Heroes

How many of you watch Heroes. I had heard about the show and thought that it would probably be a weekly show about people around the world who were heroes and did especially good deeds.
I was talking to my father on the phone that night and he told me he was watching the show and that it was pretty good. I turned it on and BOOM, I was hooked.
The characters are so believable. You have a genetics professor whose father went missing and he is drawn into the work that his father was pursuing in his effort to find him; you have the dreamer who is trying to convince his politician brother that he can fly; you have a high school cheerleader who is totally indestructible; you have a Los Vegas stripper who is trying to make ends meet to support her son and she discovers that she has a mirror image personality; you have the fugitive who is the bad guy who baffles the police because they can't capture him; you have a gifted artist who can paint the future, but he is addicted to heroine so people are skeptical about his visions; you have a police officer who is down-on-his luck who can hear people's thoughts; and, my favorite, a young Japanese man who develops a way to stop time through his will power. The destiny of these characters: To Save The World!
Tim Kring is the creator and Executive Producer of the show. He is also the creator of "Crossing Jordon."
I love this show. I believe that it shows these people in such an ordinary way, but it also shows us that there is hope, will power, determination and love. There are also parts of life that we don't like to look at, such as failure, selfishness, egos, evil and death. I also believe they did a great job of matching the powers to the people on the show.
The question, after the finale Monday night, is who will come back next season? I would like to hear from you about who you think will come back and who won't. For more information about Heroes, go to: http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/

The Secret

Has everyone read the new book or seen the movie “The Secret?” I heard so much buzz about it and bought two of the books (one for me and one for me son) and bought the movie. I crawled in bed to watch the movie and about 15 minutes into it I fell asleep. When I woke up, I thought to myself “Oh My God, I just fell asleep during something that was supposed to be life altering.” I quickly put the movie back on and started watching it and I realized the reason I fell asleep was because I was already following the chart that these people had plotted for me. This movie/book is about believing in you and attracting what you want. It’s about not dwelling on the things that are bad for you or negative and putting your emphasis on the things that are positive.

I came from a dysfunctional family, but who hasn’t. My parents were young and had no idea how to raise kids. I think they weren’t grown up enough and still wanted to party. They left us home to fend for each other. It wasn’t until I was in counseling that I told my psychologist, “I just want a NORMAL” family life.” He said, “What is NORMAL? Did you read in a book somewhere what normal is supposed to be? I thought about that. I said, “I just want a family who can sit at dinner together and talk about their day, help one another, not be mean to each other and basically just love each other.” Then he told me this story. He had a family who would get together every Friday night with pizza and beer and just sit around and eat, drink and talk. They would all drink until they got drunk and when one of them shot their gun into the ceiling, they knew it was time to go home. To them, that was normal. After I picked my jaw off the ground I thought, yeah, everyone has some sort of “dysfunction” in their life and it must feel normal to them. Did you ever catch yourself wondering if everyone's home life was like yours?

What I am trying to say is that there is negative and positive in every single person’s life in this world. The “Secret” is telling us to not dwell on the negative because it isn’t going to get you anywhere, you will only attract more negative by dwelling on it. It is much more productive to think about the positive and make a change in your life. It's about the "Law of Attraction." Think about the the things that you want, the things that you love and the things that make you happy. When you think about those things, they will be attracted to you. The opposite is true also. If you think about the negative, such as bills, sickness, not enough money, etc., those things will happen also. You won't have enough money, you will be overwhelmed with bills, you will be sick. In my heart, I believe that when doctors tell patients they are going to die, they believe and they make plans to die. If the doctors would say that the patient had a fighting chance, I think patients would prepare themselves for that fight and not give in to death.

I have always wanted to be involved in music. I don’t know how to play an instrument, but I can sing. I have a good ear for music and am really good at picking the songs that will make it and the ones that won’t. So, when I heard about Big Dawg Radio, I had to become a DJ. I spoke with my son and he said, mom, what is stopping you from doing this? What was stopping me?

One more remark and then I am gone. Parents, please listen to your kids. My oldest son is so precious to me because I was young when he was born and I believe in my heart that he taught me a lot more than I could ever teach him. Sometimes I look at my middle son and I think, I don’t want to hear that, but he takes after me and I think I sometimes don't want to hear what he says because I see myself talking to me and I don’t like what I hear. No matter the age, kids have an awareness in them that I think we don't see and we can learn so much from them. We have a lot of laughter in our house and don’t take things so serious. We are happy and that is all that really matters. Make your dreams come true!

Big Dawg Radio News

Thursday Nights on Big Dawg Radio are going to be very interesting starting on Thursday, May 17. We will be introducing Alternative music to you.

There are a lot of new alternative artists out there. I have noticed that a lot of the new bands are coming out of Europe. You have the Arctic Monkeys, Modest Mouse, Midlake, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and more.

We will also be playing Alternative music that everyone loves, such as, 10,000 Maniacs, Tori Amos, Blessed Union of Soul, Collective Soul, Everclear, Evanescence, Fuel, Gorillaz, The Killers, Marcy Playground, Nine Inch Nails, No Doubt, Pearl Jam, Portishead, The Presidents of the United States, Queens of the Stoneage, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Silverchair, Sister Hazel, Elliott Smith, Stereophonics, Spacehog, Soundgarden, Third Eye BLind, Tonic, U2, Vertical Horizon, Weezer and list just goes on and on and on.

Please be sure to tune in that night and let us know what you think by IMing me at: dj.hippiechick on Yahoo Messenger or you can e-mail me at dj.hippiechick@yahoo.com.

We are happy to announce that our Artist of the Month has supplied us with CDs of his music and we will be running contests to give those Cds away, so stay tuned for more on that.

One final thing: I would like to thank all my listeners. Without you, my show would not be able to offer the music and variety of things that I offer to you. You make this happen and thank you very much.

The Hippie Chick
on Big Dawg Radio

Show on Thursday, May 10

I just want to thank everyone who listened to the show tonight. My show tonight consisted of guitarist who I believe came out with their own sound and made us stand up and listen to their music. Although my show was based on this, there are so many great bands and musicians out there that there is no way I could get to all of them.

I paid particular attention to Joe Bonamassa. His father handed him a guitar at 4 years of age and he said he would sit by the record player and imitate the songs that he heard. He start performing at age 7 and when he was 12 B.B. King asked him to open for him. I am thinking, Oh My God, a 12 year old opening for B.B. King? But if you listen to him, his music and his voice is that of a seasoned artist. B.B. King stated that Joe "had not even begun to scratch the surface of his talent."

I saw Joe Bonamassa when he opened for Peter Frampton and after seeing him play, if I hadn't been able to see Peter Frampton, I would have been happy with the concert that I saw.

I hope you enjoyed the show and until Saturday, this is the Hippie Chick. A word to you all. Remember: All Men Die, But Not Evey Man Really Lives. Let that be your motto for tomorrow and go out there and live!

Who is the Hippie Chick

My name is Sherry and I am a new Dj at www.bigdawgradio.com. I love DJing and have been into music since I was little. I started collecting albums when I was 13 years old and I haven't stopped yet.

I hope to make my show interesting for everyone and play music that you have never heard. I want listeners to be able to hear music that is wonderful, great and fantastic to the ears, but also appreciate what the artists are trying to bring to you and where they are coming from.

Thank you and I can't wait to hear from you.

The Hippie Chick on www.bigdawgradio.com