Year: 2014

  • An Old Friend Finds A New Home

    In clearing out some of my mammoth memorabilia collection from the theatre formerly known as the “Red”, I was left with a customized control board complete with tape machines, turntables and microphones. All were used during my nationally syndicated radio series Reunion. I sold the equipment to Gordon Sauck of Innovative Audio. His store/warehouse is…

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  • Meet Noah Bublé!

    This is baby Noah Bublé here with me when he was only weeks old. I walked into Bruce Allen’s office to see Michael. There he was with his gorgeous wife and little baby. I told the proud papa that there is nothing like having your own child, and he totally agreed.  He then took Noah…

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  • Thanks, Jay Leno!

    Jay Leno is always a gentleman and has taken the time every visit to the theatre that once bore my name, to talk with the entire staff and crew. I have known Jay over the years as he visited Vancouver and the Island over the decades doing stand-up. With February 8 being his final night hosting…

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  • Cruisin’ The Caribbean

    Carole and I and a party of 30 AM 650 listeners just returned from a 7 day cruise of the western Caribbean with stops in Cozumel, Belize and two other tropical locations. It was the 21st annual Concerts at Sea Where the Action Is cruise with Paul Revere and the Raiders, B.J. Thomas, Mary Wilson…

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  • Happy Birthday, Dal!

    Dal Richards turned 96 on January 5. A party was held in his downtown loft and a few of us came out to salute this inspiration. Among the guests were Jimmy Pattison, broadcaster Dawn Chubai, Bard On The Beach artistic director Christopher Gaze, CBC’s Cecilia Walters and Rick Cluff, gossip guru Joy Metcalfe and a…

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  • Michael Bublé Voice Over Pic

    Paul Airey from the Sound Kitchen sent me this photo, taken during my voice over work for the 3rd annual Michael Bublé Christmas Special. It was a treat to do this for NBC in the US and CTV here in Canada. Carole and I were privileged to be part of the studio audience as well.…

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  • Another Great Gone: Phil Everly at 74

    I am sitting here with tears in my eyes as the Everly Brothers were contemporaries of mine. To hear that Phil Everly had died on Friday brought forth many emotions. I first met them in 1959 in Portland (photo above) while at KGW. I interviewed them many times over the years when they appeared in…

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