Beth and I did a radio interview today in downtown Sacramento… fine enough…. after a couple segments, some questions to and fro, during one of the breaks (while DJ Mike played a song from the album), we went off air and Beth and Rob asked me, “Seriously, what is that song about?” I told them how I had never explained this particular song, ever, to anyone… but, OFF THE RECORD, I would tell them… and made them swear with their pinkies and their lifelong allegiance to silence and secrecy…

I then went on to tell them in detail the amazing, naked truth and meaning behind the song, the specific life incident, something so juicy and traumatic.

Thirty seconds before we went back on the air, DJ Mike came back in to settle into his seat, with a rosy, tinted face, literally red… “Um, Michael…. I don’t know how to tell you this….. but… your mic has been on this WHOLE time… everything you were saying was going out on the air…”

??!!

I thought he was pulling my leg and playing a horrific joke on me, as we had just discussed earlier in the interview that my birthday was on April Fools Day…

After repeating his apology 5 or 6 times, trying to convince me he was not joking, it finally sunk in and my stomach dropped out from under me and I had to swallow the giant watermelon in my throat… and immediately get back on air to finish the interview…

As soon as the show ended, I listened to the recorded broadcast with headphones and burning ears… yes, several things could be heard… we cut the song from the podcast and re-inserted a “clean” version for the archives…

Lesson learned… never be naked and tell your darkest secrets with a microphone in your face…

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