Well, today is Holy Taintday (‘taint Good Friday, and ‘taint Easter) – the day Jesus spent regenerating inside the Tardis, before reemerging to battle the Daleks. Or something like that (I told ya, I’m a little vague on the whole story). Anyhow, it’s also the day when devout christians such as myself spend time honoring God by dying Easter Eggs and removing the penises from chocolate Easter Bunnies (don’t waste them; send them to the Reverend Ted Haggert), while contemplating the Divine Triad (Jesus, Doctor Who, and Marilyn Manson).
Therefore…
:yawn: sleep then funeral……
Hey, bloggerati — I posted Bernstein’s e-mail in Sam’s thread on Daily Kos (per Melina, Friday, #86). The new baseball season and the Mets’ 4-0 start are making it a lot easier to do without AAR. I am still podcasting Randi, because my premium sub just renewed in Feb. But once that expires next year, unless there’s some miracle, I won’t renew then. Of course, given the way things are going, Mark Green will have hired Alan Colmes, Dana Milbank, J.C. Watts, Kate O’Beirne, Terry McAuliffe, and Bob Shrum as “The New Progressive Voices of Change”.
Thank God for WXPK-FM, that’s all I can say.
So OK, who is going to see Marc Friday night?
Leave it to PJ … WOW … contemplating the Divine Triad (Jesus, Doctor Who, and Marilyn Manson) :rofl2: 😮 :rofl2:
A.I.V. …background on loop/ Kiss From A Rose still 8)
I’m Awake. It’s Raining. Good Timing. :nod:
Good morning, Druid. It’s sunny and cold here and it’s supposed to SNOW.
McCain is now, IMHO, batshit crazy. He may become as much fun as Senator Kathrine Harris.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003568551
In the first few days after the captives were seized and British diplomats were getting no news from Tehran on their whereabouts, Pentagon officials asked their British counterparts: what do you want us to do? They offered a series of military options, a list which remains top secret given the mounting risk of war between the US and Iran. But one of the options was for US combat aircraft to mount aggressive patrols over Iranian Revolutionary Guard bases in Iran, to underline the seriousness of the situation.
The British declined the offer and said the US could calm the situation by staying out of it. London also asked the US to tone down military exercises that were already under way in the Gulf…
At the request of the British, the two US carrier groups, totalling 40 ships plus aircraft, modified their exercises to make them less confrontational.
The British government also asked the US administration from Mr Bush down to be cautious in its use of rhetoric, which was relatively restrained throughout…
A senior Iranian source with close ties to the Revolutionary Guard, told the Guardian: “If this had been between Iranian and American soldiers it could have been the beginning of an accidental war.”
With the crisis now over, a remarkable degree of consensus is emerging among British, Iranian and Iraqi officials about what happened over 13 nervous days – namely that the decision to seize the Britons was taken locally, and was not part of a grander scheme cooked up in Tehran.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/4/7/23219/60595
Looks like everybody here has turned the page on AAR. I’ve felt that way since Maron’s California show got canned. I was really hoping to be wrong. Maybe if this Richard French guy from NY had bought the network it could have been different, but we’ll never know now.
So what’s left to hope for: a Dailyshow type gig for Maron on HBO? Is that going to happen?
Hey! Who’s chopping onions?
:sammy:
Sue P., A White Celebration … 8) re 4
A. I. V. DITTO Kiss From A Rose 😉
Yeah, there wasn’t much left on AAR. Just a lot of wasted potential. I listened to Sam, but mostly because I’m in front of the computer when he’s on. I don’t actively try to download his show, usually, although sometimes I do. His, more than any other AAR show. If I’m around for Hartmann, I’ll listen to him, too. I might listen to Randi for a while, but if I’m not in the mood for her, well, she gets turned off in a hurry. I have very little use for the rest of the lineup. Unless they find something to “delight” me with from 9 – noon, I’ll be listening to something else, and odds are I won’t catch much of anything after that.
G’ morning :joe:
cresttwo, re 7 “Lost In The Dark” “Dazed and Confused” “Hope’n and a Pray’n”
I guess “Ring Of Fire” … IF AWAKE :holla: good moan, but ?holla?
:doh: A. I. V.
Maybe if this Richard French guy from NY had bought the network it could have been different, but we’ll never know now.
I don’t know if Uncle Bill would have let Mr.French run a radio network.
When Mr. French did that special thing he did, Uncle Bill couldn’t refuse him anything.
It involved the beard didn’t it?
ARTNORTON … I Saw You. :rofl2: I was unable to respond and say Cheers since your time and my time ?at times? are different. BUT CHEERS ❗ Glad to know you and yours are no longer “SNOW BLIND”.
:banana: :omg: :banana:
But Snowed In are ya FRED and His … ❓ :omg: 😉
A.I.V. … Bring Me To Life :omg: new song :banana: Eva
The beard to some extent, but mostly the mustache.
That’s more than I wanted to know.
As a complete aside:
Has anyone been to a comedy club to see Marc? I want to know if I can bring a camera and get a picture.
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hey Andy…I don’t see why not. We got pictures of Marc in the lobby but had the camera’s in the club but just didn’t take any. 🙄
Melina and I were sitting in the spitting zone so I guess it seemed to close to be flashing him :boobs:
re15:
HI Druid. Snow’s long gone- we skipped spring went right into early summer but now have an Easter Ices f#%*! storm goin’ on 😯
Still working the same hours but not a cool time to blog.
What happened to Fred? any word :paranoid:
Thanks Blue, yeah I ordered reserved tickets so I hope I’m fairly close. This will be my first time to a comedy club, this place has some sort of two order minimum. I guess that’s how they make their money, I just hope it isn’t too ridiculous – $20.00 for a gin and tonic.
We had a camera, and there were no problems. Didn’t use it during the show, though. My wife had her little mp3 player on the table, recording the show. The MC dude questioned her (“is that a recording device?”), but she lied. The drinks at the Gotham Comedy Club weren’t extraordinarily outrageous for Manhattan, I guess. I think it was like $7 for a Heineken.
We were approximately 6″ from the stage, which, frankly, was a tad bit uncomfortable for me. Especially when the food we ordered came mid-Maron. Oy.
SBlueHeron and Melina … can’t he just stop by here and give a lil show just for Me? Marc (((could go to HSU … sniff))))
I will NEVER get the hugs. 🙁
Did you guys just ask him to take a picture?
Well, as we were leaving, I was content to just sort of slink away (always been on the shy side, and have neither guts nor glory), but Melina went up to him and then kind of pulled me in, and then Marc asked me if I wanted to take a picture with him up on stage. So, I did. But from what folks like Gypsy and KP and Sean and Melina and Mr. Druid have said, he’s very approachable and very friendly. So, yeah, just go right up to him.
I’m the same way PJ. I’d also feel like I’m representing the blog and I don’t want to be an ass.
Jill likes WXPK-FM in the NY area. I’ll have to try it.
But you will have to kill me before I stop listening to WFMU.org out of NJ. As Terre T says, the free-form station of the nation!
Andy, he seems to like Sedition fans. He will even let them bring him soup. We will want a full hug report.
Speaking of the soup, where is ex-ny’er of late?
This is pretty stupid. I called in to a local radio station talking to a Global Warming denier and I punk’d the guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEukc0BFGZ8
They are rebroadcasting it right now on-line, 1280-AM in Minneapolis
http://www.mainstreamnetwork.com/listen/player.asp?station=wwtc-am
Im on Pandora today…just too depressing.
My father suddenly was taken to intensive care in Cape Cod while shooting a documentary about a feature that friends are making up there….ugh…so, it was sorta touch and go…I dont even know what to think anymore about anything…
But they are letting him out…
some sudden bleed, made worse by his extreme vitamin usage….too many blood thinning vitamins and a baby asprin every day just because…
Unbelievable…
So he is OK after getting blood and being in intensive care for a day.
Im just sorta thankful that I didnt have to run up there.
Boy, this Pandora really knows me…Replacements, caitlin Carey, emmylou harris, Buckner, elvis costello….more replacements!
Oops, you just missed it. How stoopid are these rethug radio stations where they replay crap like this? They are also too dumb to realize that they have gotten punk’d big-time. Either that or their audience is too dumb.
This is my recounting of the experience:
http://mobjectivist.blogspot.com/2007/04/rms-of-cluelessness.html
Marc likes to have people come up to him…he loves audience interaction. You’ll see that even now, all these months later, part of the audience likes the comedy thing and part wants an update on the cats.
Jill and I are going on the night of Sammy’s last show….
What a fucking tragedy.
Melina,
I hope everything turns out OK.
I tired to get the player for that station that Jill likes but microsoft couldnt find the proper plugin…?
I may have to give up on the radio box anyway…
PJ…we need a streaming page from Hi’s site….have to get back on that….but of course those shows are so old and dusty….
keep seditionist radio going. Im thinking that it might be worth it to put whole shows up. Im willing to chip in for the storage…just stream the entire run from day 1 in a huge loop with comdey breaks every hour or so….
thanks web…I think its OK…except that my father is so antsy that he will go back ont he set on Monday and shoot even though the Drs told him to take it easy….then take a big car ride down the east coast…whatever….
Andy, you could never be an ass…believe me, Marc will be thrilled to see you…especially if you bring him stuff…(just kidding….but he does like gifts)
has anyone actually seen this show?
I wonder how fluid it is. I want to go another nite too, but Im worried that maybe once will be enough.
Marcs standup commentary changes enough that Im always interested in it…but if jeanane is doing her wuthering heights thing, I dont know……its Ok once, but maybe twice is too much…
And Im not all that familiar with Henry.
man oh man…conway twitty….
Worse yet, what’s the TALK RADIO equivalent? Getting ass-fucked in a sound-proof booth on an orange coffee-stained couch while yelling company talking points and Arbitron ratings?
Comment by Painting Girl — April 7, 2007 @ 12:36 am
Hey PG, wasn’t that the plot of O’Reilly’s book?
“Say, baby, put down that mic and get MY mic up!”
:rofl2:
Kevin M :rofl2: :no: :rofl2:
A.I.V. … Porcelain … Red :hot: C. P.
Hey, Melina, what do you think we should bring Marc on Friday, if anything? As for WXPK, can you get it on your regular radio? It’s 107.1 FM, and they have a pretty wide range.
What problems are you having with their stream? I have WinXP and IE 6.
Andy,
Give Marc our love and tell him we understand and
respect his decision regarding AAR.
I think you should take him a couple of triple lattes and a bunch of chocolates and watch him blow Janeane and Rollins away.
Ill have to look around here and see what Ive got in my collection of wish bones and day of the dead stuff…I dunno…
I just put some pics on my log that give you the idea of this place and how Im trying to dig out….
its actually not that bad, but I feel like Im drowning…
a starbucks gift certificate is always good for maron because he goes there and he buys also the day at a time internet connection there when hes travelling….tho I hope hes just taken a subscription at this point.
Anyone who looked earlier at ripcoco because it published by accident , should refresh and relook…I hadnt put the pics up or edited it the first time….
I’m through with AAR on my local radio station. They have replaced AAR news with CNN radio news. That is some awful poppin-p modulated crap-news-talkin friggin sports-laden stooopid junk I have to listen to every hour.
Bleh, Starbucks. Just don’t get what people see in it. Paneras, now, that’s different. And the Internet is free.
Give Marc our love and tell him we understand and
respect his decision regarding AAR.
I will. His show in Philly is still a few a weeks away, but I will say hello from everyone.
Via … Ring Of Fire and Scott Millican
http://polarbearsos.org/resources.html
Do It Now! (especially to write ❗ ) tomorrow is the last day.
A.I.V. We Believe … Red :hot: Chili Peppers
I just cant download the player, Jill…I have to look closer and get the address of the stream so I can put it in itunes…they may also have a link there anyway.
107.1 is just a Windows Media stream. Looks like you probably need WM Player 9 or above. Should pop up in a player window (works fine in FireFox). Or you copy this link, and open it directly in WM Player.
Canada is Clubbing the Seals — mostly Harp Seals.
The Ultimate Sorrow is that most babies (100s of thousands) Fell through ice ( THX to Global Warming) and DROWNED before the 100s of thousands are clubbed.
Usually 300,000 plus Harp Seals CLUBBED a year. This year 270,000 plus :silent and not so silent scream: Go to USHS {humane society’s }
A. I. V. … Universally Spoken (must check title) :smack: Red :hot:
thanks PJ…still am so into pandora/melina channel…if anyone wants it Ill send the link.
now Mom came home and we’re looking at Lou Dobbs
You know, Charlton Heston or not, The Ten Commandments is still a heck of a movie. And oh, that Yvonne De Carlo. :hubba:
But, aren’t they supposed to be showing The Robe this time of year?
Andy, You can tell Marc for me that I resent his selfishness in refusing to throw his old friend from their Boston and SF days under the bus thus denying us what we have longed for for so long.
Melina and B at B, My coffee and chocolate idea could be like getting Maron all hopped up on goofballs. Maybe you can get a glimpse of Marc of yesteryear on the scene here. Might be fun and probably get you more content.
pj, Though I share your disdain for Starbucks, they aren’t the worst thing in the world. People on the road like comedians and musicians and truckers had some pretty grim coffee options across much of the land until they came along. My coffee lovin’ Cajun band friends saw their lives change for the better when Starbucks came along.
God, Charlton Heston is really a shitty actor. How did he ever get famous?
Well, Starbucks is certainly ubiquitous, that’s for sure. I just think their coffee sucks. Mickey D’s has better coffee, and there’s no shortage of them. Dunkin’ Donuts’ coffee is even better. Of course, I like coffee. Just coffee, black. No cream, no sugar, not all of those ridiculous double frappa crappo grande bullshit yuppie with all the shit in it stuff.
But, hey, I realize that’s all very popular, and if people like it, cool.
Man, how did all these white people wind up in the desert in Egypt?
Hey, how’d that ‘e’ get on the end of my name there?
59. God, Charlton Heston is really a shitty actor. How did he ever get famous?
Wow I guess I better not say that I have a copy of the Ten Commandments with the original theatrical intro by Cecil B DeMille. It’s one of my favorite movies.
I feel so ashamed,
😆
pj, LOL at the white people line…
Silly goose… Jesus was white!
(and a line from Avenue Q- “No. Jesus… was Jewish!”)
No, it’s definitely an excellent movie. Just the number of stars that are in it is amazing, let alone the production values. Makes anything they do these days pale in comparison. Vincent Price is so slimy, he’s great!
One of the lines in this movie is the one that Marc should use when he’s introduced on stage:
“Bring in the Hebrew!”
Andy, you should totally e-mail Marc the day of or day before the show you’re gonna see. That’s what I did and he came right up to me after the show and made me feel all special…
In second thought… don’t do it. I’M THE ONLY SPECIAL ONE!
Thanks Kristin, I’ll do that.
Yvonne DeCarlo’s pretty hot, but I have to go with Anne Baxter.
:hot: :hubba:
Kristin, what did you say to him in your email?
Yeah, Anne Baxter was pretty cute, but I don’t think she looked as good in this movie as she did in other stuff.
That’s funny. When I was a kid we had a thing about how many times we had sat through the Ten Commandments because it was so long.
The other day we were wondering what it would be like if Pixar did the remake (or Mel Gibson).
I actually got to watch it at the College theatre in Swarthmore, I was about 11 or 12. It’s really impressive on the big screen.
This is interesting, Anne Baxter was Frank Lloyd Wright’s grand daughter.
Was she? No kidding. Small world. Did you know that baby Moses was played by Heston’s infant son, Fraser?
Okay, :smack: I have “it” on in back-background … only for minutes… SciFi/Fan “Take Me Away”.
(I saw “it” all in “eve” also throughout My 20’s.”) again :smack: …
A.I.V. Storm In A Teacup … Red :hot: C. P.
Why does that remind me of that line in “Dang Me”, “My daddy was a pistol, I’m a son of a gun.”?
I thought there was a resemblance. I didn’t know that.
Andy-
I wrote, reminding him of who I was (I always do that… I make no presumptions that I’m worthy of being remembered), and that I was attending his show on Sunday and that I had some gifts to give him… ending the e-mail with a question “How do I get this to you?”
Which of course made him respond. Said that he’d come out right after the show or else I could ask a waitress to bring me backstage.
But all of that is because I’m incredibly special. And pretty. And talented.
Not speaking of talented, I think I’m going to skip out on my David Sedaris ticket for tomorrow night and go to this open mic I checked out last week. I… uh… I think… I think I’m gonna go up and say stuff. That I wrote. Stuff that was written. By me. That’s intention is to be funny. 😳
A,I,V, … :pirate: … Dani California R. :hot: C.P. :dancers: …
forget the “? 10 C’s” 🙄
Painting Girl, “Break A Leg” :rofl2: 😉 :dancers:
:rofl2: :yippee: :pirate: :banana: :rofl2:
A.I.V. …. Snow (Hey Oh) …. Red :hot: C. P.
Good luck Kristen, I know you’ll be great.