When I went to high school the only good musicians were in the school's jazz band. I didn't want to play jazz, I wanted to rock out! I ended up in a variety of bands playing all over. Here is an early picture of me playing on my highly customized Hammond B3 organ. The small box on top of it was a theremin I had built from a kit. Rock on, dude! The photo was taken at a huge rock concert on Venice beach in southern California. I was also in bands that opened for groups such as Great White and Elton John. So when it comes to rock and roll, I know it. For a time, I lived in a small apartment right next to the famous Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood. If you want to see where I lived, get a

This is a special notice for all of my friends in the Southern California Area. Starting this Friday, March 25, I am teaching a certification course in hypnosis. This is not a typical metaphysical class where you spend a couple of hours. This is a full training, involving 60 hours of in-class work and 40 hours of homework. Students will learn several different hypnotic inductions and practice them with other students. More importantly, you'll learn what to do before the induction and how to give suggestions after people are hypnotized. This is the most complete training ever offered to the metaphysical community in Los Angeles. I realize that people in our community have been hit

I grew up in an area of Los Angeles called Mar Vista. To the west was Venice Beach. To the south was Culver City and the enormous MGM movie lot (oh, how I wanted to get in there!). Soon after I entered 1st grade at Mar Vista Elementary School my father died. After about a year of enormous issues, my mother found a job and for the next six years raised me and my older brother on a very small income. Shopping was a money-saving ordeal. Groceries were bought at three or four markets which experience taught my mother had the best prices for the highest quality. There's nothing wrong with being frugal like that, but the last thing a six-year-old boy wanted to do on a sunny weekend day was get

Throughout the existence of this blog I have avoided taking political sides other than to say that politics is important enough that you should educate yourself on issues and vote. When you feel an issue is important I believe you should contact your politicians and let them know. If need be, you should demonstrate in support of your positions. When I was going to UCLA it seemed like every vote in Congress, every action of the President, would change the world. And yet, we've survived. In every election since, the political pundits have declared that "this is the most important election in our history." And yet, in spite of who got elected, we've survived. Right now, there are political