Seahawks Shoot for the Moon by Joseph Giannunzio aka Radio's Joe Cooper

Football Sunday

Just got done painting this...

Seahawks need to shoot for the moon! 

I apologize, if you are not a Seahawks fan.

When I lived in Michigan I was a Packers and Lions fan. I still like them, too. 

--Joe

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Published Author Joe Giannunzio on Amazon

Hello,

At last! Here's my book. Available now on Amazon.com.

Just in case you wonder what I  look like today, I threw a photo in between the front and back cover of my book from a painting I did. I' m holding two large rainbow trout I caught in a small river not far from the house. I grew up fishing with my dad at remote Pine Creek.

My wonderful granddaughter Madeline put this paperback together for me and had it self-published. 

I used to write (and still do) about fun happenings while with them -- my 'grand-girls' Madeline, Samantha and Ruby' all grown up now when they were kids. Many tales I made up to make them think positive in life and do the right thing. My late Uncle Romeo once told me, "Never do something you don't want anyone else to know."

Also some real memoirs of my life growing up in the U.P.. very poor, terrible situations, but determined to make life fun even as kids in Iron Mountain, Norway and Hardwood. This is just a fraction of what I will be writing in the future...

You can order it through Amazon.com using this direct link Joe Giannunzio - The Book or send me your address and small check for $6.00 and I'll pay the postage. Even a free autograph included (ha ha).

The paperback is not a money-maker for me. Just that I enjoy looking back on life now that I am older. I am sure many of you, as we all do, do not have every minute of our lives perfect. Wish it was that way. 

There are days of heaven and days of hell; makes no difference, if you are rich, middle class or poor.

I like to say.,"As we get older our life becomes 80% memories and happy we are still here. Some of our friends and family members are not but still live on in our minds and hearts."

Thanks, 

Joe.

P.S. My granddaughter put my name for the title so there are other books called Joe...look for Joe Giannunzio..

White Sport Coats and Pink Carnations --- Great Memories

When it comes to nostalgia  (don't miss this video, it's great)

https://youtu.be/ZgdufzXvjqw

I have lots of stories to tell, being around music all my life and starting with this one.

If you have time read and then watch. it will bring back memories, if you were there.

I was in 6th grade and walking home with a classmate (Fred Kohler) and he tells me there is a new guy singing a new music called rock and roll and is getting very popular in the South, but a lot of parents do not like his moves or the music. Fred says his brother has the brand new record and the first one that his guy (Elvis Presley) recorded and is a big hit mostly in the South..1954.."That's All Right" and "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" R & R style..
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We never had a record player at our house so I didn't even know how to use one. He tells me to put it on the record player while he gets us each a pop to drink...I tried to put it on, pressed too hard and broke the record in half!!. So the first record by Elvis Presley I broke in half and didn't hear it that day. 

Might have been an omen in a way...Later years I started a rock and roll band, sang some of his songs and then got into radio and played his hit records.

In a strange way a sort of pay back. Oh yes... Living in Iron Mountain at that time the first rock and roll movie came out a couple of years later. Friday night all us teens went to the Braumart Theater on Friday nights.

The movie "Rock Around the Clock" was showing. We were all fascinated by the singers and groups...great variety…We felt that we finally had a music we could call our own so we stayed after the show and talked about the singers and the music.

Of course life was not perfect but very simple and in some ways we were very naïve.....Hard to keep up with the changes that seem to happen every day.

I know you will like it..Some day I will write a book or memoir about this..

Take care and long live Rock and Roll. 

Joe.

PS..The adults said it would soon die in just a few years. We are still waiting.

Mr. Eugene Melchiori Made a Difference in My Life

The Charles Schultz Philosophy  

 

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schulz, the creator of the 'Peanuts' comic strip. You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just ponder them and you'll get the point.
 

1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.

2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.

3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America pageant.

4 Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.
  

5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for Best Actor and Actress.
  

6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.

How did you do?

The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday.

These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.  

Here's another quiz. See how you do on this
 one:
  

1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through
    school:
2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult
    time.
3. Name five people who have taught you something
   worthwhile.
4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and
    special.
5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time
    with. 

 
   Easier?
  

The lesson:
  

The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money...or the most awards. They simply are the ones who care the most.

I have thought of that many times.

I had a counselor in high school and coach, the late Eugene Melchiori, Norway High, MI. 

When my father died I was 14 and the oldest of seven kids. 

My mother went on to marry an SOB who beat us kids. She and he were put in jail. 

The State took all of us away from my mother, who was uneducated and couldn't take care of us. Youngest was 3 years old...My sister and 4 of the brothers were put in the Catholic orphanage 80 miles away in Marquette, MI. Hardly saw them again. My second oldest brother Bob and I were taken in by our kind Uncle Romeo and Aunt Josephine so we could at least finish high school. I got so depressed with the kids being gone that I gave up studying and my grades dropped.

In a small town people seem to know what is going on. Gene approached me one day and said.  "I see your grades have all slipped and I understand the pain you are going through with your family separated,  but you have to finish high school or you will regret it the rest of your life. Finding a good job will be tough. So you should take typing, get your grades back up and I know life will get better for you and your sister and brothers in the future."

 My thinking before he told me that was to quit school and join the Army in a year or so. 

I got my grades back up and played sports.  was  not one of the better players, but schoolmates like Eddie DeRoeck, Art Marcell, and Johnny Nylund always encouraged me. 

If not for Mr. Melchiori I would not have. I saw him and his wife at my 40th class reunion. I told him how he helped me. He had tears in his eyes. I never forgot what he did for me. He passed away a couple of years ago. http://www.obituarymanager.com/pro/print_condolence.php?cust_id=6&id=32501

I also want to thank Mrs. Lovato. John's mother, who was the cook who always gave us kids an extra helping at lunch, knowing we most likely never got to have breakfast. 

So many others to thank, too. Especially ones that were always kind to me.

God Bless, Eugene Melchiori...for me, my brother Bob, too he is angel.  I am sure many of you have your stories, too about how a teacher or other adult changed your life. I might not be here today if not for him.

Joe

Thoughts on Johnny Cash and an End to War by Joe Cooper

Even as Johnny got older, he still sang great songs.

The feeling he put into them is very powerful.

Many do not know that he was writing songs and poetry when he was just 12 years old.

His mother taught him to play guitar.

He joined the Air Force.  Many of his fellow G.I.'s and civilians asked him to sing at clubs around the base in Germany where he was stationed.  

When he came home, he auditioned at Sun Records, teamed up with the Tennessee Two and had lots of hits.  His first was I Walk the Line.  

When you have time, listen to Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream ... people of the world wanting to put an end to war.  https://youtu.be/WB1UD2GpBcc

We have been waiting all our lives for 'No More Wars' ... not sure it will ever happen.

Thanks,

Joe

Could the be US steaming toward an iceberg like the Titanic

I think you will love the Everly Brothers documentary

If you like music, and wonder how these two great singers with perfect harmony came about, this is for you. It will take an hour, no commercials, interviews with famous people and the ones that were helpful and were inspired by Don and Phil, like the Rolling Stones, Beatles and more.

Click here to watch The Everly Brothers Documentary

If you are around my age, even a little older or younger this will hit home for you. I feel very fortunate to have been at the age of 12, 13 or 14 to feel the birth of rock and roll and the new music with a sound that the young people now had to call their own.

Transistor radios came on the scene so we could hear stations from all over the country that played this new music that was like no other. Sure we liked Patti Page, Andrew Sisters, Julius LaRosa, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and so many more fine singers. But this music was ours, and kids were starting to think different and not wanting to do exactly what their parents had envisioned life or careers for them.

I happened to live for music. Elvis, Bo Didley, Chuck Berry. I even liked country singers like Kitty Wells, Hank Williams, Ernest Tub, Patsy Cline (my mother loved listening to the Saturday Night Grand Ole Opry) and I learned to like country music also because of her. My father like Mario Lanza and sang his songs around the house or in the woods. That made me like singing, too.

The Everly Brothers (Don and Phil)Image credit David Redfern

I knew in life that somehow I wanted to be around music. I worked at the bakery in Iron Mountain for a while, had a rock and roll band where I sang and played guitar.

As fate would have it the bakery in Iron Mountain closed and I was out of a job. The DJ at WMIQ suggested since I liked music so much to attend  broadcasting school in Milwaukee and get into radio and be a DJ. 

I enjoyed played those hits and past hits by excellent singers like the Everly Brothers. That is one reason I really liked this Everly Brothers documentary. You will, too.

Watch this show....and I bet a lot of you will think like I do.....So glad to be around in that optimistic time when we lived for music.

Enjoy!

Joe

Oh, Very Young - Cat Stevens

Cat Stevens - Oh, Very Young  

When I used to do my on-air radio shows, I thought this was one of the most important songs ever written. 

I hope the very young can change things in the world and especially this country and get rid of the backwards thinking.

Our only hope is from our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  

I wish the young could hear songs like this today.

Joe

Radio's Joe "Copper" Cooper aka Joe Giannunzio's paintings featured at Trilogy

Left to Right:
Charles Jones, Joe "Copper" Cooper aka Joe Giannunzio,
Jaynie Dillon Jones

Joe "Copper" Cooper aka Joe Giannunzio's paintings were featured among a spectrum of some 30 artists at the recent Trilogy Art Show and Sale in Redmond, Washington.  Joe is best known from his decades on-the-air in radio here in the Seattle area, Portland, Oregon, and in Michigan long ago where his radio career began.  

However, Joe's artistic talent has always been smoldering in the background.  Few people know of his remarkable talents and accomplishments as a home builder.  But beneath all of those other natural talents and abilities, Joe has always had a passion for drawing and painting.  

Now that Joe is retired he is able to devote more time to painting and has completed more than 50 fairly large scale paintings.  

Earlier this month (May 2017) the Trilogy community in Redmond sponsored an Art Show and Sale where Joe exhibited some of his paintings for the first time in a public show.  Charles and Jaynie Jones drove up to Redmond from Tacoma to take in the show.  

There were interesting and outstanding works of art from many artists who were on-site.  All of the pictures shared in this blog post feature paintings by Joe Giannunzio.

The show spanned two days, Friday hours were exclusively for residents of Trilogy, but the show hours on Saturday were open to the public.  It was a thrill to see so much creativity on display.  

--Jaynie Dillon Jones

2017 Trilogy Art Guild Annual Show and Sale (Public Invited Saturday)

Trilogy Art Guild Annual Exhibition 2017

IN THE BALLROOM

Phil Magallanes         Photography                         

Gloria Thiele             Photography             

Carlo Parravano       Photography

Don Adamaitis         Ceramics

Dayle Dodds            Miniatures

Don Smith                Metal and Glass Panels

Karen Butler            Floral

Brenda West           Quilts

Carole Neer            Quilt

Diane Magnuson      Fiber Arts

Rosanne Cohn         Fiber Arts                                          

Kathy Jones            Pastels

Judy Heibling          Watercolor

Donna Raymond     Watercolor

Lois McIntosh         Watercolor, Acrylic, Fiber Arts                   

Janine Cooley          Acrylic

Joe Giannunzio        Acrylic

Jack Jones               Acrylic

Camea Davidson      Acrylic

Judy Martin              Acrylic, Watercolor

Bill Neer                   Acrylic

Patty McCoy            Acrylic, Pastel, Oil

Doris McFarland      Acrylic, Watercolor, Original Watercolor Greeting Cards

Gwen Edmunds        Oil

Barbara Wright        Oil                               

IN THE LIBRARY

Renee Dyer              Watercolor/Collage

Dick Dyer                Collage

Lois Haskell             Oil

Nancy Harmon        Original Watercolor Greeting Cards

Trilogy Art Guild Hallway Case

Fiber Arts Group

Marilyn Waite, Kathy Frank, Jan Glisson, Jill Acosta, Candace Johnson, Lois McIntosh

IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM

Gia R. Mendoza          Watercolor

2 Demos on Saturday

Art Guild at Trilogy Exhibition May 13, 2017

Over the years I've done some painting, but since retiring I have become even more passionate about it.  I have become obsessed with painting.  I have done at least 50 paintings so far...First time ever putting any of my paintings in an art show or exhibit.

These are just a few examples.  I wish there was more room, but there just isn't room to display all of them, so these are just a few of them. These are large paintings, too.  Most of them are 30 x 40 inches or even larger.

Saturday, May 13, 2017

11AM- 5PM

Free Admission

It is open to the public so you are invited. The show will take place in the Clubhouse at Trilogy, in Redmond, WA.

Trilogy is located above Redmond on Novelty Hill.

The clubhouse is easy to find.  Here's the address:  

Trilogy at Redmond Ridge

Clubhouse 

23225 NE Greens Crossing Road
Redmond, WAl

More than 30 artists of all types will be included in the exhibit at The Art Guild at Trilogy.

If you live nearby, maybe we will see you there.

Cheers, 

Joe

I Am What I Play - Rock Radio Documentary

Joe Cooper!  It's Jaynie Dillon Jones here.  There's a new rock radio documentary that has just been released.  I thought you'd enjoy seeing it and reading about it.  Here are the full details from Roger King.  Enjoy!  --Jaynie

Hey friends & colleagues:

Excuse the mass email but when it comes to blatant self-promotion, it’s really the way to go.

So, I made this documentary called I Am What I Play...Many of you know this.  A number of you saw it.  For some, it may be news.  

After playing at festivals, special screenings and on the CBC Documentary Channel for the last two years, my film will finally be available to anyone in the world as of midnight tonight!  

For those who don’t know, it’s a documentary about rock radio disc jockeys, told through the life stories of 4 different DJ’s form 4 different cities: Meg Griffin (New York), Charles Laquidara (Boston), David Marsden (Toronto) and Pat O'Day (Seattle).  But it’s really the story of anyone who has worked on-air in radio – and the story of radio itself, from the free form era of the 60’s and 70’s right up to present day.  

The film includes songs from The Ramones, Rush, The Kinks and David Bowie, among others.   It really is for radio & music fans everywhere.  
So, as of May 1st, people can stream or download the film through Vimeo on Demand at this link:

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/iamwhatiplay

If you haven’t seen it, I hope you will.  If you have seen it, I hope you will forward this email to others, raving about it.  If you haven’t seen it and couldn’t care less, maybe you know some radio & music fans who might.  Whatever camp you’re in, I hope you’ll tell two friends and they’ll tell two friends...Well, you know the drill.

And hey, if you tweet or Facebook or have a blog, don’t be shy to spread the word.  All the support is (and has been) much appreciated!

With affection,

Roger King
Producer/Director, I Am What I Play(416) 515-8918
www.iamwhatiplaythemovie.com

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Am-What-I-Play/297875140261718Twitter:  https://twitter.com/radiodjmovie

I Fall to Pieces by Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline - I Fall to Pieces

As far as music goes...

I have never stopped listening to her great songs.

She sang from the heart and it was as if she was singing to you.

This is one of my all time favorites -- she recorded so many great songs. 

If you have ever had someone you were going with and they broke up with you, this song hit home, in a therapeutic way. 

It made you feel like you were not alone.  If someone wrote a song about this, it must have happened to them, too.

Joe

In Memory of Eugene Giannunzio: SSGT Barry Sadler and the Ballad of the Green Berets

Ballad of The Green Berets




This song by the late SSGT Barry Sadler...that sold millions, always come to mind when I think of my late, joyful brother Eugene Giannunzio. 

He made it into the difficult Green Berets, but was shot and left for dead by the Viet Cong.  

Somehow he survived but his life was not the same. 

He did receive a full disability, but roamed the country and we only saw him every few years when he would stop by to stay. 

He would leave (never wanted to say goodbye to anyone), I think because he saw so much death of his fellow soldiers and others. 

I have never liked war, but we need to honor the ones that are and have been brave enough to serve.  

Joe

THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED KGW RADIO SPECIAL WITH JOE COOPER FEB 1974

I send this every year on the anniversary of the plane crash February 3, 1959, that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper.  Buddy was 22 and Richie was only 17.
Joe

THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED KGW RADIO SPECIAL FEBRUARY 1974

THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED KGW RADIO SPECIAL FEB 1974 by Bill Cooper

KGW'S Joe Cooper hosted this special on Buddy Holly on the 15th anniversary of the singer's death in a plane crash. The program was written by Joe Cooper and produced by Richard W. Miller

Abraham, Martin, John and Bobby shot down along with our innocence

Today, as you know, is Martin Luther King Day in America. 

He was one of the good people, who did so much for others in America of all races, ethnicities, nationalities and walks of life, not just a chosen few.

Abraham, Martin, John and Bobby all shot down by deranged killers with guns, who robbed us of our innocence, and broke the hearts of their families and the young in this nation.

Maybe it's true that the good do die young...

Joe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDOmf5ER0-M&feature=em-share_video_user

By: Dion
"Abraham, Martin and John" is a 1968 song written by Dick Holler and first recorded by "Dion" DiMucci. It is a tribute to the memory of four assassinated Americans, all icons of social change, namely Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. It was written in response to the assassinations of King and the younger Kennedy in April and June 1968.
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