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Saturday, October 3, 2009
Geek & Weak
Remembering Rod Serling
Did you wake up in the same place you last went to sleep?How can you be sure?
Fifty years ago, Rod Serling raised that question and more when he took American TV viewers into "The Twilight Zone" by way of his new television series on CBS.
| Ithaca College in New York is where Serling taught from 1967 until his death in 1975. Here and Now host Robin Young, one of his students, celebrates his life and work in a piece originally presented in 2007. The school is hosting a similar conference this year. Audio: BBC, PRI & WBUR's Here & Now. Host: Robin Young. |
Spider Pope
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Free Form 013
A few minutes of music...
| Led Zeppelin Hey Hey, What Can I Do Box Set #1 (1990) Steve Miller Band Living In the U.S.A. Sailor (1968) U2 Desire [Hollywood Mix] 12" UK Single (1988) |
Old and Wise
An older man approached an attractive younger woman at a shopping mall.'Excuse me; I can't seem to find my wife. Can you talk to me for a couple of minutes?'
The woman, feeling a bit of compassion for the old fellow, said, 'Of course, sir. Do you know where your wife might be?'
'I have no idea, but every time I talk to a woman like you, she appears out of nowhere.'
Relayed by Ken Morgan
Friday, October 2, 2009
Damage Control
Much of what we know about John Ensign's affair with a staffer has been from the Las Vegas Sun's Jon Ralston. And although that paper did win a Pulitzer earlier this year, the town isn't exactly teaming with media heavyweights... Enter the New York Times with a first rate investigative reporter, not the free lance stringer who usually contributes whatever local color informs the "gray lady:"
Then on The Late Show, another sex with your staff shoe dropped:
A double whammy for CBS, with employees on both ends of blackmail:
Instant fodder for other TV talkers...
Letterman's taping schedule is 4 days a week... Normally Friday's show is pre-taped on Monday, so if the Friday show omits references to the controversy don't be surprised.
Then on The Late Show, another sex with your staff shoe dropped:
A double whammy for CBS, with employees on both ends of blackmail:
Instant fodder for other TV talkers...
Letterman's taping schedule is 4 days a week... Normally Friday's show is pre-taped on Monday, so if the Friday show omits references to the controversy don't be surprised.
Happier Days
The night before his explosive grand jury testimony, David Letterman & Madonna discussed A-Rod, marriage, her infamous appearance and enjoyed a slice of NY pizza.
Free Form 012
A few minutes of music...
| Marvin Gaye What's Going On What's Going On (1971) The Commodores Night Shift Night Shift (1985) Jackie Wilson Higher & Higher (1967) Brunswick Top 40 R&B Singles 1966-1975 Van Morrison Jackie Wilson Said Saint Dominic's Preview (1972) |
Farewell To Blogging
This series of video blogs was a failed attempt to generate interest in the movie "Perfect Stranger" (2007) starring Halle Berry and Bruce Willis. As told through the perspective of 10th billed "Josie" (Dutch model/actress Daniella Van Grass) the story didn't go viral, although a clip of her in leather pants did.
If you don't place the face, imagine her wishing for healthy skin...
Thursday, October 1, 2009
House of Misrepresentative
Rhetorical hyperbole is par for the course...
Some of Rachel's discomfort with Grayson's use of the word holocaust comes from way society's use of the word changed.
Originally from the Greek words for burnt whole, modern usage can still encompass a sacrifice consumed by fire -- a burnt offering. But more commonly it's a thorough destruction (especially through fire), or a mass slaughter of people involving extensive loss of life, such as a nuclear holocaust or genocide.
The word holocaust has been used since the 18th century to refer to the violent deaths of a large number of people. For example, Winston Churchill and other contemporaneous writers used it before World War II to describe the Armenian Genocide of World War I.
When capitalized as "The Holocaust," or the Hebrew word "Shoah" is used, the term refers exclusively to the genocide of approximately six million European Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II.
That definition isn't complete, because the Nazis' program of state-sponsored systematic murder extended to ethnic Poles, the Romani (gypsies), Soviet civilians & prisoners of war, people with disabilities, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, and other political and religious opponents. By this definition, the total of WW II Holocaust victims is believed to be between 11 and 17 million people.
Some of Rachel's discomfort with Grayson's use of the word holocaust comes from way society's use of the word changed.
Originally from the Greek words for burnt whole, modern usage can still encompass a sacrifice consumed by fire -- a burnt offering. But more commonly it's a thorough destruction (especially through fire), or a mass slaughter of people involving extensive loss of life, such as a nuclear holocaust or genocide.
The word holocaust has been used since the 18th century to refer to the violent deaths of a large number of people. For example, Winston Churchill and other contemporaneous writers used it before World War II to describe the Armenian Genocide of World War I.
When capitalized as "The Holocaust," or the Hebrew word "Shoah" is used, the term refers exclusively to the genocide of approximately six million European Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II.
That definition isn't complete, because the Nazis' program of state-sponsored systematic murder extended to ethnic Poles, the Romani (gypsies), Soviet civilians & prisoners of war, people with disabilities, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, and other political and religious opponents. By this definition, the total of WW II Holocaust victims is believed to be between 11 and 17 million people.
Free Form 011
A few minutes of music...
| Mick Jagger Memo From Turner Performance [OST](1970) Gregg Allmam Midnight Rider Laid Back (1973) Molly Hatchet Dreams I'll Never See Molly Hatchet (1978) |
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Using Our Heads
Conan explains what knocked him off his feet and off the air...
I took a spill on Monday morning... Complete with a full contact sidewalk face plant. In my last job, out of town business contacts would all ask if I was a gambler upon learning I was based in Vegas.
My answer: "Yes. Every time I cross the street."
I was good for a laugh then... It's all too true now.
I took a spill on Monday morning... Complete with a full contact sidewalk face plant. In my last job, out of town business contacts would all ask if I was a gambler upon learning I was based in Vegas.
My answer: "Yes. Every time I cross the street."
I was good for a laugh then... It's all too true now.
Ghostwriters In The Sky
I can see the editor of the book review cringing from my house.
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Free Form 010
A few minutes of music...
| The Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever Magical Mystery Tour [US] (1967) Alanis Morrissette All I Really Want Jagged Little Pill (1995) Beck Loser Mellow Gold (1994) Michael Franti & Spearhead What I Got Tribute To Sublime (2005) |
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Free Form 009
A few minutes of music...
| Shawn Colvin Sunny Came Home A Few Small Repairs (1996) Neil Young Old Man Harvest (1972) I Mother Earth So Gently We Go Earth Sky & Everything In Between (1993) Simon & Garfunkle America Bookends (1968) |
Monday, September 28, 2009
It's Late September
Rod Stewart - Maggie May
(Live at Royal Albert Hall, 2004 with Ron Wood)
Original from "Every Picture Tells A Story" (1971)
Earth, Wind & Fire
September
Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 (1978)
Healthcare As Of The High Holiday
Congress is officially off for Yom Kippur today... And polls say they're just plain off, period.
Give Us Just One Victory (post 1000)
And we're on our way.
After 19 consecutive losses Detroit comes out on top. The team, no make that the city, needed a long overdue win.
After 19 consecutive losses Detroit comes out on top. The team, no make that the city, needed a long overdue win.
Long-lived Right Wing Conspiracy
David Gregory posed a question to a former President familiar with what others have called the "attack machine." Mr. Clinton says it isn't quite as vast, but it's just as nasty...
The ranks of conservative thinkers beyond the blabosphere is thinning out with the deaths of William F. Buckley Jr., Robert Novak, Irving Kristol and most recently Bill Safire on Sunday.
The ranks of conservative thinkers beyond the blabosphere is thinning out with the deaths of William F. Buckley Jr., Robert Novak, Irving Kristol and most recently Bill Safire on Sunday.
Free Form 008
A few minutes of music...
| Dishwalla Counting Blue Cars Counting Blue Cars [EP](1996) Seal Fast Changes Seal (1994) Steely Dan Black Cow Aja (1977) |
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Everybody Yawn
| Why does even thinking of the word 'Yawn' or reading it, make you end up yawning? This and other contagious behaviors have been studied by Dr. Mel Goodale of the University of Western Ontario. He explains how "mirror neurons" work in poulations of people, and primates. |
Audio: CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks. Host: Bob McDonald.
A Retail Rx For Primary Care
Long wait times and primary care physician shortages have patients increasingly turning to what are called retail health clinics, operated by stores like Target and CVS and intended to treat minor ailments. A new study shows that the clinics may be less expensive than a doctor’s office, without sacrificing quality of care. Dr. Ateev Mehrotra is lead author of the study by the Rand Corporation, and also a professor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School.
Audio: BBC, PRI & WBUR's Here & Now. Host: Robin Young.
Free Form 007
A few moments of music... As if a real live person with access to a really big library selected and sequenced the music to present a contemporary experience of what some FM radio was in the past... More personal, less random... Open to the possibility you might enjoy something you may not have heard before as part of an enjoyable context.
| Keb' Mo' Every Morning Keb' Mo' (1994) Pearl Jam Yellow Ledbetter Jeremy [Maxi Single] (1992) Stevie Ray Vaughan Honey Bee Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984) B.B. King Bad Case Of Love Blues on the Bayou (1998) |
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