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March 30, 2009
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Because it's your blog (and because you hope you might be able to get away with it if you only do it once every five years).
Charles at Zuma Beach, CA • Charles in college play
(Letter just received on Facebook from a former BCN listener:)
Chuck!
As I sit here watching the seemingly omni-present Tom Bergeron on Dancing with the stars, I reminded of his humble beginnings on Evening Magazine in Boston. And that makes me think also of Robin Young, his co-hostess. I met Robin a few years back at a birthday party here in Oregon for a mutual friend. (Steven Cantor, who was Pat Metheny's college roommate and early producer). I was delighted to meet Robin, as I had watched Evening Magazine in the 70's and 80's growing up in Hanover, Mass.
Which brings me to this. Her date was a fellow whom she met through you. He had, among other things, given you kayak lessons in Hawaii. He said, " we met through Charles, who I guess was a DJ in Boston." I corrected him, and let him know that you were THEEEEEeeee DJ in Boston. But it was nice to hear that you were enjoying a nice retirement.
Which brings me back to Tom Bergeron, and Robin Young, and all the other people I grew up watching back in Boston. Seeing Tom move on in television, a medium that has evolved remarkably over the past 30 years, I am sadly reminded that radio hasn't seemingly improved. My friends debate me on this subject --citing my complaints about the damage Clear Channel has done to original local programming, and the lack of real genius in the pop/rock genre. Inevitably, when someone from Boston is in the room, they know why I'm down on modern radio : "Let me guess, you grew up listening to BCN."
So thanks.
Like millions of other teenagers in the 80's -- perhaps now displaced in some distant city,( like me) --I want to thank you for sharing your talent, and for being a giant figure in the heyday of great radio. In the morning, my shitty little clock radio would wake me for school. But when you're 15-years-old and Athena from the Who is on the radio alarm, or New Year's Day by U2, you don't really notice the mono speaker.
Are your old radio shows archived anywhere on the web? I'd love to listen to some old stuff. There's nothing comparable today. And so it's come to this: I'm sitting around at night watching, of all things, Dancing with the Stars and Tom Bergeron.
My kingdom for the Big Mattress. Any time of day.
Stay well, Chuck. And again, thanks.
.dr
ShamWow: Pow! Wap! Wham!
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Vince Shlomi gets chamoised up the face a bit:
Well, Salami Shlomi may have deserved it.
(Here's what the hooker looked like at the end of the skirmish. (Warning- Not pretty!)
Geezer Monday
We have a small group of Democrats who have decided to kiss the same kicked asses of the Repugs who lost the last election. They want to stop the President’s agenda. Really? Not if Margaret and Helen have anything to say about it.
Daughter Dearest
Almost every parent, whether ordinary folk or celebrity folk- from Sarah Palin to to Howie Long to.. (Maybe even you, reading this?) can feel the pain.
Big Mattress Song of the Week (3-30-2009)
Vertigo: U-2 at the Somerville Theater March 14, 2009 (To play as you browse, click red button top right main page)
Hear the entire show on WBCN live broadcast
Lyrics to Vertigo below
Vertigo lyrics:
Unos, dos, tres, catorce
(Turn it up there, captain)
Lights go down, it's dark
The jungle is your head
Can't rule your heart
A feeling so much stronger
Than a thought
Your eyes are wide
And though your soul
It can't be bought
Your mind can wander
Hello, hello (Hola)
I'm at a place called Vertigo (Donde esta?)
It's everything I wish I didn't know
Except you give me something
I can feel, feel
The night is full of holes
There's bullets ripping sky
Of ink with gold
They twinkle as the boys
Play rock and roll
They know that they can't dance
At least they know
I can't stand the beats
I'm asking for the check
The girl with crimson nails
Has Jesus around her neck
Swinging to the music
Swinging to the music
Oooooooh, oooooooh, ooooooh
Hello, hello (Hola)
I'm at a place called Vertigo (Donde esta?)
It's everything I wish I didn't know
But you give me something
I can feel, feel
(Check it..shots fall...she'll make it)
All this, all of this can be yours
All of this, all of this can be yours
All this, all of this can be yours
Just give me what I want
And no one gets hurt
Hello, hello (Hola)
We're at a place called Vertigo (Donde esta?)
Lights go down, and all I know
Is that you give me something
I can feel your love teaching me how
Your love is teaching me how
How to kneel, kneel
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Geezer Monday (sequel)
Aging Family members long for freedom.
Meanwhile, Charlie gets a little bit older...
Highly-recommended DVD: Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired.
March 28, 2009
Inspirational Sunday
The Bill Hicks Syndrome
Don't feel bad if this is another great artist you never heard of until after they died- I just found out about Lena Zavaroni a few days ago.
In this video, Lena is accompanied by Bread guitarist David Gates.
The King of the Nightwaves
“Larry was an automatic when I was driving home from a concert, a movie or a party. His wise-cracking voice would stay with my car from one end of New England to the other; a late-night companion with no equal, and an absolute must for helping smiling at-home listeners go to sleep and for keeping night-time drivers awake and entertained. Larry also was one of the major inspirations to help me quit smoking those nasty cigarettes! Good work, Larry! You were a mentor and one of a kind.”
-Posted Boston Globe by Charles Laquidara March 27, 09 12:47 PM
More articles
March 27, 2009
The Enemy Within
Circulating the Internet:
Montana Plane Crash Claims Family Members Of Abortion Clinic Owner
“There is an ironic twist in tragedy of the small plane that crashed into a Catholic cemetery * in Montana on March 24, killing seven adults and seven children. (Those in the plane were on their way to a ski resort only open to millionaires.)
*In this cemetery is a memorial called the Tomb of the Unborn that reminds Catholics of the millions of unborn children who have been killed by abortionists.”
Charles note: When you click on their site, notice the logos: The Constitution, The Washington Capitol and the American flag.
They must be right, after all.
March 26, 2009
Thespian Thursday
Urban Dictionary Word of the Day
March 25, 2009
Estrogen Wednesday
Relax, ladies- They all look more human in the morning.
March 24, 2009
Meine Immobilienmakler gelogen.
'Twas a sad day in Deutchland.
Know Your Rahts
Guys Can Change Their Minds Too
I like Nancy Pelosi again.
I got sucked into the Sliming Machine's lies and distortions.
I think I have figured it out: She is the bad cop and Obama is the good cop and it's working (so far.)
March 23, 2009
Geezer Monday (Or.. Your Grandma was no slouch.)
Before 1952, there was no rock and roll; but there was still rockin' and rollin'!
Testosterone Tuesday
This Pressley ain't Elvis. NSFW!
WTF!!
Say it ain't so, Dice K..
(Okay, well- he's on our team in a few weeks anyways [sic] )
PLUS- Looky here!
March 22, 2009
Big Mattress Song of the Week (3-23-09)
Natasha Richardson: Mein Herr
Such a sad ending to her life...This is from her Tony award-winning
performance as Sally Bowles in Cabaret (1998).
(Thanks to Deep Track.)
Pick and Choose
March 21, 2009
The Old Cherokee and the Child
One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside all people.
He said, “My son, the battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all.”
“One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.
The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: ‘Which wolf wins?
The old Cherokee simply replied, ‘The one you feed.’
Saturday Matinee
Push, Suley, push!
March 19, 2009
Great Weekend Reading
Amnesia from across the aisle and outrage at.... at.. at...Obama's Leno appearance.(the horror!)
..and don't be so quick to blame Dodd!
Freaky Friday
Any sleight of hand dude can make a quarter disappear, but some can do it so much better..
March 18, 2009
Left Coast Braggadocio (but true, actually!)
After eight years of being little more than the president's sugar daddies, Southern Californians can be proud to have a new occupant of the Oval Office who values us not just for our generous campaign contributions but for who we really are: providers of priceless media exposure.
President Obama is making a sojourn to the Golden State today and Thursday to promote his economic recovery plan, a trip that will include a stop in Burbank to appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. This has set tongues wagging in the capital- not only because it's the first time a sitting president has done such a thing (although late-night TV appearances are common for presidential candidates, Obama's predecessors have considered them beneath the dignity of the office once they were elected) but because it's combined with a snub of the Beltway media elite. Even as he bypasses the press to take his message straight to Leno's 5 million viewers, Obama is ditching Washington's movers and shakers by skipping the Gridiron Club’s annual dinner on Saturday. He's the first president to do so since Grover Cleveland.
All of this is rich in political symbolism -- Obama the populist goes into a rage over the bonuses paid to AIG executives, then he shows what a regular guy he is by appearing on the Leno show and dissing the insider aristocracy. But the symbols don't end there, and Obama is visiting California for another reason that shouldn't be ignored. There is no better place for him to put across a central message of his economic plan: Green growth is good for both the environment and the economy.
While conservatives grumble about the high cost of weaning the nation off fossil fuels, California demonstrates that doing so can pay off. The fact that the state led the nation in energy-efficiency regulation, for example, means that Californians pay lower residential power bills, on average, than residents of most states, even though power here is more expensive. A 2008 UC Berkeley study estimated that this efficiency has created more than 1 million jobs since 1972. Meanwhile, the state's green technology business is booming. According to a recent study by the Palo Alto research group Next 10, the number of "green" jobs in California (solar panel installers, clean-energy research scientists and so on) jumped 10% between 2005 and 2007, while statewide job growth over that period was just 1%. California leads the nation in green-technology patents and venture capital investment, factors that will bring rich dividends in years to come.
On Thursday, Obama will tour Southern California Edison's Electric Vehicle Technical Center in Pomona, which has been working on electric car development since 1993. Such facilities are vital for the future of California, and of the world.
Real Estate Full Disclosure
March 17, 2009
Where is John XXlll when we need him most?
Pope visits Africa, reaffirms ban on condoms.
March 15, 2009
Big Mattress Song of the Week (3-16-09)
Phenomena by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
“Right now, I can not stop listening to this song by the Yeah Yeah Yeah's. It is the song at the end of the movie "The Ruins" which is officially one of the scariest movies I have ever seen! Anyone that wants a good horror movie should rent it immediately. It gave me nightmares for days!..”
-Meghan McCain
Geezer Monday
From my blog April, 2006: (still classic and hilarious!)
March 14, 2009
Paradise Hotel
Aloha, Mahalo and HUUah!
March 13, 2009
Kramer vs. Kramer vs. Stuart
Comedy Channel has always sucked because they bleep and edit for reasons I have never been sure of. This is unedited and Not Work or Family Friendly- What you see and hear when you're in the studio audience.
Part 1:
The whole enchilada to date.
Yes I Can!
Hop on Board
Flight 104: “Bit of a breeze down here... Abort- like- really quick! Okay?”
Flight 1007: “Anyone not knowing how to dog-paddle please grab the fattest person you can find!”
March 12, 2009
Freaky Friday
Let's see how good you are as a crime witness.
JP being JP
It just takes one guy to bring an entire team down, and that’s exactly what was happening.”
“Once we saw that, we weren’t afraid to get rid of him. It’s like cancer.
Thespian Thursday
Time for a quick commercial break:
March 11, 2009
No Mas Nancy
A new Nancy Pelosi accusation has just surfaced and it is very troubling. The far right has been looking for something- anything- negative on Pelosi (with little credibility) for years, but, after reading this latest unassailable revelation and doing a lot of Googling and various other site searches, I feel that Speaker Nancy Pelosi has got to go (sooner, rather than later). I am convinced that any good things the Speaker may have done for the liberal movement in the past is outweighed by the bad. She is a negative to all that I believe Barack Obama stands for, and she will be a hindrance to all that has to be done to bring America back to its roots and foundation in the coming months and years. I was never completely comfortable with Ms. Pelosi, even though I loved her strong political stance and the way she usually voted. Although Judicial Watch is widely perceived as an extremely biased ultra-conservative group, this latest accusation has merit and should be addressed. Obama and the rest of our country have more than enough problems right now than to take valuable time to deal with Pelosi, her old-school political attitudes and her Boss Tweed power-play antics. At some point during President Obama's term, Pelosi must be forced to resign and disconnect from any part of this administration. Her presence as the House leader can only be a distraction in the future.
(I now sleep with the Extreme Right on this issue and it gives me a very creepy feeling indeed.)
Testosterone Tuesday/Estrogen Wednesday
Not the Onion- True Fact
Next time you see someone leave the bathroom without washing their hands, knee-cap them!
March 10, 2009
Big Mattress Song of the Week (03-09-09)
Die-hard Hendrix fans: From May 2 1968, The Record Plant NYC. Jimi Hendrix was working on Voodoo Child with Steve Winwood, Jack Cassady, and Mitch Mitchell. Several minutes into it , Jimi breaks a string- but the three continue on- until Jimi returns and is ready to go again. Put the headsets on, click the red play button on the main page and start rollin'!
Your Two Cents
Barry Rounds of Holliston, MA writes:
“What really gets my goat is that President Obama said that
if you made less than $250,000/year your taxes would not go up, but, he is
now proposing that there be a cap on mortgage interest deductions at 10% of
household income. Last year I deducted $37,000 of mortgage interest. my
wife and I together made $147,000 last year so under his new plan we would
only be able to deduct $14,700 of interest (which will cost me $22,700 in
deductions) so I will have to pay 28% taxes on that $22,000 (about $6400).
This year we got a federal refund of $4800 under the new plan on the same
income and interest I would owe $1600. so clearly my taxes are going up
significantly- and my income is way under the $250,000.
So answer me this:
Why is President Obama good for the middle class??? Simple he is not. I
wish someone could prove me wrong, i really hope i am missing something on
this, i probably am so charles; if you want to post this in the my two cents
section to get some of the kool aid drinkers to find out if i am wrong i
would appreciate it- because in this instance i really hope i am wrong!
Change is coming to my house, and like so many others who are affected by
the bad economy, I havent been helped, but instead I am being robbed by the Messiah.
Oh, well hope fully the money goes to a good cause like the mom in
California who cant afford to feed her 14 kids; or better yet maybe it will
go to state-funded abortion clinics; or maybe one of the 9000 earmark
projects that are in Obama's budget that he said he was going to eliminate,
He didn't even cut down the number of earmarks, what's amazing is he has
spent more money than all of the other Presidents COMBINED!! and he hasnt
been in office for 2 months yet!!
Hurry up everyone- get to work work hard
because millions of people who are collecting welfare are depending on you!!
how well do you think wall street is going to do when everytime Obama
Mentions wall street, he says “crooks.” That doesn't inspire financial
confidence now- does it?
- Barry Rounds
Boston U2 Fans
Notice: Yes, the rumors are true. U2 is going to be doing an intimate show at a small venue in Boston shortly. I will save you a lot of valuable time on this one: Your chances of getting tickets to this one are not even slim. Some radio stations were given a mere two or three pairs of tickets for promotional purposes, but do the math- you have a better chance w/ Megabucks lottery.
Don't waste your time and energy asking for favors from your connected friends. You will be wasting their time and energy and yours. Trust me on this. I know two VIPs and one famous Boston (nationally-known) musician who tried and were denied. They'll be back for everyone in the Fall.
Therock Obama
Is Today a Special Day in Your Life?
Yes- Your social security check is going down. NSFW!
March 9, 2009
Mardi Gras Costume Prize Contest: Runner-Up
There is no Global Warming
Just a lot of hungry polar bears and a few melting glaciers...
Geezer Monday
March 8, 2009
National Appreciate Your Child Day
It really could be worse. Look here.
March 7, 2009
State of the Union
Weekend update.
Inspirational Sunday
Nintendo Wii vs. the high road. NSFW!
March 6, 2009
The News Dissector is Back!!
Danny Schecter speaks to CNBC News Reporter:
Freaky Friday
Guide to interpreting Facebook photos
March 5, 2009
Article of the Week
March 4, 2009
Are you man or mouse?
New Bedford man is fined $500 for assault on Chuck E. Cheese.
Meanwhile, in D.C., a bus driver slugs McGruff the Crime Dog.
PS Is that rotting eggs I smell, or are you just glad to see me?
March 3, 2009
Testosterone Tuesday
Late evening romance.
On another note- and speaking of the Patriots:
From the Valley Girl Chit/Chat Dept: Yes, Mrs. Brady- not content with what Nature had already blessed her with-
had a bit of work done.
(But, seems like it paid off: big-time!)
Happy Square Root Day!
The holiday, which only occurs nine times each century, falls on Tuesday this time -- 3/3/09
(See you all back here on April 4, 2016)
March 2, 2009
For Die-Hard New England Patriots Fans Only
I want to go on record and predict that BenJarvus Green-Ellis will be the #2 running back for the Pats in '09
despite what these pundits say.
Tale of Two Parties
Wordy Wednesday
Your week in three words.
March 1, 2009
East Coast Special
Winter Tip of the Day
Special ad of the Week:
Geezer Monday
Lucky Strikes!