Saturday, July 31, 2010

Zuma Dogg Twitter "Week In Review" (Saturday July 30, 2010 Update): The good, the bad & the ugly (The Comedy & Tragedy of ZD & LA City Hall!)

[Pictured: No matter how bad of a cranky day, always gotta be camera ready, cause they're gonna take the picture, anyway!]

Dear Reader,

There's some good, mixed in with the bad and the ugly. Been a roller-coaster week of some good City Hall activist blogging, mixed in with the moments of newly and highly concentrated bipolar juice that has me a tad turbulent, these days. Whatever it is, some comedy mixed in with the tragedy and hopefully entertaining for a slow news Saturday.

  1. LA WEEKLY, TAKEN WITH GRAIN OF SALT: Compare pictures used to document residents complaint of RV blight vs one's ZD took. http://ow.ly/2ji7o
  2. HERE ARE PHOTOS ZD took today in the 12 noon hour of street LA Weekly used to document residents' RV blight complaints. http://ow.ly/2ji6Q
  3. Dangerous criminal walks down unsafe street LA Weekly used to document RV blight in Venice. Looks pretty unsafe! http://twitpic.com/2aga5m
  4. Just to be sure...more sidewalk on "Mad Max" street of RV blight as "exposed" by LA Weekly in http://twitpic.com/2ag9tp
  5. Another picture of sidewalk that is causing RV blight to Venice residents as published in LA Weekly photo shoot. http://twitpic.com/2ag9f1
  6. Here is the sidewalk that is supposed to be suffering from "Max Mad" conditions of people defecating, dr http://twitpic.com/2ag8x0
  7. Here is the street LA Weekly used for pictures of residential RV blight... http://twitpic.com/2ag8i3
  8. ZD BULKY ITEM REMOVAL: A bookcase has been on sidewalk for WEEKS! I called/still there. I bet when I push it in street, it will get removed!
  9. Make sure you keep you and your shit out of my way, today, or it's gonna get damaged. All I know, is I'm gonna damage shit, today!
  10. Kicking shit around always good outlet on day like this. Smashing glass bottles against brick wall, fun, too. Main thing, BREAK/SMASH SHIT!
  11. What a terrible, miserable, worthless day to be alive. What a LOUSY fucking day to be alive. Already a nightmare. Just gonna get worse. F-U!
  12. 1 more straw on bipolar camels back. a great way to trigger a zd bipolar attack; cancel lunch plans today. i fucking knew it. i knew it.
  13. I ALREADY KNEW: Someone booked lunch w zd today to discuss biz options. of course i just got the email canceling. there goes lunch.
  14. oh no...been up since 530am...not in the budget. i guess it's gonna be broke & miserable saturday. no relief. no break for zd. f-u.
  15. It's really no more or less fun hanging out at the Grammy Award party as an NC or council meeting. Just better food & drinks. But that's it.
  16. McCartney, Elton, Jagger/Richards, Turner, Springsteen, Plant, Mariah, Whitney, Bon J, Run-DMC, Seal, JanetJ: Partied w em till I was bored.
  17. Hey N Scummins, when I was on the phone talking to Luther Vandross, I asked him to call my mom to say, "Hello," cause she loved him. He did!
  18. EUREKA!: I think I figured it out! Nutty Scummings must be Richard Alarcon's alter-ego. Both have similar logic, reasoning and verbiage.
  19. Mary, LOVE the emails, they're hilarious. But I don't have patience to go through all of 'em. I just click on 1 or 2. Combine em all into 1!
  20. If you look around City of Los Angeles and are outraged and sickened at what you see on a daily basis, better leave now. WORSE is coming!
  21. Residents of L.A. have to accept the new civic streets reality created by municipal waste. If uncomfortable, u may have to move to Pasadena.
  22. R U gonna get mad at people for tie-dyed shirts at G.Dead concert? Yes, lots of RVs in Venice, but I don't see all the residential clusters.
  23. I'D LOVE TO HAVE "ONE MORE THING" TO SCREAM AT CITY ABOUT: AND, I know Venice is RV capital of L.A., but don't see huge residential issue?
  24. We all love LA Weekly for their stories, but not happy they're portraying residential RV problem w industrial street pics:http://ow.ly/2j9h4
  25. IF YOU'RE A VENICE RESIDENT & have an RV/camper problem on your street, please email ZD. I'd like to see it. (Unless you live on a main st.)
  26. Time for "rice & beans" plate at Baja Fresh. BEST use of $1.85 for food value & taste! (Must get "for here." "To go" jammed into small cup.)
  27. City Council Votes $7 Million Payment for DWP Bond Insurance on LAST DAY OF DEADLINE, But DWP Committee Didn't Have ... http://ow.ly/18mOHU
  28. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS TWEET LA CITY VOTING ACTIVISTS!: If someone says they want to "Clean Sweep" CM Parks, RUN OTHER WAY FROM NUT!
  29. RT of a legend about a legend=RT @garybryanshow: Congrats to Steve Edwards on his Governor's Award at local Emmys tomorrow! (Gary & Steve!)
  30. Oops: Jimmy Blackman not just on "sunset" vacation but officially announces he's leaving mayor's office (before indicted over Ticketgate.)
  31. RT @LAupDates: It's LastFriday on Main Street, Santa Monica! Follow Ocean Park to Rose along Main St in Santa Monica. LOOK FOR ZD SIGHTING!
  32. WHAT? Jimmy Blackman quitting Team Villar? NOW, who am I going to manipulate like a ventriloquist puppet to get ZD's message to Villarigosa?
  33. Oh no: Jimmy "The Slimebag" Blackman leaving City Hall?" He was the "tool" I used to get my messages back to Douchetonio V. & Posse.
  34. Oh, I guess the slimebag is out of the bag. Yes, Villaraigosa bag man Jimmy Blackman (a real douchebag or douchebags) taking a "vacation."
  35. AWARENESS IS THE CURE: Now that ZD can tell the whole past decade was fueled by bipolar juice, do I keep it in check=no ZD. Can't have both.
  36. Asking Dave to be Zuma Dogg without the bipolar adrenaline juice is like asking baseball player to hit homers without steroids. Nice wish.
  37. I thought it was called, "waking up and trying to make the most out of every day." But social workers will call it "bipolar," too. LABELS!
  38. I guess living on streets while blogging; going to meetings; running for mayor; producing shows, etc. 18 hrs a day qualifies you as bipolar.
  39. YOU WOULDN'T ASK McDONALDS TO THROW AWAY SECRET SAUCE!: Why would you ask Zuma Dogg to check his bipolar adrenaline juice? I'll be a mortal!
  40. Oh no...non-bipolar Zuma Dogg will be, "thanking LA City Council for their leadership on this item." And won't be cranky enough to blog.
  41. My social worker made me realize I've been living a bipolar-fueled decade. I feel that now. So if I live non-bipolar, what do I do all day?
  42. I'm writing a movie script like "The Godfather" based on City Hall. SMART @JoseHuizar can play the "Fredo" character. (A natural for Fredo!)
  43. FERRIS HUIZAR'S DAY OFF: Excuse @JoseHuizar for leaving council meeting UNEXCUSED, losing quorum. Had new $50,000 SUV to drive! (He's SMAT!)
  44. FERRIS HUIZAR'S DAY OFF: After Presentation Friday, SMART JOSE HUIZAR left council meeting un-excused. QUORUM LOST w BIZ ON DESK. $$$ LOST!
  45. HEY HUIZAR: Your pal who sits on Homeboy, Inc board tells ZD you cheated off him in throughout high school! Not surprised u ditched meeting.
  46. Which one of Villaraiogsa's inner circle can't take the heat anymore and is about to hop out of frying pan. (Maybe to avoid indictments?)
  47. In the mafia click Jose Huizar is tied to, he's the "Fredo" of the bunch!
  48. HEY SMART JOSE HUIZAR: You were in such hurry to drive around your new $50,000 SUV, you left council meeting UNEXCUSED and quorum was lost!
  49. It would be nice if someone could hook me up a little right now on PayPal. Quite simply, I just want to be able to enjoy a weekend evening.
  50. Oh no: Heading into weekend with $0.00. Man, I wish I could have ONE DAY of good spirits without stress of not being able to afford the day.
  51. the thing that i'm most sad over is having to loose another nice, productive day cause have to sleep today, since broke.
  52. JOSE HUIZAR BLOWS QUORUM AND COUNCIL MEETING: Smart Jose Huizar left council meeting unexcused and they lost quorum. His bad! Sorry L.A.!
  53. BUNCH OF CLOWNS: After an hour of Friday Dog & Pony Presentations and Ass-Kissing, Council loses quorum and items for today must be moved.
  54. Was a short comeback. Caught up on some blogging. But out of cash, and out of steam. Gotta go back to sleep. Donate if u can! ZD, not ZzzzD!
  55. If DWP committee has EMERGENCY item, like today's $7.2 mil bond payment, could use teleconference/cell phone. THEY DIDN'T. BLEW 911 QUORUM!
  56. Jan Perry revealed that the DWP committee needed to help approve $7.2 mil DWP bond insurer payment DIDN'T HAVE QUORUM! ILLEGAL PAYMENT?
  57. OH NO...Council just blew Ron Kaye's weekend. Waited till last day to discuss massive bond payment to DWP insurers over Valley pipe bursts.
  58. Oh no, who let Janice Hahn sit in the Council President seat. SHE'S ACTUALLY RUNNING THE MEETING??? Already confused. (City going to hell.)
  59. Wonder what nut case pal of ZD it was knocking on my window at 11p last night, when they didn't bother to call, first? (Wasn't gonna look.)
  60. Hi, I'm Shitty Attorney Douche Titanich. Please don't ask me about REAP conflict allegations. Staff busy cracking down on billboard crimes.
  61. Hi, I'm Shitty Attorney Titanich! Sorry Council. Don't have that 6month report on REAP conflict allegations for today's vote. (Billboards!)
  62. Why would Carmen Trutanich get off his ass and investigate REAL CORRUPTION? He's got personal axes to grind, today. Sorry property owners!
  63. TRUTANICH CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE: Sorry, Council. Don't have 6 month report on REAP conflict allegations, as promised. (Busy with billboards.)
  64. TRUTANICH'S CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE: NO time to investigation RENT ESCROW CONFLICT ALLEGATIONS: Too busy tearing down a billboard, somewhere.
  65. FIRST phony Paul Krekorian didn't say a word during discussion of item; then he voted WRONG (couldn't follow); THEN asks to reconsider item.
  66. I feel so sorry for Richard alarCON because he seems to suffer from the most irrational, non-parallel, logic. Always creates a fake victim.
  67. When you have CM Parks on ONE side of an issue regarding contractor corruption and alarCON & Krackorian on the other side...take a guess?
  68. RICHARD alarCON's STRATEGY ON POLICY: If there's smoke pouring out of building, don't condemn situation as a fire. Wait to see developments.
  69. LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL Addresses Allegations of Conflict Regarding Rent Escrow (REAP) Contractors (Zuma Dogg's #1 ... http://ow.ly/18lZad
  70. SF VALLEY: NO secession when they had chance, cause they went for (curtain #2); council meetings once monthly in Valley they no longer hold.
  71. PAUL KREKORIAN: Even Richard Alarcon admires his shady-protecting slickery that breezes right past his naive and unsophisticated supporters.

Don't Do It...

Just a reminder, do not ever call Zuma Dogg and ask to make lunch plans to discuss business options. If you make an promise or plan with Zuma Dogg, it only means you will be contacting me the day of to cancel. You think I am being a smart ass. But I am being very serious. I have lived with myself all my life, and I am now completely quite certain, the only way I can be 100% sure I will not be seeing you, is to make plans to see you. So please do not make the humiliating mistake of making plans with ZD. I will again to make them, but I already know it won't be happening. Because remember the Law of Zuma Dogg: Tomorrow never gets here. So if we make plans for "tomorrow" we will never see each other, because tomorrow is never gets here. Like Annie said, "it's ALWAYS A FUCKING DAY AWAY, AND NEVER FUCKING GETS HERE...IT'S ALWAYS TOMORROW." (Or something like that.) Meanwhile, trust me...when I made the plans, I knew it wasn't going to happen, because I've been living this life, all my life, and I just knew today wasn't going to be a historic day. Now fuck off and do not ever call me or make plans, no matter who you are. I would hate to take a good person and turn them into another full-of-shit liar. Which is all anyone who talks to me turns into. DO NOT CALL...DO NOT CONTACT...I'M TRYING TO DO YOU A FAVOR...I DON'T WANT YOU TO BECOME A FULL OF SHIT LIAR. AND NOW I WILL BE DEALING WITH THE BIPOLAR JUICE THAT JUST EXPLODED ALL OVER ME. IT'S VERY, VERY UNSAFE TO CALL ME AND MAKE PLANS...DO NOT DO IT...DO NOT. DON'T. NO!

Friday, July 30, 2010

City Council Votes $7 Million Payment for DWP Bond Insurance on LAST DAY OF DEADLINE, But DWP Committee Didn't Have Quorum Yesterday(Illegal Payment?)

Here's one for the Ron Kaye blog fans. It's about DWP. Today at the Los Angeles City Council meeting, there was a $7 million bond payment that had to be made to a DWP insurer relating to the blown pipes from last year in Studio City area, and whatnot.

Jan Perry announced to the city, that today, the day the item was before us, was the final day to make the $7 million payment.

Ooops, that IS the kind of thing you like to let wait until the last day, when you have a stream of "Dog & Pony Show Friday" Presentations to get through. (Consider the council ended up losing a quorum in the 12 noon hour, cause SMART JOSE HUIZAR had to take a Ferris Huizar's Day off and leave the meeting, UNEXCUSED, BLOWING THE QUORUM, with an item on the board that didn't get to be voted on, along with the rest of today's items up for grabs on "The City Council's Price Is Right.")

BUT, they did put this item up front, right after the "Ass-Kissing Parade." So today was the last day, then Ms. Perry announced that yesterday's DWP committee meeting, where the $7 million bond payment was to be discussed (approved) -- THEY (the DWP committee) didn't seem to be able to muster a quorum, either. (Maybe they were taking a ride in Huizar's new $50,000 SUV?)

So it's possible this may become an "illegal payment" due to Brown Act violations. Because it was also announced that in an "emergency" situation, like one to make final actions on $7 million bond insurance payment...THE DWP COMMITTEE IS ABLE TO USE TELECONFERENCING TO MEET THE QUORUM!

In other words, whoever couldn't be there, could have called in on their cell phone. But even that must be too inconvenient for the DWP committee, because they didn't do that, and they didn't have a quorum. BUT, the item moved along into Council chambers, this morning, where something shady probably happened. (I gotta re-watch the item again to see what's there.)

And if you watch tonight's city council shenanigan's on TV 35 replay (or want to look on lacity.org), wait till the last minute of the meeting (or fast forward on the net), for City Council President Eric Garcetti to bitch slap Ferris Huizar for leaving unexcused. (And there really IS no excuse for Jose.)

Thursday, July 29, 2010

LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL Addresses Allegations of Conflict Regarding Rent Escrow (REAP) Contractors (Zuma Dogg's #1 Most Talked About Issue on TV 35)

[Pictured: Only person covering this issue in the media. AND YOUR LAZY SILENCE MADE HIM HAVE TO POST THIS, EVEN THOUGH HE'S RETIRED!!! Kevin James...SILENT! David Zanhiser/LA TIMES...SILENT! All other blogs...SILENT! (Must not be a big deal, right? photo credit: Dave Elliott/July 2010]

Councilmember Bernard Parks said on July 21st during Item 37 of the Los Angeles City Council meeting that, "the allegations are fairly serious as they relate to the conflict."

The issue: The City of Los Angeles' Rent Escrow Program (REAP) and allegations that "outreach" contractors hired by the city to inspect properties are then taking the information gathered while on the job and going back to tenants to set up lawsuits against the building/property owners.

[THE REST OF THIS STORY WAS TRUNCATED TO SAVE BLOG SPACE DUE TO LACK OF RESPONSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL SYSTEM AND THE MEDIA.]

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Zuma Dogg Re-Presents, "Hood Kidz" - After School Youth Development Program (Hood Kidz Radio Show Audio)

For those of you who remember just where you where the first time you saw Zuma Dogg inside council chambers at City Hall on TV 35 in 2006...just before that time, I was living in Las Vegas for the previous eight months, where I was escaping the Zuma Dogg public frenzy that was at it's height (Pre-City Hall/Public Access show days/2005) where I truly did want to live an anonymous life, without the overly-nutty, constant recognition I was smothered with throughout the day, at the time. I was working as a DJ at Vegas parties at various casinos. (Yes, mostly Vegas weddings...and YES, living there for eight months was the round-the-clock party you would think it would be.)

During this time, I was living in a giant apartment complex, where you paid by the week; didn't require a deposit or credit check, or any of the things that keep people out of the upscale apartment buildings. Imagine a giant "Motel 6" complex with 3000 units. Besides Zuma Dogg, who was living in the mostly African-American populated complex), all the gang members, pimps, hos, drug dealers and worse were living there, too. AND, they all had kidz.

The complex had a giant resort pool with waterfall and giant BBQ pit with park benches. It was a self-contained city within a city. AND, most notably, wi-fi piped into the BBQ pit area with benches.

So, ZD would sit there and blog, even before activism, where I would record original music and radio shows and whatnot. WELL, as I played music on my computer in the background (mostly hip-hop/Top-40 at the time, a lot of the kidz, left unattended to roam the complex after school, getting into vandalism trouble with the apartment manager and security would start to gather around my table/bench and computer.

They would start to rap and sing over what I was playing and even bust out their own freestyle raps over the music I was playing in the background on my computer.

The age range of kidz was about 8-15...once 16, they were OUT OF THERE...and under 8, they weren't really roaming around, alone. BUT YES, there were 5 year olds, hanging out, too.

ZD WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE TALENT. I immediately opened up my Garageband computer studio and started recording the kidz.

Well, before you know it...there were 10, 15...20 kidz crawling all over ZD and his computer, as I tried to manage all the groups of kidz, ready to do their thing on mic...getting them all to co-operate and sit quietly while the others recorded their parts.

THEN, before you knew it...many of the parents...the hardest core gang members of Las Vegas (moms and dads) were very, very happy that they didn't have to do shit, while their kids were being good and out of trouble. And when ZD was so excited and receptive to the kidz' talents...they were all excited and happy and told their parents...and I made CDs for them of their performances and again...these hardcore gangsters were SO happy about the whole thing!

AND, before you know it...parents were coming up and thanking me...and when the kidz got off the bus after school, they would run over to the BBQ pit.

HERE IS A SAMPLE OF IT ALL..."Hood Kidz Radio." Radio Disney meets G-Unit. (Aka: ZD's best attempt at Youth Development.) CLICK HERE FOR SHOW #1.
CLICK HERE FOR SHOW #2.

Zuma Dogg "Still Hangin' In There" TWITTER UPDATE for Wed July Whatever, 2010 (Bitter-Cranky Reflections of "A Decade of Zuma Dogg"

The year 2010 represents, "A Decade of Zuma Dogg," cause I made my TV & radio debut on "The Howard Stern Show," in April of 2000. I didn't do anything else with the character, outside making some more calls on Howard's show, until I went to Venice Beach this last weekend in July 2000 and filmed some video segments that I slapped together for a Malibu public access time slot, making it's debut the first week in August 2000. So we are coming up to the closing part of the "A Decade of Zuma Dogg" 2010 celebration. AND, if you have been checking in, you know I've never been worse! It's been a whirlwind experience of a lifetime, with 1000s of people paying such amazing living tribute to the legendary icon...that sitting here broke and stuck without being able to do a gosh darn thing except blog, is more than I seem to be able to bear. My mind and spirit is revving the engine, but my wallet has the emergency brake on -- and the engine is overheating. So here are some therapeutic tweets, Aka: The reflections of a burnt-out, down and out, somewhat public "has been." Memories are all I got. And I never liked to look back, cause too busy moving ahead. But looks like ZD is now a "nostalgia act" anyway. And that's all I walk away with.

A DECADE OF ZUMA DOGG TWEETS (2000-2010): (Public Access Debut: Aug 2000)
  • Part of me says I should start going to council meetings cause it's my 'destiny,' so they say. Then I remember how taxing w/out a paycheck.
  • I miss showing up at City Hall & addressing people on TV who have provided so much spiritual uplifting. But can't be my solution for future.

  • FELL HARDER THAN A WALLENDA: ZD rode the cosmic, collective conscious wavelengths for 2 decades. But seems as though I've lost the vibe.
  • BOTTOM LINE: I'm suffering from a quantum physics blockage due to what I fear is from my lack of productive output. But can't operate broke.
  • I've seen WDyer, MWilliamson, DChopra, M Scott Peck ALL LIVE & have studied. Didn't grasp at time, but couldn't have pulled off ZD it w out!
  • I've pushed hard over past decade putting out media energy and it's been rewarding. But universe needs to open a little for ZD to continue.
  • All I've ever done is push to try and call things into consciousness, like Bewitched. It works, but can't just wiggle nose & isn't as exact.
  • Did u happen to catch CAO say city had to transfer $700 million out of general fund to pay for pension (losses)? Not small, wacky NC issue.
  • Did you see the City Council item on REAP conflict of interest allegations that CM Parks called, "fairly serious?" Of course not, NC wacko.
  • Did u see Sunday LA Times article on pension corruption including Wetherly Capital & Villar's Elliot Broidy? Of course not, small-stuff nut.
  • Hey, @Villaraigosa, take off your elevator shoes, roll up your sleeves, stop Tweeting about Federal Judge rulings and FIX THE FUCKING CITY!
  • @Villaraigosa: Can the talk on Federal Judge's Immigration rulings. No one gives a FUCK what you have to say except how to FIX CITY, DUMMY!
  • If I told u I could SWEAR UNDER LIE DETECTOR that ZD was solely responsible for the memo used to create E! Network, would u believe? CRANKY!
  • HOW TO DRIVE SOMEONE CRAZY:Have 1000s of people call you, "genius, legend, hero, icon, best thing ever on TV," while u sit home broke/stuck.
  • I know it SICKENS you, but having 1000s of people pile on such intensely strong accolades, while I sit home broke & stuck is un-bearable.
  • SURREAL MOMENT: Starbuck's clerk hands ZD free cup while in line saying, "You're famous, you shouldn't wait." (P Bronsnan was in line, too!)
  • SURREAL MOMENT: Having Stone Temple Pilots' guitarist Dean stop you at Startbucks to ask, "Can I buy your videos to watch on our tour bus?"
  • SURREAL MOMENT: Checking voice mail to hear, "Hi, this is Courteney Cox-Arquette. David and I are such fans. Can you come to our house?"
  • SURREAL MOMENT: Walking around Malibu strip mall, having someone wave me over to SUV and it was Adam Sandler to say he was #1 ZD fan!
  • Surreal Moment: Emilio Estevez said to me, "I was talking to Kate Hudson & Chris Robinson about your show. They're addicted." (YOU WERE?)
  • A lot of these Hollywood actors get a lot of accolades from public. But just for reading someone else's lines. ZD fans are like KISS fans!
  • I remember a mom stopped me in Malibu to say, "So YOU'RE ZD? My son locks himself in his room and watches your videos all day." (Thank you!)
  • I remember when recovering Iraq war veteran called me from his bed to say, "Just finished watching every ZD video on YouTube. Keep it up!"
  • REFLECTIONS: I remember when guy who lost loved ones in 9-11 told me ZD Show was 1st time he was able to smile and said show saved his life.
  • According to 1000s of people, Emmy, Grammy & Academy winners; no one seems to be able to hold & entertain TV viewers like ZD. Stuck at home.
  • I'm sorry on days like these I reflect on the 1000s of people, "A" list celebrities & world's top consultants who have praised my output.
  • STEVE COOLEY was EARLY fan on ZD, from the start, but I'm heartbroken that LA City just tanked under corruption, and he didn't do a thing.
  • STEVE COOLEY has been "investigating" Bell City for months, he says. But it took THE PEOPLE to END the corruption. Now, Steve chimes in.
  • Steve Cooley: SO HAPPY he can crack down on Bell small town corruption for AG election while LA CIty just tanked under unchecked corruption.
  • Perhaps I'm truly delusional, but I say there isn't an "A" lister in Hollywood who has heard the intense degree of favorable accolade as ZD.
  • If you had 1000s of random strangers stop you to say your show was best thing ever and they LIVED for it, you would be cranky today, too.
  • You know what it takes to have thousands of random strangers stop dead in their tracks to make sure to tell you how much your efforts mean?
  • YING-YANG: My 4yr experience inside City Hall was most spiritually rewarding experience of a lifetime, but also the darkest. IT ZAPPED ME!
  • The cranky-juice it takes to fuel bits: Be it "Singing in Library" or "Don't Stop Believing" segment; both were low, low ZD life moments.
  • Laws of Universe: Isn't it ironic that it takes the worst, most miserable, bipolar cranky juice to create the blissful, fun ZD Show persona?
  • If u don't think it's angry, bipolar cranky juice that fuels & propels someone downtown to year's of council meetings, u r crazier than me.
  • If you were called, "genius, hero, icon, local legend" in the media & by public & were sitting home broke & stuck you'd be going nuts, too.
  • I've had Academy/Grammy/ Emmy Award winners tell me they're going to use me for projects. No wonder I'm bitter as I sit here stuck & broke.
  • The biggest corruption/waste plaguing city goes uncovered by media as same few stories are repeated. ZD is for the BIG stuff left uncovered.
  • I could sit here today and do new blogging & LIVE ZumaShow webcast cause I'm o.k., THIS HOUR; but doesn't seem functional. Just gonna chill.
  • Mayor Antonio @Villaraigosa can't even fall off his bike and shatter his elbow without his story sounding shady.
ONE THING I'M CRANKY ABOUT, is this scratchy, early-morning vocal track that I couldn't record better. But still gotta post to help get the message out -- and it's good enough. So...

"On American Top 40, here's Zuma Dogg with his political activist, sing-a-long anthem, 'Take Back the City, Clean Sweep City Hall.' I'm Casey Kasem."
Zuma Dogg - "Take Back The City, Clean Sweep City Hall (LIVE VIDEO DEMO)

8PM UPDATE: Read this story and weep, haters. Less than five minutes ago, was biking down Lincoln in Venice. Stopped into mini-mart for drink, wearing my home made ZD tshirt, like the one in the video above. She says, "You're the famous blogger, Zuma Dogg?" I was stunned. I asked, "How do you know I blog?" She said she has heard about my blogging from other people and on the TV & radio. I asked her, "which station, what show?" She couldn't name any of the radio host shows she heard me on...but she knew ZD and MY name. Then she said some nice things about ZD...keep it up, and stuff like that...BUT THEN, she REALLY went into a rant against Antonio. She moved to L.A. as an immigrant in 1966 and is the store owner. WOW, she ain't happy with the mayor...and seemed to be able to re-cap enough negative stuff about the mayor to let me know she's really paying attention! Then when I left the store, I saw her cover her mouth and giggle and ask the other customers if they knew Zuma Dogg. (And, yes...this was 8:15pm, this evening, at a random mini-mart. I GUESS I MADE QUITE AN IMPACT ON THE CITY. Meanwhile, I'm stuck and broke in my apartment and ain't doin' a DAMN thing. Oh well. Imagine if I ever DID have a real platform.