Welcome to the online home of me, some guy given the name John Cleveland Payne. In the grand scheme of life, I am just another guy with another blog. But to myself, and hopefully to all of you who actually read this, I am something a little more special. From a young age, I fell in love of the idea of ‘the message’ and medium in which you try to transmit.
Basically, everyone has a message to give to the world. Some are basic, some complex, some have the power to up lift and some are just out there to bring as many people down as possible. But everyone has a message, and most people have problems identifying their message. And the ones who get that far can seem to figure out how to get the world to listen.
Well, I have a message, and this is where I will get a chance to share it. Hopefully, you’ll get plenty of things to keep you motivated or inspired, provide knowledge and comfort, and just have a little fun. Apologies for the state of flux and state of seemingly confusing messages that you’ll get here for a while, as I am doing a lot of personal soul searching, and scrubbing of old ideas to take the best of the past to build a new beginning.
In 2007, I changed the name of blog from “The Mis-Adventures Of The Jazzy Cool One” to “Life In Fast Forward.” I began to tear down old blogs and newsletters and try to find places for them here. My goal is to take the focus off of me the person, and show the world the life I live and share with every human on the planet. I aspire to life at a very high standard, and instead of dealing with people who rather slow us down, I want to find ways to help people pick up there own pace. As you get to see an insight to the further adventures I hope to lead, hopefully you’ll enjoy the ride, and want to come along.
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Sean Michel, Not An Idol, But A Truely Genuine Person
Thursday, February 22, 2007
I got to fill in for the mid-day show on KARNNewsradio in Little Rock, Arkansas on Tuesday after a long night of prepping for the morning after taking a day off, and absolutely no show prep. I took advantage of the first hour to try a few things that i rarely get a chance to practice on air because I get on so infrequently...and as usually, it didn't work out in practice as well as I would have hoped in my head. I was essentially just killing time until the second hour guest got there, a man named Sean Michel, who recently got a once in a lifetime shot of national attention with an appearance in the early audition round in Memphis on this season's 'American Idol.'
His look is unconventional. He was described as a mix of Jesus Christ and Castro, due to the long hair, long beard, and he was wearing a Castro-like hat on TV that day. His sound is hard to describe. I tried to get him to a few times in the interview, and he couldn't. Every member of his band had his own background of influence, and they just seemed to make it work. And most of his original songs were spiritual/God-based, but he sang Johnny Cash & Shai at his Idol audition, and grew up on a lot of blues and Motown.
My words can't do justice to describe Sean's true spirit. The only word I could use is 'genuine.'
