Beyond the Mic with Sean Dillon Beyond the Mic with Sean Dillon

"It is my soul. I have no other way to explain it. It is what I am."
Welcome Ed Roland:We’re joined on the Starline by an actor, composer, singer and the pride of Stockbridge Georgia. His band was once known as Ed-e, they have spent more than 30 years rocking around the world. You know them by songs “Shine”, “December”, “Heavy” and many other number one hits.
We welcome the lead vocalist from Collective Soul, Ed Roland.
Ed, let’s go Beyond the Mic. Your twelfth studio release was recorded at Elvis Presley’s estate in Palm Springs. You’re the only musical artist to record at the landmark since Elvis. What did you take away from the session?
You have had dreams of making Rock N Roll your life. You achieved that. You dreamed of making a double album. Check. What’s your next dream?
What does this album “Here to Eternity” mean to you?
The Rockin' 8:It’s time for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions, answer with the first thing that comes to your mind. There is no Pressure.
1. You have close to 350 guitars in your collection. What was your 1st guitar and do you still have it?
2. Which guitar is the one you just play to relax?
3. Best Atlanta Falcon game you ever saw live?
4. You’ve said your dad gave you love, laughter, discipline, music and sports. What are you trying to give your sons?
5. Best thing your mom made you for dinner growing up?
6. Last book you’ve read?
7. Best place you’ve ever played a show?
8. Most embarrassing thing your parents did to you growing up, or thing you did to Dean?
The Back Half:What do your fans mean to you?
Why is that dream realistic because of you brother and this band?
One Big Question:How has music freed your soul?
The Wrap:Collective Soul recorded the 1st half of “Here to Eternity” in 4 days at Elvis Palm Springs estate. He loves his Breedlove acoustic 12 string, and wants you to hear Collective Soul’s new album now. Ed Roland thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.
And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Mini.


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"I've already exceeded what maybe I thought I should be deserving of. I've had a really interesting, fun career."
Welcome Patrick Fabian:We’re joined on the Starline by a working actor you’ve seen on stage and screen in “Veronica Mars”, “24”, for six seasons as Howard Hamlin in “Better Call Saul” and many other works. His latest is the film “The Way We Speak”. We welcome Patrick Fabian.
Patrick, let’s go Beyond the Mic.  “…Of course it is, everything in life is a competition,” how did working on “The Way We Speak” with Ian Ebright challenge you mentally and emotionally?
How did the dichotomy between the two positions you and Kailey Rhodes portray in this film change the way you experience grief?
Your character says in the trailer “I wanted you to see me succeed,” so what’s success to you now?
The Rockin' 8:It’s time for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions, answer with the first thing that comes to your mind. There is no Pressure.
1. You say you are a hiker, swimmer and concert goer, so the next three should be easy for you, tallest peak you’ve climbed?
2. Best time in a triathlon?  
3. As you are an owner of a pairof Neil Peart’s drumsticks, so what’s your favorite Rush deep track?
4. First & last record you have bought for yourself?
5. Best round of golf was what and where?
6. My friend and actor Christopher Gabriel wants to know “You’ve done Shakespeare. You’ve done contemporary. Given the choice of playing Richard III at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival or Stanley in Streetcar on Broadway - forget about type and age for a moment - which role are you taking. And why?”
7. You have two kids so, what’s your favorite ride at Disneyland ?
8. Looking back, which was worse, the V-Neck you wore in Star Trek Voyager as Taymon or the outfit you wore as a Ted Murty in General Hospital?
The Back Half:When you met your wife Mandy, what was the first thing she said to you that spoke directly to your heart and said, “I gotta have her forever”?
Why has acting filled with your soul with joy?
What’s the best story of your life that only family know of your life?
You’ve said "Rescue an animal and you’ll never regret it. Woof!" What’s the best treat you given Lucky & Star?
Why does their love feels you heart?
Your Instagram has photos of art, sculptures and paintings, why do you enjoy art?
What do you want people to take from your film “The Way We Speak”
How do you reflect on your career today?
Which Pittsburgh Steeler game was your first? Patriots in AFC championship game?
One Big Question:How have you changed as an actor and how have you changed acting?
The Wrap:He’s never broken 90 in golf, enjoyed his 1st triathlon, and he wants you to watch “The Way We Speak” Patrick Fabian, thanks for taking the time to talk with us today and Go Browns!
And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.


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"If you peel back the layers and expose the real Al that nobody knows. I'm just made of music on these. My lungs, my pancreas. It's all music."
Welcome “Weird Al” YankovicWe’re joined on the Starline by the biggest-selling comedy recording artist in history. Actor, writer, producer, Emmy award winner and just weird. You’ve seen him in “UHF” we welcome the legendary Weird Al Yankovic.
Al, let’s go Beyond the Mic. Youteamed up with 12 animators and 11 well known songs to create the new single “Polkamania”. How did working with these animators creating the anijam make you feel?
Which song did you almost put in, but it just didn’t fit?
I know it’s the tenth anniversary of your last album but why was this important for you to do right now?
How has music touched your soul?
The Rockin' 8:It’s time for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions, answer with the first thing that comes to your mind. There is no Pressure.
1. Which song of yours didn’t get the love you thought it should have?
2. You talk about your daughter helping you with this song. What’s the best thing about your daughter?
3. How many times have you seen Hamilton live?
4. Would you ever write a musical?
5. Best thing about Maui?
6. Last live concert that wasn’t your own you attended?
7. Which musical artist today has captured your imagination?
8. I have to point out I’m behind in my Westwood One affidavits, thank goodness I never had to get a call from you complaining I was behind. You studied to be an architect, other than working at Westwood One what was one job you really wanted growing up?
Sneaking in one more:Al, you have continued to reinvent yourself. How has music changed from when you first started recording tapes for the legendary Dr. Demento to now?
One Big Question:How does your music change if it was released today?
Are you afraid of flying?
The Wrap:He loves that his daughter is super artistic, seen Hamilton 3 times and wants you to hear his new song “Polkamania” Weird Al Yankovic thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.
And that my friends is Beyond the Mic Short Cut.


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"It's about communication and connection, and you're with a group of people that become your family."
Welcome Dr. Cady ColemanWe’re joined on the Starline by a chemist, engineer, former Air Force colonel, wife, musician, retired NASA astronaut who has logged more than 180 days in space and most importantly mom.
She’s featured in a new documentary “Space: The Longest Goodbye”. We welcome Dr. Cady Coleman.
Cady, let’s go Beyond the Mic. I could spend hours asking you about your flute duet with Ian Anderson, but in “Space: The Longest Goodbye” the challenge is surviving a three year trip to Mars without real time communications with Earth. You’ve flown on the space shuttle and in on a Soyuz. What is the biggest challenge psychologically from your experience?
You are one of a small group of people who have seen the darkness of space first hand, how did you mentally prepare yourself for the isolation of space?
If you could tell future astronauts one thing before they go up, what is it?
The Rockin' 8:It’s time for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions, answer with the first thing that comes to your mind. There is no Pressure.
1. Favorite astronaut meal was?
2. Who gave you your 1st flute and do you still have it?
3. Are you still drinking your creation the “Artemis” ?
4. What one thing eats up the most time for you?
5. Was there anything that used to scare you as a kid?
6. Favorite place to just think?
7. What’s the one thing you always asked your parents or Santa every year?
8. You have seen auroras on earth, the blackness of space, but what one picture still is vivid in your memory.
The Back Half:Space is dangerous, you have to respect it. What the one thing in Space Shuttle Colombia that was special to you and what emotions went through you when you heard it was lost?
As you said goodbye to your family before each mission how did your emotions change from mission 1 to mission 3?
How did your time in space inspire you to help others?
One Big Question:There is a talk of a new space race, America vs China. What concerns do you have because of it?
The Wrap:She loves drinking an Artimis, relaxing on the couch with her cat and “Space: The Longest Goodbye”. Dr. Cady Coleman thank you so much for taking the time to talk with us today.
And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.


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"The greatest power in the world is love, and my wish for the reader is to have as much of it in their lives as is humanly possible."
Welcome Daniel SternWe’re joined on the Starline by an actor, artist, director, sculptor and screenwriter. You’ve seen him in “Home Alone”, “Rookie of the Year”, “City Slickers” and heard his voice in “The Wonder Years.” His latest project is his memoir “Home and Alone”. We welcome Daniel Stern.
Daniel, let’s go Beyond the Mic. Your personal mission is “empowering young people” and has been part of your biggest films. Why was that so important to you?
As you started writing these stories down, how did the process allow you a bit of freedom to let some stuff off your chest?
Which story from the book almost didn’t make it?
The Rockin' 8:It’s time for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions, answer with the first thing that comes to your mind. There is no Pressure.
1. What’s the best thing your wife Laure does for you every day?
2. Favorite episode of the Wonder Years you directed?
3. What would your high school English teacher think about not your acting career but that you wrote a book?
4. Best thing about your kids as they grew up?
5. Funniest thing about Jackie Earle Haley?
6. Best and worst thing from craft services?
7. What’s the one part that you didn’t get that you would have killed for?
8. Favorite sculpture you’ve created that no one but family has seen?
One Big Question:You tell people in “Home and Alone”, the “greatest power in the world is love, and my wish for the reader is to have as much of it in their lives as is humanly possible.” How has your definition of love evolved from your 1st understanding of it to today?
The Wrap:He loves when his wife rubs his back, working on an 8 foot totem sculpture. His book is “Home and Alone”. We thank Daniel Stern for taking the time to talk with us today.
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"The idea from the get-go really was to encompass this wide expanse of rock and roll that I covered over all those years."
Welcome James Sullivan:We’re joined on the Starline by a journalist, author, educator and program director of the Newburyport documentary film festival. His latest book should be the next one any rock fan should buy immediately “BACKSTAGE & BEYOND COMPLETE: 45 Years of Rock Chats & Rants”. We welcome James Sullivan.
James, let’s go Beyond the Mic. You’ve contributed to the Boston Globe, former editor to Rolling Stone, the Maine Campus and Sweet Potato. Your wife Roza kicked you in the rear to put this book together. What was the first story you knew you had to have into the book?
How did the line between critic, feature writer and fan needed to be blurred in your opinion telling that story and many others?
Which was the story that almost didn’t make it into the book that you fought for when they were initially written in bookend form?
The Rockin' 8:It’s time for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions, answer with the first thing that comes to your mind. There is no Pressure.
1. Best tip Mary Helen Georgitis gave you in high school?
2. Most underrated album of all time?
3. Best drink you ever had at Margaritaville was what?
4. Favorite of the swans at Ward’s Pond right now?
5. Best round of golf you ever had was where and what was the score?
6. What is your typical Santarpio’s pizza order?
7. Favorite place on the University of Maine campus?
8. Favorite Marilyn Monroe movie?
One Big Question:One fact that is immutable, we all die. Which musician death has hit you the hardest?
The Wrap:He thinks The Kinks – Something Else is underrated , never went to Margaritaville and wants you to read his book, “BACKSTAGE & BEYOND COMPLETE: 45 Years of Rock Chats & Rants”. James Sullivan thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.
And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.


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