9.30.15 Bee-otch of the Day: ASUS

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Name: ASUS
Age: 26
Occupation: computer maker
Last Seen: Taiwan
Bee-otched For: making shitty computers

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It looks like I won't be buying a computer from ABC Warehouse anytime soon.

Several months ago, I noticed that my laptop, a Toshiba was starting to sound wonky. For example: if I was listening to a YouTube video, it would start sounding like Eric the Midget (ackackack), which got to be annoying. After taking it to a local tech, he told me that he would have to go deep into the system itself, which would have set me back a few arms and legs. Since my tax return came back, I decided that it was time for a new machine.

I was thinking about getting one from Amazon, but since there's ABC Warehouse down the road, I looked at them, too (there's also Best Buy, but I avoid them since they support the Repukes). There was an old fat guy running the computer department who looked like he didn't know a lot about computers. He talked me into getting an ASUS - a brand I haven't heard before - that had 1TB of hard drive space and a dual processor. I thought, OK, for $500, it was a steal, right? Well, turned out to be a mistake.

1) The keyboard sucks. You almost have to POUND the keys to make it register. 2) A lot of the time, the armrest on the keyboard itself is uncomfortable. Therefore, my arms hurt from typing. But, reason #3 is the top reason why I hate the damn thing so much is because it's broken down not once, but TWICE. Last May, I put a phone charger into the USB port and it shorted out. I called ASUS and they had me send it in. Took them two weeks, but oh, well. However, IT DID IT AGAIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT. I was listening to internet radio on there when I took out my headphone jack, put it back in and boom, it shorted out AGAIN. I called up ASUS, but the operator told me that this time, it was MY FAULT that it shorted out and I had to pay for shipping, which turned out to be $20. WHAT. THE. FUCK?!?! Great. Now I'm stuck with only my Toshiba, whose sound is OK if I give it a nice overnight virus scan.

Thankfully, I purchased a two-year warranty with ABC in case it were to break down. I want to talk to them when I get my computer back and let them know that I'm now unhappy with it. Who knows? Another option might be to sell it on CraigsList for 1/2 of what I bought it for and use part of the money to buy a new 'puter at tax time. We'll see.

But in the meantime, don't trust a computer maker whose name sounds like ISIS.
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9.29.15 Hero of the Day: Pope Francis

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A SPECIAL HERO OF THE DAY!

Name: Pope Francis
Age: 78
Occupation: holiest man on Earth
Last Seen: The Vatican
Awarded For: changing a corrupt man

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It's amazing how one man could make this country a lot better.

And that man is none other than Pope Francis.

Last week, the Pontiff made a whirlwind trip through several cities, namely Washington, New York and Philadelphia. Everywhere he went, he was treated like a rock star with adoring fans lined up to catch even the smallest glimpse of the man who is closer to God than 9 out of 5 televangelists you see on TV.

Of course, the right was nice enough to blast him for his anti-capitalistic beliefs. But, he's a man of the Lord and knows how the wealthy have done a wonderful job of destroying the world. In one of the places he went, the Capital, his sense of wisdom shined brighter than the sun.

In a speech with Vice President Joe Biden and house speaker John Boehner standing behind him, the Pope talked about how capitalism was destroying the world and making the poor even poorer. Boehner was in tears virtually the whole time the Pope was speaking.

And then, a miracle happened. A day later, John Boehner announced that he was stepping down from speaker of the house and his final day as congressman would be on October 30. This coming from a man who countless times tried to kill Obamacare and took in hundreds of thousands of bucks in campaign money from big donors like AT&T and FirstEnergy, an Ohio utilities company.

I look at not just Boehner, but the whole Republican party and wonder if the Pope's words had an impact on them. I even pondered that question in church on Sunday when my pastor did away with his normal sermon and did a Q&A session. I wanted to ask him if he felt that the Pope had an impact on Boehner, but he never got to me, sadly. But, I did ask one of the church's members and he claimed that Boehner's personal Catholic faith played a role in him wanting to quit his post. I didn't blame him one bit.

My only wish regarding all this was that Francis was Pope during George W. Bush's term in office and that he would have come to America then. Imagine the Pope telling our idiot president that dragging thousands of troops into a fake war over oil was the most-sinful thing ever imaginable. It would have been cool seeing our troops come home instead of being blown to smithereens over lies.

True, Pope Francis ain't perfect. Yes, he cares about the poor and sick, but he also is anti-woman and anti-gay. I wouldn't be too surprised if in the years ahead, we will have a pope who will be a pure liberal. People need to open their eyes a little more and realize that the Bible doesn't say anything about abortion or being gay. So yes, the Pope is still a prude.

But hey, at least he knows about the camel going through the eye of the needle and healing the sick.
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9.24.15 Bee-otch of the Day: ArtPrize

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Name: ArtPrize
Age: 7
Occupation: Amway commercial
Last Seen: Grand Rapids
Bee-otched For: making people bow to the Devoses

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Here we go again for another two and a half weeks of Artprize this and Artprize that.

The overrated art festival launched its seventh year this week, bringing thousands of tourists to the area who love and appreciate art.

It's too bad that it's brought to you by the fine folks at Amway.

Yes, those pyramid scheme-loving rascals are back at it again, awarding $500,000 (chump change to them) to the person who can conjure up the best painting or sculpture. To me, it's one important reason why I avoid downtown for the next several weeks. Want me to drive there? Kiss my ass.

You see, it's no secret that I hate the Devos family. They used to be the wealthiest family in Michigan until the Meijers took over. But the thing is, they're a bunch of vultures who'll do anything to screw over the people of Michigan. After all, they bought our state's asshole governor and they'll do anything to promote their false Christian values in front of others.

Case in point: the city's STUPID strip club laws, which bans all nudity. Many think that it was Judy Rose who was the brainchild of the laws. However, she *allegedly* got much of her funding from the Devoses. Why? Because she appeared in one of Dick Devos' campaign commercials during his unsuccessful run for governor in 2006. Since the law was passed that same year, only two clubs in Grand Rapids have survived the passing as bikini joints. But yet, because of Artprize, it's OK for an HIV- positive man to hang up a painting made from his cum at a gay club.

Oh, and I just heard today that a Michigan state panel wants to ban full-nude dancing in Michigan. Assholes.

Oh, and let's not forget that by marriage, the Devoses are related to the Prince family, who helped to fund the far-right-wing organization that tried to get Howard Stern off the air and the fact that their beloved son, Erik was behind Blackwater.

I know that I'm in the minority, but let's face it: I don't support a festival that's brought to us by a family that's corrupt and thumps their religious views onto others. Even worse is that WOOD-TV 8 will be broadcasting from ArtPrize for the duration from the Grand Rapids Art Museum. I'm still waiting for the day somebody streaks in front of the camera or screams either "BABA BOOEY!" or even better, "FUCK HER RIGHT IN THE PUSSY!"

In three weeks, it will be all over.
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9.23.15 Bee-otch of the Day: Tom Hooker

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Name: Tom Hooker
Age: 58
Occupation: state rep
Last Seen: Byron Township, MI
Bee-otched For: being another sex hater

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Yet another critic of Planned Parenthood is coming out of the woodwork.

Michigan Republican state rep Tom Hooker has created legislation that would ban the non-profit group from teaching sexual education in public schools in the state. This, of course is response to the heavily-edited and untrue video created by a right-wing group a few months ago that shows several PP execs explaining that they sell the organs of aborted fetuses.

The legislation would also band PP from teaching children how condoms work by placing them on phallic objects such as cucumbers and bananas. Hooker, a former schoolteacher himself told Mlive.com that when he was teaching school, he only talked about the risks even safe sex has. He claimed that both condoms and birth control pills can both fail. He also claims that PP wants to keep teaching sex ed so they could end up performing more abortions for more profit.

Yep, just another right-winged prick trying to get Michigan to being a state where they teach abstinence only, like Alaska and Texas, two states that saw their teenage pregnancy rates rise dramatically thanks to their idiot governors. You know, Sarah Palin and George W. Bush? Of course, Sarah's kids are experts of saying no to premarital sex*.

Folks, I'm a believer that all schools need to teach kids about sex. They need to teach kids that yes, sex is a good thing, but yes, there's consequences. Most kids lose their virginity at 16, and when they can't get condoms because of asshole Repukes, we all pay the price. That poor mother will be forced to raise a kid working two or three jobs and living off an EBT card paid for by you and me.

You know, instead of defunding Planned Parenthood, the Repukes need to create tougher gun laws. It's sick that America allowed these pricks to run our government and this is what we get: more shootings while more unwanted kids are born into this world. To a Repuke, we must protect the embryo, but when it's out in the real world, it sucks to be them royally.

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9.22.15 Bee-otch of the Day: Koch Brothers

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Name: Charles and David Koch
Ages: 79, 75
Occupations: billionaires
Last Seen: Wichita, KS, Manhattan
Bee-otched For: seeing their little political empire crumble

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There's not enough Angel Soft or Quilted Northern to clean up the Koch Bros. shit.

But when they have one of their candidates running for president quit and two of their recently-ousted state reps try to weasel their way back into their seats, they might have to cut down more trees to get nowhere.

First up, Scott Walker. The Wisconsin governor has become the latest presidential candidate to jump out of the overly-crowded clown car of Republicans. With less than a 1/2 % of potential voters, he had no chance of coming near the likes of Trump, Carson, Bush or Fiorina. Good, since as governor of Wisconsin, he screwed over the unions and now, the state is in collapse.

Sadly, we've felt teabagger heat here in Michigan thanks to the lovebirds known as Cindy Gamrat and Todd Courser, the two state reps who were kicked out of their positions last week for misusing taxpayer money to hide their illicit affair. Now, the two are trying to regain their seats by announcing last week that they will be running again. The primary will be held on November 3rd. However, there's word that the two could be charged for what they did with the taxpayer money, which could equate to felonies.

OK, so how much you want to bet that the Kochs will heavily fund their re-election campaigns and they'll be back in their old seats, telling us that we need to defund Planned Parenthood while Cindy sucks on Todd's cock before she kisses her kids? If the people of Plainwell and Lapeer had a brain, they'd tell the two to fuck off.

Look, folks, the Kochs are worth BILLIONS. Last week, I was watching Early Today on NBC and I swear that every other commercial was for a Koch product. Ever see the Quilted Northern ads with the stupid toys looking at what looks like an old toilet? Dumb. I prefer Cottonelle and the cute British chick telling people to "go commando". But since the company that makes Cottonelle, Kimberly Clark spends most of their political donations on the Republicans, I avoid them too. (Seventh Generation is an awesome brand that is 100% Democrat and is sold at Democrat-leaning CVS Pharmacies).

All I can say is that the presidential election's next year, and I can't wait to see either Hillary or Bernie beat the crap out of the Repukes. Once again, it's time to see the Kochs spend their billions to get nowhere.

For that, they're going to have to sell a lot of toilet paper.
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9.21.15 Bee-otch of the Day: another CraigsList idiot

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Name: anonymous
Age: looks like 30s
Occupation: unknown
Last Seen: north Grand Rapids
Bee-otched For: being the worst CraigsList customer ever

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James Corden said it best: there's an app for everything. There's an app to help you get laid (Tinder), communicate with friends (Facebook) and even one where you can get killed.

And yes, that site is CraigsList.

Yes, I use CL to sell my unwanted junk. It's even gotten me through some tough times when my ex-boss was stifling me from working a livable wage. Before last week, I only had one other customer whom I considered as an asshole, and it was a schmuck who tried to get me into selling his shit (and yes, he was given BOTD on May 8, 2012).

I've learned a lot from selling on CL. Thankfully, most people I've sold to are decent humans. I even sold a bunch of old VHS tapes to a man I thought was going to kill me since he told me to meet him by a party store on Division that had been robbed. Turned out that he was a good guy who was going to erase the tapes and replace them with old cartoons to donate to low-income families.

But now, I have a new champion in the world of CL customers.

Our story begins over a year ago with my ex-girlfriend. She wanted me to buy her beach balls and a helium tank to fulfill her weird-ass sexual desires. The helium tank I bought was $23 at Target and came with balloons. We took the crap home, but I remembered that we hardly used the tank at all. We tried to fill one of the balls to no avail and so we ended up blowing up maybe six balloons. Of course, the bitch and I broke up, so I was left with a gently used tank that I busted a shitload of money on for no good reason. Now, I wasn't going to sell the beach balls on CL (because some of them were shoved up her you-know-what). But the tank was still good, so I thought.

I decided to sell the helium tank and balloons on CL for a reasonable $10. I did get offers, but they all fell through. I was hoping to sell them when I was broke, but last week while I was working 10 hours per day and was scheduled for Saturday, I got an offer from a woman who was going to use it for her son's 10th birthday party. Normally, I'd like my customers to meet me at the gas station down the street from where I live. However, this bitch had me drive all the way to her son's doctor's office which was way up the East Beltline here in Grand Rapids. I drove 30 minutes through rush hour traffic to get there, even when I had to pull to the side because my GPS failed. Anyway, I got there and the woman, who was slightly on the chubby side got the tank and balloons. I even demonstrated to her that yes, it still worked by taking a balloon, blew it up with air and sucking it to prove that it still worked. I also gave her a receipt stating that I sold it to her as-is, simply to save my ass.

Well, things were hunky dory for a few days until this skank lovingly sent me this email:

Today is my sons 10th Birthday and your helium tank blew up 5 balloons and is empty.  You Niggers.
Wow. sounds like a happy customer! So happy that she used the queen mother of all racial slurs. The big one, the n-dash-dash-dash-dash-dash word. A word I wouldn't use in the first person or else Jesse Jackson would wash my mouth out with Afro-Sheen.

References to A Christmas Story aside, look, I'm no expert on helium. If the thing had a gauge and was empty, I wouldn't sell it. I hardly used the damn thing so I thought it was still good. THIS IS WHY WHEN I SELL USED STUFF ON CRAIGSLIST, I WRITE A RECEIPT STATING THAT IT'S AS-IS. ONCE IT'S YOURS, YOU AIN'T GETTING A REFUND, PERI-FUCKING-OD.

Now, if you *kindly* complained that the item I sold was a POS, I would apologize and be humble. But since this bitch who reminds me of a typical Jerry Springer Show guest was kind enough to call me - a Caucasian - the n-word, I know whom I'm dealing with. Besides, I drove all the way through traffic after being awake since 3:30 am that day to supply her fat ass equating to wear and tear on my car, so yes, the $10 was perfect enough. I've since used the money for a two-pack of Monster, my weekly offering to my church and change for my laundry.

The moral of this story: don't fuck with Chuck.
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9.17.15 Bee-otch of the Day: MacArthur High School

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Name: MacArthur High School
Age: 52
Occupation: high school
Last Seen: Irving, TX
Bee-otched For: getting the wrong impression

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Yesterday, the world got to know a young 14-year-old boy named Ahmed Mohamed.

Ahmed is a young freshman who loves to design and invent stuff. He could be the next Steve Jobs or even Bill Gates.

Of course, many of you already know the story: Ahmed builds a clock and wanted to show off his teachers. One of them freaks out, calls 911 and the police come over to arrest him for allegedly designing a bomb instead. However, it was discovered that the clock was simply a clock and he was freed. Apparently, the school overreacts simply because he's a Muslim. After the incident, he receives major praise from the likes of Mark Zuckerburg and even President Obama, who personally invites him to the White House.

So, why did Mr. Mohamed get arrested? Simple: he's a Muslim, like the attackers on 9/11. He was simply judged because he was the same race as those who created the horrific incident that killed nearly 3,000 people 14 years ago.

You know, most Muslims are nice, peaceful people. Osama bin Laden made his people look like sick madmen. Same goes with Christians; I think most of them are decent people although people like Pat Robertson, Kim Davis, the family on Duck Dynasty, virtually everybody with a show on TBN and the Westboro folks give Christianity a bad name. However, since many Christians are also white, they get to be judged less in society than those who are darker skinned, like Ahmed.

As for Ahmed, he will not be returning to MacArthur High School. I don't blame him.

Then again, this is Texas, after all.

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9.16.15 Bee-otch of the Day: WKLT

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Name: WKLT
Age: 36
Occupation: shitty rock station
Last Seen: Traverse City
Bee-otched For: still airing Omelette's shitty morning show

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It's no secret that I really, really hate WKLT.

When I was a kid growing up in northern Michigan, while my cousins downstate were listening to stations that carried Howard Stern in the morning and kick ass rock music all day, KLT was the de facto rock station up north, playing every known butt rock band to entertain the toothless hicks in good 'ol Manceltucky. Thanks to KLT and the weak-ass stations up north, I think I wore out the seek button on my car's stereo.

I started Chuck69.com in 1999 to tell the stations up north to please, please, please start carrying The Howard Stern Show. Their response? "We'll lose advertisers". In KLT's case, they lost listeners when in 1998, they finally got serious competition when classic rocker The Bear and alternative The Zone signed on. True, The Zone sucked until 2000, but I'd rather listen to Barenaked Ladies over Foreigner any fucking day.

It used to be that KLT would go through morning shows like underwear despite good ratings. Tim Murphy and the late Jim Ellis come to mind. They should have carried Stern when Bob and Tom were whipping their asses in the ratings. But instead, they chose a Stern clone.

Steve Normandin came to KLT in the early 2000s as Omelette. He's originally from Connecticut, aka Stern country. I'll betcha that he listened to Stern a lot as a kid and thought that one day, he could be the next King of All Media. Now, we don't know how KLT is doing in the ratings thanks to owner Northern Broadcast no longer being a Nielsen subscriber and the fact that no ratings book have been released since 2012. But, people claim that yes, they're doing quite well in the ratings.

One HUGE reason why I hate Omelette is simply because he is a Grade F Stern clone. He even has his own Wack Pack, aka "The Misfits", rudely named after the Island of Misfit Toys from the old Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Christmas special. His Misfits are made up of homeless people and those with disabilities. As a matter of fact, I found this article this week about how he bullies the homeless in TC.

But that's not all. I found another article about how he and his ex-partner, Finster, now at 104.5 Bob FM screwed over an owner of a recording studio in TC because he hired a morning show rival to be the lead singer of his band.

Let's not forget when I gave Scrambled Eggs the Bee-otch of the Day because he had his own "Intern Show" and one of his cronies named "David the Fluffer" lovingly bashed me and even asked me to come up north to be on their show. Of course, it never happened because I surely wasn't going to argue with a bunch of morons who are a few steps below Howard's Wack Pack on a podcast that only had 20 listeners.

When I hear about the asshole known as Omelette on WKLT, I cringe. It makes me want to tune in to the other rock stations in the area, but they all suck. Bob and Tom are dated and Cartman is yet another arrogant asshole who still owes me over the "pissing on KHQ" pic that he claimed that I made apparently. Thankfully, there's Q100 and their new morning show "JJ's Morning Jams" (which I'll give a try sooner or later) and oh, yes, Howard now being on Sirius, too.

In the end, why listen to a clone when you can have the real thing?

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9.15.15 Bee-otch of the Day: Gerald Casale

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Name: Gerald Casale
Age: 67
Occupation: bassist of Devo, music video director
Last Seen: ??
Bee-otched For: dissing the victims of 9/11

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It's sad when the man who helped to create one of rock's most innovative bands decides to make light from the worst tragedy in American history.

Gerald Casale, the original bassist of the 1970s/80s new wave band Devo is in hot water because of his wedding last week to Krista Knapp in California. Since the wedding was on 9/11, they figured, why not a 9/11-themed wedding?

Yeah, nothing like celebrating an incident that killed nearly 3,000 Americans and thanks to our lead idiot in charge, Dubya was a stepping stone to three very expensive and unneeded wars. Anyway, their wedding cake was made up of the Twin Towers with the bride and groom's pictures on top and cards were placed on the tables with their names engraved on box cutters. Real box cutters were handed out as party favors.

According to one of the guests, the Casales have a dark sense of humor, but Jerry is a 'sweet guy'. Bear in mind that Casale is also in a band called "Jihad Jerry and the Evildoers".

Look, I've been to a few weird weddings in my life, but if I went to a wedding where they poke fun of a disturbing incident like 9/11, I'd be taking the high road. If I was closely affected by the tragedy on 9/11, I'd be boycotting Devo for the rest of my life.

Time to hang up the energy dome.

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9.14.15 Bee-otches of the Day: Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat

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Names: Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat
Ages: 43, 42
Occupations: former state reps
Last Seen: Lapeer and Plainwell
Bee-otched For: getting the boot

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The Coursrat Saga has ended.

...For now.

On Friday, the Michigan state legislature voted 92-14 to eject Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat from their positions as state representatives for using taxpayer money to hide their affair. The saga began a month ago when an email from Courser's camp appeared saying that he was having sex with male prostitutes. It was then discovered that the two were having an affiar instead which led to the investigation that ended with the two's political career ending, ironically on the 14th anniversary of the attacks on 9/11/11.

True, there's the issue of what's next for the Twin Fuckers. Of course, there's rumors of a pending criminal investigation into the two's activities, and it could lead to the two rotting in jail.

Sadly, the Democrats in the state house deserve an ass kicking, too. Many of them refused to vote on Coursrat simply because they wanted the two to continue on with their jobs, only to guarantee a Democratic win in 2018. However, recall elections to replace the two will be held in November.

Well, I hope the two learned their lesson. I hope they never run for public office again. Even more, shame on them for dragging their families through the mud because of their affair. For two asshole teabaggers, they've proven that their morals are fake. Hopefully, the people in their districts will vote Democrat to show pRick Snyder a lesson.

Once again, the Koch Brothers have failed. HARD.

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9.10.15 Bee-otches of the Day: corporate radio and record labels

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Names: record labels and corporate radio
Ages: various
Occupation: the people who choose what we listen to
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: trying to kill rock and failing

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What are three words that are nowhere near true?

"Rock is dead".

Last week, the rock band Disturbed scored their fourth straight #1 album on the Billboard 200 with Immortalized, the hard rock band's first album in five years. Led by the hit single "The Vengeful One", it's proof that despite bullshit from critics who claim that indie is the way to go these days, that there's still a market for good 'ol hard rock.

But it's not just Disturbed that's proud of their numbers, it's hard rock stations in Michigan that are all singing the praises as well. Last week, it was revealed that Detroit's WRIF had one of its best Nielsen books in ages: #4 with a 5.9. The three stations beating The Riff were 97.1 The Ticket (sports), WOMC 104.3 (classic hits) and sister station 94.7 WCSX (classic rock).

In the new rock category, The Riff soundly beat alternative counterpart 89X almost fourfold. The lowly Canadian station was 19th place with a measly 1.7. They are now Detroit's second-lowest music station, narrowly beating sister station 93.9 The River by a tenth of a point.

What might be the saddest of all is how LITTLE hard rock bands are getting promoted these days. Last year on Saturday Night Live, the closest to hard rock the show got was when the country group Zac Brown Band performed their surprise crossover hit "Heavy is the Head" with Chris Cornell. The rest of the year was loaded with pop acts and indie groups.

What's more astonishing is looking at Mediabase's rock charts. On the Active Rock charts, Shinedown's "Cut the Cord" is #1 with around 2,000 spins while #40 is occupied by a band called Bridge to Grace with a tune called "Everything" with only 126 spins. The Alternative chart, however, has Elle King's "Ex's and Oh's" at #1 with nearly 1,000 more spins than "Cut the Cord" with #40 being Moth and the Flame's "Young and Unafraid" with a healthier 256 spins.

Let's face it: active rock, ratings-wise, is healthier than alternative. We mentioned WRIF vs. 89X, but also look at here in Grand Rapids. WGRD is a perennial top five favorite. The last alt-rocker this market had, Radio X 9-6-1 couldn't make it to a 2 share and eventually flipped to ESPN. Even WGRD was alternative for years but got its ass whooped by WKLQ on a regular basis. Having a druggie as its morning show host didn't help WGRD, either.

Even a college-friendly market like Lansing couldn't support an alternative. The Edge died on both 92.1 and 94.1. Northern Michigan had The Zone which was odd since that market isn't the most-college-friendly in the state. Yet, that station ended up flipping to mainstream rock. Right now in Michigan, there's only one alternative station that does have ratings, and it's Z96.5 in Kalamazoo. That's probably because the only other rock stations in the market - 92.5 The Zoo and 107.7 WRKR - are both white trash-friendly classic rockers. Yes, there's people who don't mind sitting through Florence and the Machine and Twenty One Pilots to get to Foo Fighters and Shinedown. But then again, those groups are less wussy-sounding than Styx and Foreigner.

Personally, the only way an alternative station can survive is if there's no active rock station in the way. Sadly, it's pathetic that New York hasn't had a real rock - active or alternative - station in years. Yet there's good 'ol Nash FM 94.7, a station that will never get over a two share in the ratings.

The people have spoken: they CRAVE hard rock and even metal. Hell, the Butcher Babies have the #6 rock record in the country with VERY little promotion. I think it's time for record companies and stations to care more about what the fans want and less about the shots being called from San Antonio. Consultants have wrecked radio. Regular people want a good, kick-ass, balls to the wall rock band, not a dorky folk group that's a better sleeping aid than Ambien.

As my friend Lu Cifer once said, "there's a reason why it's called alternative, and it's an alternative to good music!"
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