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Fort Myers Beach mayor talks about Ian recovery

October 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(FORT MYERS, Fla.) — The Florida barrier islands were hit the worst by Hurricane Ian as teams are still working to survey the damage and conduct search and rescues.

Fort Myers Beach Mayor Ray Murphy spoke with ABC News Live’s Linsey Davis Tuesday night to discuss the latest updates.

ABC NEWS LIVE: What is going on the ground right now? What’s the first step in recovery at this point?

RAY MURPHY: Well, the first step, of course, is finishing this search and rescue. As soon as they get done with that, we can go in and start hauling off the debris and getting our utilities back up and so forth. So, there’s a lot else going on simultaneously with the search and rescue.

ABC NEWS LIVE: [I’m] curious to know what the short-term plan is with regard to two children who need to go back to school and stay local in order to do that, potentially?

MURPHY: Our local school on the beach was destroyed as the other schools on the barrier islands were. So, I imagine the school district of Lee County will be determining where these children will be taken off the island and put into schools. I imagine that’ll be close to where they’ve been evacuated, too, because they certainly won’t be able to go to the schools that are here.

ABC NEWS LIVE: And what’s the long-term plan at this point?

MURPHY: Well, the long-term plan is to this is to rebuild our facilities. But as you say that that is long term, it’s going to take some time. But step by step, we have to clear the island first, get all the debris off the island, and then whoever can repair, make remedial repairs to their places and get back in can do that. Although there won’t be too many of them. There will be there’s going to be a lot of major repairs going on. Nobody was spared this storm. Every structure on the island. So, there’s going to be a big, big job ahead of us. But we’re up to the task. And I look forward to the challenge of it.

ABC NEWS LIVE: When you say there is a big job ahead, where does the money come from to rebuild, to tear down, to restore what the town is lost?

MURPHY: I’m sure in the short term, they’ll be there’ll be FEMA funds available and hopefully everybody had insurance on their properties that they’ll be able to make claims on to rebuild or they won’t. Or people may decide that’s one hurricane too much for me.

ABC NEWS LIVE: President Joe Biden is expected to visit Florida tomorrow. If you get a chance to talk to the president, what do you think your message will be to him?

MURPHY: Well, I’ll first of all, express my gratitude for coming down. And my message will be, so, President Biden, we can use all the help from the federal government.

We’re going to need assistance from our partners on the federal level. And I think I can count on the president to help us out down here.

ABC NEWS LIVE: And lastly mayor, when you envision the future, how do you see Fort Myers Beach now?

MURPHY: Well, I envision it with the rebuilds. People building up to today’s codes and the building stock being so much better. You can still have the same type of architecture and beachy cottages and all that sort of thing, but you just have to build them strong. All of the newer houses that have been built on the beach over the years, all the concrete homes, they did exactly what they were supposed to do. The water rushed through the bottom, blew it out, and the houses remain standing.

So that’s how the beach, any barrier islands for that matter, has to rebuild. If you’re going to live on the coastal barrier island, you have to build. You have to build so the buildings will stand. And so, I foresee a great future for the beach. Know people will always want to come to beachfront property and there’s a certain amount of the population, no matter what happens, they’ll come back to barrier islands. And so, I see a bright future, actually, and I look forward to seeing it happen.

Women spend about double the amount of time on chores than men do: Study

October 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — Women are more likely to spend double the amount of time than men caregiving, tackling chores and doing housework — all tasks that can lead to a greater impact on mental health and even burnout, according to a new study in the medical journal The Lancet Public Health.

Researchers analyzed data from 19 studies which included data from over 70,000 individuals around the world for study. They found women in the U.S. spend about four-and-a-half hours per day caring for their families and homes while men spend about 2.8 hours a day on the same or similar tasks.

All the household work and caregiving — typically unpaid and “invisible” labor — can in turn take a major toll on women’s mental health.

For Tessa Kerley, a mom of two, the caregiving and housework work begins first thing in the mornings, before she leaves home for work as a full-time teacher.

“My husband has already left for work, so it is me getting two kids out the door,” Kerley told “Good Morning America” in a video message.

“I’m leaving my house a mess. But it’s one of those things that it will just stay that way until I get home,” she said.

Katie Clark, also a mom to two kids, says getting her family out the door in the mornings can be a challenge.

“Me and my husband have a really good routine down. We both wake up with the kids,” Clark told “GMA.” “Today, I’m going to be dropping the boys off at school because my husband has to go into the office, so I’ll drop them off at day care and then I have to get on my way and get to work.”

Jennifer Esguerra is also a working mom and has three children. Sometimes, Esguerra has to travel for work and she told “GMA” juggling it all can be stressful.

“I was up at 4 a.m. yesterday morning to be on a 5:55 a.m. flight and now I’m back at the airport trying to get home to my 6-month-old, 3-year-old and 5-year-old, and my flight was canceled,” Esguerra explained in a recent video message. “Being a working mom isn’t easy.”

Eve Rodsky, the bestselling author of “Fair Play” and a mom herself, says the type of unpaid labor women take on can be a factor in women’s mental health as much as the amount of time is spent doing it.

“Men hold cards that they can do at their own timetable, like mowing the lawn, whereas women are the ones still, to this day, responsible for tasks like meal planning, responsible for grocery shopping and responsible for things like going to get their children when they’re sick, if a school calls,” Rodsky said.

After speaking with moms during the pandemic, Rodsky came up with a list of the top chores she said negatively affect mothers’ mental health the most.

Author Eve Rodsky identified twelve chores that working mothers told her they do often and which she says can negatively impact mothers’ mental health.

The Dirty Dozen Tasks Affecting Moms’ Mental Health

Laundry
Groceries
Meals
Home Supplies
Tidying Up
Cleaning Dishes
Garbage
Discipline
Screen Time
Homework
Watching the Kids
Managing Social Interactions

There are many reasons why women may tend to assume more responsibilities at home or when it comes to raising children. Many say the patterns often start before kids are born, with fathers given less or no paid paternity leave. The shift in household chores then don’t likely change after mothers return to work.

In her 2019 book, Rodsky provided tips for working parents to improve their household and time management situations. Among her tips are four key rules that parents can consider when dividing chores and determining who does what type of work:

All time is created equal.
Reclaim your right to be interesting.
Start where you are now.
Establish your values and standards.

Parents can list out all chores and split them into four categories, as Rodsky recommends in her book and in the book’s accompanying card game, which is available as a free download after a book purchase — Home (handling dishes, groceries), Out (transporting kids), Caregiving (medical, dental appointments) and Magic (because it takes time to play Santa or the Tooth Fairy).

The Lancet Public Health study is the latest report illustrating the broad gap and labor divide between women and men. A 2021 analysis from the Center for Global Development also found that women on average provide three times more child care during the pandemic than men. Another 2021 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation also found that women were likely to experience more stress from the pandemic’s impact than men.

Out-of-print Sly & the Family Stone biography to be published again next week

October 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

An updated edition of the long-out-of-print 1998 Sly & the Family Stone biography is scheduled to be published on Tuesday, October 11.

Sly & the Family Stone: An Oral History was written by veteran music critic and author Joel Selvin, who conducted dozens of interviews with all of the influential Bay Area rock-and-soul band’s members, except the group’s eccentric and reclusive frontman, Sylvester Stewart, a.k.a. Sly Stone.

Selvin also interviewed a variety of other musicians and figures associated with Sly & the Family Stone, including Jefferson Airplane‘s Grace Slick, soul great Bobby Womack, Beau Brummels frontman Sal Valentino, Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and legendary music mogul Clive Davis.

The book documents the band’s rise to stardom and Sly’s descent into drug abuse and paranoia after the band relocated to Southern California in 1970.

A key figure in helping Selvin put the book together was Hamp “Bubba” Banks, Sly’s good friend and a part of Stone’s inner circle, who shared many of his firsthand experiences with the volatile musician. Banks also put the author in touch with many other figures close to Sly who were interviewed for the book.

To order Sly & the Family Stone: An Oral History, visit PermutedPress.com.

Sly & the Family Stone was the first major U.S. rock band to boast a racially integrated lineup featuring men and women. During their heyday in the late 1960s and early ’70s, the band released three chart-topping singles — “Everyday People,” “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” and “Family Affair” — and scored such other major hits as “Hot Fun in the Summertime” and “Dance to the Music.” They were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

Deluxe 50th anniversary reissue of Bob Weir’s solo debut album, ‘Ace,’ due in January

October 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

An expanded 50th anniversary reissue of Grateful Dead singer/guitarist Bob Weir‘s 1972 debut solo album, Ace, will be released on January 13, 2023 in multiple formats.

The deluxe reissue will be available digitally and as a two-CD set, and will feature a newly remastered version of the original album as well as Weir and his side group Wolf Bros‘ full live performance of Ace at New York’s Radio City Music Hall back in April.

In addition, custom vinyl LP featuring the new Ace remaster will be available exclusively at Dead.net; a pearl-white vinyl will drop on January 13 and a black vinyl on February 3.

Released on May 1, 1972, Ace featured all of Weir’s Grateful Dead bandmates, except for keyboardist Rod “Pigpen” McKernan, as his backing group. The eight-track collection included a number songs that the Grateful Dead also performed and recorded, such as “Playing in the Band,” “Mexicali Blues” and “One More Saturday Night.”

The Radio City Music Hall show featured Weir and Wolf Bros augmented by string and brass quintet and pedal-steel player Barry Sless as well as special guests Tyler Childers and Brittney Spencer.

Weir and Wolf Bros’ performance of “Black-Throated Wind” from the show will be included in the recently announced charity compilation Good Music to Ensure Safe Abortion Access to All. The album will be released this Friday, October 7, exclusively on Bandcamp; it will only be available for 24 hours.

The remastered mix of the Ace song “Cassidy” is available now as an advance digital single from the forthcoming reissue.

You can preorder the Ace: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition now.

Here’s the full track list:

Disc One: Original Album (2023 Remaster)
“Greatest Story Ever Told”
“Black-Throated Wind”
“Walk in the Sunshine”
“Playing in the Band”
“Looks Like Rain”
“Mexicali Blues”
“One More Saturday Night”
“Cassidy”

Disc Two: Live at Radio City Music Hall, New York NY (4/3/22)
“Greatest Story Ever Told” — featuring Tyler Childers
“Black-Throated Wind”
“Walk in the Sunshine” — featuring Brittney Spencer
“Playing in the Band”
“Looks Like Rain” — featuring Brittney Spencer
“Mexicali Blues” (Intro)
“Mexicali Blues”
“One More Saturday Night”
“Cassidy”

Christian Bale on the “monotony” of making ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

October 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Thor: Love and Thunder made a mint at the box office, taking in more than $760 million worldwide. But the Taika Waititi film also has the dubious distinction of being the lowest audience-rated Thor movie on Rotten Tomatoes.

Now, in an interview with GQ, Christian Bale, who played the heavy Gorr The God Butcher, is venting.

Bale recalled thinking, “‘This looks like an intriguing character; I might be able to do something with this, who knows?”

He added of Waititi’s previous Thor film, “…I’d liked Ragnarok. I took my son to see Ragnarok. He was climbing like a monkey all across [the seats] and then he was like, ‘Oh, I’ve had enough now, let’s get on.’ I was like, ‘No, no, no. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.’ I was just like, ‘I want to finish it.'”

That said, Love and Thunder‘s reliance on computer-generated effects was apparently not for Bale. “That’s the first time I’ve done that,” he says of acting against green-screen sets. “I mean, the definition of it is monotony. You’ve got good people. You’ve got other actors who are far more experienced at it than me. Can you differentiate one day from the next? No. Absolutely not. You have no idea what to do.”

“I couldn’t even differentiate one stage from the next,” he continued. “They kept saying, ‘You’re on Stage Three.’ Well, it’s like, ‘Which one is that?’ ‘The blue one.’ They’re like, ‘Yeah. But you’re on Stage Seven.’ ‘Which one is that?’ ‘The blue one.’ I was like, ‘Uh, where?'”

Thor: Love and Thunder is now streaming on Disney+.

Disney is the parent company of ABC News.

Kanye West trades barbs with Khloé Kardashian regarding Kim and custody of his children

October 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

A recent post from Kanye West about his custody situation with ex Kim Kardashian brought the protective little sister side out of Khloé.

In case you haven’t been keeping up with the Kardashians, they recently threw a birthday party for Chicago West, Kim’s 4-year-old daughter with Ye.

Ye complained the reality show clan “is [keeping] me from seeing my daughter,” and he “didn’t know where my child was on her birthday.”

Khloé replied, “Again with the birthday narrative. Enough already. We all know the truth and in my opinion, everyone’s tired of it. You know exactly where your children are at all times and YOU wanted separate birthdays. I have seen all of the texts to prove it. And when you changed your mind and wanted to attend, you came.”

She also pleaded, “Ye, I love you. I don’t want to do this on social media but YOU keep bringing it here. You are the father of my nieces and nephews and I’m trying to be respectful but please STOP tearing Kimberly down and using our family when you want to deflect.”

For his part, Ye screencapped Khloe’s response and posted in all-caps, “You are lying and are liars yall basically kidnapped Chicago on her birthday so she could remember her father note being there.”

He then said, perhaps of Kylie Jenner‘s baby daddy Travis Scott or Kourtney Kardashian‘s husband Travis Barker, “Trav game the address of my childs [sic] party thats how yall play with black fathers.”

Kanye also claimed the Kardashians threw a birthday party for his youngest son with Kim, Psalm, while he was “flying home from Japan” to see him. “The first I heard about it was seeing pics of the party online,” he said.

Talkin’ ’bout Codigo: George Strait on his love of tequila

October 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

For George Strait, Codigo 1530 Tequila isn’t just a drink, it’s an experience.

Now a partner of the private brand, George’s friends introduced him to Codigo more than a decade ago during a trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. He became an instant fan, as Codigo helped to expand his palate.

“I drank a little bit of tequila, but, when I did, it would go into a shot and I tried to get the taste out of my mouth as fast as I could with some lime and salt,” George describes of his previous tequila drinking habits.”[Codigo] was like a new thing for me. A drink that wasn’t like the typical tequila that I’ve ever tasted. It’s definitely my drink of choice now.”

When it comes to tequila-based drinks, he’s not a fan of sweet margaritas, but does enjoy a paloma. But for the country superstar, nothing beats a glass of straight Añejo tequila on the rocks.

Though he keeps drinking to a minimal at his live shows, George will bust out a bottle of tequila for celebratory moments backstage with his band and crew.

“For years, it’s kind of been a tradition for me and the band, after the show before we go back out for an encore, we’ll celebrate with a shot of tequila and then we’ll go back out for the encore,” he explains.

Codigo is so good that George wrote a song about it in 2018.

Diddy denies long-running rumors that he steals from his artists; claims Ma$e owes him $3 million

October 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Diddy denies long-running rumors that he steals from his artists; claims Ma$e owes him million

Diddy is attempting to clear his name of long-running allegations that he’s stolen from his artists over the years.

In a recent interview with The Breakfast Club, he spoke candidly about his business relations with his artists and denies claims that he owes any of them money.

“There has been negative propaganda put out about me that’s not true,” he said. “And has really stained — tried to stain — my legacy.”

In part of a lengthy answer to the question on many people’s mind, Diddy said, “If you think that I’m a scumbag that would ever steal anything — my name is Diddy.” He added, “I never took nothing from nobody a day in my life. All I’ve ever given is opportunity…”

“So, you’re saying you don’t steal from artists?” Charlamagne Tha God reiterates. “Never, never,” Diddy responded.

Referring to Ma$e, one the most notable artists who’s called the producer out, Diddy said, “First of all, I didn’t do nothing to him.”

“I did one album with Ma$e, how much money do you think I owe this guy?” continued the New York entertainer, who seemed annoyed at discussing the issues between he and the former Bad Boy rapper. He then took jabs at Ma$e, calling him a “fake pastor.”

“And [he] went and conned people,” Diddy continued. “And y’all gone let him throw dirt on the God’s name?”

After asserting that he’ll organize some sort of meeting with any artist who’s willing, Diddy said that Ma$e owes him $3 million.

“That’s facts, I got the receipts,” he said.

He added he’s done being quiet about the issue: “I’m back outside and I’m fighting back for us. And I’m also doing some fighting back for me,” he expressed.

Steve Perry gives fans a taste of new holiday tune via a TikTok video

October 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Last week, Steve Perry posted a message on social media teasing his plans to release new Christmas music soon. Now, the ex-Journey singer has shared a TikTok video featuring him singing a bit of what appears to be a new original holiday tune called “Maybe This Year.”

“Hello, everyone. I’m Steve Perry, and this is my recording studio,” Perry says in the clip. He continues, “And these are my holiday lights, and these are my holiday assistants,” showing Christmas lights, a teddy bear, a plush Santa doll and another children’s toy decorating some of his recording equipment.

Steve then says, “And I’m only wishing one thing for each and every one of us, from the bottom of my heart, I swear” and proceeds to croon, “Maybe this year we can try holding on to our love.” He adds, “Maybe this year, you know?”

On September 26, Perry posted a drawing on his social media pages of a grinning, crazed-looking depiction of himself wearing a Santa Claus hat. The caption read in part, “Maybe This Year one NEW SP original Holiday song, plus one more, could be coming!”

Perry’s most recent solo album is the holiday collection The Season, which was released in 2021.

Lainey Wilson named CMT Breakout Artist of the Year for 2022 CMT Artists of the Year event

October 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Lainey Wilson has been named CMT’s Breakout Artist of the Year. She will be celebrated at the 2022 CMT Artists of the Year celebration, set to take place on Friday, October 14 in Nashville.

“This past year has been a wild ride,” says Lainey, who earned her first two chart-topping hit singles with “Things a Man Oughta Know” and “Never Say Never” with Cole Swindell.

“To be considered for this award reinforces that the years of hard work my team and I have put in was well worth it,” the singer continues. “The team at CMT feels like family, and the way they genuinely support artists on their platform is so special and important for dreamers like me.”

Previous Breakout Artist of the Year nominees include Ashley McBryde, Mickey Guyton, Kelsea Ballerini and Chris Stapleton.

This Artists of the Year Ceremony will also celebrate a roster of country’s current hitmakers, including Carly Pearce, Kane Brown, Cody Johnson, Luke Combs and Walker Hayes. Kane and Luke are returning honorees at the ceremony, while Carly, Walker and Cody are all being honored for the first time.

Taking place at at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center, the CMT Artists of the Year event will broadcast on October 14 at 9 p.m. on CMT.

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