Show # 105.   March 17, 2007.   "...of Blarney, Boston and Blathering."

 

Intirim co-host, Kim Johnson returned to see Daniels decked in green as this one landed on St. Paddy's Day. It was episode # 105, ... of Blarney, Boston and Blathering. The blarney happened throughout the show, but mainly in the first hour in one that Vinnie refers to as perhaps his "personal favorite." Cliff Young and Ralph Torres hosted 'The I.E. Coffee Raido Show' heard on K.C.A.A. just prior to The Many Moods at that time. "I remember the guys made a special blend of irish coffee for this occassion. They had this gentleman on their show that played a nice acoustic irish song on guitar, but the hour was up and Melissa Chavez unfortunately had to fade his song down. I decided to have him stay for part of the first hour of my show (along with Cliff, Ralph and Melissa) and that whole fellowship stood out to me as the kind of spontaneity that good talk radio should be about. It was a happy moment."

Boston, while not exactly celtic, is a rock group that we've enjoyed for more than 30 years. In and out of most of the commercial breaks, Vince honored Boston's lead singer, Brad Delp, considered the nicest guy in all of rock and roll. Delp tragically took his life on March 9th. Delp's distinctive voice in songs like "More than a Feeling" and "Peace of Mind" were featured, among many. Boston is the brainchild of leader, Tom Scholz. After 6 years of rejections, with his savings exhausted, Scholz decided to give up. He was ready to sell his basement studio equipment after recording one last demo with Delp and drummer, Jim Masdea. In less than one year beginning in 1976, their songs blasted "Boston" out of the basement and into the record books.

As the second hour got underway, newly installed T.V. critic, James Hibberd returned. This new segment (in its second week with this episode) was called James Hibberd on T.V. and when James can't get to everything he wanted to talk about one week, it may become necessary on reflection to have him appear again. Last time we had also planned for him to talk about the new FOX game show, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?. He spent some time on that and also offered up an explanation on the upsurge of 'reality game shows.' This time, he also had the nielsen numbers for you on the top shows you've been watching. Hibberd is a Senior Reporter for "Television Week" magazine.

Then it's time for the blather, as Vinnie and Kim devoted the latter half of the show to what they like to call "the REAL Narconon Story;" in contrast to 'The Narconon Story' which Narconon International was airing live from the K.C.A.A. studios every Saturday morning throughout the month of March, 2007. Daniels and Johnson played portions of the station-owned podcasts, after which they (and guests) provided comment. They preferred an in-studio debate with the Narconon representitives, and particularly with those running their Stonehawk facility in Battle Creek. Unfortunately, Vinnie's requests for a debate were either not responded to by some of the priniciples, or had been declined by others. They had to settle for this debate by proxy, though much transpired since the last time they reported on the Michigan rehab center; including an inspection of the facility, and other happenings behind the scenes.

If you'd prefer to watch this debate, a Video Podcast is also available which features only that portion of the show. Simply click the screens below to your right, and hey - don't forget about the first half of the show, even though you'll have to settle for "listening" to it. For that, click the device directly below to the left.

 

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Show # 124.   July 28, 2007.  "Down Thunder Road with Evan Sayet."

 

Why will you hear K.C.A.A.'s weekend news anchor, Melissa Chavez wrapping up a newscast that precedes this Many Moods of Vince Daniels? Think of it as a preview of coming attractions. You will hear the ever talented Melissa all throughout this one as she plays guest co-host here on episode # 124. She'll mention that Vinnie is on vacation and that a guest host will be in place, after which you'll hear the regular theme song, Absolutely Everybody.

What will be irregular is that after Daniels' opening, absent the hourly music memory, will be a different sort of song, "Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen. Evan Sayet, who will function as guest host, not only insisted on this song, but wanted it to lead off all 3 hours of the show; the first hour of which is based on a speech he gave in March of 2007 for the Heritage Foundation and points up the flaws in liberal or progressive thinking. A long and yet appropriate episode title, Down Thunder Road with Evan Sayet (or How Modern Liberals Think) catalogs why certain of us buy into the belief systems that we do. In the final segment, he'll even play the song in full and analyze the lyrics.

The rest of this memorable episode featured callers whose nerves were touched off, the most noteworthy of which came during the last hour when Sayet challenged a caller who referred to the American public as "sheeple." The caller was Mike from Texas and after our guest host told him "you have to be a moron to believe that 9-11 was an inside job," the son of K.C.A.A. owner Fred Lundgren, Mike Lundgren was quick to retort, "obviously you don't know who you're talking to. I can cause the studio you're sitting in to go dark right now." (hey, so much for the idea of free speech). For all that, Sayet kept his sense of humor saying "oh I'm sorry, I misspoke. I meant that you have to be a mormon to believe it was an inside job."

Evan has written and/or produced in virtually every medium there is. Starting out as a stand-up comic he was quickly spotted by David Letterman and offered a spot on a special episode featuring young talent. Segueing into writing, he was an integral part of the team that made “The Arsenio Hall Show” the first late night program in 30 years to give “The Tonight Show” a run for its money and then the very first Creative Consultant on the highly respected “Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.." After that Sayet wrote and produced the highest rated special in Discovery’s The Learning Channel’s history (“The 70’s: From Bellbottoms to Boogie Shoes”) and even tried his hand at game shows – as the original writer of the cult classic “Win Ben Stein’s Money.”

The latest twist in Evan Sayet's career came during the 2004 Presidential elections when he turned his attention and skills towards convincing others of the greatness of America and the need to reelect the President and stay the course in the Middle East. In short time Evan was made Communications Director for Los Angeles for President Bush, wrote a number of articles for major conservative outlets, was asked to offer weekly commentary on K.M.J. radio (an Infinity station).

He is now one of the Los Angeles area’s most in-demand speakers -- a political pundit recognized as “brilliant” by Dennis Prager for his take on the unique power of the Judeo-Christian culture and singled out by Rush Limbaugh for his explanation of why Liberals lie. Evan has signed with one of the country’s top speaker’s bureaus – Nationwide – and has recently been booked at the highly prestigious Lincoln Clubs whose monthly roster of speakers includes the likes of Ken Starr, former US Secretary of the Treasury Rosario Marin, Ehud Danoch, Consul General of the State of Israel and others of that intellectual heft and importance.

Sayet's speech to the Heritage Foundation was roughly 45 minutes but worth every minute. To watch it, go here.



THUNDER ROAD
By Bruce Springsteen

The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me

You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain for a saviour to rise from these streets
Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night's busting open, these two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back, heaven's waiting on down the tracks

Oh oh come take my hand
Riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
Oh oh oh Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road

Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn
You hear their engines roaring on
But when you get to the porch they're gone on the wind
So Mary climb in
It's a town full of losers, I'm pulling out of here to win
 

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Show # 73. July 29, 2006. "Faith cometh by Hearing."

Moods # 73, Faith cometh by Hearing, serves as somewhat of a theme for an episode that recalls a segment from the month before when semi-regular, Crista Curtis (who is also featured on this episode) was challenged by a guest host, Michael Levine concerning her Christian faith. Clips from that exchange will be featured in the first hour as Daniels came to the defense of his pop culture anchor. Announcer, Jay Boatman was also on board for the entire 3 hours.

The second hour welcomed Man-on-the-Money, George Gamble. George focused exclusively on the topic of rising gas prices as it related to that weeks VinceDaniels Dot Com Weekly Poll. He feels that one more choice should have been included in that poll, and that WE, the consumer need to share in the blame for the spike in gas prices. Often regarded as "the investors voice of reason" by those in the industry, Gamble can be heard weekdays on his show, Off the Wall Street on GEM Internet Radio.

Fans of K.C.A.A.'s long running Daily Briefing show, hosted by Colonel Ray Coughenour were shocked to tune in on the Thursday prior to this broadcast expecting to hear Coughenour; but instead heard an announcement prepared by station C.E.O., Fred Lundgren explaining that the Colonel e-mailed K.C.A.A. with a decision not to return to his popular program effective the day prior. The surprise announement came days after the station began airing promos at the behest of Col. Ray, advertising his participation in a 90 minute debate on The Vince Daniels Show, which he honored on this episode and utilized as "much needed closure" for an audience who had stuck by him for more than two-and-a-half years. "I need to give a final salute to my listeners," said Coughenour, a fixture on the Saturday schedule dating back to 2004.

As it turned out, this was not his only tour of duty on The Many Moods. He would return a few times in a guest hosting capacity and as a semi-regular military affairs analyst. In this his first appearance, Col. Ray engaged in verbal combat with both Joe Patrick and Aaron Haley of the Orange County, California chapter of 911Truth. Both felt just as patriotic as the Colonel, and yet both deeply distrust the United States government and loathe its military, particularly in light of what they deem to be "the evil goings on behind the scenes of September 11th, 2001." Says Patrick, "people like to put us in the camp of 'conspiracy theorists.' There were no conspiracies about any of what this corrupt administration did. It was done right out in the open." A classic moment came when Joe got in Jay's face as he went for the knobs on the board and said, "let me turn your ass down so I can get a frickin word in edgewise!"

 

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Show # 96. January 13, 2007. "The Hawks, The Doves and The Truth."

 

It was a freezing cold January morning all over the Inland Empire and for that matter, most of Southern California - the kind of morning that Vinnie and his announcer, Jay Boatman couldn't wait to arrive at the station and pour themselves a steaming hot cup of coffee. Little did they know on this day that K.C.A.A. was to debut a new live variety show in the hour just before The Vince Daniels Show called "I.E.Coffee Radio". Cliff Young is still the host. Ralph Torres was his producer/co-host at the time.

This was Cliff and Ralph's first time on radio, and while they described themselves as "radio newbies," all Jay and Vince knew was that they brewed up the best air-pot of coffee they ever smelled or tasted. For their 10:00am hour, they had no guests scheduled. As he was driving in, shivering and listening, Vinnie heard Cliff refer to coffee as "being about community" and instantly knew who his guests were going to be. It would be the first of many times that Young and Torres would make appearances. A determined Daniels wanted to get them over the hump and officially break them into broadcasting. From there, friendships were formed. It was also the start of a 6-month lead-in to The Many Moods, providing the station its tightest and most solid midday weekend block.

The cold feeling that was in the air could also be described as tension. On the Wednesday night prior to this broadcast, President Bush proposed sending an additional 21,500 American Servicemembers to Iraq. His war plan drew fire on Capitol Hill. For Vince, war plans call for war panels. That's exactly what he and Boatman had in store as part of an extended Jay's Hot Seat for the final two hours of episode # 96 when The Hawks, The Doves and The Truth gathered for discussion and debate that included special guest, former K.C.A.A. Daily Briefing and All Things Military host, Colonel Ray Coughenour.

According to Coughenour, "when the President says he admits we made mistakes early on in 2003 with not having enough troops in Iraq, I say no Mr. President it was not a mistake, it was arrogance and incompetence from you and Donald Rumsfeld. The highest ranking man in he U.S. Army, The Secretary of State and former Joint Chiefs Chairman, and many others advised you we needed at least double the number of troops, yet you did not listen. Because you were unwilling to listen then, when we had the chance to disarm Iraq and occupy the country. Because you contiuned to not listen for almost 4 years, I estimate that approxmately between 2,000 and 2,500 of the U.S. Military personnel that have been killed, did not have to die."

This hawk not only faced opposition by conservative voices, but also by those representing left-leaning viewpoints (as this was very much on the mind of America), including such doves as Brian Nadeau, Nick Carter and returning guest, Aaron Haley who in a previous appearance squared off with Col. Ray on whether or not 9-11 was an "inside job." During the 11:00am news break, Jay overheard Haley and the Colonel in a heated discussion in the hall. He wanted them to take it to the air for at least 20 minutes. You'll hear a continuation of a discussion concerning building # 7 leftover from their July 29, 2006 appearance. Afterwards get ready for a more calm discussion and possibly one of the best roundtables on the pro's and con's of war presented on talkradio.

 

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Show # 82. September 30, 2006. "Tapestry of Torment II: A Life Interrupted."

 

This episode, # 82, Tapestry of Torment II: A Life Interrupted is the second in a series of shows devoted to bringing awareness to the clergy sex abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church, and in the case of this offering - its effects on the adult survivors of this abuse. When Vince Daniels launched this special series back in April of 2006, he invited members of S.N.A.P., the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests to appear on K.C.A.A. and to share their stories of abuse in a general way. Only a handful felt the courage to take part. The others that stayed home and tuned in felt validated and empowered. Some were present for this follow-up show, one that was akin to a retreat weekend and had all the feel of a few days away in the mountains.

The theme of this retreat experience revolved around a question: What were your dreams? No time of spiritual reflection is complete without guitar music. Survivor, singer and songwriter, Joe Beckman performed throughout this time of metanoia and in fact opened the show with an acoustic number called "Cardinal Mahony," dedicated to the Bishop of Los Angeles, who since 2002 has been accused by more than 500 plaintiffs of continuing to harbor and cover up the molestations and abusive activities of Priests and clergy who serve in his diocese.

While this show did not focus on any pending lawsuits against Mahony and his diocese, Beckman's opening 2 minute song, whose sad and stinging lyrics, "Cardinal Mahony we've all gone insane," does serve as a subconcious reminder of the one person at the center of this scandal who currently keeps these victims and survivors from acheiving their dreams, not to mention peace, resolution and healing.

The sharing will begin with Southern California S.N.A.P. coordinator, Mary Grant. Grant shared her story on the first Tapestry. She read the guidelines and prepared listeners for what was to follow. In assisting Vince with behind the scenes production, Mary said, "I saw my role this time around as just being there and being available in the studio as part of these people's support system. These stories never get any easier to tell." Survivor, David Guerrero also returned, but this time he talked about what he always wanted to be when he grew up. He spoke of his aspirations as a child, and how he always hoped to have a wife and family. By contrast, female survivor, Joelle Casteix is married with a child. Just the same, did she fully realize her life's ambitions, or were they thwarted? Also joining in the sharing in the final hour was survivor, Bev Sherritt.

On hand in the K.C.A.A. studios for the entire 3 hours was therapist, Tammy Ichinotsubo-Ezzi, Ph.D who has counseled numerous rape victims and has a lot of experience with vicarious trauma. The topic of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was discussed with an emphasis on therapy and healing as it relates to "interrupted lives." She and Daniels looked at whether all survivors can indeed realize their dreams and potentials. Do we sometimes have to accept the hand that life dealt us? Ichinotsubo-Ezzi offered her clinical analysis on a show that had less than normal stops for commercial breaks.
 

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Show # 99. February 3, 2007. "So much for doing the right thing."

 

The first hour found Vinnie and pop culture anchor, Crista Curtis getting excited about an announcement coming from none other than Many Moods announcer Jay Boatman that he had recently proposed to his girl the previous weekend at 'The Magic Castle' in Hollywood. In fact there was a magical quality about Jay's romantic story. So much for doing the right thing, wouldn't you say? This working title would take a somewhat more sarcastic tone for a couple of the other segments here in episode # 99.

An example comes mid-way into the second hour. The previous week, Mark Bunker from XenuTV.com visited the show in person. He enjoyed his experience so much that the next day he wrote a story about it. On this show, he joined Vince by phone as he talked about "Operation Freakout," a covert operation that the Church of Scientology ran against Paulette Cooper, the first person to write a book that was critical of Scientology. Their goal was to either put her in jail or a mental institution. Cooper's book, "The Scandal of Scientology" is available to read here.

Bunker also shared the account of his friend, retired international banker, Bob Minton, who had spent about $10 million dollars to help people abused by Scientology and was attacked across the globe by Scientology's Office of Special Affairs. They tapped his phones, followed his children to school, stole documents from his former partners office, tried to frame him for Nigerian banking fraud and sued him ruthlessly following L.Ron Hubbard's written policy of using the courts to harass and destroy. Many critics are angry with him for the way the Lisa McPherson civil case ended. Bob had financed the case to the tune of $2.5 million dollars. In the end, many felt Bob had derailed the case when he testified on behalf of Scientology. Said Bunker, "critics still think Minton was blackmailed but the reality is they used the courts to wear him down." Click here for a timeline of that case.

Things really get intense in the third hour when Steve Elliott joined the show. Elliott is the founder of a grassroots organization called Grassfire.org which in 2001 started with just a handful of friends and today has grown to more than 1 million citizens focusing on issues that include protecting the Pledge of Allegiance, Boy Scouts, Supporting the Troops, Broadcast Decency, Defeating the ACLU and for the purposes of this final segment: Border Security. That was the topic on the table as he told the story of an outrageous injustice that took place near El Paso, Texas - a hotbeat of illegal activity, where drug smugglers and violent gang members illegally cross from Mexico and are often encountered.

"They were persecuted because they were doing their jobs" according to Elliott, speaking of what happened to two U.S. Border agents who were convicted and sentenced to 11 and 12 year prison terms for shooting a Mexican drug smuggler who had crossed the border illegally with nearly 740lbs.of marijuana and physically assaulted one of the agents. Steve will tell us the story of what happened on February 17, 2005 when agents Ignacio Ramos(pictured above, crying with his wife Monica) a former nominee for Border Patrol Agent of the Year, and Jose Compean attempted to apprehend a fleeing illegal alien at our border. The story doesn't stop there. The drug smuggler has now filed suit against the United States Government.

Sprinkled throughout the show were semi-regular contributors, including Curtis who focused on something all too prevalent in the culture of the internet, and that's SPAM. She reported on all those annoying messages we receive in our inbox that won't seem to go away until we send money. Or how about all the great money you can make "working from home?" Movie critic, Steven Greydanus, author of Decent Films.com provided us a look-back on his list of what he considered to be the "Best films of 2006" which included him successfully figuring out the name of the movie that included Dolly Parton's version of I Will Always Love You(which by the way was "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas").

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Show # 79. September 9, 2006. "Sometimes, it's too Hard to Swallow."

 

As America was getting ready to remember the 5th anniversary of September 11th, 2001 guest Bob Linden (pictured above, middle) argued that Ronald McDonald is a bigger terrorist threat than Osama bin Laden.

No matter if you're a vegan and animal rights activist that passionatley refuses to consume any meat and dairy products, or if you're a lifelong meat eater that can't comprehend the passion, both sides are in agreement that Sometimes, it's too Hard to Swallow. In episode # 79 Linden, a fellow radio talk show host joined Vinnie and Many Moods announcer, Jay Boatman for the final hour and 15 minutes of the show. Host of the syndicated Go Vegan with Bob Linden, he even took a call from a young mother who couldn't quite understand Bob's cause. "I feed my little boy happy meals from McDonalds all the time and he loves it." When Bob discovered that he was only 7 months old, he was quick to say, "can somebody get Child Protective Services on the phone right now!"

This was a show that a listener referred to as "brilliant" in the K.C.A.A. Guest Book, in part due to the tie-in of the conscious terrorism of 9/11, and our unconscious terrorism of animals; and also because of the variety that kept this show from getting too serious, though there were those moments where everyone was asked where they were on that tragic day.

The first hour welcomed another of Vinnie's Many Moods in studio for the entire hour. The "Hypnodic One," Dee Spencer had received some e-mails concerning a couple of her previous guest host stints. Is it her music that some listeners have a problem with, or could there be some real racist overtones to these e-mails? Vinnie and Jay defend Dee and in turn she defends what she does; and also has some reaction to some comments from Jay in a segment called JayTalkin which had its first and last appearance with this episode.

Movie critic, Steven Greydanus is on in the second hour. Steve is the web author of Decent Films dot com and had just returned from North Carolina where he was on Summer vacation with his family. If you want to see some supurb sand sculpturing on the beach where he stayed, go here. This time, our movie man looked at "The Illusionist." Just in time for the 5th anniversary of 9-11, he looked at a film which came out at that time in theaters, "World Trade Center" and contrasted it to "United 93," which had just come out on DVD.

After that, you'll hear the Weezer song "Beverly Hills," but it won't be as one of Vinnie's music memories, but instead the theme song to a segment that was regularly featured on an old incarnation of his show back in 2005. Stephanie Frasco was The Many Moods features editor at one time. In fact, her brand was all over it. She called it "Stephanie's Segment." For this particular show, she'll reprise her segment and talk about the place she moved on to after her short stint on this show. These days, Frasco runs the very successful website, WhatCelebsWear and is considered one of the top college blogs. To break it down, it is simply a place with a purpose of informing you of the clothing, wardrobes and accessories worn by your favorite celebrities.

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Show # 119. June 23, 2007. "Where's the Fence?"

 

Many Moods host, Vince Daniels felt this subject matter to be so vital (particularly in light of the President trying to ram an amnesty bill through the senate in the early summer of 2007), that he wanted passionate voices behind the microphones in his absence for a special single-topic 3 hour episode # 119. You'll hear from his special guest hosts, "Minuteman Project" founder Jim Gilchrist (pictured above-left), Ed Williams (seen above, smaller inset picture) and Steve Eichler
(above-right). Eichler, fellow radio talker, has a weekly Minuteman radio talk show that airs in Las Vegas. His show regularly hammers on the topic of illegal immigration.

A long way from Vegas, he did this show from the San Bernardino Carousel Mall, much closer to the border and to an issue that was just 5 days away from a senate vote that ultimately squared down on the side of an angry public and proved to be a vindication for talk radio. Steve sat alongside Williams (a Republican party policy wonk) and Gilchrist for a rare moment in history where the 3 felt that they (like so many who love this great nation) were called upon to rally listeners and get them involved in protecting the sovereignty of the United States and to send a strong message to a government and to a cheif executive that are out of touch with reality. It centered on a question: Where's the Fence? - the 700 mile fence that was promised not too long ago by George W. Bush. Throughout this broadcast, listeners were urged to target specific Republican Senators and to contact them.

The Minuteman Project founder swung into action right from the outset. Instead of a music memory to open the show, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's "Go Daddy-O" provided a swing background for Jim to take the microphone and start this way:

"Good Morning Americans, I'm Jim Gilchrist, Founder and President of the Minuteman Project.

If it’s a war our arrogant, condescending political governors want over this chaotic invasion by illegal aliens, then let it begin here!

We want to hear the scourge of all of you out there in radio land regarding the U.S. Senate’s latest attempt to ram a colonization act up our noses. Did anyone ask you if you wanted our country colonized?

Are these Senators just plain stupid, or what!

Be ready for some tough talk because I can assure you that we are not going to be nice about this latest attempt by a rogue gang of political hooligans to give away our sovereignty, social security benefits, tax dollars, safety, national security, domestic tranquility, violate our rules of law, and trash our heritage, history, and dignity, and compromise the very existence of the United States of America !

Get ready to offer your unabashed comments about the most unprecedented violations of oaths of office in our nation’s 231-year history. What are you going to do about it? What are you going to tell your children and grandchildren to do about it?"

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Show #109. April 14, 2007. "Imus in Mourning"

 

During this time, Vinnie was midway into a search for a permanent Many Moods female sidekick. Joining him for a listener driven and phone call-intensive episode # 109 was intirim co-host, Kim Johnson and announcer, Jay Boatman. Often forgotten about this particular show was the final hour featuring special guest, K.C.A.A.'s Alex Jones who was on the entire hour by phone and was joined by returning in-studio guests, Joe Patrick and his partner, Aaron Haley, both representing an Orange County, CA chapter of 9-11 Truth. While all these guests were thrilled that Rosie O'Donnell put out the call on The View to have some dialog about what many believe to be "the inside job of 9-11," Jay was still not buying it and had some tough questions. Kim on the other hand was just thrilled to finally meet Alex Jones.

Much of the first two hours were by, for and about Don Imus fans nationwide and listeners in the local area who had a chance to make their feelings known concerning the events that led to the dismissal (only two days before) of K.C.A.A.'s morning man, a broadcasting institution for over 30 years. For Imus in Mourning, Vinnie featured the i-man's bluesy bumpers and jingles, and a few of his classic radio bits, including his phone calls to unwitting participants, like the day he called McDonalds and ordered "1200 hamburgers to go." He also examined a culture that once made room for bigoted comedy like the Archie Bunker character, or the comedy team of Jack Burns and Avery Schreiber whose "Faith Healer" routine contained acceptable bigotry and racism, as you'll hear in clips that were played. Was Imus the one responsible for his own undoing, or was it the Rev. Al Sharpton? As Daniels remembers, "I never saw anything like it. I no sooner sit down to start my show that my engineer says to me, "by the way Vinnie, you have 3 calls waiting to go on the air and talk about Imus."

Jay Boatman on Politics was originally supposed to be a 25 minute segment that was cut down to 7 minutes, as he took on the illegal immigration issue in sound bites, as it was very recently argued on the FOX NewsChannel by Geraldo Rivera and Bill O'Reilly. According to Jay, "there were some valid points flying in both directions and my hope is to slow down the rhetoric and break it all down and hopefully try to make some sense out of it."

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Show #123. July 21, 2007. "Conspiracy to Conceal."

 

Vinnie and announcer, Jay Boatman were joined by co-host, Pamela Baird for a show that from the outset began with a health segment, as the 3 of them talked with Animal House and St. Elsewhere star, Stephen Furst. Furst has lost over 100 pounds by controlling his diet. Nowadays he speaks on behalf of the American Diabetes Association. He joined the show for a discussion about that disease and how if you have it, you can better cope with it.

Also in the opening hour, Retired Army Colonel Ray Coughnenour was in studio for a segment featuring special guest, Saint John Hunt (pictured in center, above picture), the son of 27 year senior C.I.A. executive and covert operative, E. Howard Hunt, most noted for his role in the Watergate affair. In January, 2007 Howard Hunt passed away, and in a deathbed confession to his son, Saint John says it was the wish of his father that he bring to light information previously not released in regards to new materials surrounding the plot to assassinate President Kennedy back in 1963. This informative and enlightening 45 minute exchange also included phone calls from listeners.

This particular episode (# 123) is the kind that Vince has been looking forward to doing for a long time. "It was the first time I got to open up and share my story of abuse without anything holding me back. Now that my lawsuit has settled out of court, I am free to talk. Just like the JFK assassination, a big part of what I was suing the Catholic Church for was a Conspiracy to Conceal. For the first time in the 44 years since his death, we get to hear from a credible source the players that were behind the plot to kill Jack Kennedy and what's more, we'll find out who was covering it up all this time and keeping us from really knowing."

After that, stay tuned for a conversation about Repressed Memories. Says Daniels, "most people can relate to this, at least those that are old enough to remember hearing about Kennedy. It's like we've been intentionally kept in the dark for over 4 decades because the powers that be don't want us to find out what really went on. They hope that as time passes, we won't care anymore. It's the same with the physical and sexual abuse of children. While our perpitrators are telling us to put it out of our mind, the institutional church simultaneously shuffles these guys around from parish to parish hoping that they'll be long gone and forgotten decades later. I'm not sure what's worse, the physical pain of the abuse I suffered, or the subsequent psychological torture."

Right after Hunt's appearance, Dr. Paul Fink will be on. Fink is the former president of the American Psychiatric Association. He has been a therapist for trauma victims for many years and is also a Professor of Psychiatry at Temple University School of Medicine. Dr. Fink has extensive managerial, educational, planning, and clinical experience and is an expert on program development and enhancement. He is now president of his own health and mental health consulting firm and an expert on Repressed Memories and the recovery of those memories, and whether it is always possible. Fink explained why cases of Childhood Sexual Abuse that involve Repressed Memories often do not stand up in court or always go over with a jury. Much of his information can be accessed here.

In the 3rd and final hour, it's Vinnie's turn to tell his story. He's waited many years to talk about it on the air. With the help of a primary and secondary survivor and fellow plaintiffs in the case against the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and Father Ted Llanos(pictured above, extreme right), Maryann Loock, mother of plaintiff, Larry Loock, and John King. They'll be joined by their attorney, Katherine Freberg of the Irvine, California law firm "Freberg & Associates" who just a few days prior on July 16th settled their lawsuit against the Church. One of the very few attorney's exhibiting genuine compassion for her clients, Freberg has successfully represented numerous victims of sexual assault.

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Show # 125. Aug. 4, 2007. "Tapestry of Torment III: Let's Settle This."

 

Co-host, Pamela Baird was unfortunately under the weather for episode # 125 in what would be the final Many Moods of Vince Daniels show produced for K.C.A.A.  Vinnie's announcer, Jay Boatman joined the show for the first 15 minutes (including one of his signature billboards) before he returned for a final hour.  In order to make room for a studio full of very special guests, Jay stepped aside for better than 90 minutes while Daniels once again put on display what he has featured on 2 previous occasions; stories of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of clergy. These stories were recalled by adults who share of trauma that occurred in their lives ranging from ages 8 to 17.

Tapestry of Torment III: Let's Settle This is the conclusion of several years for plaintiffs who on July 16th, 2007 received some monetary justice following years of legal wrangling with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. While it's reported to be a settlement of historic significance (a global figure of $660 million dollars going out to 508 plaintiffs), it leaves many survivors feeling quite frankly, unsettled.  Stories were shared by those that spoke at the recent press conference at the downtown L.A. Courthouse. Included in studio were Lee Bashforth, Mary Grant, Paul Livingston, Esther Miller, Carlos Perez-Carillo and Adrian Ramirez.

Included in the sharing was lead counsel for these plaintiffs, Attorney Stephen Rubino. Rubino's fight with the Church over the negligent supervision and retention of their errant Priest's goes back to the mid-1980's. While law practices have been sprouting up all over the country that have been dealing with these cases over the past 5 years, Steve remembers a day when he was one of a handful that a victim could turn to. Rubino represented Vince for 12 years. He and the other plaintiffs regard him as more than just a man making a percentage off of their pain, but rather as one who absorbed much of their pain and stood as a symbol of hope and heroics.  For that, Vinnie closed the segment by playing for his attorney the theme from TV's "The Adventures of Superman."

This last Moods for K.C.A.A. went out with a sense of variety that the show was always known for. The last hour turned to more light-hearted political banter with a "Jay Boatman on Politics" segment.  After a 3 month absence, pop culture anchor, Crista Curtis returned along with Colonel Ray and Nick Anthony, who had a definate purpose for his visit. It would soon be made known, but not until you enjoyed some of the back and forth that is reminscent of the Sunday Morning News shows. Finally, at the half hour mark as he went into a commercial break, he rolled an outgoing bumper song that he knew would be his last on the station. It was The Three Degrees "When Will I See You Again?"

When Vince returned at exactly 12:35pm (PST), he went back to the previous hour where he played the Superman theme. He acknowledged that as an adult, he knew that his attorney could not leap tall buildings at a single bound.  He also knew that thousands were logged in at that precise moment hoping to hear some breaking news about another story that Daniels courageously covered numerous times in the past, an area that other talk show hosts feared to tread.  He needed to assure his listeners that he did not come equipped with a super hero cape, and said, "I'm not even Clark Kent, and most of the time, it takes all I have to hold Vinnie Daniels together."  After about 8 minutes, he reverted from adult, to adult survivor, a role that would suit him well and make his point in what would now be his official swan song.

Aside from the normal trust issues that go along with being a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, the next 17 minutes (shared by his friend Nick) were clearly coming from a man that had every reason to trust that the words of a written contract were supposed to be binding. In a more reflective than usual mood, Vinnie came across as a person who didn't know who to trust anymore. His only option at this point was to fight for the hearts and minds of his audience that he worked so hard to build over 16 months.  He let them know that "certain things became understood between the station and I that subsequently were not fulfilled. In the process some terrible assumptions were made about me that really struck me to my core. I immediately and with invective, let this person know in no uncertain terms, how I felt."  He closed his time at AM 1050 by asssuring his loyal listeners that he would be back "bigger and better than ever."

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