Blue Sky Highway™ ~ Season Two [episode 004] "Valentines, Hearts & Epiphanies" ~ Update

Blue Highway ©Frank Webster

Friday, February 12, 2016

Metro Detroit, Michigan (Global) - The Creative Nexus is pleased to announce Season Two, [episode 004] of the Blue Sky Highway (BSH), entitled "Valentines, Hearts & Epiphanies," and will be aired Sunday, February 14th.

The BSH, continues to evolve its approach to internet radio into one that is more theme oriented, in depth, and contemplative in nature. The BSH strives for a quality listening experience.

Each episode will be without an excessive amount of talking or comments, so the listener will not be distracted from the music, songs, sound, or spoken word. The focus of the BSH continues to be placed upon the music, and the artist.

The fourth in the Season Two series, and a special edition, will air Sunday, February 14th, at 2:00 p.m. EDT on Blog Talk Radio (BTR), and 2:15 p.m., EDT, on SoundCloud.

► Stop by for the BTR 'pre-show' with Natasha and Roger at 2:00 p.m. EDT. 

"Valentines, Hearts & Epiphanies"

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Artists appearing on "Valentines. Hearts & Epiphanes":

♥ Owsey & Resotone

♥ Marek Iwaszkiewicz

♥ .jack

♥ Jessica Kristie 

 ♥ KOTXETXE

♥ Natasha Head aka TASHTOO

♥ Pino Rastovich

♥ Alexander Axion

♥ Susie Clevenger

♥ GMaks fea Deb D

♥ Chasing Tao

♥ Johnny Jewel & Chromatics

♥ Lo-Fye fea Niko Chan


"...a stone, a leaf, an unfound door; a stone a leaf, a door. And of all the forgotten faces.

Naked and alone we came into exile. In her dark womb we did not know our mother's face; from the prison of her flesh we have come into the unspeakable and incommunicable prison of this earth.

Which of us has known his brother? Which of us has looked into his father's heart? Which of us has not remained forever prison-pent? Which of us is not forever a stranger and alone?

O waste of lost, in the hot mazes, lost, among bright stars on this weary, unbright cinder, lost! Remembering speechlessly we seek the great forgotten language, the lost lane-end into heaven, a stone, a leaf, an unfound door. Where? When?

O lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again."

Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel


In Memoriam:

Jonathan Matthews,
host, Southern Progressive Revival,
Indie Media Weekly Radio

Please note: Neither The Creative Nexus, Nexus Café, Blue Sky Highway, or any of its various participants receive any financial remuneration from any of its' episodes. It is simply about showcasing the brilliant artists who appear in our various shows.

Please take a moment to like, share, and repost this episode so these talented artists may get a broader range of listeners!

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A Conversation About Competition

The Nexus Café ~ Season Two ~ Episode One

Airdate Sunday, May 24th, 2015

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Useful up to a certain point…as Mr. Roosevelt noted so many years ago. When used to bring out our best, of course it serves our purpose, and in return, the greater good. But how many of us, have crossed lines, only to serve ourselves? Whether in sports, business, or creative endeavors, seldom does competition build anything more than resentment, self-doubt, and poor sportsmanship. How much winning is enough? How do we measure our success? Most, terribly, resort to the dollars in the bank. What we have to materialistically show for our efforts. In most cases, the harder won the fruit has been, the less likely the majority of us are to share those rewards.  How does competition benefit the whole…beyond the self? 

So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on; and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die; that is to say, civilization will die.

William Morris

What integrity is to be found in our work when we are creating for the sheer purpose of production? When the goal becomes audience pleasing, staying relevant, or keeping with the trends.  The internet and social networking has given every voice a platform. Every voice a chance. Alas, not every voice has quality. Not every voice is backed by a hefty wallet capable of controlling its audience.  It’s hard not to try to keep up with the pace that is being set. It’s hard, reaching out to the world, sharing a piece of your self, and seeing no response. Creators are nothing if not human, and its difficult not to fall to our flaws.  The popularity contests are difficult not to get caught up in and even more difficult to not let it have a bearing on the quality of our work.

We can overcome this competitive compulsion by building solid and sincere communities that are based on real relationships. These communities can be a safehouse against the media, consumeristic need to produce. A collective that is based on cooperation…not competition. A family that will stay with you, even when your voice goes silent. A community that at it’s core is concerned with the health and well being of its members, not their following. A fair and equitable system of exchange, not driven by gallop polls and best seller charts.  In our hearts…we know how little the ranking systems of today mean…but in our heads, they still steal space.

The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.

Simon Cowell

When the goal is to find a winner…you can’t pretend its not about excluding the losers. Frustration is never an excuse to be mean…but it happens. Resentment, ego, bitterness…there is no person who is not partial to these all too human conditions.

It is nice to have valid competition; it pushes you to do better.

Gianni Versace

 VALID competition. There is no doubt that competition can bring out or best. But who is to be the judge of what is valid. How do we please everyone?

Nature is based on harmony. So it says if we want to survive and become more like nature, then we actually have to understand that it's cooperation versus competition.

Bruce Lipton

 Ultimately, we have to come from a place of cooperation in order to reap the rewards of competition. A place where the winner, represents the community as a whole. A representative who has taken the best aspects of their environment, learned, loved, and prospered, and who is willing to bring that community with them when they win. It is a community who celebrates the win. Who is able to take from the accolade their own part in producing the victory. Who can move forward with pride in knowing that they had a role to play, and with the designated winner, who is also able to acknowledge the importance of the whole. Cooperation BEFORE competition, and cooperation AFTER.

Natasha Head

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