PSYCHOTIC BUMP SCHOOL PODCAST

MAY 6 2024: For this edition of PSYCHOTIC BUMP SCHOOL, DJ ROME and his guests pay very special honorary tributes to a new roster of musical icons entering into the ROCK N' ROLL HALL OF FAME.

PART 1: A. SCOTT GALLOWAY, JANINE COVENEY, JULIANA JAI BOLDEN, & JOHN "THIRD SUN" MYERS kick off the tributes with both SCOTT & JOHN sharing their reflections of their days with new inductee, the late and legendary producer NORMAN WHITFIELD while the ladies chime in for heartfelt props for the reigning Queen of HipHop Soul MARY J. BLIGE also one of this year's inductees.

PART 2: The tributes continue with respects paid to singer/songwriter/actress/activist & stylistic chameleon CHER as well as the highly innovative and landscape shifting guitar hero PETER FRAMPTON

PART 3: The discussion concludes with legendary funk/soul/jazz/pop supergroup KOOL & THE GANG and genre-breaking lyrical and beat-making sensations A TRIBE CALLED QUEST.

A great episode

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February 12 2024: For this edition of PSYCHOTIC BUMP SCHOOL, DJ ROME explores the worlds of speech & language, mental health, Valentine's Day, & pays tribute to a cinematic legend.

PART 1 : Speech & Language Pathologist/Author NATASHA BOYD-A/K/A THE PRAGMATICS LADY (LEFT bottom) stops by to discuss her latest book "PRAGMATICS-It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It." Get your copy TODAY: https://www.amazon.com/Pragmatics-Lady-Its-not-what/dp/173452703X

PART 2: Educator/Public Speaker ROSALIND HENDERSON (RIGHT bottom) returns to discuss her upcoming self-care conference & bilingual School Psychologist & Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist LIZ PADILLA LIVELY (CENTER bottom) chimes in about loneliness in the season of Valentine's Day.

Saturday, February 17

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-self-care-basics-for-teachers-tickets-805809476837

PART 3: Legendary actor CARL WEATHERS has passed away & MIKE STRADFORD (TOP right, MIDDLE right) joins ROME for a very special discussion about the life of his very dear friend.

January 29, 2024: For this week's edition of PSYCHOTIC BUMP SCHOOL, DJ ROME continues to focus on politics, primary voting, & controlling the narrative

PART 1 : DR JANET YELLEN (center bottom), LAEL BRAINARD (left bottom), JOE BIDEN (left top), KAMALA HARRIS (center top)

1) The Masterclass-Mastering the Message - A monologue/discussion regarding the week in politics, Iowa & New Hampshire election results, & the rising economic sentiment experienced across the country

PART 2: GAVIN NEWSOM (right top) & ROLAND MARTIN (right middle)

Warning: Strong language

2) The Masterclass-Mastering the Message - Politicizing the border & immigration

PART 3: GAVIN NEWSOM (right top) & SIMON ROSENBERG (The Voice of Reason) (right bottom)

3) The Masterclass-Mastering the Message - Biden's age, Biden's results, Biden's chances in 2024

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January 15, 2024: For this 2024 Dr Martin Luther King Jr edition of PSYCHOTIC BUMP SCHOOL, DJ ROME puts the electorate on notice that the fast approaching election season will be one like no other thanks in no small measure to key Democratic players in the 118th congress.

Officially & legislative known as THE UNITED STATES HOUSE COMMITTEE on OVERSIGHT and ACCOUNTABILITY, the investigative body held a very contentious hearing for HUNTER BIDEN-the son of current U.S. president JOE BIDEN.

PART 1 : Ranking member JAMIE RASKIN (Maryland, CENTER top), along with ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ (New York, LEFT top), rising political star JASMINE CROCKETT (Texas, RIGHT top), JARED MOSKOWITZ (Florida, LEFT bottom), SHONTEL BROWN (Ohio, CENTER bottom), & DAN GOLDMAN (New York, RIGHT bottom) engaged in a 7 hour pitched battle with House Republicans over the issues of subpoena power. It gets heated very fast.

PART 2: Ranking member RASKIN and his colleagues puts on an absolute clinic as he provides a passionate rebuke of the flouting of constitutional norms in service to Donald Trump while offering a lesson on Emoluments.

PART 3: The discussion concludes with a homage to the legacy of DR KING with a word from the very first African-American to lead the Virginia House of Delegates, the honorable Speaker DON SCOTT. Lastly, Congressman MOSKOWITZ establishes the 2024 rules for engagement that will set a more aggressive tone toward combatting the one-sided GOP narrative of societal doom & decadence.

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January 13, 2024: The director of "The Harder They Fall" returns for an off-kilter dark comedy to kick off the new year.

Produced by JAY-Z and starring LaKEITH STANFIELD & TEYANA TAYLOR, Jeymes Samuel's latest comedy THE BOOK OF CLARENCE hits the big screen.

Marking this occasion with a romp through the crates for the first music set of 2024 featuring the sounds of

-FENYAN
-CHRIS DAVE & THE DRUMHEDZ
-SAULT
-YUSSEF DAYES

And the first ever collaboration of D'ANGELO & JAY-Z on "I WANT YOU FOREVER"

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January 2, 2024

Leslie "Les" McCann, an exceptional jazz pianist, composer and vocalist who discovered a young Roberta Flack, and whose own works have been sampled by countless hip-hop artists, died last Friday (Dec. 29) at the age of 88.

Born into a musical family, Sept. 23, 1935 in Lexington, Kentucky, McCann would become one of jazz music's "most gifted and influential artists," reads a statement from Kevin Gore, president of Global Catalog, Recorded Music for Warner Music Group.

A self-taught pianist, McCann was an innovator in the soul jazz style, fusing jazz with funk, soul and world rhythms. He mastered all instruments before him, and enjoyed an unusual breakthrough, by winning a Navy talent contest, opening the door to an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

An early hit came with "The Shampoo," the 1963 instrumental cut with his trio for Pacific Jazz Records.

McCann would enjoy a fruitful relationship with Atlantic Records, releasing a dozen albums on the label from the late-‘60s through to the mid-‘70s.

During that run, Atlantic released Swiss Movement, featuring McCann, frequent collaborator, saxophonist and labelmate Eddie Harris, and trumpeter Benny Bailey. The album earned a Grammy nomination for best jazz performance – small group or soloist with small group, and included the protest song, "Compared to What," which McCann and Co. performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1969.

Another career highlight would come in 1971, when McCann appeared with a starry cast of artists, including Wilson Pickett, The Staple Singers, Santana and Ike & Tina Turner, for an historic 14-hour concert in Accra, Ghana. The event was captured for the concert film Soul To Soul.

His ears might have been just as impressive as his hands. It was McCann who discovered and recommended Roberta Flack to Atlantic Records.

A stroke in the 1990s slowed McCann's output. So he channeled his energies into painting and photography, and he recovered for a string of music releases, including Pump It Up from 2002.

Gore remembers McCann as a great of jazz, the creator of "timeless" works. "While we deeply mourn his passing," Gore continues, "his music will live on in the hearts of millions of music fans across the globe."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/les-mccann-grammy-nominated-jazz-pianist-and-vocalist-dies-at-88/ar-AA1mlFuf

January 1, 2024: For this edition of PSYCHOTIC BUMP SCHOOL, DJ ROME places the spotlight on DC Comics & its imminently extinguishing universe.

Award-winning comic book creator HANNIBAL TABU returns to help us review AQUAMAN 2 & THE LOST KINGDOM starring JASON MAMOA -a follow-up to the billion dollar runaway 2018 blockbuster hit AQUAMAN. Released on December 22, 2023, veteran film director JAMES WAN also returns to chronicle the continuing saga of the underwater adventures of the titular king and his omnipresent chief nemesis Black Manta portrayed by YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN. Hannibal shares his insights into both the on-screen drama as well as the creative business decisions that have compelled this phase of the DC Extended Universe to come to an anti-climatic halt.

So what's next?

Tune in to find out

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HANNIBAL: www.operative.net
www.ustudios.com/kickit2
https://www.instagram.com/uhstudiosofficial/

December 25, 2023: For this edition of PSYCHOTIC BUMP SCHOOL, DJ ROME hosts a celebration of life for a multi-generational musical icon whose influence spans decades, across genres, & all over the planet.

Joseph Anthony "Amp" Fiddler (May 17, 1958 – December 17, 2023), the Detroit musician known for melding funk, soul and electronic, has passed away at 65. According to a post on his Instagram account, he died after “an extensive and noble battle with cancer.”

Helping ROME to pay tribute are musician, DJ, producer, orchestral arranger/conductor out of Detroit PIRAHNAHEAD, author, educator, motivational speaker & former keyboardist for Barry White CHARYN HARRIS, & music marketing entrepreneur & founder of Fusicology ASYA SHEIN-ALEXANDER-both out of California.

Known largely as the mentor & teacher of the late great hip-hop producer JAMES "J-DILLA" YANCEY, AMP's body of work in the worlds of Soul,Funk,R&B, DeepHouse, & yes Pop, is full of seamless genre-blending sonic escapades that characterized his relentless commitment to faithfully defy creative norms. Tune in and listen out for some of AMP's most recognizable work that some may have never attributed to him a'la MAXWELL, GEORGE CLINTON, classic R&B group ENCHANTMENT, LEON WARE, and his piano work on the Grammy Award winning Song & Record of the Year "Kiss From A Rose" by SEAL.

Great discussion, lots of music, an incredible life-so press PLAY & SHARE with your friends.

Website: https://www.ampfiddler.com/
Bandcamp: https://ampfiddler.bandcamp.com/music
PIRAHNAHEAD: https://ra.co/dj/pirahnahead/biography
CHARYN HARRIS: https://blog.siriusxm.com/charyn-harris-experience
ASYA SHEIN-ALEXANDER: www.fusicology.com

December 18, 2023: For this edition of PSYCHOTIC BUMP SCHOOL, DJ ROME returns to the data to give up the year's-end REAL regarding the true standing of

PART 1 : Comedian/Political Commentator/Filmmaker JEFFREY KELLER and California Social Worker JAMAL JONES, and podcaster GLENN BOYD drop in to discuss the latest in Black Male Statistics

Lil James: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbp3Gc3DWwQ&t=3s

PART 2: JEFFREY, GLENN & JAMAL continue the discussion regarding the latest statistical updates focusing on INCOME & GRADUATION rates

(",,,men tend to be DEMONIZED for their past while women tend to be DEIFIED for theirs")

PART 3: The discussion concludes with a discussion about INCARCERATION Rates-A GENERATIONAL shift

Conclusion: JONATHAN MAJORS found GUILTY! - Last minute update regarding the verdict of actor Jonathan Majors. Not included in the closing, but Majors has now been officially DROPPED from his contract with the Marvel Cinematic Universe - canceling in an instant millions in future revenue.

Also, REST IN PEACE to JAMES McCAFFERY (Voice of "Max Payne") and legendary keyboardist JOSEPH "AMP" FIDDLER who was an alumnus of PFUNK and the individual who mentored and taught beatmaking to the late great hip hop producer James "J-DILLA" Yancy. Both McCAFFERY & FIDDLER were 65 years old. May they both have a PEACEFUL JOURNEY.

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October 30, 2023: For this edition of PSYCHOTIC BUMP SCHOOL, DJ ROME welcomes back two recurring guests from the beautiful state of California

PART 1 : Comedian/Political Commentator/Filmmaker JEFFREY KELLER and California Social Worker JAMAL JONES
drop in to discuss the domestic & international implications of war & politics occurring here Stateside as well as across the world in the Gaza strip

PART 2 : JEFFREY KELLER & JAMAL JONES turn their attention to domestic news involving the upcoming & ongoing trial(s) of Donald Trump & the need for a viable third political party in modern day politics.

PART 3: JEFFREY KELLER & JAMAL JONES conclude with a discussion of modern relationships including commentary on Will & Jada, as well as on R&B singer Tyrese Gibson in the aftermath of his ex-wife's recent & revealing interview.

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