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Dave vonKleist Dave vonKleist has spent 30 years in the broadcast industry as a professional TV/radio announcer and as a professional vocalist for commercials and independent recording projects. He was staff announcer at WTNH-ch8, New Haven, Connecticut (ABC affiliate) 1990-1995, and at WFSB-ch3, Hartford, Connecticut (CBS affiliate) 1995-1996. He also hosted the Dave Riddell show, a three-hour afternoon drive time talk show at WATR AM-1320, Waterbury, Connecticut. Dave is an accomplished musician, vocalist, songwriter and performer. His albums, Will Someone Listen and Music to Die For, contain significant songs dedicated to the issues of the day, such as: Where are the Voices that Care? – the national Gulf War veterans song, The Ballad of Michael New, which was dedicated to the Michael New Defense Fund, and OK Can You See?, which questions the official story of the Oklahoma City attack. He is the producer of the documentaries 911 In Plane Site and 911 Ripple Effect, both compilations of network footage that created worldwide controversy and helped kick off an international investigation into the 2001 World Trade Center attacks. Dave’s other accomplishments include writing, directing and editing the comedy television show Spotlight Tonight; voted “Best Show” and “Best Directed” show at the 1984 Laurel Cable Awards, and syndicated to 110 stations nationwide. For ten years, Dave was co-host of the popular talk show The Power Hour. His unique brand of broadcasting mixes …

Rolling Thunder was released unto the grindhouse circuit sometime around 1977. It was written by Paul Schrader of "Taxi Driver" fame and starred Tommy Lee Jones in one of his earliest screen performances. It also pleased a small amount of critics, with Gene Siskel listing it on his "Ten best films of 1977" and several modern day critics praising its superiority as a deathwish film.