2.2010: "The Lisa D Show" Guests

My weekday talk radio show on Arts & Culture exposes me and my listeners to numerous creative minds that are making our world a sexier, more interesting place to live. Here is a slide show of guests and topics from February 2010.

Fan me on Facebook at "Lisa Degliantoni" for more information on each of these guests or scroll through the older posts on this blog.

Interested in being a guest on the show? Email me at thelisadshow@gmail.com.

Thank you for another great month on the air, here's to February 2010 and the creative minds we explored. -Lisa Degliantoni

2.26.10: Today's Guest

Today’s guest on the Lisa D Show is Robert Holguin, ex-El Pasoan, musician, reporter and resident Los Angelen.

Robert Holguin used to be a reporter at the El Paso Times, focusing on arts and culture, and eventually becoming the assistant editor of the 'Living' section. In 2000, Holguin started as a reporter at KVIA, before becoming the weekend anchor, and then eventually co-hosting "Good Morning El Paso" as the fourth “Robert” to host. Holuguin left El Paso in 2006. These days he's a reporter and fill-in anchor at the ABC affiliate in Los Angeles. Holguin continues to stay very involved film and music.

Holguin is also a guitarist and is part of the band The New Plastic Machine. What kind of music genre is the band? According to them, a little bit of everything. From The New Plastic Machine website:

From the band website: Can you call it a "supergroup" when none of the members are famous? Perhaps only if the players are able to smash the dogmas of pop music by coming together on a project that re-invents the conventions of a traditional band.

Such is the case with the New Plastic Machine, which manages to synchronize several personalities and styles into one album of original music. The eight songs on the group’s debut EP embody the New Plastic Machine aesthetic, an injection-molded creation that glides effortlessly from R&B-infused pop to guitar-heavy modern rock, with influences that include everyone from David Bowie to Wilco to Tracy Chapman and even The Killers.

www.thenewplasticmachine.com

2.25.10: Today's Guests

Today on "The Lisa D Show" we will discuss two upcoming events; YWCA Racial Justice Initiative's Jim Crow Module and "Come Walk on the Wild Side" at the El Paso Zoo.

We'll first talk with Adriana Payan from the YWCA about tonight's forum at the El Paso Times building focusing on segregation and racial justice. It is free and open to the public and recommended for people 16 and older. "Attendees will participate in role-playing scenes meant to illustrate how authorities once used intimidation to discourage blacks in the South from voting in elections."

From the El Paso Times: Skin color used to determine what schools children attended and where adults could sit on a bus. Those troubling times will be revisited from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday during the YWCA Racial Justice Initiative's Jim Crow Module. The event will be at the El Paso Times, 300 N. Campbell. RSVPs can be called into Adriana Payan at 533-2311, ext. 275.

Next we'll talk to Renee Neuert, the director of the El Paso Zoo, about an exciting event to welcome the newest exhibit for four African lions, Xerxes, Zari, Malaika and Kalliope - the African Exhibit. Saturday, March 6, 4 - 9 p.m., $50 for adults, $10 for Children 6-12, Kids under 6 are FREE, call 915-532-8156 to purchase your tickets or go to www.elpasozoo.org for more information.

If you want to join in the discussion, call the show at 915-880-4376 or email thelisadshow@gmail.com.

Tune in today from 1- 2 p.m. on 1150 AM KHRO or stream the show at www.talkradio1150.com.

2.24.10: Today's Guest

Today on "The Lisa D Show" we're going to feature Dan Bova, the executive editor of Maxim magazine. Bova will join us live on the air to talk about celebrity infidelity.

As the media reels from Tiger Wood's confession, it's important for us as Americans to look at the larger trend of celebrity entitlement when it comes to chasing tail. What better expert to bring into this conversation than the executive editor of a men's magazine like Maxim?

For those of you that aren't familiar with Maxim, click here to view the website and make sure your kids aren't around.

If you want to join in the discussion, call the show at 915-880-4376 or email thelisadshow@gmail.com.

Tune in today from 1- 2 p.m. on 1150 AM KHRO or stream the show at www.talkradio1150.com.

2.23.10: Today's Guests & Topics

Today on "The Lisa D Show" we'll talk to some of the winners of this year's ADDYs, to include Impulse Development, Viva Creative Group, and a few more. To learn more about the ADDY awards, visit the El Paso Ad Fed website at www.elpasoadfed.com.

Also, we'll talk about a new site in town, El Paso Night Out. Cindi Barr, creator and content manager for the site, believes this new addition to the online community will help generate big crowds at upcoming events in El Paso. Venue owners can log on and promote events for free, to learn more visit www.elpasonightout.com.

If you want to join in the discussion, call the show at 915-880-4376 or email thelisadshow@gmail.com.

Tune in today from 1- 2 p.m. on 1150 AM KHRO or stream the show at www.talkradio1150.com.

2.22.10: Today's Guests and Topics

Welcome to Monday, it's gonna be a great day.

Because it's Monday, we'll start "the Lisa D Show" off with a 'news that matters' discussion with our friend Chris Babcock. Although we won't entirely focus on the United States winning the gold* in hockey, we will touch on it.

Also, hundreds of you went to hear Henry Rollins speak this weekend at El Paso High School. We'll talk about what you took away from the show and we'll talk about Mari Gomez's review on EP Culture Beat.

If you want to join in the discussion, call the show at 915-880-4376 or email thelisadshow@gmail.com.

Tune in today from 1- 2 p.m. on 1150 AM KHRO or stream the show at www.talkradio1150.com.

*CORRECTION from Facebook: US didn't win gold in hockey. That was just the prelim round. -Mike Hardiman

2.19.10: Today's Guests and Topics

Welcome to Friday! Based on the abundance of gorgeous, warm weather in El Paso, we'll be discussing your garden today - when to plant, what to plant and classes on how to maximize your gardening experience.

This weekend in Las Cruces there are two free seminars on gardening:

Vegetable gardening: Preparing and planting a vegetable garden and when to plant, control pests and other garden challenges will be topics at 2 p.m. Saturday at Enchanted Gardens, 270 Avenida de Mesilla, Las Cruces. Free to Enchanted Gardens benefit members; $7.50 for others. RSVP: 575-524-1886.

Composting: Learn principles of composting to build healthy garden soil at 2 p.m. Feb. 27 at Enchanted Gardens, 270 Avenida de Mesilla, Las Cruces. Free to Enchanted Gardens benefit members; $7.50 for others. RSVP: 575-524-1886.

Also, take a minute to join the discussion on gardening with the Facebook group: My El Paso Garden.

Also, we'll talk to Terry Reed from the El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce about an exciting conference for women this weekend in El Paso.

Be sure to tune in today from 1-2 p.m. on 1150 AM or stream the show at www.talkradio1150.com. Also, feel free to call the show by dialing 915-880-4376 or email me directly at thelisadsho@gmail.com.

2.18.10: Today's Show

Today on "the Lisa D Show" we'll talk to some of the organizers and presenters for this Friday's Pechakucha V.05. For a full list of presenters, click here, otherwise tune into the show from 1-2 p.m. on 1150 AM or stream the show at www.talkradio1150.com.

This Friday night's event will have a special focus: Pecha Kucha Night El Paso's upcoming event and Global PechaKucha Day for Haiti. 20 seconds, 20 images, 200 cities, 2000 presentations, 200,000 people - with the aim to raise $1,000,000 for rebuilding Haiti.

About: Pecha Kucha is intended to gather creative individuals to share their work and ideas in a night, chilling-out, getting together and exchanging thoughts in an informal environment. Pecha Kucha welcomes creative minds from the fields of Architecture, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics, Fashion Design, Animation and Design in general. We also invite students who are looking for a job and want to promote their skills. Pecha Kucha represents a new expression venue for people in the creative world.

Info: Friday, Feb 19 at 8:20 pm, FORUM Arts and Culture, 1500 Texas Avenue #UP, (915) 351-6521, www.forumac.org

Travel + Leisure disses El Paso International Airport

Travel + Leisure Magazine's February 2010 issues features a long list of the ugliest airports in the world and El Paso International Airport is #13. El Paso has a way of making it onto these lists of ugliest, sweatiest, smelliest, etc. How sad. How did they come to this conclusion? See below.

Read the full article here. Or read it here:

El Paso International Airport, El Paso, TX

"You are unlikely to mistake El Paso International for any other airport on the planet. Arguably that’s a good thing. The terminal is an apparent attempt to blend regional style—southwestern adobe, more or less—with...something harder to identify. (That domelike copper roof belongs where, exactly: on an old train station? a Greek Orthodox church? in Paris?) Inside, fast-food outlets and ticket counters are dressed up in southwestern drag. But the pièce de résistance lies at the airport entrance. Dedicated in 2007 and purportedly the world’s largest bronze equestrian statue (36 feet tall), it depicts Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate, who reputedly gave El Paso its name, on a rearing horse. However, de Oñate’s special talent was massacring Indians, notably some 800 residents of the Acoma Mesa, and is, as a result, politically troublesome, so the statue is now simply called “The Equestrian.”

The Upside: It’s unique."

2.16.10: Today's Guests

Today on "The Lisa D Show" we'll talk to Chris Babcock for our weekly dose of news analysis on news that matters to you!

We'll also talk with Ernie Hernandez about a very exciting fundraiser on March 27 benefitting El Paso Sun City Pride. Hernandez secured Skyy Vodka, Ardovino's Desert Crossing and Southern Wine and Spirits to throw a fantastic party feaurting El Paso native and celebrity Bo Dixon.

Bo Dixon will be signing his new beefcake calendar and raffling off workout sessions for interested parties. Proceeds will go towards outreach, education and events sponsored by El Paso Sun City Pride.

"El Paso Sun City Pride celebrates the present, envisions the future and honors the past accomplishments of our community through the visibility and awareness created by progressive policies already in place in our beautiful city of El Paso. “Coming Out” marks the beginning of the gay self-realization process; “Pride” marks its culmination.

In addition to celebrating our positive contributions, our sexual identity, our cultures, our families, our accomplishments, our individuality and our on-going struggle for civil rights, EPSCP will help thousands discover the breadth of the LGBT community in El Paso. Community organizations such as ours provide opportunities for education, growth and self-realization, as well as increasing the diversity, visibility and unity, in and between, the LGBT and Straight communities."

Tune into the show from 1-2 p.m. on KHRO 1150 AM or stream the show at www.talkradio1150.com. Call into the show at 915-880-4376.