Kris spills the beans about why Gratwick chose YA-WNY to benefit from the brand launch in WNY. John Singleton passed away and Andrea’s birthday was last weekend and she tells a little about what she did to celebrate.
We discuss how the arts and entertainment have influenced the paths our lives wandered down. The WGA vs ATA battle is explained and sides are taken!
Em’s Corner:
Avengers: End Game was released last weekend. Kris, Andrea, and Emily all saw it and try to discuss the movie without giving any spoilers! Emily finally tells us about the Comic-Con where she met the main guys from RDR2!
Bullet Blitzes:
If you were going to be drinking all day, should you start with beer or wine?
Dean Winters, All-State Insurance Commercial guy & brother from Rescue Me, said he died for 5 minutes back in 2009. What was your closest near-death experience?
This week Gratwick got a letter from the NFL’s Buffalo Bills attorney. Apparently, you are not allowed to buy tickets and give them away, even for a charity, if you do not have their express permission. So that VIP prize has been taken off the table and the May 10th event will have a new grand prize surprise.
This week we are joined by Phoenixian via Buffalo, Ernie Green. Ernie started off in sports writing – a lot of boxing 🥊 – then turned his charismatic skills to Stand-Up Comedy. You can see Ernie hosting A Night to Inspire on the Livestream on May 10.
Discord Questions:
Do you think the future is full of subscription-based software or will we ever see the “pay once and have it forever” software ever again?
We just saw the first images of a Black Hole. What other space images would you like to see?
Exploring Cali’s Cannabis Industry with Founder of Curated Cannabis
“A Night to Inspire” is gaining sponsors and new talent for the night. With great regret, over the past week, Conscious 716 had to bow out due to a work promotion that will require him to be out of the area at the time of the event. In a whirlwind of good luck, we were able to book the awesome Buffalo band ‘Mom Said No’! Newest sponsors: Canal Club 62 and Salvatore’s are donating gifts for the raffles.
Former Investment Banker turned Founder of a leading cannabis company, Will Sun, joins us in studio to break down this newly legal industry in California. Matriculating from the Ivy Leagues and the Financial Sector in the mid 2000s, Will saw the world pre- and post- 2008 market crash and learned how companies should be run instead of the way they had up to then. With ever expanding regulations and competition, Will reveals the many facets of the legal cannabis industry.
Follow Curated Cannabis on Instagram: @curated_cannabis
Joined by Creator/Founder of Codes Socks and Codes Media
Gratwick had a great week of new sponsors for the upcoming May 10th event: Infotech WNY, Twisted-Rope & Codes Socks/Media. We are looking forward to the Augmented Reality game that Twisted Rope is making for the event.
This week we are joined by the founder/creator of Codes Socks and Codes Media- under the umbrella of CODES. This entrepreneur who is not just making great products with excellent athletic endorsements but also giving back to charities with each product.
We grilled Dan:
-You grew up in Buffalo but you’ve been in Tampa for a long time, how did you end up there?
What inspired the idea to start a sock company?
You’re also a family man, how do you balance the day job, kids and a startup?
What’s it like working with professional athletes? Who is easier to deal with your kids or the athletes?
What is your favorites sock you made so far?
What is Codes Media?
You’re going to be presenting the second project of 4, being introduced on May 10th, what can we expect?
What charities does your company support?
Em’s Corner:
Recap of last Saturday’s Murder Mystery Game Night and how much work goes into preparing the game.
Bullet Blitz:
-Would you rather live without a car or a computer?
Special Guest Tonight is Buffalo Native Brett Prusinski
Kris is back from his WNY trip to finalize plans for “A Night To Inspire”. His successful trip locked in new sponsors for the fundraising event such as Labatt’s Blue and Pure Still! VIP Tickets will be on sale next week and the free general admission ticket waiting list will begin.
Brett started as a young filmmaker and then made the leap to the music industry. We asked many questions and he was happy to spill the beans about: – You started as a filmmaker, how did the crossover come about? – What experiences as a filmmaker have helped your music career? – Which one of your songs hits closest to home? – Your 2/3 of the way to a triple threat, any itch to act as well? – Which brings you more joy, rocking the stage or running your own set? – What can we expect from your performance at the event? – Where did you get the inspiration for your stage name? – Did you always want to do this type/genre of music? Is there another genre of music you would like to do? Like how some country go to pop? – Is there any movie you were watching and thought to yourself that one of your songs would be perfect for that scene?
Em’s Corner: Murder Mystery Game Night details
Discord Questions:
How do you plan on spending the weekend after the “Night to Inspire”? Relaxing or right back to the grind?
With so much going on with the launch party, outreach, meetings and travel, has it been hard to manage your work/home life?
When are we going to start filming something!?
Bullet Blitzes:
In Japan, every new emperor gets to name his new imperial era. The newest one has been announced as Reiwa meaning order and harmony. What would yours be?
The Gamer who swatted an online player from Call of Duty- or thought he did- was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison. Do you think that is an appropriate sentence considering he didn’t pull the trigger, just made the false call with info provided by another gamer, that resulted in police shooting someone who was just answering his door? Should the other gamer, who gave the false address knowing a Swatting was going to be sent, be an accessory and punished too? What about the police who shot the man who was just answering his door – sans a weapon?
Would you rather: act in a commercial or music video?
Would you rather go to Mars or Orion’s Belt ( and no return trip to Earth)?
Andrea holds down the fort in L.A. and Kris discloses details from his NY adventures with other writers and many positive meetings. We are joined by Father/Daughter writing team John and Destiny Constantin. They published their first book “The Journey With Dad” 2013 and have a followed up with a couple more. Destiny is in Graduate School while working on the sequel to her young adults series. You can find their books at Barnes & Nobles and discover more about their collaboration and stories at www.constantinsbooks.com; facebook:https://www.facebook.com/constantin.books;twitter @constantinsbook .
Em’s Corner: Gridfam worked and she is back! Emily spills the beans about her big surprise for her mom: Tickets to Hell’s Kitchen and Donny and Marie Osmond concert. Murder Mystery Game Night will be quite intricate with individual puzzles that will come together for the ultimate clue. This coming weekend the players will get their character descriptions.
Former athlete turned charismatic Actor Roemello Nelson In Studio
Pay attention this week because Roemello is an actor you want to keep an eye on with many upcoming projects. He started in Philadelphia and moved to NJ before he took the big leap to LA when he was 18. Roemello tells us how he was lucky enough to have a supportive family that encouraged him to chase his dreams, even when it meant moving to the other side of the country. He was asked: which real person he would like to portray; how he got into acting; if he could work with any director who would it be: now and when he first moved out to LA at 18; and what is his “go-to” movie.
The guys get deep when they discuss L.A., the entertainment industry, #metoo, and racism.
Discord Questions:
What do you think the theme of the Murder Mystery game night will be?
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Southern California native Jenny Peyatt, founder of Rat Dance Party, joined us for an hour-long special interview. Jenny exposes the reality of how the music and movie/tv industries intertwine. She explains that indie films and even big shows she has worked on, like The Ellen Show and American Idol, had a gagillion legal hoops and big expenses to get permission to include their favorite songs.
Discord Question:
We lost some big influences last week. Which got us thinking: who is going to be the actor/artist that breaks you?
Bullet Blitzes:
As a business owner and entrepreneur priortize these three things: Time, Opportunity, Relationships
If you could do what you love and work from anywhere in the world, but you could never leave that place again, where would you work?
Kash Hovey joins the show to talk about his career as an actor and what it takes to survive in Hollywood.
He spills the beans about growing up in LA with a group of friends who now are all smashing it in the Film Industry. At 17 he was landing roles and has acted beside such great actresses as Shannen Doherty, Darryl Hannah, and Shari Belafonte.
You can watch Jack and Cocaine on Vimeo. Plastic Daydream is being celebrated at many film festivals. Undateable John will be releasing the summer of 2019.
John is still out, but Andrea is here with her snuggie to keep his seat warm.
This is the 1st week of the new segment: Em’s Corner with hostess Emily B. Guests are lined up through March including some of our #BuffaloStarSearch nominees.
This episode an extremely talented singer/songwriter, Paris Calibur, was our special guest and we picked her brains: -What is the first song you wrote? What inspired you to write that song? – Was there a specific song that made the light go off? – Was your family supportive with your creative career plans or did anyone try to talk you out of it? – Do you have a routine when you want to write? – Who is your biggest inspiration and why? – If you could go back in time and meet one of your heroes, who would it be? – How do you feel about social media since you haven’t really been involved on Fb or Twitter?
Discord Questions:
Guilty Pleasures, we all have them. What are your favorite guilty pleasures; A.) Movie B.) Show C.) Snack
Em’s Corner:
Getting to know Emily, movies, games, and the gauntlet was thrown for next week’s topic of Xbox vs PS4.
Em’s Corner question from Siobhan: Knowing you’re a big Disney fan what are A.) your all time favorite Disney movie, B.) your favorite when you were a kid, C.) the one you’d like/hate to see remade. *** answered on Discord server – www.discord.me/gratwick
Bullet Blitzes:
Worlds Healthiest Countries – Spain #1, Italy #2, and US #35. What can US do to improve their status?
Streaming Wars- CBS, Showtime, HBO, Disney and WarnerMedia unveil services in 2019 and NBCUniversal debuts its entry in 2020.problem is, each time an entity goes it alone, it enters a crowded field while potentially forgoing its share of the roughly $5 billion Netflix spends annually to license content. Then there’s the estimated $4 billion Amazon could spend, $1 billion from Facebook, and so on. Do you think the big companies will change their minds about separate streaming services?
March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, what is another saying about the weather that you can think of?
Mel B said Lady Gaga broke the women’s code when she made “love eyes” at Bradley Cooper during their steamy Oscars performance while the mother of Bradley’s child sat in the front row? Damn good performance or women code violation?
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