#derek strahan

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Daiistar - Repeater

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What I read in April!

Many times this month I have thought "oh no! I've not posted April's reading list yet!" and then I continued to not post it.

But now is the time.

The Hungry Earth, Nicholas Kaufman ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Heiress of Duniyasar, Derin Edala ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Obsidian Island, Aiden Powell ⭐️⭐️

From the Depths Anthology, Ed. Mike Ashley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wheel of the Infinite, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Community Minded (ss), Carmilla Voiez ⭐️

Conversion Therapy (ss), Carmilla Voiez ⭐️⭐️

Their Heart a Hive, Fox N. Locke ⭐️⭐️

City of Bones, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Meeting Infinity, Ed. Jonathan Strahan ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Rosemary & Iron, Dorian Valentine ⭐️

Bridging Infinity, Ed. Jonathan Strahan ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Reach for Infinity, Ed. Jonathan Strahan ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Infinity's End, Ed. Jonathan Strahan ⭐️⭐️

The Beetle, Richard Marsh ⭐️⭐️

The Forty Hour Train Murder, Derek Des Anges ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Oedipus the King(sp), Sophocles trans. David Greene ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cold Fire, Dean R Koontz 😡

The Rise & Fall of the Third Reich(nf), William l Shirer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

So this month felt pretty slow, but I actually did get through quite a few books. Where I really got bogged down was Cold Fire by Dean Koontz, but we will discuss that in a moment.

This was my first reading of Oedipus the King in any form, and I have to say that it was a fantastic experience. Even getting the book was a really nice experience. Not that there are many occasions where getting a book is a bad experience. Anyways. I had decided to stop by the local Collective Bookshop in town after work, because I had seen their posts on the facebook community groups about how they were raising funds for the next year of their operation, and I thought well, I could be part of the community and go buy a cup of coffee and maybe a book or two. So I did! It's a weird sort of space up some stairs from the main road, and I think it probably used to be an apartment or something because the layout is not very shop-like. Which is nice, the different rooms each have some seating space, and every wall is full of shelving which is full of books. Different genres in different rooms, artwork on the tiny bits of wall not obscured by books, and a decent space for small community events like book launches, art shows, and video game nights. I found a very nice copy of Oedipus the King, and my sole complaint is that it is a standalone play, and now I really want to read the other two Oedipus plays that Sophocles wrote. I also found a paperback of Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves, which I haven't gotten around to reading yet. But y'know. Soon.

Oedipus the King is one of those plays that as I was reading it, my latent theatre kid pathology started waking up. I could imagine how I would stage it, and the kind of casting that I would want to do, and how many fun ways you could use the chorus for dramatic effect. I even know which local theatre group I would trust to do the staging with enough flamboyant set dressing and costume design. I read it on the train to Sydney, now and then reading aloud some of the most killer lines for the friends I was travelling with. If you like reading plays, do give this one a go, the dramatic irony is delicious, and just about every character has some ripper smart arse lines.

And from there, we'll have to discuss something less fun. Cold Fire by Dean Koontz. Now, granted, the first three quarters of this book are very fun. It's an action-movie-like plot with some pretty cool set pieces, and characters that are fairly cardboard cut-out-y but in a way that works just fine for an action thriller. Unfortunately after all of that run-up, the book entirely fails to stick the landing in a way which retroactively makes the whole thing awful. The plot is essentially that there is a man travelling around the USA (and around the world), showing up in random places just in time to save random people from random events where they otherwise would have been killed. He then leaves without sharing his identity or sticking around to talk to reporters about his deeds, and so for a long while, this goes under the radar as a bunch of unrelated local interest stories. Until one day he happens to perform one of these rescues while a journalist is already on site, interviewing someone else, and witnesses the whole event.

The journalist corners the guy, gets his name, and they part ways. She then goes back to her unsatisfying job, writing about small town stuff, and she gets an idea. Maybe she should investigate the guy, and find out what he's really up to. So she finds a whole bunch of news reports that can be linked back to him, and starts putting together a timeline of the crazy rescues he's been doing. Meanwhile this guy is off rescuing some people as usual, and so on and so forth. Eventually the journalist decides to track him down at home, and finds his house, starts canvassing people who know him to find information, and then she shows up at his place and demands to be let in with the threat of writing a big story about what he's been doing. So he lets her in, and at this point the story falls apart.

Cold Fire sets us up with a few options for what might be happening, some of which are very cool, some of which are a bit goofy, and then it goes with the goofy option, with a side order of misused psychological terminology, and a baffling about-face from action packed set pieces, to a sedate tour of a small town, including a long slow interlude at a retirement home. Apparently, the main guy is a psychic, with DID (not that what is represented here resembles DID, but we'll get to that), and one of his alternate personalities is eeeeevil, and has been doing all of the horrible scary things that the protags have been stressing out about. Such horrible scary things as: feeding death threats and psychic torture directly into the journalist woman's mind, while they're supposedly falling deeply in love over the course of three days, and she sets out to 'cure' his DID with the Power of a Good Woman.

The thing is, the 'DID' in this story sure does read a lot more like maladaptive daydreaming. Apparently after the trauma of watching his parents be murdered as a kid, this guy got heavily invested in a sci-fi novel about a kid who speaks to an alien living in a space ship in the pond on his family farm. He then psychically then manifests his own 'alien presence' on his grandparent's farm, but adds the figure of an evil alien who wants to do bad and naughty things. The character 'gets messages' from the 'good alien' which are how he gets the information on how to perform his daring rescues, and he has nightmares about the 'evil alien', and is afraid that the 'evil alien' is going to show up and do...something bad. The alien 'personalities' aren't taking over so that the guy can get through a truamatic time, they're fantasies that he has the power to make visible because he's a psychic.

Anyway, the whole thing's a moot point because after a long, boring conversation at the retirement home, the journalist loves him hard enough to exorcise the mental illness out of him or whatever. It sucked, and at that point I was so annoyed at the experience of reading this book that I had to put it down and do some vigorous pacing around my office.

Did I mention that the 'evil alien' (the main dude) psychically tortures the journalist woman and threatens to kill her? Like a lot? In graphic detail? And she decides that she needs to marry this guy? Immediately?

Ugh.

A more interesting reading experience was The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, by William L Shirer. The author had been a journalist, posted in Germany for the duration of WW2, and after the war had access to files and documents that the US seized after the fall of the Reich. It is a very interesting book as an artifact of the time it was written in, and as a recount of first-person experiences of the author being a reporter in that time and place. The of-its-time of it has bizarre moments, though. For instance there's a vibrant homophobia which pops up at various points throughout the book. It was striking how often the author was able to rightly point to examples of Germans being 'duped' by what he thought of as obvious propaganda, and outright fabrications, but then that he turns around and does the same thing with his own prejudice. It's an interesting example of reportage which makes use of the writer's own experiences, but I probably wouldn't rely on it for strict factual accuracy for events outside of the author's personal experience.

I'll finish off here with an honorable mention for The Hungry Earth. It wasn't the greatest book I've ever read, but it was fun! It is what I would call a 'fungal horror', and it is actually a fairly shining example of its genre. Finally. I think fungus has such a great potential for horror writing, but it seems like every time I find one, it ends up being bad in weird and uncomfortable ways. Usually to do with gender. If you want to have fun, fungal body horror, check out The Hungry Earth.

And that's that for that.

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DAIISTAR — Good Time (Fuzz Club)

Good Time by DAIISTAR

Earlier this year, the Austin psychedelic shoegazers known as DAIISTAR released a cover of Primal Scream’s “Burning Wheel” from 1997’s Vanishing Point, a landmark in dub-kraut-scree transcendence, which is as good a reference point as any for this upstart band. Indeed, if Creation Records were still making records, DAIISTAR would fit like a glove. This foursome howls like a banshee, kicks like a mule and churns a white-noise hedonism which is very 1990s and very good.

The band is made of Alex Capistran, last spotted contributing a guitar solo to Warm Soda’s I Don’t Want to Grow Up, alongside drummer Nick Cornetti of American Sharks and Cartwright, bassist Misti Hamrick from dreampop Pale Dīan and keyboard player Derek Strahan. This debut album was produced by The Black Angels’ Alex Maas and shares that band’s penchant for ecstatic, Jesus & Mary Chain-style fuzz.

You could start, maybe, with “Tracemaker,” a dopplering, wailing wall of guitars, paced by shambolic tambourine. It’s like MBV but poppier, with a swaggering beat and soft, tuneful vocals whispered into an already overloaded amp. Or consider the very Brian Jonestown Massacre-ish “Purified,” with its limpid, drug-dream guitar line and murmured lyrics. Straight up and down, but wavering at the edges, it’s massive and sweet at the same time. “Speed Jesus,” brings big viscous keyboards up to the front, then knocks them down with a blaring haze of guitar. It has the relentless motion of Primal Scream’s best wide-horizons psych, leaning back and rolling from the hips as it saunters on, wigging out but in the coolest, most nonchalant way.

This album is well-named, containing not perhaps the most groundbreaking of sounds but a very good time all the same. So break out the strobe lights and plug in the pedals. The 24-hour party people are here again.  

Jennifer Kelly

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The Deal Sports Podcast Welcomes WNBA-Great Sue Bird

Sports podcasts are apparently a must-have show for any decently-sized podcast network these days. Current, former, and wannabe athletes all seem to have shows. One benefit of this sports podcast lollapalooza is that women's sports are receiving much more coverage than ever before and with female sports podcasters.  On the latest episode of Bloomberg’s video podcast The Deal, hosted by Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly, the co-hosts sit down with former WNBA player and Seattle Storm co-owner Sue Bird to discuss her growing media empire and the explosion of women's sports. Bird tells the hosts how she has built her investment portfolio, why her company’s viral t-shirt is about more than just a meme, and why timing is so important for her big decisions on and off the court.

CLIPS: Bird shares how she sees the WNBA going forward and says women’s sports isn’t going anywhere, so why not invest in something like that?

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DChFRwwxZa0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Bird explains what “pink it and shrink it” means and why there’s a gap in merchandise in women’s sports.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCXOmKTRzKl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Listen to the full podcast episode HERE.

See HERE for a link to Jason Kelly’s article about the interview with Bird, who discussed building a women’s sports ecosystem.

The Deal brings together A-Rod Corp CEO and owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx, Alex Rodriguez, and Bloomberg’s veteran business journalist, Jason Kelly to explore the stories behind the biggest deals across industries. Alex and Jason exchange notes with athletes, entertainers, and executives about the deals that shaped their careers in sports and business. They dive into team ownership, investment philosophies, missed opportunities, and more.

In the fall, Rodriguez told The Hollywood Reporter: “Dealmaking in sports, media and entertainment requires a strategic vision and nuanced execution to compete in such a crowded space,” Rodriguez said. “Jason brings his experience as a seasoned journalist and I share what I’ve learned from the best in sports and business. Our show will welcome iconic figures to provide insights that you won’t hear anywhere else.”

Guests this season include David Rubenstein, Adena Friedman, Marc Lasry, Ted Leonsis and more. Watch the trailer for the series HERE and catch up on previous episodes HERE, with guests including Maria Sharapova, Michael Strahan, Derek Jeter, Serena Williams and more.

New episodes of The Deal drop Thursday mornings, wherever you get your podcasts. The video version streams on Bloomberg.com, the Bloomberg app, the Bloomberg Originals channel on YouTube and on Connected TV (CTV) devices.

There always will be those who remember Alex Rodriguez's steroid scandal, especially since he was one of the best baseball players of his era. As a podcast host, however, he's accomplished and sharp.

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Formed back in 2020, Austin-based shoegazers DAIISTAR (pronounced Day-Star) — Alex Capistran (vocals, guitar), Nick Cornetti (drums), Misti Hamrick (bass) and Derek Strahan (keys) — have established a narcotic blend of noise and melody that draws from the neo-psychedelic era of the 80s and 90s, but modernizes it with modulating synths, heavy guitars, bouncing bass lines and spiraling hooks.  The Austin shoegeazer outfit’s Alex Maas-produced full-length debut, last year’s GoodTime featured the fuzzy The Jesus and Mary Chain-meets- Crocodiles-like “Parallel” and revealed a band that paid a remarkable amount of attention to craft with a penchant for catchy hooks. The band supported the album touring across North America with The Black Angels, The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols, and included festival circuit stops at Levitation, Desert Daze, SXSW, Freak Out, Treefort, as well as a KEXP session.  The Austin shoegazers are currently on a European tour. Those tour dates are below. But they’ll be releasing the “Clear”/”Velvet Reality (Sonic Boom ” Remix 7 inch through Fuzz Club. Slated for a May 10, 2024 release, the 7 inch will feature “Clear,” a previously unreleased song recored during the GoodTime sessions. “Clear” is a reverb-drenched bliss bomb featuring shimmering synths, Capistran’s dreamily delivered falsetto paired with a slow-burning groove. The song, to me at least, brings road trips on glorious, sunny afternoons — full of hope, possibility, life-altering adventures and laughs.  DAIISTAR’s Alex Capistran (guitar/vocals) explained that “the idea behind ‘Clear’ was to write the perfect song for a perfect day. A song that comes to mind on a warm and sunny afternoon; inspiring thoughts of attainable bliss and encouraging you to dream up something nice for your future self.” Album track “Velvet Reality,” closes out GoodTime with a dreamy, washed-out haze. Spacemen 3 co-founder Pete Kember, a.k.a. Sonic Boom gives “Velvet Reality” the remix treatment, further deconstructing the song by making it even more ethereal and hazier than its original while also giving the oscillating and fluttering synths more of an emphasis. The result is an ethereal and narcoleptic bit of shoegaze seemingly informed by doo wop. TOUR DATES 4/19 ES BARCELONA – BARCELONA PSYCH FEST 4/20 ES ZARAGOZA – LATA DE BOMBILLAS 4/21 ES SAN SEBASTIAN – DABADABA 4/23 CH BERN – CAFE KAIRO 4/24 IT BOLOGNA – COVO CLUB 4/25 IT ROMA – GLITCH 4/26 IT FIRENZE – THE CAVE 4/27 IT LENO – PRIMO MAGGIO ROCK! 4/30 DE BERLIN – LOOPHOLE 5/1 DE VIECHTACH – ALTES SPITAL 5/2 DE STUTTGART – DIE WAGENHALLEN 5/3 DE FRANKFURT – THE UP CLUB 5/4 NL EINDHOVEN – FUZZ CLUB FEST 5/5 DE GIESSEN – PITS PINTE 5/6 NL AMSTERDAM – OCCII 5/7 NL WAGENINGEN – LOBURG LIVE 5/8 NL THE HAGUE – MUSICON 5/9 FR ROUEN – LE 3 PIECES 5/10 UK LONDON – STRONGROOM 5/11 UK HULL – ALOFT AT THE HAWORTH 5/12 UK GLASGOW – THE OLD HAIRDRESSERS 5/14 UK SOUTHAMPTON – HEARTBREAKER 5/15 UK BRISTOL – CROFTERS RIGHTS 5/16 UK FOLKESTONE – THE CHAMBERS 5/17 FR PARIS LE TRUSKEL – CLUB 5/18 FR LE HAVRE – FOUL WEATHER FESTIVAL 5/21 FR LYON – LE SONIC 5/22 FR BORDEAUX – I-BOAT 5/24 FR PORTSALL – O’DONNEIL IRISH PUB 5/25 FR ANGERS – LEVITATION FESTIVAL

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HIGHLIGHTS FOR ABC NEWS’ ‘GOOD MORNING AMERICA,’ NOV. 20-25

The following report highlights the programming of ABC’s “Good Morning America” during the week of Nov. 20-25. “Good Morning America” is a two-hour, live program anchored by Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos and Michael Strahan, and Ginger Zee is the chief meteorologist. The morning news program airs MONDAY-FRIDAY (7:00-9:00 a.m. EST) on ABC.

Highlights of the week include the following:

Monday, Nov. 20 — Mother of NFL players Jason and Travis Kelce, Donna Kelce; singer-songwriter Garth Brooks; “GMA” Friendsgiving with chefs Michael Chernow and Sohla El-Waylly

Tuesday, Nov. 21 — Show Me the Money: Thanksgiving edition with ABC News multiplatform reporter Ike Ejiochi; actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”); financial educator and author Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche (“Made Whole”)

Wednesday, Nov. 22 — “GMA” Thanksgiving Test Kitchen with “America’s Test Kitchen” cast members Dan Souza, Lan Lam and Erica Turner; “Dancing with the Stars” eliminated couple; a performance by Ariana DeBose (“Wish”)

Thursday, Nov. 23 — “GMA” live from the “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade”; professional dancer and “Dancing with the Stars” judge Derek Hough; “Butterball Turkey Talk-Line” operators Javier Reyes and Samantha Woulfe; actor Tim Allen (“The Santa Clauses”); holiday gift giving with celebrity stylist and fashion expert Melissa Garcia; Deals and Steals: Thanksgiving Day with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson

Friday, Nov. 24 —Former NFL player and TV sports analyst Terry Bradshaw; a performance by Enhypen; Deals and Steals with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson

Saturday, Nov. 25 — Registered dietician and nutritionist Maya Feller; chef and “Ultimate Cake Off” host George Duran; actor Tim Allen with his co-star and daughter Elizabeth Allen-Dick (“The Santa Clauses”); Deals and Steals: Small Business Saturday with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson

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HEAR: Noise Pop | DAIISTAR - “Repeater”

TX noise-pop band DAIISTAR are dropping new single "Repeater," the third to be lifted from their debut album Good Time, which is out September 8th via Fuzz Club. The new cut arrives off the back of recent singles "Star Starter" and "Tracemaker," plus a newly-announced US tour with The Black Angels and The Dandy Warhols and two Texas album release shows with Night Beats. DAIISTAR’s Alex Capistran (guitar/vocals) writes: "'Repeater' is a voyage through the darker side of the human consciousness. It’s common for people to mask what’s on the inside and in this track we travel beyond the exterior. The lyrics are minimal with the intent of focusing on the music itself and how it intensifies as the song progresses. On this track we journey inward only to find ourselves spiraling out in the end." Made up of Capistran, Nick Cornetti (drums), Misti Hamrick (bass) and Derek Strahan (keys), DAIISTAR formed in the spring of 2020. Creating a narcotic blend of noise and melody, the band takes their inspiration from the neo-psychedelic era of the 80s and 90s and pulls it into the future with modulating synthesizers, heavy guitars, bouncing bass lines, and spiraling hooks. Their debut studio album, Good Time, was produced by Alex Maas of The Black Angels and engineered by James Petralli of White Denim. Read the full article

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HEAR: Noise Pop | DAIISTAR - “Repeater”

TX noise-pop band DAIISTAR are dropping new single "Repeater," the third to be lifted from their debut album Good Time, which is out September 8th via Fuzz Club. The new cut arrives off the back of recent singles "Star Starter" and "Tracemaker," plus a newly-announced US tour with The Black Angels and The Dandy Warhols and two Texas album release shows with Night Beats. DAIISTAR’s Alex Capistran (guitar/vocals) writes: "'Repeater' is a voyage through the darker side of the human consciousness. It’s common for people to mask what’s on the inside and in this track we travel beyond the exterior. The lyrics are minimal with the intent of focusing on the music itself and how it intensifies as the song progresses. On this track we journey inward only to find ourselves spiraling out in the end." Made up of Capistran, Nick Cornetti (drums), Misti Hamrick (bass) and Derek Strahan (keys), DAIISTAR formed in the spring of 2020. Creating a narcotic blend of noise and melody, the band takes their inspiration from the neo-psychedelic era of the 80s and 90s and pulls it into the future with modulating synthesizers, heavy guitars, bouncing bass lines, and spiraling hooks. Their debut studio album, Good Time, was produced by Alex Maas of The Black Angels and engineered by James Petralli of White Denim. Read the full article

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IN A MINUTE:

A POST/PUNK EXPRESS… “FLY SONG” is a choice cut from @civic_aus’s freshly released LP titled ‘Taken By Force’ (@cookingvinylaustralia@atorecords) & it finds the Melbourne-based wreckers bringing their no-frills brand of road dogging & classic_rawking punk. @daiistarr are here w/ a new standalone single titled “TRACEMAKER” & it finds the Austin-based quintet of Alex Capistran (guitar/vox), Misti Hamrick (bass), Nick Brown (guitar), Derek Strahan (keys) & Nick Cornetti (drums) bringing a gazey piece of Alt-tinged PsychRawk. “FOREVER” is the closing track from @myhairisaratsnest brand new EP titled ‘fragment’ (@_tomb_tree_) & it finds Jake Campbell’s Albuquerque-based project living that “One-person screamo” lyfe across damn near 6 mins of relentlessly skramz-assed EMOtional PostHardcore. @poisonruin are here w/ “HÄRVEST,” the lead single/title-track from their forthcoming LP (4/14 @relapserecords) & it finds the Philly-based unit bringing an absolutely killer blend of blown-out DeathRock meets classic SST vibes that more than manages to satiate all your DOOMER needs. @purling_hiss are here w/ “BABY,” the second single from their forthcoming LP titled ‘Drag On Girard’ (3/24 @dragcityrecords) & it finds Mike Polizze’s Philly-based project dropping a murky bout of chaotically fuzzed-up NoisePop. @truthcultband are here w/ “CLEARSKIN,” the latest single from their forthcoming LP titled ‘Walk The Wheel’ (3/3 @popwig) & it finds the Baltimore-based quartet of Paris Roberts, Emily Ferrara, Ian Marshall & Robin Zeijlon melding OG post_hardcoring fury w/ some serious six-string flex.

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Season 2 Premiere Of "The Deal with ARod & Jason Kelly" & Two New Shows On The Rich Eisen Network

Sports has been a growth engine for podcasting, especially women's sports shows. Today, we have two news items that may not shock the sports world, but are significant for sports podcasting. First, any time Billie Jean King is on any media source, she's worth our undivided attention. Second, Rich Eisen is one of the good sports announcers, who doesn't fish for ratings by screaming incendiary comments like so many others. He's growing his network with a show about basketball and one about wrestling.

 ************************************************ The Season 2 Premiere of Bloomberg’s video podcast The Deal, hosted by Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly, is available

In the latest episode of the show, Rodriguez and Kelly sit with tennis champions Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss to discuss the current buzz around women’s sports. King and Kloss, the dreamer and builder (respectively) behind Billie Jean King Enterprises, King says, tell the hosts about their investments in the Los Angeles Dodgers and Angel City FC, the story behind how they helped launch the Professional Women's Hockey League and the lessons they think athletes should learn about the business of sports.

CLIPS:

King says she’s always wanted the men’s and women’s professional tennis circuits to unify, saying, “We should be for each other. I don’t care what gender you are.”

While discussing why it’s important for athletes to talk to each other about business opportunities, King shares the toll her off the court work took on her during ‘70s and says, “I was exhausted. I averaged 4 hours of sleep a night. And I’m playing by the way.”

Listen to the full podcast episode HERE.

See HERE for a link to Jason Kelly’s article about the interview with King and Kloss and how athletes can win off the court.

The Deal brings together A-Rod Corp CEO and owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx, Alex Rodriguez, and Bloomberg’s veteran business journalist, Jason Kelly to explore the stories behind the biggest deals across industries.

Upcoming guests this season include David Rubenstein, Adena Friedman, Marc Lasry, Ted Leonsis and more. Watch the trailer for the series HERE and catch up on previous episodes HERE, with guests including Maria Sharapova, Michael Strahan, Derek Jeter, Serena Williams and more. ********************************************** Two New Shows On The Rich Eisen Podcast Network

Cumulus Media has announced two new podcasts from the Rich Eisen Podcast Network, the fourth and fifth shows in Marconi-winning and Emmy-nominated host Rich Eisen’s expanding network of sports programs for the Cumulus Podcast Network.

Eisen is tag-teaming with actor O’Shea Jackson, Jr. to bring the new weekly original podcast, No-Contest Wrestling, to the Rich Eisen Podcast Network. Together with co-host TJ Jefferson, No-Contest Wrestling’s first episode dropped on October 2 and featured WWE Superstar, CM Punk. With new shows airing weekly, No-Contest Wrestling combines Jackson’s and Jefferson’s unique takes on sports entertainment by interviewing the biggest stars, going behind the scenes with untold stories from the world of wrestling while covering the past, present, and future of WWE, AEW, and independent promotions.

Do they know it's all fake? I won't say anything if you won't. Jackson is best known for his starring roles in “Straight Outta Compton,” “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” “Den of Thieves,” and “Cocaine Bear.” Jefferson can be seen daily on The Rich Eisen Show, where he doubles as an on-air producer and talent for the Emmy-nominated sports and entertainment talk show. The Rich Eisen Podcast Network also debuted The Jim Jackson Show, an all-new weekly podcast hosted by two-time All-American and 14-year NBA veteran Jim Jackson, that released on October 3 with guest Charles Barkley. The Jim Jackson Show will cover the sport he loves from the college game to the highest levels of the Association, sitting down with superstar guests and sharing his experience in finance, business, lifestyle, travel, and more. As a studio and game analyst for FOX Sports, Turner Sports, NBA TV, and Westwood One, Jackson has on-court perspective and access to the game's biggest names. "I've been in a constant search for new, fresh, thought-provoking, and entertaining voices to add to our growing podcast business, and I'm thrilled to add both O'Shea Jackson, Jr. and Jim Jackson to the roster," said Rich Eisen, owner and CEO of Rich Eisen Productions. "We've doubled our number of podcasts. And Jacksons." No-Contest Wresting and The Jim Jackson Show are available on most major podcast platforms. The Cumulus Podcast Network distributes, markets, and monetizes all existing and forthcoming podcasts from the Rich Eisen Podcast network.

The Rich Eisen Podcast network also includes the flagship podcast, The Rich Eisen Show, which blends sports, pop culture, humor, and interviews, discussing topical issues not commonly addressed by sportscasters; Overreaction Monday, which expands the most popular segment of the flagship podcast into its own weekly podcast with Eisen and co-host Chris Brockman reflecting on the biggest fan- and hysterical media-driven overreactions from the previous weekend’s professional and college football games; and What The Football with Suzy Shuster and Amy Trask, a unique blend of witty banter, offbeat conversations, and expert sports commentary hosted by Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Suzy Shuster alongside the first female CEO in the NFL, Amy Trask.  Eisen also hosts the pregame and halftime shows for Westwood One’s syndicated Monday Night Football coverage and anchors “The Rich Eisen Show,” also syndicated by Westwood One for national radio.

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LyrIc Video: DAIISTAR Shares Euphoric Bliss Bomb "Clear"

LyrIc Video: DAIISTAR Shares Euphoric Bliss Bomb "Clear" @DAIISTARR @FuzzClub @forcefieldpr @NoExitPR

Formed back in 2020, Austin-based shoegazers DAIISTAR (pronounced Day-Star) — Alex Capistran (vocals, guitar), Nick Cornetti (drums), Misti Hamrick (bass) and Derek Strahan (keys) — have established a narcotic blend of noise and melody that draws from the neo-psychedelic era of the 80s and 90s, but modernizes it with modulating synths, heavy guitars, bouncing bass lines and spiraling hooks. The…

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HIGHLIGHTS FOR ABC NEWS’ ‘GOOD MORNING AMERICA,’ SEPT. 11-16

The following report highlights the programming of ABC’s “Good Morning America” during the week of Sept. 11-16. “Good Morning America” is a two-hour, live program anchored by Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos and Michael Strahan, and Ginger Zee is the chief meteorologist. The morning news program airs MONDAY-FRIDAY (7:00-9:00 a.m. EDT) on ABC.

Highlights of the week include the following:

Monday, Sept. 11 — “The View” cast; actress, Broadway performer and author Idina Menzel and author Cara Mentzel (“Proud Mouse”); mental health professionals and authors Dr. Catherine McCarthy, Dr. Heather Tedesco and Jennifer Weaver (“Raising a Kid Who Can”); chef and cookbook author Joseph “JJ” Johnson (“The Simple Art of Rice”)

Tuesday, Sept. 12 — Former television personality and author Jill Duggar (“Counting the Cost”); chef and cookbook author Michael Symon (“Simply Symon Suppers”); ABC News chief national correspondent and author Matt Gutman (“No Time to Panic”); a performance by Tori Kelly

Wednesday, Sep. 13 — “Dancing with the Stars” cast members Julianne Hough, Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Toniolo and Alfonso Ribeiro; “Dancing with the Stars” season 23 cast reveal

Thursday, Sept. 14 — Actress and author Millie Bobby Brown (“19 Steps”); chef Jake Cohen; Deals and Steals with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson

Friday, Sept. 15— A chat and performance by Eslabon Armado; Deals and Steals with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson

Saturday, Sept. 16 — Hispanic Heritage Month cooking special; Deals and Steals with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson

ABC Media Relations Brooks Lancaster Brooks.Lancaster@abc.com

Daniela Urso Daniela.Urso.-nd@abc.com

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