JANET NEAL’S DISABILITY-BASED RADIO SHOW
JANET’S PLANET ON KTYM AM 1460 LOS ANGELES, WWW.KTYM.COM
CAPTIONED BY TOTAL RECALL, WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM
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2/1/12
[MUSIC PLAYING]
DEEP IN MY HEART, I DO BELIEVE, WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
JANET: GOOD MORNING. CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH ON JANET'S PLANET.
WELCOME. I HAVE A WONDERFUL GUEST TODAY, AND SANDY, ARE YOU THERE?
GUEST: YES.
JANET: HOW ARE YOU?
GUEST: I'M WELL. HOW YOU DOING?
JANET: I'M DOING WELL. GOOD MORNING GAY IN ARIZONA, OUR CAPTIONER.
GUEST: GAY, YES,, HI. HERE WE GO WITH THE LINK TO THE LIVE CAPTIONING.
HERE IT IS. IT'S A LONG ONE. IT IS
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CAN CONTACT ME I'M SANDY EISENBERG. INFO@YOURCAPTIONER.COM,
WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM. AND HELLO TO EVERYBODY ON THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY.
JANET: YES, SANDY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A SPONSOR TOO. ALSO TO
RAUL
RAMIREZ FROM THE NEIJING CLINIC OF EASTERN MEDICINE. SO THAT WE CAN HAVE
THIS TIME, AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SPONSORS. LET'S GET SOME OF THIS
BUSINESS STUFF OUT OF THE WAY, AND GET ON TO OUR PROGRAM. GOT A LOT OF
GOOD
STUFF TODAY. THIS IS THE LOS ANGELES CITY COMMISSION ON DISABILITY THAT
IS
FINALLY SENDING ME THEIR NOTICES AGAIN. I GUESS SOMEBODY IS LISTENING.
THIS IS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1ST, 2012. 1:00 P.M. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ROOM 350 CITY HALL. 200 NORTH SPRING STREET. 213 202 2764. THERE ARE
TWO
VACANCIES ON THIS. PLEASE APPLY. WE NEED SOME MORE REPRESENTATION FROM
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THIS PART OF TOWN. CALL TO ORDER FOR ITEM 1.
APPROVAL 2. PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM 3. LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS ITEM 4.
ITEM 5 LEGALITY OF REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTS. I GUESS THAT MEANS IF YOU'RE
NOT
PRESENT, AND REMOTELY PRESENT. 6, ITEM 6, DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT OF
CORPORATE
SPONSORS, ESTABLISHING FUND RAISERS HOSTING EVENTS FOR DONATIONS AND
DEVELOPING GRANTS TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND THE PROGRAMS ON THE DEPARTMENT OF
DISABILITIES. IT'S ABOUT TIME. ITEM 7 DEVELOPMENT ON DEPARTMENT OF
DISABILITY PROJECTS. 8, CORO SCHOLAR. TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO IMPLEMENT
PROJECTS DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITY. ITEM 9, LETTER TO
LAUSD REGARDING A LIST OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN
PACKETS
OF SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN. 10, ACCESS SERVICES, TAP CARD, LOUIS BURNS.
11,
AIDS COORDINATOR'S OFFICE THAT'S STEVEN SIMON. 12, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S
REPORT. THAT WOULD BE REGINA SWAIN. 13, PUBLIC COMMENT, AND NEW BUSINESS,
14 AND THAT'S IT. I WAS LOOKING AT A MAP ABOUT THAT LOS ANGELES WORLD
AIRPORTS. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE RUNNING THAT RAIL THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
AND
THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THAT, AND I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY COME BACK
TO THAT TOO. THERE WAS A COALITION THAT'S MEETING ON THAT, AND THEIR
CONTACT IS 323 761 4345. MAYBE THEY'LL ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN YOU CALL
BECAUSE THEY DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN I CALL. I WANT TO DEDICATE THE
SHOW ORIGINALLY I WAS DEDCATING IT TO ETTA JAMES. I HEARD SOME BAD
NEWS
THIS MORNING THAT WE LOST DON CORNELIUS. I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE HIM. I HAVE
TO REMEMBER THE GODFATHER OF THE DISABILITY MOVEMENT; THAT WOULD BE TOM
BRADLEY. SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO MAYOR TOM BRADLEY WAS WILLIAM ELKINS. I
WOULD ALSO LIKE FOR ALL OF YOU TO KNOW THAT NEXT MONTH EXCUSE ME, IN
TWO
WEEKS ON THE SHOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME STAFF FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
DISABILITY. I'M HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. ANYWAY I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY
GUEST TODAY. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT MY GUESTS. FIRST.
GUEST: SCOTT GALWAY.
GUEST: AND BRENT BURTON. CAPTAIN BRENT BURTON.
JANET: THANK YOU.
GUEST: SHEREE BROWN. I'M A RECORDING ARTIST, A SONGWRITER, SINGER.
JANET: WE HAD HEARD SOMETHING FROM SHEREE. LOVE IT. ONE OF THE THINGS I
HAD TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IS THE SCOTT, THE NUMBER OF MUSICIANS IN OUR
COMMUNITY, THAT'S THE CRENSHAW COMMUNITY WITH DISABILITIES, AND IT'S JUST
SUCH A RICH ENVIRONMENT. LOOKING BACK AT ETTA JAMES, I WAS A BIG, BIG FAN
OF ETTA JAMES, AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING HER PERFORM LIVE WITH
SMOKEY
ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES. YOU KNOW, I WAS IN HOG HEAVEN, IN LONG BEACH.
EVERY TIME THE MIRACLES WERE IN TOWN I WAS IN THE FRONT ROW. I SAW EARTH,
WIND, AND FIRE.
GUEST: YOU'RE MAKING ME JEALOUS.
JANET: LOOK AT HOW LONG I'VE BEEN ON THE PLANET.
GUEST: YOU GOT IT.
JANET: I REMEMBER SEEING EARTH, WIND AND FIRE. THERE WAS A SECOND LEVEL
AT
THE WHISKEY AND THEY WERE LINED ON THE WALLS. WHEN YOU'RE SITTING IN THE
AUDIENCE THERE'S NO WAY TO DESCRIBE HOW THAT SOUNDS. WHEN I USED TO SING
ONE OF THE TEACHERS, THE MUSIC DIRECTOR AT LOS ANGELES HARBOR COLLEGE, HE
USED TO MAKE US LINE THE WALLS OF THIS BIG OLD ROOM AND YOU HAD TO STAND
TWO
PEOPLE AWAY FROM YOUR VOICE PART, AND NO PIANO. AND THEN HE WOULD WALK,
AND
IF HE STOPPED IN FRONT OF YOU, IT'S LIKE UH OH. AND IF HE SAID STOP
SINGING. HE WOULD PULL THEM IN. AND I THINK THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT
LOS ANGELES WITH ALL OF THE MUSICAL PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HERE. IT'S JUST
KIND OF RESONATES.
GUEST: IT'S AMAZING. AND REALLY LAST NIGHT ALONE I WAS AT THE MINT CLUB
ON
PICO, AND I SAW THE GREAT MARY CLAYTON. THERE WERE ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE
THERE. JOHN B. WILLIAMS. IT'S JAMES GADSDEN. AND OUR CITY IS FULL OF
TREASURES.
JANET: WILSON.
GUEST: OH MY GOODNESS.
JANET: WELL, YOU KNOW THAT'S WHERE THE FIRST GROUP I HEARD LESLIE DRAYTON
PLAY WITH. HE WAS WITH MARVIN GAYE.
GUEST: A LOT THE OF OTHER PEOPLE. R&B, JAZZ, THE WHOLE NINE.
JANET: WE HAVE A LOT OF CULTURE HERE. I WANT TO SPEAK WITH THE CAPTAIN
HERE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I BROUGHT SOME PROPS THAT IF YOU LOOK OVER
THERE YOU CAN SEE SOME STUFF. ONE FROM 1946. THAT'S THE OLD SCHOOL
FIREFIGHTERS HELMET THAT BELONGED TO MY DAD, AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF HIM
ON
WHAT ARE WE CALLING THAT?
GUEST: CRASH RIG.
JANET: CRASH RIG, AND ENGINE COMPANY NUMBER 80. I SAW A BROCHURE THAT
CAME
OUT ABOUT THE AIRPORT, AND 80 DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE IT DID WHEN MY
DAD
WAS THERE. I THINK THEY CALLED IT LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE. IT WAS
BASICALLY A HUT. IT'S A HUGE PLACE NOW WITH THOSE HUGE TRUCKS.
GUEST: THERE'S FOUR OF THEM THERE.
JANET: TELL US SOMETHING BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AFRICAN AMERICAN
FIREFIGHTER
MUSEUM. WHY DON'T YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT THE CITY'S HISTORY.
GUEST: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM IS THE HOUSE AT NUMBER
HOUSE STATION 30 WHERE YOUR DAD SERVED. HE WAS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN
FIREFIGHTER YOU HAD TO SERVE AT BOTH STATIONS. AND YOU HAD TO SERVE ON
THE
LADDER TRUCK, AND FIRE STATION. AND WE OPENED THE MUSEUM IN 1997. WHEN
WE
DID WE DEDICATED THE OPENING TO THE RETIREES THAT SERVED THERE DURING THE
DAYS OF SEGREGATION, YOUR FATHER INCLUDED, AND IT WAS AN AWESOME DAY. WE
ARE 15 YEARS YOUNG, AND WE ARE THE ONLY FREESTANDING AFRICAN AMERICAN
FIREFIGHTING MUSEUM TODAY. BOSTON, AND CHICAGO ARE WORKING ON AN AFRICAN
AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM. IT'S BEEN UP AND RUNNING SINCE 1997. WE'RE
OPEN EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY FROM 2 10:00 P.M., AND OUR MISSION IS FREE
FOR GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS. YOU CAN RENT THE HALL FOR RECEPTIONS, AND
BANQUETS. WE HAVE VERY NEGOTIABLE RATES. OUR WEBSITE,WWW.AAFMUSEUM.ORG.
IN THE MUSEUM YOU'LL FIND STORIES, BADGES, A LOT OF PARAPHERNALIA FROM THE
OLD DAYS WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS SEGREGATED FROM OTHERS. OUR SAM
HASKINS FROM 1892 UP TO THE PRESENT DAY. WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR THIRD
AFRICAN
AMERICAN FIRE CHIEF IN BRIAN CUMMINGS. AND FIRST ON THE DARRYL OSBY.
BRIAN
IS A SECOND GENERATION FIREFIGHTER. HIS DAD, AND YOUR DAD SERVED
TOGETHER.
JANET: I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF HIM. SHE'S SO PROUD OF HIM, HIS MOM. AND
I
AM TOO. IT'S A PHENOMENAL FAMILY. THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF CONTRIBUTING TO
DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE CITY. DID YOU KNOW THAT HIS OLDEST SISTER WAS THE
FIRST FEMALE LINEMAN FOR THE PHONE COMPANY THAT CLIMBED THE POLE.
GUEST: I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. BRIAN IS MARRIED TO MY COUSIN. HIS LOVELY
WIFE
ROCHELLE IS MY SECOND COUSIN. SO BRIAN IS A GOOD MAN, AND HE'S DOING SOME
GOOD THINGS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT KEEPING THEM AFLOAT.
JANET: YES. I'M THIS IS SOMETHING I FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AS YOU
CAN TELL. THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST WITH THE RANK
AND
FILE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE WAY PEOPLE OF
COLOR ARE COMING UP IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS WOMEN. TELL ME
ABOUT
THE WOMEN CHIEFS AND CAPTAIN.
GUEST: IN THE COUNTRY WE HAVE FOUR AFRICAN AMERICAN FIRE CAPTAINS. AND
WE
HAVE THREE IN GEORGIA. ONE IN CALIFORNIA. AND WE HAVE HER PROTÉGÉ TONY
DIXON. SHE'S THE FIRE CHIEF IN THE GEORGIA. AND IN CALIFORNIA ON THE
WEST
SIDE IN CALIFORNIA WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RANKING AFRICAN AMERICAN IS LAW
RAIN
HUTCHISON. SHE'S NOW AN ASSISTANT CHIEF. SECOND IN SAN JOSE FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS CHIEF TERESA REID.
JANET: I WAS VERY PROUD WHEN I SAW HER ON TV.
GUEST: THAT'S THE DRIVER.
JANET: THAT'S THE JOB I WANTED. I WANTED TO DRIVE THAT BIG TRUCK.
GUEST: THEY ALL WERE ENGINEERS.
JANET: ALL RIGHT. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT
WOMEN
DRIVERS.
GUEST: ON THIS FEBRUARY 4TH AT 9:00 A.M. WE'RE DOING A RECRUITMENT
SEMINAR
AT OUR MUSEUM. FOR ANYBODY INTERESTED IN BECOMING A FIREFIGHTER THAT IS
1401 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE RIGHT ON 14TH AND CENTRAL WHICH IS TWO BLOCKS
NORTH OF THE 10 FREEWAY. COME ON DOWN. WE'LL GIVE YOU A LOT OF
INFORMATION
HOW TO BECOME A FIREFIGHTERS WE HAVE FIREFIGHTERS TALKING ABOUT THE JOB,
AND HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE WRITTEN EXAM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
JANET: EXCELLENT. AND I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING THE COUNTY
CHIEF.
GUEST: YES.
JANET: HE HAS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS ATTENDED OUR FUND RAISING EVENT.
EVERYBODY JUST LOVES THEM.
GUEST: PEOPLE USUALLY LIKE THE GENTLEMEN IN UNIFORM, THE MILITARY FIRE
DEPARTMENT, AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THEY LIKE IT.
JANET: THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR THESE ARE
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THAT DON'T ORDINARILY GET TO SEE THIS TYPE OF
SPIT
AND POLISH AND PAGEANTRY DONE JUST FOR THEM. IT REALLY RESONATES FOR
THAT.
GUEST: HIS FATHER IS BOB OSBY WHO WAS FIRE CHIEF FOR FOUR COUNTIES. AND
HE JUST RETIRED AFTER A 46 YEAR CAREER. DARRYL AND I HAVE PARAMEDIC
PARTNERS WAY BACK IN THE 1980S AT FAIRFAX STATION 58.
JANET: I TELL YOU. I LIVE BETWEEN 58 AND WHAT'S THE ONE ON VALLEY RIDGE.
GUEST: 38.
JANET: I LIVE BETWEEN THOSE TWO. I FEEL EXTREMELY SAFE. I HAD AN ALARM
ON
MY HOUSE. I HAD SOME KNUCKLE HEADS THAT DISCONNECTED. AND I HEAR THIS
BEEP, BEEP, AND SO BY THE TIME I HEAR THIS COMING UP THE STREET. I WENT
OUTSIDE, AND BRIAN JORDAN WAS STANDING ON MY FRONT PORCH. IT MAKES ME
REALLY SAFE WITH THAT GOOD RESPONSE TIME. I JUST THROUGHOUT THE CITY I
THINK YOU GUYS DO A VERY GOOD, JOB, AND ANYTIME I CAN DO ANYTHING FOR ANY
OF
YOU GUYS PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I KNOW BEFORE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT SOME OF
THE
ISSUES WITH FIREFIGHTERS THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES,
AND I'M STILL AVAILABLE FOR ANY OF THOSE SERVICES. ADVOCACY SERVICES FOR
THAT. I'M HERE. ANY OF THAT. SO NOW I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE MUSIC.
GUEST: WELL, I WAS VERY HAPPY TO BRING YOU TO YOUR ATTENTION SHEREE
BROWN.
THIS LADY IS ALWAYS DOING THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND CREATING PIECES OF
MUSIC, AND ART THAT IS ENRICHING AND INSPIRING FOR PEOPLE, AND I KNOW THAT
SHE'S GOT SOME STUFF THAT WOULD BE VERY, VERY PERTINENT FOR INSPIRING
ANYBODY INCLUDING DISABLED.
JANET: WE HAD A VERY LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS, AND SOME
INSPIRATIONAL THINGS THAT YOU HAD BEEN WRITING AND PUTTING MUSIC TO AND
SOME
THINGS FOR CHILDREN. WHICH IS ANOTHER ONE OF MY PASSIONS BECAUSE I SPENT
14
YEARS TEACHING NURSERY SCHOOL, AND I THINK SEE WHAT WAS IT LAST WHAT
WAS
THAT, FRIDAY I WAS AT DENNY'S, AND I WAS TALKING DOING AN INTERVIEW, AND
TWO
LADIES WALKED BY, AND ONE OF THEM STOPPED, AND LOOKING AT MY SILVER. THE
LADY I'M LOOKING AT, AND SHE LOOKS AWFULLY FAMILIAR. THEY SAT DOWN, AND
WE
STARTED TALKING. THIS LADY LOOKS FAMILIAR. SHE HAS SOME MEDICAL
CONDITIONS
SO SHE WASN'T QUITE UP TO SPEED BUT I ASKED HER WHAT'S YOUR NAME, AND SHE
TOLD ME, AND HER NAME WAS PHELPS, AND GREG. HER SON IS GREG PHELPS. THE
LAST TIME I SAW GREG PHELPS HE WAS 3 YEARS OLD. AND I KEEP RUNNING INTO
THESE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS SO INTERESTED IN WHAT
YOU
WERE DOING. I USED TO TEACH THEM HOW TO READ AT AGE 2.
GUEST: THAT'S AMAZING BECAUSE MY HUSBAND DOUGLAS JOHNSON SR. WE CO WROTE
THIS BOOK CALLED JOCK THE KNOCK OF THE WORD. IT TALKS ABOUT ANTI
BULLYING,
READING AND PEACE. WE DID IT ORIGINALLY FOR PRE K THROUGH FIFTH GRADERS,
AND NOW IT'S ALL AGES, EVEN ADULTS, AND THE AMAZING THING IS THAT 2 YEAR
OLDS WHO CAN'T SPEAK LOVE THIS PROJECT. THEY GO JOCK A KNOCK.
JANET: IS IT'S THE MUSIC AND THE RHYTHM. THEY BREAK THE ALPHABET DOWN TO
36 SOUNDS AND THEY HAVE A LITTLE JINGLE THAT GOES WITH EACH SOUND. THAT'S
WHAT WOULD STICK. BY THE TIME YOU GET TO TWO SOUNDS YOU CAN READ. THESE
ARE NONSENSE WORDS YOU CAN READ.
GUEST: I THINK IT'S SYLLABIC. THERE'S A TERM THAT THEY USE. WHEN WE
WERE
DOING THE BOOK WE HAD SOME PSYCHOLOGISTS AND SOME EDUCATORS REVIEW IT AND
THEY WERE AMAZED AT HOW WE HAD THE STORY, THE STORY HAS ART, IT'S ABOUT
HISTORY. AND THE MUSIC, AND SO ALL THOSE COMBINED REALLY, REALLY WELL.
JANET: THE MORE SENSES THAT YOU GET INVOLVED IN THE LEARNING PROCESS THE
MORE LIKELY IT IS TO STICK. WHICH I LIKE THIS PROGRAM. IT WAS THINGS TO
USE WITH YOUR HANDS, THE SINGING AND DANCING, AND IT WOULD MAKE THEM
REMEMBER IT, AND SO I REALLY LIKED HEARING ABOUT YOUR PROJECT. I'M GOING
TO
BE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING ALONG WITH IT TO SEE HOW IT GOES, AND WHATEVER.
GUEST: THE OTHER THING WHEN WE WERE TALKING I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH WHAT
YOU'RE DOING. I WANTED I BROUGHT THE SONG, HOPEFULLY WE CAN TRY IT.
PAWTRICE FINISHED WRITING A SONG. SHE'S PERFORMING WITH ME AND MY
DAUGHTER
AND TWO OF MY NIECES. AND THEN MY NIECES ARE SARA LYNN, AND RYAN PENZ,
AND
THE SONG AND LYRICS SPEAK TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING. IT'S PART OF A NEW
PROJECT
THAT WILL BE COMING OUT THIS QUARTER. AND IT'S CALLED MESSAGES FROM THE
HEART.
JANET: IF WE DON'T GET TO IT TODAY I'D LIKE TO DO ANOTHER SHOW, AND TALK
ABOUT KIDS. I THINK THIS IS THE WAY I WAS LISTENING TO SOMETHING ON
THE
NEWS ABOUT AUTISTIC CHILDREN AND THEY'RE SAYING THEY DON'T NECESSARILY
CONNECT WITH A SENTENCE. BUT THEY TEACH THEM A SONG, AND THEY GOT IT.
IT'S
A DIFFERENT WAY TO CONNECT. I THINK THIS IS PART OF MY SUCCESS WORKING IN
NURSERY SCHOOL BECAUSE I HAD THE PRESCHOOL SWEAT HOGS. THE ONES THAT
NOBODY
WANTED IN THEIR CLASS. WE HAD FUN. PART OF IT WAS ABOUT MUSIC. BECAUSE
I
THINK I MENTIONED THAT I WAS A CONCERT PIANIST, AND I QUIT WHEN I WAS 15,
AND THESE KIDS WERE THE ONLY ONES I WOULD PLAY FOR. IT'S ABOUT THE
MUSIC..
GUEST: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS WITH THIS PROGRAM IT'S PART OF A
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN SO I'M TOURING. IT'S CALLED PEACE IN THE CITY. IT
DEALS
WITH TREATING CHILDREN, AND THE PEOPLE THEY WANTED TO BE TREATED. WHAT I
FIND I ACTUALLY DO A PRESENTATION PERFORMANCE IN THE SCHOOLS, AND
ESPECIALLY
WITH THE SPECIAL ED STUDENTS, AND SO THE WHOLE THING IS ESTEEMING THEM,
AND
TEACHING OTHERS TO HAVE COMPASSION, AND TREATING OTHERS THE WAY THEY WANT
TO
BE TREATED. 30 YEARS AGO I WAS WITH CAPITOL RECORDS AS A RECORDING
ARTIST.
BECAUSE OUR KIDS IF THEY CAN WALK DOWN THE STREET, AND CAN BARELY SPEAK
BUT
THEY CAN RECITE EVERY WORD THEY HEAR ON THE HEAR. SOME OF THEM AREN'T
POSITIVE.
JANET: IF YOU THINK OF PEOPLE THAT STUTTER THEY CAN SING. THERE WAS A
COUNTRY WESTERN SINGER WHAT'S HIS NAME. HE COULDN'T GET HIS NAME OUT.
BUT
HE SANG LIKE EVERYTHING. JAMES EARL JONES. J. EDGAR HOOVER. IT'S ABOUT
THE RHYTHM.
GUEST: THE CADENCE.
JANET: EXACTLY. MUSIC IS A WONDERFUL THING. WHY DON'T YOU TELL US SOME
MORE ABOUT SOME OF OUR PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HERE, LOCAL PEOPLE.
GUEST: ETTA JAMES WAS PRIMARILY KNOWN FOR AT LAST. SHE HAD BLUES PIECES
AND HER SOME OF HER FINAL ALBUMS WHERE SHE'S GRAMMY NOMINATED WERE JAZZ
TRIBUTES TO BILLY HOLLIDAY, AND EVERYTHING. AND SHE STANDS AS A SYMBOL OF
SURVIVAL. SHE HAD A VERY CHALLENGING LIFE. SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES SHE
BROUGHT ON HERSELF. IT WAS ALSO THERE WAS DRUGS. THERE WAS WELL,
THAT WAS MOST PEOPLE KNOW OF HEROIN ADDICTION.
JANET: ISN'T THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SEEMS TO CAPTURE MANY OF OUR
ARTISTS?
GUEST: AT A CERTAIN POINT THERE WAS A LOT MORE OF IT. I DON'T THINK
THERE
IS OF IT NOW.
JANET: I THINK IT'S DIFFERENT. IT'S OUT THERE BUT IT'S DIFFERENT. THAT
WAS A TOUGH PERIOD FOR A FEMALE SINGERS OUT ON THE CIRCUIT.
GUEST: ALL THE BOOZE, AND ALL THE PARTIES AND SHE RAISED HER SONS. HER
SONS BECAME MEMBERS OF HER BAND, AND SHE KEPT THEM CLOSE, AND SHE WENT ON
TO
ACHIEVE QUITE A LOT. SHE HAD A GREAT COMEBACK.
JANET: THE COMMISSION NOMINATED MAYBE A YEAR AGO, I THINK IT WAS A YEAR
AGO
FOR THE MEDIA THE BAILEY BHARTI AWARD. I THINK IT KIND OF SHOCKED HER
FAMILY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THEY HAVE COUCHED ANY OF THE ISSUES THAT
SHE HAD BEEN DEALING WITH AS A DISABILITY. AND THE INTERESTING THING I
NOTICED AFTER WE NOMINATED HER, AND I WAS PERSISTENT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
RESPOND, AND IT'S LIKE I'M BEING PERSISTENT.
GUEST: SO HER OWN FAMILY BECAUSE THEY WERE CONNECTING TO THAT.
JANET: THAT SEEMED TO OPEN THINGS UP. SHORTLY AFTER THIS SITUATION WITH
HER SON, AND SOME OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS CAME OUT, AND SOME OF HER HEALTH
CONCERNS CAME OUT, AND THEN THE QUALITY OF HER CARE CHANGED.
GUEST: OKAY.
JANET: IT GOT BETTER WHERE SOMEBODY WAS LOOKING OUT. I FEEL THAT IT WAS
LIKE OKAY SOMEBODY IS WATCHING. PAY ATTENTION TO IT. YOU TAKE CARE,
ETTA,
TAKE CARE ETTA.
GUEST: WHEN YOU'RE SIDING ONCE THEY SIDE ON THE LIGHT OF BEING A
DISABILITY OR NOT JUST A CRUTCH. THERE WERE OTHER UNDERLYING ISSUES.
JANET: THOSE ARE THE JUDGMENTAL THINGS THAT GO WITH DISABILITY ANYWAY.
IN
OUR COMMUNITY WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY FOCUSED ON THE STRUGGLE OF
BEING
BLACK. THEY DON'T REALIZE THERE'S A LIFE JACKET OVER HERE WITH MY
DIABETES.
ALL THE TIME I HEAR PEOPLE, OH, I DON'T HAVE A DISABILITY. I'M NOT
DISABLED. I HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, AND I HAVE SUGAR DIABETES, AND I
HAVE
THIS, AND I HAVE THAT. AND IT'S LIKE THAT IS NOT TRUE. YOU DO HAVE A
DISABILITY, AND IF YOU CONTINUE TO IGNORE IT THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET
YOURSELF IN SOME MEDICAL TROUBLE WHICH I THINK IS NOT A GOOD THING. AND I
THINK THAT MAY HAVE BEEN KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH MS. JAMES.
GUEST: I THINK YOUR AWARENESS IS WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO THAT HELPED EXTEND
HER
LIFE A LITTLE LONGER.
JANET: HAVE YOU HEARD HER DOING THE OLYMPICS. I THOUGHT SHE HAD DIED.
IT
WAS TEARS TO SEE ETTA JAMES. I'M SORRY, I CUT YOU OFF.
GUEST: SHE HAD MANY COMEBACKS LIKE THAT. AFTER THE GASTRIC BYPASS. THAT
WAS AFTER THE WHEELCHAIR DAYS.
THEN SHE WAS RUNNING AROUND LIKE SHE WAS 16 YEARS OLD CHASING THE MEN IN
HER
BAND. SHE WAS A WHOLE ANOTHER LADY. ALL OF US LISTENED TO HER AND ARE
GOING TO MISS HER TREMENDOUSLY.
JANET: WE'LL MISS HER, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MISS THE INPUT OF DON
CORNELIUS. WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
GUEST: CONTACT ME. YOU CAN GO TO THE TODDGROUP.NET.
JANET: WE'LL ALL BE BACK CAPTAIN BURTON, SCOTT GALWAY. SHEREE BROWN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING, AND WE'LL BE BACK IN TWO WEEKS.
GUEST: THANK YOU, JANET.
JANET: THANK YOU.
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