Welcome to the metal voice on the second start once again on the show, Tony Martin, of course, you know solo artist A man who's appeared on over 76 albums as a guest or as a as his own albums The reason why we're doing the show is I reached out to Tony. I said Tony, you know what? Your album was released at the beginning of 2022 in January 14th, and I go people There's so many releases this year that people may have forgotten that was it was released in 2022 and it's get It's good to get back on the radar since we're coming to the year-end and a lot of people are sort of looking at the best albums of 2022 and I think it's one of them. So that's why I want to do this. That's very kind of you Reboot Yes, indeed Yes, it's still going out. It's still out there. I mean we believe it or not. We're still working on it It sounds strange, but we were doing We were asked to do some more tracks for a vinyl version of the album and we're still doing it We got kind of distracted with stuff and there was a bit of confusion between the two record labels who was doing what and So we're still on it, but I'm hopefully for the anniversary or maybe just a little bit after that We'll have the vinyl version and then other stuff, you know to go with it Also, we didn't manage to get any videos created yet, which sort of we got held back with that people so tied up So it all sort of got stepped back But yeah, we're still on it and then join it still getting great words about the album, which I'm really pleased about and It's nice to have this opportunity with you guys to sort of let everybody know I'm still here You know So it's a go ahead Alan. Sorry revisit thorns Is the delay with the vinyl because of the problems getting the vinyl is that one of the reasons or? No, it's us We we're just not working fast enough. I mean we were we're on it Some delays and I've had some ear infections and stuff which took me out of action for a little while Just stuff, you know things that you don't even think around the corner and just pop up You know, I'll crack you have to deal with that first and then sort of move on So yeah, it's just us. We're behind time and but we are still on it and Still enjoying every minute of it. It's great still working with Scott He is sending me so much material. It's mad. I can't keep up with him to be honest So what when can we expect the reissue will call it the vinyl reissue of this album with all the bonus Songs, I guess you have bonus songs. Is that what it is? It's that's what it is That's what we're working on with got some extra songs. The problem was with They wanted to take some songs off The album to get them to fit on a vinyl and I didn't want to do that And so they said well, there's only one other choice and that's to write more songs and then we'll do a double vinyl release with like, you know Extra tracks and stuff like that. So, okay, that works for me. So I got in touch with Scott and sure enough He just started in sending Songs I have riffs and riffs and riffs unbelievable how how much he how prolific he is Then it was choice. Which one do we choose? Um, so it just got like a a little bit draggy like, you know, we're sort of dragging behind our own sort of tails if you know, I mean Um, and like I said, I had a couple of ear infections which put me out of action for a little while so Yeah, we're still on it. We're still is there like a due date like it's gonna be released in 2023 I'm just discussing that with the record labels now I'm not sure at the moment how quick or how slow they can get a vinyl pressed and into circulation So as soon as I know that Then I'd be able to sort of tell you what we're looking at as a timeline Well, all I can do really is do my bit and the record labels are twiddling their thumbs going come on come on You know, so so the good news is Alan the good news is it'll be in the talk at 2020 album category in the 2023 We could have like the same like a time-shift you can have like the same album twice spread over I don't know 10 years or something I Have to say I mean, you know, we're still enjoying ourselves as you can probably tell We're all pretty happy and and everything but Just defense some things, you know, so got in the way and That it's nice that the fans are still because they still talk about it, you know, no, I'm I'm a bit of a Facebook I don't know. I'm now I won't call myself that I'm on Facebook a lot and They still talk about it and really enjoying it. It's almost become like a oh that classic Sort of thing, you know, oh, yeah, I listen to that all the time kind of thing So it's nice to know that it's still in people's hearts and players and stuff like that. So I guess from that and It's it's a bit of a success in that way. I Don't have any sales figures yet. We're coming up to the first anniversary So when that comes in February, I think we'll know like how it's done But it would be great, you know to think that you got like album of the year or something. Yeah, yeah That would really cheer us up that way Tony, you know, I asked this of other bands recently that came back and and and you know after hiatus along hiatus But have a certain pedigree.  Where do you think it's gonna fit into today's market?  You know, I mean, but on the on the other hand I mean, I think that people's listening Patience is as grown People are listening to so much more stuff and I know my kids are getting into really old material and like in not the same way that I do with my dad I mean, I never listened to anything, you know, if my father's it must be joking But yeah, but my father was listening to Nana Muscari. So I think it was a little different for me Yeah, you see the last album I bought was Elvis Presley, you know the The live version they did with an orchestra about a year and a half ago or something like that was big production massive thing Fabulous no, I I hated Elvis Presley when I was a kid. I never listened to that was Presley But wow, I mean, you know, there's some great stuff and so I think people's listening experiences are getting bigger and bigger So I don't know where it fits really I'm hoping that people like it and just keep listening to it and buying it downloading it, whatever Once we get some videos completed that will sort of start to tell the story better, you know At the moment we've been concentrating on the audio part and because the band or band The guys on the album are so spread out. It's really difficult to get them all in one place all in one go It's kind of logistical stuff as well. We have to try and work out how we do it We've been toying with green screen things and that's got a certain success about it But nothing quite like having all the guys in the same room together. So I don't know. We're still working on it It's more complicated than I thought it was gonna be But Still I love the album, you know, I'm very very proud of it and I'm very proud of all the guys that Girls that played on it. Yeah, really cool. What about hitting the road now? So you have the album you're gonna probably come out with some videos put the bonus tracks Yeah in 2023 we're looking at the reissue of this album. What about hitting the road and doing some dates? So what are your opinions on that? That would be great, wouldn't it? Oh You know, I would love to do that again, it's logistical stuff getting around people because I don't have a band per se I have to hire the guys that sort of work with me on the road. That depends on if they're free Covid thing is kind of more or less gone now ish really mostly There are still the remnants of that kind of thing happening, but it would be good and it's always in mind You know, I would love to get back out there and do it But we'd be starting from scratch right from the very beginning and building it from the ground up So it's it would take a bit of time for us to get that. So what I said was hey, I mean, we're all still writing with Scott and What if we do another album and then tour two albums together, I don't know You know, that's another option open to us at the moment But it is in mind, I mean, I would love to get back out there and you know, be on the road again. I missed that So the record company would be open to a second album Your contract like on a per album basis or you can yeah, well The contract was for eight years So I guess whatever I can throw at them you could reissue it for the next eight years, that's what you'll do Yeah Thorns one two and another sock So Could be good. I don't know. I mean it was right here. So I guess whatever I can throw at them They were certainly open to more albums. So Which is very it reminds me a bit of when I was in Sabbath and and When I first joined Sabbath going right right right now, but way back It was the first time I'd been in a band that was expected to have an album out. Oh, look at that The eternal idol and they said, oh, when we do the next album I mean, I'm good. Oh, wow, you know because it Before that it was always trying to get a record deal and you know knocking on people's doors and begging and say, please but then they just expected you to do it and and You know, you're lucky if you're in that position where you know, you can do what you do and Hand it over and then the record label do this stuff It's they put a lot of faith in you as an artist. I do appreciate that and I feel very lucky, you know, I can Kind of do that But yeah, um another album, I mean we've certainly got enough stuff to be working on Send me about a hundred or something Well, where does where does the this album end and when does the next project begin, right? Maybe that's the question You don't know It never becomes clear until it's done Because you know just working on like even like today Working on one of the songs for the extra tracks on Thorns and it's only just come to mind that actually this is this is really good. Should I keep that for the next album? No, don't do that to me. So now I'm liking another We're getting so much good stuff. I'm going keep that. No, no use it. No, keep it. No use it So it just gets that's mind games go on in your head, you know when you're writing and doing that sort of stuff So Yeah, eventually it will all slot into place and I'll go, okay, right. That's it And and I'll have it. That's a nice problem to have too much material. Yeah I mean, I have to say I people know me for well partly for lyrics and So I tend to take time when I'm writing lyrics You know, I Sometimes not very often sometimes I can get it really quick if I've got the initial idea in place Then I can sort of just write about that idea But if I'm still hunting for the idea that that fits the music I do like to take time on it and work that out So you can be sitting on the music for you know, I usually sometimes waiting for the lyrics to arrive in my head But I do know once it's once it's there. It suddenly clicks like okay. Oh, yeah, that's it And so then I'll know them Tony when you're in Sabbath, I asked blaze the same question. Were there any regrets in the sense that? blaze felt blaze Bailey was when he was an iron man He felt that he should have spoke out more but because he was the new guy He didn't want to sort of stir the pot, but he regrets today not Speaking out, you know, maybe they should have tuned the songs a little lower for his vocal range Just as an example, are there any regrets you said, you know what? I should have spoke out at that point in time Things would have been different. Right. Um, that's a that's a good question.  He was he was hired mostly to being black Sabbath the only You know people who could say they were the band is obviously the original guys the rest of us were there to put on a show and to carry the black Sabbath legacy forward Which I felt, you know honored and privileged to do that So I didn't have and I still don't have any say in like, you know, what goes on You know, they're re-releasing these Tony Martin's thing yet I say I have no idea what that what's happening with it. I know it's going to be next year But that's all all I know really And it's still it was the same back then Never really knew anything and I had my own personal manager Tony had a manager Giza Butler had a manager There was like it's a bit like spinal tact, you know Everybody's got their own manager and it's sort of go you'd speak to your manager Then he phone up somebody else's manager to go down to them and then he come back up Me and Alan have two managers So we have to our manager speak to each other before we do a call with you. So it's okay So it was a bit mad, you know being in the band and a lot of the time you was reading between the lines To try and get an idea of what was happening, you know Because direct questions didn't really work and and you'd sort of go I used to say to myself I don't understand that the blokes only stood like, you know, 10 feet away from me You know, and they won't speak. Oh just speak to my manager about it.  It's just it was the nightmare So speaking out as you asked It didn't really happen like that. Um, you sort of pose the question it went round around around and then You kind of waited for an answer Um, I was on pretty good terms with the guys. I mean, I could speak Reasonably freely But um, I was you know told in no uncertain terms from time to time Not always but from time to time. There's nothing to do with you. And my manager, um He used to get so frustrated and in fact He kind of did himself out of a job really because The band Sabbath was managed by I owe me guys And so my manager was just sat there twiddling his thumbs mostly for most of the time, you know Trying to get through and never getting an answer. So it was it was always hard work, you know being in that situation um So as much as I would have wanted to have spoken out You know Yeah, you just had to sort of go with the flow half the time Yeah, yeah, quickly Tony. Yeah, I'm I revisited Tony. I love his book here and it's all that's his recollection from the time He's able and he's he's allowed to have his recollection But I'd like to throw out a few subjects and get your recollections from that time Not saying that anybody's right or anybody's wrong.  I remember couldn't even find that in the stores back in the day So, uh, you know was is it true that nobody was getting paid? And that's one of the reasons why eric singer or ray gillin left the band I don't know about those guys actually um I only met them a few times and they didn't really speak to me about it. Um, so I can't really tell you what Payings they might have been going through for me. Um It was a bit difficult, you know, sort of getting Money, but I had faith though, you know, I didn't I was never really Worried that it wouldn't sort of come It was, you know, it was like the checks in the post kind of thing but um It would arrive eventually Yeah, kind of Um, any and he usually always did. I mean, I I never had any real issues like that um, but I mean Sabbath as a name band as an entity um Were very in when I first joined they were very short of money. I mean they when I did the eternal idol I mean they came back from Montserrat where they'd recorded the majority of that um album And uh, I was told right back then I said there's no money, you know, this it's going to be tough um, so um, that was sort of banding around right from the beginning of my era anyway Um, but slowly, you know, we sort of built it up and we we got it into a position Where it was really working quite well and money was sort of starting to come in um, but um, you know, I I started off as uh an apprentice and ended up with in the same way Mostly nothing much changed It seems, you know, whatever they needed help just call tony. He'll be back and give us hand And you know, I'm writing this I was surprised to reread the book the other day and and to find out that dehumanizer because of some friction between Ronnie james deal and cozy power that you were actually brought back in to do some songs on dehumanizer even Yeah, I don't know what that friction was. Um, they wouldn't really Tell me much about it. Uh other than um, tony said Each time they came back to the studio the settings had changed or something like that So I guess somebody else had been in there and we you know worked it or something like that. Um, but I don't know how that fits into You know animosity or you know Leaving the band. I don't know what that's about. But um, yeah, we did try and I went down there and um, I gave it a go The the problem was I I would have what while I would have had to rewrite everything because I couldn't use The melodies and lyrics that Ronnie'd done I was going to have to rewrite my own. Um And there just wasn't enough time To do that to rewrite it. And so I said guys, I think the best thing for you to do is Carry on with Ronnie if you can find a way of you know, working it out and getting that done And then maybe we can sort of talk again afterwards and and that's what happened. We ended up, you know Getting back on it afterwards Guys just one second. I got to get the door. Hold on. Hold on Hold on. Hold on if it's not the washam amazon the door Started we used to do this in his basement We only live about a kilometer away. It takes me 20 minutes to walk to this place But with kovat we got used to doing it this way And in the early days you'd be in his basement and then you would hear the washing machine or the dishwasher Yeah It's real life, right? That's it Yeah You know, it's it's fun, you know, and it's I like what you said about the the younger generation's revisiting You know, you got solo albums by Ronnie Atkins and biff biford from saxon and and now yourself and and so many other artists It's I hope that you know that the younger generation get pick up on your legacies and of course everything that you've you brought to the table over the decades so Yeah, I mean you were saying that I was on 76 or something album like 18 now Yeah, I've done another couple since then But um Yes, I mean I I love that people are still finding out about you know, the stuff that I've done in the past Um It is a lot of stuff and a majority of it is not in existence anymore, but every now and then I can Point somebody, you know all the fans towards stuff that I've done in the past one of the recent ones I just Brought to people's attention was a a little stint I had with alaska with bernie marston. Oh, yeah You know, it's a different kind of music completely But um, you know, it's one of the things that I've done. So, you know, I I do things like that every now and I Raise people's awareness of the stuff I've done in the past and I literally Just got bernie marston's book in the mail yesterday. I haven't even had a chance to open it But I'm I'm I'm actually looking forward to reading that Yeah, but I'm not in it I don't know. I gotta find out. He doesn't he doesn't speak to me anymore. But um, yes, um Yeah, that's everybody's writing a book people ask me to do one, but I just I'm just not Um, oh, what would I say? I'm not uh I'm not disciplined enough Really, you know that they sort of said it has to be done in some kind of chronological order well I'm okay with remembering remembering the events, but if you ask me what date it was, I'm fucked up So, you know, I got researchers to do that for you. Yeah, so um, so it's a no go on the book. Is that what you're saying or not yet? I'm not sure I'm still trying to decide. I mean to be honest I mean mostly stuff gets put out on facebook or some other You know like doing interviews with you and you know and things like that and so stuff comes out Which you know is probably what you'd want to put in a book, but um, me being me, uh, tend to sort of just Wrap it on talk about stuff. So I probably wouldn't work now It's all been said If I like that, you know speaking of letting things come out I mean, you know back in the day because the record was so hard to find and It was kind of lean years for black sabbath when you were the tony mardin air who you can call it But I'll be visiting those albums decades later. Jeez. There's like really strong albums I just like to get your thoughts on cross purposes. It's my favorite of the catalog with the tony mardin years What's your recollection of geysers geysers back in the band? What's your recollection of that album? I was fab. This is really really good. Um, we had a really good time and we was getting on really well And at the time geyser butler said it was the best album he'd ever done Didn't say that now, but it did But we used to we used to stay at the studio it was like a live in studio, you know, everybody had their room there so At in the countryside So that we were all pretty much together most of the time Um, and it was a laugh, you know, it was it was all right. Um Not much not much tension in it at all really we we had a great time and the songs were going like really well um um So I I think I thought that was a good uh part of my era I mean I have to say it's great working with cosy pal for the other two Um an internal idle world. I didn't really have much choice or I couldn't do much with that because it was already written so All I had to do is sing it. But um, yeah, cross purposes was good As far as I can remember anyway So so they bring iced tea in I mean, what are your thoughts back in the day? Like I like iced tea Don't get me wrong. I like iced tea. You know, even he's on megadeth's new album, right? Is it now we're talking to yeah, yeah, he's on megadeth's new album He's on one of their songs. He does a guest sort of spoken word in a sense, right? Yeah, what are your thoughts now you're going back to I can't remember what year that album was released forbidden but 95 wasn't it was it 95? Brown there. Yeah. Yeah, probably Me too me too But so they bring a nice tea like what are your first thoughts here? Wait a second guys things are changing here What's going on here?  I mean, well, um from From most of us. Well, I didn't like it cosy pal didn't like it. Jeff Nichols was like Really uncertain about it. Um, I owe me was into it and his manager was into it but we were like totally bemused in the beginning um And we'd sort of started But I imagine this though.  You know cosy pal, right? So imagine somebody coming into into the Writing studio and trying to tell cosy how to play drums Is that what ice tea said ice tea told them how to play drums trying to get into playing a certain way And cosy pal's looking at him going Are you sure about this? Yeah, it's gonna be great. Well, I don't see it myself I'll give it a try and so it was just, um Bizarre just really bizarre, you know, and and nobody was really getting it I mean the the the thing for me was like when they sort of mentioned that ice tea was coming and I was I was just Lost because I they never told me for what they didn't say He was coming to do like a track or a two tracks or the whole album. They didn't say so, um So I kept trying to find out and like I was telling you earlier on to find out information I'll speak to my manager and go because of my manager So to find out any information was Really hard to come by and, um In in the end I was just I couldn't concentrate In the end because I didn't know if I was you know singing on the album at all You know when I was in the studio, I said is this is this actually going out with my voice on it? Or is he just coming in to replace my vocals? And like, you know then sing it and then I just get dumped Did did you hang out with ice tea? Were you like a part of the group? They did all that separately. So I you know, I was left in the dark a lot And so and until the album actually came out. This is forbidden. We're talking about I mean you just held it up Uh in front of you there Until the album came out. I didn't know What I was going to be on. I had no idea Because nobody would say And then they would just sort of like Well, they what was the terminology they said, um Uh Keep going and we'll decide along the way or something like that. There was Something like that. We'll fix it in the next. Don't worry about it. Yeah So I was I was very um I was very lost really and so I I really don't like the album because it brings back all of that Memories for me, which was just hard work So anyway, we went in the studio and it was Tense a bit, you know cold. Nobody was really You know getting on great because of all of this stuff Um, and so we just sort of got into it and I did it, but I never felt happy with it not ever And yet there were some good songs on there and um When we were in rehearsals putting the songs together not the writing studio when we had Ernie see and Whatever nice guys Really nice guys, but um when we were rehearsing it just as the band there was some great riffs and you know the the songs was You know evolving really nicely um But then they kind of stopped Developing and I think that's what um bothered me about it because once they'd sort of said Somebody else is coming in to sing on the album and I didn't know what they were going to sing on the album Then I couldn't concentrate then after that just my focus went And so Inspired standing to record an album, you know, but I just didn't understand it and so I sort of lost faith in it completely Which is a shame because We could have had done something with it.  That's the only problem. That's that's a guy. He's great. I use Ernie see we hung out with him. He used to come to the writing studio um and hang out with us and so Nice guy, you know, well, they were all nice guys. So I don't I can't speak badly about them at all It's just the situation didn't work Yeah, um Particularly well and and I think that was kind of reflected And also they did that crazy artwork on the album cover Whatever that means, yeah, I don't think that helped either, you know, but um Anyway, we did it under protest I'm glad to hear there's more songs in the way from totally marten that there's bonus vinyl uh, maybe more albums in the future And uh, yes Here's a tidbit for all of you guys, okay, and tony knows this because I heard this I don't know which interview a long time ago I know well, not too long ago All the songs are in alphabetical order Yeah It's bizarre.  They're all for some bizarre run like the devil This is your Dalmatian thorns. They're all in alphabetical Tony. Was this on purpose? Oh Where's this mystical? I can tell you exactly what it was. Um, you you know when you're so Well, you guys work with computers and stuff, right? And you know, you you um You have your files and you you put them in folders and stuff like that and the computer puts them in alphabetical order or numerical order right Well, um, I think it was about three quarters of the way through the album and I thought Uh, I suppose I should put these songs in order Shit they are in order Wow And I just I couldn't believe it the way that they they ran from one to the other Was as they were In the in the filing system. I've never seen this before. I've never seen this before honestly It was not planned and so when I looked at it and I played it and I sent it to scott and he didn't believe it And I sent it to the record label and they didn't believe it I said, honestly, that's just like the way that the folder collected all of those songs And I never worked on them in that order.  I I don't think I've ever heard Maybe there is maybe there is but I've never heard. I I don't know I mean it'd be I'd be love to know if anybody else has managed to do it But it was just one of those things I just couldn't get me head around it for ages and ages I kept going back on it and going no, there must it must be wrong And I'm sure enough if I tried to change the tracks around The album didn't sound the same It's perfect. It was it's it's a mystical in a sense.  It's a bet on the horses On that day When I realized I should have gone and bought a lottery ticket. That's what I should have done And and you know what we should we should mention this before we go, you know, it's a solid album It's a I just didn't want to repeat the same thing as last time that we had the interview But it's a solid album. The production is fantastic You got the hard-hitting songs. You got the brutal songs. You got the acoustic songs You got Pamela Moore on there. You got some jazzy stuff going on keyboard solos bass solos. Alan, you want to throw out anything? There's some quirky stuff on there, you know, it's like I didn't think it would be like Accepted quite so well. I mean, but people again, this is what I was saying to you earlier on about people's patience Seems to be growing and listening to other stuff. And so even the quirky stuff that's on there You know, I mean like I said, this the story makes more sense with the video and I've considered the video in my head But like until you guys see well The story will evolve, you know, as all that sort of stuff appears, but Yeah, so we could expect the music video expect the music videos We expect more songs We expect the Tony Martin Black Sabbath era next year. The box set is is that confirmed now? Do you know what again? I spoke to Wyoming's management a couple of weeks ago and They're already, you know, they're they're happy to be getting on with this and and I think they're doing, you know Oh finishing off the deals and like stuff like that, but I don't have a date So I await the same as everybody, you know to find out They'll be out and they'll tell you the day it's out. They'll say here it is Yeah Yeah, I probably won't even get a copy of it. I'm just going to buy it That's what I was about to say The interview's been apicy on one of the remakes from heaven to hell and he never even got a copy So he says I'll take your word for it that I sound good. I haven't heard it yet Tony here's here's my last question to you before we let you go Musical youth when I found this out. I thought I was pretty impressed. You passed a duchy on the left-hand side Yeah, your involvement on that just quickly quickly um well back in those days In the early 80s. I mean I was I was a gigging musician, you know Grabbing any kind of work that I could at the time and and birmingham in england is famous You know for musicians. We've had everything from reggae to rock Come out of this city, you know, it is just unbelievable the amount of stuff that comes in.  Well I'm a guitarist originally. Um, I started playing guitar when I was seven then And my name was put forward Um to help out with the kids In musical youth and the setup was Um, the kids went to school Then their father freddy weight um had a rehearsal studio in Birmingham And uh, he picked out some um really quite good musicians to take the role Of each one of the kids Mine was the guitar Um And then when the kids came home from school It was our job then to teach the kids what their father had written in the day So I was there for It's about a year or something, you know, with with with the kids um And uh, we got on okay I mean calvin the guitar Little guitar you had a little guitar you had a little guitar Yeah They had um calvin was a bit of a monster, you know, he'd come out from school.  They got really big Um, but they had a a few horrible things the bass player died um poor kid um A couple of them got hung up on drugs and stuff, but You know, um big hit man. It was huge. It's massive massive I'm good and I worked with dexys midnight runners a bit and you'd be 40 a little bit Um, you know come on eileen Yeah, that was just before me. Um, but I was there um, just after working at the studio that they recorded and rehearsed in that, um What was he called diamond sound studios? In Birmingham, um, but yeah I uh, I have an upbringing with reggae as as much as well Not quite so much as rock, but I worked with one of the guys out of asward as well Um stuff. Yeah, just very very cool stuff that needs to be put in a book if you ask me, um Tony on that note Tony on that note. Thank you so much. You're always welcome back on the show promote anything you need Thank you very much. It's always a pleasure Alan any final words No, just to continue success. Thanks for all the great years of music and we wish you all the best moving forward Now, thank you guys. Uh, like I said to you before we need people like you to you know, get the word out You know to the people about what we're doing and stuff like that. So thank you for your time Um, it's been a pressure. I'm your pleasure Nope, the pressure is in black sabbath here. There's no pressure Uh, so keep rocking that All right, so thorns pick it up album of 2022 now album of 2022. There you go people a reminder today


Hello, welcome to CTN member highlight. I'm Leslie McVane and today my guests are AmeriCorps volunteers with LearningWorks Ames High AmeriCorps program. I have with me Eli Iman and Steve Welcome. Thank you. Now you've all come to the program for various reasons and I guess we'll start with Eli Sure. Tell me why you came to this program and how long you've been with it? So when I started my higher education, I guess my focus was on trying to make some sort of impact and upon completion of that I like many others didn't have much to do So I was looking for programs where I would have some sort of impact on the greater community Stumbled upon the Ames High program applied and that was this past summer. I was accepted and I've been here ever since That's terrific. And how about you Iman? Well, when I first came to America I knew that I had to everybody was so welcoming and the community was just great and I knew that I had to give back in some sort of way and I worked a lot with children when I was in Egypt and I volunteered a lot and I know that AmeriCorps Connects people with volunteers with people who can really benefit from their time and personal attention. So I applied to AmeriCorps and Especially at East End because East End is really diverse and a lot of people are immigrants And I know that I can connect to them in a way that nobody else can Thanks Leslie. I'm a retiree. I was doing some work and still am with the Riverton Boys and Girls Club In Portland and the director of that club thought I might like to work with some of the boys and girls club kids At the local elementary school the Riverton elementary school So she sort of brokered me into that which I very much appreciated And to do that I had to become an AmeriCorps volunteer Well, it all sounds so exciting. I every time I interview some of the AmeriCorps volunteers I want to sign up Just leave my job and go do AmeriCorps because you really do make a difference in the lives of the people you work with Tell me about some of the challenges and some of the really great rewards you you get Whoever would like to go first Okay. Well, I work with predominantly ELL students that students who are English language learners and these maybe They're students from all walks of life. They may be junior arrivals or they may have been here for a few years But are still trying to acclimate themselves to the language In this it creates a few different. I wouldn't say problems But just hurdles that myself and the teacher that I work under have to overcome Communication is a big one obviously, but there's also a lot of Background of the students that might not be readily apparent A lot of things going on at home going on in their past and that's another hurdle that we have to overcome and so working with these students it's You're trying to teach them English and teach them To communicate but as well you're trying to give them a safe space Where they can feel like they can learn and have that ability to grow And you are where are you doing this? I'm doing this at East End Community School I think Eli said it perfectly a lot of students have a lot of baggage that they just carry around and we don't realize this because a Lot of them are just really young But once you actually get to deal with them personally and give them your personal attention They open up and that's the best part about this they kind of blossom even with their peers And it's just really rewarding. It says Eli say they feel they know they have a safe space Yeah to be who they are. Yeah, and learn. Yeah, that's great Steve. How about you? I would pick up on that And second and third it Both the Riverton Boys and Girls Club and the Riverton Elementary School. I do volunteer stuff I think are terribly successful well-run Operations in a real real big part of their success is how good they are at creating an Environment for the kids that the kids can experience as being emotionally trustworthy And I think I and we as AmeriCorps volunteers Participate in this creation of an emotionally trustworthy environment Reinforce the success of these institutions that these institutions are already having and it's just terribly terribly rewarding the kids Are so wonderful and all of the adults at both places where I do volunteer stuff I Couldn't praise them highly enough their dedication. They're caring for the kids. It's been a wonderful experience And now the three of you are working in the Portland area, but there are other areas South Portland Jay Some other places where AmeriCorps is do you choose where you want to be or are you placed where the most need is? When you apply you're given or you're able to give preference and this Is for things like where you're currently located Wet age group that you want to work with the greater Portland schools or elementary schools However, Jay and Cara back high schools are the other two locations. We're at and so obviously that's a different level of student But as well they taking accounts what the need is Into where you're placed. That's great Tell me about the training program. Is it a long process once you decide to become a AmeriCorps volunteer? You go through an application Process and then some training Who would like to speak about that? You mind maybe It's it's not a long process. I think the interview is It's very thorough so it like if you have if you already have experience dealing with people then it's it's a lot easier And you know you get accepted right away It's just the orientation there. There are a lot of orientations. We are given a bunch of books and you know a bunch of Sources that we can study from you know children psychology and all that so it's it's I would say if you If you really want to you know excel at what you do they give you all the sources that you need to and now you've all been there for you've been Steve a couple of years actually and Iman and Eli have are fairly new to the program a year maybe or not even that Would you recommend it to? Others I know that they're in the recruiting process now I definitely would recommend it. I mean I Never saw myself in an elementary school setting Prior to being in one and once I'm once I've been here for a few months for half a year It is it's such a great place to both for the students to grow as well for The members to grow and so even if it's not what you want to do as your career. I think It is a great place to Find yourself even great. I think so too I think that the greatest thing somebody can do for someone is teach them something and it doesn't have to be academic it can be like something about life or anything and And you know the kids are so young and it's great to know that you're impacting their lives You know in such a positive way at such a young age and it's definitely gonna benefit them in the long run Just to know that somebody was there for them and gave them just this personal attention you you become their role models Yeah, and it's it's a wonderful feeling Steve It's been a wonderful experience for me I couldn't be more impressed with the AmeriCorps staff to which I've been exposed I would just add I think that if one is thinking of doing this kind of work in an elementary school setting or a high school setting It would be an awfully good idea if the person who's thinking about that introspects a little and Satisfies himself or herself that he or she genuinely likes kids But if you do There the rewards can be fantastic not least of which is being around so many other adults who share that with you Well, thank you. The three of you are just amazing spokespeople for the program They can be very proud of the three of you and if people want to find out more about the program We will be running the telephone number and contact information for the learning works AmeriCorps program and I think it just sounds lovely. Thank you both all three of you for being here. Thank you for having you


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Hey everybody, Forest here up in 2022 with Donner's football hobby, three box number 36, pick your team style. I've got Aaron L with the Falcons, Aaron H, Seahawks and Panthers, Anthony P has the Jets, Brian S. Colts and Saints, Bryce B has the Ravens and the Bengals, Carlos F Broncos, Steelers, Chad B. Brown's Raiders, Chris G. Washington, Dante with the Bills and Cardinals, David M. Packers, Greg L. Niners, Hendrick J. Bucks and Cowboys, Manny V. Giants, Matt P. Lyons, Matthew G. Titans, Nathan J. Patriots, Rafi Rams, Randy A. Jags, Ryan B. with the Texans, Timothy M. has the Chiefs and the Dolphins, Whitney with the Bears, Chargers, Vikings, Eagles. Best of luck everybody and thank you for joining. Eminence case was good, there was a one-of-one platinum bar, Wilt Chamberlain, there was a one-of-one jumbo diamond auto of Shaquille O'Neal, Steph Curry's silver bar auto as well as it was a pretty good case. No big rookies, which is the weird thing. There was like a Mobley base auto. Not base but like non-Ralloch I guess. Good luck everybody. Hamilton, no name variation of Harrison Smith for the Vikings. Christian Watson, Elite Series. I'll do my best for you, Randy. But again, everybody all sold out tonight. Can you still go with personals as of right now? Elite Series, press proof rated rookie Reds and Muir White Raiders, more baseball tomorrow with Matt, more baseball basketball football in the evening as well with Kenzie. He's there is Kyle Hamilton, Brian Robinson Jr. Portrait, J-Mo rated rookie, Power Plus Carolina, DJ Moore, Bo Melton, John Elway to 218 on the purple for the Broncos. Come on Santa Claus, Jersey Kings, Kareem Hunt-Browns on the pass card at 399. Pretty close Sun's Clips game, low scoring. Sorry, not Sun's Clips, but Sun's Nugs. Drake London, Elite Series for the Falcons, press proof Red, rated rookie Skymore Chiefs. This game is super low scoring. What is going on? The rookies, Red or Falcons. There's a Red press proof MVS for the Chiefs. Pretty sure game one was pretty low scoring too. Like they're like barely at 50 a half time. No fast breaks, I guess. Josh Allen wrote the Super Bowl for the Bills. Whoa, what the heck? I don't know. Let's stick to my fingers. Pickens for the Steelers, dominators Najee. So I'm saying, I feel like I'm watching an early 2000s basketball game. Must be a half court series for sure then. Kway Walker Packers, rated rookie Autograph. Kway Walker Packers, got a rated rookie. The rookies, Olave Saints, Pickens on the Rookie Kings, and Orange with some peeling on Okobonam to 85 Broncos. Did you? Did you kill it? Send a box wrapper to the Broncos spots. Sorry about that peeling. If you want to get a replacement box wrapper, let's talk to you. Lead series, Aidan Hutchinson, Red press proof Elway. Portrait Haskins, Red rated rookie press proof Brandon Smith, Panthers. Sauce Gardner, premium rated rookie. Jets, very nice card. Nice. Tough pull right there. Premium rated rookie. Steph Curry, fans of the game. Carolina. Keep happening. I don't know. Just too fast. Yeah, I mean this case is good yesterday. Make sure it's pretty good too. 10 case or a bowman on Wednesday. Daytime, everybody. 10 case or random player style. We're running that back just like we did last Friday. The rookies, Danny Gray, Jeremiah or Jermaine Johnson, the second, and a press proof Agilore Pats to 75. Patriots legend Nelson Agilore. Eagles legend, right Donnie? Yep, sure is. Oh, I remember this game. Let's play that a lot. First few seasons of that game I played a ton of it. I never got to do it. Can I just stop playing with anything else? Dude, he's going on and on about it. Does he ever do any work? Nick Bolton on the no name for the Chiefs. Peter Strong, Alante Taylor. The rookies, Isaiah Spiller, Gridiron Kings, Gonzalez, Red press proof Camara. Spiller with a retro Michael Vick. Radarookie, Red press proof David Bell Browns. Like a Parsons, Pierre Strong Jr. Radarookie portrait. Get your spots for tomorrow, everybody. Fans of the game, Mark Wahlberg, Pats. Dominators Burrow. We got an Orange, Gabe Davis. Two 13, seven to 13 bills. That's a Buffalo. Sam Howell, Leather Kings. Paul Raleigh to 399 Commanders. Kenny Pickett, Elite Series. Some of the, there's dings on some of the bass in this one. The rookies, Matt Corral. Just want to point that out, everybody. There are dings on some of the bass. There's like three or four bass per pack that have some dings for this whole box so far. Not the whole box, but most packs. Gridirated Rookie. This pack only has a couple here. Yeah. Lawrence Power Plus. My home is Red press proof. Donnie's favorite, Patrick. My home's The fake MVP. You got to get over that, Donnie. Nope. You got to do it. The Rookie's Drake London. All right. All right, you got it. And I felt this one be all about Kansas City. NFL Strip Riders. Yep, all year. Cam Taylor Britt, Rated Rookie Auto for the, for the Bengals. GG. What Aaron Donald Champ is here. Dominators, Herbert. Purple for the Broncos. Javante Williams, number to 200. Lead Series, Vilish Jones. Other press proof, Red. My homes. Christian Watson, Rated Rookie for Green Bay. Sam Howell Portrait Commanders, Red press proof, Rated Rookie. Pierre Strong Jr. Pats. George Carloftus. Christian Watson, Premium Rated Rookie as well. Back to back boxes with a Premium Rated Rookie. Usually it's like one or two, maybe three a case. All right, that's cool. Rats Packers. Willis Rated Rookie for the Titans. Rookie's Carson Strong at Stafford, Road to the Super Bowl. Saquon Kalpanos in the third. And it's Sunday Michelle for the Dolphins to 208. I forgot he was a Dolphin last year. That's a true Patriots legend right there because who cares? Yeah, one of the, one of the great, one of the many great first round picks the Patriots. It seems to be weighing heavy on forces like. The Rookie's Aiden Hutch. What's going on here? What? It's like a printing. It's like a, like the printer ran out of like ink on this card. Actually, it's kind of cool. Rookie's Aiden Hutchinson. Wait, my favorite Rookie Red press proof. Got Randy Moss on the full name here. Randy Jean Moss. John Metzsche, the third Red press proof Darius, or yeah, Darius Leonard before you Shaquille Leonard. When I guess Randy's middle name's Jean. Brett Farz on the name is Lorenzo. Look at it. I learned it last night in this product. Sausgarner Rookie Kings. I'm telling you, dude, I'm not, I'm not messing right now either.  I would never. Hit him with that, hit him with that trivia. No, I saw it was like Brett Lorenzo, Farv. Okay. Well, that's Panini's line. Brett Farv by the Panini. I mean, Brett Farv does do some shady things these days. The Rookie's Kenneth Walker, the third. Jones. We got Lamar Jackson, press proof Dica, the 25 for the Ravens. Oh, see, Kyle knows. Kyle was in chat when folded. It was during the mixer. Dude, he loves that name. Randy Rookie, no name variation for K Von Tibbeto giants. Donny's kind of shady. I agree. Yeah, sure. Aqueous test is Ayuk for the Niners. Oh, dip in water. Don't do that.  It's like one thorny elite series. Red press proof ready rookie is Bernard for the bills. Johan Dotson, portrait rated rookie for the commanders. Yeah, that's actually a good point, Von. He would actually probably maybe not do that. But potentially, Gary Wilson, a rookie. Yeah, not just any money either. Not just any money. Right, far of George Washington same thing. And the Rookie's Desmond Ritter, got press proof Kenny Pickett, 100 Steelers. Very nice Kenny Pickett. Yeah, Brett's going to sue all of us now. Mark Andrews, Jersey card two, 349 for the Ravens. I don't know what he's going to get up and get in return. Joe Burrow. What's he going to get? Only Xbox? I don't know, man. Pretty much. Joe Burrow, press proof, Red Nick Bosa. You're going to get an Xbox on a computer. Also, how are you going to sue people when they're just saying facts? True. I honestly didn't say anything. So yeah, but yeah, Sue Donning. All right. Thanks, George. I got you, dude. Yeah, I can see that. Oh, there he is. Brett Favre. Lorenzo. Brett Lorenzo Favre. That whole Pemagini thing is why he's just so Pemagini. For what he, like, oh wait, let's go. Because he was basically just talking, talking, Pemagini was talking trash. Like he always does. Yeah, but more like Pemagini was right. Like shut up, Brett Favre. The Rookie's Chris Olave for the Saints. Dettler, Shrimp, PC, Tessa, Red Rookie, Kings. Anyway, I don't actually want to get sued. That would just be a headache, honestly. Yeah. Just be like, more of this. Nick Bosa, patch auto to 10. There you go, Niners. That's pretty sick. That's cool. Brett, allegedly Lorenzo Favre. That's what Kyle's accusing him of. Middle, middle, Namory. Middle, Namory. Pressproof Devin Singletary, the 25 of the Bills. See Higgins and McBride, or McDuffy, Red Rookie, Red Pressroom for the Chiefs. Real quick recap. Thanks again, everybody, for filling this one up. Got two more breaks after this one. Get your spots for tomorrow. 10 Box Tuesdays with Kenzie tomorrow. Relics of Mark Andrews, Sam Howell, and Cream Hunt. A patch auto, Nick Bosa for the Niners. Number to 10, congrats, Niners. Cam Taylor-Britz and Kway Walker Packers on the Redemption. Thanks, everybody. Moving on.