Catalog of Interviews and Bits

Catalog of Interviews and Bits

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  • Hyrdo The Hero
    In any cultural movement there are leaders and there are followers. But most
    importantly, there are those uniquely innovative provocateurs that take the
    familiar, turn it upside down, and burn it with new creative fire.
    Like a b-boy mad scientist smashing the windows of the mainstream with a
    Molotov cocktail of passion and inspiration, Hyro The Hero takes the fusion of rap
    and rock and resurrects it. His combustible concoction is one part The Clash, one
    part Bad Brains, and several doses of reverence for hip-hop relevance. It’s the
    most punk rock rap and the most hip-hop punk.
    The mash-up of rock and rap was pioneered by groups like Run DMC and the
    Beastie Boys, then fashioned into groundbreaking socio-political firebombs by
    Rage Against The Machine, before it was co-opted, watered down, and worn out
    by a slew of no-talent copycats with nothing to say.
    Hyro was embraced early on by Deftones, Wu-Tang Clan, and the Vans Warped
    Tour alike, earning accolades in tastemaker publications like Kerrang! and airplay
    on BBC Radio 1, becoming the first artist to ever play three stages at Download
    Festival UK in the same year, and inspiring a new generation of heavy music
    enthusiasts and hip-hop heads in equal measure.
    On brand new tracks like “Bullet,” “We Ain’t Afraid,” “Never Back Down,” and
    “Devil in Disguise,” from the long-awaited full-length follow-up to his 2011 debut
    album, Hyro puts forth his true lyrical credibility and hip-hop urgency on top of
    aggressive, uplifting, and powerfully driven punk n’ roll.
    Hyro hails from the same Southern stomping grounds as legends, instantly
    identifiable rhyme slingers, and modern trailblazers like Paul Wall, Lacrae and
    streetwise icon Scarface. He earned his stripes on the streets of Houston,
    dropping his first mixtape on Christmas Eve 2007 before heading to California on
    a quest to realize his artistic ambitions to the fullest extent.
    His Gangsta Rock, Rock & Roll Gangsta, and Belo Horizonte mixtapes paved the
    way for what would be a barnstorming debut album that shook the world through
    social media transmissions, evocative live performances, and a mountain of praise
    from outlets like Rock Sound, AltPress, Metal Hammer, and Kerrang!, who
    nominated him as Best International Newcomer. Birth, School, Work, Death was
    produced by nü-metal co-creator Ross Robinson (Slipknot, Korn, Glassjaw), with
    instrumental contributions from members of frequent Robinson collaborators At
    The Drive-In and The Blood Brothers.
    Kerrang! hailed Hy
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  • Antoinette Kuritz firmly believes that whenever a door closes, it is because we are poised to open another. As a lover of written words and the authors who wrote them Antoinette taught 5th grade through high school. A toxic injury in 1991 led her out of t
    Antoinette Kuritz firmly believes that whenever a door closes, it is because we are
    poised to open another.
    As a lover of written words and the authors who wrote them Antoinette taught 5th
    grade through high school. A toxic injury in 1991 led her out of the classroom and into a
    bookstore – where she went in short order from bookseller to event planner and
    developed a reputation among authors that soon led to her becoming a literary
    publicist. Seeing the changes coming in the publishing industry, she added book
    developer to her resume and soon thereafter founded the La Jolla Writers Conference.
    Now in its nineteenth year, the conference has been called by Writer’s Digest one of the
    84 conferences in the country worth the money. Simultaneously, she also hosted
    Writers Roundtable radio show for eight years, has been the Book Lady on KUSI-TV
    Good Morning San Diego for 20 years, and created Nightstand Press.
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The past interviews and comedy skits and bits along with past air checks and Advertisements, I have made or participated on. Included here for your enjoyment and ridicule.