5.23.13 Bee-otch of the Day: the people of northern Michigan

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Name: various
Age: various
Occupation: various
Last Seen: northern Michigan
Bee-otched For: proving their stupidity ---

Something tells me that people up north need to get a life.

Recently, somebody started an interactive map called the "Geography of Hate", which tracks hateful Twitter messages from all of America.

The site tracks racial and homophobic slurs, alongside a slur that offends the disabled. Here in Michigan, the most-hateful slurs seem to come from northern Michigan.

For an example, the word "dyke" is said in Twitter accounts based in Big Rapids, Lansing and Flint areas, but the area that shows the most hate is the Indian River area. Overall, the most homophobic Tweets come from the Reed City and Kalkaska areas statewise.

But when it comes to racism, once again it's northern Michigan that takes the cake. The heaviest areas where the n-word is blurted out are Marquette, Gaylord and Traverse City. Other racist terms aren't real present throughout the state.

I'll betcha that a lot of the people up north who say the n-word with pride do so because they live up there to stay away from all the blacks. After all, northern Michigan is about 95% white and some of them are quite stupid. But that's what happens when you live in one of the largest areas without any four-year university.

I remember visiting some relatives who live near Traverse City about five years ago. We were talking about Obama and they were telling me not to vote for him because he's similar to Kwame Kilpatrick. REALLY?! Kwame couldn't even lift Obama's suitcase. Too many people up north look at a black person and think he's a thug. A lot of people up north are ex-Detroiters who blame the city's demise on the blacks taking over the city.

The truth is, the internet is public. You write something on line and it'll stay there forever, like it or not. I hope anybody who writes racial slurs on Twitter will grow up and look at their past one day and think to themselves, "I wrote this?"

You did.

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5.22.13 Hero of the Day: Ray Manzarek

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A SPECIAL HERO OF THE DAY!

Name: Ray Manzarek
Age: was 74
Occupation: keyboardist of The Doors
Last Seen: in the great beyond
Awarded For: being one of rock's finest ---

When one door closes, another one opens.

But when two doors are closed forever, we should be thankful that two are still open.

Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist of the legendary rock band The Doors died on Monday at the age of 74 after battling bile duct cancer. Ray was a man who one of rock's most-talented, giving the band its distinctive sound.

While most rock bands are made up of a singer, guitarist, bassist and drummer, plus maybe a keyboardist, The Doors was made up of a drummer (John Densmore), a guitarist (Robby Kreiger), Manzarek and a soulful lizard king named Jim Morrison. While Morrison was the heart and soul of the band, Ray was its multi-tasker tickling the ivories with one band and playing a bass piano with another, making him The Doors' de facto bassist. He was pretty much the band's elder statesman, being the only member of the group's sole member born in the 1930's.

When The Doors formed in 1965, The Beatles were still a pop band that had just found America and the free love of the late 60's was still a few years away. After only two years together, they had their first album - self-titled - and their first #1 hit, "Light My Fire". Their other #1 was "Hello, I Love You" from their Waiting For The Sun LP.

In just a four-year period, The Doors released six albums and toured constantly. having to deal with Morrison's erratic behavior. Jim's short 27 years on Earth ended in a Paris hotel room on July 3rd, 1971. Manzarek, Densmore and Kreiger tried to continue sans Morrison as a trio for two more albums (with their first Morrison-less effort being called Other Voices). The band disbanded in 1973 but Ray continued to perform in other bands and many Doors reunions.

Ray is survived by his wife of 46 years, Dorothy Fujikawa, a son and three grandchildren.

Hopefully, he'll be riding to the great beyond on a crystal ship.

 
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5.21.13 Bee-otch of the Day: terrestrial radio

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Name: terrestrial radio
Age: 93
Occupation: entertainers and informers of the general public
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: dying---

This season's finale of Fox's Kitchen Nightmares was a true hoot.

Chef Gordon Ramsay paid a visit to Amy's Baking Company in Scottsdale, AZ, near Phoenix. The restaurant was notorious for their owners, Amy and Samy Bouzaglo yelling and swearing at customers who hate their food and their slow service. Because the two stood by their food, which is mostly frozen and pre-packaged, Ramsay stormed away from the restaurant and the two owners were happy he left.

Since the episode aired, multitudes of people have slammed ABC for they way they treat their customers and employees online. One individual was nice enough to start a Facebook page called "Crazy Amy's Baking Company" and made several fake commercials for the eatery with some teasing Amy for constantly meowing to her three cats.

Now, the two are planning to re-open ABC this Tuesday in hopes that the newly-reimaged restaurant will reverse the negative attention the place got from the episode.

Sadly, the attitudes of certain restrauntuers are no different than those who own certain radio stations. When I was a teenager, I was into KoRn, Rage Against the Machine, Tool, Nine Inch Nails and so much more. But, when it came to rock, the local stations in northern Michigan were in a battle to see who could play "Brown-Eyed Girl" more times in one day.

When I was young, I hated northern Michigan radio, and I still do. I busted my ass off to find ways to get distant signals from towns that had better rockers than that of KLT, The Zone and The Bear. Sometimes, I got WKLQ 94.5 out of Holland with some success, but that was if the tropo was right.

Now, there's satellite radio and internet radio, and you can get those stations quite easily on any smartphone. Plus, there's over 20 million subscribers to SiriusXM, so all should be well.

Now, northern Michigan has four rock stations. KLT and The Bear are still around while The Zone gave way to Real Rock 105 and 95-5 which gave way to Rock 105. Also, there's Q100.3 out of Grayling which is a classic-leaning AAA. Both KLT and The Bear are predominately classic rockers while Rock 105 is a 90's-focused rocker.

True, I should give Rock 105 props for giving people an alternative to the butt rock forced on us elsewhere, but it's sad that when they were Real Rock, they actually played new rock all the time. Now, certain songs won't get played on the station until maybe three months after everybody else has started playing them.

If you visit Rock 105's Facebook page and click on "posts by others", you'll see that they're, well, not well-liked. Listeners have called the station "repetitive", "grungy" and critiqued them for not playing enough new rock. One listener talked about how there's a lot of great new rock out there, and yet they're ODing on 90's music. "Smitty" responded by saying that new rock doesn't "test well", and yet the poster responded that when the station had the weekly "Buzz Cut", people overly responded positively to that. He hasn't been responded to.

I look at Rock 105's playlist and it's not too bad, but there's hardly any new rock and songs that don't fit the format (ie I saw "I've Seen All Good People" by Yes, plus Blink 182's "What's My Age Again" and Alex Clare's "Too Close"). Plus, I'm pissed that their Sunday night metal show "The Asylum" is gone. I wouldn't be too surprised if the recent switches at Rock 105 were all driven by consultants who all think that Traverse City is too much of a hick town to support something that's new and edgy. Therefore, instead of the latest from Alice in Chains, Volbeat, Device and other bands, northern Michigan's stuck with Art Alexakis crying about his daddy giving him a name and he walked away for the 347,462nd time in 15 years.

The reason why I'm pointing this out is because a recent poll by the firm Harris revealed that 60% of all Americans believe that terrestrial radio will be dead in five years. They're tuning in to services like Pandora and Slacker to avoid listening to commercials and overplayed songs.

It might also explain why some stations are also aiming for older audiences, such as northern Michigan's rock stations. Younger people tend to listen to music off their smartphones over traditional AM/FM stations. But the question is, will radio survive the next five years, or even more? I look at downstate rockers vs. the ones up north. Look at WGRD: successful morning show, always quick to add new tunes and their night jock's a hottie. Rock 105 has three local jocks and two that are fed from other markets and the same 200 songs over and over. If you lived up north, what station would you want to listen to?

Duh.

Point is, radio needs to adapt and make changes. They need to stop listening to consultants and start listening to the listeners. Rock 105 was Northern Star Broadcasting's best-rated station when it was Real Rock and they killed it, crying that their ratings were too low. That kind of mentality will only drive listeners away. Just look at WKLQ here in Grand Rapids.

But hey, Howard's got a new $50 million mansion in Florida. :D


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5.20.13 Bee-otch of the Day: a fat bitch

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Name: withheld
Age: c. 58
Occupation: slut
Last Seen: unknown
Bee-otched For: being the ugliest woman I've ever met... or even lived with---

Normally, I try to avoid talking about personal matters on this site. After all, I've gotten into trouble for doing so in the past, which is why I'll refer to today's Bee-otch as simply a fat slut.

This past Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the worst day in my life. It was only eight days before my 12th birthday and a day before my father's. I was in my bedroom, watching TV and wondering why my mother was late coming home from work. I was thinking that we were going out to dinner since she was later than usual.

Suddenly, she came home, but her friend was dragged along. Yep, the fat slut in question. She was blonde, six-foot-something and had to weigh at least 350 lbs. She was uglier than ugly. Well, I hid in my room while Mom and her friend were talking to my Dad. It was probably the most adult discussion in the world, so I was stuck in my bedroom, waiting and waiting. Suddenly, my father's voice called out my name, and I walked over to the living room. I sat down with Mom and F.S. staring at me.

"Charlie", my Dad said, "your mother and I love you very much." He continued, "we have filed for divorce."

I asked my mother if she still loved my Dad, and she tearfully said that she did. Then, they told me to grab my things because I was moving in with Mom to the Fat Bitch's house. I tried to think of the good of living there: she had cable and lived in a town instead of out in the country. Her house was an old Victorian two-story home that had an upper flat complete with a tiny kitchen.

Over time, I got used to living there and I did like it. For once, I got used to looking at the Fat Bitch everyday. But, over time, the truth came out. One reason for my family's divorce was because the fat bitch was broke.

You see, my Mother worked with the Fat Bitch at a gas station in town in the late 80's when my Mom lost her job as a secretary when that company moved downstate (thanks, Reagan). My Mother was the type that never saw people as fat or stupid. But in the Fat Bitch's case, she was a constant spender, maxing out every credit card she ever owned and getting constant calls from the credit card companies. My Mom and Dad were married for 17 years and at that time, both were making mistakes that damned their marriage. So, she spent weekends at the Fat Bitch's house, cleaning out the top floor for us to move in. She would come home with some goodies, like outdated cereal I sure as hell wasn't going to touch with a 50-foot pole, but made me eat it anyway.

While living at the Bitch's house, I started seeing her for who she was: a slut, plain and simple. I was 12 years old and she had gay porno mags everywhere. Also, she would blare out shitty music all the time, like the soundtrack to The Bodyguard and Bonnie Raitt. I learned that one reason why she did so was because she was downstairs always blowing losers who couldn't get laid.

It might be one reason why I might have been the only person in the world who was happy when Whitney Houston died.

Over time, my Mom got tired of the environment she forced herself and me into, and thankfully, she bought a house almost two years after the divorce. She happily remarried and moved to Arizona. As for the Fat Bitch, last I heard, she moved to California to become a swinger. She was so fat, it wouldn't surprise me if she's dead. She did have heart problems when I knew her.

I've forgiven my Mom for wanting to divorce my Dad. Shit happens. But I didn't like the fact that she forced me to live with her slut friend during the transitional period. It's people like that Fat Bitch that make me happy that I avoid chubby chicks like the plague.

So, you might be wondering why I posted a picture of Rod Roddy instead of that bitch. Well, she *kinda* looked like him, only fatter. Like the Fat Bitch, Roddy *apparently* was a sexual deviant himself, flying to Taiwan to have sex with dudes. When he died ten years ago, Roddy had no family or survivors. Hell, Bob Barker didn't even appear at his funeral!

However, it's people like the Fat Bitch that makes me a better person. I will never marry or even date a fat skank because I worry about the welfare of my future children. I want them to have a stable mother and father. I don't want my children to go through what I went through. I know. I'm 32 and my dating record sucks. But when she comes, she'll be here. But, she won't look like a goddamned butterball.

So ladies, start working out and wipe the cum from your chin. 

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5.16.13 Bee-otch of the Day: George W. Bush

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Name: George W. Bush
Age: 67
Occupation: ex-president
Last Seen: Grand Rapids, MI
Bee-otched For: flying into the wrong spot ---

Just when we all thought that the ex-president would be living in seclusion forever.

Yesterday, George W. Bush was not far from Chuck69.com world headquarters here in Grand Rapids where he was speaking to a group of teens in an airplane hangar. The teens are all part of the West Michigan Aviation Academy, a school that's a regular high school that teaches everything from English to Math, but mainly focuses on teaching them how to fly.

The school was founded by Dick DeVos, a former gubernatorial candidate for Michigan who was also the son of one of the founders of Amway, billionaire Richard DeVos. Obviously, the two are quite close.

I find it funny that Bush would ever speak at an event at a high school for future pilots, especially since he's responsible for four of the worst air disasters in world history. You know, a little something called "9/11"?

Because of 9/11, he shoved wool over our eyes and forced us into three expensive wars and made himself wanted in several countries for war crimes. Instead of flying to Grand Rapids to talk to teens, he should have flown straight into jail.

Oh, and speaking of Dick DeVos, let's not forget who his brother-in-law is: Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater.

Once again, both the Bushes and DeVoses have proven to the world that the epicenter of evil is right here in Grand Rapids. It's a shame that Bush is still a free man, yet his lunacy killed thousands of people here in America and worldwide. It's sad that there's not a whole lot of outrage from the people of Grand Rapids, yet the media's barely even covering Bush's visit. I know, it's time to move on, but it's tough when we had to live through eight years of lies and corruption.

It's sad when Bush gets to live free, especially here in Grand Rapids.

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5.15.13 Hero of the Day: Angelina Jolie

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Name: Angelina Jolie
Age: 37
Occupation: actress
Last Seen: ??
Awarded For: choosing life over boobies ---

Twenty years ago this year, the world said hello to Angelina Jolie's boobs for the very first time in a crappy straight-to-video flicker called Cyborg 2. She was only 18 when she first bared her knockers, and the world had begun a love affair with her and her naked body.

Over the years, Jolie had done many movies that co-starred her and her boobs: Taking Lives, Original Sin, Foxfire and of course, Gia. Her sex appeal translated to millions of dollars at the box office. But despite her sex appeal, for the most part, making sure that she's around for years to come is the most-important.

Yesterday, Jolie made a serious revelation in an article in the New York Times that she had a double mastectomy a few months ago. Her doctor told her that she had a hereditary gene that increased her chances of having breast or ovarian cancer by 87%. If her breasts were removed, her chances of getting cancer would go down to just 5%. Jolie's mother, Marcheline Bertrand died at the age of 56 from ovarian cancer. Her grandmother - Bertrand's mother - died at 45 also from ovarian cancer.

Jolie has six children - three adopted and three natural - with long-time partner Brad Pitt.

Like most males, I like boobies. But, ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Angelina has six kids and wants to be there for them for a long, long time. She's 37 and could get cancer at any time at her age. She's shown her boobs many times over the years on film and those movies will last years to come. They're on modern celluloid and not nitrate that will crumple to dust.

Yeah, her chances of doing more nude scenes will be limited (I don't think she's ever shown vag, but even that's questionable after having two kids), but she's done OK without taking her clothes off. As a matter of fact, her next movie, Maleficent is a Disney film scheduled to be released next Summer (for the record, her last film was 2011's Kung Fu Panda 2 and her last live-action film was 2010's The Tourist).

I know, yesterday I made an off-color joke on Facebook, stating something like "Angelina Jolie, thanks for the mammaries" and some of you thought it was tasteless. But that's what happens when you show off your naked body on the silver screen at least a dozen times. To some people, Angelina Jolie sans her famous boobs is like George Burns without Gracie or Simon without Garfunkel. But she's not the first celeb to have a mastectomy. Remember when Christina Applegate had her boobs removed? She had breast cancer and had the same gene that Angelina has.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that baring it all ain't everything. I'm sure Angelina will do well post-mastectomy without taking it off. We've (almost) seen it all. Being there for your family, however, is the most-important of all.

Cancer sucks. Good thing that Angelina has taken a huge step to stop it.

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5.14.13 Bee-otch of the Day: Benny Hinn

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Name: Benny Hinn
Age: 60
Occupation: televangelist
Last Seen: ??
Bee-otched For: being a pure faker---

Reason #256,853 why I won't support the Jesus crowd.

Late last month, one of the biggest televangelists on TV began a crusade to raise $2.5 million.

Yes, I said "$2.5 million".

Benny Hinn (and I said "Hinn", not "Hill" as in the funny British comedian), told his followers that he's $2.5 million in debt and is now begging them to donate to him. He even claims that one of his viewers will "match their donations dollar to dollar".

So in all, within 90 days, he hopes to be swimming in $5 million. And there's starving kids in China.

We all know Benny Hinn: he's that dude from Israel who pushes people to the ground and tells them that Jesus saved them. Just like many of the televangelists on TV, he's nothing more than a crook. Many networks like CNN and NBC did stories on him and found out that he spends a lot of viewer donations on expensive homes, personal jet planes and four-star hotels. They even exposed his ministry by showcasing a young boy who had been paralyzed in a football injury who came to Hinn only to be rejected, but was touched by Hinn in a private ceremony after one of his conventions. He was still paralyzed after the ceremony.

You see, Benny Hinn's a fraud, plain and simple. He - and all televangelists - are nothing more than scum who tell the poor that giving them money will make them rich, too. Truth is, they're nothing more than snake oil salesmen who don't pay taxes because of their "non-profit" status.

Folks, want to be Christian? Help a real poor person. Give to charities whose higher-ups don't get paid a substantial income so you can help the poor themselves. Give to a rich man, and he'll be richer and the camel's chances of fitting through the needle is much easier.

All for a man who wore rags all his life and never drove a car.


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5.13.13 Back Page: WRIF Trades Drew and Mike For Dave And Chuck The Freak

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WRIF TRADES DREW AND MIKE FOR DAVE AND CHUCK THE FREAK
D&M's last day is Friday
When I was a young teen, I remember going to visit family in Detroit and one of the stations I listened to was 97.1 WKRK - K-Rock.

K-Rock was a CBS-owned station that had a modern rock format with Howard Stern in the morning. One of the station's most-remembered features were their promos blasting rival WRIF. Some ads blasted their editing of music, others blasted their jocks like the aging Arthur Penhallow. But other promos dealt with their morning show, Drew and Mike. They proclaimed that the duo did nothing but rip-off Howard Stern and his ideas. One promo even had Howard talk about Drew and Mike and how they were just Stern clones.

Of course, K-Rock didn't last long, and the rock format was replaced with Extreme Radio, which had Stern along with Chicago's Steve Dahl and Mancow along with other various shows. Now, 97.1 is WXYT - The Ticket, a successful sports-talk format.

For years, WRIF had nothing to worry about. They had heritage jocks and music. However, they report to the trades as an active rock format, which traditionally means that they're supposed to play a lot of new rock and little classic rock. Instead, they're a mix of rock from the past 50 years to keep both young rock fans and the listeners they've had since they began in 1971 happy. It's quite common to hear bands such as The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Ted Nugent and Bob Segar on The Riff and not many other active rockers.

But, The Riff is showing its age, and last week, they finally made the big announcement: Drew and Mike are leaving the station after 22 years in front of the mike.

The last episode of their long-running program will air this Friday. The rest of the show's regulars will also be out as well.

As expected, D&M's replacement's none other than Dave and Chuck the Freak, the former morning show at 89X out of Windsor. The two left the station several months ago due to a contract dispute and have been on the beach due to the contract's non-compete clause. They told their listeners via Facebook that they were going to "work for another station in town", leading to speculation that they were headed to classic rocker 106.7 The D, which does not have a morning show. Others even speculated that they would do an afternoon show at WRIF.

To many, Dave and Chuck replacing a top-rated show like Drew and Mike was something that came out of left field. D&M still have great ratings, and WRIF is Detroit's top rocker. Problem is, Drew and Mike's audience is mostly in their 40's and older and The Riff wanted something younger.

Over the years, WRIF has changed in the jock department. Doug Podell moved to classic rock sister WCSX while Arthur P. retired and moved to Hawaii. However, the music hasn't changed much to preserve their 42-year heritage.

Thing is, nothing lasts forever, especially in rock. A 20-year-old hippie in 1971 is now 62. He's probably retired - or getting close to retirement - and will live on a fixed income for the rest of his life. Sadly, in the advertising world, that's not what most rock stations want. Most radio stations want 25-54, which is the spending demo for most stations. I feel that when Dave and Chuck the Freak start, WRIF will push most of their geezer rockers over to WCSX (several other ex-Riffers such as Karen Savelly also work there) while they focus more on the rock of the past 20 years or so.

But here's the million-dollar question: will Dave and Chuck the Freak be a success on The Riff? That's a good question. Drew and Mike are to Bob and Tom while Dave and Chuck are more akin to Howard Stern. Drew and Mike's fans are older and blue collar while Dave and Chuck's fans are younger and more internet-saavy (D&M have 10,000 Facebook followers while D&CTF have 90,000). Also, 89X is the top station streaming on the web out of the Detroit area. WRIF's up there, too, per Alexa.

Drew and Mike have even mentioned that they're open to work somewhere else, possibly even The D. After all, they need the ratings.

In the end, radio is just like all other businesses. There's a door, and it revolves. You come in it one day and are forced out of it down the road. Some shops treat their workers like family, others tend to change them like underwear. In the case of The Riff, it's similar to what NBC's doing to Jay Leno: his ratings are good, but he and his viewers are old. So, they're replacing him with a guy - Jimmy Fallon - who has a following and younger fans. Leno's #1, but has older fans.

In radio, it's not just about how many people listen to you, but it's also how old they are. In the case of rock 'n roll radio, it's better to air ads from the strip club over the old folks' home. 

5.9.13 Bee-otch of the Day: National Cherry Festival

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Name: National Cherry Festival
Age: 87
Occupation: yearly festival
Last Seen: Traverse City, MI
Bee-otched For: turning into a geezerfest again
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Well, at least there's the Traverse City Film Festival (and dammit, I gotta get there one year or another).

The National Cherry Festival is becoming more and more overrated every year. It seems that there's always something to do for the old people and kids, but if you're maybe 16-40, the sad answer is fuck you.
Case in point: their concert selection this year. A few weeks ago, they announced three concerts: Styx, Foreigner and Montgomery Gentry. When I heard the announcement, I thought that there would be more.

There are, but it's another country concert, a Simon and Garfunkel tribute and the always there 1964: The Tribute.

To a 31-year-old like me, there's only one word to describe this snoozefest: YAWN.

I'm a rock guy and REALLY?!? Styx and Foreigner? Sorry, but this is 2013, not 1977. What's more laughable is that BOTH bands have long-parted from their original lead singers (and in Foreigner's case, only guitarist Mick Jones is left) and none of them have had any relevance for years. True, the country crowd gets several acts that are still making hits, but sorry, the assholes at the Cherry Festival are once again aiming for an audience that's either 1) old, 2) white trash or 3) both.

Last year, the Cherry Festival *actually* had a somewhat-decent band playing at the event, Pop Evil. I don't know how they did attendance-wise, but I'd rather see a Nickelback clone over some old dudes playing some other old dudes' songs.

Thankfully, there's Streeters and the new Southside Hideout In Buckley (Drowning Pool's playing there late June). I understand, the Cherry Fest is trying to remain family friendly and all, but this is re-god-damned-diculous.

I know, there's some science regarding the crappy concerts at the Cherry Festival. Part of it's due to KLT ALWAYS sponsoring the event and they're the top rock station in town. Thankfully, their ratings are sinking from what I've heard - partly due to the Finster snafu - but with the demise of the rock format on 95.5, it's a sign also that many younger rock fans are getting their music elsewhere (like Sirius or Pandora) and 20-30 years down the road, geezer-friendly stations like KLT will probably be dead.

The moral of the story: want a current rock band to play the Cherry Festival? Wait 35 years.

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5.8.13 Bee-otch of the Day: Rush Limbaugh

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Name: Rush Limbaugh
Age: 62
Occupation: blowhard
Last Seen: West Palm Beach, FL
Bee-otched For: prepping to lose some stations
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The man Sen. Al Franken once called "The Big Fat Idiot" is still a big fat idiot.

As we all know, Rush Limbaugh got his fat ass in trouble for calling Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" for wanting businesses to give their employees free contraceptives as part of the Affordable Health Care Act. He lost hundreds of sponsors - local and national - as a result and even a few affiliates.

Now, he's smack dab in a world of words with Cumulus Media, which owns many Rush affiliates including several 50,000-watt blowtorches like WJR Detroit, WLS Chicago and his long-time flagship, WABC New York (even though he's now stationed in West Palm Beach, FL where he's heard on 1290 WJNO, owned by Clear Channel). The company's CEO, Lew Dickey claimed that Limbaugh's remark "cost us millions" in a statement. Dickey claimed that Rush's moronic remark only added on to the company's troubles, in which they had a down year.

Now, there's rumors that Rush might be off of Cumulus' stations by the end of the year when his contract expires with the company. Not a whole lot to worry, though; Clear Channel owns a ton of radio stations in many of the markets where he's on Cumulus O&Os. In New York, for an example, CC owns WOR and in Detroit, they have fumbling sports-talker WDFN.

You see, folks, that's what happens when you have a dumbass like Rush - four times married - judge a woman. I feel sad that he's even married now as it is, and I'm still sad and single. I would never do what Rush did to any woman, especially one smarter than he is. I'm glad that he's costing radio stations money. Hell, I know of several radio stations in northern Michigan that are now silent because one of them carried Rush and lost a TON of money (I'll let you guess which ones they are :).

Hey! He's retirement age! Please Rush, do it!


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5.7.13 Bee-otch of the Day: NRA

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Name: National Rifle Association
Age: 142
Occupation: gun lobbying group
Last Seen: Fairfax, VA
Bee-otched For: still showing signs of life
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Only in America.

Or, in the NRA's case, 'Murica.

Every time a school shooting occurs, the NRA gets its wings, and the group has been in full swing in recent weeks, claiming victory when the Senate shot down gun reform and even sponsoring a NASCAR event.

Now, the gun lobbying group has a new president. His name is James Porter. He's 64 and a lawyer from Birmingham, AL. His father was even an NRA president back in 1959.

It's well-known that Porter is a vowed Republican who spends his life bashing Obama on his gun policies and claims that the president is out to destroy the Second Amendment. Yet, he's close pallies with the gun industry and has even used his lawyer prowless to protect gun groups in court.

Meanwhile, the NRA held a huge rally in Houston last weekend where talk radio host Glenn Beck helped lead on the crowd with his anti-Democratic rhetoric that our freedoms are all at stake and that the left is on a mission to destroy gun rights.

During one of his speeches, the hate-filled Mormon even hoisted a gun like Charlton did during his "cold dead hands" speech. Once again, it's conservatives like Beck and others who seem to not care that there's people out there who are plotting gun-raged attacks but some hilljack in 'bama has to have his right to own every assault weaponry known to mankind.

Yep, that's the NRA, trying to maintain the dream that Charlton Heston had that gun owners don't want their guns torn from their cold, dead hands. Now, the man who is going to sit in Heston's old seat is just another hillbilly who will fight to make sure that not only good people get to keep their guns, but the bad people as well.

The NRA: will they ever learn?


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