Archive for July, 2008

What’s Deliberate?

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Okay. A work of satire. I get it. Confront the enemy directly, blah, blah, blah…….. But boy, some folks are really upset! I got a relative who wants to [CENSORED] The New Yorker building!
The news media pretend it’s hard to tell a deliberate slam from a sham these days. For instance, The Reverend Nutslicer. Does […]

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Happy Birthday, Again!

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Woo-Woo! Two years and counting!
Thanks again, Saswat!

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…..so I’ll leave it to the audience as to whether this episode of “Click & Clack’s As The Wrench Turns,” the new “Car Talk” animated series I saw over the weekend, is borderline racist. I know that if I was from India I’d be getting tired of this kind of thing. And what’s up with […]

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……for the single greatest radio broadcast I’ve heard yet.
The Fourth of July as “Freedom Of Speech Day!” What a concept!
I couldn’t believe the careful balance of time, place, geography, race, and gender that was attempted for those nine hours of radio—From Paul Robeson to George Carlin to Maurice Bishop to Coretta Scott King to Sam […]

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A Rolling Stone Gathers Much Puff :)

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Was in bed the other night with the love of my life—Rolling Stone magazine —and all I gotta say is this: Boy, it’s clearly good to be the King. RS Publisher Jann Wenner does a puff-piece Q+A, and then commissions a sidebar all about how Obama’s people are impressive because they actually wield power […]

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When I heard this (level of) review, I put “Wall-E” on the to-see list. So yesterday I went, and saw no exaggeration.
Another home run for the 3-D gang. It’s hard to explain the amount of, and quality of, visual storytelling in this film. The characters fit like parts of a symphony separate and attached to the music. As usual […]

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Just Three Words (And One Acronym)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

See. Hancock. Fun-nee! LOL!
P.S. Can’t believe the critics are dogging it so badly!
P.P.S. The movie brings a whole new meaning to a certain idea popularized by Michael Eric Dyson. 

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Surround Sound

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

I was very inspired by this one story. I guess most radio folks see themselves in this way, in this man.

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As All Real Tee Vee Fans Know………

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

………there’s NOTHING like when ALL your favorite shows cross-over, especially for the first time EVER! In this case, “Torchwood” and “The Sarah Jane Adventures,” with (storylines from all four seasons!) of the revived “Doctor Who!” WOO-WOO!

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