeze” is followed by “They say I’m lucky that I made it, I say naw I’m blessed, these lines just shows that Jey Ahr is grounded and knows where he wants to go. With his head on straight, drive to make it, focus, passion and a dynamic work ethic Jey Ahr is sure to become a star. After our interview with Jey Ahr we’ll be up to all of our usual fun including our DrinksWinesSpirits.com sponsored “Brewskis” Beer Tasting segment, sports talk, rants, and more.

On Thursday, March 7, 2013, at 11 am/PST, 2pm/EST, on Swoop’s World Primetime, Swoop and Peter look into bike safety, tandem bikes, group rides, and all things bikes. Including bike news, events and tips. Join us as we discuss life on a bike. Tune in at Swoopsworld.com. Listen to the show Join us at 11 am/PST! Not near the computer? You can also listen to Swoop’s World streaming live on your Smartphone. The Swoop’s World iPhone app is now available in the iTunes store. Download yours for free now! If using an Android or Blackberry get the new Swoop’s World app for android devices here. Keep up with what’s happening here at Swoop’s World. Sign up for our newsletter and be the first to know about upcoming guests and shows. Every episode of Swoop’s World is archived here on the website. You can find it the next day embedded with the weekly episode description. Or log onto iTunes and download it straight to your favorite MP3 player.

On Wednesday March 6, 2013 at 8pm/PST (10pm/CST, 11pm/EST) our guest was to be hip-hop artist Jey Ahr on Swoop’s World Late Night. Unfortunately he had to reschedule until next week, March 13, 2013. So we’re up to all of our usual fun with Brewskis beer tasting segment, beer trivia, TBones Timeout, as well as our take on all topics, and any interesting news stories of the day. We’ll also be simulcast by AM1670 – Dewberry Jam Community Radio – San Antonio, TX. Swoop’s World Late Night is on Wednesday’s from 8pm/PST – 11pm/PST tune in at Swoopsworld.com. Listen to the show

On Thursday, February 28, 2013, at 11 am/PST, 2pm/EST, on Swoop’s World Primetime, Swoop and Peter look into bike friendly business districts, cargo bikes and all things bikes. Including bike news, events and tips. Join us as we discuss life on a bike. Tune in at Swoopsworld.com. Listen to the show Join us at 11 am/PST! Not near the computer? You can also listen to Swoop’s World streaming live on your Smartphone. The Swoop’s World iPhone app is now available in the iTunes store. Download yours for free now! If using an Android or Blackberry get the new Swoop’s World app for android devices here. Keep up with what’s happening here at Swoop’s World. Sign up for our newsletter and be the first to know about upcoming guests and shows. Every episode of Swoop’s World is archived here on the website. You can find it the next day embedded with the weekly episode description. Or log onto iTunes and download it straight to your favorite MP3 player.

On Wednesday February 27, 2013 at 8pm/PST (10pm/CST, 11pm/EST) we are happy to welcome the return of six-time member of the U.S. National Team and U.S. Paralympic Team member Angela Madsen to Swoop’s World Late Night. Join us as we have this opportunity to talk to Angela as she prepares for her TransPac Solo Ocean Row from California to Hawaii. After our interview with Angela Madsen we’ll be up to all of our usual fun with Brewskis beer tasting segment, beer trivia, TBones Timeout, as well as our take on all topics, and any interesting news stories of the day. We’ll also be simulcast by AM1670 – Dewberry Jam Community Radio – San Antonio, TX. Swoop’s World Late Night is on Wednesday’s from 8pm/PST – 11pm/PST tune in at Swoopsworld.com. Listen to the show Angela Madsen My Name is Angela Madsen and I am an accomplished ocean rower with 6 Guinness World Records for rowing oceans. I am going to row a solo ocean rowing boat with no support boat from California to Hawaii. What this means is that I will stay on my little boat the entire time, no one will give me any food or water, I will have to have enough provisions on board to sustain my life for as long as the journey takes. I will row as many hours a day as I possibly can and will try not to drift too far off course while I sleep. It begins with the idea followed by logistical planning, purchase, the shipping and outfitting of a solo rowing boat; I will start this rowing expedition Memorial Day weekend, May 31, 2013 from Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach, California or other suitable coastal location and will be rowing approximately 2,500 miles to Honolulu, Hawaii. It is a tribute row to Veterans of all services and to Spirited Adventurer and friend Orlando Rogers who was tragically killed in a plane crash on May 15th 2011. He was 26 years of age and was a Royal Marine. Orlando was very supportive of me and all of my projects and he was very excited about my intentions to do a solo row so as I make my plans I think it would be fitting to make my row a tribute to honor his memory. He wanted and planned on being there for me as he was on the Circumnavigation of Great Britain. Though it will not be the same, he will be there with me for every rowing stroke and every nautical mile. Orlando was a very special and amazing person. The name of my boat shall be The Spirit of Orlando. Through creation of a pledge page and donate button I will be raising money for a veterans charity that is yet to be determined. It is an ambitious plan but I am a paraplegic who rows across oceans. It seems rather normal to me. I am open to connections made through social media and networking to find partners or sponsors for this event so please share my story, my contact info, have a fundraiser for my project 2013 Para Solo Row. Angela recently set a world record in the shot put at the Desert Challenge Games in Mesa, Arizona and also be competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. After our interview with Angela Madsen we’ll be up to all of our usual fun including our DrinksWinesSpirits.com sponsored “Brewskis” Beer Tasting segment, sports talk, rants, and more.

On Wednesday February 20, 2013 at 8pm/PST (10pm/CST, 11pm/EST) we are in store for a full night of fun on Swoop’s World Late Night. Join us as we give our own unique individual, less than expert opinions, on a host of subjects. Including taking on the greatest movie lines of all time, and whatever else comes up. USC Great Anthony Davis phones in to share his stories of Los Angeles Lakers owner Dr.Jerry Buss. Give us your thoughts too by logging into the chat line or call in and get in on the fun. Of course we’ll be up to all of our usual fun with Brewskis beer tasting segment, TBones Timeout, as well as crazy insights into any interesting news stories of the day. We’ll also be simulcast by AM1670 – Dewberry Jam Community Radio – San Antonio, TX. Swoop’s World Late Night is on Wednesday’s from 8pm/PST – 11pm/PST tune in at Swoopsworld.com. Listen to the show Not near the computer? You can also listen to Swoop’s World streaming live on your Smartphone. The Swoop’s World iPhone app is now available in the iTunes store. Download yours for free now! If using an Android or Blackberry get the new Swoop’s World app for android devices here. Keep up with what’s happening here at Swoop’s World. Sign up for our newsletter and be the first to know about upcoming guests and shows. Every episode of Swoop’s World is archived here on the website. You can find it the next day embedded with the weekly episode description. Or log onto iTunes and download it straight to your favorite MP3 player.

On Wednesday February 13, 2013 at 8pm/PST (10pm/CST, 11pm/EST) We are happy to have the band 88mph as our guest on Swoop’s World Late Night. Join us as we get to know this band, their music and what they enjoy about making music. After our interview with 88mph we’ll be up to all of our usual fun with Brewskis beer tasting segment, beer trivia, TBones Timeout, as well as our take on all topics, and any interesting news stories of the day. We’ll also be simulcast by AM1670 – Dewberry Jam Community Radio – San Antonio, TX. Swoop’s World Late Night is on Wednesday’s from 8pm/PST – 11pm/PST tune in at Swoopsworld.com. Listen to the show 88mph 88mph is a acoustic band from the Inland Empire. Members are Brian McDonald and Stevie Rohrman. After our interview with 88mph we’ll be up to all of our usual fun including our DrinksWinesSpirits.com sponsored “Brewskis” Beer Tasting segment, sports talk, rants, and more.  

On Wednesday January 30, 2013 at 8pm/PST (10pm/CST, 11pm/EST) we are happy to have the return of USC legend Anthony Davis as our guest on Swoop’s World Late Night. Join us as we get his take on the Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, performance enhancing drugs, and anything else that pops up. After our interview with Anthony we’ll be up to all of our usual fun with Brewskis beer tasting segment, beer trivia, TBones Timeout, as well as our take on all topics, and any interesting news stories of the day. We’ll also be simulcast by AM1670 – Dewberry Jam Community Radio – San Antonio, TX. Swoop’s World Late Night is on Wednesday’s from 8pm/PST – 11pm/PST tune in at Swoopsworld.com. Listen to the show Anthony Davis Anthony Davis was born in Huntsville, Texas. He later moved to Southern California where he became a multi-sport star in high school. Davis was the Co-Los Angeles player of the year in Football, won the city wrestling title, and was named the City Player of the year in Baseball. At USC Davis become a featured ball carrier the last 6 games of the 1972 season. He amazingly managed 1,191 yards and 17 touchdowns at season’s end. With stats such as these, Anthony cemented himself as one of the greatest rushers in PAC-8 and NCAA history. A two-time First Team All-Conference pick, he became the first player in PAC-8 history to rush for at least 1,000 yards in three individual seasons. A two-time recipient of the Voit Trophy as the Most Outstanding Player on the West Coast, Davis led USC in rushing, scoring and kick return yardage for three consecutive seasons. He still ranks third on USC’s career rushing chart (3,724 yards), and he set an NCAA record with 6 scoring kickoff returns in his career, including 3 in 1974. Well known as the greatest kickoff return man in college football history, Davis averaged 36.6 yards per kickoff. He is long remembered for scoring 11 touchdowns in three games against Notre Dame. Anthony Davis’ talents weren’t just limited to football; he was also successful in baseball. He was an outfielder and switch-hitter on USC’s 1972, 1973 and 1974 College World Series champion baseball teams. Playing with wood bats at the time, Davis hit .273 with 6 home runs, 45 RBIs and 13 stolen bases for the Trojan’s 1974 National Championship Baseball team. During his Trojan career, Davis won five National Championships – two in football, three in baseball. As a two-sport standout, Davis holds the distinction of being the only player in school history to start for a National Champion Football team (1972) and a National Champion Baseball team (1974). After our interview with Anthony Davis we’ll be up to all of our usual fun including our DrinksWinesSpirits.com sponsored “Brewskis” Beer Tasting segment, sports talk, rants, and more.