WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.200 --> 00:00:05.040 What I'm gonna. I'm meant to fix my hair before I came on. 2 00:00:05.599 --> 00:00:10.560 I didn't fix it right here. This is real life, kids, this 3 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:15.279 is real life, behind the scenes, real life. The first thing in 4 00:00:15.279 --> 00:00:17.960 the morning and I washed my face, thresh my teeth. I have not 5 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:21.199 made coffee yet. It's just be the hottest day of the week here in 6 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:26.199 Los Angeles and totally cool down tomorrow. So I'm very excited. I'm James. 7 00:00:26.199 --> 00:00:28.280 Do you even know who I am? It just says right through on 8 00:00:28.359 --> 00:00:32.399 the side there, I'm gonna. I feel like I'm in a new season. 9 00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:41.159 I'm coming into a new season this first half of the year. Oh 10 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:47.119 yeah, you can watch those episodes. Yeah, but I feel like now 11 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:51.439 I'm coming into a newer season. You know. I'm always reinventing and inventing 12 00:00:51.479 --> 00:00:55.600 myself both. I always like trying to start new things or change things up 13 00:00:56.799 --> 00:01:00.600 because I do some different things. And it's been and but the strips happening. 14 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:03.159 The WJA strike just ended, so we stopped the SAG after. But 15 00:01:03.599 --> 00:01:07.000 that forced me into kind of a different because of living here in La to 16 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:15.120 a mindset. My people who are sick are doing better. I'm still involved 17 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:19.480 with they're doing better, so I had a little more time to myself. 18 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:25.519 I actually took a mini vacation. It was too short, but I had 19 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:29.200 to help somebody and I just just whatever it is. But I was able 20 00:01:29.239 --> 00:01:33.000 to leave lad in a while. That's what was mentally I needed that. 21 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:37.680 I started kind of a new tep of new shows. And I also I've 22 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:41.400 been looking back, so I mean, I've been looking at my sos. 23 00:01:41.480 --> 00:01:42.799 All this kind of stuff is happening. So I just feel like I'm in 24 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:49.280 a new season. I lost weights. I'm so far about fifteen pounds less 25 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:53.359 than I was two months ago, and that's I feel differently about that. 26 00:01:55.719 --> 00:02:01.920 I feel differently. I'm really it's like I've been a new a new stage. 27 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:07.360 I am stressed at all the time looking I'm on the large but that's 28 00:02:07.520 --> 00:02:12.680 how I'll figure out managing all that. But there's some greats in the middle 29 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:15.479 of all that, there's some great stuff. And you know, I was 30 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:19.560 looking at I said, well, first of all, I started this new 31 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:23.639 series of shows, jil J E this evening and jil J after dark. 32 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:25.719 I don't wam. I was think about one night going and be kind of 33 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:30.199 funny. I mean the jokes always have made jilj after dark blah blah blah. 34 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:36.400 But I have created these shows. I've done maybe a handful of episode's 35 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:42.879 of Reach, and they've been eye opening. They've been so much fun. 36 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:47.000 It's a whole dron vibe at nighttime. And I'll say at late night, 37 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:53.879 and I don't have to rely on famous people or famous guests. It's like 38 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:58.439 people come on. I get a nice little crowd at night and there's a 39 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:04.719 whole world of insomniacs. We work late at night now and stuff. But 40 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:08.599 love I've been having get My guests have been my friends have come on and 41 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:13.680 joined me. And last night I was on. I was on last night 42 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:17.439 for three hours and forty eight minutes. Didn't I even seem like it even 43 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:22.400 though I did. The Idea was on for two hours. Idea was on 44 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:25.680 for two hours day and then people are actually watching and listening to and thank 45 00:03:25.759 --> 00:03:31.000 you afterwards comments on you know. It was just that was so much fun. 46 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:36.000 It was so funny. I put it on in the background and I 47 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:38.800 was like, okay, because my morning show, I do you have This 48 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:42.800 Morning, which is very popular much about two hours of that one. People 49 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:46.479 are like, no, we put on in the background we sleep or I'm 50 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:49.199 doing work or clean the house. So I listened to you and that's what 51 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:52.639 I used to do with certain people. So it's kind of cool that I 52 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:59.240 again have retro going backwards. It's reminding people of that time period. And 53 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:01.400 I shot all time on people. People put on podcasts stuff and they kind 54 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:04.960 of walk around you stuff. So I'm finding because I'm like, I'm gonna 55 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:08.919 get the numbers, and you guys are amazing. The numbers are really good. 56 00:04:08.919 --> 00:04:12.400 I'm like, I'm doing this. I have I have college. You 57 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:16.399 can't get people to watch a fifteen minute video and I'm doing three hour far 58 00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:23.399 because who are watching them? We'll listen, Joe. It's it's actually amazing. 59 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:28.199 Oh, I speaking on my nail polish the other night as somebody and 60 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:30.600 that was that's somebody who's I get. I'm they're a fan of mine anyway, 61 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:35.800 but they pop every once in a while on my chats live chats and 62 00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:41.199 otherwise I recognized the handle, but I wouldn't say I don't. I don't 63 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:44.360 think they're huge fans of mine, and I don't want I don't want it 64 00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:46.000 whatever. I don't think, I don't feel want me. But they came 65 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:50.759 on and saw my nails and it's a guy and basically saying I'm old school, 66 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:54.120 like this was too much, and then left, I'm out, so 67 00:04:54.279 --> 00:04:58.360 I'm out, and then they're her from them again on a chat and that 68 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:00.120 that was racis because I mean, you haven't pay my nails. Okay, 69 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:03.800 who cares? I grew my hair along. Okay, I'm not trying. 70 00:05:03.839 --> 00:05:09.199 It's actually nothing. I'm not trying any statements. I'm not trying. I 71 00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:12.720 feel like I'm I'm a man, I'm whatever. You know, but what 72 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:15.360 that means to me, I don't have any I'm just doing something different, 73 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:20.519 switch things up a little bit, because it's life. Paying my nails doesn't 74 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:25.199 change anything about my life. Just I'm paying my nails a lot. I'm 75 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:29.399 being paying the nails a lot of a lot of rock stars and artists have 76 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:31.759 been paying nails for years. Usually deduce these stars used to be black. 77 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:38.720 It was black. It's I'm an entertainer. I just I e changed my 78 00:05:38.759 --> 00:05:41.720 looks. So as I shot off my goates and as I leave it up 79 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:45.519 and my hair is gray, I don't change it like I've dyed my hair. 80 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:48.319 Just it's all just it's all, it's all stuff, it's all outside 81 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:54.199 trimmings. I don't I don't rely on my fingers for success. They're just 82 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:58.319 they're they're they're functional and and no one, I mean la, I get 83 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:00.160 a lot compments actually on it from guys that like it. I mean that 84 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:04.439 the young kids are doing it. Nobody even cares, like nobody, nobody, 85 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:08.319 nobody's my hands. That took me off Gardener. But I was like, 86 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:11.079 wow, there are people out there who are so closed minded, and 87 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:15.079 it's like it's different. It's different when I understand you're saying from me, 88 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:17.319 I just would I would because for years for me, I wouldn't be on 89 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:20.480 Nils either. Fore year it's like, that's's not me. I mean tattoos, 90 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:24.680 you know folks who were like I would never get tattooed. That stuff. 91 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:28.319 I get that stuff. I'm like, that's that's pretty standard, you 92 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:32.800 know stuff. I get that that's such preference for your body. But I 93 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:38.000 mean some of the stuffs like oh okay, that's what that's what we're doing. 94 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:44.040 But I just thought that's very interesting. And people sometimes people just are 95 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:46.560 like, no, it's too much for them, and I'm like, I'm 96 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:47.959 fully who I am all the time. I mean, I'm whoever I am 97 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:51.360 at any given time, and I thought all kinds of subjects and that's something 98 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:57.759 too, I'm enjoying. Between these shows they read the top like last time 99 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:00.920 we talk about music, there we got and then we got just a safe 100 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:05.199 talk about angelic voices. They to start talk about the Jackson like we had 101 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:10.920 talks about We went deep down and dived down and the chat was involved and 102 00:07:10.959 --> 00:07:14.800 my co hosts were involved, and it was such a and I think it's 103 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:17.439 well contribute to the Frogner. But the whole thing I say for me is 104 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:25.879 that it I have a new lease on life because I know that I was 105 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:32.279 like, I'm trying to find ways to stay engaged, and it's really new 106 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:40.120 and different, and I've really fall into the space of the fans, and 107 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:42.360 the fans time what they want a lot of times and keep well, you 108 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:45.240 should do this, you said that I write I write it down. I 109 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:48.160 have these things I write wild cards are write down and then I just I 110 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:50.600 think about it and then maybe I think I'll try this or I'll try that 111 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:57.319 and see what happens. And you guys dictate kind of what you didn't even 112 00:07:57.360 --> 00:07:59.759 show up, you show up, and it dictates kind of what I do. 113 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:03.839 And it's been very interesting thing because I I there's there's some shows I've 114 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:07.560 cut, other shows I haven't one of my other shows I do. They 115 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:13.439 wanted to live after show I attracted. Somebody big wants to be on my 116 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:16.600 show. I do it and so far as audio only, I do it 117 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:20.319 when I feel like doing it. And but they're enjoying my nostalgia trip. 118 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:26.920 So I don't know. I've just it's been just I'm feeling pretty good professionally. 119 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:31.320 I'm also doing organizing again, a little more organizing again. That keeps 120 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:35.200 my dexterity up. And you just I just love seeing the faces people when 121 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:39.279 they're so happy after I clear a space for them or make something make or 122 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:43.879 help them with something that actually got to call somebody actually after this and book 123 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:48.879 for next week. Actually, it's wonderful. It's a wonderful feeling. As 124 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:52.960 I'm in my mid fifties, I'm just like this is I'm actually I'm doing 125 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:56.960 stuff I want to be doing. I just uploaded a book that's coming out 126 00:08:56.000 --> 00:09:01.440 hopefully end of the week or a beginning next week. I have an EP 127 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:03.960 out right now with somebody that I will produce and rites and that's out now. 128 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:07.399 And I we're a new song last night. I actually completely new song 129 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:13.320 last night here on my little computer. And so say it's been I'm feeling 130 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:16.559 creative again. I'm feeling like there's I'm trying some new stuff and it's working. 131 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:20.399 And also I'm looking back. I you know, I have my brother 132 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:24.519 Inn, and I've been going to record stores here in La like Amba CD 133 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:30.440 Trainer and finding old music. And I have so for me, I have 134 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:37.080 everything, right, so I have I have my I have CD players, 135 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:41.279 I have CD, I have what do you call it this ben? I 136 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:46.200 have walkman, I have tape players, boom boxes, DVD laser did I 137 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:48.240 have all. I have everything. I keep all and it all works. 138 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:52.720 All this stuff works, so I literally can buy whatever format. And I've 139 00:09:52.720 --> 00:10:00.480 been reading about cassettes making a comeback finally, kind of weird. Finol is 140 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:05.159 always selling, and then CDs are making a come back to you because there's 141 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:11.559 because not everything is out there, not everybody. There are some people who 142 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:16.320 don't just want the hits. There are folks who enjoyed full albums and album 143 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:22.919 tracks and rare tracks and B sides and they're not always on Spotify or Apple 144 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:28.039 Music or where you fire Pandora. They're literally just out of prints. They're 145 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:31.799 not they're not or they're just they're just out there in the world. And 146 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:37.159 so I've been trying to for years. I've been doing the I've been collecting 147 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:43.799 prints, stuff and office proteges and anybody's written songs for I try. So 148 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:46.000 I'm going I'm going in my other bedroom and trying to pull out all my 149 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:50.559 records and tapes and can set singles and everything and gather in one place all 150 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:54.879 my princes and prince related stuff and see what I have. So when I 151 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:58.399 go out there to look for stuff, I know what I need. And 152 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:01.240 so far it's been good. I've only bought one duplicate of something, but 153 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:05.240 the album is so rare that I'll have to go over. It's fine. 154 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:09.440 I like the album, but I have I've been fine. I was going 155 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:13.759 through all yesterday. It's been fun going through time and seeing because I was 156 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:16.720 doing it back in the day. Thank god, I was buying stuff back 157 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:20.879 in the day because I have it. Someone I said, some stus out 158 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:24.159 of print or now super expensive since Princess passed. So but I just ordered 159 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:28.720 some stuff last night, really cheap I found on ebaying. That's I just 160 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:33.279 told me. It's on its way coming on to twenty ninth. I love 161 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:37.240 it, so that's fine. Cold things coming, I mean, really inexpensive. 162 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:41.080 But luckily this I have all formats. Might just buy it, have 163 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:45.600 it and then we can we'll assess it. And I have adapter, so 164 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:46.919 I buy. I have a cassette adapter. Was I was like, I 165 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:50.159 can buably. You get into a computer. So I first just gathering thing 166 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:54.799 and just really look at all this stuff. It's just it's it's been great 167 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:58.720 since the Princess statis kind of slowly taking his time releasing stuff. They have 168 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:03.600 a new think coming out of course with Diamonds and Pearls in October. But 169 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:07.360 also I've been reading Office, but I'm reading all these books on him at 170 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:11.919 his writing process and the song process, and that's fascinating too. But this 171 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:15.399 is inspiring me. But just going back in time and I'm finding a few 172 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:18.720 things back in time, which on my Patreon I share patreon dot com slash 173 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:22.840 James Jr. I always share all that stuff on there with my patrons. 174 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:26.759 But it's it's gonna be it's it's been I feel like I've been a new 175 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:33.240 a new era coming up, and I'm hoping it's a good one. It's 176 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:37.759 gonna be good. But it's it's kind of exciting, all right. But 177 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:43.080 it's keeping me busy. I mean, I'm seriously between family and that I'm 178 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:46.360 tapped out for the most Sorry, but I've been really doing my best to 179 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:52.720 find time for friends, find time for certain people. I've been really doing 180 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:54.759 that. It's very important, not just because it's important to me. I 181 00:12:54.840 --> 00:13:01.799 mean I need I personally need breathers. I just can't. I can't all 182 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:03.679 work. I don't want to go. I don't want to be just a 183 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:07.360 workaholic all work all the time. So I don't want to do that. 184 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:09.440 But hopefully you guys can catch me one of my lives, catch you on 185 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:13.799 And I also want to thank you guys last week. This show is a 186 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:18.919 top ten show. It's never a top ten show on audio never never, 187 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:20.799 never is. But for some reason, you guys were listening last week, 188 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:24.559 so all the listeners were listening to this. Thank you. That's why I 189 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:30.279 offered these shows audio and video. I took the after best TV model. 190 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:33.039 I used to work there, and you know what, but it's really good 191 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:37.919 because some folks can't sit down and have time to watch something and this thing 192 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:45.720 could be better. So I will always offer both. From most things, 193 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:50.960 some things are one or the other. So I worked that out. That's 194 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:54.399 all this is. There's actually a positive post. I mean it's my post. 195 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:56.120 Been a little sad, but I'm hanging in their folks, I really 196 00:13:56.159 --> 00:14:01.159 am. I'm trying. It's not easily, but I'm trying. Fifty plus 197 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:03.320 everywhere. I'm James dot Junior and I'll talk to you next time.