We All Need Someone We Can Bleed On....

..and if ya wanna? You can bleed on....uh....well, for the American Red Cross this week. It's the 28th annual 95.5 KLOS Blood Drive at 19 locations throughout SoCal. Big change from the very first one in 1981--ONE location ONE day only! You can make an appointment (1-800-GIVE-LIFE) or show up at the spot nearest you. Or one furthest from you, we really don't care so long as you donate a pint--OF BLOOD (but do hang on to that glass of Stella for later). www.955klos.com has all the locations and times and who's gonna be where. Remember, no need to show up already bleeding or with the blood already out in a jelly jar--the Red Cross will professionally download it all. I'll be at the Long Beach Red Cross locale (3150 E. 29th St., just off the Redondo Ave. exit from the 405...and just west of the fwy) Wednesday afternoon, the 29th, as soon as I can drive from KLOS after 4pm! Hope to see you and your O+ (or whatever) there---and thank you.

60's Rock at Slacker.com

Amid all the free music sites, one of my absolute favorites is the 60's Rock Station at Slacker.com. Simply put, it sounds exactly like what you'd hear if you turned on your Marantz FM tuner around the autumn of 1970. It's a fantastic alchemy of all the great albums and artists from, say, 1964 or so up to that turn-of-the-decade day. Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, CCR, Dylan, The Stones (up to Gimme Shelter), The Doors, Grateful Dead, Hendrix, Cream, Donovan, Steppenwolf, Zappa & The Mothers, Janis, Jefferson Airplane, etc, mixed in with Simon & Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell, Nick Drake and countless others. How do I know it's such a killer mix? Because I've programmed it all. And I'd love to hear your thoughts. www.slacker.com
(go to "Rock" category and click on 60's Rock)

We're Talking Baseball...Dodgers Baseball, pal

And so will you, if ya know what's good for yas. This Thursday (7/9) after the Mets-Dodgers game, Rita Wilde (Thing) and I e-vite you to join us for all things Dodger Blue on Talkradio 790 KABC-AM (www.kabc.com). And up until Thursday at 1pm Pacific Time try to vote for L.A. stars Matt Kemp and Chone Figgins as the last two--and certainly deserving--All Stars for next week's mid-summer classic in the greatest baseball city on earth, St. Louie. You can vote at www.mlb.com.