Whispered Pearls

It's a heat wave in Los Angeles. People are dying. Sally Menke, Quentin Tarantino's editor, died while out for a walk at 9 am. Temps reached 113 degrees that day. Miche starts thinking of death a lot. Miche's spiritual thoughts about death. Miche has no regrets. The 88 with "Center of the Sun." Miche wants to live to be 100. Tackling masturbation head on. Miche gives Christine O'Donnell a sex primer. Pleasure vs. lust. Mean Gene Kelton and the Diehards with "My Baby Don't Wear No Panties," available on Music Alley, http://music.mevio.com. Lust and love and masturbation. Miche is naked. Munk with "Just Stockings On," available on Music Alley, http://music.mevio.com. On the pleasure of ripped stockings. On treating women like whores. Whether or not it's a relationship killer. Abuse is not an option. A nice slap is sexy sometimes, though. Sadism vs. great sex. Say No to pain and abuse. The healthy sex life vs. sexual deviance. Shadow Shadow Shade with "Is This a Tempest in the Shape of a Bell?" Section Quartet with "Juicebox." Register to vote!

Miche has been sick with bronchitis. Sorry about that. Mossi with "Make Love, Not War," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). A horrific BDSM story from Missouri. Miche doesn't get it. "Girl with a Dragon Tattoo." Miche didn't like it. What's with all this increased brutality and violence? Laura Lambert with "In My Dreams," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Cosmo believes the hairy bush is returning. True Blood on the cover of the Rolling Stone. The three leads, naked and bloodied, which makes it a collector's item. Stephen Moyer's junk sock goes for $1,650. on Ebay. Morphologue with "Wild Cherry Cream," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Miche considers exploring some dating sites. Checks out OK Cupid. Are you in recovery, or are you not? Midlake with "Acts of Man." Can't we all just get along? Some thoughts about Sept. 11. Angels and Airwaves with "Clever Love," offered free at http://www.angelsandairwaves.com.

It's a hot one in LA right now. Bob Mould with "The Silence Between Us," available on Music Alley, http://music.mevio.com. Elizabeth Hasselbeck's pearls of wisdom: "Older women become lesbians because they just can't get a man." Miche disputes this. On being alone. Is Elizabeth Hasselbeck happy? People are choosing to sleep apart. Johnny Reade with "You Got a Hole In Your Heart," available on Music Alley, http://music.mevio.com. Arnold's 5 Ways to Create a Better Life. 1. Believe in Yourself. .2. See struggle and failure as something positive. Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah with "Love Song No. 7," available on Music Alley, http://music.mevio.com. 3. Go the extra mile. 4. Go workout. 5. Go help others. Art Linton with "Aimlessly in Love," available on Music Alley, http://music.mevio.com. How important it is to face our fears, and accept the dealbreakers. Justin Bieber, slowed down 800 percent. Available here: http://gawker.com/5614579/how-to-make-justin-bieber-sou nd-incredible-slow-him-down-800-percent. Shadow Shadow Shade with "Perfect Wilderness."

Can we hear an ice cream truck? Kicking the sadness. The All-American Playboys with "If She Wants It," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). The Whispered Pearls mission statement. It's tough out here. Reinventing Erica (@ericaogrady). On ridding ourselves of gossip. Cutting back on magazine purchases. The constant tearing each other down mentality. The pledge. Natalie Brown with "Love Has Called My Name," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). About our president. Yes, We Can! change this country. The real America helps each other. MILLIONS of Americans are out of work. Give us work. Black Lab with "See the Sun," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Envisioning a new reality. Creating our new world. The Milwaukees with "American Girl," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Miche's recovery process. Revisiting the lies that were told. Rethinking a better world. Let's move back to Detroit. Houses are $500. Ray Younkin with "Wild Ocean." The Fucking Eagles with "Baby, I'm Coming Home," both available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). The upcoming election and the Republican Hate Machine. Let's vote for those who do something in Congress. Please reorient your own mind toward compassion. We're Americans. We help each other.

Happy July birthdays! Where is the Love? The Mel Gibson madness. Tender Forever with "Marry Me," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Mistaken identity = rape? How best to plan a gang bang (the things we find online!). What is a fluffer? What kind of men enjoy this? Consenting gang bangs are not rape, apparently. Art Linton with "What About the Love?," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). How pervasive is porn? Men vs. Women in "Knocked Up." On being a voyeur. The rise of Internet porn. What is happening to our world? The Wild Truth with "Don't Let It Go To Your Head," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). It's called "lovemaking" for a reason. Why female Viagra doesn't work. Miche the Orgasmatron. "It doesn't go boom like that." The lost art of seduction. Exploring the world of pleasure. Objectification is so far from the love. The women of Cameroon "ironing their breasts." Lesley Gore with "Better Angels," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Bradley Whitford talks on "Chelsea Lately" about "the myth of female orgasm." Sorry, Jane. Miche's Christmas cookies. It's all about the love. Miche recaps a bit of "Bachelorette." The fantasy suite. Ferraby Lionhart with "Under the Texas Sky."

Miche is shocked, shocked to find that people lie a lot in Hollywood. A real kick in the teeth. Dave Stewart and His Rock Fabulous Orchestra with "Greetings from the Gutter," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Whispered Pearls is all truth, all the time. One of the original web series and how gullible can Miche be? The lies of The Bachelor/Bachelorette shows. More guys with girlfriends. "Bachelor Pad" features all the crazies from past seasons. Can someone PLEASE say a bad word about Ali already?Just one? Can anyone really rock a parka? Stefanie Seskin with "Your Own Road," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). The Weatherman, aka the Rat, returns. What happened to people doing the right thing? Miche doesn't like liars. What is true beauty? Models doing the right thing? Really? Who are the five Kindest People You Know? Azoora with "Restless at the Hacienda," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Magazine roundup. Miche opts to pass on commenting on the "Bests Bodies" issue of People magazine. Esquire and its "Women" issue. Miche does half of the survey for you. Polaradio with "I'm the One." Bob Mould with "Stupid Now," both available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). More survey questions. Low vs. Diamond with "Life After Love." The blowjob where she gets hit very hard.

World Cup? Lakers game? Miche's issues with "The Entertainer" from ice cream trucks. Good vs. Evil. Pippa Rogers with "Happy," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Are you happy? Creating our own reality. Helping each other through life. Are we fundamentally good? Or evil? The dismal state of the world. Running out the doom scenarios, or envisioning a better world? Leerone with "Feel the Love," and Geoff Smith with "Loving on a Big Hill," both available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). The wisdom of age. Changing our mental outlook. The level playing field of Twitter. Wisdom from Stephen Frye. British vs. Americans and taking risks. The BP oil disaster. Spewing blame vs. visualizing change. Let's love each other. Elisabeth Lohninger Quartet with "Beneath the Surface," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). What does the world of your dreams look like? On villas in the south of France. Embracing the journey. Trust the Universe. Roller coaster love. Caren Kennedy with "Dance Our Dance," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com).

Happy May! All about Twitter. Bill Grogan's Goat with "South Australia." Miche's roommate never got Twitter. The chat experience. The IM concept. What chat rooms are really all about. The party concept. The early Internet years. Our spiritual connection. The Hollywood Cafe on AOL. Twitter as evolution of the chat room. Second Life is the chat room come to life. Ram Boola Black with "Swimming Through This Life," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). More on chat rooms. Billy Bourbon with "Tore Up from the Floor Up,"  available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Scrolling. What is the best party ever to you? How do you set that up? The ceiling of 2000. Conan O'Brien as an example of a bad Twitterer. Don't follow only one person. Building a community. Miche doesn't dig the Protected Tweets concept either. How do you start? Look at profiles. What's on your Twitter stream? Have a minimum of 100 peeps that you follow. Don't forget to weed regularly. Antiqcool with "Pearl." Pippa Rogers with "Sooner or Now," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Make your Twitter experience the best party you've ever been to. Companies will be adding ads soon. Miche does follow the Grilled Cheese Truck. Twitter has replaced newspapers for Miche. Follow Miche on Twitter at either @michebel or @michebella.

Fighting through resentments to become a better person. Bad things are just "growth experiences." Learning what it is to love. Traveling along as our own hologram. Pushing us toward connectedness. Getting broken into. The financial crisis, and what we need to learn. Let's not chase the superficial. Abby Travis with "Now Was," available on Music Alley, http://music.mevio.com. Our journey to find love. Finding one's True Love. What does a True Love bring you? Healing our wounds. Beth Thornley with "Wash U Clean," available on Music Alley, http://music.mevio.com. Pursuing LOVE instead of sex. Caren Kennedy with "Just Talking," available on Music Alley, http://music.mevio.com. Growing from the greed to sustenance. Growing from superficiality toward nurturance. Hearing the bell of True Love. Castledoor with "Dumpster Diving," available at http://www.purevolume.com/castledoor. Breaking through the barriers of hurt and fear. Sleeping Beauty, awakened with a kiss. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club with "Last Chance at Love," available on Music Alley, http://music.mevio.com. Billy Bourbon with "Know Each Other Better," available on Music Alley, http://music.mevio.com. Ask the Universe. Just don't crash your car. LOVE!

Miche's disclaimer: everyone else's life is their business. Miche's Love disclaimer. The show about Needs. Andy Joe Stewart with "I Don't Want to Need You," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Miche actually did some research for this show, on Needs. Basic Needs: the ones we need every day or we die. Breathing. Conscious Breathing, by Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks. Lori Lieberman with "He Needs Me," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Emotional Needs. Codependency. Miche's nickname. A healthy couple. Flowers and sunshine. The restaurant question. Della Valle with "All That She Needs," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Sexual Needs. Touch. Kiss. Foreplay. Only do what you're comfortable with. 27 Years with "All I Ever Need," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Amber Ojeda with "All I Need," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Honesty. Communication. One's needs must be met. Polishing your diamond. Universal Human Needs (http://worldempathy.org). Joy is a good goal.

Happy belated Easter! Rejuvenation, renewal and rebirth. People experiencing a lot of changes and difficulty in relationship. Tracy Thorne with "Oh the Divorces!," available at http://www.strangefeelingrecords.com/divorces.html. Adam Curry is back! Thank the heavens. When to divorce. Recognizing when needs change. CC Chapman's query to his listeners. Finding and keeping love is more difficult than having sex. The Descendents with "When I Get Old," available on Music Alley, http://music.mevio.com. Are your needs being met? Are you happy? Celebrities and infidelity: Tiger Woods, Sandra Bullock. Sex addiction: how to tell the signs. If all else fails, send them to Arizona. Bondage and domination. Masks vs. intimacy. Role playing and a bad date Miche had. Bad Religion with "Give You Nothing," and Planet of Women with "Surrender to Cheap Trick," available on Music Alley, http://music.mevio.com. How do you find your needs? Needs can change. Use your heart as a compass. We are responsible for our own happiness. Deep Purple with "Woman from Tokyo," available on Music Alley, http://music.mevio.com. Is your partner good to you? Are you truly cared for? Believe in the transformative power of love. Strangers in Wonderland with "In My Dreams," available on Music Alley, http://music.mevio.com. Whispered Pearls homework. There is no excuse to be miserable. Making mistakes is ok too. Miche goes back to hermitdom.

Yes, this is an episode about sex. Be advised. Miche is recording naked for the first time. Nijole Sparkis with "In My Dreams," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Miche's dream man. Superficial chat or deep discussion: which brings happiness? Tony Vani and Debbie Hoskin with "I Cry," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Cool podcast iPhone apps. The "skinny bitch" syndrome. Why does it persist? Ari Gold's wife. Elizabeth Hurley and Hugh Grant. And Divine Brown. Tiger Woods and his wife. Sex addiction. A mistress back in the day. Men of power. The objectification coin. Say no to fetishists. Marina V. with "The Strength I Need," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Miche is retiring from sex. Trapped in Paradise with "Do You Need Me?," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). What needs to happen. www.sexandthe405.com, great column about blowjobs. Sheri Miller with "Right Here, Right Now," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Asylum.com. How to find Whispered Pearls on your TiVo.

LA has another earthquake. The toxicity of former roommates. Mother's judgment. "You'll never get married." The Bachelor: Jason and Molly get married. Vulture Club with "Wedding," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). A different time. Sex in the 60s. Women's liberation in the 70s. Why get married? Sex, drugs, rock and roll more important. Dreaming of a wedding. Having space in your life for a husband. Miche puts her priorities out to the Universe. The All-American Playboys with "Crack One Open," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). That ticking woman's clock thing. Creating LOVE on this Earth. North American Royalty with "Running,"  available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Miche's first job. Planning a wedding. Miche's dream wedding. Jason and Molly's wedding mistakes. Club Stella Bowling Team with "Wedding Song,"  available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Miche wants to nix these traditions. Jim Terr with "Three-Teared Wedding Cake,"  available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). The wedding kiss. The wedding things you can't fuck up. Say No to Obey. The importance of music. The Andy Johnson Explosion with "The Wedding Song,"  available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). What does one leave your wedding thinking?

Miche is on a streak of bad luck. Aloud with "Ants Attack the Queen," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). "How to be positive in really fucked situations." Miche's miles miracle. First, the fire. Miche is such a girl when it comes to cars. Miche has a few knights in shining armour help her. The Aggrolites with "Funky Fire," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Don Tipton with "Could Have Been Me," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). The apartment situation. Miche is too old for shoeboxes. New Farmer's Markets to discover. Choosing between apartments. Walking from block to block in LA. In Need of Sympathy with "Put Your Heart in Your Money," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). The importance of self-care. Miche's new cleaning regimen. The importance of people around you who care about you. The pros and cons of therapy. Anthony Burbridge with "I Wish My Eyes Could See," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). The Reverend Jimmy Brachter with "Dance with Me," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com).

Miche is going to be moving. Beatrice Ericcson with "Reach Out," available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Miche is a pack rat. The spectrum of clean, according to Miche. Miche's history. The Architecture Digest home. Johnny Nicholas with "Stones in the Pathway,"  available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Pack Rat Heaven. Putting the stuff on the back porch, then into a Pod. Enter the King of Clean. The seven levels of Cleaning Hell. Living with the clean thing. Jimmy Golding with "Far Away,"  available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). What is normal? The stress of controlling one's environment. California's conformity. Being perfect in Los Angeles. To be imperfect or strive for perfection? Where should Miche live next? Stay in Los Angeles? Or move on? Peter Bjorn & John with "From Now On,"  available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). The Beatstalkers with "You'd Better Get a Better Hold On,"  available on Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com). Miche loved "It's Like... You Know..." so much. Living in the Valley. Moving to Toronto? The blogger who decided to give up soap and shampoo. Miche needs her shampoo. Taking steps to create a harmonious whole. For comments on this and other episodes, write to us at [email protected] Thanks!