Kid's Talk Radio

The Worlds Largest Rock n Roll Band

Kid's talk radio — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:50:39 GMT

The Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Banc (LSJUMB)

For three years Kid’s Talk Radio has been following the most amazing college band in America. One look at this band and you know you are in for a good time. When then play at a Stanford Women’s College Volleyball Game that take the team over the top.

Kid’s Talk Radio is conducting a five-part interview of this amazing band and we will bring it to year each week. Welcome to Part One.

The Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band (LSJUMB) is the student marching band of Stanford University. Billing itself as "The World's Largest Rock and Roll Band," it performs at sporting events, student activities, and other functions. Technically, it is not actually a marching band but rather a scatter band.

A Rolling Stone writer once said of the band, "It's hard for anyone raised on rock to imagine that a band could sound this loud without thousands of watts of amplification."

The band's repertoire is heavy on classic rock of the 1970s, particularly songs by Tower of Power, Santana, and The Who. In the '90s, more modern music was introduced, including songs by Green Day and The Offspring. The de facto fight song is "All Right Now," originally performed by Free. The band prides itself on its vast song selection, never playing the same song twice in one day, and has a library of over one thousand songs at its disposal, nearly one hundred of which are in active rotation. One of the first collegiate marching bands to record and release their music, the band has produced twelve albums since 1967. Arrangements focus on the loudest brass instruments—trumpets, mellophones, and trombones—and percussion—one bass drum (called the Axis of Rhythm), snare drums, and single tenor drums. Many traditional band instruments like bells and glockenspiels are altogether absent.

Traditional "marching" is also missing, as the band "scatters" from one formation to the next. The halftime field shows feature formations that are silly or suggestive shapes, as well as words (sometimes of the obscene variety). A team of Stanford students, generally not band members, writes a script for the halftime show explaining to some degree what the band is doing in any given formation. The announcer reads this script over the public address system.

The band is one of a few American college "marching" bands with a song on iTunes with "Golgi Apparatus".

Kid’s Talk Radio has had the pleasure of shooting a very up close and personal video of this great band, 2008 conductor and five of the bands special cheerleaders called the “Dollies”.

The Dollies, a five-member dance group, and the Stanford Tree, the University's de facto mascot (the de jure mascot is the color cardinal), operate under the band's aegis.

The Dollies, who are all female, are a dance group, rather than cheerleaders, per se. They tend to get the attention usually accorded cheerleaders though--more attention even than the official cheerleaders, which are part of the Stanford Athletic Department.

Dollie try-outs are held on "Dollie Day," when potential Dollies demonstrate their ability in front of the entire assembled band. Each year's new Dollie cadre is revealed at the annual "Dollie Splash," where the Dollies give their debut dance for the public followed by a dunking in the Stanford Claw.

Dollies serve one-year terms, are managed by their Dollie Daddy/Mama (the Band's assistant manager or "ass-man"), and choreograph all their own routines and design their own costumes. Traditional costume colors are red for the fall, cardinal for the winter, and white for the spring.

Back to School Sports

Kid's talk radio — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:00:43 GMT

Where in the World is Bob Barboza this week?

Each week I am on the road looking for stories for Kid’s Talk Radio. I just spent the weekend watching the Stanford Women’s Volleyball team play St. Mary’s and Cal Poly. It was great to visit one of my favorite places Pismo Beach, located just 12 miles south of Cal Poly off Highway 101. The view of the Pacific Ocean at this time of the year is just fantastic.

Stanford beat St. Mary’s in three and the Cal Poly game turned out to be a thriller! One player hit five aces in row against Stanford. The house was packed. I love to see a women’s sporting event packed. The band and the pep team took up an entire section in the stands. Stanford won the game in four but it was not easy.

More of the college:

Bronco Fusion, a daylong event to welcome new students to campus, begins at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 24, the day before classes start. All new incoming students are encouraged to attend workshops, learn about key academic support services, buy books, get a head start on classes, participate in a mixer, and connect with faculty, staff and other students. The event also includes a free barbecue dinner in the Engineering Meadow and a Club Fair in the Library Walkway.

Bronco Fusion wraps up with a free concert sponsored by Associated Students, Inc. from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Local favorite Rx Bandits will be this year's headlining band, and other performances include a mix of indie, progressive and alternative rock music. For more information about Bronco Fusion, visit www.csupomona.edu/~broncofusion.

If you are traveling up the Pacific Coast pull off the road and pay a visit to Cal Poly the campus is open and a must see if you are in the area.

Kerri Walsh Visits Stanford

Kid's talk radio — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:30:02 GMT

This was a good week to get an autograph.

Where in the world is Bob Barboza this week?

Some thoughts that ran through my head as I witnessed Karri Walsh and the Stanford Women’s Volleyball Team signing autographs last weekend.

LOOKING BACK: Stanford played its first matches on The Farm last week, and put up a perfect sweep of the competition at the Stanford Invitational. Former Cardinal great Kerri Walsh made an appearance at the home opener Thursday, and the team put on an impressive show for her with a sweep of New Mexico State. After routing UC Santa Barbara on Friday night, the Cardinal hit .429 to crush Santa Clara in three sets in the tournament title match. Sophomore Alix Klineman led Stanford offensively in all three matches, and was named the Stanford Invitational MVP. The entire team stayed after the volleyball game to sign autographs. Each fan received a poster signed by the Stanford Women’s Volleyball Team.

Many celebrities still enjoy signing autographs for free for fans, keeping it an interesting hobby. Hilary Duff has publicly lashed-out at other teen idol stars who avoid autograph collectors.[citation needed] Art Carney also enjoyed signing autographs until his death in November 2003.[citation needed]

Many people are not willing to distribute their signature—at least not for free. Sports personalities in this category include most baseball players, including the majority of the New York Yankees, Joe Dimaggio, and most notoriously, Barry Bonds. Other sports stars who try to avoid signing whenever possible are Bill Russell, who does not sign at all in public and only sparingly at private signing sessions. Michael Jordan, would not and could not sign for most of his career because people's safety was at risk due to frenzied attempts to get his signature, which is worth hundreds of dollars. Jordan has frequently signed at more peaceful events, such as golf tournaments. It is also difficult to get Michael Jackson's autograph. A typical scenario is hundreds of fans in a crush waiting by Jackson's hotel, with Jackson signing five or ten autographs as he rushes to his vehicle.

Realizing the potential profit in the sale of pop culture autographs, many dealers also would wait for hours for a celebrity to emerge from a location, present several photos for the celebrity to sign and then sell most of them. Some dealers would locate a celebrity's home address and write to them repeatedly asking for autographs. The celebrities soon grew tired of the practice and limited their responses. Because of the many autographs a celebrity might sign over time, some check requests against a record of past requests. Boxer George Foreman, for instance, records the names and addresses of every person requesting an autograph to limit such abuses.

Volleyball Six Man in Manhattan Beach, California

Kid's talk radio — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:15:08 GMT

Volleyball, I love this game!

Where in the world is Bob? I was in Manhattan Beach with some of the best volleyball players in the country. Players from all parts of the country were in attendance. It was great seeing players from UCLA, USC, Santa Barbara, Clifornia State University,Long Beach and Stanford University. Some of these college players will start their officail playing seasons around August 8, 2008. Take a look at my photo of the guys in the Los Angeles Laker uniforms. If you look real hard you will see a real Laker. Who do you think it is?

Where in the world is Bob?

Kid's talk radio — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:54:21 GMT

Where in the world is Bob Barboza today. He is at the Apple Store in Costa Mesa, California. Even the "King of Software" needs intensive training from time to time. Barboza is learning "Logic" by Apple Computer. His instructor is the "Logic Master" Darren Burgos. Darren has over ten years experience working with the program Logic. In software years, ten years equals 20 years.

Bob and Darren are working on plans to demonstrate the program "Logic", Handsonic Drums, and some original visual jazz music written for band and computer. They plan on using all of these powerful tools to support storytellers. The storytellers tell their stories and we provide all of the music and sound effects.

We are happy to answer any of your questions. Just send us an e-mail at Suprschool@aol.com.

Bob is in San Diego

Kid's talk radio — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:45:22 GMT

Kid's Talk Radio-San Diego, CA, July 9, 2008- Bob Barboza is in beautiful San Diego at the Read 180 National Summer Institute. This is a professional development institute with some of the nation's leading literacy experts. The focus is on raising achievement for READ 180 students using the nation's leading research-based intervention programs. Educators have opportunities to share successes, teaching tools, and classroom ideas. This institute helps to strengthen the READ 180 community by connecting with colleagues from across the nation.

This is the third annual READ 180 National Summer Institute in San Diego, California, at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, July 9-12, 2008. Some of the authors include: Marilyn Adams, Rich Allen, Sharon Draper, Kevin Feldman, Ted Hasselbring, Kate Kinsella, and Pam Munoz Ryan.

What is READ 180?

READ 180 is a comprehensive reading intervention program designed to meet the needs of students in elementary through high school whose reading achievement is below the proficient level. These struggling readers have deficits in their understanding of the reading process and gaps in their foundational skills. READ 180 is built to address these gaps by directly addressing individual needs through instructional software, high-interest literature, and direct instruction in reading skills.

I had the opportunity to talk with teachers during the morning breakfast. Teachers seem to be excited about the institute and they are happy to have the opportunity to get a deeper understand of READ 180. School administrators love the new training materials and the thumb drive full of useful forms and management tools. It appears that this national summer institute will help kids in the long run. We will have more as the week progresses.

Bob Barboza in Claremont, California

Kid's talk radio — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:54:37 GMT

Bob Barboza took a trip to Claremont to talk to Uncle Jim about becoming a Super Sub. At the same time I got a chance to see a fantastic Fourth of July street show. It was great to see a whole community come to gether for one day of peace and fun. Thank you Claremont, California.

The 2008 TIE (Technology in Education)

Kid's talk radio — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:19:14 GMT

Bob Barboza is still at the beautiful Copper Mountain Ski Resort speaking at the 2008 TIE Conference. Bob spent time recruiting teachers to join The Great American Story Writing Contest. We are looking for stories about the Olympics. Do you have a story that we can use? In addition, Bob did a two hour presentation about Kid's Talk Radio and the Super Subs.

Copper Mountain is the best place in the United States to have a teacher's conference. Check out the photos.

Fireworks Show

After the Vendor Gala on Wednesday evening, I went down to the West Lake to see the fireworks show. We were treated to outdoor music and lots of good conversations with Colorado teachers.