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Artist In Bloom: The Pop Garden Interview (Oct 13)

Hey All,
I'm back from Florida. The sunshine state was great for the weekend. Lots of sun and good times with all my cousins and grandmother. Only got into the ocean once, the sea was kind of rough. Of course, it was a good weekend for Cleveland. Being in Fla, I got to watch the Browns beat the Dolphins on TV. Oceanside, no less. It's the American way, I told my cousin Pete, watching sports while on vacation at the beach. Ha ha. At least we were grilling by the late afternoon.

While I was in Melbourne, I dropped by WMEL for a guest spot on Pop Garden Radio, Saturday. The entire Pop Garden Radio podcast is up and available at
http://popgardenradio.podbean.com/. There are three segments to listen to.

Originally, I was going to go in for the first hour of the show, but wound up previewing the entire LP and chatting at length with Adam Waltemire. I hope you all enjoy it. It was fun being in the studio. We discussed the process of making "A Talent For Loving," working with producer Adam Marsland, audience appreciation in the UK, and hamster jet lag. No, really. It was also cool chatting with PGR's internet audience in real time on Saturday.

If you have a radio program/podcast and are interested in having me as a guest on your show, simply write to me.

Go Tribe!
Peace & Disco Beats

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