Another new release this week, one from Alika Lyman the great nephew of Arthur Lyman. We will bring you a conversation with the man himself and play a track from the album for the first time. We tell you what’s reading in the penthouse, an interesting story out of Kentucky, a great book about Howard Hughes and your opportunity to take a flight on one...

There are so many great films with great music so this week are playing some “loungin movie themes” for you all with a connection to a cool movie, plus we talk to our movie guy Kramer about some of the great soundtracks. I’ve got a very cool book about the radio scene in Los Angeles in the fifties, we have lots of parties to attend...

There has been a lot written about Marilyn Monroe, so many books that it boggles my mind when someone brings out another. This week I have an interesting man who takes a completely different look at the Monroe persona. Coming up more on the Princess Grace bio pic and the controversy around it. We checkout a book on Johnny Carson and reveal our winner of...

It’s back to the night clubs of old as we check out some classic comedy, another from Shelley Berman about the finance company. My second book has finally been released so some news on that and your chance to win a copy. We find out what has happened to the rare Corvettes that went down a sink hole in Kentucky and we take a look...

Talking about the TV show Mannix on this edition of the Cocktail Nation with the author of a new book on the subject. I’ve got a cool way to give your kitchen that retro feel in your pad, we find out what has been happening with the 1957 Plymouth that was buried in the ground in Tulsa and exhumed in 2007. News on what the...