Reliving My Youth

I catch up with actress Robyn Ross, who played Brooke on Nickelodeon’s Fifteen. She tells me how she got the part, her experience on the show and just how bitchy Brooke really was. Fifteen is where Ryan Reynolds got his start in the business. Robyn tells me how it almost didn’t happen. Robyn talks about her role in the movie, Suck it Buttercup, a powerful movie on the dangers on prescription drug use. Robyn can currently be seen on CW’s Riverdale.

I catch up with former actor Chris Demetral (Dream On, The Adventures of Jules Verne), who tells me how he got started in the business, growing up on the set of Dream On, and his experience guest starring on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Chris had the recurring role of Jack on Lois and Clark, he talks about why he left the show. Naturally the movie Blank Check comes up. Chris gives his thoughts.

I catch up with singer-songwriter Rachael Sage, who discusses her 13th full-length album, Myopia, which is coming out on May 4th. Rachael talks about touring with Howard Jones and his thoughts on Rachael’s cover of “No One Is To Blame”. Rachael runs her own label, MPress, and talks about why she created the label.

I catch up with singer-songwriter Martin Page, who is behind the smash hits “We built this city” by Starship and “These Dreams” by Heart. Martin has worked with Bernie Taupin, Elton John’s writing partner as well as Maurice White from Earth Wind and Fire. He also played keyboards on Ray Parker Jr’s Ghostbusters. Martin fronted the 80’s band Q-Feel, who had the hit “Dancing in Heaven” from the movie Girls just want to have fun.

He finally released his solo album in 1994 with “In the house of stone and light”, which is in my top ten of songs in the 1990’s. Speaking of the 90’s he collaborated with Go West on “King of Wishful Thinking” and “Faithful” Martin recently released The Slender Sadness, it’s a compilation of eight new songs and new recordings of eight past songs.

I catch up with Dave Wakeling of The English Beat. They were one of the most influential bands of the early 80’s. The band’s hits include “Save it for Later”, “I Confess” and “Mirror in the Bathroom”. Their music fused punk rock, soul, reggae and ska. The Beat broke up after releasing their third album. Dave and Ranking Roger formed General Public. Dave reformed The English Beat and has toured extensively. The English Beat are releasing their first album in 30 years.

I catch up with Bill Wadhams of Animotion, who tells me how the band came about the song “Obsession”, which was originally recorded by Michael Des Bes Barres and Holly Knight. Their version failed to chart but Animotion’s went to number six. Bill tells me why he was hesitant about the song and why he left the band before the third album. He reunited with Astrid Plane and released their first album with Animotion, Raise Your Expectations, in almost 30 years.

I catch up with Carol Potter who played Cindy Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210. Carol tells me how she got started in the business and how she landed the iconic role of Cindy. She shares her favorite and not so favorite storylines from the show and why Cindy could never have a job on the show.

I catch up with Taylor Dayne, who is out on tour supporting the 30th anniversary of “Tell it to My Heart”. We discuss the origin of the song and her name. She’s had 18 songs reached the billboard top ten including, “I’ll Always Love You”, “Prove Your Love” and her number one hit “Love Will Lead You Back”.

I catch up with Maggie Roswell (The Simpsons), who tells me which of her characters is her favorite to voice. The Simpsons have had so many special guest stars over its almost 30 years, she tells me which her most memorable ones. We talk about the story behind getting to voice the iconic Sharry Bobbins. Maggie was an established on camera actress before The Simpsons, we discuss her cult classic movie “Midnight Madness” and what iconic TV show she turned down.

I catch up with Valerie Day and John Smith from Nu Shooz, who tells me how the married couple met, the process behind the smash hit, “I Can’t Wait” and their reactions to finding out they were nominated for the Best New Artist Grammy. The two took a break from Nu Shooz for a while and tell me what they were working on during that time. They reformed Nu Shooz and released “Bagtown” in 2016.