Podcast appearances and mentions of Richard Carpenter

One of the more underrated - some might say virtually lost - bands of the early rock era is Delaney & Bonnie.  This singer-songwriter duo is made of session guitarist/vocalist Delaney Bramlett and his wife and former Ikette Bonnie Bramlett.  Just as important as this founding couple is the number of talented musicians they brought into their recordings, with albums often being referenced as recorded by "Delaney & Bonnie and friends."  These "friends" included luminaries such as Leon Russell, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Duane Allman, Greg Allman, Steve Howe, and Rita Coolidge.  D&B Together is the sixth and final album from Delaney & Bonnie.  Originally entitled "Country Life," the album was delivered to Atco/Atlantic Records behind schedule and rushed into distribution.  Although Atlantic executive Jerry Wexler was a friend of the duo, he didn't think the quality was where it needed to be and withdrew it from the market.  He later sold the contract and the album's master tapes to CBS, who reordered the running sequence and re-released it in March 1972.  In addition to frequent collaborators Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, and Duane Allman, this album also contains the work of "friends" like Dave Mason, Billy Preston, and Tina Turner. Despite the title, Delaney and Bonnie would divorce shortly after the album came out.  Drugs were taking their toll on the couple and their relationship could not survive it.  However, they did have a daughter named Bekka Bramlett, who was a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1993-1995 and had a long career as a backing vocalist in the music industry.Bruce presents this underrated rock/soul album for this week's podcast.Comin' HomeThis song was released in December 1969 by Atco Records (US) and Atlantic Records (international).  It was co-written by Bonnie Bramlett and Eric Clapton, and features Eric Clapton.  It went to number 84 on the US pop charts.  The lyrics are about being on the road and getting ready to come home to the one the singer loves.  Only You Know and I KnowDave Mason originally wrote and recorded this song in 1970, and it became his first charting single, going to number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100.  Delaney & Bonnie re-recorded it and took it to number 20 on the same chart.  This single was released in 1971, another single that came out before the album.  I Know Something Good About YouThis is a deeper cut on the album with an upbeat, funky sound.  It was written by Delaney Bramlett and Joe Hicks.  Groupie (Superstar)Most people recognize this as a hit from the Carpenters, but this is the original.  Rita Coolidge came up with the idea after observing female groupies with rock starts in the late 60's, and the song was written by Bonnie Bramlett and Leon Russell.  It was the B-side to "Comin' Home."  Richard Carpenter picked it up for the Carpenters, and changed some of the lyrics to be less risqué.   ENTERTAINMENT TRACK:Main theme from the television series The RookiesThis police action series debuted in October 1972. STAFF PICKS:And You and I by YesWayne leads off the staff picks with an excerpt of the 10+ minute work written by Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford, Steve Howe, and Chris Squire. The entire song consists of four parts, but the first two were released as a single edit which hovered just outside the top 40 on the Billboard charts.   You Wear It Well by Rod StewartRob brings us the first single from Stewart's fourth studio album, "Never a Dull Moment."  It went to number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number 1 on the UK singles chart.  Many consider this an arrangement of Stewarts hit "Maggie May."  As with his previous album, members of the Faces join in as musicians on "Never a Dull Moment."Lean On Me by Bill WithersLynch features a song written and performed by Withers.  It was inspired by his experience growing up in a mining town in West Virginia. The community ethic of that town was something Withers missed when he moved to Los Angeles.  It was the first single from Withers' second album, "Still Bill." Turn to Stone by BarnstormBruce brings us a song inspired by frustration over the Vietnam War, the Nixon Administration, and the protesting that was going on at the time.  Joe Walsh left the James Gang and formed a group called Barnstorm.  The group put out three albums including one with the wonderful title "The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get."  This song is off the group's self-titled debut album.  COMEDY TRACK:My Ding-a-Ling by Chuck BerryWe close out this week's podcast with Berry's double entendre masterpiece, on the charts in this month.   Thanks for listening to “What the Riff?!?” NOTE: To adjust the loudness of the music or voices, you may adjust the balance on your device. VOICES are stronger in the LEFT channel, and MUSIC is stronger on the RIGHT channel.Please follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/whattheriffpodcast/, and message or email us with what you'd like to hear, what you think of the show, and any rock-worthy memes we can share.Of course we'd love for you to rate the show in your podcast platform!**NOTE: What the Riff?!? does not own the rights to any of these songs and we neither sell, nor profit from them. We share them so you can learn about them and purchase them for your own collections.

Aux portes des années 70, alors que la jeunesse américaine s'embrase dans un tourbillon de révolte et de rébellion, un duo frère-sœur se démarque avec une musique pop romantique et suave. Découvrez l'histoire fascinante des Carpenters, avec leur voix d'ange et leurs mélodies enivrantes, qui ont conquis le cœur du monde entier.Originaires du Connecticut, Karen et Richard Carpenter grandissent dans une banlieue typique de la classe moyenne. Très tôt, le jeune Richard montre un talent inné pour le piano, poussant la famille à déménager à Los Angeles, berceau du rêve musical californien. De son côté, Karen se passionne pour la batterie au sein de la fanfare de son lycée. Lorsque le groupe dans lequel ils évoluent se sépare, les deux frères et sœurs décident de former un duo. Malgré les réticences initiales de Karen à chanter, c'est finalement sa voix cristalline qui leur permet de signer avec le label A&M Records. Leur premier single, une reprise de « Ticket to Ride » des Beatles, ne rencontre pas le succès escompté. Mais leur deuxième essai, « Close to You », les propulse sur le toit du monde, révélant au grand jour l'une des plus belles voix de la pop américaine.Pendant que le rock'n'roll électrise la planète, les Carpenters imposent un son unique, doux et enveloppant, porté par les arrangements raffinés de Richard et la voix angélique de Karen. Derrière cette façade lisse et édulcorée, se cache pourtant une réalité bien moins rose.

durée : 00:04:35 - Les fondations classiques de The Carpenters : de Bach à Tchaïkovski - par : Max Dozolme - Le duo formé par Karen et Richard Carpenter incarnait une certaine idée de l'Amérique. Portrait d'un frère et d'une sœur, de deux virtuoses biberonnés à la musique classique, au jazz et à la chanson et dont les arrangements raffinés se souviennent parfois de romances d'un autre temps…

We've finally made it to the 1980s! And with the 80s we are introduced to a take on Robin Hood that is genuinely different from any we've seen before, and not just on account of that luscious feathery 80s hair!For this episode Rick and Thaddeus joined by Robin Hood author and "Eos Fan" of Robin of Sherwood, J. Tullos Hennig. We are especially looking at 'Robin Hood and the Sorcerer' the two-parter that introduced the world to Richard Carpenter's unique, and neo-pagan influenced, version of Robin Hood.For more from Jeanine see episode 31 of Into the Greenwood: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1727735/episodes/14599912or her website: https://www.jtulloshennig.net/And if you enjoy Robin of Sherwood, you're likely to also enjoy her Books of the Wode series: https://forestpathbooks.com/ For more from Into the Greenwood:www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/www.threads.net/@intogreenwoodbsky.app/profile/intogreenwood.bsky.socialwww.facebook.com/intogreenwoodTo support the podcast go to:www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwoodorwww.buymeacoffee.com/intogreenwoodOur selected charity: Trees, Water & PeopleInto the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus PapkeTheme music is by Plastic3intogreenwood@gmail.comSupport the show

National cheese curds day. Entertainment from 1988. Grace Bedell told Abe Lincoln to grow a beard, King Henry VIII bans bowling for the poor, TaTa airlines begins service. Todays birthdays - Linda Lavin, Penny Marshall, Richard Carpenter, Tonya Roberts, Chrid De Burgh, Larry Miller, Emeril Lagasse, Kimberly Schlapman. Pau Allen died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard    http://defleppard.com/The Cheese Curd songRed Red Wine - UB40Streets of Bakersfield - Dwight Yoakum   Buck OwensBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent      http://50cent.com/Alice Tv theme songLaverne & Shirley TV theme songWe've only just begun - The CarpentersDon't pay the ferryman - Chris De BurghBoondocks - Little Big TownExit - In my dreams - Dokken     http://dokken.net/Follow Jeff Stampka at cooolmedia and facebook

It's another bonus episode as we take a look at The King's Demon based on the 1980s TV show Robin of Sherwood, an extremely influential retelling of the myth of Robin Hood. The book by Graham Staplehurst and Richard Carpenter (with some help from Paul Mason). Art is by the legendary Russ Nicholson. If you're enjoying this podcast please consider supporting me on patreon at www.patreon.com/hjdoom.

Antoine Arvizu is the studio owner and manager, recording and producing most of the artists that come to us for that “Compound Sound”. Some artists and producers of note include:  Chicano Batman, Ryan Bingham (Grammy and Oscar winner for Crazy Heart), Marc Ford (The Black Crowes, Ben Harper, Booker T. Jones), Ikey Owens (Free Moral Agents, Jack White, The Mars Volta), Jay Buchanan (Rival Sons)… Arvizu began his music career as a drummer in the late 70s/early 80s as punk rock morphed into an alternative art rock. A founding member of Dr. Dream Records recording artists National Peoples Gang, he toured internationally before disbanding in the mid-90s; sharing the stage with such iconic bands as The Flaming Lips, Nirvana, Soundgarden, fIREHOSE and many more during those early days of "indie rock". A recording career began in 1991 at the now defunct The Toledo studio in Long Beach engineering for Sublime, Rocket From The Crypt, Big Drill Car and many more. Later in the nineties he was a founding member of the Delta Blues group Bourbon Jones, earning the moniker Two Drum Tony, famous for simply playing the 26″ Radio King bass drum and cowhide snare, digging deep into the second line style of New Orleans blues and swing. It was in 1998 that Antoine had the opportunity to engineer at Capitol Studios in Hollywood. The list of fine artists that come through those studios is staggering, to name a few: Paul McCartney, The JB's, Richard Carpenter, Elliot Smith, Faith Hill… and the list of world class engineers and producers is outrageous; education through osmosis. In 2003, happy to finally have a studio to truly call home, Antoine joined The Compound Studio to help create “An Organic Recording Experience". Studio Website: https://www.thecompoundstudio.com/Dicogs Link: https://www.discogs.com/artist/468078-Anthony-Arvizu This episode is brought to you byGo to BETTERHELP.com/apologue for confidential online counselling.use the code word Apologue for a 7 day free trial Pledge monthly with Patreon https://www.patreon.com/apologueShop Apologue products at http://apologue.ca/shop

Rumer Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson It had been too long, too many years, since I'd last seen Rumer, whom I first heard about through our mutual friend, the late, J Marshall Craig a decade ago. As soon as I had my first taste I became obsessed with her and made it my quest to have her sing in my living room. I saw her perform at a benefit concert for Jeff Jones about 10 yrs ago and vowed to make it happen. A great friend and collaborator of the late, beloved PF Sloan, Rumer oft lived across the country and abroad, I met her at last at PF's memorial 9 yrs ago, just after he'd performed in the living room. Rumer and I became fast friends and I've listened to her in heavy rotation almost non-stop since. We came thisclose to her appearing at Women Who Write in 2016, and it's taken all this time to get her on Game Changers… good things come to those who wait. We went deep today, fittingly on 9/11. First, into Rumer's past. Her humble beginnings, at the time, one of seven siblings. A secret revealed long ago, which led to unwarranted shame, and an ongoing almost unfathomable generosity. The origin of her name, another sweet, and loving familiar story. Adele, the 16-year-old down the street who had the record deal that Sara sought, La Honda, her early band, the years, the hard work, finding the right producer and manager, and grit determination that finally paid off. Her platinum debut album, Seasons of My Soul, which garnered her numerous Brit and MOJO Award nominations and a couple of wins. Performing in the UK with Dionne Warwick and meeting her musical director, Rob Shirakbari, who would become Rumer's partner in music and life, Elton John became enamored of her talent, an oh-so-sweet story there! Touring brought her to the United States, where she began a long ongoing collaborative relationship with Burt Bacharach, to the White House to sing for the Obamas, to Jimmy Webb to sing his P.F. Sloan, and ultimately to sing it with the man himself, so important to this day as we ready to vote, to Daryl Hall and his Daryl House, great story about that, an email from Richard Carpenter, after being likened to his sister for years, a series of albums, motherhood, moving to Arkansas, a visit back to LA, where last we met, first giggling like girls in my car and then at a party at Stephen Bishop's, her Nashville Tears, then back to the UK. where she, husband Rob, and son, Denny, currently reside, and where Rumer will be performing her now Triple Platinum, Seasons of My Soul, to a Sold Out crowd, and soon, a new album, with her 9/11 song, will drop. Rumer shared her September 11th story, and I, mine. I'm so grateful to have had this reunion with Rumer, a treasured friend, and an artist I adore to my core, who gives me goosebumps every time I hear her sing. Her Slow remains in my top 5 of all time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvYUfwMBCrU. Her duet of I Can't Go For That with Daryl Hall is unforgettable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzr6mvDar30 as is her cover of his Sara Smile - that her first given name is Sara, just makes it that much sweeter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh7y--Mc7kk. Rumer has the voice of an angel and the soul of one. Rumer Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson Wednesday, 9/11/24, 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET Streamed Live on my Facebook Replay here: https://bit.ly/3MIVDaA

This week on The Sound Kitchen, a special treat: RFI English listener's musical requests. Just click on the “Play” button above and enjoy! Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday. This week, you'll hear musical requests from your fellow listeners Hossen Abed Ali, Karuna Kanta Pal, and Jayanta Chakrabarty.Be sure you send in your music requests! Write to me at thesoundkitchen@rfi.frHere's the music you heard on this week's program: “How Long”, written and performed by Jackson Browne; “Top of the World” by John Bettis and Richard Carpenter, performed by The Carpenters, and “Mademoiselle Chante le Blues” by Didier Barbelivien, sung by Patricia Kaas.Be sure and tune in next week for a “This I Believe” essay written by RFI Listeners Club member Rodrigo Hunrichse.   

Allen (from the Robin Hood website http://boldoutlaw.com), AJ and April explore Adam Bell by writer Anthony Horowitz and director Gerry Mill — the first episode filmed for the third series of the ITV/Showtime 1980s TV series created by Richard Carpenter and starring Jason Connery. This episode includes special contributions from Amanda DH (admin of the Robin of Sherwood Facebook group Outlawed), author Jenny Kane aka Jennifer Ash (writer of Romancing Robin Hood, the Folville Chronicles, and many of the Robin of Sherwood spinoff material), university professor Olena Shon from Ukraine, academic and author Charlotte Dahlgaard-Sigsworth originally from Denmark and now in the UK, and author Steven A. McKay of the Forest Lord series. We also have an exclusive and in-depth interview with Esta Charkham who was the casting director of Robin of Sherwood's first series and the producer of the second and third series. A production of the Wright On Network!   Arrow sound effects by Pond5 / DanielSounds. Contact us at www.thehuntresspodcast.com Twitter/X @HuntressPodcast Instagram: Huestone_44 Bluesky: huestone44.bsky.social www.patreon.com/wrightonnetwork      

Allen (from the Robin Hood website www.boldoutlaw.com), AJ and April explore Robin Hood and The Sorcerer Part Two — the second half of the opening story of the popular ITV/Showtime 1980s TV series written by Richard Carpenter and starring Michael Praed. This episode includes special contributions from podcaster Andrew Leyland (from Hey Kids, Comics and The Palace of Glittering Delights), Nottingham-based fan Annette Furuyama, Christine Alexander (head of the international fan club Spirit of Sherwood), Barnaby Eaton-Jones (producer of Robin of Sherwood spinoff audio dramas and novels) Alyxandra Harvey (author of The Drake Chronicles and The Cinderella Society series), Amanda DH (admin of the Robin of Sherwood Facebook group Outlawed) and entertainment journalist Abbie Bernstein (who conducted the interviews for the Robin of Sherwood DVDs). We also have the final part of our interview with actor Mark Ryan (Nasir) who talks about his plans for a Nasir novel set after the show and how he was inspired by Blake's 7 creator Terry Nation and actors Paul Darrow and Michael Keating . A production of the WrightOn Network. Arrow sound effects by Pond5 / DanielSounds.   Contact us at prydonian.post@gmail.com or at @SOFederation on X/Twitter   www.patreon.com/wrightonnetwork    

Allen, AJ and April conclude their look at Robin Hood and The Sorcerer Part One — the opening story of the popular ITV/Showtime 1980s TV series written by Richard Carpenter and starring Michael Praed. This episode includes special contributions from Claire Stemp (author of The Haunting of Galloglass Hall), Conrad Westmaas (actor in the Doctor Who audio dramas and Robin of Sherwood: Tales Untold), Andrew Orton (author of The Hooded Man volumes 1 and 2), Sytse Wilman (Dutch journalist and creator of the Robin of Sherwood podcast) and Thaddeus Papke (host of Into the Greenwood podcast). We also have the second part of our interview with actor Mark Ryan (Nasir) who talks about his childhood in Sherwood Forest, Nasir's backstory, and the various attempts to revive Robin of Sherwood. A production of the Wright On Network.    Contact us at prydonian.post@gmail.com   X @sofederation   www.patreon.com/wrightonnetwork  

Straight Outta Loxley - Robin of Sherwood 40th Anniversary Part 1 Allen (from http://boldoutlaw.com), AJ and April cover the opening Robin Hood and the Sorcerer Part 1 - the first episode of HTV / Showtime's 1984 Robin of Sherwood TV show, written by Richard Carpenter and starring Michael Praed and Ray Winstone. Includes part 1 of our exclusive interview with actor Mark Ryan (Nasir) and with guest segments from Amada DH and Bryan Cogman (writer / producer of Game of Thrones). We talk about the Robin Hood legend, the hero's journey, Forest Laws, the Norman Yoke and more. A production of the Wright On Network.                   Contract us at www.boldoutlaw.com or prydonian.post@gamil.com www.patreon.com/wrightonnetwork.      

Jen and Tim contextualize the band that ruled Nixon's America, The Carpenters, for Todd Haynes's early dollhouse biopic, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story.Watch the film on the Internet Archive, but don't tell Richard Carpenter you did!Entertainment Weekly took a look back at the film in the aftermath of the unstoppable cultural juggernaut that was the Barbie movie.Friend of Todd Haynes and producer Christine Vachon spilled some info on the restoration of Superstar in 2023. Have You Seen This? BONUS episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PAUL CHANDLER, THE SHY YETI, is back to discuss TV ghosts... First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on January 21st 2024 This week we welcome back PAUL CHANDLER, THE SHY YETI himself, that prolific podcaster from his very own THE SHY LIFE podcast, and we're going to talk about GHOSTS, but probably not the GHOSTS that you might think we are. Because, whilst we ought to note the passing of that much-loved sitcom of recent years on VISION ON SOUND - and who knows, perhaps on another week we will – our topic today is more about the ghosts that have appeared on other television shows that we have enjoyed over the years. So whilst PAUL and I will be having a general chat about the subject, we will be touching upon RANDALL AND HOPKIRK (DECEASED) in both of its incarnations, PAUL's perennial favourite DARK SHADOWS, the RICHARD CARPENTER classic THE GHOSTS OF MOTLEY HALL, taking a brief sideways trip into the TWILIGHT ZONE, considering the supernatural elements of SAPPHIRE AND STEEL, pulling off the mask of another janitor with the SCOOBY-DOO gang, chattering about some of those GHOST STORIES FOR CHRISTMAS, and even making brief references to Nigel Kneale's classic THE STONE TAPE. Not that we're going into any great depth about any of these shows, as every one of them could be worthy of an hour all to itself – and will be if any listeners fancy joining me to talk about any or all of them. Instead PAUL and I are just meandering through some of those dark places beyond the mortal realm, and lifting the veil briefly to take the merest glimpse into those worlds beyond, and our human interpretations of what they might be. PLEASE NOTE - For Copyright reasons, musical content sometimes has to be removed for the podcast edition. All the spoken word content remains (mostly) as it was in the broadcast version. Hopefully this won't spoil your enjoyment of the show.

In our premiere episode, I was joined by Richard Carpenter, CEO of Bladonmore, the specialist stakeholder communications agency.In our wide ranging conversation, Richard and I dive into the dynamic relationship between the Finance team and the CEO.Some of my favourite parts were:✅ How job profitability is a team sport;✅ The financial metrics Richard can't live without;✅ How Richard looks at the business post pandemic;✅ Insights into successful budgeting and forecasting;✅ Some pearls of wisdom around recruiting and retaining staff.Richard's Business Book recommendation: Thinking Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman - https://amzn.eu/d/iiaqYICWhere to find Richard: Web: https://www.bladonmore.com/contact/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bladonmore/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bladonmore/

GRAHAM WARD ON RICHARD CARPENTER First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on November 12th 2023 This week, we welcome GRAHAM WARD, yet another new voice to the ever expanding list of contributors to the VISION ON SOUND pool of talent, and, whilst we do start off today with my usual introductory interrogation about his own fascinating earliest television memories and so forth, we very swiftly move onto the topic that he primarily wanted to talk very fondly about, which is the television screenwriting career of RICHARD CARPENTER, who, after a brief career as a jobbing actor in the 1960s, is possibly best known to the general public these days for his work on HTVs stunning ROBIN OF SHERWOOD. That particularly high profile 1980s hit still appears regularly on the daytime ITV channels, but, of course, fans of his work will also remember such delights as CATWEAZLE, THE GHOSTS OF MOTLEY HALL, THE ADVENTURES OF DICK TURPIN, a large contribution to THE ADVENTURES OF BLACK BEAUTY, and THE FAMOUS FIVE, and the swashbuckling adventures of SMUGGLER and ADVENTURER, and he could very much stake a claim for having reimagined the children's historical adventure series, most often on the ITV channels, for more than one generation. RICHARD CARPENTER sadly passed away in 2012, but leaves behind him a huge legacy of television work which, whilst remaining much loved by generations of Archive TV fans like the people who listen to this show, is still being discovered by new generations of fans even today. PLEASE NOTE - For Copyright reasons, musical content sometimes has to be removed for the podcast edition. All the spoken word content remains (mostly) as it was in the broadcast version. Hopefully this won't spoil your enjoyment of the show.

National cheese curds day. Entertainment from 1955. Grace Bedell told Abe Lincoln to grow a beard, King Henry VIII bans bowling for the poor, TaTa airlines begins service. Todays birthdays - Linda Lavin, Penny Marshall, Richard Carpenter, Tonya Roberts, Chrid De Burgh, Larry Miller, Emeril Lagasse, Kimberly Schlapman. Pau Allen died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard http://defleppard.com/The Cheese Curd songThe yellow rose of Texas - Mitch MillerCattle call - Eddy ArnoldBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent http://50cent.com/ Alice Tv theme songLaverne & Shirley TV theme songWe've only just begun - The CarpentersDon't pay the ferryman - Chris De BurghBoondocks - Little Big TownExit - It's not love - Dokken http://dokken.net/https://coolcasts.cooolmedia.com/

In 1978 space and aliens were the hottest trend in pop culture. They were dominating the movies, and the TV and music industries wanted in on it too. This is how we ended up with Karen and Richard Carpenter meeting some far out extraterrestrial beings played by...a blow-dried All American type and a buxom blonde sitcom star. Will the Carpenters teach the Pluterians the magic of music? Is Charlie Callas a robosexual? And who's on The Love Boat this week? Find all the answers on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDWLXjsOJPQmBg5JEf10CeO2PBqQwbOhA Support the show and get a bonus Microdose episode about what kids these days think of The Carpenters here : https://www.patreon.com/oldmanyellsatmusic/posts And find me at all my links on Linktree: https://linktr.ee/oldmanyellsatmusic Zip up your white jumpsuit and enjoy this one.

So much work went into this mix, I almost missed the deadline… but, hey, it is to to say goodby to the real G.O.A.T., the one and only Burt Bacharach, our god of pop music! Here is my tribute to maybe the most important musician in my life. I tried to not only include my favourite Bacharach tracks (too many anyway..) but amazing, unusual covers of his music, most of them with a lot of Soul (and a Morrissey cover…). Also in here, lots of musicians (old and newer) talk about him, you will find interview bits of Burt himself, Hal David, Noel Gallagher, Richard Carpenter, Dusty Springfield, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Costello, etc. Like Noel mentions in this mix, even if you have never heard of Burt (fool….), you definitely not only know a lot of his songs/compositions, but for some strange reason you can also sing along to them, because they are/were everywhere. They are part of the backbone of modern pop music all over the world. I am pretty sure that if there are aliens watching/listening to us, they not only love his music, but they probably will come one day to take him home with them in their ship (a balloon, as we all know now…). Unfortunately, it's too late for that now… ! His songs float by all of us when we are young, often in the background on our mum's kitchen radio, but as soon as we become older, experience the big feelings of love, heartbreak, loss, sadness, melancholy… those little songs suddenly make so much sense. They are (and will be) the best remedy against all low times! And I can't thank Burt Bacharach enough for making my shit times bearable. Your legacy will NEVER EVER stop to be discovered, loved by every coming generation in the future. R.I.P. Burt, and thanks a million for your music! Trust me, we will cherish the beautiful heritage you gave to all of us… P.S: One more really special musician left us recently, the one and only Terry Hall (Specials, Funboy 3 and so much more.), he would have deserved his own tribute show too, so of course his version of "This Guy's In Love With You" is in here! CARPENTERS - (They Long To be) Close To YouSTEVIE WONDER - (They Long To be) Close To You (1972 live talkbox)JOE LOSS ORCHESTRA - (They Long To be) Close To YouDIONNE WARWICK - Walk On ByBEACH BOYS - Walk On ByRHETTA HUGHES - Walk On ByJERRY BUTLER - AlfieTHE 5TH DIMENSION - Living Together, Growing TogetherISAAC HAYES - I'll Never Fall In Love AgainDIONNE WARWICK - Loneliness Remembers What Happiness ForgetsMORRISSEY - Loneliness Remembers What Happiness ForgetsVINCENT BELL - NikkiBURT BACHARACH - The Look Of Love (Instrumental)DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - The Look Of Love TERRY HALL - This Guy's In Love With YouELVIS COSTELLO with BURT BACHARACH - In The Darkest PlaceMARK LINDSAY - Something Big

(11-28-2019) - For Thanksgiving week 2019, we roll back to the archives for a 2015 interview with composer/musician Richard Carpenter to talk....about cars! What his late sister Karen and he drove in when their family moved from the East Coast to the LA area when they were young. The two cars used on Carpenters album covers that he still owns. and the car he wished he never sold...and why that makes Randy secretly happy. Please listen and like!

TSC News TV host Fred Richani interviews writer, producer, music historian, and best selling author Randy Schmidt about the powerful documentary Karen Carpenter: Starving For Perfection, her cautionary tale, why he didn't involve Richard Carpenter with the doc, The Carpenters' impact, and what fans can learn from her story. For more info: https://karencarpenterdoc.com/

Daily Quote The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart. (Helen Keller) Poem of the Day Yesterday Once More Richard Carpenter and John Bettis Beauty of Words A Few Thoughts on Sleep Leigh Hunt

National cheese curd day. Pop culture from 1963. Abe Lincoln told to grow a beard by 11y/o girl, 1st vice-president debate, Air India. Today birthdays - Linda Lavin, Tonya Roberts, Larry Miller, Crus de Burgh, Kimberly Schlapman, Emeril Lagasse, Penny Marshall, Richard Carpenter. Paul Allen Died.

Composed by Richard Carpenter 1998Karen's Theme is a song composed by Richard Carpenter and dedicated to his sister after her passing.The Carpenters Official YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCocF...These selections and arrangements are for your listening pleasure only and not intended for any other purpose.Cover by Franco Cianflone at GS studios Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Words and Music by John Bettis and Richard CarpenterRecorded by the Karen and Richard Carpenter (Carpenters) 1973"Yesterday Once More", written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, is a hit song by the Carpenters from their 1973 album Now & ThenThe Carpenters Official YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCocF...These selections and arrangements are for your listening pleasure only and not intended for any other purpose.Cover by Franco Cianflone at GS studios Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Words and Music by John Bettis and Richard CarpenterRecorded by the Karen and Richard Carpenter (Carpenters) 1972"Goodbye to Love" is a song composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. It was released by the Carpenters in 1972 (Wikipedia)The Carpenters Official YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCocF...These selections and arrangements are for your listening pleasure only and not intended for any other purpose.Cover by Franco Cianflone at GS studios Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Richard Carpenter's changes after the passing of his sister Karen.

Today the Doc talks about the Operating room and training. The food for today is Dark Chocolate Corn Flakes made by Jacques Torres in New York! In sports he talks about the Trainer and Trainee, Doc talks about Mike Tyson and Cus D'amato's relationship on and off the ring. In Music he talks about Karen and Richard Carpenter as they had hit after hit in the 70's. As a good teacher, you must change the lesson as every trainee or student is different, that is what a good teacher does!

Rise and Shine Weekend Warriors! Today the Doc talks about the Operating room and training. The food for today is Dark Chocolate Corn Flakes made by Jacques Torres in New York! In sports he talks about the Trainer and Trainee, Doc talks about Mike Tyson and Cus D'amato's relationship on and off the ring. In Music he talks about Karen and Richard Carpenter as they had hit after hit in the 70's. As a good teacher, you must change the lesson as every trainee or student is different, that is what a good teacher does! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My last Carpenters show got wiped for some reason. Maybe the ghost of Karen?  A sound that no one will forget once they hear it. I am talking about those tight harmonies. Richard's scholarly, clever approach to harmonies often goes unnoticed, but he was quite the craftsman. What can you say about Karen? She wasn't meant to be the star. She was a black sheep. Not meant to shine. Meant to be grounded into fine dust like the Carpenter women before her.  Wikipedia: In early 1966, Karen tagged along at a late-night session in the garage studio of Los Angeles bassist Joe Osborn, and joined future Carpenters collaborator and lyricist John Bettis at a demo session where Richard was to accompany (Dan) Friberg (trumpet player and friend of Richard). Asked to sing, she performed for Osborn, who was immediately impressed with her vocal abilities. He signed Karen to his label, Magic Lamp Records, and Richard to his publishing arm, Lightup Music. The label put out a single featuring two of Richard's compositions, "Looking for Love" and "I'll Be Yours". As well as Karen's vocals, the track was backed by the Richard Carpenter Trio. The single was not a commercial success due to a lack of promotion, and the label folded the next year. Carpenters - Get Together (1969) Richard on vocals. You can sort of divine, even at this nascent stage, why Richard was not going to do many vocals from here on in.  Karen Carpenter - Jimmy Mack (1980) From the aborted solo album. Backed by Billy Joel's versatile group, these sessions were replete with fawners (of the good kind) like Joel, Paul Simon (who offered up his own "Still Crazy After All These Years"), and Peter Cetera of Chicago. One gets the feeling there was so much respect, almost a quiet but unmistakable hopefulness that she could get well, be free.  Carpenters - Crescent Noon (1970) Carpenters - Get Together (1970) From a "Your Navy Presents" radio program.  Spectrum - Crescent Noon (1966) Karen Carpenter - Midnight (1980) Carpenters - Mr. Guder (1970) Wikipedia: Richard and Bettis then were hired as musicians at a refreshment shop at Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A. They were expected to play turn of the 20th century songs in keeping with the shop's theme. The shop's patrons had other ideas; many requested the musicians to play current popular music. When the pair tried pleasing their customers and honoring the requests, they were fired by a Disneyland supervisor, Victor Guder, for being "too radical". Bettis and Richard were unhappy about their dismissal and wrote the song "Mr. Guder" about their former superior. Karen Carpenter - My Body Keeps Changing My Mind (1980)  Carpenters - Road Ode (1972) Carpenters - B'wana She No Home (1977) I like their daring choice and also this version of the Michael Franks tune.  Karen Carpenter - Looking For Love (1966)  Carpenters - You'll Love Me (1967) Carpenters - The Rainbow Connection (Recorded in 1980, released in 1999) Richard objected to the "syllabification", notably the first verse that Kermit the Frog sings in The Muppet Movie, for whom the song was written. That original was nominated for an Academy Award. So while they dutifully trudged on, Karen wasn't pleased with the outcome and the recording was not released in her lifetime.  Carpenters - One Fine Day (1973)  Carpenters - Piano Picker (1972) Your Wonderful Parade (1969) Carpenters - California Dreamin' (1967/1999) Richard Carpenter via Obscure Media: From Joe's Studio, circa 1967. This is the one tape, 4-track or otherwise, that survives, as, for some reason, Joe gave it to me. Even though the most important ingredient on tape, the lead, is on its own track, the bass, piano, drums and string machine were all bounced to another track, leaving two open…for what, I can't remember. As a result, in 1999, we transferred the 4-track to 48-track and re-did everything, including a reproduction of my original electric piano solo. I finally got around to putting real strings on the track instead of those on the Chamberlain Music Master that was on the demo. This is one of my favorite tracks on this collection. Karen, at 17, is a marvel. I especially like the way she jumps an octave, from chest voice, to head voice on the letter (and note) "A" in the opening and then seamlessly back to chest on "Dreamin'". There is some electronic noise on the lead track, we don't know why. And I realize now and I should have then, that we have an incorrect word in the second verse: "began to pray" should be "pretend to pray". Karen Carpenter - I'll Be Yours (1966) Carpenters - Morinaga Hi-Crown Chocolate Commercial (1975?) Morinaga was/is a Japanese candy company. Hi-Crown Chocolate was, as far as I can tell, a way to market sweet, sweet nicotine to kids: From the Morinaga website: CANDY FIT FOR AN EMPEROR 1964 - Hi‐Crown chocolate debuts, and becomes a major hit from one end of Japan to the other. This was the start of a long string of hit Morinaga candies -- including you-know-what. [ed: I don't.] The Morinaga Group's Corporate Philosophy The Morinaga Group's Corporate Philosophy is composed of Our Mission, Our Visions, and Our Commitments. Our Mission states how the Group will contribute to society, and Our Visions comprise the five visions that we will pursue toward the future. Our Commitments represent the values that we have developed during more than 100-year history since the founding of the Group and will continue to uphold as our firm belief for many more years to come. To describe the essence of our Corporate Philosophy in one word, it is “Delicious, Fun, and Healthy.” Carpenters - Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again (1975/1995) It would have appeared on the Horizon album but Richard decreed that the album already had too many ballads. This was recorded before the version we all know by Barry Manilow. I love her version. So weary. So deep and sad. This should have been released.  The Richard Carpenter Trio - Every Little Thing (1966)  Carpenters - Suntory Pop Jingle #1 (1977)   

LINER NOTES: On this track, Kris spends time with co-author of the new book, Carpenters: The Musical Legacy. More about Chris:Chris May is a longtime Carpenters expert and historian, a sixteen-year moderator and contributor for the popular online Carpenters discussion forum at A&M Corner, and a consultant, freelance music director, and arranger. He lives near Palm Springs, California, with his wife.To purchase the book, CLICK HERE. --About the Podcast: ‘TEXT PROSE AND ROCK N ROLL'- is the only podcast dedicated to the written account of musicians. From artist memoirs to band bios, and anything in between. You'll hear first accounts from those who lived the lifestyle; a Book Club that rocks - literally. It was Created, Hosted & Executive Produced by Kris Kosach. It was Produced & Edited by Charlene Goto of Go-To Productions. For more on the show, visit the website. Or follow us on Instagram and Facebook @TextproserocknrollFollow Kris on Social Media: @KrisKosachFollow Producer Char on Social Media: @ProducerChar

During today's episode Harry Stephenson, Senior Network Consultant on the USA team sat down with Richard Carpenter, the Senior Manager of Network Operations at EPB. They discuss his time in the air force, the charity works he's doing and the massive changes he's seen in the last 10 years. He goes into a little more detail on his biggest Networking disaster and some of the most important skills you need to have if you're considering entering this industry. Learn more from Rich:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-carpenter-499b1156/ EPB on LinkedIn: https://www.linked.com/company/epbofchattanooga/ 

The new book, CARPENTERS: The Musical Legacy (Princeton Architectural Press, November 2021) tells the Carpenters story through the first-person perspective of Richard Carpenter. Written by AP Entertainment Reporter Mike Cidoni Lennox and long-time Carpenters Historian Chris May, it chronicles the trials and triumphs of their long running legacy. Mike Cidoni Lennox has been a nationally syndicated journalist for nearly 40 years and currently serves as a Senior Entertainment Reporter for the Associated Press. He lives in Suburban Los Angeles, CA. https://papress.com/pages/carpentersJae W. Oh, MBA, CFP®, CLU® ChFC® is the Managing Principal of GH2 Benefits, LLC. He is a Certified Financial Planner, Chartered Life Underwriter, a Chartered Financial Consultant, and a licensed insurance producer in multiple states. He is a nationally-recognized Medicare expert, frequently quoted in the national media, including USAToday.com, thestreet.com, Fox Radio News contributor and expert contributor to medicareresoureces.org. https://www.maximizeyourmedicare.com

Gaby Hoffmann discusses her starring role alongside Joaquin Phoenix in C'mon C'mon, and what the film might say about the connections between adults and children. Musician and former broadcaster Jim Corcoran talks about producing Gilles Vigneault's new album, Comme une chanson d'amour. Richard Carpenter discusses his new book, Carpenters: The Musical Legacy, which reflects on his and his late sister Karen's success as the pop duo the Carpenters.

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 338 with Richard Carpenter. The definitive biography of one of the most enduring and endeared recording artists in history-the Carpenters-is told for the first time from the perspective of Richard Carpenter, through more than 100 hours of exclusive interviews and some 200 photographs from Richard's personal archive, many never published. After becoming multimillion-selling, Grammy-winning superstars with their 1970 breakthrough hit "(They Long to Be) Close to You," Richard and Karen Carpenter would win over millions of fans worldwide with a record-breaking string of hits including "We've Only Just Begun," "Top of the World," and "Yesterday Once More." By 1975, success was taking its toll. Years of jam-packed work schedules, including hundreds of concert engagements, proved to be just too much for the Carpenters to keep the hits coming-and, ultimately, to keep the music playing at all. However, Richard and Karen never took their adoring public, or each other, for granted. In Carpenters: The Musical Legacy, Richard Carpenter tells his story for the first time. With candor, heart, and humor, he sheds new light on the Carpenters' trials and triumphs-work that remains the gold standard for melodic pop. This beautifully illustrated definitive biography, with exclusive interviews and never-before-seen photographs, is a must-have for any Carpenters fan.

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 338 with Richard Carpenter. The definitive biography of one of the most enduring and endeared recording artists in history-the Carpenters-is told for the first time from the perspective of Richard Carpenter, through more than 100 hours of exclusive interviews and some 200 photographs from Richard's personal archive, many never published. After becoming multimillion-selling, Grammy-winning superstars with their 1970 breakthrough hit "(They Long to Be) Close to You," Richard and Karen Carpenter would win over millions of fans worldwide with a record-breaking string of hits including "We've Only Just Begun," "Top of the World," and "Yesterday Once More." By 1975, success was taking its toll. Years of jam-packed work schedules, including hundreds of concert engagements, proved to be just too much for the Carpenters to keep the hits coming-and, ultimately, to keep the music playing at all. However, Richard and Karen never took their adoring public, or each other, for granted. In Carpenters: The Musical Legacy, Richard Carpenter tells his story for the first time. With candor, heart, and humor, he sheds new light on the Carpenters' trials and triumphs-work that remains the gold standard for melodic pop. This beautifully illustrated definitive biography, with exclusive interviews and never-before-seen photographs, is a must-have for any Carpenters fan.

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This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 338 with Richard Carpenter. The definitive biography of one of the most enduring and endeared recording artists in history-the Carpenters-is told for the first time from the perspective of Richard Carpenter, through more than 100 hours of exclusive interviews and some 200 photographs from Richard's personal archive, many never published. After becoming multimillion-selling, Grammy-winning superstars with their 1970 breakthrough hit "(They Long to Be) Close to You," Richard and Karen Carpenter would win over millions of fans worldwide with a record-breaking string of hits including "We've Only Just Begun," "Top of the World," and "Yesterday Once More." By 1975, success was taking its toll. Years of jam-packed work schedules, including hundreds of concert engagements, proved to be just too much for the Carpenters to keep the hits coming-and, ultimately, to keep the music playing at all. However, Richard and Karen never took their adoring public, or each other, for granted. In Carpenters: The Musical Legacy, Richard Carpenter tells his story for the first time. With candor, heart, and humor, he sheds new light on the Carpenters' trials and triumphs-work that remains the gold standard for melodic pop. This beautifully illustrated definitive biography, with exclusive interviews and never-before-seen photographs, is a must-have for any Carpenters fan.

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 338 with Richard Carpenter. The definitive biography of one of the most enduring and endeared recording artists in history-the Carpenters-is told for the first time from the perspective of Richard Carpenter, through more than 100 hours of exclusive interviews and some 200 photographs from Richard's personal archive, many never published. After becoming multimillion-selling, Grammy-winning superstars with their 1970 breakthrough hit "(They Long to Be) Close to You," Richard and Karen Carpenter would win over millions of fans worldwide with a record-breaking string of hits including "We've Only Just Begun," "Top of the World," and "Yesterday Once More." By 1975, success was taking its toll. Years of jam-packed work schedules, including hundreds of concert engagements, proved to be just too much for the Carpenters to keep the hits coming-and, ultimately, to keep the music playing at all. However, Richard and Karen never took their adoring public, or each other, for granted. In Carpenters: The Musical Legacy, Richard Carpenter tells his story for the first time. With candor, heart, and humor, he sheds new light on the Carpenters' trials and triumphs-work that remains the gold standard for melodic pop. This beautifully illustrated definitive biography, with exclusive interviews and never-before-seen photographs, is a must-have for any Carpenters fan.

Vinnie from The Lucid joins us, Led Zeppelin songs ranked, a Bonerline, Charlie LeDuff on Gov. Whitmer, ex-NFL RB Zac Stacy on the run, Tommy & Pam, Pete & Kim, Belarus & Poland, and Drew's firing listeners.Buy all your Christmas gifts right here.Drew continues to fire listeners. Don had better still be listening to Mojo.Music: The RIFF Rock Hall of Fame (& email farming) website is here. Ranking all 92 Led Zeppelin tunes. Eddie Vedder has a new song out. He once helped Joe Strummer rolled a joint. Jonah Hill will be playing Jerry Garcia in a new biopic.Sports: Robbie Ray won the Cy Young and the 2014 Tigers look amazing! Justin Verlander signed a deal with the Astros. Carlos Correa and AJ Hinch were spotted together today. Chinese tennis player, Peng Shuai, is still missing despite shady emails. LeBron James has no comment. 40% of the Ottawa Senators have COVID despite 100% of the team being vaccinated. Antonio Brown is being accused of buying a fake vaccination card.The TSA is gearing up for a busy Thanksgiving travel season. Utility workers don't need to be vaccinated.Vinnie Dombroski Zooms in to discuss The Lucid, working with ICP, Lennon covers and upcoming shows.Jerkmate brings you the Bonerline. Call or text 209-66-Boner to have your voice heard.The Kyle Rittenhouse trial is still in deliberation.Drew continues to defend Lyla despite multiple interruptions.Trudi continues to raid the fridge.Warren Evans really wants Kwame crony, William Phillips, on the mental health board.Audiotree CEO, Michael Johnston, has been BLOWN OUT after getting busted secretly filming his nannies.Richard Carpenter popped up on CBS to push his importance in the music industry.Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes' soft lovemaking is over.Pete and Kim are IG official.Charlie LeDuff joins the show to ask why Gretchen Whitmer and Joe Biden are avoiding each other. He'll have more on No BS News tomorrow.Joe Rogan vs the media's "left-wing cult".Rust crew members are suing Alec Baldwin.Bill Maher spoke with Chris Cuomo on CNN.There's a border standoff between migrants at the Belarus/Poland.Britney Spears is a nut. Her ex husband Jason Alexander is getting hot.The Pam & Tommy trailer dropped and it looks better than we thought it would.South Park teased their upcoming special.Former NFL RB Zac Stacy is a terrible baby-daddy and a bad man. He's currently on the run without a football.That BEAST Meghan Markle appeared on Ellen to make up stories and not talk about her dad.Social media is dumb but we're on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew and Mike Show, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels and BranDon).

Multi-Grammy Award winning, platinum-selling hip-hop artist Lecrae joins the show to chat about his new six-part "Protect The Bag" edutainment series on his YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/lecraeofficial). Lecrae is a record label owner, New York Times bestselling author, philanthropist and entrepreneur. "I am on a mission to spread the word on financial education. Growing up, I wasn't educated about money or budgeting and had to learn a lot about it the hard way. I want to make sure others who grew up like me have the knowledge to build their own financial legacy." The series debuted last Tuesday with "Protecting The Bag" including special guest Michael Porter Jr of the Denver Nuggets. Episode #2 releases tonight at 7pm featuring actress & artist Coco Jones. Lecrae also talks about a forthcoming album ("No Church In Awhile") releasing December 3 and the new single "Wildin'" which drops tomorrow. The album is a collaboration with his Reach Records label member 1K Phew. Richard Carpenter also spends time with us to share about the new book Carpenters: The Musical Legacy. Richard, along with his sister Karen--well-known for her vocal gifts--had 15 #1 hits including "(They Long To Be) Close To You," "We've Only Just Begun," and "Rainy Days & Mondays" plus songs like "Top Of The World" which reached #2 and was among 23 Top 10 hits. Featured clips: Nick Sirianni (Eagles), Simon Gagne (Flyers), Danny Briere (Flyers), Doc Rivers (76ers) Richard Carpenter photo credit: Rich Prugh Photography See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Cousin Brucie has he plays on your favorite songs from the 50's 60's and a touch of the 70's tonight on the Saturday Night Rock and Roll Party.  Cousin Brucie welcomes Richard Carpenter.  Listens as he takes your requests and plays all the hits.

Cousin Brucie speaks with Richard Carpenter of The Carpenters.  Listen as they reminisce about Karen, Piano Recitals, and what Richard is up to now.

In HRchat episode 317, we get a world-famous music artist and community builder's take on why embracing people where they're at is key to driving progress, why high performance rests on a team of good players and how to bring diverse groups together to achieve inspiring performancesBill's guest is Astrid Jorgensen, Founder and Director of Pub Choir. At each Pub Choir event, Astrid arranges a popular song and teaches it to a non-trained audience in three-part harmony. Each event concludes with a performance that is filmed and shared on social media. Pub Choir gained international attention in November 2017 when their rendition of Zombie by The Cranberries went viral on the internet.In March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent cancellation of planned Pub Choir events, Astrid launched Couch Choir. She arranged and uploaded three vocal harmonies of the song (They Long To Be) Close To You by The Carpenters to social media, inviting anybody to learn a part, film themselves singing it, and send it back for inclusion in a final video. There were over 1000 submissions from 18 different countries, and the project was featured on Australian Story. The final video was also shared by Richard Carpenter!Astrid has also worked as a producer for ABC Radio Brisbane and has performed as a keyboardist in Australian indie rock band The Grates.Listen and get Astrid's answers to these questions: You're a keynote at the intelliHR upcoming Performance Summit event. How do you draw high-performance out of such a diverse choir mix?  You've mentioned how ordinary people showing up and bringing their real selves can create world-class results. How do you think this translates to business environments?What would you recommend to leaders seeking to create environments where people can bring their authentic selves to work?With the Pub Choir shift to Couch Choir, you've certainly got some thoughts on diversity and accessibility. Can you share some of your learnings?How, in your experience, has increased diversity contributed to high performance?Astrid will be a keynote at the July 28th Performance Summit produced by intelliHR. Learn more and register here: https://intellihr.co/PerformanceSummit2021/

"Most Carpenters fans think feel like she was singing only to them."

Gonzo and Steve catch up with Richard, he shares the joys that he has seen through foster parenting and adoption, his new found passion for putting himself out there to tackle new challenges or learn new skills, and his love for the outdoors.

Montreal-based film writer and programmer Justine Smith returns to the pod to discuss two radical works by the great director Todd Haynes, both based on true stories: his first short film Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1988) and his latest feature, Dark Waters (2019). Dark Waters was written off by many critics at the time of release as a “work-for-hire” project from Haynes, but in fact it is of a piece with the director's career-spanning concerns about the dangers built into living in a consumer society and the hidden illnesses that grow behind the facade of normalcy. Both films have the courage to name names and display great empathy towards their subjects, as well as the audience that also has to navigate the hard societal truths these films reveal. Dark Waters is available for rent on iTunes. Superstar cannot be distributed legally after Richard Carpenter, upset over the film's retelling of his sister's life and death using Barbie dolls, sued Haynes for the use of unlicensed Carpenters music in the film. Bootleg transfers show up on YouTube from time to time. Consider becoming a patron of Junk Filter to get access to bonus episodes: patreon.com/junkfilter Follow Justine Smith on Twitter A teenaged Karen Carpenter displaying great skill as a drummer on a sixties variety show, one of the many talents that were suppressed in her tragic life. (They Long To Be) Close To You - Carpenters, 1970 “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare” - the New York Times Magazine article by Nathaniel Rich that Dark Waters is adapted from, January 10, 2016

(04-01-2021) - It's a podcast that's been in such high demand from our "Soundcloud" days, (circa 2016) that i've decided to expose it to a whole new audience....as Richard Carpenter of "the Carpenters", talks with Randy Kerdoon about growing up Mopar, driving in the Arizona desert in a '56 Dodge without air conditioning, my Karen stayed home and which album covers they had that actually involved their cars, including one their parents bought when they moved to California in the 60s. THEN, what if Ford’s memorable cars from around the world were in their own basketball style bracket?? What a concept!! Remember to LISTEN, LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Carpenters are one of the best-selling music artists of all time with three number-one singles, five number-two singles, 15 number-one hits (Adult Contemporary) and 12 top-10 singles. They have sold more than 90 million records worldwide. Karen Carpenter is justly considered the greatest pop vocalists to grace a microphone, and perhaps less known as a superb drummer. In 2003, I interviewed producer/arranger/singer Richard Carpenter for my BBC Radio 2 series “Pop Arrangers” which later became my book “The Invisible Artist” (with a chapter on Carpenter). Here he discusses the arranging and production techniques used in the making of such hits as Close To You, Ticket To Ride, Calling Occupants, We've only Just Begun, and many more. Where else can you hear Richard Carpenter demonstrating his ideas at the piano? A unique look at one of the true masters of pop.

The Collage - She’s Just Laughing At Me (1967) The same guys that wrote this wrote "Never My Love" for The Association. Produced by Steven Douglas. I love this song, but they were no Free Design.  Fox - S-S-S-Single Bed (1976) Reached #4 in the UK, did not reach anything in the US. Written by Kenny Young, who co-wrote "Under The Boardwalk" and "Arizona".  Steve Wonder - Evil (1972) Doris - Did You Give The World Some Love Today, Baby? (1970) This whole album kicks ass.  Bee Gees - Lovers (1976)  Waylon Jennings - MacArthur Park (1969) Part of the dramatic churn of the original was contained in Jimmy Webb's orchestral arrangements, as well as the interval-rich chords. Everyone loves Waylon, but this is disappointingly flat.  Tony Bruno - I’m Feeling It Now (1969) God, I love this guy. As you know, Tony found his way into the world of pornography soundtracks. This was before that. Produced by Artie Ripp, who also produced:  "Come A Little Bit Closer" by Jay and the Americans (1964) "Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)" by the Shangri-La's (1964) "Just One Look" by Doris Troy (1963) Annette - When You Get What You Want (1967) Strontium 90 - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic (1976)  Gene Marshall - Smoke It - The Pot (?) This song-poem was probably from the 70's.  Kate Smith - Daydream (1966) POACA will recall that Kate Smith's recording of "God Bless America" was the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers' pre-game theme. They won two Stanley Cups in the mid-'70s, one against my Buffalo Sabres. She occasionally sang this in person, even! She had a radio, television, and recording career spanning five decades, which reached its pinnacle in the 1940s. She became known as The Songbird of the South after her enduring popularity during World War II. The Flyers' record when "God Bless America" was played or sung in person stood at a remarkable 100 wins, 29 losses, and five ties as of April 20, 2016. In 1969, in light of Jim Morrison's arrest in Miami for indecent exposure, Smith had performed with The Lettermen, Anita Bryant, and Jackie Gleason in a concert demonstration against indecency, for which President Richard Nixon commended the stars' performances. But as we all know, Father Time has a way of turning even Kate Smith into a tone-deaf whitey pariah.  From Wikipedia: Smith's rendition of "God Bless America" was played during the seventh-inning stretch of New York Yankees home games from 2009 until April 2019, when the practice was discontinued amid controversy surrounding her 1931 recordings of "That's Why Darkies Were Born" and "Pickaninny Heaven." The following day, the Philadelphia Flyers followed suit. Her statue at The Spectrum (where the Flyers played) was removed on April 21, 2019. Her family responded by denying the racism allegations.  Mel Torme - Molly Marlene (1967) Neil MacArthur - She’s Not There (1969) A re-imagining of the Zombies hit by Colin Blunstone who also sang the original. For The Zombies.  Nora Guthrie - Emily’s Illness (1967) More info. Nora was Woody's daughter. Arlo's sister.  Paul Jones - Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (1978) I was never a big fan of The Ramones OR Manfred Mann, so this doesn't bother me much. A strange attempt at irony.  Roger Nichols and the Small Circle of Friends - Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (1968)  Alan Price - House of the Rising Sun (1980) I was never a big fan of The Animals either, but I don't understand the keyboard player's upending of their big first hit.  Bill Haley - Travelin’ Band (1972)  Bobby Darin - Melodie (1970) On the Motown label.  Clarence Carter - Backdoor Santa (1968) Klaatu - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (1976) You have to know this story. If you're here, you know this story. Radio station WAMS out of Wilmington, Deleware included an insert known as "Klaatu Clues" that promoted the conspiracy that Klaatu were actually the reunited Beatles. No songwriting credits, no musician names, and a hungry populace eager for any signs of a reunion pushed this pretty silly record to #32 in the US. Capitol Records (who controlled the Beatles' music in the U.S.) tried to make as much of the rumors as possible, by issuing ambiguously-worded statements that failed to make the band's identity entirely clear. The rumor was disproved when Dwight Douglas, program director at WWDC in Washington, D.C., checked the records at the U.S. Copyright Office and uncovered the band members' real names. One of which was John Woloschuk. Richard Carpenter was a fan, and The Carpenters covered this. OR he was high on Quaaludes and hallucinated Klaatu while he was lying at the bottom of the stairs, and Karen promised him that they would do this song if he got better.  Davey Johnstone - Keep Right On (1973) A very good song by the Elton John guitarist. He should have done more.  Dennis Wilson - Constant Companion (1977) From the unreleased "Bamboo" album. It's a pity. Better than anything his band (The Beach Boys) was doing at that time or since. Cocaine is a hell of a drug.  Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder - Pops, We Love You (A Tribute to Father) (1978) Very strange. "Pops" in this case is Berry "Pops" Gordy, Sr., father of Motown founder Berry Gordy. He had died that year from cancer. Gordy Jr. commissioned this to be made in his memory. All that star power couldn't push the single past #59. When I die, get all my superstar friends together and make them release a song about me. Call it something like "Functional is the Opposite of What I Was." Sha Na Na - Drug PSA (1973?) The Walker Brothers - The Electrician (1978) Listen to this. The previous Walker Brothers single was a cover of Boz Scaggs' "We're All Alone" which is great, but if you were a Walker Brothers fan in 1978, and there were a waning number of them if any, you just weren't prepared for this. This was a kind of blueprint for Scott Walker's solo career moving forward. Disturbing and wonderful.  Shawn Cassidy - Wasp (1980) A last try to salvage a teeny-bopper career by hiring Todd Rundgren to produce, and members of Utopia to play.  Billy Preston - Slaughter (1972) From the film Slaughter, which starred Jim Brown.   Link Wray and his Wraymen- The Batman Theme (1966) Marcia Strassman - The Flower Children (1967) The "Welcome Back Kotter" star got her start singing these little odes to flower power. This is one of the most desperately 1967 things I've ever heard, and the shelf life was very brief.  Osmonds - Utah (1972) The Swingers - Bay-Hay Bee Doll JC Penney Giveaway Premium (1966) Wolfman Jack - Sunny (?) AGC was a label out of Italy. Maybe 1970? 

Ninon interviews Sally OIson and Ned Mills. Together they form the duel tribute band of Karen and Richard Carpenter. Her voice is chillingly similar to the late Karen Carpenter. This couple is truly talented. Sit back and enjoy the show.

What began as a Christmas present to a high school crush in 1944 turned into a #1 Christmas hit more than 25 years later. Here are things you didn't know about Merry Christmas Darling, by The Carpenters. Merry Christmas, Darling was recorded in 1970 by The Carpenters. It went to #1 on Billboard’s Christmas chart in 1970, 1971 and 1973. It started off as a high school crush. The original lyrics were written in 1944 by an 18-year-old named Frank Pooler about a girl he had a crush on at the time. Frank Pooler was a high schooler in Onalaska, Wisconsin. In the summer of ‘44, Frank spent all his free time with a girl he was smitten with – the younger sister of the Onalaska High School Band and Choir director. Even after the summer was over, Frank kept thinking about this girl. Frank hadn’t written many songs, but he wanted to write one for her. He once told The LaCrosse Tribune newspaper “I was 18 and the hormones were raging.” Unfortunately, before he gave her his present, they broke up. But Frank held on to those lyrics. Flash forward 22 years, Frank was a choral director at California State University at Long Beach and there were two siblings in his class: Karen and Richard Carpenter. The Carpenters were having some success getting local gigs and asked their professor if he had ideas for something they could do at Christmas. They were tired of singing the same standards over and over and wanted something new. Pooler passed on lyrics to the Christmas song he wrote when he was a teenager. Richard Carpenter took the lyrics, but wrote a different melody for them. The song we now know was co-written by two 18-year-old guys, a generation apart. The Carpenters went on to a lot more than just playing local gigs and by 1970, they charted their first two hits: Close to You and We’ve Only Just Begun. Still tight with his music teacher, Richard Carpenter called Frank Pooler and invited him to a recording studio at A&M Records. When Frank arrived, Richard pushed play and Frank couldn’t believe it. He didn’t recognize it right away but about 10 seconds later, he was totally floored. Frank Pooler died in 2013, but before he did, he had a chance to track down that girl he wrote the song for. Again, telling The Lacrosse Tribune, that they got together and the subject of the song came up. She knew that he had written the song, but Frank asked her if she knew he had written that song about her. She said “no…but now I have a treasure.” Thanks for joining us - don’t forget to hit subscribe because we’ve got more stories & videos coming!

The future is always uncertain. With the United States election imminent, on top of everything else that has happened in 2020, we're all thinking about the future right now. Or it might be more accurate to say that a lot of us are worrying about the future. In this episode of Wavepoint Found, we're going to try giving all that thinking and worrying about the future more perspective and purpose. We're going to start by talking about how businesses can think about and use the future in a way that lets them take action. Empowers their teams, Frees them, instead of limiting them. Vision and action together is how we shape the future into what we want it to be. Taking a side even if it's polarizing might be the best way to navigate change and make sure you find yourself confidently positioned for what's to come. Episode Topics: What businesses and brands are up against with the impending election and social pressure Why loss aversion and the fear of failure is such a big problem in making smart decisions about the future, and what to do about it How to illustrate the cost of doing nothing in ways everyone can get behind Why your people and the way they feel about your company are still your most important and most often overlooked asset Why looking farther into the future is how you can take more decisive action today How to use identity and foresight to turn down the noise and tune in to that matters to you --------------- Podcast produced by Vesy Ivanova and Steve Hurst at Found Brand Agency foundbrandagency.com In partnership with Christian Crews at Wavepoint wavepoint.net Engineering and production assistance by Stuart Leach and Zoe Georgulas Original score by Richard Carpenter of Austin, Texas

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to. Joining Tim this time is novelist Will Maclean, who's haunted by his recollections of the Zegazoid Chew Bar, The Song And The Story, Look And Read: The King's Dragon, The Fourth Pan Book Of Horror Stories, The Weekend Book Of Ghosts And Horror and Photographs Of The Unknown. Along the way we'll be formulating a poor quality Richard Carpenter conspiracy theory, debating how ghosts answer the phone, finding out why the tie-in Xtro bar was never marketed, and trying to figure out exactly what Wordy was other than a floating pedantic bastard. Plus we may be getting a visit from the Grange Hill Walled-Up Ghost... You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/

The Musical Taste Society is BACK with episode 20 and the big question this week: is it Musical Taste Society or The Musical Taste Society?   Your hosts John Gavin and Joseph Goss do the usual trawl through their Discover Weekly playlists on Spotify. Well with no more music papers, where else do you find good stuff? From our listeners, of course! And once again we get a great playlist sent to us from a ‘Friend Of The Show’   In the Birthday section, we tip our hats to musical icons Richard Carpenter and Paul Simon (while slightly rewinding back to last week to give someone we discussed last week another good kicking) and discuss the demise of CBGBs and the fully-fledged psychotic “Paul McCartney Is Dead” theory.   Finally, John submits reggae legend, dub innovator and all-round mad bastard Lee “Scratch” Perry for the MTS Hall Of Fame.   Sit down, stick the kettle on and settle in cos we’re going all night on this one. FOLLOW US! Twitter: @MusicalTasteSoc @johngavincomedy @JosephGoss FB: Musical Taste Society   A wee review on iTunes wouldn’t go amiss either, mate.

There are two ways to respond to change. One is acceptance and the resulting evolution. The other's a shift toward rigidity, force and control. In this episode of Wavepoint, Found we dig into what the ongoing social justice and sustainability movements mean for the future of brands and how companies can use their identity to navigate the shifting waters with authenticity. We also discuss how quarter-to-quarter market growth can limit a company's ability to respond authentically to change, and how businesses might evolve to meet consumer's demand for social and sustainable awareness. Episode Topics: The increasing pressure to take a social stand Authenticity and diverse ecosystems to enable a social stand How to be local and how national brands respond to local The increasing pressure of true sustainability—from a human and environmental perspective Identity and authenticity as a force against market pressures The evolution of brands into people and experiences How consumers buy in an experience-based economy What companies need to do right now to position themselves for all of these market forces --------------- Podcast produced by Vesy Ivanova and Steve Hurst at Found Brand Agency foundbrandagency.com In partnership with Christian Crews at Wavepoint wavepoint.net Original score by Richard Carpenter of Austin, Texas

What does it mean to be lost? And what does it mean to survive? The answers to both of these questions are deeply connected to knowing who you are. And there are two things that are most likely to limit your ability to adapt through change. An inability to see a future, and an ability to see yourself in the future. Foresight and identity. In this episode we talk about how businesses are more likely to survive when they can balance between holding on to who they are, and also find ways to be flexible, adaptive and humble in the face of change. --------------- Podcast produced by Vesy Ivanova and Steve Hurst at Found Brand Agency foundbrandagency.com In partnership with Christian Crews at Wavepoint wavepoint.net Original score by Richard Carpenter of Austin, Texas

If you could see the future, if you had proof and knew what might happen, would you act? Would you take steps to change it? Would you adapt? At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in the US, we recorded this Wavepoint, Found prologue to explore what happens when reality clashes against identity, and how the way we see ourselves both informs and limits our ability to see and adapt to the future. --------------- Podcast produced by Vesy Ivanova and Steve Hurst at Found Brand Agency foundbrandagency.com In partnership with Christian Crews at Wavepoint wavepoint.net Original score by Richard Carpenter of Austin, Texas

Carpenters - Crescent Noon (Demo) (1968) This is from the Cal State University Of Long Beach chorus album, one of those that schools commission and then give or sell copies to members. Obviously it is quite rare .. probably less than 200 ever made, and who knows how many have survived. Written by Richard Carpenter.  Carpenters - Crescent Noon (1970) "Notice the lower key," he offered to no one, swirling his brandy snifter.  Carpenters - Road Ode (1972) Carpenters - B'wana She No Home (1977) Written by Michael Franks.  Karen Carpenter - My Body Keeps Changing My Mind (1980) From Karen Carpenter's unreleased (in her life) solo album. I love Wikipedia but this account doesn't do justice to how devastated she was when she played it for Richard.  Karen Carpenter - Jimmy Mack (1980) Karen Carpenter - Midnight (Never Let You Down) (1980) Carpenters - Get Together (1969) Richard on lead vocals.  Carpenters - Looking For Love (1966) Carpenters - Mr. Gruder (1970) Carpenters - You'll Love Me (1967)  Richard Chamberlain - They Long To Be Close To You (1963) The original recording.  Carpenters - Your Wonderful Parade (1969)  Carpenters - Piano Picker (1972)  Les Humphries Singers - Niagara/Paranoid (1971)  Formed by Englishman Les Humphries in Berlin in the early '70s, the Les Humphries Singers performed a mix of gospel, R&B, pop, and rock that was not dissimilar to the work that would make Boney M European superstars. The group's biggest hits were the singles "Mexico" and "Mama Loo," released in 1972 and 1973 respectively. The ensemble also represented Germany at the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest, but was to break up soon after. Other members of the Les Humphries Singers also went on to success in their own right, with Liz Mitchell going on to front Boney M, and John Lawton finding a home as the frontman for Uriah Heep. Humphries himself passed away in December of 2007.   Another member was Jürgen Drews, who later started a long-running solo career, starting with his 1976 hit in Germany, "Ein Bett im Kornfeld", a cover version of "Let Your Love Flow" by The Bellamy Brothers. Linda Thompson (Linda Übelherr), who had previously been a member of the Cornely Singers and Love Generation, was a member from 1973 to 1974, and later joined Silver Convention, and had a solo career as Linda G. Thompson. God damn I love this.  Richard Carpenter - Say Yeah! (1987)  Les Humphries Singers - Cracklin' Rose/Carry That Weight/Travelin' Man/Keep Knockin' (1971, I think) Ripping off "Living Loving Maid" for the intro to "Keep Knockin'". Les Humphries is a hero for his balls alone.  Les Humphries Singers - Indian War (1976)  Les Humphries Singers - Mandy's Dead (1974) What the fuck is this? Jimmy Bilsbury's Manchester band before LHS.  Magic Lanterns - Bossa Nova 1940-Hello You Lovers (1969)  Magic Lanterns - I Stumbled (1967)  Magic Lanterns - Simple Things (1966) Ananda Shankar - Light My Fire (1970) Beach Boys - God Only Knows (a cappella) (1966) Dennis Coffey & Luchi De Jesus - Theme Form "Black Belt Jones" (1972)  Buddy & Cathy Rich - The Beat Goes On (1967) TM - Charles Lloyd (1972) 

In this very special episode of Adapt or Perish, we get REAL small and discuss the classic children’s book The Borrowers! For this episode, we read and watched: Mary Norton’s original 1952 novel. The Borrowers (Hallmark, 1973), directed by Walter C. Miller, written by Jay Presson Allen, and starring Eddie Albert, Tammy Grimes, and Judith Anderson. The Borrowers (BBC, 1992), directed by John Henderson, written by Richard Carpenter, and starring Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Callard, and Siân Phillips. The Borrowers (PolyGram, 1997), directed by Peter Hewitt, written by Gavin Scott and John Kamps, and starring John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie, Flora Newbigin, Mark Williams, and Hugh Laurie. Arrietty/Arrietty the Borrower/The Secret World of Arrietty (Studio Ghibli, 2010), directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, written by Keiko Niwa and Hayao Miyazaki. The Borrowers (BBC, 2011), directed by Tom Harper, written by Ben Vanstone, and starring Christopher Eccleston, Sharon Horgan, Aisling Loftus, Anne Hirsch, and Stephen Fry. Footnotes: Mary Norton’s Borrowers sequels: The Borrowers Afield (1955), The Borrowers Afloat (1959), The Borrowers Aloft (1961), and The Borrowers Avenged (1982) Bedknobs and Broomsticks (Disney, 1971) The Return of the Borrowers (BBC, 1993) I, Podius Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (Orion, 1991) and Small Soldiers (DreamWorks, 1998) GQ: John Goodman Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli You can follow Adapt or Perish on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and you can find us and all of our show notes online at adaptorperishcast.com. If you want to send us a question or comment, you can email us at adaptorperishcast@gmail.com or tweet using #adaptcast.

Carpenters foi um duo musical norte-americano composto pelos irmãos Karen e Richard Carpenter. Com seu estilo melódico, eles venderam mais de 90 milhões de álbuns e singles mundialmente, tornando-se representantes do soft rock e se incluindo entre os artistas mais representativos da década de 1970. Via Wikipédia

Welcome back to Sherwood! This episode of Adapt or Perish concludes our two-part look at the world’s most famous outlaw, Robin Hood! If you haven’t listened to part one yet, check it out! For this episode, we watched and discussed: Robin of Sherwood (ITV, 1984–1986), created by Richard Carpenter, and starring Michael Praed, Jason Connery, Ray Winstone, and Nickolas Grace. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Warner Brothers, 1991), directed by Kevin Reynolds, written by Pen Densham and John Watson, and starring Kevin Costner, Alan Rickman, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Christian Slater. Robin Hood (20th Century Fox, 1991), directed by John Irvin, written by Sam Resnick and John McGrath, and starring Patrick Bergin, Uma Thurman, Jürgen Prochnow, and Jeroen Krabbé. Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood (Sierra On-Line, 1991), designed by Christy Marx. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (20th Century Fox, 1993), directed by Mel Brooks, written by Brooks, Evan Chandler, and J. David Shapiro, and starring Cary Elwes, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Tracey Ullman, and Dave Chappelle. Robin Hood (BBC, 2006–2009), created by Dominic Minghella and Foz Allan, and starring Jonas Armstrong, Lucy Griffiths, Keith Allen, and Richard Armitage. Robin Hood (Universal, 2010), directed by Ridley Scott, written by Brian Helgeland, and starring Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Mark Strong, Oscar Isaac, Eileen Atkins, and Max von Sydow. Robin Hood (Lionsgate, 2018), directed by Otto Bathurst, written by Ben Chandler and David James Kelly, and starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn, and F. Murray Abraham. Footnotes: Swamp Thing (USA Network, 1990–1993) “Robin (The Hooded Man),” theme from Robin of Sherwood by Clannad A Knight’s Tale (2001), written and directed by Brian Helgeland, and starring Heath Ledger. “All For Love,” the 1993 single for Disney’s The Three Musketeers, performed by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Sting. King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! (1990) Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess The Return of Martin Guerre (1982) Alan Doyle and Great Big Sea (“When I’m Up (I Can’t Get Down),” “Captain Kidd,” “The River Driver”) You can follow Adapt or Perish on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and you can find us and all of our show notes online at adaptorperishcast.com. If you want to send us a question or comment, you can email us at adaptorperishcast@gmail.com or tweet using #adaptcast.

Karen and Richard Carpenter were the #1 selling American music act of the 1970's. During a time when louder and wilder rock was in great demand, they produced a distinctively soft musical style that made them among the best-selling music artists of all time. To date their sales total well in excess of 100 million units. Sadly, Karen's untimely death in 1983 brought to an end this highly talented and popular duo - but we still have some great musical memories to enjoy for years to come.

(11-28-2019) - This week for the Thanksgiving holiday we dust off a 2015 interview with music icon and car guy Richard Carpenter, who talks about moving west to LA, his first car in California, the cars on his album covers with his sister, the late Karen Carpenter, and his cool collection in the Conejo Valley.

Hasta 1972 y aún parte de 1973, el rock conoció su época de mayor esplendor. Nadie podía imaginar lo que sucedería en octubre de 1973. Nadie podía imaginar que aquello fuera a terminarse, y menos de manera tan brutal. Salían artistas de todas partes, algunos de gran relieve, y se oían canciones que pasaban a la historia y marcaban el momento en que se escuchaban. Todo ello sin olvidar que los grandes seguían activos. Era todo … Pura energía. En Inglaterra, el batiburrillo de estilos era tremendo. La mezcla de tendencias, voces, grupos y solistas hizo compañeros de viaje existencial a personajes tan dispares como estos Colosseum, que acabamos de escuchar: The Valentyne Suit. Esta banda es uno de esos grupos que corren el peligro de ser borrados de la memoria colectiva, y de nada sirve que la totalidad de sus discos superaran la media de calidad que había en su momento (lo cual supone mucho) o que la mayoría de los músicos que pasaron por sus filas hayan formado parte antes o después de otras bandas célebres. En cualquier caso, se puede decir, sin temor a error, que todos los directos de esta banda fueron sobresalientes por su intensidad y calidad, La formación se había acoplado a la perfección y su estatus de virtuosos estaba perfectamente justificada. Por este motivo, decidieron grabar dos de sus conciertos para editar un doble LP que reflejara el espíritu de la banda en vivo. Este disco, Live, fue editado en 1971 por Bronze Records. “Walking in the Park”, uno de los cortes de este doble álbum, es una versión del clásico de Graham Bond que ellos siempre tocaban en directo en forma de tributo para el veterano músico. Un r'n'blues tocado a toda velocidad y donde todos los músicos se van repartiendo sus correspondientes solos. Quien no haya escuchado nunca a Colosseum debería empezar por este disco en directo... quedará atrapado para siempre. Expresa a la perfección las dos vertientes del grupo: por un lado la herencia con los sonidos clásicos del jazz o el blues, y por otro el esfuerzo por superar esa herencia experimentando con el hard rock y el progresivo. La obra, según la crítica especializada de la época, refleja a la perfección el espíritu de cambio que se vivía en los 70. Como contrapartida al rock de vanguardia de Colosseum, nos topamos de narices con la suave voz y el lirismo de Al Stewart. Al Stewart es un cantautor escocés nacido el 5 de septiembre de 1945 en Glasgow. A mediado de los 60, tras diversos escarceos en grupos de la zona, se trasladó a Londres para actuar como cantante folk en el circuito de clubs de la capital, muy influenciado estilísticamente por Donovan, e incluso por John Lennon. En el año 1966 grabó para la Decca su single debut, “The Elf”, que no obtuvo ningún tipo de repercusión comercial. No obstante, con la publicación de Love Chronicles, en 1969, su carrera se enderezó y alcanzó el éxito a ambos lados del Atlántico. Por cierto, en este disco la guitarra es de Jimi Page. Su LP más famoso y el de mayor fortuna comercial fue “Year Of de Cat”, editado en 1976 por Alan Parsons, incluía la mítica composición del mismo nombre y por la que Al Stewart resulta más conocido y que es esta. Otros grupos de esta época y que nada tienen que ver con lo visto hasta el ahora, mucho más rockeros y comerciales son, por ejemplo, Suzi Quatro. Dentro de la explosión glam en la Gran Bretaña de estos primeros años 70, una figura rockera femenina pudo competir en actitud subversiva y llamativa con gente tan popular del movimiento como The Sweet o los mismísimos Slade. Embutida en brillantes trajes de cuero negro, la americana Suzi Quatro consiguió destacar en un sector artístico predominantemente masculino y fue una pionera para todas las mujeres que triunfaron posteriormente. Nacida el 3 de junio de 1950 en la ciudad de Detroit, estuvo muy influenciada por su familia a la hora de iniciarse en la música, no en vano su padre lideraba una banda de jazz. Tras su paso por varios grupos, en 1972 se trasladó a Inglaterra de la mano del productor Mickie Most. Su natural pinta rockera, su vestimenta y sus canciones glam Hard-Rock, hicieron de Suzi una de las primeras figuras femeninas dentro de la música europea. En EEUU, por el contrario, pasaba totalmente desapercibida. Su mayor éxito fue una canción titulada “Can the can”. La barita mágica del éxito le tocó en la cresta y, con esta canción, alcanzó el número uno en las listas británicas. Otro grupo de los que hemos dado en llamar “comerciales” y que triunfó en estos años fue Christie. Esta banda británica se formó en la ciudad de Leeds, en 1969. El alma mater y fundador del grupo fue Jeff Christie, que venía de colaborar en diversas bandas como Acid Gallery y otras. En 1969, Jeff Christie ofreció su composición Yellow River a The Tremeloes. Ellos la grabaron para lanzarla como single, pero cambiaron de opinión y permitieron a Christie usar la música ya grabada. Consiguieron un número uno en la lista de ventas británica en junio de 1970, y llegaron al 23 en Estados Unidos. Fue un éxito internacional, y fue número uno en 26 países, entre ellos España, donde alcanzó el número uno de 40 Principales el 8 de noviembre de 1970. Acumuló tres millones de ventas en todo el mundo. El siguiente single, en octubre de 1970, fue San Bernadino, que alcanzó el 7 en Reino Unido y el 1 en Alemania, pero en Estados Unidos no pasó del 100. Su último éxito fue Iron Horse, en el 1972. El grupo se ha disuelto y reagrupado en diversas ocasiones pero ya con desigual éxito y, desde luego, ninguno internacional. Esto es Iron Horse. Vinegar Joe fue una banda inglesa de R&B , formada en 1971 en Londres. Lanzaron tres álbumes en Island Records , pero fueron más conocidos por sus actuaciones en directo y, sobre todo, porque fue el trampolín de carreras en solitario como las de Elkie Brooks y Robert Palmer . Y es una pena, porque, como vamos a ver ahora mismo es una banda algo más que interesante. La banda se disolvió en la primavera de 1974 y dos de sus componentes, los citados Brooks y Palmer disfrutaron del éxito como músicos solistas. Esto que suena es Early Monday Morning. Uno de los famosos que salió de esta banda fue Rober Palmer. Este cantante inglés nació el 19 de enero de 1949 y falleció, desgraciadamente, en París, el 26 de septiembre de 2003 de un fulminante infarto de miocardio. Su trabajo se caracterizó por su habilidad innata para mezclar estilos musicales en sus obrar. Combinó el soul, jazz, rock and roll, reggae, blues, e incluso canto tirolés. En 1987, Palmer se trasladó a Lugano, Suiza, y montó su propio estudio de grabación. Fue allí donde, en 1989, produjo Heavy Nova, álbum en el que se encontraba "Simply Irresistible", canción que le valió su segundo premio Grammy al mejor cantante de rock masculino. Si no lo habéis visto, merece la pena buscar el videoclip promocional. Fue uno de los más distintivos y memorables de los años 80. Bueno, ya veis que estos escasos tres años dieron para mucho. También en estos meses saltó a la palestra un prolífico músico gibraltareño: Albert Hammond. Albert Hammond es cantante, compositor y productor. Hammond es uno de los compositores británicos más exitosos de los años 1960 y 1970, y ha vivido una larga y fructífera carrera como intérprete debido a su popular producción en tres continentes, en dos idiomas y a lo largo de cuatro décadas. Sus primeras actuaciones en Madrid tuvieron lugar en las Matinales del Price en los años 62 y 63 formando parte del grupo "The Diamond Boys". O sea, coetáneo de Miguel Rios, Los Relámpagos, Los Pequeniques, Micki y Los Tonis y tantos otros. Además de sus abundantes éxitos, Albert Hammond ha escrito canciones para una innumerable lista de famosos: Joe Dolan, Blue Mink, The Hollies, Michael Chapman, Cass Elliot, Johnny Cash, Richard Carpenter o el mismísimo Art Garfunkel, Hammond tuvo también un tremendo éxito como compositor de sencillos con sus grabaciones en español, tanto que hasta se convirtieron en un éxito internacional temas como "Échame a mí la culpa". Tras ese éxito, y a la vista del filón, siguieron en la línea con canciones como "Eres toda una mujer" "Cerca del río", "Necesito poder respirar" y con clásicos de la música latina como "Espinita", lo que le permitió realizar importantes giras en España y pasearse por toda América latina. De entre todos sus trabajos para otros, merece especialmente atención Entre mis recuerdos. Vamos a escucharla, nuevamente, en la voz de Luz Casal. Pero no todos los grupos nacidos en estos años tuvieron la misma fortuna. Mungo Jerry, por ejemplo, que aunque obtuvo un memorable éxito con su canción In the summertime, nada de lo que hizo posteriormente tuvo repercusión. Este grupo inglés fue fundado en 1970 por Ray Dorset y este es su famoso In The summertime. Otro grupo que también tuvo su momento de gloria con una única canción fue Rare Bird, y la canción fue Sympathy. Sin embargo, algunos otros artistas sí que tuvieron el reconocimiento nacional e internacional que merecieron. Uno de ellos fue Gilbert O’Sullivan O'Sullivan nació en Irlanda en 1946 pero su familia, en el 1953, se trasladó a Inglaterra y fue allí donde dio rienda suelta a su afición por la música. Aprendió a tocar la guitarra, la batería y el piano. Toco en diversos grupos, y entre ellos, una banda llamada Rick's Blues creada por Rick Davies, el que posteriormente sería fundador de la banda de rock progresivo Supertramp. Hemos escuchado uno de sus primeros éxitos, Matrimony, pero con la canción que alcanzó el éxito internacional en 1972 fue “Alone again (Naturally)”, que llegó al número 3 en el Reino Unido y al número 1 en los Estados Unidos, según las listas Billboard, así como "Canción del Año" en varios países de todo el planeta. Es una melancólica mirada al abandono, a la pérdida, “solo otra vez”. A la vista del éxito, declaró: "Es solo una canción. Cuando fue grabada, nadie pensó que esta melodía fuera a cambiar el mundo, y así ha sido". Gilbert O’Sullivan colaboró en muchos de sus trabajos con otro compositor y productor llamado Gordon Mills y, lo que al principio eran sonrisas, abrazos y apretones de manos entre Gilbert y Mills terminó convirtiéndose con el tiempo, como suele pasar frecuentemente, en la guerra de las galaxias. En 1975, ambos rompieron relaciones y dieron inicio a un largo período judicial por impago de royalties. Las cosas se pusieron más amargas cuando O'Sullivan descubrió que su contrato de grabación favorecía descaradamente a Mills. O'Sullivan demandó a su ex colega sospechando (acertadamente) que Mills le había robado la cartera. Finalmente, en mayo de 1982, ojo, siete años después, el tribunal dictó a favor de O'Sullivan, describiéndole como un "hombre honesto y decente", que no había recibido una proporción justa de los vastos ingresos que sus canciones habían generado. Y se embolsó 7 millones de libras. Y, paradojas del destino, otro de los grandes éxitos de O’Sullivan fue Claire, una muy bonita canción, dedicada a la hija de su muy querido “amigo” Mills. Bueno, hemos dado un bonito paseo en este nuestro particular túnel del tiempo entre los años 70 al 73. Hemos recordado o descubierto algunos de los artistas que, en esa época, intentaban, con mayor o menor fortuna, hacerse con un hueco en el firmamento de la música. Pero fueron muchos más, porque al otro lado del Atlántico no se estaban con los brazos cruzados. Pero eso, amiguitos, será otra historia. Por hoy hemos terminado, y lo hacemos con la esperanza de haberos entretenido, porque no pretendemos nada más. Volveremos, volveremos con más música, más músicos y más historias. Hasta entonces, y como siempre… buenas vibraciones!!!

Hasta 1972 y aún parte de 1973, el rock conoció su época de mayor esplendor. Nadie podía imaginar lo que sucedería en octubre de 1973. Nadie podía imaginar que aquello fuera a terminarse, y menos de manera tan brutal. Salían artistas de todas partes, algunos de gran relieve, y se oían canciones que pasaban a la historia y marcaban el momento en que se escuchaban. Todo ello sin olvidar que los grandes seguían activos. Era todo … Pura energía. En Inglaterra, el batiburrillo de estilos era tremendo. La mezcla de tendencias, voces, grupos y solistas hizo compañeros de viaje existencial a personajes tan dispares como estos Colosseum, que acabamos de escuchar: The Valentyne Suit. Esta banda es uno de esos grupos que corren el peligro de ser borrados de la memoria colectiva, y de nada sirve que la totalidad de sus discos superaran la media de calidad que había en su momento (lo cual supone mucho) o que la mayoría de los músicos que pasaron por sus filas hayan formado parte antes o después de otras bandas célebres. En cualquier caso, se puede decir, sin temor a error, que todos los directos de esta banda fueron sobresalientes por su intensidad y calidad, La formación se había acoplado a la perfección y su estatus de virtuosos estaba perfectamente justificada. Por este motivo, decidieron grabar dos de sus conciertos para editar un doble LP que reflejara el espíritu de la banda en vivo. Este disco, Live, fue editado en 1971 por Bronze Records. “Walking in the Park”, uno de los cortes de este doble álbum, es una versión del clásico de Graham Bond que ellos siempre tocaban en directo en forma de tributo para el veterano músico. Un r'n'blues tocado a toda velocidad y donde todos los músicos se van repartiendo sus correspondientes solos. Quien no haya escuchado nunca a Colosseum debería empezar por este disco en directo... quedará atrapado para siempre. Expresa a la perfección las dos vertientes del grupo: por un lado la herencia con los sonidos clásicos del jazz o el blues, y por otro el esfuerzo por superar esa herencia experimentando con el hard rock y el progresivo. La obra, según la crítica especializada de la época, refleja a la perfección el espíritu de cambio que se vivía en los 70. Como contrapartida al rock de vanguardia de Colosseum, nos topamos de narices con la suave voz y el lirismo de Al Stewart. Al Stewart es un cantautor escocés nacido el 5 de septiembre de 1945 en Glasgow. A mediado de los 60, tras diversos escarceos en grupos de la zona, se trasladó a Londres para actuar como cantante folk en el circuito de clubs de la capital, muy influenciado estilísticamente por Donovan, e incluso por John Lennon. En el año 1966 grabó para la Decca su single debut, “The Elf”, que no obtuvo ningún tipo de repercusión comercial. No obstante, con la publicación de Love Chronicles, en 1969, su carrera se enderezó y alcanzó el éxito a ambos lados del Atlántico. Por cierto, en este disco la guitarra es de Jimi Page. Su LP más famoso y el de mayor fortuna comercial fue “Year Of de Cat”, editado en 1976 por Alan Parsons, incluía la mítica composición del mismo nombre y por la que Al Stewart resulta más conocido y que es esta. Otros grupos de esta época y que nada tienen que ver con lo visto hasta el ahora, mucho más rockeros y comerciales son, por ejemplo, Suzi Quatro. Dentro de la explosión glam en la Gran Bretaña de estos primeros años 70, una figura rockera femenina pudo competir en actitud subversiva y llamativa con gente tan popular del movimiento como The Sweet o los mismísimos Slade. Embutida en brillantes trajes de cuero negro, la americana Suzi Quatro consiguió destacar en un sector artístico predominantemente masculino y fue una pionera para todas las mujeres que triunfaron posteriormente. Nacida el 3 de junio de 1950 en la ciudad de Detroit, estuvo muy influenciada por su familia a la hora de iniciarse en la música, no en vano su padre lideraba una banda de jazz. Tras su paso por varios grupos, en 1972 se trasladó a Inglaterra de la mano del productor Mickie Most. Su natural pinta rockera, su vestimenta y sus canciones glam Hard-Rock, hicieron de Suzi una de las primeras figuras femeninas dentro de la música europea. En EEUU, por el contrario, pasaba totalmente desapercibida. Su mayor éxito fue una canción titulada “Can the can”. La barita mágica del éxito le tocó en la cresta y, con esta canción, alcanzó el número uno en las listas británicas. Otro grupo de los que hemos dado en llamar “comerciales” y que triunfó en estos años fue Christie. Esta banda británica se formó en la ciudad de Leeds, en 1969. El alma mater y fundador del grupo fue Jeff Christie, que venía de colaborar en diversas bandas como Acid Gallery y otras. En 1969, Jeff Christie ofreció su composición Yellow River a The Tremeloes. Ellos la grabaron para lanzarla como single, pero cambiaron de opinión y permitieron a Christie usar la música ya grabada. Consiguieron un número uno en la lista de ventas británica en junio de 1970, y llegaron al 23 en Estados Unidos. Fue un éxito internacional, y fue número uno en 26 países, entre ellos España, donde alcanzó el número uno de 40 Principales el 8 de noviembre de 1970. Acumuló tres millones de ventas en todo el mundo. El siguiente single, en octubre de 1970, fue San Bernadino, que alcanzó el 7 en Reino Unido y el 1 en Alemania, pero en Estados Unidos no pasó del 100. Su último éxito fue Iron Horse, en el 1972. El grupo se ha disuelto y reagrupado en diversas ocasiones pero ya con desigual éxito y, desde luego, ninguno internacional. Esto es Iron Horse. Vinegar Joe fue una banda inglesa de R&B , formada en 1971 en Londres. Lanzaron tres álbumes en Island Records , pero fueron más conocidos por sus actuaciones en directo y, sobre todo, porque fue el trampolín de carreras en solitario como las de Elkie Brooks y Robert Palmer . Y es una pena, porque, como vamos a ver ahora mismo es una banda algo más que interesante. La banda se disolvió en la primavera de 1974 y dos de sus componentes, los citados Brooks y Palmer disfrutaron del éxito como músicos solistas. Esto que suena es Early Monday Morning. Uno de los famosos que salió de esta banda fue Rober Palmer. Este cantante inglés nació el 19 de enero de 1949 y falleció, desgraciadamente, en París, el 26 de septiembre de 2003 de un fulminante infarto de miocardio. Su trabajo se caracterizó por su habilidad innata para mezclar estilos musicales en sus obrar. Combinó el soul, jazz, rock and roll, reggae, blues, e incluso canto tirolés. En 1987, Palmer se trasladó a Lugano, Suiza, y montó su propio estudio de grabación. Fue allí donde, en 1989, produjo Heavy Nova, álbum en el que se encontraba "Simply Irresistible", canción que le valió su segundo premio Grammy al mejor cantante de rock masculino. Si no lo habéis visto, merece la pena buscar el videoclip promocional. Fue uno de los más distintivos y memorables de los años 80. Bueno, ya veis que estos escasos tres años dieron para mucho. También en estos meses saltó a la palestra un prolífico músico gibraltareño: Albert Hammond. Albert Hammond es cantante, compositor y productor. Hammond es uno de los compositores británicos más exitosos de los años 1960 y 1970, y ha vivido una larga y fructífera carrera como intérprete debido a su popular producción en tres continentes, en dos idiomas y a lo largo de cuatro décadas. Sus primeras actuaciones en Madrid tuvieron lugar en las Matinales del Price en los años 62 y 63 formando parte del grupo "The Diamond Boys". O sea, coetáneo de Miguel Rios, Los Relámpagos, Los Pequeniques, Micki y Los Tonis y tantos otros. Además de sus abundantes éxitos, Albert Hammond ha escrito canciones para una innumerable lista de famosos: Joe Dolan, Blue Mink, The Hollies, Michael Chapman, Cass Elliot, Johnny Cash, Richard Carpenter o el mismísimo Art Garfunkel, Hammond tuvo también un tremendo éxito como compositor de sencillos con sus grabaciones en español, tanto que hasta se convirtieron en un éxito internacional temas como "Échame a mí la culpa". Tras ese éxito, y a la vista del filón, siguieron en la línea con canciones como "Eres toda una mujer" "Cerca del río", "Necesito poder respirar" y con clásicos de la música latina como "Espinita", lo que le permitió realizar importantes giras en España y pasearse por toda América latina. De entre todos sus trabajos para otros, merece especialmente atención Entre mis recuerdos. Vamos a escucharla, nuevamente, en la voz de Luz Casal. Pero no todos los grupos nacidos en estos años tuvieron la misma fortuna. Mungo Jerry, por ejemplo, que aunque obtuvo un memorable éxito con su canción In the summertime, nada de lo que hizo posteriormente tuvo repercusión. Este grupo inglés fue fundado en 1970 por Ray Dorset y este es su famoso In The summertime. Otro grupo que también tuvo su momento de gloria con una única canción fue Rare Bird, y la canción fue Sympathy. Sin embargo, algunos otros artistas sí que tuvieron el reconocimiento nacional e internacional que merecieron. Uno de ellos fue Gilbert O’Sullivan O'Sullivan nació en Irlanda en 1946 pero su familia, en el 1953, se trasladó a Inglaterra y fue allí donde dio rienda suelta a su afición por la música. Aprendió a tocar la guitarra, la batería y el piano. Toco en diversos grupos, y entre ellos, una banda llamada Rick's Blues creada por Rick Davies, el que posteriormente sería fundador de la banda de rock progresivo Supertramp. Hemos escuchado uno de sus primeros éxitos, Matrimony, pero con la canción que alcanzó el éxito internacional en 1972 fue “Alone again (Naturally)”, que llegó al número 3 en el Reino Unido y al número 1 en los Estados Unidos, según las listas Billboard, así como "Canción del Año" en varios países de todo el planeta. Es una melancólica mirada al abandono, a la pérdida, “solo otra vez”. A la vista del éxito, declaró: "Es solo una canción. Cuando fue grabada, nadie pensó que esta melodía fuera a cambiar el mundo, y así ha sido". Gilbert O’Sullivan colaboró en muchos de sus trabajos con otro compositor y productor llamado Gordon Mills y, lo que al principio eran sonrisas, abrazos y apretones de manos entre Gilbert y Mills terminó convirtiéndose con el tiempo, como suele pasar frecuentemente, en la guerra de las galaxias. En 1975, ambos rompieron relaciones y dieron inicio a un largo período judicial por impago de royalties. Las cosas se pusieron más amargas cuando O'Sullivan descubrió que su contrato de grabación favorecía descaradamente a Mills. O'Sullivan demandó a su ex colega sospechando (acertadamente) que Mills le había robado la cartera. Finalmente, en mayo de 1982, ojo, siete años después, el tribunal dictó a favor de O'Sullivan, describiéndole como un "hombre honesto y decente", que no había recibido una proporción justa de los vastos ingresos que sus canciones habían generado. Y se embolsó 7 millones de libras. Y, paradojas del destino, otro de los grandes éxitos de O’Sullivan fue Claire, una muy bonita canción, dedicada a la hija de su muy querido “amigo” Mills. Bueno, hemos dado un bonito paseo en este nuestro particular túnel del tiempo entre los años 70 al 73. Hemos recordado o descubierto algunos de los artistas que, en esa época, intentaban, con mayor o menor fortuna, hacerse con un hueco en el firmamento de la música. Pero fueron muchos más, porque al otro lado del Atlántico no se estaban con los brazos cruzados. Pero eso, amiguitos, será otra historia. Por hoy hemos terminado, y lo hacemos con la esperanza de haberos entretenido, porque no pretendemos nada más. Volveremos, volveremos con más música, más músicos y más historias. Hasta entonces, y como siempre… buenas vibraciones!!!

Continuing our seven part Eating Disorder TV Movie Series. (Airing bi-weekly interspersed with our normal stalker/babysitter murder Lifetime fare.) Rebekah Frese joins Patrick Serrano and Drewbear to discuss the 1989 TV Movie, The Karen Carpenter Story (Starring: Cynthia Gibb as Karen Carpenter & Mitchell Anderson as Richard Carpenter). They discuss The Carpenters pop culture influence, music, and how Karen Carpenter's 1983 death brought awareness to anorexia nervous. Plus, is Richard Carpenter the worst? Will they pour it up or put a cork in it?For help and support for anorexia and bulimia in the U.S., call 1-800-931-2237, a toll-free hotline offered by the National Eating Disorder Association.Read Patrick's reviews on our website: https://lifetimeuncorked.com/Check out other Universehead Podcasts: https://www.universehead.com/Rate and Review us! (With emojis, please!) Follow the Podcast @LifetimeUncorkedFollow the Host @PatrickMiguelFollow the Producer @DrewButWithPants Theme Music provided by @jwheeler_music of the band @Chelusier --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lifetime-uncorked/message

BBC Radio's brilliant Louise Pepper (broadcaster, travel witch and Danny Baker botherer) join Jon Holmes and Marc Haynes to put the One Show in a showgirl's dress and tie it to a railway track in the Wild West. This week: Les Dennis meets the Pope, weak topical jokes, single use bloody plastics, The Carpenter and Peppa Pig is a Capitalist pig. It can only be....The The One Show Show! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Richard talks about his album & David is in talking about his book about climate change.

Download Episode INTRO: In this episode we are continuing our exploration of the context of gaming in the eighties, by looking at one of the TV series that influenced how we played. POTTED HISTORY: This is a quick summary of how the programme came to be made and a bit of background about Richard Carpenter. … Continue reading "Episode 27 (Part One) Robin of Sherwood (with Graham Staplehurst)"

In this episode Mr Jim Moon takes a trip to one of the most famous British haunted houses of the 1970s! Haunting childrens' TV and created by Richard Carpenter, The Ghosts of Motley Hall delivered three seasons of spooky sitcom action and wasn't above delivering the occasional bit of televisual terror. We've got the keys from the caretaker Mr Gudgin, so let's see if Motley Hall is still haunted...

The Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo of Karen and Richard Carpenter. They produced a distinct soft musical style, combining Karen's contralto vocals with Richard's arranging and composition skills. During their 14-year career, the Carpenters recorded ten albums, along with numerous singles and several television specials. The siblings were born in New Haven, Connecticut, and moved to Downey, California, in 1963. Richard took piano lessons as a child, progressing to California State University, Long Beach, while Karen learned the drums. They first performed together as a duo in 1965 and formed the jazz-oriented Richard Carpenter Trio followed by the middle-of-the-road group Spectrum. Signing as Carpenters to A&M Records in 1969, they achieved major success the following year with the hit singles " Close to You" and "We've Only Just Begun". Subsequently, the duo's brand of melodic pop produced a record-breaking run of hit recordings on the American Top 40 and Adult Contemporary charts, and they became leading sellers in the soft rock, easy listening and Adult contemporary music genres. The Carpenters had three No. 1 singles and five No. 2 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and fifteen No. 1 hits on the Adult Contemporary chart, in addition to twelve top 10 singles. They have sold more than 90 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. The duo toured continually during the 1970s, which put them under increased strain; Richard took a year off in 1979 after he had become addicted to Quaaludes, while Karen suffered from anorexia nervosa. Their career together ended in 1983 following Karen's death from heart failure brought on by complications of anorexia. Extensive news coverage surrounding these circumstances increased public awareness of eating disorders. Though the Carpenters were criticized for their clean-cut and wholesome conservative image in the 1970s, their music has since been re-evaluated, attracting critical acclaim and continued commercial success. Information Sourced From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carpenters Body Sourced From; https://youtu.be/2t97I-pBIEk Public Access America 
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The Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo of Karen and Richard Carpenter. They produced a distinct soft musical style, combining Karen's contralto vocals with Richard's arranging and composition skills. During their 14-year career, the Carpenters recorded ten albums, along with numerous singles and several television specials. The siblings were born in New Haven, Connecticut, and moved to Downey, California, in 1963. Richard took piano lessons as a child, progressing to California State University, Long Beach, while Karen learned the drums. They first performed together as a duo in 1965 and formed the jazz-oriented Richard Carpenter Trio followed by the middle-of-the-road group Spectrum. Signing as Carpenters to A&M Records in 1969, they achieved major success the following year with the hit singles " Close to You" and "We've Only Just Begun". Subsequently, the duo's brand of melodic pop produced a record-breaking run of hit recordings on the American Top 40 and Adult Contemporary charts, and they became leading sellers in the soft rock, easy listening and Adult contemporary music genres. The Carpenters had three No. 1 singles and five No. 2 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and fifteen No. 1 hits on the Adult Contemporary chart, in addition to twelve top 10 singles. They have sold more than 90 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. The duo toured continually during the 1970s, which put them under increased strain; Richard took a year off in 1979 after he had become addicted to Quaaludes, while Karen suffered from anorexia nervosa. Their career together ended in 1983 following Karen's death from heart failure brought on by complications of anorexia. Extensive news coverage surrounding these circumstances increased public awareness of eating disorders. Though the Carpenters were criticized for their clean-cut and wholesome conservative image in the 1970s, their music has since been re-evaluated, attracting critical acclaim and continued commercial success. Information Sourced From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carpenters Body Sourced From; https://youtu.be/2t97I-pBIEk Public Access America 
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The Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo of Karen and Richard Carpenter. They produced a distinct soft musical style, combining Karen's contralto vocals with Richard's arranging and composition skills. During their 14-year career, the Carpenters recorded ten albums, along with numerous singles and several television specials. The siblings were born in New Haven, Connecticut, and moved to Downey, California, in 1963. Richard took piano lessons as a child, progressing to California State University, Long Beach, while Karen learned the drums. They first performed together as a duo in 1965 and formed the jazz-oriented Richard Carpenter Trio followed by the middle-of-the-road group Spectrum. Signing as Carpenters to A&M Records in 1969, they achieved major success the following year with the hit singles " Close to You" and "We've Only Just Begun". Subsequently, the duo's brand of melodic pop produced a record-breaking run of hit recordings on the American Top 40 and Adult Contemporary charts, and they became leading sellers in the soft rock, easy listening and Adult contemporary music genres. The Carpenters had three No. 1 singles and five No. 2 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and fifteen No. 1 hits on the Adult Contemporary chart, in addition to twelve top 10 singles. They have sold more than 90 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. The duo toured continually during the 1970s, which put them under increased strain; Richard took a year off in 1979 after he had become addicted to Quaaludes, while Karen suffered from anorexia nervosa. Their career together ended in 1983 following Karen's death from heart failure brought on by complications of anorexia. Extensive news coverage surrounding these circumstances increased public awareness of eating disorders. Though the Carpenters were criticized for their clean-cut and wholesome conservative image in the 1970s, their music has since been re-evaluated, attracting critical acclaim and continued commercial success. Information Sourced From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carpenters Body Sourced From; https://youtu.be/2t97I-pBIEk Public Access America 
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Looking back on the final weekend of NIHL Division 1 action as league titles were won and lost, and a surprise third league title was also won. Hear from Simon Butterworth, Doug Sheppard, Ben Morgan and Richard Carpenter. Music: 2Cellos.

This week on Albion Unlimited the pod are joined by former Brighton & Hove Albion Richard Carpenter to talk about the team spirit within the Seagulls dressing room. Nicknamed 'Chippy' discusses his FA Cup memories and what the Albion can do for the rest of the Premier League season. Coventry City's head of recruitment and former Eastbourne Borough boss Tommy Widdrington talks about the upcoming FA Cup fifth round match at the Amex.

Many amateur radio operators share a common experience. They become interested in the hobby, get licensed then, for any number of good reasons, take a break from their radio activities. Sometime later (sometimes years later), amateur radio catches their interest again and they jump back in. More often than not, when people come back to amateur radio they do amazing things... and Richard Carpenter, AA4OO, is a great example of someone doing amazing things! Richard was first licensed in 2000 and currently holds an Amateur Extra license. After taking a break for several years, his interest in Amateur Radio was rekindled and in August 2015 he jumped back in with both feet into Morse code, QRP and CW.  During the next nine months he went from 0 WPM to 20 WPM, made hundreds of QSOs and collected a pile of awards.  Richard writes about his Morse code and QRP experiences on his excellent blog, hamradioqrp.com, which he updates regularly.

The stuff of nightmares, or at least a little discomfort, this week Whitney joins us to discuss Fears and Phobias. As would be expected, the conversation went far beyond the main topic, getting a little out of hand at times. From Phobias to Fetishes. HOT News has some relevance to the situation, and a Dumbass of the Week receives his due. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @hotforyoupodcast, where we will announce the release of Pseudo Judo, Josh and Elise's new podcast! Music by Richard Carpenter https://richardcarpenter.co http://www.hotforyoupodcast.com https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-for-you-podcast/id1191394943?mt=2 http://www.couchcastcollective.com/jobcast/

This week's topic gets a little off track at times as Taylor joins Josh and David to discuss Obsessions and Fascinations. Hot News goes as usual, and David brings back Dumbass of the Week. Music by Richard Carpenter https://richardcarpenter.co http://www.hotforyoupodcast.com https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-for-you-podcast/id1191394943?mt=2 http://www.couchcastcollective.com/jobcast/

Sabes que son de EE.UU, Richard Carpenter en los teclados y en la voz, Karen Carpenter.¿Realmente de donde son?

Sabes que son de EE.UU, Richard Carpenter en los teclados y en la voz, Karen Carpenter.¿Realmente de donde son?

Main Fiction: “Brazen Dreams” by Matthew Ward Originally published in Grimdark Magazine Issue #4 When the young Matthew Ward wasn’t reading of strange worlds in the works of C S Lewis, Tolkien and Douglas Hill, he was watching adventure and mystery in Doctor Who, and Richard Carpenter’s excellent Robin of Sherwood series. In 2002, he joined Games Workshop and spent the next decade developing characters, settings and stories for their Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 universes, as well as for a successful series of licensed books set in J.R.R Tolkien’s Middle-earth. In 2014, Matthew embarked on an adventure to tell stories set in worlds of his own design. He firmly believes that there’s not enough magic in the world, and writes to entertain anyone who feels the same way. He lives near Nottingham with his extremely patient wife, and three attention-seeking cats. Narrated by Rob Matheny Rob Matheny is a producer, narrator, voice actor, blogger, writer, and podcaster from the land of food carts, microbrews... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

(08-26-2015) the talented songwriter, producer and singer is also a big collector of classic cars! Richard talks about cars as album cover art and "Nervous Norvis". Listen and RATE US on I-Tunes!!

RHLSTP #21 - Russell Brand - Richard Carpenter Punishment. In a theatre that one suspects is stuffed to the rafters with journalists hoping to steal a scoop, Rich is left wondering, what do you ask the man who has already admitted everything? Obviously you mainly ask him about ham hands. But that can only fill 40 or so minutes, so as well as that they discuss the author of Catweazle, how many hours of childhood they jointly wasted playing one-player Subbuteo, why on earth Russell wanted to appear in a remake of Arthur, how to be good at sex (though you'll have to study the video version to find out), what's beyond the boundaries of comedy, if throwing rat gizzards into an audience is comedic lunacy or genius, Jimmy Savile, wanking off a man in a toilet, plus an attempt to get an exclusive about Katy Perry's wee. The audience show their ignorance of how to make bronze and Richard Carpenter (not that one). The Welsh children question writers continue to demonstrate that their Stephen Fry triumph was a flash in the pan. There's jokes and philosophy from this complex, brilliant, ridiculous, fragile, eloquent, beautiful man. Also Russell Brand is in it (I am funny).SUPPORT THE SHOW!Check out our website and become a badger and see extra content http://rhlstp.co.ukSee details of the RHLSTP tour dates http://richardherring.com/gigsBuy DVDs and Books at http://gofasterstripe.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On the trail of the Wild Hunt! In this show, we follow the trail of the Wild Hunt as it leads through 5 fantastic pieces of music, through a poem and discussion of the Yule Log, via a wonderful story by our Bard, Chris Joliffe, about Midwinter and on into the origins of the Wild Hunt. You can hear the amazing sounds of Jennifer Cutting, Damh the Bard, Cernunnos Rising, Kevin Skinner, SJ Tucker and Spiral Dance! How's that for a fantastic line-up? Wow! :) Full Show-notes, with all credits, can be found on our main Website at http://celticmythpodshow.com/newyear2012 Running Order: Intro 0:40 News & Views 1:50 Robin of Sherwood - 20 Years Later 2:01 Song of Solstice by Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra 3:24 The Traditions of Yule & the Yule Log by Ruthie 7:46 The Wheel by Damh the Bard 16:49 'Spirit of Albion: the Movie' Trailer 21:55 The Woodcutter's Poem by 'Mother Goose' 22:25 A Fire Fit for a Queen by Cernunnos Rising 24:44 Midwinter Story by Chris Joliffe 29:14 Hymn to Herne by S. J. Tucker 37:30 The Wild Hunt 41:10 Promo The Amber Treasure 52:45 Solstice Evergreen by Spiral Dance 55:17 Auld Langs Syne The Bardic Circle 1:01:20 Outtakes 1:02:01 We hope you enjoy it! Gary & Ruthie x x x Released: 23 Jan 2012, 1h 5m It's always great to hear from you! Email garyandruth@celticmythpodshow.com, or leave us a message using Speakpipe   Robin of Sherwood - 20 Years Later We talk about the proposal to bring back the Robin of Sherwood series with the original cast, writers and production standards. It is being proposed by Stansfilm, who are now seeking backers for the project. "Over the past few years attempts have been made to revive the series but unfortunately failed. Now, in 2011, a script has been written by Richard Carpenter and plans are being made to bring back Robin of Sherwood... Stansfilm are presently heading an attempt to bring this series back to your screens... ...but we need YOUR help to make it happen!" Find out more on the Stansfilm website.   Song of Solstice by Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra What a wonderful way to start the show! Jennifer Cutting and her Ocean Orchestra bring us the title track to her new album, Song of Solstice. This rousing Celtic Folk track is a brilliant example of the high quality of foot-stomping music that you can expect from Jenifer and the crew! You can find out more about Jennifer and the Ocean Orchestra on their website at Ocean Orchestra or on our Contributor Page.   The Traditions of Yule and the Yule Log collected by Ruthie In this piece, we talk about the Holly and the Oak Kings, Holly & Mistletoe, Santa Claus' Reindeer, Herne the Hunter and the symbolism of the Stag and deer. We then go on to examine the origins and traditions of the Yule Log in much more detail. Much of the detail came from [Wiki].   The Wheel By Damh the Bard Damh is a modern-day Bard whose spirituality, and love of folk tradition, is expressed through his music, storytelling and poetry. Drawing on the Bardic traditions his performances are both entertaining and educational, weaving a tapestry of myth, peace, and anthems that speak directly to the heart, but never without a good splash of humour. You can find his music on iTunes, or from his website, Pagan Music. He is also the voice behind Druidcast, the official podcast of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD, for short) - modern day Druids. . You can find Druidcast here and find out more about OBOD hereYou can find out more details about Damh on his Contributor Page on our website.   The "Spirit of Albion: the Movie" Trailer We talk about the new trailer for the movie, The Spirit of Albion. You'll be able to see this on our website if it does not show above.     The Woodcutter's Poem by Mother Goose We bring you a lovely poem purportedly from Mother Goose that teaches children about the best logs to burn for a good winter fire. Although, We couldn't find a direct link the source for this is minogue.com. The full version of Mother Goose can be found at Project Gutenberg. We also found it at Legendary Dartmoor under the name of a Dartmoor Log Poem. It has long been a traditional English folk song as can be found at the Traditional Music website.    We're also proud to accompany this poem with Anne Roos' wonderful track The Gold Ring (details in the credits at the bottom).   A Fire Fit for a Queen by Cernunnos Rising George Nicholas and Cernunnos Rising bring us a unique blend of new age, Celtic, pagan, druidic music, featuring evocative songs with deep and well crafted lyrics; reminding us of a living tradition that explores the mysticism of trees, the waters, the air that we breathe, the seen and the unseen and delicate balance in all things.   In this show you can hear his song, A Fire Fit for A Queen from the album Wild Soul, which carries on the wonderful traditions of logs and wood that we've been talking about in this show. You can find out more about Cernunnos Rising on their website or on their Contributor Page. Midwinter Story by Chris Joliffe Astoundingly, Chris is an undiscovered talent - that is, until now! This amazing bard has given us permission to use some of his amazing stories and poems in the show and we're sure that you'll love them just as much as we do. In this show, you can hears his wonderfully evocative, Midwinter Story. We hope to bring you much more of Chris in the future and in the meantime check out his Contributor Page to find out a little more about him.   Hymn to Herne by S. J. Tucker Critics describe S.J. Tucker's music as the perfect mix of witty and weighty, and she takes listeners on a fantastic, genre-hopping ride with just her voice, her guitar, and occasionally a drum. Fans of all ages come to see SJ Tucker for more than just the stories she weaves into her songwriting -- her musical talents are second to none. Her style is classified, at times, as "Celtic Blues", while her instrumental and vocal talents earn comparisons to Joni Mitchell, Ani DiFranco, Dar Williams, and Jeff Buckley. Not confined to one type of song or another, SJ spans opera, chant, and rockergrrl, employing deft guitar hands and the bluesy, powerful voice of a 300lb gospel singer--finely contained in a petite frame which earned her first band the name 'Skinny White Chick' by accident. We are really proud to bring you her Hymn to Herne from her album Blessings, a powerful, blood-pounding evocation of atavistic force. You can find out more about Sooj on her website at sjtucker.com or on her Contributor Page.    The Wild Hunt We talk about the belief in the Wild Hunt, or Raging Host. Fairies, the dead, or a historical, legendary figure? We also talk about Hunt leaders, such as Herne the Hunter, Gwyn ap Nudd and his white hounds and the Herlathing.   Promo - The Amber Treasure by Richard Denning Cerdic is the nephew of a great warrior who died a hero of the Anglo-Saxon country of Deira. Growing up in a quiet village, he dreams of the glories of battle and of one day writing his name into the sagas. He experiences the true horrors of war, however, when his home is attacked, his sister kidnapped, his family betrayed and his uncle's legendary sword stolen.  Cerdic is thrown into the struggles that will determine the future of 6th century Britain and must show courageous leadership and overcome treachery, to save his kingdom, rescue his sister and return home with his uncle's sword. The Amber Treasure is Historical Fiction set in Dark Age Northumbria and can be found on Podiobooks.com.   Solstice Evergreen by Spiral Dance Multi-award winning group Spiral Dance, based in Adelaide, has been playing rousing, high-energy music to enthusiastic audiences throughout Australia and beyond for over a decade. The richly-textured and powerful song Solstice Evergreen, recalls ancient times with a powerful driving force that reminds us that the spirit is still very much alive today. Amazing song! You can find out more about Spiral Dance on their website or on their Contributor Page. Get EXTRA content in the Celtic Myth Podshow App for iOS, Android & Windows Contact Us: You can leave us a message by using the Speakpipe Email us at: garyandruth@celticmythpodshow.com. Facebook fan-page http://www.facebook.com/CelticMythPodshow, Twitter (@CelticMythShow) or Snapchat (@garyandruth), Pinterest (celticmythshow) or Instagram (celticmythshow)   Help Spread the Word: Please also consider leaving us a rating, a review and subscribing in iTunes or 'Liking' our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/CelticMythPodshow as it helps let people discover our show - thank you :) If you've enjoyed the show, would you mind sharing it on Twitter please? Click here to post a tweet! Ways to subscribe to the Celtic Myth Podshow: Click here to subscribe via iTunes Click here to subscribe via RSS Click here to subscribe via Stitcher   Special Thanks Kevin Skinner for At The Gates of Dinas Afferon from the album Fire Walk WIth Me. See his website for further details of check out his Contributor Page. Anne Roos for her pounding The Gold Ring from the album, A Light in the Forest. See her Contributor Page for more details. Jaime Heras, for his track Eyes of the Hubble from his album, Celestie. Check out his Contributor Page for more details. Grégoire Lourme, for Jamie Alison from his album The Bourne Ultimatum. See his Contributor Page for more details. Beer Belly for The Dublin Reel, from their album Paddy's Boots. See their Contributor Page for more details.   For our Theme Music: The Skylark and Haghole, the brilliant Culann's Hounds. See their Contributor page for details.   Extra Special Thanks for Unrestricted Access to Wonderful Music (in Alphabetic order) Anne Roos Extra Special thanks go for permission to use any of her masterful music to Anne Roos. You can find out more about Anne on her website or on her Contributor page. Caera Extra Special thanks go for permission to any of her evocative harping and Gaelic singing to Caera. You can find out more about Caera on her website or on her Contributor Page. Celia Extra Special Thanks go for permission to use any of her wonderful music to Celia Farran. You can find out more about Celia on her website or on her Contributor Page. Damh the Bard Extra Special thanks go to Damh the Bard for his permission to use any of his music on the Show. You can find out more about Damh (Dave) on his website or on his Contributor page. The Dolmen Extra Special thanks also go to The Dolmen, for their permission to use any of their fantastic Celtic Folk/Rock music on the Show. You can find out more about The Dolmen on their website or on our Contributor page. Keltoria Extra Special thanks go for permission to use any of their inspired music to Keltoria. You can find out more about Keltoria on their website or on their Contributor page. Kevin Skinner Extra Special thanks go for permission to use any of his superb music to Kevin Skinner. You can find out more about Kevin on his website or on his Contributor page. Phil Thornton Extra Special Thanks go for permission to use any of his astounding ambient music to the Sonic Sorcerer himself, Phil Thornton. You can find out more about Phil on his website or on his Contributor Page. S.J. Tucker Extra Special thanks go to Sooj for her permission to use any of her superb music. You can find out more about Sooj on her website or on her Contributor page. Spiral Dance Extra Special thanks go for permission to use Adrienne and the band to use any of their music in the show. You can find out more about Spiral Dance on their website or on their Contributor page. We'd like to wish you 'Hwyl fawr!', which is Welsh for Goodbye and have fun, or more literally Wishing a Good Mood on you!     Save Save

PROVED: Technique Beats Inspiration  Wizard Academy completed an experiment last Thursday and we're prepared to share the results of it. Amateur musicians were gathered from across North America. We refused to allow them to create music in the manner they preferred. Instead, we showed them video clips of Bob Dylan, Elton John, Richard Carpenter and other musicians explaining the tricks they used to create the greatest hits the world has ever known. Our musicians were required to do as they had been instructed. The objective of this experiment was to determine if success in the arts might be less dependent on talent, sincerity and inspiration than we have previously assumed. This is not to say the amateur musicians who volunteered to be the objects of our experiment were untalented, insincere or lacked inspiration. They simply weren't allowed to access these traits and characteristics. Instead, they were given specific techniques, narrow guidelines, insufficient instruments and not nearly enough time.   The 17 spent the morning of the first day in training and instruction. Four of the 17 were writers. At lunchtime, the musicians were sent to the banquet hall while Trisha Sylvestre, Ashley Leroux, Mark Forrester and Scott Broderick were asked to randomly choose 4 strong emotions apiece and write a dozen short lines about each emotion. They were given a total of 28 minutes to do all of this. Their 7-minute writings were later distributed randomly to the musicians who were told these “song lyrics” could not be altered in any way.   Each musician's assignment was to write music that expressed whatever emotion was precisely opposite the lyrics they had been given. They were then told to sing those lyrics to the music they had written. Words of rage were sung joyfully. Words of hatred were sung lovingly. Words of happiness were sung sadly. Words of anxiety were sung calmly. Deep thoughts were sung as shallow little ditties. This first exercise taught the musicians the techniques of random entry and contradiction. The songs they created were shockingly interesting. On Day Two the writers presented the musicians with a second set of lyrics that employed additional techniques they had learned. And instead of 7 minutes, the writers were allowed a luxurious 20 minutes per song. Did I mention the only instruments the musicians were allowed to use were conga drums, a violin, a flute, a bass clarinet, a harmonica, an acoustic guitar, a melodeon, an electric keyboard and an electric bass? In other words they were given instruments that could not possibly be combined to create what had been demanded of them. And yet they did it anyway. On Day Three all the songs were recorded live. No corrections or alterations were made in post-production. And just to keep things fair, the writers were each told they had to write and deliver a spoken word performance. https://wizardacademy.org/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=385 (Want to hear the results?) Wizard Academy is a business school where big things are taught quickly. Come. You belong here. We think you might be our brand of crazy. Roy H. Williams 

This week Opal talks to world famous psychic and television personality Uri Geller. From his extraordinary childhood right through to his spoon bending antics, Opal finds out exactly what Uri Geller does in a typical day. Uri gives his side of how his friendship with Michael Jackson went wrong. From bending contraceptive coils to hidden cameras between his teeth, Uri tells all. We also find out exactly what the mystery package under his arm at the airport contained...

Richard Carpenter talks to Opal live on the BigL. Richard talks about the artistic freedom he was given by his record label when he recorded back in his youth.

Another week, another celebrity interview. Opal Bonfante is joined by Wayne Fontana, founder of The Mindbenders and chats with him live on the phone. Wayne talks about his satisfaction from performing in the UK and his current tour. Wayne talks about how the group started out in the Jets and forming what he describes as a ?skittle group?.

The Bangles reunited in 2000 and have been releasing new music over the past three years. Susannah Hoffs speaks to Opal about how the band has been coming back together again. As a mother of two, Susannah chats with Opal about juggling family life with her passion for music as well as her thoughts on the success of the band back in the 1980?s.

Opal is joined by a surprise guest on the phone, none other than the legendary and very lively Davy Jones from the Monkees. Jones talks about his fond memories of 60's music and frank opinions of today's pop stars. Neglected by the British press but still big in America, Davy Jones talks to Opal before finally emigrating to the States.

In his first interview for fifteen years, Pete Townshend from The Who joins Opal Bonfante live on the phone to mark the first ever Living Legends Podcast. Pete talks about his forthcoming world tour, starting at Leeds University in the UK. Get a sneak preview of his future track, The Mirror Doors and find out all about his online novella and his memories of the old pirate radio stations.