Hey... got a brand new edition of the original podcast, "I Love the Company" here today! (And I'll have a new installment of "Where's the Voice" right behind it! So, check back a little later or tomorrow.)

Today, I'm playing a bunch of your phone calls. Letting you guys air it out a little. (I couldn't get to all off them in one show.) but, I'm playing a request, answering a few questions about upcoming gigs, events that have already taken place, and what's up with Central Park this season.

Before I get to the show, I hafta do this next thig every year around this time.

I am pressed to do this semi-annually. (You people out there who know me at all know how uncomfortable I've been in the past around this time of year and this little program. But, with the help of friends and fellow-artists, I'm getting over it and finally getting to a place where I can ask you all to be a part of this... I can ask for your support.)

If YOU missed the first go 'round with the Permit Fund for 2008, here's your chance to help out one mo' time. (Actually, by donating something to the permit fun, you help support everything that goes on around here - this website, the podcasts, the concerts, all of these projects.)

Seriously... I'm so grateful to every single person who's helped out in the past. But, as I always say.... YOU are more important than your money. So, if you can't or just don't feel like helping out with money, just make sure you keep showing up in the park to share some music and a few laughs.

Okay... 'nough about that for now. Let me just say this one more time.

PODCAST TIME

HERE'S A BRAND NEW 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 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.)

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.)

I'll be right back with a new episode of the more socially-conscious, poltically-minded podcast "Where's the Voice".

If you need to know what that show is all about, just click on this link for a FREE download of the song that insspored the show, listen carefully to the lyrics... and i think you'll understand.

If you wanna call either show and leave a comment, a thought, a feeling an opinion... if you wanna call and make a musical request, anything at all, just use this number for both shows. (Even if you just wanna leave a message for me!)

646-224-8162

Cool?

Okay, listen... I've got an awful lotta work to do today.

I'll be back at the original website "That Guitar Man from Central Park" tomorrow.

Thanks for everything.

Okay! Let's get back to the podcasts today. Playing some of your phone calls and comments. Playing a caller's request. And talkin' about the concert that's comin' up here in New York City a week from this Saturday night!

Although I hafta say... it's not the same hangin' out with you guys online as it is hangin' out in person!

Quickly first!

My friend and colleague Christine Lavin emialed me over the weekend and told me she'd love to show up and do a couple of tunes at the gig on March 29th. So, besides my very special guest, Galia, Chris is gonna be there, too!

I can't wait.

Ah, speaking of "I Can't Wait"... Janet Kirker and Dave Marcus are also gonna be sharing the stage again. (More about the concert and how you can reserve seats today a little further down the page.)

PODCAST TIME

HERE'S A BRAND NEW EPISODE OF THE ORIGINAL PODCAST:

"I Love the Company" (Show #363)

I'm playing a song requested by a listener... a song by a special guest artist who will be joining me on stage on March 29th.

Just 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 automaticallye.)

SHOW 363

Cool? My musical guest on ILTC: Galia (Click on her photo to visit her website, find out more about her, where she's playing, and how to get her music.)

Galia

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

NOW!!!

ALL ABOUT THE CONCERT

DON'T GET SOLD OUT! The concert is 10 days away. So, you might wanna call a few friends and reserve your seats sooner than later.

Welcome to the website!!!

Hey, were you at that concert last weekend!?

We had a blast. It was the very, very first gig in that venue... the brand new H.I New York Performance Hall. I looked out a a nearly sold-out audience and saw so many of the same beautiful faces I see on "The Hill" in Central Park during the warm summer months here in New York City. It was great.

Well, we're gonna turn right around and do it again! But, a whole new show, with a guest artist I hand-picked myself who I think you guys are gonna really love. AND, I think this show'll be a precursor to the very first LIVE segment of "What's Behind the Song".

(Whoa! I'm getting waaaaayyy ahead of myself!)

Y'know why!? Because I'm a possibility-junkie! I am one of those people that lives by the Truth that the single most exciting thing in art is a blank canvas!

And, man! The possibilities for music, and different kinds of performances, and parties in this new venue in the coming year are just staggering.

My guest artist on March 29th is a brilliant, audacious and (I think) enigmatic young songwriter named Galia.

You are sooooo gonna dig her music! Start thinkin' about reserving seats... like... um... really soon. The last gig was very, very close to a sell-out and I think this one will definitely fill early. Once again, Sid Bernstein, the man who brought The Beatles to America, is behind this gig and he'll be there in the audience that night.

There is a brand new episode of the podcast "I Love the Company" here today, and I'll tell you all about this next concert, okay? (And, if you're new around here, or if you've never been to one of these concerts where we use the PayPal System for reserving seats, I'll tell you how all that works. Cool?

Just 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.)

My musical guest on ILTC: Galia

By the Way... the promo code for ILTC listeners to get a 10% discount at GoDaddy.com is "ILTC-1"

Cool?

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

Oh, and hey!

Th phone calls and comments cam in pretty fast and furious over the most recent installemtn of "Where's thye Voice". I'll be back early this week with a follow-up.

In the meantime, start calling your friends and make plans to hang out with us on Saturday night, March 29th at the HINY!

Hey!

Welcome to the site!

Got a brand new episode of the podcast "I Love the Company" here today. I'm playing more of YOUR phone calls and comments, and I'm talking more about the concert coming up this Saturday Night. (In fact, this will probably be the last podcast before the gig this weekend.)

Did you reserve your seats yet?

Yeah... it's general admission and you'll probably be able to just show up that night. But, to be sure, you might wanna reserve seats for you and your friends. Click on this link and follow instructions to put your name on the list at the door.

This is gonna be a blast. It'll be a great way to break up the winter and kick off a series of musical events we're planning in this venue. Sid Bernstein, the man who brought The Beatles to America, is behind this gig and he'll be there in the audience that night.

We're just gonna get together indoors, in a brand new venue. If this gig goes well, I think we're gonna make this a kind of a year-round home.

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

Okay... Podcast Time!

HERE'S A BRAND NEW EPISODE OF THE ORIGINAL PODCAST:

"I Love the Company" (Show #361)

Just 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 the Way... the promo code for ILTC listeners to get a 10% discount at GoDaddy.com is "ILTC-1"

Cool?

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

NOW... the sister-podcast to the original. This show, I'm passionate about hearing from you guys on this subject today.

Here it is... the most recent installment of the more politically-minded and socially conscious podcast, "Where's the Voice".

One the previous show (Episode #28) I asked a genuine question. I didn't voice an opinion... just offered a few thoughts to support a genuine question. WHAT I OPENED UP... what I'm learning is not what I expected. And I wanna hear from you. (Might be just a little controversial.) I'm encouraging YOU to do some research... look around for information. But, not the made-for-TV movie kind and not the propaganda FOX News kind of information. Really take a look, find out what you can, and then make an "informed guess" or form an honest opinion, knowing none of us ever has the complete story.

Really want you to call the show and have some fun! I wanna know how you feel about this topic!

Anyway, just click on the logo.

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Outta here.

Hope I see you Saturday!

Thanks for everything.

Yeah, yeah. It's Valentine's Day.

Um, Happy Valentine's Day.

(Y'know... or not.)

Hey... got an indoor concert comin' up here on the Upper West Side of New York City a week from this Saturday night. (You can reserve seats here today a little further down the page.) That gig is only 10 days away away.

But, today you hafta check out the most current installment of the podcast "Where's the Voice" and then pick up the phone to voice your opinion about a question I'm addressing on the show. (My heart and mind are pretty wide open on this one.)

But first!!!

HERE'S A BRAND NEW EPISODE OF THE ORIGINAL PODCAST

Cool?

Okay, now here's the new installment of "Where's the Voice". Now that it appears the matchup for the presidential election this year might be Obama and John McCain. (Sorry Hillary supporters. Gotta go with Obama at this time in America.)

And, listen McCain supporters...

I'm gonna ask a question on the podcast today that might not be popular or "PC" with anyone. And I wanna hear from you.

Okay now.... listen to WTV. (Might be just a little controversial.) Really want you to call the show and have some fun! I wanna know how you feel about this topic!

Anyway, just click on the logo!

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ABOUT THE UPCOMING CONCERT!

We're gonna share music and a lotta laughs. I'd love it if YOU were a part of it. It's on a Saturday night. Very cool.

This upcoming concert is gonna be the very, very first concert in a brand new music venue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan... "The H.I. New York Performance Hall". (I hope this place quickly becomes one of those best-known New York Secrets I'm always talkin' about.) You can show up the night of the show and take your chances, or you can reserve seats for you and your friends right now, right here. ALL seats are only $20 and there ain't a bad seat in this beautiful, comfortable hall. (It's also a hostel where hundreds of young people who are traveling the world stay while here in The Big Apple. So, we'll still be reaching a global audience... standing still!

See you Saturday, February 23

7:30

Cool?

When you use this PayPal system for whatever quantity of tickets you want, your name is put on the list so you can just show up the night. All the tickets you order will be in your name. SO... click on this link and reserve your seats for the very first concert of 2008. It's at the brand new H.I. New York Performance Hall on Amsterdam Ave at 103 St.

We're gonna have a blast.

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

Okay, before I leave you today... I'd love you to call and tell me how you feel about the upcoming election later this year. Or call with a story about Valentine's Day. Or call.. oh hell. Just call about whatever you want.

646-224-8162

See a week from this Saturday night.

Thanks for everything.

Real quick update today... I wanna get right to the podcasts. (Actually, probably gonna be a real quick podcast today, too. Easy to listen to. Gonna play some of YOUR phone calls and some music.)

I've got a lot goin' on.

If you're new around here... yeah, I'm that guy they call "That Guitar Man from Central Park". I'm such a lucky man to have such a cool, under-the-radar following of great people like you. I mean, over the years I'm sure I've shared my songs and ideas with hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people from across this country and different parts of the world.

Got a concert coming up here in New York City on Saturday, February 23rd. (More about that further down the page.)

But, first... let's get right to the brand new episode of "I Love the Company". (Show #359) Here's the phone number! Make this the day you finally pick up the phone and call one or both of the shows.

646-224-8162

(To leave a comment, make a request, express an opinion... or even just to leave a message for me!)

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.)

Musical guest: A band that is a blend of rock and reggae with hooky pop melodies... Once Just (Click on their photo to visit their website, find out more about them, where they're playing, and how to get their music.)

Okay now.... I will be right back with another installment of WTV. (This was the show from SUPER TUESDAY earlier this week.) ... the more politically-minded and socially conscious podcast called "Where's the Voice"

Really want you to call the show and have some fun! I wanna know how you feel about this topic!

Do you care who Oprah Winfrey is voting for? Or, George Clooney? Or Eddie Murphy?

On this week's show, we're talking about celebrity endorsements!

Anyway, 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.)

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ABOUT THE UPCOMING CONCERT!

We're gonna share music and a lotta laughs. I'd love it if YOU were a part of it. It's on a Saturday night. Very cool.

This upcoming concert is gonna be the very, very first concert in a brand new music venue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan... "The H.I. New York Performance Hall". (I hope this place quickly becomes one of those best-known New York Secrets I'm always talkin' about.) You can show up the night of the show and take your chances, or you can reserve seats for you and your friends right now, right here. ALL seats are only $20 and there ain't a bad seat in this beautiful, comfortable hall. (It's also a hostel where hundreds of young people who are traveling the world stay while here in The Big Apple. So, we'll still be reaching a global audience... standing still!

Here's the link to get your seats for this gig on Saturday, February 23

7:30

Here's the link to reserve seats!

Cool?

When you use this PayPal system for whatever quantity of tickets you want, your name is put on the list so you can just show up the night. All the tickets you order will be in your name.

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

Okay, before I leave you today... just wanna tell you the promo code for a 10% deiscount at GoDaddy.com is ILTC-1

Thanks for hangin' out today.

If you're gonna be in New York City, see you on the 23rd!

Thanks fro everything!

646-224-8162

Today... 2 new podcasts at thatguitarman.com

On "I Love the Company" I'm gonna be talkin' about the next concert comin' up in this brand new music hall on the Upper Westside of Manhattan.... the "H.I New York Performance Hall"

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

And on "Where's the Voice" we're gonna be talkin' about endorsements that are comin' down like rain on the remaining presidential candidates. (Want you guys to use the phone number to call the show and let your voice be heard, too. Gonna play a few calls on this week's show.) Let's continue making this website an extension of what I get to do every summer in Central Park.

So yeah... the concert on February 23rd!!!

Here's the deal... you can reserve a seat right now! But, a certain percentage of the seats MUST be held for the guests of the International Hostel. That leaves only about 100 tickets left, guaranteed. (Maybe more.)

So, if you wanna reserve seats in advance... click on the following link. That'll take you to PayPal. There you can get seats for an even 20 bucks each. Your name will be put on the guest list and all you have to do is walk up to the door the night of the concert and give us your name. All of the seats will be reserved in the name of whoever bought the seats, so your friends should claim their tickets that way, too. Y'know...

John Doe - 4

That kinda thing.

Here's the link to reserve seats!

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Cool?

My buddy and right hand man, Roger Bartlett, is gonna join me for the first gig. We're gonna have a blast. . Just got off the phone with Dodger and he's psyche to be giggin' again.

If you're gonna be in or around New York City... see you there.

Thanks for everything. 

Okay... It's a go.

(What the hell are you talkin' about, David!?)

The concert. The next concert, man. It's a go.

Saturday Night, Febraury 23 - 7:30

Okay listen, especially if you're new around here. I've been "That Guitar Man from Central Park" for 16 years now.

But in the winter months, we all get a little crazy for a night when we can just hang in a group of really cool people here in town and just kick around some music and laughs. Well, enough is enough. I've been approached by a great guy who has a wonderful venue in which we can put musical events on their feet, like, maybe once a month. (I'll also be talking to you guys very soon about the realization of a little dream of mine.... a LIVE version on the podcast segment, "What's Behind the Song". This first concert will be called... um... uh...

"It's Just Us"

Okay! So... for this very first concert, here's the thing.

The theater is small compare to some of the other venues I play here in New York - seats 200 really comfortably with some standing room. But, a percentage of the seats must be reserved for the young world travelers that are guests in the New York International Hostel. (It's gonna be great and just like Central Park to be playing for visitors from all around the planet.)

So... you'll be able to walk right up and get tickets that night if there are still seats available. OR, starting this Friday, February 1 you'll be able to reserve seats right here at the website. Spread the word to your friends and anyone you think might wanna sit in on the inaugural concert. (We've got such cool thing planned for the whole year!)

FRIDAY... TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE HERE.

I'll tell you more about this on th podcast today!

Here... give a listen to the new installment of "I Love the Company". (Show #357)

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.)

Musical guest on today's show: A young, audacious and gifted songwriter that I've come to admire... Jodi Shaw (Click on her photo to visit her website, find out more about her, where she's playing, and how to get her music.)

And, there will be a brand new installment of the more politically-minded and soicially-conscious podcast, "Where's the Voice" in the next day or so. We;'l be a taking a look at the final "State of the Union" speech by this national disgrace and global embarrassment... Geeorge W. Bush.

In the meantime, this week's episode takes a good, no-hold-barred look at John McCain, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, and the man I've stared calling...

Blessed Mike of God

Mike Huckabee

Anyway, 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.)

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Okay, before I get outta here I've gotta give you the opportunity once again to really be a part of all this. It's the permit fund for 2008. Listen, the fact that I'm an independent artist who is broke a lot of the time is my choice, and I wouldn't trade places with another human being on the planet. (People sometimes use the term "struggling artist". But... I'M NOT STRUGGLING. Yeah, I'm financially poor. But I'm not "struggling". Struggling is a state of mind and an attitude.)

Me?

I'm havin' a blast!

So, it's no big deal either way. But, if you'd like the opportunity to help out with the expense of showing up in Central Park every weekend, and even act like a sponsor for the podcast you can just click on this link. So, this not only helps with the special Events Permits, but also with the Sound Device Permits from the NYPD. Just click on this link and donate whatever amount you're comfortable with.

See you really, really soon I hope.

Thanks for everything.

Hey... if you're new around here, welcome to the website.

Got a brand new show on the podcast "I Love the Company" and a pretty intense installment of "Where's the Voice" here today.

On ILTC I'm talking about the gigs I'm gonna be putting together at a new and undiscovered venue right here on the Upper Westside of Manhattan.

I mean, this building was originally a home for Civil War widows, built in 1861. It's a spectacular old building that's been renovated by a guy named Tim of H.I. New York. There are several great music rooms and an outdoor venue that can;t be more perfectly suited to the kind of thing we like to do, sharing music and laughs.

. . .

OH! By the way...

Before we get to the podcasts, I wanna share a few more entries sent into the website from listeners across the country for Ryan's "Between Your Legs" thang.

Jump in if you feel like it. All you hafta do is invent a new movie title by tagging the phrase "Between Your Legs" onto a title that already exist. (Some of the entries so far are really clever.)

Ryan started this... But, here are the newest ones. (Some people sent dozens of suggestions!)

Sharon: Kingdom of Heaven Between Your Legs.
Steve: The Iron Giant Between Your Legs
Tracey: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Between Your Legs, 2 And A Half Men Between Your Legs, Mean Girls Between Your Legs

Niti: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days Between Your Legs, The Business of Being Born Between Your Legs, The Air I Breathe Between Your Legs, Still Life Between Your Legs, There Will Be Blood Between Your Legs, Atonement Between Your Legs, I Am Legend Between Your Legs, Sweet Charity Between Your Legs, Who Framed Roger Rabbit Between Your Legs

David: Some Like It Hot Between Your Legs, The Odd Couple Between Your Legs, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Between Your Legs, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever Between Your Legs, An American Tale Between Your Legs, That Thing You Do Between Your Legs, While You Were Sleeping Between Your Legs, You've Got Mail Between Your Legs, When Harry Met Sally Between Your Legs, Better Off Dead Between Your Legs, Sudden Impact Between Your Legs

Go back to Friday's update to check out the originals. Go ahead and email me a title, or call it in to and leave a message for one of the podcasts.

646-224-8162

Okay... ONTO THE PODCASTS!!!

First up, a brand new episode of "I Love the Company". Like I said, today I'll give you the news about the upcoming concerts.

Cool?

This website and the podcasts are kind of an extension of what I do during the warm weather here in the greatest city on earth. In the summer I get to share my music with people from all across the country and all around the world just by being "That Guitar Man from Central Park". After you listen to the shows today use that phone number I gave you... just to day "Hi" and let us know who you are and where you are.

And on "Where's the Voice" I'm gonna be inviting you all to call in and voice YOUR opinions and feelings. We'll head into this election year with a few laughs and a couple of good doses of Truth and Reason. It's gonna be wild ride and we'll make sure your voice is heard around here! (Especially if you're an artist writing music that actually SAYS SOMETHING!)

Musical guest on today's ILTC: I guy I've shared lots of stages with for a long long time, now... 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.)

Okay, let's move on to this week's WTV. As always, on "Where's the Voice" I'm gonna be inviting you all to call in and voice YOUR opinions and feelings. Today, we're looking at the obliteration of the wall bewtween church and state by the conservative Christian right-wing of this country and shining a light on John McCain, Tony Perkins and the man I've started calling...

Blessed Mike of God

Mike Huckabee

Anyway, 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.)

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Okay, before I get outta here I've gotta give you the opportunity once again to really be a part of all this. It's the permit fund for 2008. Listen, the fact that I'm an independent artist who is broke a lot of the time is my choice, and I wouldn't trade places with another human being on the planet. (People sometimes use the term "struggling artist". But... I'M NOT STRUGGLING. Yeah, I'm financially poor. But I'm not "struggling". Struggling is a state of mind and an attitude.)

Me?

I'm havin' a blast!

So, it's no big deal either way. But, if you'd like the opportunity to help out with the expense of showing up in Central Park every weekend, and even act like a sponsor for the podcast you can just click on this link. So, this not only helps with the special Events Permits, but also with the Sound Device Permits from the NYPD. Just click on this link and donate whatever amount you're comfortable with.

See you really, really soon I hope.

Thanks for everything.

NEW Show Today. And, I'm meeting with a guy at a new venue to plan some indoor gigs here in New York City very soon.

Like I said, got a new podcast... a brand new episode of "I Love the Company" today.

But before we get to that, I wanna ask anyone who was down in the British West Indies with me to keep sending those photos. (I didn't get to bring any home with me.) This came in from Rita and Peter who were hangin' with me at the beach-side bar called Sharkies. (Not a bad gig, hah?)

Also, I'd like to announce the launch of this year's Permit Fund. (Well, it's not only for the permits to play in Central Park. It's also to keep the podcasts going.) But, the weirdest thing happened. ALLLLL the checks were cashed in the week I was in the Turks & Caicos Islands. (Early this year.) So, we'll see if Claudia Pepe and the permit office can make this go smoothly this year and just go ahead and let us do what we do every Saturday afternoon this summer.

IF YOU WANNA HELP OUT... not only with the special Events Permits, but also with the Sound Device Permits from the NYPD, just click on this link and donate whatever amount you're comfortable with.

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Okay... LET'S GET TO THE NEW PODCAST.

Here's episode number 355. I've said this often. This website and the podcasts are kind of an extension of what I do during the warm weather here in the greatest city on earth. In the summer I get to share my music with people from all across the country and all around the world just by being "That Guitar Man from Central Park".

Y'know, after you listen to the shows today I'll give you a phone number you can use... just to day "Hi" and let us know who you are and where you are.

And on "Where's the Voice" I'm gonna be inviting you all to call in and voice YOUR opinions and feelings. We'll go out with a few laughs and a couple of good doses of Truth and Reason heading into a presidential election year. It's gonna be wild ride and we'll make sure your voice is heard around here! (Especially if you're an artist writing music that actually SAYS SOMETHING!)

So, let's start out with the original podcast... "I Love the Company" (Show #355)

Musical guests on today's show: A talented, nice guy from Canada... David Celia (Click on his photo to visit his website, find out more about him, where he's playing, and how to get his music.)

By the way... here's the code you can enter at GoDaddy.com if you wanna get 10% off your order, just for listening to ILTC. (code - ILTC!)

Okay, let's move on to this week's WTV. As always, on "Where's the Voice" I'm gonna be inviting you all to call in and voice YOUR opinions and feelings. We'll have a few laughs and a couple of good doses of Truth and Reason heading into this presidential election year. It's gonna be wild ride and we'll make sure your voice is heard around here! (Especially if you're an artist writing music that actually SAYS SOMETHING!) I'm answering some of your phone calls and playing a couple of really great tracks that actually have something to say about what's going on in this country. (Damn! I'm still thirsty for more music like this. Hell... that's why the show is called "WHERE'S the Voice"!)

Anyway, 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.)

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Musical guest on today's WTV: Jake Holmes (Click on his photo to visit his website, find out more about him, where he's playing, and how to get his music.)

OKAY... HERE IT IS AGAIN!!! (It's an NYC area code)

Seriously... don't just think about it. Pick up the phone and say "Hey"! Use this number to call either show - to voice an opinion or tell me I'm full of shit on WTV, or just to make comments and requests for ILTC.

Starting now - this year, have fun. Start calling the show if you have any thoughts or feelings or wishes or sentiments for the new lap around the Sun in 08.... or any thoughts you wanna share with people here in New York City, across the country or around the world. Use this phone number:

Anywhere in North America or Internationally:

646-224-8162

Cool.

Okay... stick around all year and check in often. Because we're gonna have some fun and do some Good and I want YOU to be part of it.

Be back in a minute.

Thanks for everything.

Ch-ch-ch-changes....

Well, I'm not goin' anywhere. I mean, I'm still gonna be  at "That Guitar Man". And, hopefully, I'm gonna be back out at "The Hill" in Central Park every warm Saturday afternoon this Spring and Summer.

But, there are gonna be some big changes around here pretty soon.

Specifically, I'm talkin' about the podcasts, "I Love the Company" and "Where's the Voice".

In fact, go listen to the brand new episode that's posted right now. Give it a listen and then give me YOUR feedback. YOUR ideas and input will have a definite impact on the decisions and choices I make about the future of the shows.

Here's the phone number for you to call:

646-224-8162

(Seriously, plug in your headphones, jam in your earbuds or turn on your speakers and listen.) Then pick up the phone. There's a lot to discuss and choices to be made.

Musical guest on today's show: A new friend and someone I wanna collaborate with in the work he's doing with people who happen to be living with AIDS - Ben Godwin. (Click on his photo to visit his website, find out more about him, where he's playing, and how to get his music.)

Also today, I have another guest in the "Songwriting Session" segment is a fellow-artist, (a fine actor who is following the little voice and venturing onto and off-ramp into songwriting) and new friend of mine, Bruce McCarty.

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Okay, let's move on to this week's WTV. As always, on "Where's the Voice" I'm gonna be inviting you all to call in and voice YOUR opinions and feelings. We'll have a few laughs and a couple of good doses of Truth and Reason heading into this presidential election year. It's gonna be wild ride and we'll make sure your voice is heard around here! (Especially if you're an artist writing music that actually SAYS SOMETHING!) I'm answering some of your phone calls and playing a couple of really great tracks that actually have something to say about what's going on in this country. (Damn! I'm still thirsty for more music like this. Hell... that's why the show is called "WHERE'S the Voice"!)

Anyway, 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.)

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Musical guest on today's WTV: Jake Holmes (Click on his photo to visit his website, find out more about him, where he's playing, and how to get his music.)

OKAY... HERE IT IS!!! (It's a NYC area code)

Here's the phone number so you can get in on this!

Seriously... don't just think about it. Pick up the phone and say "Hey"! Use these numbers to call either show - to voice an opinion or tell me I'm full of shit on WTV, or just to make comments and requests for ILTC.

Starting now - this year, have fun. Start calling the show if you have any thoughts or feelings or wishes or sentiments for the new lap around the Sun in 08.... or any thoughts you wanna share with people here in New York City, across the country or around the world. Use this phone number:

Anywhere in North America or Internationally:

646-224-8162

Cool.

Okay... it's gonna be a little slow around here to start of the new year. I have a bunch of stuff to do and I'm heading out of town for the 3rd week of this month. But, stick around all year and check in often. Because we're gonna have some fun and do some Good and I want YOU to be part of it.

I'll just leave you right now with a few stills from the gig last week. Click on the thumbnail to view the larger image.

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See you soon.

Thanks for everything.

Okay... I'm back.

And, I'm back with TWO brand new podcasts today!

I've said this before. This website and the podcasts are kind of an extension of what I do during the warm weather here in the greatest city on earth. In the summer I get to share my music with people from all across the country and all around the world just by being "That Guitar Man from Central Park".

Now, people from all over get to come here and be a part of the podcasts. I understand there are lots and lots of newcomers showing up here. It's the end of another lap around the Sun and i'm really jazzed about 2008. This is so cool. Just when I ask myself, "Man! Can it get any better than this", the answer comes back....

"Um... uh... well, YEAH!"

This winter and spring I've got plans to do some more "indoor" concerts here in town. This past year I was lucky enough to meet many more really beautiful, creative, open-minded people to enhance this growing circle of friends and artists, and that makes 2008 something to be really excited about.

Y'know, after you listen to the shows today I'll give you a couple of phone numbers you can use... just to day "Hi" and let us know who you are and where you are.

First up... on today's ILTC I'm gonna be playing a couple of clips from the "Year-End Concert" we had here in New York City last week.

And on "Where's the Voice" I'm gonna be inviting you all to call in and voice YOUR opinions and feelings. We'll go out with a few laughs and a couple of good doses of Truth and Reason heading into a presidential election year. It's gonna be wild ride and we'll make sure your voice is heard around here! (Especially if you're an artist writing music that actually SAYS SOMETHING!)

So, let's start out with the original podcast... "I Love the Company" (Show #353)

Just 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.)

Musical guests on today's show: A woman from Boston who've I played before - Danielle Miragila. (Click on her photo to visit her website, find out more about her, where she's playing, and how to get her music.)

Okay, let's move on to this week's WTV. I'm answering some of your phone calls and playing a couple of really great tracks that actually have something to say about what's going on in this country. (Damn! I'm still thirsty for more music like this. Hell... that's why the show is called "WHERE'S the Voice"!)

Anyway, 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.)

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Musical guest on today's WTV: Jake Holmes (Click on his photo to visit his website, find out more about him, where he's playing, and how to get his music.)

OKAY... HERE THEY ARE!!!

Here are the phone numbers so you can get in on this!

Seriously... don't just think about it. Pick up the phone and say "Hey"! Use these numbers to call either show - to voice an opinion or tell me I'm full of shit on WTV, or just to make comments and requests for ILTC.

Starting now - this year, have fun. Start calling the show if you have any thoughts or feelings or wishes or sentiments for the new lap around the Sun in 08.... or any thoughts you wanna share with people here in New York City, across the country or around the world. Use these phone numbers:

Anywhere in North America:

646-224-8162

Internationally:

+44 845 280 6622

Cool.

I'll be back again before the end of the year. Maybe we'll do a little year-in-review kinda thing.

I'll just leave you right now with a few stills from the gig last week. Click on the thumbnail to view the larger image.

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See you soon.

Thanks for everything.

Okay... well, call this the Christmas Update.

I've got the brand new episode of the podcast "I Love the Company" here for you today. And, it's kind of a special show. I'm playing the first couple of audio clips from the concert last week. I'm playing a lot of your phone calls. And, I'm playing something very special for you guys at the end of the show. So, check it out and then pick up the phone and leave YOUR special comments for the New Year. Be a part of this whole thing here on the web and bring friends. 2008's gonna be a lot of fun.

Okay... here it is THE CHRISTMAS SHOW on "I Love the Company".

Musical guest on today's ILTC: A man who was in the audience last Monday night, Mark Aaron James.

(Click on his photos to visit his website, find out more about him, where he's playing, and how to get his music.)

AND listen, start calling the show of you have any thoughts or feelings or wishes or sentiments for the new lap around the Sun in 08.... or any thoughts you wanna share with people here in New York City, across the country or around the world. Use these phone numbers:

Anywhere in North America:

646-224-8162

Internationally:

+44 845 280 6622

BTW - ILTC is brought to you, in part, by GoDaddy.com. (If you use this promo code hen you checkout at GoDaddy, you get 10% off everything you order. Kinda cool.) Code: ILTC-1

There's been a lot goin' on these past few weeks, what with the "Year-End Concert" and all. I'm still trying to decompress and catch up at the same time.

But, man! What a night we had the other night, hah? People are still sending me photos and video they shot at the gig. And, my good friend and colleague, James Marino, was running a video camera at the same time he was riding the show in the sound booth. So, I'll see if I can start posting video by next week. In the meantime, here are some photos from a batch sent to us here at the website from a long time "Hill" guy, Phil Carracci.

Click on the thumbnail to view the larger image.

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Okay, let's move on to this week's WTV. I'm answering some of your phone calls and playing a couple of really great tracks that actually have something to say about what's going on in this country. (Damn! I'm still thirsty for more music like this. Fuck... that's why the show is called "WHERE'S the Voice"!)

Anyway, 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.)

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Musical guests on today's WTV: Paul Hipp and David Dragov. (Click on their photos to visit their websites, find out more about them, where they're playing, and how to get their music.)

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Gotta go.

Gotta get back to the microphone and get the year-end edition of "Where's the Voice" finished.

I'll see you back here soon, okay?

Have a great holiday!

Well, hey! Got a new episode of the podcast "I Love the Company" today. A whole bunch of you are calling in. It's very cool. Now, in the summer are you counted among "The People on the Hill".

Whether you are or not - or even if you're kinda new around here, I have a question.

Are you gonna be with us at...

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"THE something'th ANNUAL YEAR-END CONCERT"

...this coming Monday night?

If you already got tickets, congratulations. Because I checked the box office yesterday and found out, this show is...

Now if you didn't get tickets, email me through this website and maybe we can work something out between now and Monday. I hope you don't miss it. I've got a feeling about this gig. I think it's gonna be a great night.

But... LOOKOUT!!! HERE COMES A SHAMELESS PLUG!!!

In the lobby before and after the show, there are gonna be CDs from all of the artists for sale! I'm telling you, grab some music for yourself. But, grab a whole bunch of great stuff for gifts this year. (They're really easy to wrap and a uniquely New York kinda gift!) CDs and a brand new book from a special guest at this year's concert!!!

A few of the people who are gonna join me on-stage?

Roger Bartlett - The original guitar player in Jimmy Buffet's Coral Reefer Band
George Wurzbach - composer of "Much Better View of the Moon" and one of the most brilliant and brain-damaged songwriters I've ever known.
Cassie Kubinski - Not much to say... beautiful, talented, hot, great voice, and a fine, fine songwriter.
Jake Holmes - Not even gonna tell you. (He's a surprise.)

Now, Pete Fornatale of WFUV is gonna be with us to introduce the night. Not only is Pete gonna introduce the show. But, he's also just written a really fun book about his personal experiences with Simon & Garfunkel. He'll have it at the show and be available to sign copies after the gig in the lobby. It's called Simon & Garfunkel's Bookends

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Okay... PODCAST TIME

Got a brand new show here today... kind of a run-up to the "Year-End Concert". Gonna be playing some of YOUR phone calls and comments and a couple of fun tracks written by friends of mine.

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Musical guest on today's ILTC: A man who will be joining me on stage on the 17th, George Wurzbach.

(Click on his photos to visit his website, find out more about him, where he's playing, and how to get his music.)

Okay, let's move on to this week's WTV. I'm answering some of your phone calls and playing a couple of really great tracks that actually have something to say about what's going on in this country. (Damn! I'm still thirsty for more music like this. Fuck... that's why the show is called "WHERE'S the Voice"!)

Anyway, 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.)

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Musical guests on today's WTV: Paul Hipp and David Dragov. (Click on their photos to visit their websites, find out more about them, where they're playing, and how to get their music.)

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AFTER YOU LISTEN TO THE PODCAST, I REALLY WANNA HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY!!!

Now, I know that people have been checking in here from all across the country and different parts of the world. That's why webmaster James Marino set up 2 phone numbers for you guys to use. Use them to leave a message for me... or a comment for either podcast, okay? I might play yours right on the show.

Anywhere in North America:

646-224-8162

Internationally:

+44 845 280 6622

Okay, Hope I see you at the concert on Monday night. If you didn't get tickets, gimme a shout..

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Thanks for everything.