The Uncle Earl March 2011 - The Uncle Earl

30 Mar

New Show Line-Up “The Underground Experience”

Author: The Uncle Earl

The Underground Experience Radio Show Line-Up Every Wednesday 4pm – 5pm PST on KCLA-FM Los Angeles

3/30

MATT “THIRDRAIL” SHERMAN (Rapper), ERIC “EZ” ZULEY (Entrepertainer) & SAID FARAJ (HBO’s “Green Zone”, “Sinbad 5” & TMZ)

Music Artists: SAIAH, THIRDRAIL & LOST CHILDREN OF BABYLON

4/6

ALL ABOUT MUSIC, LOVE, BLESSINGS & HEALING

Musical Artists: BYELSKO featuring ALEX CARRENA, REMY DE LAROQUE, KATHLEEN MONTAIGUE, NECE STRUDWICK, RENAISSANCE, LARISSA NESS, MONGREL THE BAND, IVAR & ALYSON WILLIAMS

4/13

A Special Tribute To My Father – The Late Mr. WILLIAM LACY PHILLIPS featuring Multi-Award Winning Recording Artists DOUBLE EXPOSURE

Musical Artists: DOUBLE EXPOSURE & LACY DARRYL PHILLIPS

DIRECT LINKS TO THE SHOW ON THE RIGHT UNDER “BLOGROLL”

www.KCLAFM.com (PC)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â www.RadioTime.com (MAC)

323 461 6675 Listen Line

UNCLE EARL ON THE RADIO

SAIAH

KATHLEEN MONTAIGUE

NECE STRUDWICK

RENAISSANCE

ANNA BYELSKO

REMY DE LAROQUE

ERIC “EZ” ZULEY

MATT “THIRDRAIL” SHERMAN

ALEX CARRENA

DOUBLE EXPOSURE

LARISSA NESS

SAID FARAJ

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28 Mar

Benefit For The American Cancer Society & The Marcelle Erian Foundation

Author: The Uncle Earl

Subject: A special message from Alex Nester

To all my friends,

As many of you may know, 2011 marks my 10^th year of being diagnosed cancer-free– of being a â€œsurvivorâ€. Iâ€™ve been trying to wrap my brain around what that means. More importantly, why IÂ did survive. Iâ€™d like to think that I was kept here for a purpose, and the only purpose I find is to make music. But not just any musicâ€¦ music that conveys messages of hope, positivity, love, faith, healingâ€¦ everything that was offered to me at my darkest hour. I want to give all that back.

For my 10year anniversary, I want to use the gifts God has given me to do something positive and impactful.Â Iâ€™m emailing you today to let you know of a charity event that I am putting on to give back. On Saturday, June 18th, 2011, the world famous Troubadour will kindly open its doors for my event,Â â€œ#BurnItDownâ€¦ To Rise Above It!â€. It’s a special benefit concert to raise funds for The American Cancer Society & The Marcelle Erian Foundation (a non-profit organization set up by my oncology office to help the un- and under-insured pay for their cancer treatments and medications). It’sÂ because of organizations such as these that I survived and that we are seeing more and more survivors every year.Â PLUS, I will be releasing and giving away my 2^nd album, â€œBURN IT DOWNâ€, to all in attendance as a gift for their generosity.

And this is where you come inâ€¦ Iâ€™ve never been good at this, so Iâ€™ll just come out with itâ€¦ I need your helpâ€¦ in ANY capacity. If any of you know people, vendors, sponsors, organizations that would possibly be interested in helping or donating items for auction, talent, funds, ANYTHING for an event like this, please pass this message along or give them my information. If you feel moved to help in any way, I welcome it with open arms. If you know anyone affiliated with the music industry that would like to listen to some good new music, by all means, send them my way! And if youâ€™d just like to show up, Iâ€™d love that just as well.

I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the love and support youâ€™ve shown me over the past 10 years and longer.Â I couldnâ€™t have gotten to this place in my life without your help. I couldn’t have been a true survivor without your friendship. Â I hope and pray that this event makes a difference, and with your help, I know we can.

Sincerely,

Alex Nester

email:Â squeelo@alexnestermusic.com

phone: 805-750-4376

AlexNester.com

Facebook.com/squeelo

@Squeelo on Twitter

For more information about this event:

AlexNester.com

“Like” #BurnItDown on Facebook

@BurnItDown618 on Twitter

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27 Mar

Japan

Author: The Uncle Earl

VIDEO update from Japan; How you can help

SaveJapanDolphins.org and THE COVE have many friends and extended family in Japan. Our thoughts and prayers are with them throughout this ongoing crisis.
Many of you know that we also had volunteers just a few miles from the epicenter of the earthquake. They witnessed the entire town of Otsuchi reduced to rubble in a matter of minutes. SaveJapanDolphins.orgâ€™s Brian Barnes did two interviews with CNN. Watch here:

CNN 1:
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/15/gotta-watch-stories-of-survival/?iref=allsearch

CNN 2: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/03/15/exp.am.intv.barnes.cnn?iref=allsearch

They made it out safely, in no small part due to the overwhelming kindness of the Japanese people they met with along the way. Those people now face continued loss and an uncertain future.

We are dedicated to protecting dolphins and whales, but now is the time for us all to help our dear friends in Japan. As Iâ€™ve said from the beginning of our campaign, we are not against Japan or the Japanese people. Our Campaign is not about hate, but about helping dolphins and the people.

Weâ€™ve compiled a list of organizations in Japan, or with close connections. If you can, please donate:

http://savejapandolphins.org/blog/post/crisis-in-japan-how-you-can-help

Call to Action

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26 Mar

MoveOn.Org

Author: The Uncle Earl

Dear fellow MoveOn member,

I never wanted a handout.

I just wanted to get my nursing degree and build the life I’ve dreamed of. I wanted to provide my daughter with the opportunities that my mother couldn’t give me when I was growing up.

That’s my dream, but I’m afraid my dream is about to die.

Republicans are trying to cut the financial aid I rely on to pay my tuition. Last year, as a student, I couldn’t find steady work and earned less than $4,500. If my financial aid is taken away from me, I won’t be able to afford to get my nursing degree.

Once again I’m going to have to choose between paying rent or buying diapers, between having heat or having enough food for my family to eat. Can you imagine the pain involved in making those choices?

Can you help save my dream? The Senate is on recess, and SenatorÂ Dianne FeinsteinÂ is home in California. Can you call herÂ in her district office inÂ Los Angeles, and ask herÂ to vote against any budget that makes cuts to education, health care, and Social Security, and puts corporations and millionaires above hardworking Americans like me?

Here’s where to call:

Senator Dianne Feinstein
Los Angeles office: 310-914-7300

Then, please report your call to MoveOn by clicking here:

http://pol.moveon.org/call?cp_id=1545&tg=FSCA_1&dofcs=1&dofcp=310-914-7300&id=26645-10394060-ZyxxhJx&t=3

I recently got a part-time job at Walmart and with that money, along with my student aid, I’m now able to cover all my expenses. I even had enough money to get new glasses for the first time in six years. I’ve struggled to get this far, but I finally feel like I’m going to be able to make a good life for myself and my daughter.

Please, don’t let the Republicans take all this away from me. You see, the cuts they want to make aren’t abstract. And they aren’t limited to student aid, either. They’re trying to cut job training, food aid to women and children, and more. Congress doesn’t seem to understand the consequences to people like me all across the country if these programs are cut.

Can you call SenatorÂ Dianne Feinstein, and ask her to vote against any budget that makes cuts to education, health care, and Social Security, and puts corporations and millionaires above hardworking Americans like me?

Senator Dianne Feinstein
Los Angeles office: 310-914-7300

Report your call to MoveOn by clicking here:

http://pol.moveon.org/call?cp_id=1545&tg=FSCA_1&dofcs=1&dofcp=310-914-7300&id=26645-10394060-ZyxxhJx&t=4

Thank you.

â€“Katryna Wade, Arkansas

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26 Mar

EQCA

Author: The Uncle Earl

Dear Lacy,

Thereâ€™s a new attack on LGBT rights in California. We need your help to defeat it.

Weâ€™re sponsoring a bill, called the FAIR Education Act (SB 48, authored by Senator Mark Leno), that would ensure that all students learn in school about the contributions LGBT people have made to the history of California and the U.S. The Act would also prohibit discriminatory instruction against LGBT people from being included in the classroom. It will make our classrooms a fairer, safer place for LGBT and all youth.

This week when we were at the billâ€™s first committee hearing, anti-LGBT activists pulled out all the stops. They organized about 40 opponents of the bill to testify. These opponents argued that we shouldnâ€™t teach about Harvey Milk in our schools because being gay had nothing to do with his success or his assassination. They contended that homosexuality is an abnormal medical condition. And one opponent referred to a transgender member of the community as a â€œso-called man.â€ It was beyond shocking.

Thereâ€™s another committee hearing coming up, followed by a floor vote. Opponents plan to increase their attacks to defeat this bill. It will take everything weâ€™ve got to counter them.Â

We have to mobilize a whole host of fair-minded and intelligent people to testify in support of SB 48 at the next hearing. We also have to build upon the supportÂ of the California Teachers Association and the manyÂ other organizations and individuals who are already behind this bill. We have to help legislators connect with the billâ€™s goals, reach out through the media and online, and more. Please help us do this important work and advance LGBT rights across California.

Research shows that when students learn about LGBT people and the issues that affect us, the rate of bullying drops by 50 percent. When LGBT youth grow up in safe environments, they become confident and strong, and they are much less likely to succumb to depression or even suicide. SB 48 can save lives, if it passes.

We won this round, but the next and final Senate committee hearing will be within the next couple of weeks. We have to ensure that the bill makes it out of committee.Â

In solidarity,

Geoff Kors
Executive Director
Equality California

P.S. I testified in support of SB 48, as did Carolyn Laub of the Gay-Straight Alliance Network, also a sponsor of the bill. Our calls for fairness helped us win this vote, but the next one will be tougher.

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23 Mar