[real-eyes] Re: late night listening related to the blind this evening
- From: "Terrie Arnold" <tanderson3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:15:50 -0600
great i missed it can anyone get this in a file as i am one handed an need a
little getting this one
terrie
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From: "Kim Morrow" <morrowmediakc@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:50 PM
Subject: [real-eyes] late night listening related to the blind this evening
> If anyone is so inclined, Coast to Coast AM will be featuring
> four hours devoted exclusively to near death experiences in the blind.
> Those
> of you who are night owls can tune in at 12 midnight this evening to hear
> Rollye James discuss this topic with some 6 million listeners nationwide,
> via this nationally syndicated talk show. Here's information from Rollye's
> website: http://www.rollye.net <http://www.rollye.net/> .
>
>
> SUNDAY DECEMBER 23, 2007 10P-2A (PT) I will be hosting Coast to Coast
> tonight. I'm not entirely sure how, as the battle between Rollye and the
> flu
> continues.
>
> I do believe I've got a handle on it, though not nearly as much of one as
> I
> had hoped. But never mind that, there are things to discuss, and I'm gonna
>
> discuss them-- with you.
>
>
>
> We're talking about Near Death Experiences tonight-- particularly in the
> blind. Ask any blind person you know-- and by the way, if you can see,
> there's
>
> a good bet that's no one-- which is part of the problem, but I digress....
> ask any blind person about the biggest obstacle they face, and I can
> almost
>
> bet the answer will be the perceptions of the sighted. No group has ever
> been more minimized. Blind people run the full gamut of intellectual
> abilities
>
> as do the sighted, yet they are woefully underemployed, undervalued and,
> frankly, even feared, by people seemingly without vision difficulties. It
> seems
>
> those who can see, truly don't see.
>
>
>
> Radio is a lifeline for many blind listeners, and I consider it a
> privilege
> to be in a position to highlight this issue so that hopefully more sighted
> folks
>
> will start to really see, but tonight we'll go even further. The blind
> community is uniquely in a position to validate a major facet of NDEs. If
> they,
>
> particularly those blind from birth, suddenly are able to see visually
> during an NDE, that's meaningful on several levels (not to mention highly
> confusing
>
> to people who have never visually processed anything). We'll talk to Vicki
> Noratuk about what happened to her, and then we'll spend the evening with
> Yolaine
>
> Stout, the president of
>
> IANDS,
>
> the International Association for Near Death Studies.
>
>
>
> We'll also be doing something a bit different musically. All our outro
> bumpers tonight will feature Charlie Byrd. To back up, the listener who
> suggested
>
> we talk about tonight's topic wondered if I'd heard any of Charlie Byrd's
> music. Had to laugh at that
>
> as I think I have every album he's done, at least on Columbia. My
> favorites
> are the Brazilian themed gems, as you might expect if you know that
> Antonio
>
> Carlos Jobim is hands down my all time favorite composer. That may come as
> a
> shock to those you know who know I'm a firm devotee of obscure R&B,
> decidedly
>
> American soul-- but the soul of Samba is equally enticing though not
> generally as plentiful.
>
>
>
> Charlie's Brazilian stuff is nicely done-- Tommy Newsome arranged most of
> it, and Teo Macero produced it, but what makes it alluring to me is the
> intimacy
>
> of Charlie's guitar work, and his ability bring forth his relationship
> with
> his instrument in the same powerfully subtle way that Jobim's melodies
> captured
>
> me many years ago. To compliment the outros, I've got a number of
> different
> intros by Brazilian composers and performers that I think you'll also
> like.
>
>
>
> Sorry to say, Charlie Byrd left us far too soon, but if you like his
> music,
> note that his brother Joe, the bassist on a lot of it, is very much with
> us,
>
> and performing. Check out his site at
>
> www.joebyrdjazz.com
>
> ! Talk to you tonight!
>
>
>
>
>
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