And Yes…. They broke the mold when they made Dave!

Dave Tripper was a former host at Fusion Radio.  He hosted a Friday Night Show entitled “Dave Tripper Live.”  Dave suffered a stroke two weeks ago and was recovering.   However, he recently suffered a second one.

Now, many may be asking why  I am mentioning a DJ who is not on one of the Sobel Nation Radio Stations, and let me tell you why.

Dave Tripper is a friend and a good person.  In this industry, especially the dance industry there is so much drama and cliques it is unreal.  That is why the dance music industry is failing…. because people can’t work together.   Rivalry is more important than the music.   I can say that promoters, artists and DJ’s have said more than once that if people associate with Sobel Nation, then they can’t associate with them.   How  childish.  It reminds me like it was back in the 80′s when one could not like Culture Club and Duran Duran.  But that is the reality of the business.  Nobody has concern about people outside of their cliques, and it isn’t about the music.

Well I am here to say, Dave Tripper, I consider you a friend.   I want you to get better so I can torture you more.  It doesn’t matter who you associate with or what station you are on.   You are one of the good guys…. now get out of that bed and back to work!

For those in the business who know Dave Tripper and want to send him get well wishes, please mail it to Fusion Radio and they will ensure Dave gets it.

Thanks everybody and thanks Fusion Radio for remaining true to your staff, whether they continue to work there or not.  A perfect example of what the business should be.

 Please mail any cards or gifts for Dave to Fusion Radio at:

Fusion Radio
3340 North Clark Street Ste. 215
Chicago, IL, 60657

Meet Poppy.  The Queen Of The Blind Cat Rescue

Poppy is just one of the many cats who call the Blind Cat Rescue their palace.

Blind Cat Rescue is a 501(c)3 non-profit life time care sanctuary for blind cats located in St Pauls NC Website: www.blindcatrescue.com email: blindkatrescue@aol.com, We do Not Adopt.

We were started in 2005 to answer the need for a safe place for blind cats that were deemed unadoptable by regular shelters and were going to be killed just because they are blind.    In 2011  we built a second shelter to answer the need for a safe place for FEL+ & FIV+ cats that were going to be killed just because they test positive for these viruses.

 Mission

Our mission is To provide shelters and rescues with blind cats who are not able to find a suitable adoptive home for these animals an alternative to euthanizing them.

Sobel Promotions and Sobel Nation are proud that Blind Cat Rescue is one of our official charities.  

Please visit the Blind Cat Rescue Facebook page at

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blind-Cat-Rescue-and-Sanctuary-Inc/121386005165?ref=ts&fref=ts

Sobel Nation Is Proud To Support The Blind Cat Rescue

Sobel Promotions and Sobel Nation Are Proud To Support The Blind Cat Rescue

Blind Cat Rescue is a 501(c)3 non-profit life time care sanctuary for blind cats located in St Pauls NC Website: www.blindcatrescue.com email: blindkatrescue@aol.com, We do Not Adopt.

We were started in 2005 to answer the need for a safe place for blind cats that were deemed unadoptable by regular shelters and were going to be killed just because they are blind.    In 2011  we built a second shelter to answer the need for a safe place for FEL+ & FIV+ cats that were going to be killed just because they test positive for these viruses.

Mission

Our mission is To provide shelters and rescues with blind cats who are not able to find a suitable adoptive home for these animals an alternative to euthanizing them.

Rescue Ink Is Trying To Raise Money To Keep Up There Cat Rooms!!!

Most of the cats and kittens are housed at Rescue Ink! their entire lives.

Please donate to help keep these cats safe and happy or consider adopting.

Please Donate Now… Use the link below

http://www.indiegogo.com/RescueInk

Sobel Promotions and Sobel Nation is PROUD to be supporting Rescue Ink!

Sobel Promotions is proud to present the legendary KC & The Sunshine Band!

Join Sobel Nation’s Felipe Rose in a once in a lifetime opportunity to go on a Safari in Africa!  Space is limited so call now for more information!

If you are in the New York Area and have any information regarding this case, please call the number listed.  You can remain anonymous.  Lets put an end to Animal Abuse!

Sobel Promotions is thrilled to have Robbie Leslie become part of Sobel Nation!

Widely recognized as one of the top disc jockeys in the nation, Robbie Leslie has been performing on the international circuit for over 30 years.

Leslie started his career on Fire Island at the legendary Sandpiper (now the Pavilion) in the Pines. From there he moved on to New York City, where the list of clubs at which he regularly performed reads like a “Who’s Who’ of Big Apple nightspots: The Saint (and subsequently the Saint-At-Large), Studio 54, Underground, Private Eyes, Palladium, the Red Parrot, 12 West and the Ice Palace. He also made numerous guest appearances at Trocadero Transfer and Dreamland in San Francisco; Axis, Probe and Studio 1 in Los Angeles; Numbers and Heaven in Houston; Club St. John in San José; the Pavilion, Botel, Ice Palace, and Island Club on Fire Island; Roxy and Octagon in New York; Heaven in London, and clubs in Moscow, Sydney, Copenhagen, Toronto, and San Juan. For ten years he has been the Resident DJ for RSVP Vacations.

Leslie is perhaps most renowned for spinning his magic at special Circuit Parties – Extravagant theme parties and benefits created for one night in anything from abandoned warehouses to famous museums. Events of note include the Saint-at-Large White parties, the White Party at Vizcaya in Miami, The Red Party in Columbus, A.P.L.A. Garden Parties in Griffith Park and at Universal Studios Backlot, Spring to Life at the Post Office Pavilion in Washington D.C., All That Glitters in San Diego, the Hotlanta River Expo in Atlanta, Pride at The Pier in Ft. Lauderdale, Fantasy Fest in Key West, Pride Pier Dance in New York, Winter Party in Miami, Saturday Night Fever in New Orleans, Remember the Party in San Francisco, “Souvenirs” in New York, and a wide variety of major events in venues such as the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles and the Civic Center and Galleria in San Francisco. He has also appeared at events in Long Beach, Maui, Boston, Houston, Aspen, Tampa, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Portland, Rehoboth Beach, Hartford and Charleston. In 1988 he had the honor of playing the final set at The Saint’s forty hour closing party.

As the disc jockey for New York City’s Pier Dance 2004, Leslie played to a record breaking crowd of over 12,000! He topped that number in 1997 while playing the post-parade celebration at San Francisco’s Embarkadero– 20.000! Recently he was honored by the industry and his peers with the National Hi-Energy D.J. of the Year award, sponsored by Dance Music report. He received the Dixie Award for D.J. of the Year in 1993. In October 1999 Leslie was presented with the third annual DJ Music Award for his lifetime contribution to the world of dance music.

Robbie’s music is broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio’s “STUDIO 37″ Mixshows.

He is a nine-year veteran of the original Copa Ft. Lauderdale and was the Friday DJ at Twist, South Beach for three years. Featured in the book Looking For The Perfect Beat — the art and culture of the DJ, by Kurt B. Reighley (ISBN 0-671-03869-9), and Love Saves the Day: A History of Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979, by Tim Lawrence (ISBN 0-8223-3198-5), and “Turn the Beat Around” by Peter Shapiro (ISBN 0-571-21194-1).

Robbie Leslie currently spins his magic at various South Florida clubs and national circuit events on a regular basis.

Sobel Promotions Is Proud To Present In Association with Promo Rush Kurt Maloo (Double)

Kurt Maloo better known as “Double” is back!

In the 1980s, as one half of the brilliant pop duo Double, he coauthored and sang the most enduring hit Switzerland has ever produced: “The Captain of Her Heart.”

In the mid 1970s, in Zurich, Kurt Maloo stood out not just as a singer and guitar player but as a painter and member of the Performance Art Group MAEZ, the predecessor of the nine piece art-punk cult band Troppo, Maloo’s first playground for his songwriting. In the late 1970s, he met drummer Felix Haug at a jam session. The chemistry was right: Maloo and Haug teamed up with bass player Hazel Pazzi to form a trio, Ping Pong.

Soon the group had outgrown the Zurich scene. They were feted at the Montreux Jazz Festival as the next Big Thing. Then the big thing turned into Double – as Haug and Maloo named their new project after Pazzi’s departure. Their debut album, Blue, became a bestseller first in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, then France, Italy, Spain, and Scandinavia, caught on in England, then the USA, Canada, and South America, finally reaching Asia and Oceania. Their hit single “The Captain of Her Heart” sold millions, and Double went on to sell a million copies of the album. To the industry’s bemusement, their second work was titled Dou3le- pronounced “double three.” Double never did the expected thing, and, after releasing Dou3le, Kurt and Felix were already going their separate ways. Sporadic later sessions never led to another joint album.

“The Captain Of Her Heart” remains a firm favourite and is still part of Maloo’s live repertoire. Internationally the most successful Swiss song of all time, it has long been a radio standard from Canada to Kathmandu, and regularly makes it into the jazz and pop download charts throughout the world. The song captures the moment when a woman realizes she can no longer wait for the man who has won her heart, but must move on to a new life, “as the day comes up.” This melancholic optimism is central to both Maloo’s poetry and his music.

Had Double adopted the cool exterior of the 1980s, the “Captain” might not have lasted for as long as it has. But there is a human understanding in the story it tells, which goes straight to the heart and has touched so many. Certainly there are the gentle, velvet echoes of the 1980s pop jazz in Summer Of Better Times, yet Kurt Maloo’s new songs are never cooled to the point of chill. The fire blazes on, warm and comforting. And his reflection, which keeps these new songs true to life, is always there, cheerful and gracious.