Bee-otch of the Day: August 2018

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

8.29.18 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY!

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday, Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Friday on Chuck69.com.

-------

Name: Donald Trump
Age: 72
Occupation: presidunce
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: crying over Google

---

Awwww.... Is the widdle pwesident cwyyying? Is that nasty wasty 'ol Google making him cwy? Whaaaaaaa!

Baby Drumpfy was upset this week, bitching that Google is biased against him because usually, when you type his name in their search engine, the first response is, well, not good news.

As of this typing, the first news in Drumpfland is "Graham says Trump called him after McCain tribute speech on Senate floor" from CNN. Hmmmm. Is it because Drumpf and McCain hated each other? There's "Trump says White House counsel Donald McGahn will leave his job in the fall" from The Washington Post. Not all that negative, but OK. There's "Trump heightens attacks against CNN, Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein over Trump Tower story" from The Hill. OK. That's negative because, well, this is Drumpf we're talking about here.

The reason why the media's tough on Drumpf is because, well, he is a negative creep. He's thisclose to impeachment and deserves it. Google has forever maintained that they are unbiased in their searches.

You see, Drumpf needs to know that there's such a thing as the First Amendment. You know, Freedom of the Press, Self-expression, etc.? Those are important rights. When one writes about somebody and it's negative because they're the negative one, that person needs to change, period. The sad thing is that I've written about a few folks in the past who were assholes and they handed me cease and desist orders because they think their shit doesn't stink. Oddly enough, two of those people were from Traverse City. One was the brother of an asshole who killed an innocent 16-year-old girl and another left the city with a 30-foot hole in the ground downtown for a decade.

The point is, if you fuck up, the media will be there and willing to kick your ass. True, Fox News Channel kisses Drumpf's ass because they are biased. Even though I think most news outlets are run to please corporate America, the truth is that they are negative to Drumpf for one thing: ratings. Most of the world hates him and as long as he fucks up the country, well, Google will be sure to post the negative things about him first.

Because after all, name one GOOD thing Drumpf has done in office since he took over.

---

Got a Bee-otch to nominate? E-mail us @ chuck69dotcom@gmail.com. All suggestions (except for me) are welcome!

Bee-otch of the Day Archives can be seen on http://beeotchoftheday.blogspot.com

Bee-otch of the Day is a production of Chuck69.com, Grand Rapids' site for Stern, politics and more!

CHUCK69.COM IS ALWAYS ON!

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

8.28.18 Bee-otch of the Day: the media

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY!

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday, Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Friday on Chuck69.com.

-------

Name: the media
Age: ageless
Occupation: supposed informers of the media
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: mass shooting? What's that?

---

On Sunday, a simple game of John Madden Football turned deadly.

Two people were murdered and ten people were injured at a Madden Football tournament in Jacksonville. The shooter, David Katz was a professional Madden player angry over losing one of the games in the tournament. So, he opened fire at the two contestants, 22-year-old Eli Clayton and 27-year-old Taylor Robertson, killing them both. Katz ended up putting the gun on himself.

Katz, 24 bought the two guns he used in the melee legally despite the fact that he was treated for schizophrenia and dealt with psychological and emotional issues when he was a teen. The fact that somebody sold a gun to somebody with mental illness should piss off many, including the media.

But instead, the media wanted to shift their attention instead to a man who even though wasn't the greatest pal to the NRA and was pro-environment, was anti-women's rights, had a meh record on LGBT rights and opposed having Martin Luther King Day.

As we all know, John McCain died on Saturday night from a year-long battle with brain cancer at 82. I have mixed feelings regarding McCain. I hated a lot of his politics and I DEFINITELY hated the fact that he made a star out of Sarah Palin when he was running for president in 2008. But as somebody who recently lost his aunt because of the disease, I do have a soft spot for Sen. McCain. At least he did show compassion for the Democrats, especially for Joe Biden when his son, Beau was fighting the disease.

I understand, mass shootings in gun-crazy America are becoming a dime a dozen. Hell, I was shocked when I turned on THREE Jacksonville stations on Sunday afternoon and instead of covering the shooting, they were airing regular programming. Hell, I think NBC affiliate WTLV was airing an infomercial!

The point is, the national networks kinda swept this story to #2 of the night while McCain was #1 and to me, it's not fair. I think we need to get all the gun nuts out of politics come November and try to end gun violence in America once and for all.

Even though I kinda hate it when Dems and Repukes work together since being in the middle doesn't get us anywhere *COUGHTELECOM96COUGH*, at least McCain had *some* dignity.

---

CHUCK69.COM IS ALWAYS ON!

Monday, August 27, 2018

8.27.18 Bee-otch of the Day: the Breakaway Bitch

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY!

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday, Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Friday on Chuck69.com.

-------

Name: unknown
Age: 20s or 30s
Occupation: unknown
Last Seen: Grand Rapids, MI
Bee-otched For: being an ass

---

This past weekend, Grand Rapids was one of four cities that hosted the growing Breakaway Festival.

Breakaway - also held in Columbus, OH, Nashville and Charlotte, NC - focuses on Electronic Dance Music (EDM) and also features pop and hip-hop acts as well. The Grand Rapids edition, held at Belknap Park last weekend featured the likes of Odesza, Khalid, Borgeous, Flosstradamus, Dombresky, Flatbush Zombies and others. I was one of the attendees of both days and I guesstimated at least 10,000 attended.

Now, I haven't attended a music festival in years, let alone a concert now that I'm in the first shift doldrums. A cousin of mine from Detroit - who is REALLY into EDM - talked me into going to Breakaway since he wanted to see Odesza. Let's just say that it won't be my last EDM show.

The majority of the music at the festival was mainly dubstep and trap, which meant plenty of bass. The whole setup was exciting and yes, there was even a moshpit. With rock music not being as good as it once was (maybe, save for Ghost and Greta Van Fleet), EDM is where it's at these days.

One of the nice things about EDM festivals is that there's chicks galore. My cousin taught me that most EDM chicks are quite friendly and love appearing in selfies. Guess what? The majority of them appeared in my selfies and those who didn't want to appear didn't.

Another thing I've learned, too about EDM chicks are that they love wearing tight pants, or even better, thongs. Yep! Breakaway had more chicks in thongs than an average Grand Rapids strip club post-ordinance. There was a lot of twerking and booty shaking going on.

It's just too bad that some people who were at the festival shouldn't be there.

There was one chick there who noticed that I was taking a picture of a smokin' hot lady in front of me. She asked me, "excuse me, but is she your friend?" I'm like, "why?" and she told me, "why are you taking pictures of her butt?" I walked away and I noticed that she went to report to the woman that I took ONE PHOTO of. By then, I was far, far away from that situation. Later, I saw that same woman with her asscheeks still exposed, twerking to the music.

You know, people who attend EDM festivals generally are very friendly. However, yes, there are a few who should not belong there, LIKE THE BITCH WHO GOT PISSY AT ME OVER WHAT 9,999 OTHER PEOPLE CAN SEE AT THE FESTIVAL. If a woman wants to wear a fucking thong anywhere, people have the goddamned right to take pictures on their phones. Too bad Lilith Fair doesn't exist anymore because they could have used more bitches like her at that awful festival. Breakaway is all about people coming together to enjoy beats and sounds, not some has-been like Paula Cole or Jewel singing about cutting guys' penises off.

As-is, the women of west Michigan owe me. I've been in too many relationships where I do something nice for somebody and then they run off. I'm sick of that shit. I've never beaten up a woman or do harmful things to them. If anything, taking pictures should compliment them on how attractive they are.

As for Breakaway, I'll be back next year and a few other EDM shows coming to Grand Rapids soon. And yes, I hope to see more nice female asses and less bitches like that one.

Maybe as revenge, I should take a pic of that girl's ass... With my phone shoved up her anus sideways.

---

CHUCK69.COM IS ALWAYS ON!

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

8.21.18 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY!

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday, Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Friday on Chuck69.com.

-------

Name: Donald Trump
Age: 72
Occupation: golfer
Last Seen: Charleston, WV
Bee-otched For: having two of his right-hand men go down in flames

---

All this afternoon, my phone, which has several news apps has been going off the hook.

You know those old-timey typewriters hooked to news services like AP and UPI? Well, that's how my phone feels. All afternoon, it was going off giving me news about personal lawyer Michael Cohen and campaign chair Paul Manafort, two of Drumpf's cronies. Cohen was guilty on multiple counts on eight charges, including paying Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money to keep Drumpf safe in his 2016 election. In court, Cohen didn't name the candidate that he protected, but he only worked for one: Drumpf. Not long ago, Daniels passed a lie detector test in her claim that she had unprotected sex with the de facto president when he married his mail-order bride, Malaria.

Cohen could face up to five years in the slammer.

In Manafort's case, he was the first person tried by Robert Mueller. He's been found guilty of eight counts, including bank fraud and tax evasion, in which he avoided paying $16 million in taxes over the years. However, ten other charges could not be agreed on, leading to a hung jury.

Despite the imperfection of the Manafort case, It's good news for Mueller and bad news for Drumpf, whose allegations are felonious. He's been crying "no collusion!" for a long time, but the past will catch up and it's you and me who will win. If Drumpf loses it all, it will suck to be him.

Oh, and as I'm typing this, he's at a rally in coal country, West Virginia, bitching about how ESPN will not air the National Anthem during NFL football games and how we're getting coal miners back to work. I love it how he calls the people of WV "great people". I think that's code for "suckers".

But the real sucker will hopefully be behind bars soon.

---

CHUCK69.COM IS ALWAYS ON!

Monday, August 20, 2018

8.20.18 Bee-otch of the Day: the Catholic Church

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY!

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday, Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Friday on Chuck69.com.

-------

Name: The Catholic Church
Age: too damn old
Occupation: kooky-assed religion
Last Seen: Vatican City
Bee-otched For: yet another sickening scandal

---

Too many times, I wonder why people go to Catholic Church.

I've been to a few of them - mainly with family - and was bored each time. It was too fucking confusing and quite simply, I didn't feel close to God at all.

One reason why I'm no fan of the Catholics is their tolerance towards the sickening abuse of children that's been going on for DECADES. Last week, a Pennsylvania grand jury reported that over 300 priests molested both boys and girls over the course of seven decades. Some of them raped boys, others raped girls and even paid for their abortions.

Early today, Pope Francis addressed the issue in a 2,000-word letter to the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, stating that "we abandoned them" when it came to the care of small children. However, many are still angry with the church nonetheless for allowing this pain to last through many different popes over the years. Pope Francis didn't even talk about how he'd curb abuse in churches.

Now, I do think highly of Pope Francis and the fact that he might be the most-humble pope of all. But it's not going to stop people from abandoning organized religion.

One of the most-truthful things about organized religion is that yes, younger people are disappearing in droves. There's a church in Grand Rapids that does a lot of good for the community. They help house the homeless, feed the hungry and support the LGBTQ community. And guess what? There's not many young people who attend Sunday services. Yet, I was at a bar in Grand Rapids last Saturday night for a Breakaway Festival pre-party and there were hot chicks everywhere you looked. Everybody was having fun and living their lives. Thanks, but I'd rather be hanging out with Kar Pow over having some asshole who drives a Lexus telling me that he needs more money, or worse, cheats on his wife or even worser, rapes kids.

It's shameful that somebody like Pope Francis can't think of ways of improving the Catholic faith. Yes, he can shitcan all offenders in the flock, but what if their replacements are worse? Sadly, praying alone won't help.

It seems that the only good church out there on Sunday morning is St. Mattress of the Holy Springs. At my chapter, hot women are always welcome. And yes, all is consensual.

---

CHUCK69.COM IS ALWAYS ON!

THE BACK PAGE: WCCW 1310 Traverse City flips from sports to oldies

8.20.18
WCCW 1310 TRAVERSE CITY FLIPS FROM SPORTS TO OLDIES
New format focuses on 50s and 60s classics

It used to be that if a radio station's music was aimed towards those over 60, it was a sore spot for advertisers.

Take my now-deceased grandparents, for an example. They lived in a nice, three-story home overlooking Elk Lake near Williamsburg. When they moved there in 1986 from Troy near Detroit, their favorite radio station was WMBN 96.3, which played super-soft easy listening music.

However, in 1990, 96.3 flipped from beautiful music to adult contemporary as "Lite 96", which it remains to this day. I heard that the reason for the flip was due to the death of owner Ken McDonald and his daughter Trish was instructed by her mother to flip the station since it was part of her father's wishes. My grandparents were only slightly younger than Ken was (he was 67, Grandpa was 63 and Grandma was 60, mind you), and they were pissed that their favorite station had been modernized. Songs with vocals, oh no!

Eventually, Gramps and Gram found a new radio home with WCCW 1310, which aired an adult standards format carrying ABC's "Unforgettable" network. However, over time, Unforgettable transitioned from standards to more of a soft oldies format. I even remembered in the late 90s, they were playing Lorne Greene's "Ringo" and Grandma had asked, "WHAT HAPPENED TO MY STATION?!?"

Well, my grandparents moved to Florida not long afterward, and in 2000, 1310 - which had been one of the lowest-rated radio stations in northern Michigan - flipped to ESPN sports. My grandpa died in 2001 and I remembered putting on 1310 on for Grandma as we were driving around in northern Michigan. Oddly enough, she wasn't shocked that they flipped. Why? She uttered three words: "we're dying off".

Of course, a radio station aiming for seniors had been a problem for advertisers. Common knowledge has it that they try to preserve every dime and penny from their pension. True, but in the case of my grandparents - my grandmother was a special ed teacher and my gramps was a mailman - they had a few bucks here and there. They had nice furniture and always drove nice cars. Grandma owned a 1993 Buick Skylark that she got from Bill Marsh while Grandpa leased a new Cadillac from Chet Swanson (what a great, great guuuuyyyyy....) every two years. Oddly enough, Grandma claimed that she bought the Skylark from long-time WCCW jock Michael O'Shea, whom, I think was off the air at the time and was selling cars.

Well, it was recently announced that after 18 years of airing jock talk that didn't appeal to many in Traverse City, WCCW 1310 was flipping back to an all-music format: oldies. Of course, the format is somewhat similar to what their FM counterpart at 107.5 had for years. But in more recent times, WCCW-FM had been airing a 70s-centered format with some 60s and 80s sprinkled in. Anything pre-1964 was verboten.

The format change was announced in an ad published in the Traverse City Business News earlier this month. Last night, the station stunted with three different versions of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Gladys Knight and the Pips, Marvin Gaye and Creedence Clearwater Revival. This morning, the station launched officially. Longtime station manager Brian Hale hosts the station's morning show while the rest of the day is automated save for pre-recorded episodes of shows hosted by the long-deceased Wolfman Jack and Dick Clark.

(I kinda think that Wolfman Jack, however is not a perfect fit for AM13 since Monday's show had not-so-oldies like The Vapors' "Turning Japanese", Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Maker" and Devo's "Whip It".)

The station streams online at am13radio.com. It appears that the other Midwestern Broadcasting stations are slowly reintroducing streaming on their websites as well; they abandoned streaming years ago due to royalty issues. They will continue to carry Detroit Lions football and daytime Detroit Tiger games.

Now, I think the station will do eons better than the .6 it got in the ratings last Spring. It's definitely better than most of the right-wing hate talk carried on sister WTCM 580 and others. But how will advertisers react? Granted, they broadcast from the "Goodyear Auto Service Studio", so there's at least one advertiser there. Personally, I think that Midwestern should have gotten an FM translator for AM13 so at least the people of Traverse City could hear them without static. But then again, the majority of their tunes were first heard on AM radio back in the day. And yes, WCCW did play many of those tunes in the 60s and 70s as "Radio Double C". With TC being a haven for fogies, this station does have the power of doing much better than trying to compete with a product that's already on a better signal on FM.

Thursday, August 16, 2018

8.16.18 Hero of the Day: Aretha Franklin

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY!

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday, Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Friday on Chuck69.com.

-------
A SPECIAL HERO OF THE DAY!

Name: Aretha Franklin
Age: was 76
Occupation: The Queen of Soul
Last Seen: entertaining the angels
Awarded For: being quite possibly the greatest female rock musician... EVER

---

Today was just like any other day in the Motor City, but something was indeed different.

It seemed that everywhere you were, the music of Aretha Franklin was everywhere. Her music was playing out of homes, cars and and in front of the New Bethel Baptist Church where her father preached.

There were a few that cried, but a few that also celebrated and danced to classics like "Think", "Freeway of Love" and her signature, "Respect".

And that was what people were doing for her today: showing their respect for a woman whose music touched so many.

Born in Memphis, Franklin's family moved to Detroit when she was two when her father started preaching at New Bethel. However, her teen years where anything but sweet: her mother died when Aretha was ten and she had two children when she was 14 and 15. But there was one thing that kept her going: her sweet, soulful voice.

Aretha recorded her first album at 13 and at 18 signed a record deal with Columbia. Many falsely attach her to Motown, though Barry Gordy himself tried to get her signed to the label, but she declined. Her first several albums all had a jazz feel to them and they weren't big sellers. She then jumped to Atlantic and in 1967, she scored her first-ever #1 with a song with those seven letters: R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

She had hits all throughout the 60s and early 70s with the Carole King/Jerry Goffin-penned "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (later parodied by Gilda Radner's Emily Litella character as "You Make Me Feel Like a National Woman" on SNL), "Chain of Fools", "Baby I Love You" and several remakes such as "Spanish Harlem" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water". She even had crossover appeal, too, since even album rock stations like WPLJ in New York were playing her tunes, too (just skip to 13:52; otherwise check out the groovy pre-CGI cheesiness) played her songs.

However, her hits dried up in the mid-70s, but she relinquished herself thanks to her appearance in the 1980 classic "The Blues Brothers" (alongside another music great, Matt "Guitar" Murphy who died two months and a day ago at 88). She signed with Arista and by the middle of the decade, she was back on top again with 'Freeway', "Who's Zoomin' Who?" and her 1987 #1 duet with George Michael, "I Knew You Were Waiting".

She spent most of the next 30 years in Detroit and kept her life private. She was known for her health issues, like her on-again, off-again weight issues. But, what a life. She sold 75 million albums, won 18 Grammy Awards and performed in front of presidents and Popes. One of her last performances - as seen above - was her four minute, 30-second rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. Whether you love this country or not, you can't help but to totally respect her styling of our National Anthem.

It was earlier this week that Franklin's family announced that she was on her death bed from pancreatic cancer, which she kept private most of the time. She was reportedly only 83 lbs., a far cry from the larger-than-life diva we all got to know and love. When news of her passing was announced at 10 a.m. this morning, it marked the end of the life that pushed mountains aside thanks to having a strong voice that could turn the Rock of Gibraltar into sand. She didn't allow a nearly-corrupt childhood destroy her image. She overcame it to become the Queen of Soul, and an inspiration for us all.

Long live the Queen.
---

CHUCK69.COM IS ALWAYS ON!

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

8.15.18 Bee-otch of the Day: Alex Jones

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY!

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday, Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Friday on Chuck69.com.

-------

Name: Alex Jones
Age: 44
Occupation: purveyor of the tin foil hat
Last Seen: Austin, TX
Bee-otched For: getting sent to time out

---

It's amazing that Austin, Texas' city slogan is "Keep Austin Weird".

Well, leave it to Alex Jones for keeping that slogan loud and true.

Recently, the conspiracy theorist was under fire for his statements regarding the shootings earlier this year at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, FL. He claimed that the shootings were staged by "crisis actors". He also claimed that Sandy Hook was a hoax, too, angering parents and causing Connecticut's NBC affiliate to drop a Megyn Kelly interview with him.

On his Infowars program, Jones told his listeners and viewers to "ready their battle rifles against the media". Well, that caused several of Jones' social media accounts to shutter, and Twitter has even put the loon in a seven-day "time out" so he cannot post for seven days.

We went to his website and if you click on the Twitter button, it goes straight to Twitter and not his personal page. All other social media sites have him banned permanently.

Last night, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told NBC's Lester Holt that "we can’t build a service that is subjective just to the whims of what we personally believe." He hopes that the suspension will help Jones become more of a formidable human being. Of course, pigs will fly when that happens.

Here in Michigan, Jones' show was once carried on three talk radio stations in the Petoskey area. It has since been canceled.

The sad truth is that when Jones and his ex-wife were having a custody battle regarding their children, even his own lawyer told the judge that he does exaggerate everything. His own wife even told the judge in the case that he's very unstable.

I know, he'll bitch that he has First Amendment rights, but telling people to kill those in the media is, well, not very nice. Twitter seems to be the most-lenient of the social media platforms. Hell, you can actually post nudity on Twitter! It shows that even if you get a timeout on Twitter, you're posting some pretty sick stuff.

I think that if Alex posted himself eating his own feces, all is right with the world. Hell, he can go ahead and die from it.
---

CHUCK69.COM IS ALWAYS ON!

Monday, August 13, 2018

8.13.18 Bee-otch of the Day: Dinesh D'Souza

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY!

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday, Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Friday on Chuck69.com.

-------

Name: Dinesh D'Souza
Age: 57
Occupation: Michael Moore wannabe
Last Seen: California
Bee-otched For: making another dud

---

This past summer has had some pretty big hits at the box office.

So far this summer, the leaders in movies are "The Incredibles 2", "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" and "Deadpool 2", which are all sequels.

Needless to say, one of the summer's biggest flops is a movie that's also a sequel of sorts since it's an ongoing rant from a raving lunatic who was a convicted felon. That was, at least until he was pardoned by Drumpf.

"Death of a Nation" is the latest stinkaroo from Indian filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza. In this flick, he compares Abraham Lincoln to Drumpf himself in a positive light, claiming that the Democrats were critical of both. He also compares the Democrats to the Nazis.

So far, "Death of a Nation" has only grossed $4.5 million, though its budget was reportedly $6 million. The movie's distributor, Pure Flix is the same studio that gave us the "God's Not Dead" movies.

With Drumpf reportedly using the N-word in front of Omarosa while she had a secret tape player, there's no comparison between him and Lincoln. Hell, BOTH Dems and Repukes were and still are racists! Of course, the Dems tend to attract most Americans while the Repukes aim themselves for the rich whites.

The critics have spoken: this film - like D'Souza's other films - is a bomb and then some. It's gotten a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. Hell, "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians" has a better rating with a 24%!

Other films with a big, fat 0 on RT include "Mac and Me", "Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Server", Wagons East and THREE (!!!) John Travolta films (and shockingly enough, "Battlefield Earth" isn't one of them).

The truth is that the Americans have spoken. They don't like seeing the bad guy be the good guy. Let's remember that Dinesh's first film, "2016: Obama's America" claimed that he would lead America into an apocalypse. Well, 2016 came and went and the only apocalypse we've faced was when Drumpf was elected.

Interestingly enough, "Hillary's America" was 2017's big winner of the Razzie Awards. D'Souza claims that most film reviewers are liberal and were angry that Drumpf won. Well, the joke's on him. That film is now in the same league as "The Emoji Movie", "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Freddy Got Fingered" and the aforementioned "Battlefield Earth".

If there's anything good in all this, it's the fact that Michael Moore's new movie, "Fahrenheit 11/9" will be in theaters September 21. He debuted a rough cut of the film at his Bijou By The Bay Theater in Traverse City, MI recently and he claims that the movie should be in well over 1,000 screens when it debuts. "Death of a Nation", however lost 60% of its audience in its second week and 180 screens. Usually, a distributor makes a theater sign a two-week contract for new releases. Must not be filling a lot of seats.

Like I said, in any good movie, the good guys win. Comparing Drumpf to Lincoln is like comparing the Devil to Jesus in a good way.

---

CHUCK69.COM IS ALWAYS ON!

Saturday, August 11, 2018

8.11.18 Weekend Mix

Imagine Dragons - Natural (remix)
Bad Boy Bill, Gettoblaster & ZXX f/SKYLR - Fine Day
Franksen - Charade
Sue La Vie - Take This Shiny Discoball (Vito Riuti remix)
SYML x Sam Feldt - Where's My Love (Sam Feldt extended club mix)
Deorro X D3FAI - Titan
Fedde Le Grand x Raiden - Hit the Club

Firebeatz & Madison Mars - Rock Right Now

Ghost Town DJs - My Boo (Tom Budin remix)

GTA & Damien N-Drix - Dundun

Jauz x Lazer Lazer Lazer - Keep The Rave Alive

Jay Hardway x Mesto - Save Me

Knife Party & Pegboard Nerds - Harpoon

Hyperloop f/Green Velvet - S-Sound

Kryder & Steve Angello - Romani

Marchi's Flow Vs. Love f/Miss Tia - Feel The Love (Cristian Marchi Main Extended mix)

Mark Reeve - Far Away

Martin Brooks - Flitzepulver (Torsten Kanzler remix)

Martin Garrix & Loopers - Game Over

Matphilly - Tell Em' Where Ya From!

Maurice West & SaberZ - Rhythm of the Night

Morgan Page & Jayceeoh f/Kaleena Zanders - Lost Dreams

Mvce - Clinical

Pendulum - Blood Sugar (Knife Party remix)

PNAU - Changa (Jack Beats remix)

Plump DJs - Yes Yes (Hybrid Theory remix)

Quintino - Brasil

Rawtek & Henry Fong & Iam StylezMusic - Vibrate

R3HAB x Conor Maynard - Hold On Tight (Tommy Jayden remix)

Retrovison - Get Down

Roy Orion & Versus - Do Dat Thang

Sander Van Doorn, All We Do f/Belle Humble - No Words

Scott. The Pigeon - Lick Your Chest

Sikdope - My House

Sqwad - Wave

Steff Da Campo & Neverglow - India

Steve Aoki & LOOPERS - Pika Pika

Swanky Tunes - Drop It

Friday, August 10, 2018

8.10.18 Weekend Mix

Navid Izadi - Feelin' Purple (Soul Clap remix)
Prince - Erotic City
Grotesque - Random Acts
Hot Since 82 f/Jem Cooke - Buggin'
Toby Green - Ready
tv_tv - Groove2this
Bijou G - Code
Gorgon City f/D Double E - Hear That
Junior Jack, Tube & Berger - E Samba 2018
Bingo Players - Love Me Right
Bob Sinclar - Cinderella (She Said Her Name) (Erik Hagleton remix)
Camelphat - DMT
Celeda - The Underground (Layton Giordani remix)
Dmitri Vegas & Like Mike vs. Moguai & W&W - Arcade Mammoth
Steff Da Campo X Siks - Make Me Feel
Tujamo - Drop That Low (When I Dip)
Steve Lawler & Arthur Baker - Into the Groove (Amine Edge & DANCE remix)
Breathe Carolina & Sunstars - Feel It
Boxinlion f/Lexie - You Got Me (Crime x Supru & Krash remix)
Deadmau5 f/Rob Swire - Monophobia
DJ Afrojack & DOD & TimBer - Started
DJ Kuba & Neitan f. Skytek - Jungle Jane
DJ Snake x Mercer - Let's Get Ill
Drake - God's Plan (David Puentez VIP edit)
Dropgun & Aspyer - Next To Me
Duck Sauce - Goody Two Shoes
El Doop - Death Tape
Ellie Goulding - Burn (Mat Zo remix)
Fedde Le Grand, Funk Machine f/General Levy - Flex

Ferry Corsten & DIM3NSION f/Charlene Meulenberg - Safe WIth Me

Iron Maiden - The Trooper

Thursday, August 9, 2018

8.9.18 Bee-otch of the Day: BP

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY!

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday, Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Friday on Chuck69.com.

-------

Name: British Petroleum
Age: 110
Occupation: oil company
Last Seen: London
Bee-otched For: making Mesick to my stomach

---

One of the lessons of living up in northern Michigan can be summed up in the great words of Sir Michael Phillip Jagger: "You can't always get what you want".

Even though I moved away 16 years ago, there are areas where if you want something you can 1) drive all the way into town or 2) get it off the web. But for some things, well, it's different.

Last weekend, I stayed with my ex-stepsister near a small town called Karlin near Traverse City. When I left, I knew that the first thing I had to do was gas up the Chuckmobile. I THOUGHT that I was going to go through Buckley, whose 100-year-old general store has gas, but the GPS told me to pass it and move on. I thought that there would be some decent gas stations between Karlin - which doesn't have a gas station - and Cadillac. Well, I was wrong.

The only gas station between Karlin and Cadillac it seemed was in the town of Mesick, pop. 400. I always thought that there were two gas stations next to each other at the Mesick roundabout where M-37 mosey-does with M-115. Well, I was wrong.

Turns out that there used to be two gas stations across from each other at the roundabout and one, a former Mobil was converted into a Blarney Castle propane dealership. The still-open gas station is "Ellen's Corners", which happens to be... a BP.

Since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, I have avoided BP at all costs. Even more, my gas gauge at the time was a cm above E. I decided to risk it all the way to Cadillac, which wasn't all that far away. It's too bad that traffic that day was bumper-to-bumper. Thankfully, I won that bet. I filled up at a Marathon in Caddy and all was well.

I decided for shits and grins on Google Maps when I got home to see if Mesick had another gas station other than that BP. It did! It was on the other side of town... and it was also a BP.

Of all the brands of gasoline on this earth, sometimes I wonder why some towns here in Michigan have just one or two gas stations and they're all BP. Hell-er, I mean Mancelona in Antrim County is the same way. Two gas stations, and they're both co-owned BPs. Thankfully, the small town of Antrim - just south of Manceltucky - has a Marathon station. Nearby Central Lake is also a town with just a BP and BP only.

I understand that BP's roots up north are deep, especially with Amoco and before that, Standard. But the sad thing is that BP has proved to the world that a disaster that killed 11 and affected an area of 68,000 square miles is nothing. They paid $18.7 billion in fines, but sadly, they're worth $280 billion. Can you say, "kick in the bucket"?

Oh, I see that they're bringing back the Amoco brand. #polishingaturd

The reason why BP still exists is probably because there's idiots who think that gas is gas and that killing a few sea animals is no deal. What BP did was SINISTER and I hope that anybody who reads this will boycott their products. I feel sorry for those who live in towns where BP runs a monopoly. It makes me thankful that there's other brands I can trust my car to, like Marathon, Shell and Citgo, just to name a few.

I know, no oil company is perfect. Yeah, there's the smaller companies like Admiral and unbranded stations, but personally, I'd rather use pure fuel than ethanol, which can fuck up an engine. Sorry to say, but corn is not the perfect answer to our oil problems.

And BP ain't one of them.

---

CHUCK69.COM IS ALWAYS ON!

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

8.8.18 Bee-otch of the Day: Shri Thanedar

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY!

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday, Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Friday on Chuck69.com.

-------

Name: Shri Thanedar
Age: 63
Occupation: former Michigan gubernatorial candidate
Last Seen: Ann Arbor, MI
Bee-otched For: losing big

---

It's official: Shri Thanedar can crawl back into the hole he got himself out of.

The Indian immigrant lost big in Tuesday's Democratic gubernatorial primary here in Michigan, getting less than 18% of the vote. Thanedar was soundly defeated by Gretchen "Let's Fix The Damn Roads" Whitmer with 52% and Abdul El-Sayed with just over 30 %.

Granted, I was rooting for Abdul, especially since he was a true progressive and was endorsed by Bernie Sanders while Whitmer is more of a corporate Democrat. But then again, I kinda ask myself, if Shri didn't run for governor and it was Whitmer vs. El-Sayed, if El-Sayed could have won.

You see, Shri ran on a platform of progressive politics. Yet, this is a schmuck who ran a company called Azopharma into the ground and its lab animals were all left to die. Plus, he was a supporter of Repukes like John McCain and Marco Rubio. Hell, he didn't know which party to run for in the gubernatorial primary.

Reportedly, Shri spent a whopping $13 million of his own money advertising his campaign. And in the great words of Adam Sandler, "YOU BLEW IT!"

Now, it's Whitmer vs. Shitty, er, Schuette in the November elections. Miss "I won't endorse universal healthcare because I'm being bought by insurance companies left and right" vs. Mr "Drumpf loves me!" Ugh. I might go Green in November. All I know is that if there was any good from Tuesday's primaries, it's that Tough Turd Snyder's legacy will be long gone since Lt. Gov. Brian Calley lost in the election.

But since she is the frontrunner in the November elections, all I can say are that the roads aren't the only thing Whitmer needs to fix.
---

CHUCK69.COM IS ALWAYS ON!

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

8.7.18 Hero of the Day: Black Diamond Broadcasting

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY!

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday, Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Friday on Chuck69.com.

-------
A SPECIAL HERO OF THE DAY!

Name: Black Diamond Broadcasting
Age: 11
Occupation: broadcasting company
Last Seen: Rochester Hills, MI
Awarded For: caring about northern Michigan rock fans

---

It's official: people in northern Michigan actually love rock music that was recorded after 1990.

In the latest Nielsen ratings book released on Monday, Rock 105 and 95-5 went from a 4.8 to a 5.5, making them the third-highest-ranked station on the list. The station is now more-popular than WTCM-AM, Lite 96, WCCW 107.5 (and 1310, which is flipping to oldies later this month), Bob FM and all their sister stations, 98.1/95.3 The Bear and 102.9 Big Country just to name a few.

Two stations that beat Rock 105/95-5 were WTCM-FM with an 11.3 and just by a hair, CHR giant 106 KHQ.

That's as far as we know.

There's five major radio groups and only three subscribe to the Nielsens. There's that one owner who can't keep most of his stations on the air most of the time and left downtown with a massive 30-foot hole in the ground and there's Northern Broadcast, the owners of geezer rocker WKLT, classic hits The Fox and ESPN Up North. Now, since NBI doesn't subscribe to the Nielsens, we don't know how their stations are doing, or how Rock 105/95-5 are doing vs. KLT.

Well, this is for sure: Rock 105/95-5's ratings keep going up while I don't hear much buzz anymore about KLT. I was up north last weekend and spent some time with my ex-stepsister, whose husband is somehow related to Rock 105/95-5's Smitty. We talked about how KLT tried to fuck over him and how he got back on the air. We also talked about how much of a fucking prick Tom Devitt really is and how he thinks he's the best afternoon jock in the world, yet he's been fired from his last four or five stations.

Yes, I have a grudge against KLT. Twenty years ago, rock radio was a joke in northern Michigan. While the downstaters had awesome stations, we were stuck with butt rock on KLT, more butt rock and the awful Bob and Tom Show on The Bear and The Zone, which OD'd on bitch ass hos singing about how they wanted to cut off their ex's penises. Did you want Rage Against the Machine, Tool, KoRn or Slipknot? Well, too fucking bad. And this was before we all had Sirius or smartphones with Pandora or Spotify, Instead, rock fans in northern Michigan had to sit through KLT's daily quota of them playing "Carry On Wayward Son" 20 times.

Thankfully in 2000, The Zone booted out the Lillith Fair thots and finally starting playing the music us hard rock fans wanted. Of course, this was AFTER I moved downstate. Yes, KLT still had good ratings thanks to Omelette and (insert partner here), but let's face it: he's gone and the current morning show is rumored to be a dud. Along with Terri Ray yakking away about useless shit and Tom Devitt ripping off everybody's ideas, well, there you go.

You see, I compare a northern Michigan man under 40 to a black person in Detroit. They simply don't get enough respect. When I was 13, Castle Farms went out of business. I went to few concerts as a teen as a result. Between how Del Reynolds treated The Zone and Rock 105 and 95-5 and how KLT treated young people over the years, it makes me happy that Black Diamond came in and swooped up the Northern Star stations. Hell, I was even happier when they rehired Smitty after what KLT did to him. And look at Rock 105/95-5 now.

True, Rock 105/95-5 does need work. They don't have a midday person (then again, automated music better than Terri Ray blabbing about her little dog, Sven) and they tend to wait on new music. Plus, it sucks that their morning man, Cartman is voicetracked out of Wisconsin these days leaving Smitty to pick up the slack.

But then again, it's better than the butt rock WGRD is playing these days.

---

CHUCK69.COM IS ALWAYS ON!

Monday, August 6, 2018

8.6.18 Hero of the Day: Michael Moore

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY!

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday, Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Friday on Chuck69.com.

-------
A SPECIAL HERO OF THE DAY!

Name: Michael Moore
Age: 64
Occupation: filmmaker
Last Seen: Traverse City, MI
Awarded For: another great film festival

---

After years and years of wanting to go, the wait was over. I finally saw a movie at the Traverse City Film Festival.

For years, I had to deal with money troubles and a lack of a good place to stay. Situations resolved, I had a great three days in the Cherry Capitol last weekend. Granted, I did other things than watch movies - like go to Harbor Days in nearby Elk Rapids since it was my childhood festival - but it was all worth dodging road construction and slow drivers to finally make it to one of the best reasons why I'm proud to be from Traverse City.

The movie I saw, by the way was "Cracked Up", the documentary about SNL comic Darrell Hammond. The movie dealt with Hammond's rise to being the show's longest-serving cast member to sudden downfall because of drug problems and self-abuse brought on by the horrific abuse brought on by his mother as a child. Hammond was supposed to be there with the film's director, Michelle Esrick, but did not show up due to his flight being delayed seven hours. Nonetheless, it was a very important movie and is a must-watch if it ever hits theaters.

Hammond, absent or not, was not the Festival's big attraction by far. It was none other than Jane Fonda, who was there to promote her documentary, "Jane Fonda in Five Acts". Of course, her appearance came not without controversy since northern Michigan sadly has long been politically divided. Many are still pissed over her actions during Vietnam almost 50 years ago. However, there were more Fonda supporters than those on the opposition.

Despite its year-round population of 15,000, Traverse City has long been a popular getaway for celebs. Decades ago, there was the old Cherry County Playhouse, which the likes of Burt Reynolds, Florence Henderson, Jo Anne Worley and Gene Rayburn all appeared. It was once run by Pat Paulsen, the comedian and satirist known for his many failed runs for president.

Of course, not everybody up north likes Mike. Some laughed when he and his wife divorced and they sold their mansion near Bellaire (some even joked about the gym, stating that it was "rarely used"). Some are pissed over the fact that former vendor Boston Light and Sound are suing them for $160,000 over unpaid bills, though Mike claims that the lawsuit will be settled. Some are mad over their termination of former director Deb Lake and so on. But, the truth is that the TCFF brings millions of dollars to the local economy in Traverse City yearly. Hell, Mike claims that Republicans hug him for helping TC's economy.

I remembered when TCFF began, there was a nasty old ho from Suttons Bay who created some stupid Patriot film fest that nobody attended. Yet, since TCFF was created, many beloved stars like Madonna, Susan Sarandon, Patton Oswalt, Chaz Ebert (Roger's widow), Lena Dunham and Tom Morello have all been guests. And to think that TC was a hick town not long ago.

So thank you, Michael Moore, for bringing Hollywood to northern Michigan. There's a part of me that wishes that I still lived up there, but that's one thing they have to work on: making it cheaper to live there. Hell, I heard that a ROOM in TC now costs $800 per month!! I pay way less than that here at my apartment in suburban Grand Rapids. Plus, jobs are more plentiful here. New retailers open up here and there in TC, but let's face it: if you make $25,000, you're in the poor house in TC. Hell, you might as well live with the ingrates in Manceltucky.

But at least the State and old Con Foster Museum - now the Bijou By The Bay - are no longer abandoned eyesores.
---

CHUCK69.COM IS ALWAYS ON!