Glad Klassen Voiceovers

07/09/2025

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06/19/2025

This is your permission slip
to fail—
signed by stardust,
notarized by moonlight,
delivered by the misfit angels
who color outside every line.

Yes, you.
With the trembling hands
and the brave heart
pretending not to shake.
You’re allowed to mess it all up.
Paint the picture
that looks like chaos.
Write the poem
that doesn’t rhyme.
Try the dance
with two left feet
and joy as your only rhythm.

You don’t need to be perfect
to be precious.
This world was not built
by those who got it right
on the first try.
It was stitched together
by souls who
dared to fall,
dared to rise,
dared to laugh
with icing on their nose
and failure at their feet.

Start the thing.
Wreck it.
Begin again.

You’re not behind.
You’re becoming.

Looking foolish
is the costume of the brave.
So go ahead—
be gloriously, brilliantly bad at it.
That’s where the gold lives.
Not in the polish,
but in the play.

This is your permission slip
to fail.
And in doing so,
to fly.

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poem from the forthcoming book "The Fragile and the Fierce" - join the newsletter on www.angisullins.com to get news on the book launch, signings and house parties.

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06/17/2025

This one hits deep. David Hekili Kenui Bell—beloved brother, actor, storyteller, airport voice, and spirit full of aloha—has walked on, just weeks after celebrating his big-screen debut in the live-action Lilo & Stitch. And if you ask me, that wasn’t just a role. That was ceremony. That was him showing up on behalf of all the big-hearted Island uncles—the ones who greet you with warmth, carry culture in their cadence, and make you feel like you’re home.

From the PA system at Kona Airport to the silver screen, from pidgin jokes to powerful presence, David embodied something rare and real. His voice wasn’t just heard—it was felt. Deep. Familiar. Like the kind of voice that welcomes your spirit back to the land.

What stays with me is how his sister Jalene spoke of him: not just with pride, but with that kind of ache that comes from knowing you’ve truly loved someone and been loved in return. You could feel the bond in every word. The excitement of that movie night. The joy of seeing him finally get his moment. The heartbreak of it being their last.

We don’t talk enough about men like David. Gentle warriors. Cultural bridges. The kind of brother who shows up for family, cracks jokes while carrying generations on his shoulders, and makes space for laughter in the middle of the storm.

He was proud of where he came from. Proud of his voice. Proud of his ‘ohana. He made his moment matter, and it mattered to us—to the fans, the keiki, the kupuna, the culture bearers who recognized something familiar in his smile.

I imagine him now, up there with the ancestors, cracking a joke, handing out shave ice, and keeping the crowd lifted with that same booming spirit.

Rest easy, Big Hawaiian Guy. You made it to the screen, but more importantly—you made it to the hearts of your people.

Aloha ‘oe, David. Your story will live in us like a good breeze, like laughter echoing across lava rock, like a name spoken with love.

—Kanipawit Maskwa
John Gonzalez
Standing Bear Network

06/10/2025

The Butterfly: Story of the Day

"Oh, I’m not giving up, she said, I’m just in the early stages of magnificence."

This story by Gabriel Andreas, with art by Matthew Andreas, is available as a greeting card here: https://conta.cc/3Hwg4Ik

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06/01/2025

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/seth-macfarlane-from-family-guy-to-lush-life-the-lost-sinatra-arrangements/

The writer-producer-voice artist behind the animated hit is also a crooner of the Great American Songbook. He is now releasing a new album, "Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements."

05/30/2025

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