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Thanks to a former student (and colleague of mine at KBHU) for typing and sending in a ton of Diamond’s Laws.

Diamond is a big believer in mental healthy and virtuous living.  He lived through some of the most historic – and hedonistic – periods of rock ‘n’ roll history.   These Laws helped Diamond thrive the rock industry, and build a personally and professionally successful career.

Generations of his colleagues and students have benefitted from these mantras.    Personally, Diamond’s Laws to Live By have been corner stones of my life and career.  Simple and elegant, Diamond’s Laws shaped how I think and how I act with my friends and work.  

I hope that by posting on the Diamond Mine,  Diamond’s Laws can continue to help and shape lives.

Here are a few of my favorite Laws:

Fear is one of the most negative emotions. It can immobilize the best of people.

Rebellion against your weaknesses gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring spirit to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and understand the most interesting game in the works is making the most of one’s best.

Expect the best and your outlook will draw opportunity and good people to you. Good people do not want to be around people who talk about their illnesses, problems, etc.

You have to find true happiness and peace within yourself.

Nothing worthwhile will be gained without effort and concentration.

The person who says money can’t buy you happiness doesn’t know where to shop.

Thanks.

- Dan Patterson, May 2009

See Also: Airchecks, Stories, Photos

Recorded May 20th, 2005 at KBHU- FM at Black Hills Sate University

UPDATE: I have archived 16 gigs of Diamond airchecks and radio shows to Amazon’s S3 cloud hosting service. I’m in the process of converting to .mp3 and will post listenable links here soon. Also, I made a page of SOME of Diamond’s audio here. But, if you’d like a .zip archive file of more content, please contact me. Thanks! – DHP

Always on the cusp of innovation, in the summer of 2005 Dave Diamond launched a podcast. His podcast, a reprise of the Diamond Mine Radio Show, was a mixture of the classic, deep, poetic, and rockin Dave Diamond 60?s radio vibe. The show was recorded for Black Hills State University on the college radio station KBHU.

A total of three ‘new’ Diamond Mine episodes were recorded.  This is the first episodes – the others will be posted over the next few days, then archived on the ‘Podcast’ page.

There are also several gigs of Diamond airchecks currently being archived on Amazon S3 – while some of the content remains the property of the original rights holders, much of it will be made publicly available upon request.  Please check back to this blog for details.

Thanks!

Note: These episodes do contain some RIAA music. They were created as as a part of an academic project for Black Hills State University, no money was exchanged or profit made, and are covered under an educational license for KBHU and BHSU. Though these episodes are educational and not for profit, the episodes will be removed upon request of rights holders.

If you have or know of any pictures of Dave Diamond, please visit the contact page.

And, if you have any stories of memories about The Diamond, you can share them here.

Three episodes were produced (click to listen):

Episode 1, May 20th, 2005

Episode 2, June 7th, 2005

Episode 3, June 28th, 2005

The Diamond Mine, May – June 2005, Black Hills State University, KBHU FM
- Dave Diamond: Executive Producer, Lead On-Air Talent, Writer
- Dan Patterson: Producer, Editor, Co-Writer, On-Air Talent
- Makaela Heeb: On-Air Talent, Co-Writer

Thanks.

Note: These episodes do contain some RIAA music.  They were created as as a part of an academic project for Black Hills State University, no money was exchanged or profit made, and are covered under an educational license for KBHU and BHSU.  Though these episodes are educational and not for profit,  they episodes will be removed upon request of rights holders.

A History of Dave Diamond

Diamond Audio: Airchecks, Radio, and Podcasts

Diamond’s Laws to Live By

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Radio Broadcaster, Writer, Academic – Now a college professor, during the 60s and 70s Dave Diamond was a DJ at some Americas biggest stations: KFI, KFRC, KIIS, KBHU, and many more.  He booked the Doors early gigs in LA, was on the first Beatles tour, and wrote songs with Janis Joplin.  This is Dave Diamond’s home and legacy online. More…

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Some time soon this site will include a background and history of Dave Diamond, air checks form his days at LA’s KFI and San Francisco’s KFRC, and three episodes of his Diamond Mine podcast.

If you’re a former student of Diamond’s, worked with him, or remember listening to him on air, we’d love to hear from you.

Thanks!