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The hosts of WFAN react to the Knicks' loss the Spurs in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. It's an unfamiliar feeling for the Knickerbockers and their fans, following 13 consecutive postseason victories, spanning a month a half. A sweep of San Antonio was unlikely, so are there any important takeaways from this defeat? Or was it just a minor bump on the way to a title?
0:00 - Brett was trying to find it in his heart to root for the Knickerbockers! He truly was. And he was starting to get there! They have a lot of likeable dudes on the roster. But their fanbase officially ruined it for us. Those jackwagons can't experience any more happiness. We hope San Antonio rattles off 3 straight, starting tonight. SPURS COUNTRY. LET'S JANGLE. 14:30 - There's an NBA discussion happening right now amongst all the talking heads. And, let's be real...the discussion is SOFT. It's so soft. We can't handle a little physicality on the court during the NBA FINALS?32:58 - A high school lacrosse team in Massachusetts was forced to forfeit a state tournament semi-final game. Why? Because the seniors on the team enjoyed some victory cigars at their graduation ceremony. According to Vic, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Anti-cigar rhetoric runs rampant in this country.
The hosts of WFAN react to the Knicks' loss the Spurs in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. It's an unfamiliar feeling for the Knickerbockers and their fans, following 13 consecutive postseason victories, spanning a month a half. A sweep of San Antonio was unlikely, so are there any important takeaways from this defeat? Or was it just a minor bump on the way to a title?
The hosts of WFAN react to the Knicks' loss the Spurs in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. It's an unfamiliar feeling for the Knickerbockers and their fans, following 13 consecutive postseason victories, spanning a month a half. A sweep of San Antonio was unlikely, so are there any important takeaways from this defeat? Or was it just a minor bump on the way to a title?
0:00 - The deal's not done, but the Chicago Bears are most likely headed to Hammond, Indiana. Who cares if it's just up the road from Chicago? It's a different state! Chicago screwed this up, and Illinois screwed it up. Ya done goofed. It makes Vic appreciate Denver's sports scene a little more. All 4 of our major sports teams play in the same part of the same city. That's pretty cool. 17:09 - Karl-Anthony Towns has completely revived his career in NYC. The Knicks version of KAT is way better than the Timberwolves version of KAT. What did the Knickerbockers do to get the most out of him?32:42 - Dylan Larkin has supposedly narrowed down his list of preferred destinations, and it doesn't include the Colorado Avalanche. Should the Avs still pursue him? Do they need his services?Also, early reports out of Broncos camp - everyone's raving about Jaylen Waddle. He's impressing both Sean Payton and his teammates. Brett thinks it comes down to one thing: SPEED. Waddle is fast. When was the last time the Broncos has a pure speedster catching the football?
The New York Knicks are the ultimate New York City sporting franchise. Why would we make such a big claim? It's all in the name. The Knicks were founded in 1946 as one of the inaugural teams from the sports professional league which became the National Basketball Association (NBA). Their owner Ned Irish, from Madison Square Garden, chose the name Knickerbockers, quite literally pulled it from a hat, because the word evoked the spirit of Old New York and the early days of Dutch New Amsterdam. However there were no notable Knickerbockers in the original Dutch settlement. Where did this odd name come from? Tom and Greg go on the hunt for the origins of this unusual name, charting a course through the Hudson River Valley in the early 19th century -- to the romantic Knickerbocker Mansion in Schaghticoke, and then following the various wanderings of a young Washington Irving. His character Diedrich Knickerbocker would not only bend the will of history, he would inspire generations of New Yorkers to boast traces of their lineage to the city's Dutch past. By the Gilded Age, it would be a stand-in for New Yorkers in general, adhered to steamships, hotels and even beer And so the spirit of Washington Irving shines down upon the Knicks to this day! This episode was produced and edited by Kieran Gannon. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
There's too much Knickerbocker news to fit here, but we do have other stories to report. This week: Iran and the U.S. exchange fire in the Gulf (2:00), plus peace talks stall after Trump adds new demands (4:29); Israel escalates its Lebanon campaign despite ceasefire talks (08:33); Cambodia takes a Thailand maritime dispute to the UN (15:19); in Sudan, tribal clashes kill dozens in South Darfur (17:38); Ukraine strikes St. Petersburg during the city's International Economic Forum (20:13); Germany loses a UN Security Council vote (21:54); Colombia's first-round election results see the right gain momentum (24:04); U.S. sanctions hit Cuba-linked hotels (26:36); and Tulsi Gabbard resigns as the DNI faces a CIA feud (29:11). Then, Tim Sahay and Kate MacKenzie, co-editors of The Polycrisis, join the show to explain how the climate crisis, Chinese clean-tech, U.S. policy, and the Iran war are accelerating a global shift away from fossil fuels.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
It's always a great excuse to visit with an old friend when their team is on the path of winning a championship after a life of sports misery. So, seeing the New York Knicks soar gave us a chance to visit with longtime ESPN writer and one-time colleague of Nestor at The Baltimore Sun and lifer Knickerbockers fan Jerry Bembry to discuss his NBA sportswriting life and orange and blue longing since 1973. The post ESPN writer and lifer Knicks fan Jerry Bembry joins Nestor to discuss NBA and sportswriting life first appeared on Baltimore Positive WNST.
Time to Get Up with a Knickerbocker knockout - the cardiac kids and captain clutch come from behind - we'll tell you what it means! (0:00) Especially for him! Qu'est que c'est le probleme avec monsieur Wemby? The fighting Frenchman flails and fails in game one - we're all over it! (16:10) Plus - panic, for the Packers and Parsons - why Green Bay's season could be over before it even begins! (26:00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Las Finales de la NBA enfrentan a dos franquicias y dos proyectos enormemente diferentes en los San Antonio Spurs y los New York Knicks.
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Andy Driscoll is back for Part 2 of our NBA Finals Preview and it's a 1999 Knicks/Spurs rematch. The Knickerbockers are 4 wins away from immortality. LFGK!!! Listen here now!!!
Hay un señor enterrado en Nueva York que en 1907 se pegó un tiro con dos millones y medio de dólares en el banco, lo cual ya nos dice algo bastante incómodo sobre cómo funcionan los mercados de verdad. Y lo que de verdad me obsesiona de esta historia no es cómo murió él, sino lo que les pasó después a los que creyeron haberse salvado. El hombre se llamaba Charles Barney, presidía el tercer mayor banco fiduciario de Estados Unidos, cenaba habitualmente con los Rockefeller y tenía ese tipo de respetabilidad que en aquella época solo se construía después de tres décadas comportándose como si uno fuese a vivir trescientos años. Y aun así, un buen día empezó a circular el rumor, ni siquiera del todo falso pero tampoco del todo cierto, de que el Knickerbocker Trust estaba expuesto a una operación fallida en el mercado del cobre, y eso, que en cualquier otro mes del año habría sido motivo de una conversación discreta en algún club de Manhattan, en aquellas semanas concretas, con la confianza pública ya algo erosionada, se convirtió en un detonante. Bastó con que aparecieran las primeras colas frente a las oficinas para que el rumor dejara de ser rumor y empezara a comportarse como una profecía cumpliéndose en tiempo real, porque, como bien sabe cualquiera que haya pisado un mercado lo suficiente, ningún banco del mundo, en ninguna época, ha estado nunca diseñado para devolverle el dinero a todos sus clientes a la vez, y eso vale tanto para 1907 como para mañana por la mañana. En tres horas, los depositantes retiraron ocho millones de dólares, una cifra que en términos de la época equivale a abrirle una arteria a una institución que llevaba décadas pareciendo inmortal, y el Knickerbocker, que era perfectamente solvente y tenía los activos para demostrarlo, tuvo que suspender pagos al día siguiente, no porque le faltase capital, sino porque le faltó lo único que un banco no puede permitirse perder ni un solo viernes por la tarde, que es el beneficio de la duda. Aquella misma noche, un J.P. Morgan ya mayor, ya bastante cansado y, sospecho, bastante harto de salvar al país de sí mismo por enésima vez, encerró a los banqueros más poderosos de Wall Street en su biblioteca privada y, según cuentan los testigos, guardó la llave en el bolsillo para asegurarse de que nadie saliera de allí hasta haber puesto dinero propio sobre la mesa, lo cual probablemente sea la última vez en la historia moderna en que el sistema financiero se salvó gracias a la pura testarudez de un solo hombre con suficiente fortuna y suficiente mala leche como para imponer su criterio a todos los demás. Pero a Barney, claro, todo eso ya le daba igual, porque para entonces llevaba demasiadas horas convencido, equivocadamente, de que estaba arruinado, lo cual es probablemente la mejor definición de tragedia financiera que se ha escrito jamás: morir creyéndose pobre sin haberlo sido. Y aquí viene la parte que casi nadie cuenta, que es la que me lleva años dando vueltas en la cabeza, y la única razón por la que vuelvo una y otra vez a esta historia cuando hablo con gente que invierte. Muchos de los depositantes que sí lograron sacar su dinero a tiempo del Knickerbocker, en su prisa absolutamente comprensible por ponerse a salvo, lo trasladaron en cuestión de días a entidades que, en aquellas mismas semanas, eran objetivamente peores que el banco del que estaban huyendo, y terminaron perdiéndolo igual, o peor, semanas y meses después, en quiebras menos célebres, menos novelables y mucho más definitivas. Es decir, huyeron del riesgo imaginario y corrieron, sin saberlo, directamente hacia el riesgo real, que es probablemente el resumen más honesto, más cruel y más exacto que se ha escrito nunca sobre el comportamiento del inversor medio en cualquier momento de tensión, sea 1907, sea 2008, sea esta misma semana. Y todo esto, que parece una historia vieja, una de esas anécdotas victorianas que se cuentan en clase de historia económica para amenizar la tarde antes del café, es exactamente lo mismo que sigue ocurriendo todas las semanas en los mercados modernos, solo que ahora va vestido con mejor ropa, con mejores presentaciones, con tipografía más limpia y con una cantidad ligeramente obscena de gente diciendo en redes sociales que esta vez sí, que esta vez lo tienen claro, que esta vez la dirección correcta es evidente. Y sigue pasando cuando una empresa se desploma porque alguien interpretó mal una guía. Y sigue pasando cuando un sector entero se dispara porque media industria descubre, con tres años de retraso, lo que ya era razonablemente obvio. Y sigue pasando, sobre todo, cuando aparece un banco central nuevo decidiendo, con esa naturalidad casi inocente que dan los primeros meses en el cargo, que ciertos datos incómodos no merecen tanta atención como les estábamos prestando. Esta semana ha vuelto a pasar. Y ha pasado, además, con un estilo francamente notable, en varios frentes a la vez, con personajes muy reconocibles, con cifras lo bastante grandes como para hacer dudar a cualquiera y con un par de movimientos en bolsa que merecen, como mínimo, un minuto de reflexión a solas antes de tomar cualquier decisión la semana que viene. No voy a adelantar aquí ni las empresas ni el desenlace de cada cosa, entre otras razones porque la mitad de la gracia está justamente en escuchar cómo encajan unas historias con otras y descubrir, por el camino, cuál de los protagonistas de esta semana es, en realidad, el Charles Barney moderno sin saberlo todavía. Lo cuento todo, con nombres, apellidos, números y un poco de mala leche bien medida, en el nuevo episodio de Actualidad Semanal +D, que para mí es la única forma honesta que he encontrado de hablar de mercados sin caer ni en el sermón ni en el panfleto. Y dejo una única idea, por si sirve de algo cuando llegue la próxima semana y, como siempre, todos empiecen a correr en la misma dirección al mismo tiempo: antes de moverse, acordaos de Barney, y preguntaos, con la mayor sinceridad de la que seáis capaz, si estáis huyendo del peligro real o simplemente del peligro que alguien acaba de contaros.
Knicks legend Clyde Frazier joined the Carton Show to talk all things Knickerbockers, from the team's current playoff run to his memories of game seven of the 1970 NBA Finals, when Willis Reed famously emerged from the MSG tunnel. Plus, Boomer and Gio rave about Jalen Brunson's recent comments, Evan Roberts says the Knicks HAVE to win it all this year, and declares Mitchell Robinson's dunk over Joel Embiid better than the John Starks over MJ slam.
Knicks legend Clyde Frazier joined the Carton Show to talk all things Knickerbockers, from the team's current playoff run to his memories of game seven of the 1970 NBA Finals, when Willis Reed famously emerged from the MSG tunnel. Plus, Boomer and Gio rave about Jalen Brunson's recent comments, Evan Roberts says the Knicks HAVE to win it all this year, and declares Mitchell Robinson's dunk over Joel Embiid better than the John Starks over MJ slam.
Knicks legend Clyde Frazier joined the Carton Show to talk all things Knickerbockers, from the team's current playoff run to his memories of game seven of the 1970 NBA Finals, when Willis Reed famously emerged from the MSG tunnel. Plus, Boomer and Gio rave about Jalen Brunson's recent comments, Evan Roberts says the Knicks HAVE to win it all this year, and declares Mitchell Robinson's dunk over Joel Embiid better than the John Starks over MJ slam.
Theater Guilde on The Air || (15) The Royal Family | (17) Knickerbocker Holiday || December 16, 1945; December 30, 194501:22 - The Royal Family is a witty and flamboyant Kaufman and Ferber play that parodies the legendary Barrymore theatrical family. It follows three generations of a prominent acting dynasty dealing with eccentric personal lives, backstage drama, and the comedic conflict of wanting to leave the chaotic world of show business for normal life.56:22 - A musical play about New York some 300 years ago. In it the author is having a little fun with history gently kidding some of New York's Dutch forefathers among whom you'll note there was, even then, a Roosevelt and a Vanderbilt and of course the Roosevelt was in politics. You all know that in them days the Dutch purchased Manhattan Island from the Indians for about $24!: : : : :You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account:https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- SCI FI x HORROR -- COMEDY x FUNNY HA HA -- THE COMPLETE ORSON WELLES -- VARIETY X ARMED FORCESSubscribing is free and you'll receive new post notifications. Also, if you have a moment, please give a 4-5 star rating and/or write a 1-2 sentence positive review on your preferred service -- that would help me a lot.Thank you for your support.https://otr.duane.media#dramaclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #radiotheater #radioclassics #luxradio #cecilbdemille #gunsmoke #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr:::: :
Lets get it. Both of Bobby Cox teams (Braves & Bluejays) won yesterday on the day of his death, can they do the same today? Can the Knickerbockers pull the brooms out? Tap in!!!
On The Coaching 101 Podcast, hosts Daniel Chamberlain and Kenny Simpson interview Connecticut head coach and author Eric Knickerbocker about rebuilding and sustaining football culture at Rockville High School after 15 straight losing seasons. Knickerbocker shares his 22-year coaching journey, how studying leadership and culture books led him to write Restore the Rock, and how reflective writing helped him evaluate what worked and what didn't. He explains that early turnaround efforts focused on digging into program history to create identity and a clear vision (“Restore the Rock,” later shifting to “Raise the Rock”), while buy-in required involving players, aligning stakeholders, and gaining administrative support. The group discusses leadership responses, maintaining success amid rising expectations, and hard truths of head coaching, including self-doubt, losing people, talent and scheme fit, and the loneliness and complexity of leadership.00:00 Podcast Welcome00:36 Coach Background02:21 Culture Is Fragile03:29 Quote Of The Week05:32 Sponsor Shoutouts08:22 Why Write The Book12:07 Reflecting To Improve13:27 Restore The Rock Identity15:46 Fear And Teaching20:35 Buy In From Adults21:45 Player Led Culture24:40 Shared Values Simple Rules26:23 Three Rules of Dumbness26:56 Craft Before Culture28:38 Emotional Bank Deposits29:37 Programs That Fit30:50 Big Picture Coaching33:31 Vision That Drives Buy In35:37 Pivoting After Success39:45 Untold Head Coach Truths41:44 Talent Scheme Loneliness46:43 Blueprints Rank Reality49:10 Book Sponsors FarewellDaniel Chamberlain:@CoachChamboOKChamberlainFootballConsulting@gmail.comchamberlainfootballconsulting.comKenny Simpson:@FBCoachSimpsonfbcoachsimpson@gmail.comFBCoachSimpson.com
A domestic argument inside a quiet family home in upstate New York ended with a father dead and his own son charged with murder.Police say 63-year-old Philip Knickerbocker was arguing with his wife, Jacqueline, when things turned violent. After allegedly pouring hot coffee over her head and trying to hit her, their son, Hans Knickerbocker, stepped in.What happened next ended with Philip dead on the couch from strangulation.Now prosecutors say Hans intentionally killed his father. But others are asking if this was murder or a son trying to protect someone during a violent family fight.This is the case of Philip and Hans Knickerbocker.Past Cases Mentioned in this Episode:9-Year-Old Hid with Baby Sister After Watching Parents Be Murdered | Andrew Hockensmithhttps://murderandlove.com/9-year-old-hid-with-baby-sister-after-watching-parents-be-murdered-andrew-hockensmith/**************************************Do you have thoughts about this case, or is there a specific true crime case you'd like to hear about? Let me know with an email or a voice message: https://murderandlove.com/contactFind the sources used in this episode and learn more about how to support Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide and gain access to even more cases, including bonus episodes, ad-free and intro-free cases, case files and more at: https://murderandlove.comMusic:℗ lesfreemusicBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/love-and-murder-heartbreak-to-homicide--4348896/support.
In this episode of Gangland Wire, retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective Gary Jenkins takes a deep dive with his guest Matt into the assassination of Carmine Galante—one of the most infamous mob hits in American history. Matt co-authored a book titled Made In Long Island Matt begins by analyzing the controversial footage captured at the Ravenite Social Club shortly after the murder. While federal investigators interpreted the scene as a celebration by those responsible, Matt challenges that narrative. He breaks down the body language and behavior of key figures, including Bruno Indelicato, suggesting the footage actually reflects anger and exclusion—not guilt. The episode introduces guest Matt, co-author of Made on Long Island, who provides an insider's perspective on the inner workings of organized crime. Matt prefers to not give his last name. Together, they explore how the Galante hit fit into a broader power struggle within the Bonanno crime family and beyond. Matt cowrote this book with Bartley Scarbrough. Matt tells a little-known story about Mob dealings with Fireworks around the 4th of July. One story is about a closed store and how they made up for the closed store and gave a fireworks show on the 5th and most of the kids never knew. The conversation expands to include major mob figures such as John Gotti and Sonny Red Indelicato, examining the shifting alliances and rivalries that shaped the events leading up to the assassination. Matt shares firsthand stories of mob life, detailing how communication relied on coded language and payphones—tools that kept operations hidden in plain sight. Gary and Matt dissect the planning behind the hit, revealing a calculated operation involving surveillance, weapon disposal, and carefully constructed alibis. They also address the aftermath, focusing on law enforcement's inability to definitively link the crime to certain suspects—raising questions about whether individuals like Indelicato were wrongly accused. A central theme emerges: the gap between official narratives and the complex realities of organized crime. Matt argues that investigative misinterpretations—particularly by federal authorities—led to flawed conclusions and, potentially, unjust prosecutions. This episode challenges long-held assumptions about the Galante murder, offering listeners a more nuanced view of Mafia politics, loyalty, and betrayal. It's a detailed reexamination of a landmark mob hit—and a reminder that the truth is often far more complicated than the headlines. Hit me up on Venmo for a cup of coffee or a shot and a beer @ganglandwire Click here to “buy me a cup of coffee” Subscribe to the website for weekly notifications about updates and other Mob information. To go to the store or make a donation or rent Ballot Theft: Burglary, Murder, Coverup, click here To rent ‘Brothers against Brothers’ or ‘Gangland Wire,’ the documentaries click here. To purchase one of my books, click here. Transcript [0:00] Yeah, if you could just hold the frame right there, I think it’s very important [0:03] to set the stage of what we have here. This is a meeting of Bonanno crime family members, very high up ones, in front of Neil Delacroche’s Gambino headquarters on Mulberry Street, known as the Ravenite. Now, the feds used this tape to say that Bruno Indelicato was part of a conspiracy to murder Galante and that this tape shows the celebration. It does not. This tape is an absolute beef being put in primarily by Sonny Red and Delicato because he was supposed to do the hit jointly with the Gambino family led by John Gotti. He’s furious because at this point in time, he thinks he’s left out of the head. And just before you roll it, this video basically proves to every law enforcement person and every Cosa Nostra member that the people in this video did not do the murder. You don’t go out in Cosa Nostra, commit one of the biggest hits ever, a triple homicide, and then show your face an hour later. It does not work that way. So if you roll the tape, we can see some of the body language on these guys as well. [1:08] The guy in the white is Stefano Canone. He is the family’s consigliere, [1:13] which is technically third in charge, an advisory role. He is already at the Ravenite when everyone else arrives. A key figure in this is Sonny Red in Delicato Wearing a black jacket you’ll see His son is in the white shirt there The younger fellow that’s Bruno in Delicato The only guy that was convicted of this crime Now look at what’s going on here This is not a celebration They’re in the face of him And they’re furious And stop right there if you could, The gentleman in the black jacket right there. [1:44] Sonny, Red, and Delicato, he takes a couple steps back from his consigliere, which is technically his boss, and he turns around in fury, and he’s angry because, again, his team, led by him, was left off the head. Notice also, if you want to keep rolling the tape, he goes to his glasses. This is an absolute sign of anger, as per our body language experts, who, by the way, don’t even know who these people are. The only thing they know is this is a dispute, not a celebration. You notice that when he puts his hand up by his glasses? Now he thinks a little bit better of it because that’s his boss he’s talking to. And that’s a very good sign here. Again, another angle of this is in the Pizza Connection case in 1985. [2:27] Not only in the indictment, but also in FBI testimony, when asked who killed Carmen Galante, they did not say it was Bruno and Delicato and two other masked assailants. They said it was three unknown masked assailants that killed him. That’s what their testimony was. Everybody on the Cosa Nostra side and on the law enforcement side knows what this is. No mob guy commits a triple murder and then goes out to run to a place that we used to refer to as the FBI screen test, which was the Ravenite in Lower Manhattan and Mulberry Street. Everybody knows it, and it’s about time the story gets told, [3:05] and you’re going to see a lot more of this. Hey, all you wiretappers. Good to be back here in studio of Gangland Wire. This is Gary Jenkins, retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit Sergeant, and I have a guy here who has a different story and what he would say the real story behind the murder of Carmine Galante. Now, guys, there’s three monumental hits in organized crime history, I would say. The Galante hit… [3:33] Big because of the cigar in his mouth and that picture that was captured, but he was also an important hit in Mob. Now we also had the Anastasia. Anastasia was important and it was also got important, more important because of the photographs. Paul Castellano was important, I think more because of John Gotti than anything, but Carmine Galante and Matt here knows a lot about that hit and a lot about an alternative story to what really happened as it was reported it in the media. So welcome, Matt. Thank you so much for having me on, Gary. I really love your program. I’m happy to be here. All right, Matt, you got a book made on Long Island. Let’s just show everybody the copy of that. There you go, guys. There’s a copy of the book. It’s available on Amazon right now, right, Matt? [4:25] It certainly is. Thank you for putting it up. And one little sentence I’ll draw attention to at the bottom is, no AI was used in this. I know a lot of books are coming out now and people using AI, which I personally think is garbage. This is all handwritten and 440 pages of story after story. Yeah, there’s a lot to it. I guess you were writing under the name of Bartley Scarborough. Yeah, Bart is a good guy. He’s a friend of mine who actually started organizing this with me literally about 15, 20 years ago. Just to give everybody the timetable, we could not release this stuff till now because everybody with criminal culpability is now deceased or one guy is doing life in jail without the possibility of parole for another crime. That’s why we waited so long. Bart organized this stuff. He had me go over the thoughts. And he actually, I don’t know how much he’s going to want to talk about it, but he actually was there when we spoke to some of our friends who gave us extreme detail about this. But in terms of the actual writing, I actually penned it all myself with Bart’s assistant. All right, great. And as you know by now, it’s no easy task to write, especially 400-some pages. That’s a lot of words. That’s a lot of work, guys. Trust me, that is a lot of work. [5:41] You’ve got to keep going over it. Good writing is hard because it takes about three rewritings to actually get it out. Did you find that? [5:51] I did. It’s definitely extremely hard to do with volumes like this going over the past so many years. And plus getting the information from our friends, it was extremely hard to do. It was very time consuming. And I need to stress for the audience, I was not present when any of these major crimes like the homicides went down. I was present for the other things in the book, horse racing, which I’m sure we’re going to talk about later, major fireworks sales. But I need the audience to know that I was not present when the homicides went down, even though I was a juvenile at the time, and that from the proceeds of the fireworks sale and the horse racing, I did not pocket the proceeds like other people did. I know there’s lawyers out there, and I’m paying some $1,000 an hour. I apologize to people, but the lawyers told me 100 times I need to make those facts clear. Okay. All right. You did not do any of this, but you were right next to people who did do this. So we’re talking about firsthand information, correct? That is correct. Now, again, I was there for some of the stuff. I was there for some of the entity in the book. I was definitely there for the major league fireworks deals and participated in those. The horse racing that we’ll get to later, I was there for that. But in terms of the hard stuff, the stuff with no statute of limitations, homicides, I was not there. [7:12] So tell me about these group of guys that you grew up with, that you started doing some of these things. We have some kind of interesting personalities in there. Tell us about those guys. Oh my gosh. We had a real collection of characters is the only way to put it. Now, growing up when we were very young, let’s call it 11, 12, 13, we all really had two goals in mind. We wanted to make money and we wanted to play sports at that age. And that’s what we did. We made money on anything, paper routes, shoveling snow, raking leaves. And what happened was being so competitive, we got into a feud with another group in the same town. Now, there’s no way around it. We were idiots at this age. Some of our guys were carrying guns. Two of the guys in particular, their parents, what we call, were on the job, which means they were cops. So they had access to guns. Another guy was able to get us guns. So the bottom line is you’ve got 13-year-old kids who… That have no fuse carrying guns. Here is where it all started. [8:11] My uncle, like my cousin’s dad, came to one of the baseball games, and we had no idea that he knew the other coaches. And all of a sudden, they realized these kids are carrying guns. They’re going to kill each other. So they sat us down, disarmed us. It’s a pretty funny thing that’s in the book. I remember my uncle saying, whoever has a weapon, you put it on the table right now. I take a sock out of my pocket. He’s, what’s wrong with you? He goes, I asked for weapons, not your dirty laundry. I go, there’s a 25 inside the sock. He was shocked. But what they did was this. They disarmed us. They said, you want to kill each other with fists? Go at it. But we have a better idea. Why don’t you sell fireworks? Why don’t you work for us? You’ll make money doing this. First year, we only had about a week before the 4th of July. We sold out a couple pallets that they had. Now, the second year, I said, can we get these same prices? They said absolutely We went nuts to sell this stuff We ended up with an order for $85,000, And that’s how the order was so big That John Gotti got brought into this He was their boss at the time That’s how we met him And again, people say John Gotti, John Gotti Well to us at the time John Gotti was the same as John Smith The name meant nothing to us. [9:26] So some of these guys, older guys that you started dealing with that sat you down were relatives. There were members of the Gambino family then of Gotti’s crew. That is correct. Yep. Yep. They actually had two guys out of the three guys that sat us down. And by the way, none of us, myself included, ever had even the slightest inkling that these guys were involved in organized crime. You actually had two guys that were Gambino guys and one guy who was also a coach who was with the Genovese. [9:54] That was the actual makeup of the three guys that sat us down. And this was that. What towns are you talking about out there in Long Island? Kind of guys that listen from New York. Sure. This is actually Syosset, believe it or not, which was a upper middle class area. Nice and calm, crime free. And again, most of everybody that was with us was from Syosset. [10:19] Interesting. So the fireworks thing, I’ve always wondered about that. I’ve noticed in Kansas City, the mob guys, several of them every year have these huge, big firework tents. And I started asking around. I found out that they might make $100,000 in about two or three weeks time off those fireworks. There must be immense profit in it. And it’s so that kind of profit and kind of a gray area crime, if you will, in some cities, they don’t allow fireworks to be sold or even to be shot off. Mob likes to get into that and make that money. So tell us a little bit more about how that worked. Who were your customers? You guys went out into the community and sold more. You were more like you weren’t retailers. You were more like found other people to retail. It sounds to me like tell me the nuts and bolts of how that worked. [11:05] That is exactly correct. Now, the first year when they gave us the two pallets with about five or six days, maybe a week before the 4th of July, we sold those strictly to local people we know. And by the way, as kids, we loved fireworks ourselves. We still do. I do. I can speak for myself. We love this stuff. Now, when I saw the prices, for example, that these guys can get us, and I’ll use a barometer, very common in New York, a mat of firecrackers, which is a pack of 80 packs inside, 16 firecrackers to a pack. You could buy that for $8 And it would just fly like hotcakes These guys were selling us the stuff At $3 a mat So all these prices Were anywhere from. [11:49] 70, sometimes even 80% cheaper than what we could sell them for. So the profit, like you said, was utterly enormous. Now we had a full year to work our second year because they said, yes, sell as much as you want, go ahead and get the pre-orders. We contacted everybody we knew. All of our guys had people in other places, Huntington, the town of Huntington, we did big business, other places out in Suffolk and even somewhere in the city. [12:13] And again, for young kids at that age to put together an order for $85,000. She knocked everybody. And that’s what really got their attention. And for that kind of money being fronted to us, that’s why they had to bring their boss in, which was John. The other thing that really shocked us too, I was worried about getting caught. Now the legal penalties for getting caught was nothing. Five or $10 fine, nothing on your record. It was nothing. However, the police could take all your firearms. If they took money like that from young kids, we’re finished. Our lives are over. and to be honest, the organization solved that for us. They sat us down with cops. The cops told us to our face, you will never have a problem. Don’t worry about it. And once I heard, that’s when I told our guys, go ahead and sell as much as you can, and that’s when we got the order for the two tractor trailers. I knew at that point in time, the risk is pretty much gone. Yes, there’s a risk of getting robbed, but we had two of our guys’ older brothers who were a really severe, a tough guy, one that’s referenced in the book a lot, Bubbles. And again, he’s a deceased, and we’ll talk about him more in terms of the Galante hit. So people that are going to rob us really would be like, why would I rob these guys? Look at who they’re with. So in my opinion, we had no risk, and that’s why we went nuts with this. [13:30] That’s the beauty of working with the mob. They usually had connections with law enforcement that could get you protected. Now, you brought Gotti into it. Tell us about meeting Gotti for the first time. [13:39] Was he all that, like they say? Was he just this real charismatic personality that you just wanted him to like you and wanted to do what he wanted you to do? What was that like? I’m glad you brought it up because I’m going to tell you that’s the funniest thing that ever happened to any of us in our lives. And I suspect it might have been one of the funniest things that ever happened to him. When we got this order for the two-tracked trailers, he wanted to meet us with some of his other people. One that turned out to be Angelo, quack, quack, Angelo Ruggiero. And we decided to meet at our friend’s house over in Syosset. It was during a school day, but we had no risk because his dad was a New York City cop. His dad wasn’t there. His mom would be out the whole day playing a card game she played called Mahjong. So we said, yeah, let’s do it at his house. Now, these guys show up. Again, we’re teens. We’re 13, 14, 15 in that range. One, a couple guys maybe a couple years older. And these guys were like in their low 30s. That’s all John Gotti was age-wise when we met him, I would say. [14:39] No older, I wouldn’t think, than 35. I could do the math, but right in that range. All nice cars, nice suits. They come in with all the samples. So we lay them all around my friend Jeff’s house I’m talking about in his stoves, his mother’s piano, the couches and everything And they’re going over stuff and they’re saying, look This stuff here comes $48 to a case Your price, I’m just making up numbers for argument’s sake Your price is $175 a case on this one You can easily sell this stuff for $600 or whatever the numbers were So we’re shocked Now to set the stage My friend’s mom was really A kind of a crazy lady she was very Loud and she was extremely Opinionated if not wild She would always kid my not kid She was serious to my friend Jeff saying You’re a no good bum this Boy’s gonna end up in jail she would berate Our friend into the ground I mean this kid was crazy believe me this kid was Driving us to school at 14 and 15 years Old didn’t have a worry in the world So Yeah. [15:40] This is where the humor came in. She came home unexpectedly. Apparently, one of the card players didn’t show up. They couldn’t do it. She walks into her house, and she sees fireworks all over. She sees us with guys who look like gangsters that are 35 years old, and she blows her stack. She screams, who are these hoodlums in my house? What are these devices these criminals have? What is this fool meaning her son done this time with nuts? And I’ll never forget John says to my uncle who was in there He says did you set this up as a gag? Very low so nothing we could hear except a few people And my uncle had a really weird look on his face He goes I wish I could get off that easy So we figure the deal is all over She’s going nuts I run up to her with the price lists And I say Mrs. Goldberg please I know we like to shoot a fire It’s not about that It’s about making money I show her the list And I reference before the matter firecrackers I point to it. I call these guys firework salesmen. That’s what I call John and Angelo. I go, these firework salesmen here can sell us this amount of firecrackers for $3. [16:49] We can sell it all day long for $8. There’s a fortune in this. So then instead of her blowing up, she goes, tell me more. So that was funny enough. So I go through more prices. And just to set the stage for your listeners, a lot of people in New York might know this term. People outside might not. I’m a Christian, but if you have a non-Christian, Jewish people call him Goy or Goyim. She’s looking at the lists, and she explodes in the loudest voice you’ve ever heard. If the Goyim will buy these devices, then sell them to the Goyim we were. We lost it. [17:24] She said that Angelo, my uncle, a bunch of the guys had to go outside. And I stepped outside with them, too, because they didn’t want to insult her and laugh in her face. I don’t know how John stayed in the house with her, but he did for a while. These guys were laughing so hard, tears were coming out of us. So the neighborhood girls that we knew saw these guys all dressed in suits. They thought we were crying, and they sincerely asked, are you guys okay what happened? It was because we were laughing so hard we started crying. So I said, let me get in here. The fireworks deal is more important. So she went over this stuff with us, telling us how we’re going to make money. Just insanity. The book really expands on this. And then afterwards, when John left the house, he also broke down in laughter. He didn’t want to do it in front of her. He couldn’t take it. Out of respect, he didn’t want to laugh in someone’s face like that. But he walked two doors down, and he freaking lost it. So I think it’s got to be one of the funniest things he’s ever had happen to him in his life. He said it was. And it just got crazier from there. [18:19] Now, was Angelo Ruggiero with him? He was his right-hand man. Was he there on this deal? Yeah, Angelo was there with him. Yep, he sure was. What was he like to deal with as a person? I’ve interviewed his son who has a show. What was he like? Was he funny? He seemed like he talked a lot and was a funny guy. I’m just curious. He did. And again, in the account that you guys are going to read about in the book, Tommy, who’s the main character in this book, who again, deceased and gave me all the interactions he had with him, explains what a nice guy he was. I know he had a violent side. I know he has a lot of hits under his belt, but he was apparently a ton of fun. [18:59] When I interacted with him, I thought he was freaking hilarious. And as you’ll see in the book, Angelo is really the one who fed all the inside information nonstop to our buddy Tommy, Tommy, who at that time was playing cards over at John’s Club in Ozone Park, the Bergen, very regularly at that point in time. And the book really traces Tommy about what happened, his interactions with Angelo, his interactions with everybody else. And when you get to the whole crux of the matter, Angelo is the one who told our good friend Tommy that, hey, the commission has authorized a hit on Galante. And the hit is to be done jointly with our family, meaning the Gambinos, and with the Bananos. And that John was going to be the leader of the Gambino faction. [19:48] Sonny Red and Delicato was going to be the leader of the Banano faction, and Joey Messino was not only the one taking the messages to and from Rusty, which is the Philip Mestelli in jail, but Joe Messino was going to supervise the entire operation. So that was the structure of it. Yeah, that’s what I’ve read about it. And also what you’re saying about Angelo Ruggiero is that’s one reason the Bureau was able to learn so much about Castellano because he would go to meetings at Castellano’s house, if I remember right, come back home and get on the phone or have some people come over. And he talked to him about, he said this and he said this and he said that and he said this. That gave him probable cause then to go into Castellano’s house. So he was known to be loose lips, and that’s why he got the moniker quack quack, I’ve heard. But I also heard it was because of the way he walked, so I’m not sure. No, that’s true. Both of what you’re saying is true. And just to touch on him one more time, very important. He loved my friend Tommy because Tommy got him out of more than a couple of jams. I’ll give an example. There was a guy in the Gambino family up in Connecticut. John always referred to him as the genius Tony Mungali And he put a firework sorter in with Angelo. [21:06] Now, this guy blew his stack because no fireworks came, and he had promised the entire neighborhood a gigantic fireworks show. He had his friends, his people of his family over there, neighbors and no fireworks. This guy blew his stack, and this story is detailed in the book. Tommy got a call from another Gambino guy the morning of July 5th, very early. He was still hungover from partying the night before. He said, oh, my God, what’s this about? It’s got to be something bad. Did somebody blow their hand off with fireworks? What’s going on? And the bad news was that this Tony had put a beef in saying, what’s wrong with you people? You didn’t do what you said. And he was blaming Angelo. Tony was all over Angelo. And the bottom line is Tony was right. It was Angelo’s fault. However, my friend Tommy never threw Angelo under the bus. My friend Tommy ate it. And he basically, it’s a real good recounting in the book. And there’s so many stories like this. There’s hundreds of them. But I’ll give you this one real quick. [22:03] Like, so Tommy basically told Tony Mengele, listen, how old are the kids that you promised this big fireworks show to? And Tony blew up. He’s like, what the F does it matter how old the kids are? But my friend Tommy was smart and he was going somewhere. He’s like, listen, these kids don’t know the difference between July 5th and July 4th. We’re going to come to your house tonight. We’re going to give it the most insane fireworks show anybody in your area has ever seen. We don’t want a dime. We’re so sorry this mistake happened They go up there I was with them at that point. [22:38] Nothing but fun. So welcoming. And again, my buddies, none of us would ever throw Angelo under the bus. And believe me, Tony and his uncle, Sandalo, he tried to pin it on Angelo. We said, no, it’s not his fault. It’s not his fault. Bottom line is those guys loved us. One of Tony’s workers ended up being a gigantic fireworks customer of ours. And to the best of my knowledge to this day, and I’m not involved in it in the slightest, To this day, all one of his guys does is sell fireworks in the Connecticut region. Makes a fortune. Interesting. And so that’s a wild story. But again, Angelo loved Tommy because so many times Tommy would say, look, Angelo didn’t do this. I did. What did Angelo do in return? He gave Tommy so many different pieces of information. And again, I won’t bog you down, but each one of these stories is so interesting. Angelo had some fireworks clubs that he made money on. [23:32] There’s no other way to put it. Angelo was not working much at all. And then one of these meetings, John brought everyone in and said, listen, from now on, these clubs that sell fireworks, particularly Oceanside, New York, Long Beach, Bayville, Massapequa, he goes, I’m giving them to you guys to run. And now, obviously, none of us want anything to do like that. We’re going to cut out his friends. We’re going to end up in a freaking meat grinder or end up in a cement truck. So we all told John we didn’t want it. John said, that’s it. It’s over. It’s yours. so then our next step was to make sure we figured out how much roughly those guys were making. [24:05] I give my friend tommy all the credit in the world he ended up giving angelo more money by a lot, for using the place than angelo ever made doing work and this time angelo doesn’t have to do any work angelo loved us all these guys loved us because we paid them more than they made and now they didn’t have to do a damn thing so our guys were very smart and calculating particularly Tommy, but some of the other ones. And that was a good Angelo story. Yeah, it is. And I’ve read that not only Gotti and in his neighborhood, but other mob guys around in New York and their neighborhoods, they would put on a huge fireworks shows for everybody in the neighborhood every year. Gotti particularly was noted for that. That is interesting, their love for fireworks and fireworks shows. Did they ever front you these things? Did they front you money or did Did they buy the fireworks? [24:56] You guys made this money each year, but I’m sure you’d spend it all. Then the following year, you’d have to come up with money. How did that work? The money worked. You wanted to be able to pay them back if they fronted anything. [25:08] Yes. You have a bunch of good questions here. I’m going to backtrack one second on what you said about guys in the life loving fireworks. That is a hundred percent fact. Love the fireworks and the stuff that people see at some of the celebrations over at the Bergen. Yeah, that was rooted from our guys providing it. Now, here is one of the reasons why John turned over these four locations to us. He had complaints from multiple people. Castellano, I believe Michael Franzese people. These guys went to the fireworks locations on the best days, like July 2nd and July 3rd, and they were closed. And John blew up at that. He’s making me look like a freaking idiot. I’m telling Castellano’s people, it could have been his nephews or little cousins or whatever, go to this place to load up with fireworks for free. These guys go to the place and it’s closed that’s one of the motivating factors why john, turned that business over to us we had it open all the time now in terms of fronting stuff absolutely the money was enormous those guys fronted it to us all the time big loads that’s just how it was young kids like that we can come up with anything near that kind of money. [26:14] And just another tidbit too the lady i told you about who would go wild when we were doing the deal. She offered to fund some money up too. And that’s detailed in the book as well. But yeah, as we got it to like year number three, I don’t remember us ever putting a penny up after year three. It was all fronted to us. Was it all cash too? When you went out to these clubs and these people with the neighborhoods and stuff, would they always just give you cash each year? [26:40] That is a great question, and the answer is yes for the people we retailed to, yes for the people that walked into the stores. However, we had wholesale customers that we would give credit to. Now, I’ll give you this story, which is also detailed in the book real quick. There was a street gang in Huntington. They were known as the Huntington Hitters, primarily Hispanics. They gave us an order, and one of our good friends got back from a younger kid that he helped out before that his older brother was intending to rob us when we dropped off the fireworks. [27:14] So we had what I thought was a brilliant plan made. Tommy was very instrumental in this, and I gave some feedback too. We told these guys, come meet us at this bar out on Jericho Turnpike in Huntington. We have some additional fireworks we want to show you guys and see if you want it, which was a lie. But we knew that they wouldn’t rob us then because we didn’t have anything honest. Let me tell you what we brought to that meeting. We brought Bubbles and two of his guys that were freaking deadly people. And they had freaking gym bags with them. And they said, don’t worry anything about security when we do this deal. And they showed him stuff inside the bags, heavy duty weaponry. So right away, these Huntington hitter group said, these are the wrong people to rob. So sure enough, right on cue, a day or two later, they called my buddy and said, you know what? We don’t want to do the fireworks business. We can’t. That I petitioned, and I got a few of my friends to agree, and Tommy definitely went with it too. You know what? These guys can make a fortune doing this. Let’s front them five or ten grand worth of this stuff and see what happens. And I’m like, it’s not going to cost us anything. Number one, I don’t think they’re going to rob us. If they do, what did we lose? $1,500 at the most? My friends said we were nuts, but we went with it. And I want to tell you, smartest move we ever made. [28:29] As every year we went by, we fronted them more and more. They were our first customer that we ever fronted a full tractor trailer to. Never had a problem getting one cent from them. It’s funny how that evolved. It’s just absolute madness. But again, I give Tommy a lot of the credit here and some of the other guys very sharp to come up with a business plan like this. [28:52] I tell you, this little crew you got in with early on, they were a bunch of hustlers. But you also had this deal with Gotti and horse racing and getting inside information on horse racing. There’s some pretty good stories there that are in the book. Tell the guys a little bit about that point. Then we’ll move on to the Galante hit. [29:11] Absolutely. Now, horse racing was interesting. We would go to a place called Roosevelt Raceway, which is over in Westbury, Long Island. Really not that far from where we lived over in Syosset. Now, again, I know the law was probably you had to be 18 to make a bet. They didn’t care. I was making bets there at 12 and 13 years old. I’ll tell you this one time that they did care, and I’ll get to that at the end of the question you asked, and you’ll see why. So we were clowns, but even as clowns, we could see it. If a horse, these were harness racing, by the way. If a harness race is coming down the stretch, you didn’t have to be a genius to see that one or two of these horses would hold back, but the other two jockeys would whip the crap out of their horses. So naturally, we felt cheated, even at young ages. Our guys were definitely certified. There’s no question about that. Our guys would throw things at the freaking jockeys. I’m talking about golf balls, rocks. Our guys were insane. And a lot of that stuff is detailed in the book, how crazy we were. But to get to your point, after I think it was the third or fourth year, John walked with Tommy. [30:17] And he said, you guys are bringing in so much money and doing so well. I want to give you a gift. And I remember Tommy, because myself and a little bit of Bart, but myself, I had to pull all this out of my friend Tommy. He knew he was going to pass away. And he wanted this story out in the public. Now, this guy, Tommy, never wanted his real name used, but he gave me detail after detail. Some of the stuff, like I’m explaining with the fireworks and the horse racing, I was there myself to see. But on the heavy stuff, he gave me detail after detail. same with a little bit to Bart. So this is how Tommy explained it to us. John gave him a sheet of paper and Tommy being a smartest said, oh, what is this, John? You want me to go play the freaking lottery with these numbers? What do these numbers mean? John, you smartest. Here’s what the numbers mean. The first number was the number of the race at Roosevelt Raceway. The next four numbers were the only four horses that could win. Usually these races had eight horses in them. Once in a while, seven, once in a while, nine, but eight was the norm. Those are the only four horses that can win. And for the audience, I want to explain to them how that’s possible. [31:24] Let’s say you have an eight horse harness race and you tell four of the jockeys, no matter what happens, you are not to come in the top. They’ll hold the horses back. And by the way, this is not just conjectural rumor. These guys got locked up for it later on down the line, jockeys and everybody what they were doing is it hold the four horses back the organization would have no idea what horse was going to win they just knew which four wouldn’t so what did they didn’t bet winner plays to show they would bet exactus triples and sometimes super factors which means all four and box those four around some yeah so in your example. [32:03] Basically, John gave our buddy Tom three races, and Tommy knew that this has got to be damn better than a tip. It has to be rock solid. So what happened was we all went there, and we knew nothing about it. We didn’t know that we should just bet a small amount of money. We had no knowledge about damaging a pool, so I’ll make it easy for the listeners. Tommy overbet these races like crazy. For example, if a three combination triple should pay $1,500, the first thing the FBI and the New York Racing Authority would ask is, why did this $1,500 triple pay only $400? And the reason is, and they knew it because the race was fixed. So everybody was betting those combinations. Now, the organization was smart enough to only bet small amounts of money, and they used the term not to damage the pool. That was a term they used all the time. We don’t want to damage the pool. [33:04] Again, throw us in the mix. We had absolutely no idea. We didn’t know any of this. So Tommy bet the crap out of these races, and he did damage the pool. And that brought the attention of the authorities. But worse than that, another long story in the book goes back to the Connecticut people, because I think the genius Tony Mengele was the one helping to fix the races. So they figured there was a leak on their side. And John Gotti actually thought he was going to get killed over this. And he told people, including Angelo, I might not be coming back from this meeting. I got sent for here. The horse pulls bad because John was really running the horses with Tony and some other guys. Tony grabbed him by chance outside of the Ravenite, Mr. Neal’s club, and they walked. [33:52] And Tony apparently was furious, like, yeah, let’s kill whoever damaged the pool, whoever did this. And then John apparently told him it was us. And then Tony says, oh, man, those fireworks guys, I love those guys. He goes, okay, nothing’s going to happen here. So apparently Tony went into the meeting, and he basically lied to the people there, Castellano and Neil Delacroach, and he says, listen, I found out the leak. The leak is on our side, and I’ll take care of it. And that’s how it worked But again, that ties back to the fireworks If that never happened, I don’t know what would have happened John had every intention of going in there and saying he’s screwed up He didn’t explain to us And he had no business giving us the numbers And he knows that, He did not have permission to give us anything at the racetrack He took it on himself to do it, And he got saved by that stroke of luck Of meeting Tony in front of the club before the meeting Had someone been outside, whoever Tommy Bellotti or anybody said Hey, get inside, the meeting’s going on Those two would not have had a chance to talk. I don’t know what would have happened, but I think it would have been very bad for Sean. Yeah, would have been. Yeah, that’s interesting. Now, explain to the guys about the pool. Everybody doesn’t know about the pool. [35:04] These exactors and trifectas, how that pool works. That is a great question because we had to have it explained to us. Let’s take any racetrack, and the first number you’re going to have is how many people bet on what’s focused on triples. Now, the definition of a triple is horses come in the order of one, two, three. So if you bet a 7-4-3 triple, the race must end 7-4-3 for you to hit that triple. Now, the next variation of that is if you like the 7-4-3, what most people will do is they will do what’s called boxing that triple, which means they have 7-4-3 and that’s a winner. [35:43] But so is 4-3-7. So is any combination. So is 2-7-4. [35:49] 3-7-4. Any of the combination of your three horses win. Now, they can tell what a triple should pay based on the amount that’s spent and what the odds are. Let’s say you have a horse that’s a mid shot, like an 8 or 10 to 1. You have a favorite in there and maybe a halfway of a little bit of a long shot. They know what that should pay in a certain range. Now, if you know that race was fixed, and by the way, it’s all pari-mutual, so the weighting is average. If you’ve got $10,000 in a triple pool and you have 10 winning tickets, each ticket’s going to get paid $1,000. And they would know that’s legitimate and that’s honest. And there should be about 10 people with those combinations. Now, if you have that same $10,000 worth of triple pool, and again, these are round numbers. It’s way higher, just for an example. and all of a sudden you’ve got 105 winning tickets when mathematically there should be 10 or 15 at the most the money drops that thousand dollar prize now might be 210 dollars and that’s what the feds and everyone new york racing authority looks for if you have a horse that’s eight to one first place let’s say ten to one second place and let’s say five to two third place that triple should pay something like, I’m guessing, $400, $500, $600 around that range. If that triple pays only $150, right away they know that somebody knew something. [37:16] Too many people bet on that combination. They know how many people probably will bet on any certain combination. And when that gets skewed, too many people bet on one combination, then they know something’s up. Interesting. That’s like these new sports prop bets in the apps on gambling, on the apps on sports. If all of a sudden there’s a whole lot of money goes out on some team on the spread and too much money goes down in one place, then they know there’s something going on. Somebody knows something and they start looking. [37:48] Exactly. They start looking and you make a great point about today’s sports betting. If you have a basketball player, and again, this is not conjecture. There’s already been indictments on this. Let’s say the guy is supposed to have 11 rebounds in a game. All of a sudden, when he has nine, he tells the coach, man, I hurt my ankle. I can’t play anymore. Now, if the balance was normal on his under and his over, no problem. What do we all know happens? The under money bet on this guy is radical. It’s a 95 to 5 ratio. They know right away it’s fixed. And that’s what I believe the guy in Toronto, the Toronto Raptors was doing. And so many other ones were too, but that’s everywhere. We were involved in that way, way back in the day as well, to some degree. We heard so much about it. Yeah, interesting. [38:34] Let’s get into Carmine Galante. The probably most famous, certainly the most famous image, even more famous than Albert Anastasia of Carmine Galante laying there. He was the Bonanno, longtime Bonanno capo and had risen up in the ranks. And he comes out of the penitentiary and Rusty Rustelli is supposed to be the next Bonanno boss. And Carmine decides that he’s going to act like he’s the boss. So let’s talk about how this whole thing started a little bit. That is a great observation. And that’s pretty much how the ball got rolling with those guys. Here’s how we got involved in this. [39:12] We had one of our good friends who was helping us with the fireworks and going to the clubs and having nothing but fun. And then the one night when Tommy was at the club, the cops came in. And I know a lot of people think, oh, Cosa Nostra doesn’t mix with the cops. People will think that they don’t know what they’re talking about. Look at the convictions with gas pipe cases and everybody else. John had guys on his payroll that ended up getting convicted and stuff. [39:39] The cops and Cosa Nostra do work together. despite what everyone else says. Look at us with the fireworks, for example. So anyway, at the card game, what I was told from Tommy is they kept getting messages after messages. And again, these messages at that time would come in over pay phones. There were no cell phones. So you’d have a guy sitting at the pay phone. And as I’m told, most of the messages would be coded numbers. Let’s say Angelo’s number was 167. The guy would just pick up the phone, tell number 167, which is Angelo. [40:11] Another set of code numbers and that might mean hey the cops are coming over now the cops came into the club they came into the bergen and apparently they told everybody listen nobody here is getting locked up we don’t want information we just need to give you some news and from what tommy says because he was there playing cards at the time they told him that our good friend michael had died in a car accident and they wanted to know should they go and wake his dad up and And his dad obviously was in the life made guy and do it that way. Or did John and Angelo perhaps want to go out to the house? They gave him the option to do it. And John and Angelo, of course, jumped at that. And they, whatever they did, they went at the house. I don’t know if they waited till they woke up in the morning, whatever it was and knocked on the door or whatever. But so that’s what happens now at the wake, by the way, just to make the story a little bit more clear, there. [41:09] This was probably our fourth year or so selling fireworks. And every year we sold fireworks, we met more and more people. So many of it is detailed in the book. I can’t even tell you the list of people we met. And you name it, Tony Ducks, Corralo, all these guys. So we’re meeting more and more people. Two in particular that we started hanging out with because they liked us because we were just crazy, drinking, women chasing maniacs, were Baldo and Chesery. And that’s Baldo Amato and Cheshire Bonventry. They were with the Bananos. And we were hanging out with them. They grabbed my friend Tommy at the wake and pulled him away. And everyone’s thinking, oh, they’re really Sicilian. We call them the Zips. They’re tough guys. They probably just don’t want to show their emotions because they love Michael in front of everybody. We didn’t know what was going on. They informed my friend Tommy that our friend, Michael, did not die in a car accident. It was a basic, supposed to be a warning that turned into a hit. [42:12] And Tommy’s, that’s nonsense. The cops told us the car was off the road. The car was a crumpled mess. That’s nonsense. But Baldo insisted and said, no, these guys shot him off the road. So nobody believed any of this. But we came up with the conclusion of, hey, we’re friends with the cops. The cops will take us to the impound yard. Let’s see for ourselves. House so those guys went over there and what tommy says they found bullet holes in like less than a minute they found a couple bullet holes so they knew right away that baldo was telling the truth now all this was going on other people would tell us don’t trust baldo don’t trust chesery the sicilians are the most ruthless cunning backstabbers you’re ever going to meet and i didn’t feel that way and neither did tommy or the other guys that were involved with us our other friends aunt and The whole gang, Gonzo, we didn’t feel that way at all. We thought they really had our best interest. So. [43:08] That stayed quiet, but two of our friends swore on that day, no matter who did this to our friend, Michael, no matter who they are, we don’t care what their rank or anything. [43:19] We’re going to make them pay for what they did. They’re going to have to answer for what they did to our friend. And we know the rules. You can’t touch a maid guy or an associate without getting permission. But we kept everything quiet for another reason. Michael’s dad I referred to as a maid guy. Now, you talk about crazy. This guy was nuts. This guy had no fuse. He’s detailed all over the book. For example, when John O’Neill would tell him to go out and just talk to a guy, don’t hurt him. This guy owes us a couple thousand. Just talk to him. The guy would end up with two broken arms. This guy had no fuse whatsoever. If he ever thought for a minute that somebody had killed his son, the worry was, and I think the worry is correct, he would have gone out and just killed better than adult targets all over the place. Whether they knew anything about it Which 99% of them knew nothing about this He would have just started killing people He would have started a war So that was the reason why the bosses, Did not want him And to his death he never knew that this happened They kept it from him for that reason There was no stopping this guy would have gone on a rampage So that was a big factor in that, So Then you talked before about the card games And Angelo. [44:30] More of these messages came in And my buddy Tommy noticed it And he said, Angelo, what’s going on? And so don’t worry after the card game, I’ll walk you down and we’ll talk to you. Apparently after the card games, Tommy and Angelo would walk down 101st Avenue and have these long talks. And Angelo said to Tommy, the commission has authorized a hit on Carmine Galante. We got the hit. John is our lead. [44:54] We have to do it jointly with the Bananas. Sonny Red is there, and Joe Massino is going to look at the whole thing and supervise the whole thing. So bells went off on my friend Tommy’s head. All of a sudden, he got everybody together. Not me, of course. I was not there when this transpired. I was not there when they organized the hit. But he got the other guys together, and he said, look, this is the guy who killed our friend. We have no risk now because the commissioner wants this guy dead. So these guys came out with what Tommy detailed to me. And by the way, it wasn’t just Tommy who detailed this to us. Bubbles detailed it to us. And there’s one big distinction I need to mention here. Tommy wanted all of this out. He did not want his real name used. [45:40] However, Bubbles wanted his real name used. He used to hang out with general views people. And he told me, he goes, use my name. I want people to know that I did this. And after he passed and that’s why inside the book we do reveal his real name and where he lived and the interesting thing for me was Bubbles and Tommy had no idea that each one of them was talking to me and to a small degree Bart about this so the details that they both gave were exactly the same the most ingenious hit I’ve ever heard of in my life they had police help from the 8-3 precinct over in Bushwick. Apparently, there was some cop over there that hated, I think it was a family dispute of some kind. The guy who was being, I think his grandmother or aunt or somebody was being shaken down by the bananas. So we had that asset. We now had Baldo and Chesery, who were Galante’s top bodyguards. So our guys went out on surveillance for months. And the funny thing about the surveillance was, who else was doing surveillance at the same time? [46:47] John Gotti was, and so was his people. So there was times like when Tommy and the guys would be close to a certain place. And by the way, he was killed at Joe and Mary’s. But that is not the only place that these guys did heavy surveillance on. And it’s not the only place that Galanti hung out at. So the book names a bunch of other places that the surveillance was done. So these guys would be there, and they’d look down the block, and possibly John and Angela were there doing the same surveillance. So they had to leave. Otherwise, John and Angela, what the hell are you guys doing over here? So that was funny to me on that regard But our guys in my opinion Put together the most ingenious hit Down to every single detail. [47:26] Basically took out the police help to help with the zips. The alibi is another crazy part of this. At that time, we would like to do a lot of fishing. We went off to a place called Sentinel Riches in Long Island. And one time we were night fishing over there and we saw guys jump off the boat, get onto smaller boats and come back an hour or two later with bundles. Now you don’t have to be Albert Einstein to realize what they were doing. They were running junk and they were Colombians. Yeah. So I discussed it a little bit with the boat’s captain and he said, just don’t say a word. Don’t go near him. Keep you guys away. We almost had a problem because again, our guys were drunk and our guys were carrying and our guys will, we came close to having a problem. But Tommy put this together. He had the boat captain go out one day and again, he didn’t tell all the people that were with, he didn’t tell his cousin’s crew for Shaw, who was with us that day, our guys jumped off the boat onto a smaller boat, took that boat to the Oak Beach Inn, took stolen cars in on that day, the July 12th, 1979, and they did the hit. [48:35] So Tommy’s uncle was furious with him. He thought he was lying to him. He goes, you’re lying. You were not there. I put you on that boat, which he did. Our friends were drunk and they drove him there on the road. Morning and i picked you up when that boat doc said don’t lie to me you’re on the boat all day and that’s when tommy and again this is detailed in the book like crazy told everybody can you say alibi and what do you mean he goes yeah you just said we were on the boat all day that’s not true, jumped the boat went to the oak beach and took the stolen cars did the work and came back so that was that shocked everybody in the room apparently when tommy was forced to detail, everything that happened on the hit. He even detailed for them all the cars that were involved. He detailed how the marked police cars actually held parking spaces for our guys in front of the place. One was, my understanding, about a half a block north. The other one was about a half a block south of the location over there, which was 205 Knickerbocker. They held the parking spaces. Our guys rolled up. [49:37] And if there was something going on, like, for example, FBI surveillance or unmarked cops in the place, those cop cars were not giving up the space. Our guys would honk and flash at them. But if they did not give up the spaces, the signal to our guys was the place is dirty, leave. So we had a lot of built-in signals like that. And then when they gave up the parking spots, both of the cops moved from one north heading south, one south heading north. What did that do? That let them both take one more scan of the block. Is the block dirty? And if the block was dirty, they were going to blow the sirens and everything was off. But the details, again, that are in the book about this hit are freaking shocking how meticulous it was. [50:22] Interesting. I have one question that Galante’s guy, Cousin Moy, they called him, Angelo Prezzanzano, I probably butchered that, but he was off sick that day. Was he part of it or was he just off sick that day? I’m going to tell you, to be honest, I have no knowledge of that. I know that Boldo and Chessery were the primary bodyguards that day. Yeah, they were there that day. I actually have no knowledge, but the other couple of details that are just beyond fascinating, how our guys operated on this. For example, when the car pulled up with one driver and three shooters, one of the shooters, again, he wanted to be named, so we’re naming him. It was Bubbles. [51:01] And the other two guys, Bubbles was a very big-built guy. He would easily be spotted. Plus, he knew a lot of people in the city. He stayed in the car. The two guys that were normal-built, they went inside. And I want the listeners to understand how skilled these guys were at this hit. [51:19] They had provided Baldo and Chesery with dark jackets that day. Now, I’ve read some stuff that people said, oh, they had big, heavy leather jackets on. That’s a lie. They were lightweight summer jackets. And people said, why do that? The answer is because at that time, people were wearing white and pastels and light clothing. It was burning hot that day in the summer. And if you want to spot somebody in a restaurant, you want them to stick out like a sore thumb. So that was the motivation for those black jackets. Now, check this one out. And again, the book goes through this in so many more details. Our guys walked in prearranged with Baltimore Orioles baseball hats. Because again, keep in mind, Chesaree and Boulder did not have a great command of the English language. They didn’t really 100% know American customs. And we showed them Mets and Yankee hats that everybody has. So now we show them a distinctive bright orange baseball hat with a bird on it that nobody could mistake. Here was the signal. Our guys walked up to them face to face with these hats on. [52:22] Now, that was slick. That was slicker shit, man. It was smart because if the place was hot, if Boldo and Chesery realized there was too many maid guys in there or surveillance guys or FBI in there, they were to immediately tell our guys it’s too crowded today. Only get takeout. Only get takeout. The place is too crowded. That was a signal to our guys to walk out and to tell the people the place is hot. leave. These guys had multiple hot signals here that if something was wrong, they would do it. Now, if they didn’t give those signals, our guys were to turn their hats around. So they walked in with the hats like a normal baseball player. They walked out with the hats like a catch you would wear with his hat on backwards. That was to give Boulder and Chesery the signal, Boulder and Chesery the signal this thing was going down. Now, here’s the most fascinating thing about the story is Tommy recanted for us. That day, July 12th, 79, was supposed to be a dry run. [53:28] And they told everybody, just do it like it’s real. Now, we were all hoping that Bould on Chesaree would do it like it was real, and they did it. They walked out of the place, and they walked north. I believe in their minds, they said, this is a dry run. Nothing’s going to happen. Then they heard the shots, and that’s what happened. And I want to elaborate on this because, again, there’s so much built in here. One of the witnesses said that, and I’ll tell you who the witness was. It was one of the guys who killed his daughter, Torano. His daughter had said that, oh, I saw Baldo crouched over with a gun. Gary, you’re a former detective. You’ve got a scene with four people shot, three dead. And you have a witness saying that a guy was in there with a gun out. You tell me how the guy is not arrested at the very least and tried. And I’m going to give everyone the answer here of why that didn’t happen. And I think it’s pretty clear. [54:25] I’m convinced that the FBI had static surveillance on the place, just like they did to Mr. Neal’s club that we always call the, basically the FBI screen test. Yeah. That’s number one. And, or they had a guy up the street. So I believe what happened here was they looked at what this witness said, and then either their own cameras or a human agent that they had on the streets said, wait a second, we cannot charge these guys. I saw a bold on Chesaree, whatever the number would be, 200 feet up the street before the shots rang out. They’re innocent. They didn’t do the shooting. Otherwise, of course, you got a witness saying, I saw a guy behind a table in a gun in a quadruple shooting, triple homicide, and that guy’s not going to get arrested. So obviously there was something there. [55:16] I was wondering why. And I’m going to take another step for people, too. And again, terrible. Cosa knows the story ever told. But to take this one step further, the cop cars were there. There were two marked cars close in proximity when this went down. I think the FBI might have said, wait a second here. What just happened? One guy that we hate, Galante, is dead. Some other guy, a cap on a maid guy are gone. Look at our cameras. How could we do anything here? There’s marked cops here. I think the feds had to realize the cops played a role in this. [55:50] Let’s just kill it and move on. I think that’s possible. Now, the cop cars were also referenced by Tommy. He told us the meeting that they had. It was a life or death meeting, by the way. When John Gotti and other people went to that meeting, Tommy’s uncle and people like that, there was a good chance none of them were going to come out alive. The book details that Castellano, who everyone knows, wanted to kill John Gotti, had a cast of killers in that building. Roy DeMail’s people were in there. There were people in there that you couldn’t even believe. Nino Gadge’s people in there. Hardcore butchers. They knew how to dispose of and chop up bodies. So in that meeting, apparently what Tommy made clear, and again, we took notes, we went over this for hours, days, literally years. [56:36] Sonny Red and Delicato made the statement in that meeting because, again, Sonny Red and Delicato put in the beef, hey, you guys did this hit without us. John Gotti’s saying, fuck you. Excuse my language. Effu. You guys did the hit without us. Nobody knew who did this hit, and I’ll get to that later. What happened here was that Sonny Red and Delicato and his people made an immediate beef, and we’ll talk about that later, saying, hey, The commission said this is to be a joint hit Between the Bananos and the Gambinos And I can definitely confirm From what they told me, Banano people and Gambino people Were on this hit together and doing surveillance So when Galante got killed Sonny Red and his Banano people Were furious Because they thought John Gotti went off And did a hit against the commission’s wishes At the same time, John Gotti was furious At Sonny Red and his people Thinking they did the work Without them being notified But the thing that Tommy always stressed is, again, that meeting was a death trap. Castellano always hated Gotti. Castellano wanted Gotti out. And this was the chance to do it for breaking the commission rule. So Castellano had hardcore murderers there that day. Roy DeMeo and his crew. [57:49] Incredible. You know, Gadgi, a cast of murderers. And John Gotti being street smart. And again, this is fully detailed in the book. It’s just too much to talk about here. John Gotti had made some very heavy precautions himself. Going into that meeting. But what the catch for me was, Sonny Red and Delicato said something like, whoever did this hit was either the most incompetent hitman ever, or possibly they were zips from Montreal that couldn’t give a crap if they were shot at or in a police shootout or whatever. They just didn’t care. And then Tommy said, what if I tell you that those cops were in on the hit? And that silenced the room. And that’s when Tommy had to come clean and talk about everything about it. And it shocked the people that were in that run that this hit was done like that. But that’s, that’s really how this thing was done. Interesting. Guys, you got to get this book. I’m telling you, Made on Long Island. And there’s a whole lot more details, these behind the scenes details about the Galante hit with some real people involved. It’s a lot different story than what we’ve ever heard. I know that. And even people went to jail behind this. But it was mainly on the say-so of informants who, as we know, will pretty much say anything to g
The former president with a supposedly funny name who was smeared as an African-born socialist made a surprise appearance at a Bronx pre-school that opened up on a Saturday so the tots could hang out with him and New York City's actually African-born socialist mayor with a supposedly funny name at a very sweet and tightly stage-managed event open only to invited press. The FAQ NYC hosts discuss the first public meeting of two guys with funny names and audacious hopes for the Democratic party and much more, including the city's title dreams for the Knickerbockers and fading hopes for the Metropolitans in the latest episode of the only podcast about the only city in the world.
The only place where two is better than three is in the standings, and against all odds, the 54-win Celtics can clinch the two seed with one more win. However, the hated Knickerbockers might have something to say about that...since the game will be played on the same floor where Jayson Tatum's career flashed before his eyes. Can the Celtics win? We discuss, and have another TICKET GIVEAWAY! For all the latest on the Celtics, check out our partners at SportSpyder: https://sportspyder.com/nba/boston-celtics/news#DifferentHere #Celtics #Knicks #MSG #JaysonTatum #JoeMazzulla #JaylenBrown #JalenBrunson #KAT #DerrickWhite #LukaGarza #Vooch #NeemiasQueta #NBAPlayoffs
Así sonaba el pop en abril de 1966. Entrega mensual de la serie dedicada a recordar singles que alcanzaron su puesto más alto en el Billboard Hot 100 hace 60 años.Playlist;(sintonía) HERB ALPERT and THE TIJUANA BRASS “Spanish flea” (top 27)THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS “(You’re my) Soul and inspiration” (top 1)THE YOUNG RASCALS “Good lovin’” (top 1)CHER “Bang Bang (my baby shot me down)” (top 2)THE LOVIN’ SPOONFUL “Daydream” (top 2)THE OUTSIDERS “Time won’t let me” (top 5)MITCH RYDER and THE PLAYBOYS “Little Latin Lupe Lu” (top 17)JOHNNY RIVERS “Secret agent man” (top 3)THE KNICKERBOCKERS “One track mind” (top 46)THE ANIMALS “Inside looking out” (top 34)OTIS REDDING “Satisfaction” (top 31)THE TEMPTATIONS “Get ready” (top 29)LOU CHRISTIE “Outside the gates of heaven” (top 45)THE JAZZ CRUSDADERS “Uptight (everything's alright)” (top 95)THE IMPRESSIONS “Too slow” (top 91)THE DRIFTERS “Memories are made of this” (top 48)SOLOMON BURKE “I feel a sin comin on” (top 97)BRIAN WILSON “Caroline, no” (top 32)Escuchar audio
Knickerbocker, a nacho-obsessed raccoon living behind Pete’s Taco Palace, faces disaster when all the town’s cheese is taken for a grand festival. Determined to save nachos from extinction, he confronts the cheese-hoarding Mayor as chaos erupts at the bubbling Cheese Fountain. With a surprising confession and a bold plan, Knickerbocker steps forward to change everything.
Its Thursday and you know what that meansAfter JP and Ben smashed the podcast last week, the original gruesome twosome are back as Rob and Matt catch up on no cut 2026, running and Matts extra curricular activities whilst Donna has been away in PortugalThen its a packed parkrun section as Ben jumps on with the lads for Parkrun Cup 2026 update as the first knockout round rolls on and then some very special guests come on to add another name to the Tour de Parkrun 2026. Get involved with Pol and JP's charity raffle - £1 per strip, donations HERESubscribe, rate, review and checkout our social media channels:Website: What The Fartlek PodcastInstagram: @Whatthefartlek_Podcast Facebook: What The Fartlek PodcastTwitter: @WhatTheFartlek YouTube: What The Fartlek PodcastEmail us at - whatthefartlekpodcast@gmail.comMusic by: Graham LindleyFollow on: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube Email at: g.lindley@hotmail.co.uk
Here's a song that's been on the fabled Masterlist for years ... "Rumors, Gossip, Words Untrue", originally by The Knickerbockers. It's got a good riff, harmonies, chord changes, and a faux-sitar sound that will win you over, and it's from 1965!! The version that sparked the episode is by The Swinging Blue Jeans. Why are they wearing suits, if they're forever in blue jeans? Erik thinks there's more air in this one. It's a great example of Djling music. The third number is a teenybopper bubblegum version by Lella, an Italian ingenue who we know little about. The final tune is "Geoffrey Ingram" by The Television Personalities - we think they knicked the riff, and thank the lord they did! Ba-dum!!
0:00 - It's tough to get into a rhythm right now, since Nuggets players are entering and exiting the lineup left an right. Joker and CB are finally back, but they're still shaking off the rust. Adelman is changing things on the fly and doing the best he can with who he has.14:27 - There's a Double Diparoo tonight, which necessitates a Double Keys-A-Roo! What are the keys to a Nuggets victory over the Knickerbockers, and an Avs victory over the Sharks?After that, Vic is in SF at Media Row and he met our hero. Our idol. Our friend(?) Mel Owens. The Golden Bachelor. Vic asked Mel if Moser would ever have a chance of becoming the Golden Bachelor. And let's just say...Mel is on Moser's "List" now. 31:32 - The NBA All-Star break is (mercifully) about 2 weeks away. What are our biggest concerns with the Nuggets right now?
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Haunted castles, ghost stories, eerie history, and true crime weirdness—this month's Monthly Spooky with Henrique & Michelle goes full winter-night mode with paranormal legends, unsettling discoveries, and a real-life disaster shaped by brutal weather.Inside this episode:Chillingham Castle (UK): infamous haunting claims, grim history, and why it's often called one of the most haunted places around.Chillingham cattle: the strange, preserved lineage tied to the castle's eerie reputation.Mummified cheetahs in Saudi Arabia: an unsettling preservation story that feels like a nature-horror headline.The Knickerbocker Theater collapse (1922): a snowstorm-fueled tragedy, the chaos of the night, and what changed afterward.January horror movie roundup: what worked, what didn't, and how modern horror “hits” (or misses) in 2026 vibes.Plus fresh spooky news:Haunted-castle headlines and why “history + tourism” is the perfect ghost-story engine.Cemetery corpse heist and the human bone market rabbit hole (because of course that's a thing).A holiday-season detour into haunted dolls—and the rules people swear by when they keep them in the house.New here? This episode stands alone—jump in for creepy history, paranormal talk, and the kind of spooky news that makes you stare at the ceiling at 2 a.m.So… which story freaks you out most: haunted castles, stolen corpses, or snowstorm disasters?
The January episode of "Crossroads of Rockland History" started streaming on Monday, January 19, at 10 am, on all major podcast platforms and here on the HSRC website.Host Clare Sheridan welcomed Timothy Englert, co-founder of Rockland County's Knickerbocker Ice Festival - he cofounded it with Rob Patalano (1964-2025). Tim shared the history of Rockland Lake's illustrious past as the ice box of New York City and how it became world famous a century before it became a state park.With the Knickerbocker Ice Festival returning on January 24-25, Tim will share how he Robert Patalano created the ice festival that thrilled thousands from 2007 to 2013 with huge ice sculptures along the banks of the Rockland Lake.To read more about the Rockland Lake Ice Industry, visit the HSRC archived issue of South of the Mountains: https://nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/hsrc/id/4926/rec/3To listen to another podcast about Rockland Lake with Robert Maher of the Friends of Rockland Lake and Hook Mountain, click here: https://on.soundcloud.com/3GjntJD0P2ycEjJajsAbout the presenter: Timothy Englert is the creator of the Knickerbocker Ice Festival at Rockland Lake, as well as The Knickerbocker Bench, a modern interpretation of the venerable log bench, which can be found along trails and in parks throughout the Hudson Valley and beyond. He was a development executive for the Palisades Interstate Park Commission (PIPC) and a documentary filmmaker with a career spanning two decades. His favorite films are the many shorts he made about the PIPC's illustrious history.Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, starts streaming new episodes on the third Monday of each month at 10am. From October 2010 to May 2025, the program aired after the morning show on WRCR radio 1700 AM and www.WRCR.com. Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month. Our recorded broadcasts are also available for streaming on all major podcasts platforms and at our website. The Historical Society of Rockland County is a nonprofit educational institution and principal repository for original documents and artifacts relating to Rockland County. Its headquarters are a four-acre site featuring a history museum and the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House in New City, New York. www.RocklandHistory.org
Tim Roye with Draymond Green following the Warriors 126-113 win over the Knickerbockers
Prometimos una segunda entrega en el mes de enero dedicada a la serie Hits del Billboard en donde recordamos singles que alcanzaron su puesto más alto en las listas pop de EEUU de hace 60 años. Enero de 1966 fue un mes muy interesante y con muchas nuevas entradas en el Billboard Hot 100 y en el anterior episodio nos dejamos los temas más moviditos y animados para esta segunda remesa.(Foto del podcast; Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels)Playlist;(sintonía) ANDRE WILLIAMS and HIS ORCHESTRA “Rib tip’s (part 1)” (top 94)THE BEACH BOYS “Barbara Ann” (top 2)PAUL REVERE and THE RAIDERS “Just like me” (top 11)THE KNICKERBOCKERS “Lies” (top 20)THE BEATLES “Day tripper” (top 5)THE ANIMALS “It’s my life” (top 23)MITCH RYDER and THE DETROIT WHEELS “Jenny take a ride” (top 10)JACKIE LEE “The duck” (top 14)DINO DESI and BILLY “Please don’t fight it” (top 60)ROY HEAD “Get back” (top 88)BOB DYLAN “Can you please crawl out your window?” (top 58)JOHNNY RIVERS “Under your spell again” (top 35)JACK JONES “Love bug” (top 71)THE C.O.D.’S “Michael” (top 41)SHARPEES “Tired of being lonely” (top 79)GARY LEWIS and THE PLAYBOYS “She’s just my style” (top 3)HEDGEHOPPERS ANONYMOUS “It’s good news week” (top 48)TOM JONES “Thunderball” (top 25)THE VISCOUNTS “Harlem nocturne” (top 39)Escuchar audio
With forays into St. Nicholas, The History of New York, bored lawyers, Peter Stuyvesant's tomb, bumping into President Washington, Knickerbockers, St. Marks-Church-in-the-Bowery, American fun, the West Village, Dutch hobbits, smoke rings, American Aeneid, the Grid, St. Lukes-in-the-Fields, Clement Clarke Moore, Santa, Old Christmas, the Alhambra, Columbus, Rip Van Winkle, The Little Church Around the Corner, Edwin Booth, the Catskills, and old Bars. For illustrations and links head over to https://theuplands.substack.com
Tom Haberstroh and Dan Devine break down the New York Knicks' first NBA Cup championship run. Following the departure of Tom Thibodeau, has the Knickerbockers' offensive scheme unlocked a new level? With the defense maintaining its integrity as the offense continues to explode, are the Knicks now a real championship threat? Then, the pair discusses and shares their thoughts on the Knicks' decision not to celebrate their NBA Cup championship with a banner. Later, they respond to commissioner Adam Silver's comments regarding the NBA injury crisis and propose solutions to end the prolonged absence of star power for the league.(1:14) The big number: $530,933 - Knicks player earnings from NBA Cup (11:20) Knicks refuse to hang NBA Cup Banner (19:32) The little number: +21.5 Knicks net rating with Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges and Josh Hart on the floor (22:36) The little number: 7.9 minutes per game Jalen Brunson has possession of the ball this season (26:40) The little number: 11th - Knicks defensive efficiency ranking(32:07) Injury Crisis Update
Are you skipping steps in your acting journey without even realizing it?So many actors feel stuck, busy, or unsure if they're actually improving. In this episode, legendary acting coach Terry Knickerbocker - who has trained stars like Sam Rockwell, Austin Butler, and Emmy Rossum - pulls back the curtain on what real growth looks like behind the scenes.If you've ever wondered why some actors skyrocket while others stall out, this conversation is packed with insight from someone who's helped shape over 300 projects in film, TV, and theater.Here's what you'll walk away with:The little-known daily habits top actors use to break through faster than the restWhat “acorn-to-oak” development really looks like - and how to know if you're on the right pathSimple ways to spot real progress in your work (even when it feels slow or hard)Press play to find out what you're missing - and how to start growing like the pros.Terry Knickerbocker:January Conservatory- Now enrolling- Classes begin January 15thSpring Intensive- Now enrolling- Classes begin February 16th book a conversation with our Office of AdmissionsContact Information:Email: martin@cityheadshots.comWebsite: https://www.martinbentsen.comAdditional Resources:Headshots: https://www.cityheadshots.comShoot Footage for Your Reel: https://www.actorscreenershoot.comEdit Footage Into a Reel: https://www.demoreelsnyc.comThis show dives deep into the world of acting in film, exploring the journey of movie acting with stories, building confidence among aspiring actors, navigating auditions and productions, and offering insights from acting agents, coaches, and the challenges of becoming SAG-AFTRA eligible to advance your acting career, skills, and landing roles.
Tonight's episode of the Rounding Third Baseball Podcast is one of our most unique and fascinating shows yet. We kick things off with the latest MLB free agency news, break down the biggest rumors swirling around the league, and dive into what front offices might be planning next.Then we welcomed a special guest, Michael Simpson, one of our longtime listeners, who brought an absolutely mind-blowing deep dive into the true origins of baseball.From a reference to bat-and-ball games in a children's book from 1744, to the founding of the Knickerbockers in 1845, Michael walked us through the evolution of the sport and how the original Knickerbocker Rules still influence today's MLB rulebook.We also mixed in trivia, historic nuggets, and some of our most fun conversations yet.If you love MLB free agency, baseball history, or just want an episode that teaches, entertains, and keeps you laughing… this is the one.
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SummaryIn this conversation, John and Sam Knickerbocker explore the themes of legacy, personal growth, and the influence of family across generations. They discuss the evolution of the podcast, the importance of asking better questions, and the lessons learned from childhood experiences. The dialogue emphasizes the significance of reconciling with the past, understanding the impact of parenting styles, and the journey of self-discovery. They also touch on love and responsibility, the role of money in legacy, and the power of empathy and understanding in relationships.TakeawaysThe podcast is evolving to include multi-generational conversations.Legacy is about what we pass down to future generations.Different life experiences lead to different questions and insights.Income generation peaks later in life, particularly between ages 60-80.Childhood experiences shape our understanding of limits and guidance.Parental guidance is crucial in navigating life's challenges.Personal accountability is essential for growth and change.Reconnecting with family can lead to healing and understanding.Cultural perspectives on legacy can influence our values and actions.The journey of self-discovery is ongoing and can lead to significant changes.TitlesExploring Legacy: A Conversation with John KnickerbockerThe Impact of Parenting on Personal GrowthSound bites"You can't do what I say.""You remind me so much of your dad.""I want to see clearly again."Chapters00:00 Introduction and Technical Setup01:29 The Legacy of Questions05:34 Early Childhood Memories and Lessons08:57 Learning from Mistakes and Parental Guidance15:59 Understanding Limits and Personal Accountability24:35 Reflections on Family Relationships and Legacy28:05 Reflections on Parenting and Legacy31:36 The Impact of Upbringing on Personal Growth36:43 Cultural Perspectives and Empathy41:22 Reconciliation and Understanding Family Dynamics46:37 Building a Legacy of Love and Growth50:24 Embracing Challenges and Growth52:54 Vision and Legacy Planning56:14 The Power of Perspective and Inner Vision01:03:03 Healing Generational Lessons and Legacy01:06:40 Creating a Lasting Impact and Future Generations
Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. In this episode, we feature the next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series. It's Chuck's chat with re-issue genius Bob Irwin. Bob and his wife Mary started the Sundazed Music label in 1989. The first Sundazed releases were The Great Lost Knickerbockers Album! by The Knickerbockers and Western Union by The Five Americans, and reflected Irwin's personal preference for garage rock and surf music. His skill at restoring old vinyl records for the (then new) CD format attracted the attention of major labels, who increasingly solicited him to help them re-issue material from their back catalogs. He also helped Sony Music release their archival Legacy Records label. Later, his restoration work included early material by the likes of Bob Dylan, Nancy Sinatra, & The Byrds. In this episode, Bob discusses his relationship with Pet Sounds, its standing in the pantheon no matter how many times you've heard it, its importance and influence on music in general, and the wonders of a technology with inherent, imposed limitations. There'll be a short sneak peak running publicly for free, but the entirety of this podcast will only be accessible on the Major Tier of Discograffiti's Patreon. Don't miss it, or you'll only be getting part of the story. Get it as a one-off, or better yet just subscribe…and then we'll all have world peace. Full Episode: Patreon.com/Discograffiti (available on the Major Tier & up) Free Sneak Peek: linktr.ee/discograffiti Subscribe to Discograffiti's Patreon and receive a ceaseless barrage (4 shows a week!) of must-hear binge-listening. It's completely free to be a basic member, $1 to get your backstage pass, $5/month for the weekly Sunday show by & for our community, $10 for weekly early release, ad-free, super-extended Director's Cuts of the main show plus access to half our Patreon episode archive, & $20 for Discograffiti's weekly bonus episodes and access to our entire Patreon episode archive. There are now over 400 Patreon episodes.
Measure for Measure; Act 2, Scene 4 ClaudioOctober 20, 2025 If the goal is to be a working actor, is training optional? Terry Knickerbocker offers his perspective on the purpose of actor training. And in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, we confront a timeless dilemma: is it better to perish for the sake of principle, or debase yourself and survive? Click here to follow along with the text. Click here to see the Folio Version. Click here for a scanned version of the text.
1 – Let's Wander Away - Lewis James with Ben Selvin's Knickerbockers – 19252 – Lovin' Machine - Rosalind Patton with Elliot Lawrence and his Orchestra – 19513 - High Geared Daddy - Webb Pierce and his Southern Valley Boys – 19504 - Like a Bolt from the Blue - Chuck Richards with the Mills Blue Rhythm Band – 19345 - Jig Saw Puzzle Blues - Joe Venuti and his Orchestra – 19336 – Fat and Greasy – Fats Waller – 19407 - You Can't Brush Me Off - Paula Kelly with Al Donahue and his Orchestra - 19408 - Rip Saw Blues - Art Landry and his Orchestra – 19249 - Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill - Dan W. Quinn - 190410 - Scissor-Grinder Joe - Cook's Dreamland Orchestra - 192411 – Scissor-Grinder Joe - The Virginians – 192412 - Grinder Man Blues - Memphis Slim – 194013 - The Little Man with the Hammer – Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra – 193514 - Wire Brush Stomp - Gene Krupa and his Orchestra - 193815 – First Gear – Alan Dean with the All Star Sextet – 194916 - Climbing Up the Ladder of Love - Dusty Rhoades with Ted Weems and his Orchestra – 1926
Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest!This episode is sponsored by: ALW Inc. "Illuminate the soul"“Yes.” It's one of our favorite words here at ALW. And we strive to say it often. When you ask for a customized luminaire, need an order shipped by a specific date or have other special requests; our goal is to reply, “Yes, we can do that.”Of course, not every wish can be granted, but we promise to do our very best to find solutions that will meet your needs and those of your clients. And we'll do so with a smile, timely communication and a steadfast commitment to delivering a world-class customer experience.Phone: (510) 489-2530 Fax: (650) 249-0412General Inquiries: TalkToUs@alw-inc.comMarketing & Press Inquiries: pr@alw-inc.comLINK TO BLOG FOR IMAGES AND TEXT https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2025/09/interview-w-eric-wittman-architect-of.htmlEric Wittman, Architect of Knickerbocker Group https://www.knickerbockergroup.com/contact/ and Archinktober https://www.instagram.com/ricow/ has nearly 20 years of experience, and has worked on an array of projects from single-family homes and small retail projects to entire schools and hospitals in Kansas, California and Maine. A thoughtful listener, he appreciates collaborating with clients to understand their wants and seeks to provide creative solutions. An avid sketcher, Eric appreciates that his role allows him to partner with clients throughout the entire design process—from initial sketches to finalized construction documents. Eric is a dedicated member of the design community, he previously served as editor of a state-wide architecture magazine, was the AIA President in Wichita, Kansas, and was on the Architalx Board in Portland, Maine for many years. Eric and his young family are happy to call Maine home and enjoy adventuring throughout the state together.Link to MGHarchitect: MIchele Grace Hottel, Architect website for scheduling a consultation for an architecture and design project and guest and podcast sponsorship opportunities:https://www.mgharchitect.com/
Opened in 1906 by John Jacob Astor IV, the Knickerbocker Hotel was once the height of New York luxury, hosting celebrities, tycoons, and artists in the heart of Times Square. But its history is also marked by jewel heists, strange scandals, and enduring ghost stories. In this episode, we uncover the hotel's glamorous rise, mysterious decline, and the hauntings said to linger within its walls.Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Audible!Support the show by becoming a sponsor on our Patreon: www.Patreon.com/NYMysteryMachineNYMM Merch! https://nymysterymachine.myspreadshop.com/Have a strange and/or paranormal story? Share it here!Don't forget to follow us on all the socials:Instagram:@NYMysteryMachine | TikTok:@NYMysteryMachine Bluesky:@nymysterymachine.bsky.social | X:@NYMysteries | Facebook:@NYMysteryMachine--THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:AUDIBLE: Get a FREE 30 Day Trial by heading to www.AudibleTrial.com/NYMysteryMachineHUNT A KILLER: Receive 20% off your first Hunt a Killer subscription box at www.HuntAKiller.com with the code NYMYSTERYMACHINE at checkout!RIVERSIDE.FM: Looking to record podcast, but need software? Head to https://riverside.fm/?via=nymysterymachine
Travel with me and hear about other places, cutlures, and peoples as I interview missionaries around the globe. God is at work in this world! We can have a part in that work! Missionary Julie Knickerbocker joins me to share about her family and their ministry in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Your heart will be challenged and helped as you hear Julie share her journey of learning to trust the Lord and cast her cares and fears on Him. Watch the interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OfVxAdGLAQQ Follow my journey by subscribing to this podcast. You can also follow me on Instagram, YouTube, and www.nohighercalling.org Subscribe to the NHC email at www.nohighercalling.org
As Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams keep playing centrist chicken, the FAQ NYC podcast digs into all the latest developments in an upside down mayoral race where polls show a generic centrist would be tough to beat but the candidates clogging the middle lane now are each way behind in an upside-down race. Plus, co-host Harry Siegel opens the episode with a tale of two Lower East Side legends as the city honors Jack "The King" Kirby, after a promotional push from Disney, while saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins keeps getting the short end of the stick, and end it with a riff on headless horsemen, Knickerbocker dreams and New Yorkers who again "begin to grow imaginative—to dream dreams, and see apparitions.”
Welcome to KFS Study Hall - the official Twitter Spaces show of Knicks Film School - Hosted by Shawn, Kris & Mensa!You are listening to our show from Sunday, May 17th.PLEASE HELP KFS WITH OUR NEW PARTNERS BY COMPLETING THIS SURVEY!Follow Knicks Film School on Twitter and sign up to be alerted whenever we go live!SIGN UP FOR THE NEW BRUNSON TIER ON PATREON TO GET BONUS CONTENT FROM BENJY & DJ!FOR AN AD-FREE, UNINTERRUPTED VERSION OF THIS EPISODE, SIGN UP FOR THE MELO TIER ON PATREON!CHECK OUT THE KFS MERCH STORE!SPONSORS: SHOUTOUT TO OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR - FANATICS SPORTSBOOK! DOWNLOAD THE FANATICS SPORTSBOOK APP AND LET THE FANCASH FLOW. SHOP SKIMS MENS AT SKIMS.COM & LET THEM KNOW WE SENT YOU! AFTER YOU PLACE YOUR ORDER, SELECT "PODCAST" IN THE SURVEY & SELECT "KNICKS FILM SCHOOL" IN THE DROPDOWN MENU THAT FOLLOWS!
The best conversations about the Knickerbockers from Boomer & Gio, Tierney & Licata, Evan & Tiki, and Keith McPherson. Reacting to the Knicks' stunning upset of the heavily favored Celtics in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Keith and Pete Hoffman try to capture the mood of the city after Friday night's clincher. Earlier in the week, Evan and Tiki says the Knicks must seize the moment because there's no guarantee they'll be back in this position. BT and Sal discuss MSG's Celebrity Row, and Boomer and Gio troll noted Nets fan Evan Roberts.
The best conversations about the Knickerbockers from Boomer & Gio, Tierney & Licata, Evan & Tiki, and Keith McPherson. Reacting to the Knicks' stunning upset of the heavily favored Celtics in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Keith and Pete Hoffman try to capture the mood of the city after Friday night's clincher. Earlier in the week, Evan and Tiki says the Knicks must seize the moment because there's no guarantee they'll be back in this position. BT and Sal discuss MSG's Celebrity Row, and Boomer and Gio troll noted Nets fan Evan Roberts.
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