Grand Opening- 501 lounge, Montclair NJ, Live Kim Sozzi

One of my favorite number one songs of 2009 was Kim Sozzi's "Feel your love". A song of love and renewal. Kim will be live January 22nd, friday night at the Grand Opening of the 501 Lounge in Montclair. You bet that since I live like 5 blocks away... I am sooo.... going to be there !!

************* FRIDAY JANUARY 22ND 2010 ***********

Tri State / Partybody / NJClubnights / NJ Pulse / Turning Point / Black Bill
Present:
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THE GRAND OPENING
of
501 LOUNGE

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MEET MTV'S JERSEY SHORE CAST!!!
MEET MTV'S JERSEY SHORE CAST!!!
MEET MTV'S JERSEY SHORE CAST!!!
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SNOOKIE LOOK-ALIKE CONTEST (judged by the cast)
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Billboard #1 recording artist:

KIM SOZZI PERFORMING LIVE!!!!

All of her smash hits!
"Feel Your Love" | "Like a Star" | "Break Up" | "Alone" | "Life Goes On"

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Music by resident DJ's
DJ Nicky Sibilia
DJ Tony Gia

Along with guest DJs (celebrating their birthdays)
DJ Shamis & DJ Justin Higgins

501 Lounge
501 Bloomfield Ave.
Montclair NJ.

2010, Jody Whatley "Looking forward"

In the Spirit of the New Year, Jody Whatley asks an interesting series of questions on her blog:

Having said that memories and looking back are also important. What did you learn about yourself? Did you achieve what you wanted? Did you make better decisions for yourself, adjusting your sails when you needed to? Memories do serve us, they can be a litmus test for good things if you use them well as a reminder of what we did wrong and what we got right. Memories can also make us smile or sharpen our focus and improve as people.

What did I learn about myself? I learned what sort of things triggered negative thoughts in my life, I learned to recognize these events in near real time, and developed a tool kit that allows me to counter depressive events, negative trains of thought with good, uplifting positive thoughts. Something so strong and uplifting, like the opening notes of a song that can make me straighten out my shoulders, lift my chin up to look at the world straight in the eye with a smile that says I am wiser, smarter, and I'm going to have that beautiful life. And I am not going to feel guilty about loving myself.

Did you achieve what you wanted? No, but never the less I achieved things of great value . I didn't buy a house, marry, start a family, start a business, become financially independent. In fact these dreams I had as a younger man became lost in the mud of life and my epiphany this summer cleared the waters, so that I can work to reclaim my dreams. And have new dreams. It took 8 months, but I found a new job where I can make a little bit more money, just enough to give me the room I need to lay claim to my dreams, just enough room to go back to my creative roots, my dancing, being a musician, being a singer, my acting, my writing.

Did you make better decisions for yourself, adjusting your sails when you needed to? Oh man, this whole experience has been more than an adjustment of my sails, I put up a new mast and all new canvass on this baby, and now shes fast sleek and a lot more maneuverable. I have a business plan for my life, I learned how and why I would sabotage myself, and yes, I'm making better decisions for myself.

Memories do serve us, they can be a litmus test for good things if you use them well as a reminder of what we did wrong and what we got right. I have a memory. About an ex-girlfriend, "the one that got away", she could make love with her soul, in the middle of a dance floor surrounded by 100 people she could touch my hair above my ear with her fingers, look deep into my eyes and simply take us away to a private cosmic place, like another universe that was just ours. I didn't know a woman could do that. My mind thought it should be possible, but my heart and soul had no clue.

I experienced that true pure love one time, I want it again, I know its real. And now I have the emotional foundation nesessary to attract the woman/soulmate I want, and the financial foundation is soon to be.


I know, I can, I will, full-fill, my dreams. :-).

I just read the most incredible Myspace profile.

I cried. This person had something terrible happen to them in 2009, and they poured their heart out to Myspace. So I wrote this person a letter:

Dear XXXXX,

I'm a single guy a little bit older than you. I've never been married, no kids, probably can't have any anyway. I've been stuck in a rut for quite a few years, I've lived a dead end life for a while. The last 5 years I have embarked on a project of self improvement. Well this summer I had an epiphany. I learned so much about myself so fast it was scary ( At 1st I had no idea what or what was going on). I learned to not feel guilty about loving myself, bad self esteem went out the window, I learned what was triggering depressive episodes in me, how to spot the triggers in real time and figured out how to reverse their effects, dumped 51 years of emotional baggage all in 6 weeks. I'm not the person I use to be.

I guess I'm a late bloomer.
SO I decided to start a blog about my experience, and I've been pouring my heart out. Its been cathartic, cleansing, empowering, invigorating. My firend Ehrick told me my new blog was quite bold, riske. And then I read your blurb on Myspace. I am stunned. You're bold, pouring your heart out like that to whoever.

Heres my first blog entry

http://loveandrenewal.blogspot.com/2009/10/story-of-personal-renewal.html

And this one explains a bit more

http://loveandrenewal.blogspot.com/2009/10/ive-been-stuck-in-rut-living-my-own.html

I'm not sure what happened to you, I don't need to know either, but after reading your blurb I really wanted to reach out to you and say hi.

Roger Fox

Dear stranger, I know from what you've written you're very brave.

My love for myself has taken over....... my life.

On September 15th, 2009 in mid epiphany, not sure if I was going crazy, not knowing if I could hold on to who I was, I started to realized I was in the middle of a good thing, I didn't know what it was, but it was good, the crazy waves of emotional joy and trauma started to slow in frequency and intensity. So I called my Mom. I tried to tell her what I was going thru, and you know what, she understood what was happening to me more than I could have hoped for.

A few days later we talked again, I told her I had learned about depressive triggers, things I did, or let be done to me, that in essence turned my spirit towards depression, and how I had learned to see these triggers much quicker and earlier. My Mom told me of a conversation she had over 40 years ago with a marriage councilor, that went something like this: when you start to feel like your getting down you need to play some uplifting music, music that compells you to dance. For my Mom that was Latin music ( I remember my Mom played Mariachi music ), she told me that I needed to do something like that. I told her I already was! (KTUFM, 103.5 & 97.7 in NYC metro area play some great dance music, freestyle, house, remixes and mashups)


Its now Christmas Eve, I really have my gift for this year, my freedom. Freedom from being depressed, freedom from sabotaging myself because of poor self esteem, freedom from not feeling guilty that I love myself. Let me tell you, the second half of my life is going to be a real Pissah........

I wish you could see me now, I have this great big smile on my face because I know that love has taken over :-).

Kelly Rowland Live in Bulgaria performing When Love Takes Over"

The song that is the inspiration for this blog, the song that brings a smile to my face, to my heart, to my soul, every time I hear it, every time I sing it. Kelly Rowland in Bulgaria performing an awesome version of "When Love Takes Over", you might note that Kelly sings just the title to start, and before she finishes delivering that one line the entire crowd is singing with her, testimony to the power of her number one Billboard dance hit to make people dance and sing along, and feel good. Don't forget, When Love Takes Over we all know how good it feels! Thanks to Kelly-Rowland.net for making this quality audio available.

zSHARE - Kelly-Rowland.net 04 Loop Live 2009 - When Love Takes Over.mp3

2 different places

I have a friend who is recently divorced, and is thoroughly enjoying her freedom. And has great difficulty seeing where I am, Never married, wanting to find "that girl" and take that plunge.

I believe in true pure love, she's like , what evah....

I know, I can, I will, fulfill my dreams

Sometimes I feel the need for some hi energy music and empowering and self affirmational lyrics.

It's a difficult world and you have to prove
That you're ready and you can do it

And when I feel that desire to be uplifted, when I want feel compelled to raise my arms over my head, move my hips and dance with all that I am, one of the best songs ever is Living Joys, "Dont Stop Moving". Sung by Tameka Starr (Doris Diggs), this song always cranks me up to Warp 9, give it a listen, your Dilithium Crystals will never feel better, lol!




I truly wish I had more of this ingredient in my soul when I was a younger man, but theres no time for regrets, no place for blame, theres no time to waste in the second half of my life, I've got to get it right.......

Oh yeah

Oh yeah...

You've got to

Oh yeah

Oh yeah...

You've got to get it right



You can do anything that you want to do

With your mind body and soul

Do it, prove it to yourself and say

I want (I want)

I will (I will)

I can do anything

It's a difficult world and you have to prove

That you're ready and you can do it

Nothing in this world can stop you

I know I can I will forfill my dreams



Don't stop movin'

Keep it up

Keep on movin' get it right

Yeah you've got to get it right

Oh yeah oh

Don't stop movin'

I it's your life

Keep on movin' get it right

Yeah you've got to get it right



You can be mystical magical

Physically phenomenal

Good to go

Not slow

Feel the heat and let it flow





You've got to get it right