The Osiris Munir Show LA Talk Radio

We take a long and hard look into black horror and its roots stemming all the way from Africa and NY Orleans the birth place of Madame Marie Laveau. Southern culture specifically when we et into Haitian culture and its Yoruba and gods and deities. Its strong hold on the hearts and minds of black culture and how we plan to move forward.. We talk about Abby, one of the first black horror films made in the 70's then. Blacula, Scream Blacula Scream, starring Pam Grier and William Marshall are black cult classics.

There are no words that truly describe the human personality known as, Geoffrey Mark. He is an Emmy award winner, grammy nominated, soulful, heartfelt and quite the performer. Mentored and loved by those who we can only dream about meeting, and without trying, Geoffrey is able to make their acquaintance as if it were nothing. A one of a kind, and proud to be out, Geoffrey has accomplished many things in this lifetime. Ethel Merman, Lucille Ball, and Ella Fitzgerald would have been too much for some dear souls to handle, but Geoffrey stepped right up to the plate and started swinging. Most recently, his accounts of knowing the one and only Michael Jackson, led to some slanderous remarks from outsiders who obviously don’t know the first thing about Michael Jackson nor the likes of Geoffrey Mark. Of course, there were conversations and moments of indulging in the most private of details about those assigned to take care of his medical health, but outside of that there was no his talking about his siblings or if they had some sort of close spiritual bond. Michaels doctors and Aaron, who he said tried to woo him with gifts of money and prestige, and that he turned him down on many occasion as he felt like he was not for sale. This is how he initially met MJ. Geoffrey did say though that if there was any sibling that he might have been close to, it would have been LaToya. Then as only Geoffrey can do, we talked about Milton Berle and his perfectly endowed big and precious thing. He spoke of how some of his past lovers had been prominent and how he sat in rooms that had walls so that only those with a pair of privileged ears could hear the things that were spoken within them. Geoffrey certainly has a very nice set of ears made just for these kind of settings. Perhaps this is why he is an award winning histographer. You must understand that this man has had to weather being Jewish and gay and which of those parts of him may be challenged by the world who knows but he has handled it courageously while having a heart that continues to remain open. He recalls all of those who have gone on ahead and who left him behind to tell the story, knowing that he would always speak of them in the highest of regards and tell the story right. He spoke of and paid homage to his friends like Howard Storm who was a prominent club comedian who directed Mork and Mindy and whom he had the honor of knowing. He said that Howard did a lot of things that went unnoticed. I asked Geoffrey what was the biggest privacy issue that celebrities had to be concerned with? He said, there is nit just one thing and so to explain in short form, back in the day when everything was controlled by publicist, no one could just call up a celebrity. You had to go through a record label, studio, radio network or something, today, every telephone has a camera everywhere you go. There is really no privacy. We gave a shout out to his publicist Harlan Boll who is recovering and healing from hip surgery. Plugging his projects, Geoffrey Mark plays Ella. GPE on 39 platforms. He gives you facts and stories about the music, the musicians, how they played and how it was arranged and about Ella herself. That comes out Sundays in time for brunch. Every week on Wednesdays live at 4PM PST, there is Still Tokin With Ben Bartlett, where they sit out in a very relaxed setting in a back yard talking with some of the most fascinating people. It’s on the same 39 platforms. He is still working on two books and has a GPE PRESENTS page on FB and if that isn’t enough, he has 3 running podcasts and is working in a 4th and they are all very different. All that I can say is that if you should ever see a bright and colorful magnetic being passing out giggles, laughs and a genuine smile,, it’s probably just Geoffrey making his mark. @GeoffreyMark, #GeoffreyMark across all social media.

Osiris discusses the movie Michael and the us, downs and misunderstandings of the entertainment industry.