No freaking answers *le sigh*

Time for a quick update on something I blogged about a couple days ago. James had his follow up appointment today. Just like I thought, no answers just more tests. This round of tests involve lung CT, kidney ultrasound and even more blood and urine tests. And the hurry up and wait game continues. I so hate that game.

I've got talents

Talent to get temporarily banned from Facebook. And this is how this story in the life of Jules begins.

I was doing my show earlier for the station and I received a shoutout from a friend of mine back east that I haven't heard from in years. So I said during my shoutout to him, "DUDE, I don't hear from you in over a year and this is how you get in touch with me?!? Through my radio station?!? Have you ever heard of the telephone or email?" So he decides to email me on Facebook. I go to reply to him on Facebook and get a message stating something to the affect that my account has been temporarily banned and I am no longer allow to communicate of Facebook while they check to make sure that I am not some spammer. Of course, I had to share on air that I was banned on Facebook because apparently I talk to much to people. Me? Talk a lot? Never. *tries to look all innocent* One of my staff members was also listening to the show and of course had to ask about it because he has never heard about such a thing. And my response was, "Apparently, I have talents."

So that was a couple of hours ago, but now I am free to communicate again on the good ole book. Only in the life of Jules.

Time to get personal

Well when I first set out on this mission to start blogging again, I stated in my first post everyday that I would explain why. Well I haven't done so because the reason is very personal. I told myself before I started on this, that I would include personal things but I needed to get over the whole people are actually going to read this blog instead of it being some private therapeutic form of blogging or writing. But maybe it is time to just bite the bullet and write. I am going to try and be as open as possible, but I am still trying to relearn how to write as if no one is watching. So here goes.

Something very scary is happening at home. My best friend of 17 years, the love of my life for 17 years is seriously ill. Normally illness does not bother me. It does not phase me in the least. And there is reason for that. I live with two very serious, sometimes fatal, auto-immune disorders; Lupus and Antiphospholipid Syndrome. I have lived with them for many years. As a result of them, I have been in and out of the hospital over the past, wow almost two decades now. I had to have a hysterectomy because of it when I was 29 and ended up having a stroke as result of my disease when I was 30 and a whole slew of other things. I am only 32 by the way. For the most part it doesn't phase me. It is the cards that I was dealt and I play them to the best of my ability. Yes, I do have my moments where I curse and scream at the Divine because I have problems understanding, but it only lasts a few brief moments. I also had to very brave women in my life who also had to deal with chronic illness for all of my life and set a wonderful example. They taught me that no matter how ill you are, there is always something you can do and always someway to help and inspire others. I do my best to honour their memories by living the same way. If I can serve to inspire one person to be able to get through some tough situation by being an example, then living with these illnesses and the secondary disorders that they cause, has been more than worth it. At some later time, I may post about the trials I have had and continue to have living with it, but not at this time since this post is not about me, its about the person I plan to spend the rest of my days with.

This story starts on Halloween. During my show that night, I started to have symptoms of another stroke (since I was 19, to date I have had at least 9 TIAs and one CVA). So off the the hospital I went and spent the next four days there. All was well and life continued as normal until November 7. The day prior, James had sudden onset of chest pain, muscle spams, could barely walk, shoulder pain, couldn't lay down among a whole list of other symptoms. This is a man who has never been sick a day in his life. In fact, his job is to take care of others who are sick and dying. He is a Resident Care Aide and Community Support Worker. By the Friday, his symptoms had gotten much worse. On the pain scale, it was over a 10. So I had finally convinced him to go to the hospital. Well the ER wasn't that much of a help. They gave him some Demerol, told him to pee in a cup, gave him an Rx for Tylenol 3s and Flexerol, and then sent him home. They didn't even wait for the results of his lab work because they thought it was a simple muscle spasm that had gotten out of control. They told him to follow up with his dr the following week if the pain didn't get better by Monday. They also told him that if anything showed up in his pee, he would get a call.

Well Monday rolls around and he is still in pain. He hasn't been able to sleep in days despite medication. In fact, the only time he can sleep is for 30 minutes here or there while sitting up on the couch. So he phones his dr's office and makes an appointment for the Wednesday. Since we had heard nothing from the dr, we assumed his lab results were normal. Well you know what they say about making assumptions...

It is Wednesday (Nov 12) and time for his appointment. His dr informs him that their was blood in his urine (why on earth did they not call before hand who fucking knows!). They did not find any white blood cells in his urine however, so its not a UTI. The dr figures though that it could be kidney stones as it will cause blood in urine and thinks its not serious or something to be concerned about. However, just to make sure, he sends him to the hospital for a bunch of x-rays, blood work and another pee test and tells him to see him next week. Also in these last 5 days, James started to cough up blood, but when the dr listened to his chest, it was clear. So James made an appointment for the following Wednesday and headed back to the hospital for the follow up tests.

Well, he saw his dr this past Wednesday (Nov 19). When he gets there, he overhears that they lost his chart. However, again we had assumed since the dr never called him to come in earlier that all of his tests were normal. He goes into office. The dr gets him to bend this way and that, James tells him the symptoms are still there and he is coughing up blood more frequently. The dr checks his blood pressure (as high blood pressure can also cause these symptoms) and everything appears normal. The dr told him that his test results were normal, nothing showed up on the x-rays, it is probably a spastic diaphram. Well that is something we can live with, it should fix itself in time, so the dr said.

The next day, we get a phone call from his dr. I answered the phone and in a very concerned voice he said who it was and asked if James was home. I replied I was not sure, can I take a message. So he said it is imperative that James phoned him that afternoon. Hearing that and the urgency in his voice, I told him to hold on and I would see if James was home. He was and I handed the phone over. When James got off the phone he told me OOPS the tests were not normal, there is still blood in his urine (his blood work was normal so no infection) and they found something on the x-ray. However, they didn't get a clear picture of "it" and he needs to get back to the hospital ASAP for another round of x-rays and more pee tests. So he had that done yesterday.

And now we wait. I am used to waiting for test results. But with chronic illness, that is part and parcel of it. It doesn't bother me and I don't get worried. Well, I am worried. I am the type of person I NEED TO KNOW. Well I pulled up my handy dandy web browser and began to search out his symptoms. And of course cancer keeps popping up over and over again. Of course UTI poppped up but that is only if there is an abnormal white count. And well they have done enough tests to rule out UTI and they have still yet to put him on any type of medication, so of course it leads anyone to believe it is very serious. Well the symptoms alone would say that it is. The part I am finding most difficult here is how to be supportive. I am a very logical creature, where James is a very emotionally driven creature. It is very very rare for me to react to something immediately. My normal reaction is to go hmmm ok. Then I think about it and decide how does this affect me. Where James is scared shitless especially since he has never been sick a day in his life and now all of a sudden he is very very sick and it was sudden. He had been having other symptoms of other things for a few months but didn't pay much attention to them cause they would just go away on their own if left alone. How does one take care of the caretaker? That is what James was born to do and he wants to continue to do that and put up this brave front that is okay with everything, when I know that inside he is crying and shaking and afraid for his life. One second he complains that it appears that it doesn't bother me and then when I do reach out and say look it is bothering me but until we have answers, my answer is going to be hmmm. Because nothing I say is going to change the fact that these things are happening to you. My words cannot take them away. But do know, that I am very concerned and worried on a mental level, he tells me everything is fine and I don't need to worry. I have great empathy. I have been through so much shit in my life that there is nothing somebody can tell me that I do not understand on some level. However being empathetic does not mean being emotional. So many mixed signals for the man. However, he was finally able to open up a bit today and say that even so he does want my support he doesn't know how to accept it as he is the care giver and is suppose to support me during my many flairs, not the other way around.

So now we just sit and wait. I say though that if they fuck up again this week when he sees his dr again, I will make heads roll. So if there are days I do not blog, it is being my mind is otherwise occupied. I will keep updating the situation as more answers are given.

Canadians you disappoint me

Well yesterday I posted Reasons Why I Am Proud to be Canadian . Well today, I am sad to say how very disappointed I am in Canadians. In fact I am down right angry. So angry I was yelling at my television tonight as I watched the results episode for So You Think You Can Dance Canada. (Yes I yell at my television, I also talk to it. Lame, I know.) WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!! It was bad enough when you voted Isaak into the Top 10, but then to vote him further into the Top 6 and get rid of one of the most talented dancers I have ever seen (Vincent) is RETARDED!! And not only did you get rid of Vincent, you also got rid of Arassay! Again, WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE. Sure Isaak is cute and young and he does have some talent, but the only time he shows any little glimmer of it is when he does his solos. Are we watching the same show?? Do actually know anything about dance at all? Please please don't tell me that all you little tweens and teeny boppers are voting on looks instead of actual talent. I am very happy though that Mia told Vincent that she will fight to hire him. Top 4 should have been Nico, Arassay, Vincent and well the other female I am not sure about. Isaak should have never made it into the Top 10 and there is no way on this planet that he is any way near the calibre of dancer that Vincent and the other two remaining top men are. Canada's vote = EPIC FAIL. But it really shouldn't surprise me since Canadians were too lazy to vote in our Federal election and let a twat like Stephen Harper remain in power.

/rent

Reasons Why I Am Proud to be a Canadian

A few things came to my attention today that served as a wonderful reminder as to why I am proud to be a Canadian. Some of them may seem pretty minor, however they do reflect what a wonderful free society we live in.

The first two reminders came while watching my favourite shows So You Think You Can Dance Canada. As someone who is trained in dance, this is a wonderful show that finally puts dance and the powers of dance back into the spotlight. Music and dance truly unite the world. Now back to the things that took place during last night's show. Watch this clip and then I will explain.



Dan Karaty stated the number above would have never been allowed on network television in the United States. On one hand I found it shocking that a piece of art would be censored but when I thought about it more, it doesn't surprise me at all. I am proud that censorship is kept to a minimum in Canada, even on network television. Shows like Nip/Tuck are not shown on network television but special channels. We are lucky that in Canada after I believe 9 pm, there is very little to no censorship. You will even see soft porn or "blue" movies on regular network television. To me that is a sign of a truly free country, where the government leaves it up to the viewer to decide what is appropriate to watch and not the government or special interest group.

The second reason also came from tonight's episode along with another comment from Dan. He said that being a judge on So You Think You Can Dance in the States has allowed him the pleasure to be a guest judge not only in Canada but around the world. He also commented on how Canadian dancers are second to none. More of Dan's thoughts can be found here. Yes, Canada does have so much amazing talent. It is why I dedicate one of my shows on the station to nothing but Canadian musicians.

The third reason has to do with a post from yesterday on Wil Wheaton's blog. Here is the blog in question and it has to do with the "evils" of gay marriage. It served as yet another wonderful reminder of what a wonderful country I live in. If you read the comments on it and read my comments (Jules), you will get more insight there.

And the last reason, is for something that may seem so simple but is amazing. I love how our government recognized people for their achievements in huge ways. Even our teachers who shape the future of our society. I was very excited to learn that my youngest son's teacher has won one of the most prestigious awards an ordinary citizen can get by the Governor General. Not bad for a teacher who lives in a town of roughly 1200 people.



Now there are so many more reasons why I am proud to be a Canadian, however those are the 4 little but big things that reminded me of the reasons today.

Stupid Thing That Come Out of My Mouth

So here I am busy just surfing on the interwebs trying to get in the right frame of mind to go on air in a couple of hours. My fiance is watching CSI: New York. He was just thinking out loud about why on earth there are so many guest stars on tonight's episode. Then he added well it is sweeps and it is the 100th episode. And I piped up, "But sweeps aren't until November." Then thought for a brief moment and said, "Never mind it is November." *head desky* Yes, yes, I can be quite brain dead at times myself.

Very Cool

Just because you live in a small community, does not mean great things cannot come from it.

I am very proud to announce that my youngest son's teacher has won the Governor General's Award for Excellence in Canadian History. Here is the video for one of the many reasons why.

Interesting, at least I think so

Very brief and very random and at the end of the day, it doesn't really mean anything.

So I do this thing every so often just out of curiosity. I do a search for my name to see what turns up. I do this every two weeks to a month. Now, I have been on the web for years. I have had things published on the web for years. However, if you were to do a search for my name, you wouldn't find me. So a few days ago, maybe even up to a week ago now, I did my regular lets type my name into the search bar and see what pops up. Well surprisingly enough, a lot popped up just all of a sudden. And not only on me, but there is another Julia Sherred on this planet too all of a sudden. Now mostly what you will find using that name is me. The Facebook is this other person as I use my full name including middle on Facebook.

Well that is that. Interesting I suppose. To me it is very much so.

Wil Wheaton Interview Uploaded

As I said in an earlier blog, a couple weeks ago I had the honour and the pleasure to do a one on one interview with Wil Wheaton for my Friday Night Geeky Pleasures show on Party 934. It has been described as very candid. I cannot say enough how extremely kind Wil is. I have been asked many times since it aired if I could rebroadcast it again for a third time. I am planning to rebroadcast again near the end of December or early in the new year. However, if you do not want to wait, you can listen to it now. At the top of my blog and you can listen to the interview. It is broken up into five different segments. I hope you enjoy it and your comments would be greatly appreciated.

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Blargh

I don't even know where to begin or what to say. This has been a very crazy week. I haven't been able to find the time to write anything here. And because my week as been so mundane with work, there is not much to report at all.

I do have one small thing to post that may be of interest. As I said in my last post, I did an interview last week for one of the shows on the station called The Parazone Hour: Tales of High Strangeness. It first aired on Wednesday. It will air again on Sunday, November 16 at 12 am PT/ 3 am ET. This episode only airs half of my original interview. You can also download the full interview. It is a little controversial, but that makes it all the better. There will be more in the future.

Week in Review

What a crazy week this was. It started of pretty crappy, but half way through, it became surreal. First, time for a little back story. Every Friday night from 7 pm PT/ 10 pm ET - 9 pm PT/ Midnight ET, I do my Geeky Pleasures show on the station. Every Friday, I try to incorporate something about the Hoff, William Shatner and, of course The King of Geek, Wil Wheaton. A couple weeks ago, my topic of the night was Science Fiction. In January, Wil did a recording at the Phoenix Cactus Comicon. In this recording, he reads a segment from his book The Happiest Days of Our Lives which deals with Star Wars plus he performs one of his reviews for TV Squad concerning Star Trek: The Next Generation. This recording is free for download under a creative commons copyright thanks to the lovely people at Pulp Gamer. But that free share is for non commercial purposes only. So that meant, I could not play it on the station since radio is considered commercial purposes. However, it fit perfectly with my topic of the week. To fix this problem, I sent an email to the people at Pulp Gamer explaining to them what my show is about and what I would be using the recording for. They said sure not a problem, however I should email Wil and get his permission as well since even though the recording itself belongs to Pulp Gamer, the material within the recording belongs to Wil. So that is exactly what I did, thinking that I would never get a reply. Was I ever surpised to get an email back saying, "That sounds great!" So I decided to ask him if he would be interested in doing an interview for my Geeky Pleasures show. What is the worse he can say. No. And that is pretty much what I expected given how extremely busy the man is. Was I even more surprised when he agreed to do it.

So that is what happened this week. On Wednesday, November 5, Wil and I sat down to the the interview. It was not the normal interview. We talked about acting, voice over work, 80s fashions, comics, the media, blogging, twitter and many other things. The interview aired on Friday, November 7. However, if you missed it, have no fear. I am rebroadcasting it at a special day and time on Monday, November 10 at 4 pm PT/ 7 pm ET. To listen, just go to the station's website and click on the appropriate link. When the interview as over, I told Wil that he had an open door at the station. Anytime he wanted to promote whatever and talk geek in an uncensored environment, just say the word. He appeared to be happy with the invitation and said in the new year when things are not so busy, we could do a Wil Wheaton part 2. That made me extremely happy. Hopefully, there will be many more interviews in the future, as he offers so much especially on the topic of geekdom. We didn't get time to touch on that too much in the interview as there is always to much to talk about with Wil. If this rebroadcast time does not work for you, have no fear. Once it is broadcasted for the final time, I will be uploading the interview portion to my MySpace. I cannot upload the whole show (with the music, which Wil selected) as it violates copyright and our royalties agreement.

Then yesterday, I had another interview. This time I was the guest. It is for one of the other mixologists, Jerry Pippin. The name of the show is The Parazone Hour: Tales of High Strangeness. There is also a second page. I am a very spiritual person and have been all of my life. During the show, we briefly discuss some of the basic ideas of the type of spirituality that I practice and the occult. The show is one hour. For some, that isn't brief. The reason why I say brief is because in that hour, we barely scratched the surface. Because of that, I will be doing another interview to discuss the topic even further. This interview will air Wednesday, November 12 at 1 pm PT/ 4 pm ET and then again Sunday, November 16 at 12 am PT/3 am ET. To listen, again just go the the station's website and click the appropriate link. Again, have no fear if these times do not work for you. You will be able to download the podcast from Jerry's site once it is available.

The New Sound of Radio

This will be a very long post, but if you read to the very end, I promise you will not be disappointed. So earlier this year, something unexpected happened in my life. And it all started with an ad on Craigslist. Normally I don't look at Craigslist since it doesn't have specific ads for the town that I live in. However, one fated day in June, I decided to look at the tv/film/video posts under the jobs section. Once in awhile, there will be casting calls etc that are not BS. Well on that particular day, I saw an ad for Radio Personalities. It was a telecommute position. The ad was looking for radio personalities from around the world for this new radio station. And that is where this tale begins.

When I first read the ad, I was very excited because I live to entertain people. I have been acting and dancing on stage from a very young age. I thought, "OMG this position would be fantastic for me PLUS I get to do it from home!" Being able to work from home is a must for various reasons that I will get into at a later time. But that joy and excitement quickly faded to a "Shit! This ad is probably listed multiple times in multiple cities! DAMN! The market is so cut throat at the moment! GAH! They will never get to my application and my demo. (Part of the application process was submitting a short 30 second audition Mp3.) And I KNOW I would be perfect for this! WELL JEEBUS MURPHY!!!" How cruel fate seemed at that moment in time. So I closed my web browser and tried to not give it a second thought. But over the next three days, my mind went back to that ad. And every day, I would go back to Craigslist and read the ad. And every day, it was more cursing and swearing about how this would be the perfect opportunity. Well on the third day, I said to myself, "Fuck this, I am going to apply anyway. What is the worse that could happen? They don't get to my application. Exactly. So do it already." So once I decided to apply, a new set of problems arose. How on earth was I going to bring across my ideas, my personality and all that I had to offer the station in a mere 30 seconds?!?! It was impossible! There is so much to me, I have so many ideas, 30 seconds was not enough! So I spent yet another day trying to figure out how to complete this mission impossible. Finally, I came up with an idea and tried my best to execute it. Once the Mp3 was created, I composed the email containing all the information asked for, attached the Mp3, held my breath and hit send. This was at around 1 am my time (pacific). I thought one more time that there is no way on earth that my application will be read let alone have someone respond to it and off to bed I went.

The next morning, I got up, made coffee and sat down to do my morning routine. This consists of waiting for the coffee to brew, checking my email, checking the many forums I belong to, checking the blog I read and checking my email. Until I get many many many many cups of coffee into my system (they need to make coffee available through IV) I am far from coherent. My family knows that it is bad policy to say too much to me until my morning ritual is over and done with, cause crabby bear has nothing on me. Once my 20 or so daily emails downloads, I go and look through to see what needs my immediate attention and what can wait. And then I see it! YES IT!! I thought I was dreaming. How can this possibly be? NO BLOODY WAY! I looked at the time stamp. NO BLOODY WAY!! 5 am?!?! This cannot be true. I need more coffee cause now I am hallucinating! After giving my head a shake, rubbing my eyes and then looking at my inbox again, my heart leaped right out of my chest! HOLY SHIT! I AM NOT SEEING THINGS!! So I opened this fated email, and it is the General Manager saying he got my application and wants to arrange a telephone interview. Shut the front door! Four hours after sending out the email, I get a response?! When does that ever happen! So I answered right away saying yeah sure and giving good times for a phone call. Well three more days go by, and I haven't heard anything in return. And that is when I started having that inner fight again. Of course it was too good to be true. Nothing like that ever happens in the entertainment industry. When I had just given up all hope, I get another email saying sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner, do you have MSN and we will do the interview there. So I email back my MSN ID, we add each other and the interview begins. He tells me the concept for the station and how it works and my mind began to race. What he was telling me has never been attempted before and it was about time someone did something like this! Oh the possibilities! So without a second thought, I accepted the job as a Radio Personality. And I thought, wow this cannot get any better. Well, I couldn't have been more wrong!

About a week goes by and I get an MSN asking me if I could help out with a couple of things, because the other person who was suppose to help out didn't have the time. It was nothing major and wouldn't take much time. I said, "Well what do you need help with? I have spare time right now." It was simple, he needed help interviewing people. He had a script all typed up, names and phone numbers for me to call. I had done this many times before for previous jobs. So I started to make the calls, interview people and get the paper work process started. Well this little bit of help, turned into more and more. Then one day I was asked if I wanted to be the Assistant Program Director. Are you serious?! YES! And then I began getting more and more duties. Next thing asked was did I want to be the Program Director? Again, without a moments hesitation, YES! After a lifetime of wanting something even a fraction of this, how could I say no? After that began the many many hours of training a staff of around 80 people, making sure the website was ready and a whole bunch of other things to make this wonderful project lift off. On September 13, 2008, all the hard work put into this project, became a reality.

Now what is this wonderful project? How can a radio station be wonderful? All you hear is the same tired garbage over and over again driven by record labels and corporations and big media wanting to make a quick buck off of the consumer. Well that certainly is not the case here! And when I try to tell people that, they find it very very hard to believe. But it is true. Now please hang on with me even more while I explain exactly why we are different and why I am so excited about this project, more excited than I have been about many things in a very long time.

If you go the station's website, and then click on the about page, you will read this:

Party 934 is a new type of internet radio station. We are the first truly multigenre station, which means we do not have a set "format." Our "Party Mixologists" have their own shows throughout the day and they get to play whatever type of music or talk about whatever they want.

How we are different

We have Party Mixologists playing pretty much every genre you can think of -- from techno, house, dance, hip hop, R&B, rap, gospel, indie, alternative, jazz funk, Americana, Britpop, punk, and more!

In terms of our on-air personalities, we truly have a diverse team. We have a professional music producers, like Alexander Cortada (Senior Party Mixologist EvilSeed) who has been making beats and producing music for over seven years. We also have Al-Kesna “AC” Shaw (Senior Party Mixologist AC) who has been extremely successful in terrestrial radio. At Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida, AC served as the Program Director. Then, he got accepted to work at WHQT in Miami, Florida on Sundays as well as Assistant Production Director for Cox’s Radio cluster of stations. AC can also be heard doing colorful traffic reports on WHQT and sister station WEDR. In addition, we have two students from The University of the Arts (Philadelphia, PA), Chris and Mike (hosts of "Chris & Mike at Nite"). They are the host of a very popular Broadway/musical theatre show on Party 934. We also have Felisha Ener - Senior Party Mixologist Mz. Fee (host of "Grown Folks Party") who used to run a community radio station called 96.1 Tha Zone in Houston, Texas.

So, as you can see, Party 934 is extremely diverse -- from professional deejays, to terrestrial radio personalities, to students, and finally to those just looking to do something constructive with their time!

Our views on the Top 40

You'll never catch a Party Mixologist on Party 934 playing anything from the top 40. Party 934 feels that most artists who are on the top 40 do not need any more marketing for their music - which is not even that great to begin with. Party 934 wants to be different - we will never play anything from the Jonas Brothers, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At the Disco, Linkin Park, or Miley Cyrus. These artists are already extremely popular (for whatever reason) and do not produce good music for the community. We feel that independent and semi-mainstream artists deserve more attention and promotional consideration for their hard work and efforts. Some musical artists on the top 40 don't even write their own music or lyrics! We feel that promoting local, unsigned, and independent bands will help them in their musical ventures, because they deserve it for their hard work!

Now, I feel the about page really does not do the station justice, and I have thought many time that it need a re-write. First, we have a huge staff. Each staff member gets to play whatever music "does it" for them, their own personal brand, without having to find radio safe music. The listener gets to hear the music as the artist intends. As well, we do not censor our mixologists. They are free to talk about what they want. Of course we have rules about using racial slurs and derogatory comments re: sexuality, gender, religion etc, because that is not needed. It is not their jobs to be discriminatory. They are free to talk about what they want, but of course it needs to be kept professional at some level. If they are wanting to have a themed show, it is all up to them. We allow all of our personalities to have complete creative control over their own shows. If they are not enthusiastic about what they are doing, how on earth are the listeners going to be enthusiastic about tuning in. Another way we are extremely different is you will never hear the same personality for more than 2 hours (unless an emergency comes up and they have to cover for another mixologist). That way the listener doesn't get tired by hearing the same personality every day for hours a day. In any given day, the listener has the opportunity to hear anywhere from 12-24 different personalities each playing their own choice of genre. You can listen from anywhere in the world that has internet connection. People who live in the Hudson Valley, NY also have the option of tuning in at 102.5 FM. And you get to hear personalities from around the world, bringing to you music that you will not get to hear on most radio stations in North America. We have mixologists in the following countries: The Philippines, Greece, Germany, Russia, the UK, Italy, Brazil, Canada and the USA. I am sure we will be adding more countries to the list in the near future, bringing variety you will not find anywhere else. There is no pressure for them to play any song since we don't answer to the record labels. Yes, we are fully licensed and we pay all the necessary royalties, something that is very important. But it is even more important for the independent artists to get air time, since they are the one that have to work that hardest to be heard and we are a voice for them. At Party934, there is no need for long letter writing campaigns begging for air play. All an artist has to do is approach one of the mixologists, and if the mixologist likes their music, it gets played. Something else that is unheard of these days. We have a strict no current top 40 policy. Songs in the top 40 get played enough as it is, they don't need someone else playing. Yes you will hear songs that have once been the in the top 40, but that is because the mixologist chooses to play it, not because some record label is giving the station a kick back for it to be played. I know some of the information in this paragraph is repetitive from what is on the about page, however I feel it needs to be stressed. Honest to bob, this is real. Its about time people had some real say in the media they not only have to put out to the public but that they choose to consume as well. And it is this creative control, this real voice that many people get to enjoy in what tends to be over ceonsored media, espcially in the states, that has me so very excited!

Well I think I have rambled enough for now. If you made it to the bottom of my post, kudos. Please check us out and support us. I promise you, you will find something that you like.

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So this is my first post of what I hope are many more to come. I use to do a lot of blogging, and then for some reason I just stopped. I really do not know why. Fair warning right now, I can promise you my first few posts are going to be very rough. Since it has been so long since I have actively blogged, I have lost my normal style. I use to be able to write like no one is watching and say what I was really felling without care of criticism from the readers. Kinda like the whole dance like no one is watching. But since it has been so long, I am out of practice and need to relearn how to write as if it was in my own private diary. I find that kind of writing to be the most effective. So please bear with me as I grow into this new attempt at blogging.

I am going to try and post something daily, even if its just a couple lines of musing or something that has caught my attention. Hopefully I am able to stick to it. If I do miss a day, it will be for good reason, which I promise to explain later (even if doesn't matter to you). I am the type of person that once I make a commitment (doesn't matter how trivial it seems), I stick to it. And if something comes up and I can't stick to it, well then it deserves an explanation. Especially to anyone who takes the time out of their to actually read it.

I expect to be posting a lot over the weekend since I have had a lot of crazy and wonderful things happen this week. Plus I want to dedicate at least one full blog post to my current pursuit. It is something that I am very excited about and is ground breaking and much needed. And I am sure that once you read it, you will also become just as enthusiastic about it even if at first it is difficult for you to believe that it is possible. Now this sounds very cryptic and you may be thinking it has to do with money or some get rich quick scheme, but it does not.

So having said that, welcome to my blog.