Well, I was reeeealllly hoping for a beautiful opening day at "The Hill" in Central Park today. I guess we'll hafta look to next week..

I really can't wait to get back out there and hang with all of you.

I know there are people reading this across the country and in different parts of the world where it's still Spring.... but, here in New York City, Autumn has made a brief comeback. . I have a feeling it's gonna stay cold and rainy right through Sunday.

But, check back tomorrow morning and I'll let you know for sure what the plans are for next week and the next BIG concert at H.I. New York. Maybe... maybe if May is looks like it's gonna wash out, or if it looks like the Permit Office is going to go ahead with their plans to arbitrarily withhold some of the Special Events Permits, we'll begin scheduling some outdoor events in the back yard property of the new music venue on the Upper West Side, H.I. New York Performance Hall.

H.I.N.Y. (Amsterdam Ave. @ 103 St.)

In the meantime, I have a whole bunch of stuff for you to think about here at the website this weekend.... upcoming events and some tentative plans I'd like you to consider and then give me feedback.

ALSO! I know money's tight for everyone. But, we could still use a little help with the...

You can donate a few bucks by clicking
on this link.

Okay...

FIRST UP!

All you "People on the Hill" who either live on Long Island or have friends on Long Island. I'm gonna be making an appearance out there in just a few weeks.

I was asked by this really nice guy to be a part of a benefit concert to raise money to help fight a horrible, horrible disease... ALS. (Or, Lou Gerhig's Disease)

Now, here's the thing. The venue where it's being held? MULCAHY'S in Wantagh, but it's practically IN the Wantagh train station of the Long Island Rail Road.

Seriously. You step off the train, go down the stairs and right into Mulcahy's

Here's a page all about the event. But, as it gets closer, I'll tell you a personal story about ALS, how it relates to "The Hill in Central Park and why I was so honored to be asked to help out. (PLUS, I think it's gonna be a really fun show.)

SECONDLY!

Check back this weekend for the announcement about the next BIG concert date at H.I. New York. (It might be the first weekend in June!) Great guest artists... maybe we'll do it as an outdoor event... maybe we'll do 2 shows inside the concert hall!

We'll see.

So, check back this weekend.

THIRDLY!

I'll have some information posted here about how YOU can be involved in a new documentary film about my buddy, Sid Benrstein.

CLICK ON THE BANNER TO WATCH THE TRAILER

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ABOUT SID BERNSTEIN!

I have a good friend.

His name is Sid.

Okay, if you've been coming to this site you know that I always have some very special guests on stage with me at my concerts, right?

Well, Sid is almost always in the audience. And, he's wanted to be involved somehow in all the gigs I'm doing. He's living an amazing life. Seriously. He's done so much to make this world a better place it's just amazing and he keeps dreaming new dreams. (That's one reason he wanted to put his name on this new concert series at H.I. New York Performance Hall.)

But, for the few of you who don't know... Sid changed American music history forever when he introduced The Beatles to America.

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Besides that, he brought The Rolling Stones here... ABBA... countless others. He also played such a huge and underrated role in breaking the racial barriers down in this country by being the first promoter to book white and black acts on the same rock 'n roll bill. (He also made James Brown the very first rock n soul act in Madison Square Garden.) He discovered and managed The Rascals. He's also been humbly on the front lines of political activism from the rise of the Nazis, to the current corruption of the American government, from the civil rights movement to the recent assault on The Constitution... he speaks with presidential candidates and people who have no voice. And he has always spoken out where and when there's been a need. Over his lifetime, he's been some amazing places with some amazing people. (Anyway... you just hafta read his book.)

So, Sid has been a promoter, a producer, a manager, an activist for Truth and Reason... he's been immersed in the music business his whole, long life. But he's never played one note. And, he's never written a song.

Until now.

Listen... not that long ago, Sid left a message on my voice mail that became the inspiration and hook-lyric for a brand new song. So, I wrote it... and this is what I did! I recorded a rough demo... a scratch track of this song for you to listen to right now so that you can get your mind and your heart around the song. IT'S NOT FINISHED!!! Some of the lyrics still need work. But you can get the idea. THEN, when you show up at the next gig in June, you'll be able to sing it loud and let it rip with everyone else!

Cool?

Here... click on this logo to learn the song.

Okay... I'm still in a really interesting mood right now. I wanna give you guys some FREE downloads of a couple more songs I'm working on. Y'know... works-in-progress. AND, a couple of the more socially-minded or socially conscious songs I've done recently. (Click on the links and they're yours, okay?

Crazy on the Same Day (re-mastered) - Tom Cruise Scares Me (A recent version)

JesusLand - Bill O'Reilly: The Legend of the Big Giant Head

And, another new one....

Click on the image.

Hey!!! I was thinking. One of these days really soon I'm gonna roll out a "Best Of" gallery of all the political cartoons and photoshop images from this site over the past few years. (I've had a lot of fun doing them.)

Check back for that.

Oh yeah! And check back for the new concert dates! We're planning a number of really cool musical events over at H.I. New York Performance Hall, as well. In fact, early this week I'll be announcing the next date for he next BIG concert event we'll do in that brand new venue. It might even be an outdoor event in their block-long backyard! (More about that really soon.)

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H.I New York Performance Hall - Amsterdam Ave @ 103rd Street

IF YOU'RE NEW AROUND HERE... go ahead and click on this link to hit the "Archive" page". there's a lot of cool stuff on this site. (Photoshop images, political cartoons, FREE songs to download. A whole bunch of podcasts to catch up on.)

Knock yourself out.

HERE'S THE MOST RECENT EPISODE OF THE ORIGINAL PODCAST:

"I Love the Company" (Show #364)

I'm playing a song requested by a listener... a song by a fellow-artist ad friend who will certainly be a guest artist joining me on stage at H.I. New York Performance Hall.

Just click on the logo, plug in your headphones, jam in your earbuds or turn on your speakers and listen. (You can always subscribe to the show and get it automatically by hitting that itunes button over there.)

SHOW 364

Cool? My musical guest on ILTC: Karlus Trapp (Click on his photo to visit his website, find out more about him, where he's playing, and how to get his music.)

AND NOW... the brand new installment of the sister-podcast, the more politically-minded and socially conscious sister podcast called "Where's the Voice". Today, we'll play a couple of tracks of music and go with last week's noise from Bill Clinton to General Petraeus. And once again, I'm gonna play SOME OF YOUR PHONE COMMENTS!!!

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Click on the logo, plug in your headphones, jam in your earbuds or turn on your speakers and listen. (You can always subscribe to the show and get it automatically by hitting that itunes button over there.)

CLICK ON THE LOGO



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After you listen to both podcasts, I'm gonna ask you one more time to call with absolutely anything you wanna say. Use this phone number for you to call to be a part of all this... right here. Use it to chime in and leave a message for either podcast, a comment, a request, an opinion, or just say "Hey" and let me know where in the country or the world your listening.

646-224-8162

If you're new around here and wanna catch upo on previous episodes of any of the podcasts, just hit the "Archive" button over there. ALL of the shows are still here someplace!

Okay, I'm outta here - got a lot of work to do!

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Thanks for everything.