Thursday, November 29, 2018

11.29.18 Bee-otch of the Day: NFL



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Name: National Football League
Age: 98
Occupation: football league
Last Seen: New York, NY
Bee-otched For: hypocrisy
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Yesterday, the sports world was shocked when former 49ers running back Reuben Foster was picked up on waivers by the Washington Redskins. Foster was arrested a few days ago for misdemeanor domestic violence against a female friend.

For many, this is bringing anger to football fans and those against hurting women alike. The NFL has a stringent policy against domestic violence, but why the Redskins hired Foster is a mystery. The team has said that Foster still has to go through NFL guidelines to be hired, so he might not get one second on the field.

Of course, this is the same league who frowned on Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the National Anthem. Today, he's a free agent while somebody who puts his hands on a woman at least gets a contract with one of the league's most-controversial teams, especially with their racist name.

But this is the NFL we are talking about. A league whose owners are mainly Repukes. Hell, Pats owner Bob Kraft is good buddies with Drumpf! This clearly sends the wrong message to fans, especially children.

If I had a kid and they kneeled in front of the National Anthem, that's their choice. But assault on a woman is beyond wrong. Reuben Foster belongs in prison, not an NFL uniform.

People like Foster are bigger pussies than the Detroit Lions.


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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

11.28.18 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump



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Name: Donald Trump
Age: 72
Occupation: mop
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: everything
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On Monday, General Motors made a stunning announcement: 15,000 jobs would be cut and five plants would be closing.

Three of the plants are in Drumpf Country: Ohio and Michigan (and I'm still pissed that my home state went red in 2016). Now bear in mind that Drumpf went around the Rust Belt bitching and moaning that those who worked in automotive will still have jobs under his belt. Of course, now he's bitching that he's going to cut GM's subsidies if they go forward. Methinks that Drumpf is simply saying this because he knows that 2020's around the corner and he's banking on the midwest to help him again.

Already, he's still a hit in the south.

Earlier today, it was announced that controversial Mississippi senator Cindy Hyde-Smith won her runoff election against Democratic nominee Mike Espy, who is black. Hyde-Smith made controversy recently when she told somebody that she wouldn't mind being in front of a crowd to watch a hanging. Sadly, Mississippi is a state well-known for racial bigotry. Hell, even the town's NBC-TV station had its license originally revoked in 1971 because their owners had ties to the KKK! The state was also one of the last to ban slavery.
 Sadly, Drumpf endorsed Hyde-Smith naturally.

With the endorsement of somebody who thinks that lynching is funny and encouraging our troops to tear gas those trying to get into our country, plus pretending to care about auto workers, we can totally understand the type of people Drumpf wants to support him. And yes, it's the white man, who thinks that he deserves more than those who want the same freedom as everybody else. The real truth is that Drumpf is doing it all for the wealthy. GM made $6 billion last year and they ain't hurting.

The good news is that 2020 is around the corner, though the bad news is that I'm pissed that the Democrats want Nancy Pelosi to be Madam Speaker again. REALLY?!? Remember, she didn't want Dubya to be impeached over war crimes and recently, she warned her fellow reps about impeaching Drumpf. Sorry, but 'Ol Stretchface has shown that she's a fake Dem. If the Dems want REAL leadership, they oughta get Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to take that post. It pisses me off that she'll only be 31 in 2020 or else she could run for president. We need real progressive leadership, not somebody who licks Repuke ass.

Only two more years of this. But, the Dems have got to be strong.

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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

11.27.18 Hero of the Day: Steven Hillenburg


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A SPECIAL HERO OF THE DAY!

Name: Stephen Hillenburg
Age: was 57
Occupation: marine biologist-turned animator
Last Seen: in the big pineapple in the sky
Awarded For: giving us Spongebob
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In the world of animation, there are some names one can easily recognize in a snap. Names like Walt Disney, Walter Lantz, Hanna-Barbera and Max Fleischer, just to name a few.

There are those whose work is almost easily recognizable, like Chuck Jones, Tex Avery and Jim Tyer. Oh, and let's not forget Ralph Bakshi and John Kricfalusi.

Granted, Steven Hillenburg wasn't a household name to most. But, for those whose TV is set to Nickelodeon a lot of the time, his name appears on the screen as the creator of Spongebob Squarepants.

As we all know by now, Hillenburg died yesterday at age 57 from ALS, aka Lou Gehrig's Disease. He announced his diagnosis in March. It's almost hard to believe that Spongebob has been on Nick for 20 years now with new, original episodes. As a kid, I remembered DougRugratsRocko's Modern Life and oh yes, Ren and Stimpy. When Spongebob made its debut in 1999, this very website was being born and I was beginning my life as a senior in high school. I felt too old for the show, but I have seen a few episodes and they're OK.

Hillenburg was born in Oklahoma to a military family. However, he spent most of his childhood in Anaheim, CA. His love of marine biology came as a young child, bringing home objects from tide pools that sat on the counter and died. He also loved to draw; one of his earliest drawings was of soldiers kissing and hugging since he was a kid during the Vietnam era.

In the 1980s, Hillenburg became a marine biology teacher, often using art to teach his students. One of the comics he created featured characters he later used on Spongebob. He left that position to become an animator. In 1993, he finally made it big directing episodes of the Nickelodeon classic Rocko's Modern Life. However, when the show was canceled in 1996, he looked to his old comics as a marine biologist to create Spongebob. He even cited Bakshi's The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse cartoon series from the late 80s and even Pee-Wee's Playhouse as influences. The show debuted in 1999 and quickly became Nick's most-popular show.

Of course, there are other cartoon shows that have been on longer than SpongebobThe Simpsons and South Park. But even though those two programs are geared towards adults, a huge chunk of SS's fans are grown-ups, too. As a matter of fact, SS merchandise has made over $13 billion for Nickelodeon. Not bad for a goofy yellow sponge.

True, all great fictional characters have all succeeded without their beloved creators. But knowing that the brilliant mind who gave us Spongebob is gone just simply tears away at its soul.

It's truly a sad day in Bikini Bottom.
  

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Monday, November 26, 2018

11.26.18 Bee-otch of the Day: Jean Kasem


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Name: Jean Kasem
Age: 64
Occupation: golddigger
Last Seen: Los Angeles, CA
Bee-otched For: keeping her feet on the ground, but aiming too high
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It was one of the weirdest stories in the entertainment business in a long, long time. Why the wife of the man who gave us Shaggy and American Top 40 would put her husband in so much turmoil was beyond us for years.

On Saturday night, the long-running CBS News series 48 Hours exposed the situation regarding the drama between radio legend Casey Kasem's wife and his children from his first marriage. They explained that Kasem was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia, which is like Parkinson's Disease in 2007. Two years later, he stepped away from his two adult contemporary radio countdowns. I personally remembered listening to some of his final shows and noticed that his speech was a little off.

Casey's appearances started to become too far and between. Then, it was revealed from his daughter Kerri that not only did he have dementia, but she and her two siblings from Kasem's first wife were being barred from seeing him per his wife, Jean. She claimed that the three only wanted Casey's money. However, all three worked; as a matter of fact, Kerri and brother Mike followed in their father's footsteps into radio. Jean, OTOH, was an occasional actress who simply lived off of Casey.

The 48 Hours episode revealed that Jean never got along with Casey's three older children. When Casey's health deteriorated, Jean did her damndest to hide him from them, even taking him out of his nursing care without his medications to take him to Las Vegas and finally to her friend's house in Washington State. The Kasem kids found out his location and a judge ordered him to be back into their care. It was at Jean's friend's house that she threw hamburger at them and spewed Bible verses at them as well. By the time Casey was escorted by ambulance to the hospital, he was beyond saving since Jean did not give him proper medication. The Kasem kids were told by his doctor to cut off his medication and they did. Kemal Amin Kasem died on June 15, 2014 at the age of 82. Currently, Jean has him buried in Oslo, Norway, a place Kasem's children claimed that he never even visited.

Now, a judge will decide this Spring on who gets Casey's $100 million fortune (that's a lot of Long Distance Dedications). The two sides are suing and countersuing each other claiming that they both killed Casey.

Personally, if I were the judge, I would rule in favor of Casey's three older children. Why? Because the same shit happened to my aunt this past year. As I've mentioned, my aunt died in July at the age of 60 from brain cancer. She was a saint who left us too soon. She always always thought of others and helped out when she could, like Casey's many charitable efforts for progressive politics, animal rights and the MDA Labor Day Telethons. When I had major money troubles a few years ago and I announced that I was donating plasma, she gave me $50. She always invited me over for Sunday dinner and so on. However, she never seemed to think about herself and her own welfare, and there were two reasons why: her children.

My aunt worked hard to become a registered nurse. However, working seemed to never mean a damn thing for her two kids. Her daughter married a wealthy man and her son never had a good job and basically lived with her until he was 30. He ended up moving to Detroit, became a holier-than-thou Catholic and married a Chaldean woman who worked in real estate. Now, the two are in the real estate business.

When my aunt was diagnosed with brain cancer, she needed around-the-clock care. My female cousin did look after her for a while, but her husband told her to get rid of her and my male cousin, well, was a total asshole. She was put in an assisted living care center and he got into a shouting match with her doctor. So guess what he did? The same shit Jean did to Casey: took her out of the care center without her meds. He put his own mom onto a dirty old mattress on his apartment floor. The next morning, she was having a seizure and somebody did call 911. He simply went to the hospital and drove home without being by her side. Sadly, the seizure wiped what little life she had left.

To make matters worse, her daughter came here to Michigan, but only to visit her in-laws. Her excuse? "I'll see her next month". Well, she didn't make it. She died on July 19. At the spur of the moment, he planned her funeral and decided to bury her in a mausoleum instead of honoring her wish of having her buried next to my grandparents.

The tragedy in all this is that she left behind $150,000 and it all went to them. They don't deserve a goddamned penny of that money after how they treated her. They did to their mother some of the same shit Jean did to Casey and it's disgusting. What's even more disgusting is that today's my aunt's son's birthday. I check on Facebook and virtually nobody from my family wished him a happy birthday. Sucks to be him. As far as I'm concerned, he's no longer a part of my family. It's sad that he has a wife, a baby daughter and another kid on the way. I fantasize her leaving him because of his actions, but since Chaldeans are weird people, I don't ever see that happening, sadly. I might not be married, have kids or lots of money, but I'm thankful that my mom recently moved close to me. Currently, she's fighting the stomach flu and so, I went to the store and got her some Vernor's. When I did, I told myself that what I just did was a TRILLION times more positive than the shit my aunt's two kids did to her.

The point is that this is enough proof that Jean is a fucking space cadet and needs to be thrown in jail. It's a shame that Casey simply used her as his personal arm candy (and as you can tell, she's taller than him) and his children had to suffer. If a man knows that he's being used, it must come to a stop. But, who knows? At least his kids knew to put him in their care when the first signs of dementia were hitting him.

I, like millions of people around the world loved Casey and I even convinced my mother when I was a kid to skip church to listen to Casey's Top 40. I learned a lot more from him and Shadoe Stevens growing up than any Sunday School teacher. I wanted to get into radio as a kid because of him, but of course, that wasn't meant to be since the radio business sucks, sadly. Of course, I was saddened when the news of his illness and family drama came about. At least he's no longer suffering.

Casey would always end his show with "keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars". If a statement was attached to Jean, it should be "don't let the door hit you on the ass".
  

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Friday, November 23, 2018

11.23.18 Weekend Mix



Tom Morello - Every Step That I Take (f/Portugal. The Man/Whethan)
UZ & Montell2099 - UNDERGRND
Seven Lions & Blastoyz f/Fiora - After Dark
12th Planet & Oolacile - Bongo Boi
Cascada - Everytime We Touch - Hardwell & Maurice West extended remix)
Haus of Panda - Rewind Selecta
Jus Now & Dismantle - Fire (f/Busy Signal)
Mendum f/Omri - Beyond
The Chainsmokers & NGHTMRE - Save Yourself
Justice - Chorus
Crankdat & Tisoki - Wobble
Hardwell & VINAI f/Cam Meekins - Out of This Town
Luca Testa & Wildcrow f/Philip Matta - Memories
OIGEN x Evernone - Back To The Bass
Zeds Dead & Jauz - Lights Go Down (Sikdope remix)
Matt Hatter - Candy Flip
Starski and Hutch - Michigan Ave.
TroiBoi f/Destiny - Frustrated
A-Trak & Baauer - Dumbo Drop (Gammer remix)
Bro Safari & UFO! - Osangala
Kleopatra - Light It Up
QUIX f/Jaden Michaels - Giving Up
Zomboy - Rebel Bass
Conrank - Buk Em
HEKLER - Frequency Jammer
Afrojack & Disto - Put it Down
BadKlaat - Campers
Barely Alive - Shutdown
Black Tiger Sex Machine x YOOKIE - Snakes
Boombox Cartel x Flosstradamus - ID
Borgore f/Tima Dee - On The Side
FuntCase & Wooli f/Clipson - Man Don't Want War
Gentlemens Club - Get Money
Ghastly - This Song Scares People
Kayzo X Gammer - Forever
Krimer - Fxck Around
Megalodon - Tooth and Rail (PhaseOne remix)
Nitti Gritti - Money
Odesza f/Sasha Sloan - Falls (The Glitch Mob remix)
Oliverse f/Solah - Passion (Dodge and Fuski remix)
Panda Eyes & Barely Alive & Virtual Riot - Triforce (Eliminate remix)


Saturday, November 17, 2018

11.17.18 Weekend Mix



Lil Peep & XXXTENTACION - Falling Down (M3K trap remix)
Kage - AMMO
Block & Crown - That Same Line But Different
CamelPhat x Solardo - Accelerator
KaiserDisco, Cari Golden - Electric (Dubspeeka remix)
Sneaky Sound System - Can't Help The Way I Feel (David Penn remix)
Tiesto - Grapevine
JustLuke - Dixit
Mr. Belt & Wezol - Harmony
Moska & Brooke Evers - Dance
Noizu - Slow Down
Carta - Knock
GODAMN & Crossnaders - I Love Girls
Dualmind X METTHOD - Mantra
Gerry Gonza - Hand On The Pump
Habstrakt - About You
Just A Gent f/T$oko - Vibe
Joyryde & Skrillex - Agen Wida
Matroda - Chronic (Paskal remix)
Myd - The Sun
Niiko x SWAE - I Let It Go
Oliver Heldens - Fire In My Soul
Ronko - Roundhouse Kick
Taiki Nulight, Hot Goods - Nu Goods
Tom Tyger & Charles B & VCTRY - One Too Many
Tujamo & Salvatore Ganacci f/Richie Loop - Jook It
Twoloud - Discofans
Valentino Khan - Feel Your Love
Yotto f/Sonin & Laudic - Hear Me Out
Adam Beyer, Layton Giordani & Green Velvet - Space Date
Champion & AC Slater - Diamonds
Drezo - Guap 
Gillette/20 Fingers - Short Dick Man
Jamie Jones & David Berrie - Doctor Zouk
The Smen - Who We Are (Extended Jacked mix)
Wax Motif f/Dances With White Girls - Bunda
Afrojack & MC Ambush - Step Back
Arty - Couldn't Be Better (Arty x Vion Konger remix)
Bassjackers x Pep & Rash - Poppin
Black Tiger Sex Machine - Broken Machines (EXSSV remix)
Dada Life - Do It Till Your Face Hurts (Hardwell edit)

Thursday, November 15, 2018

11.15.18 Hero of the Day: Nadia Bolz-Weber



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A SPECIAL HERO OF THE DAY!



Name: Nadia Bolz-Weber
Age: 49
Occupation: Lutheran minister
Last Seen: Denver, CO
Awarded For: speaking the truth
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You know, it's no secret that I'm no fan of evangelical Christianity.

Nothing like some douchebag preacher who begs his poor congregation to give him as much money as possible because God told them to. Of course, that money ends up going into tax-free mansions, jet planes, cars, yachts and other things Jesus would have never imagined having.

Since the beginning of time, preachers have warned us about the so-called dangers of pornography. When I was a teen, I attended a youth ministry at a non-denominational church near Traverse City. The youth pastor - who now runs a megachurch of his own - was telling us teens that Jesus told a group of young men that if we looked at women with a lustful heart, it's the equivalent of committing adultery. Plus, we were all put into small groups and we were all handed sheets that asked us some very personal questions. One of them was "how often do you think about sex?" Needless to say, I wanted out of that hellhole of that ministry. The final nail in the coffin was when the church's senior pastor started asking us all to donate $1.7 million to help expand the church. With the problems my father and I were having with that church, there was No Hope that we would be staying there.

Thankfully, there are preachers out there with a brain and an open mind.

In Denver, there's Nadia Bolz-Weber, who is a Lutheran preacher that leads a church she founded called The House For All Sinners and Saints. She's heavily-tattooed and unlike most pastors, she cusses like a sailor. Supposedly, she even named one of her sermons "Listen, Bitches!" Her church even allows their parishioners to sleep in on Sunday since services don't start til 5pm (that's in part since they share their home church with another church that meets at 10am). Her church is open and affirming to the LGBTQ crowd, even having its own "Minister of Fabulousness".

In an interview with the website outinjersey.net, Bolz-Weber said something you wouldn't hear from most pastors. It's something Beavis once said to high hilarity on Beavis and Butt-head: porn is good for you.

That's right! A woman who has probably read The Bible front to back more than most of us and loves Jesus with all of her heart told outinjersey that viewing porn is just fine, especially if it's "ethically sourced porn". In other words, if the porn shows respect to the woman starring in it, it's A-OK. But if it shows the woman getting the crap slapped out of her, well, it might be questionable per God's word.

"There are people who say it’s sexual immorality, but if you take Liberals and Conservatives who show outrage and made a Venn diagram of those who consume pornography, you’d see a huge overlap," said Bolz-Weber. "I’m not going to shame people when they already feel ashamed, If we took shame out of the fact that people like to view erotic imagery, the compulsive behavior around consuming pornography would decrease."

You know what? SHE'S RIGHT! For years, churches have made people guilty for loving sex, especially those single like me. I occasionally go to strip clubs. Does that make me a bad person? Most churches think so and that I'll be going to H-E-double hockey sticks for allowing a young college girl to sit on my face with only a teeny-weeny little G-string separating my mouth and the part of her body where her poop and farts come out. However, I think God gave her a sexy body and if she wants to show it off, let her.

The truth is that the shit that the Religious Reich has spread about porn and strip clubs is quite the same to "Reefer Madness" spreading shit and lies about pot. Most strip clubs don't do business with sex traffickers, they don't tolerate with prostitution and most women who star in porn aren't forced to. Hell, I think most people who are against porn are into porn themselves or even worse.

As for Bolz-Weber, she even announced that she wants people to donate their promise rings to her so she can melt them down to make a vagina. Talk about precious. At least it might even smell better.

In the end, some people REALLY need to check themselves before they wreck themselves.

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

11.14.18 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump



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Name: Donald Trump
Age: 72
Occupation: Twitter polluter
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: everything
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You know, it's been too fucking long since I handed Drumpf the BOTD (August, to be exact). Well, it's time to sharpen the ax blade.

Last week, America spoke out and come January, the House will be controlled by the Dems again. But sadly, we're still stuck with Drumpf until at least January 20, 2021, unless *ahem* something happens.

Case in point, how Drumpfster has treated Jim Acosta. When the two were discussing matters, a White House intern tried yanking his mic. However, Drumpf and his minions all claimed that he tried to hit her, which was a lie. Acosta's White House press was revoked, though CNN is now trying to sue to get Acosta's press pass back. Even CNN's rival and Drumpf fave Fox News Channel is in support of Acosta and CNN, shockingly enough.

Meanwhile, the wildfires in California are raging on, burning over 9,000 buildings and killing over 51 so far. Many are calling Drumpf to change his views on climate change, but he seems to not be budging.

With the bullshit that's happened since he was elected president, it seems to be a blessing that the House will soon be run by the Democrats again. Problem is, Nancy Pelosi has put her nose into their business and told them that there could be repercussions if they even think about impeaching Drumpf. I say, bitch, keep your damn mouth shut. Oh, and tell Hillary that if she runs in 2020, it'll be an automatic second term for Drumpf. It's amazing that Dubya's a wanted man worldwide and yet he gets to fly freely in all 50 states.

It's amazing how in a few short years time, our country has gone back into a pit of hell all because of the flaming pile of shit known as the Electoral College. Hell, I look at Michigan and am thankful that the EC doesn't work here since Bill Shitty lost the governor's race even though he still won most of Michigan's counties. Then again, most Michigan counties are VERY sparsely populated and many of those rural territories are populated with racists and gun nuts. Personally, if we need to get rid of Drumpf, we oughta 1) eliminate the EC and 2) FERCHISSAKES, DEMS NEED TO BE TRUE PROGRESSIVES! ENOUGH KISSING REPUKE ASS ALREADY!

Only two more years, I hope. 

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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

11.13.18 Bee-otch of the Day: Entercom


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Name: Entercom Communications
Age: 50
Occupation: media giant
Last Seen: Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
Bee-otched For: unplugging Amp for sleepytime music
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Once upon a time, there was a little rock station in Detroit called WLLZ, aka "Detroit's Wheels".

From 1980 to 1995, 98.7 was one of Detroit's most-popular rock stations, even helping to force 106.7 W4 to change formats to country in 1981. By the early 90s, WLLZ was alternative and sinking in the ratings fast. Detroit had a plethora of rock stations by the mid-90s playing everything from classics to metal. WLLZ was a has-been, and in 1995, it flipped to smooth jazz as WVMV/V98.7.

WVMV did well in the ratings for many years. But by 2009, the smooth jazz format nationally had been seeing poor ratings, so once again, it flipped to a new format: CHR as WDZH Amp 98.7. CBS had been flipping many of its stations to the Amp format; but in its eight years in existence, 98.7 failed to overtake iHeartMedia's WKQI/Channel 955.

Now, Amp has been unplugged.

Last weekend, 98.7 flipped to Christmas music. But, on Monday morning, it officially became 98.7 The Breeze, playing soft AC music.

A typical hour of The Breeze has tunes like Atlantic Starr's "Always", Steve Perry's "Foolish Heart", "We've Got Tonight" by Bob Seger, Tina Turner's "What's Love Got To Do With It" and other tunes that are typical AC fare that nobody under the age of 50 gives two shits about. One of the station's slogans is "Relaxing Favorites At Work". Usually, a station like that has an audience that's around my mother's age, and she's 63. Not really the type of demographic advertisers would want (and in my mom's case, since she moved here to Grand Rapids a few weeks ago, she's only shopped at Meijer, Walmart and Michael's). I would imagine that if one would listen to The Breeze at work, they could turn their office keyboard into a pillow. They might as well put Brahm's Lullaby into the playlist.

Ya know, my uncle once was an ad sales rep for WDZH's rival station, iHeart's 100.3 WNIC 15 years ago. He was canned after six months. Why? It's because he only sold two spots. TWO. Over the years, advertisers have been turning their backs to terrestrial radio because more and more people are listening to satellite and digital radio. People simply are tired of hearing the same 200 songs over and over.

Musically, The Breeze is somewhat similar to the old Magic 105.1, which flipped to sports and is now classic hip-hop as 105.1 The Bounce. IIRC, they were getting creamed by WNIC in the ratings towards the end.

So, why soft AC for 98.7? Good question. Detroit's already got two active rock stations, so that's a no-go. 93.9 and 106.7 are both alternative and neither have good ratings. Classic hits or a Jack-like format's out of the question since WOMC's their sister station. Detroit's already got a shit ton of urban stations. Since Detroit's two ACs - WNIC and Cumulus hot AC WDVD 96.3 - both go after those slightly too old for Channel 955, soft AC it is.

IMHO, I don't think 98.7 will see a drastic ratings improvement over Amp. 100.5 The River here in GR has been soft AC FOREVER and has no ratings. Soft AC was tried and failed miserably on three different stations up north (and ironically, one of the stations was called "The Breeze").

Radio: it's out of ideas, folks.

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Monday, November 12, 2018

11.12.18 Hero of the Day: Stan Lee



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A SPECIAL HERO OF THE DAY!

Name: Stan Lee
Age: was 95
Occupation: comic book writer and creator
Last Seen: up in the heavens with Jack Davis, Harvey Kurtzman and others
Awarded For: being probably the greatest comic book legend ever

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Just imagine this world if Stan Lieber didn't exist.

There wouldn't be a Spider-Man, a Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Fantastic Four, and others. Marvel Comics wouldn't be the household name it is and the local movie theater wouldn't load up half its screens with Marvel movies.

In an interview, he claimed that one of the keys to his success was to make his heroes normal everyday folks who had flaws. He felt that writing about perfect people was a cop-out. Lee was probably one of those people since he was 40 when he created Spider-Man. Before becoming successful, he was churning out stories at Marvel, known in its early days as Timely Comics.

Because of all the characters that he created, he was undoubtedly the face of Marvel Comics. He was pretty much its brand ambassador, something Marvel's rival, DC never really had. Many of Marvel's movies had Stan do a cameo, ala Hitchcock to the delight of their fans.

In 2009, Marvel was sold to Disney for $4 billion. Lee still lived somewhat comfortably with $50 million in the bank since he didn't own Marvel shares. However, his family ended up suing a former manager of his for stealing from him. A few months ago, a shocking video showed an elderly and frail Lee signing autographs while his managers tell him how to spell his name. Many simply said that it was time for Lee to rest since he's had a wonderful career.

And they were right. Thanks to Stan Lee, the world of comics are definitely not the same. He proved that ordinary people can do wonderful things and could overcome the world of evil. Now, he can rest.

Excelsior, Mr. Lee.



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Friday, November 9, 2018

11.9.18 Weekend Mix



Marshmello & Bastille - Happier (TH3 DARP Trap remix)
TroyBoi - Say Yeah
Alesso f/Conor Maynard - Remedy
Block & Crown, Scotty Boy - House Gangsters
GTA & Jenn Morel - Buscando
Tchami f/Donnie Sloan & Ricky Ducati - Shades
The Prodigy - Light Up The Sky
Croatia Squad - Street Dance
Animal Pacific & Nocakk - Khokana
ARTBAT - Papillion
David Penn - Nobody
Guy Gerber - What To Do (&ME remix)
Jack Back - Sometimes
Nine Black Alps - Ghost in the City
SoKool & Mr. Schug - Lost Chords
Boss Tactics - Jurapa
DJ Blue - Lose The North
Jens Lissat & Christoph Pauly - Clap and Stomp
Antoine Delvig & Ayor - Bring Em
Chris Lake & Green Velvet - Deceiver
Chromeo - Juice (Chris Lake remix)
Emi Galvan - Distortion
GAWP - Prime Society 
Lozz - Nobody
Matroda - H8ters
Offaiah - Work It Out
Ordonez - Pornographic Creatures
Tony Romera - Left
Yotto f/Vok - The One You Left Behind
Afrojack & Brohug f/Titus - Let It Rip
Borgore - MOP f/Gucci Mane & THIRTYRACK
R3HAB & Sofia Carson - Rumors (Amersy remix)
Richard Grey & Lissat - Big Drop
Sam Killer - Spring Rain
Shiba San - Moskitoz
Thomas Schumacher - Ficken #3 (dubspeeka remix)
4B f/Megan Lee - Ice Cold (FVCKDIAMONDS remix)
ANGELZ - Letter After F
Chocolate Puma & Firebeatz - Blackout

Thursday, November 8, 2018

11.8.18 Bee-otches of the Day: The Republican Party


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Name: The Republican Party
Age: 164
Occupation: right-winged dicks
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: another day, another shooting



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Last night, another tragic event unfolded at a popular bar in Los Angeles.

Thirteen people, including a sheriff's deputy and college students were killed at the Borderline Bar and Grill when a gunman came in with a Glock equipped with a magazine opened fire. The shooter was 28-year-old Ian Long, an Iraqi War vet who was a regular at the Borderline, a bar that catered to the country music crowd.

What might be the most-tragic of last night's shooting was the fact that some of the people attended the country music festival in Las Vegas last year where 59 people were all shot to death.

It's not totally known what Long's motive was, though it was rumored that he had been battling PTSD, which is common for many Iraq War vets.

It's sad knowing that this is a nation where there's a mass shooting almost daily. Names like "Columbine", "Sandy Hook", "Parkland", "Pulse Nightclub" and now "Thousand Oaks" are now a part of our lingo, and all for all the wrong reasons.

Like I've said way too many times, this is a nation where if a woman shows a nipple on live TV, the FCC jacks up their indecency fines. But when 59 people are killed, our government won't do a goddamned thing about it. What might be even more strange is that now, two of the mass shootings here in America involved country music, whose fanbase tends to be friendly towards guns and the Second Amendment.

The only good out of all this is the fact that the House now has a Democratic majority again, though sadly, the Senate is still loaded with Repukes. Hopefully, this will begin a process to get the NRA-ass-kissing, gun-loving assholes out of our government. It's time for common sense gun reform so tragedies like this won't happen again.

Thoughts and prayers sure as hell ain't enough.

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Wednesday, November 7, 2018

11.7.18 Bee-otches of the Day: non-voters



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Names: various
Ages: various
Occupations: various
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: staying away from the polls



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Well, it's been a day since one of the most-important midterm elections in US history.

There was a lot of good that came from this year's election. Michigan's next governor wasn't endorsed by Drumpf, an Uncle Tom won't be our next senator here in Michigan, people here in Michigan will soon be allowed to legally smoke pot and maybe most-importantly, the Dems are taking back the House.

True, it wasn't a total blue wave, sadly. Here in Michigan, several Repukes still won seats here in west Michigan and up north as well. Fuck, I'm wondering why people in northern Michigan chose a troll from da You Pee over Matt Morgan. But then again, this is northern Michigan we're talking about here: an area loaded with retirees, gun nuts and former Detroiters who wanted to get away from black people.

Of course, the biggest disappointment was in Texas where Beto O'Rourke lost to Ted Cruz by 223,000 votes. But hey! At least Drumpf fired his pot-hating AG Jeff Sessions. But still, Drumpf sucks as president.

The best thing to think about regarding this year's midterms is probably the fact that for the first time in American history, over 100 million people voted in this election. However, that's still only 49% of the voting public. So in other words, if your candidate didn't win and you didn't vote for him or her, don't bitch.

I'll admit, I didn't vote in the 2000 elections. I didn't like Bush because he's a Repuke and Al Gore made the mistake of allowing Joe Lieberman to be his running mate. Being a hardcore Stern fan, I felt abandoned. However, seeing the destruction Bush did in his first four years, I did vote in the 2004 elections and voted for John Kerry. He still lost, but when Bush's BS was causing everybody to become bankrupt, at least I could bitch.

You know, I'm happy I've voted in every election since I got registered. Hell, I even vote for mayor in my hometown! He's brought a lot of businesses to my city. We have Dave and Buster's and Trader Joe's! He's non-party, so I could care less what he is.

Now that Prop 3 has been passed here in Michigan, maybe it'll help bring more voters in. Hell, I love the idea of voting from home via mail. It sure beats standing in line at the polls, though I was in and out in a 1/2 hour.

2020 is coming and I hope that the Dems will not cause the same mistake that caused Drumpf to win. It's time for them to allow the people to choose their next president or else Drumpf will be a two-termer. Hillary lost by three million votes and it's because she lost the midwest by slim margins. The Electoral College ain't going away. If people see their votes in the primary disappear like it did in 2016, expect low voter turnout and like I said, another four years of Drumpf. Already, his BS is causing prices to rise and people to lose their jobs.

But in the end, people still have a choice.

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Tuesday, November 6, 2018

11.6.18 Bee-otch of the Day: John James



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Name: John James
Age: 37
Occupation: businessman
Last Seen: somewhere in Michigan
Bee-otched For: being a true Uncle Tom



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A long, long time ago, the Republicans were the true freedom fighters.

Its leader, Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. However, The Republicans lost their way and now, they're the party of racism and fear.

What's even more shocking is that there are black folks who still appreciate and are Repukes, and John James, Michigan's Republican senate nominee, is no exception.

The Detroit Metro Times just revealed that part of James' senate campaign is being funded by John and Mary Lou Tanton, a couple from Petoskey who the Southern Poverty Law Center have linked to white supremacy. They're behind a PAC that donated $500 to James' campaign. The organization has given money to several other campaigns, including Alabama senator Mo Brooks, who claimed that Obama and other Democrats were "waging a war on whites".

The Tantons created the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), which sought to limit immigration from northern Europeans and Hispanics. The SPLC have also labeled them a hate group.

The sad thing is how in the case of some politicians like James, money is an issue and they don't care a flying fuck where it's from. James reminds me of Tom DuBois from The Boondocks: a black dude who acts like he's white. And since he's a Repuke, he's the quintessential definition of an Uncle Tom.

Well, the good news is that by the time you read this, the polls will be closed and even though I voted for the Green Party candidate, Marcia Squier, Debbie Skeletor-er, Stabenow will likely be reelected. True, she's part of the establishment that hardly gets shit done and kisses military ass, at least she's not not in bed with the NRA.

James might as well dress in blackface and tap dance, screaming "MAMMY!" at the same time.


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Monday, November 5, 2018

Our political endorsements for 2018

Well, here it is. Our first REAL political endorsement list, ever.

Here's a sampling of whom I'm personally supporting in 2018. While this list will NEVER be complete, we feel that you should use your own judgment before hitting the polls tomorrow.

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All three proposals: YES
We feel that decades-old prohibition on pot was built on lies (**COUGHREEFERMADNESSCOUGH**). Cannabis has never killed anybody. When was the last time people died from a pot overdose? The people fighting the legalization of pot are a bunch of right-winged assclowns who have been all misinformed about its dangers. If weed is legalized, it will take dealers off the streets and it will mean less teens smoking it as well. As for Proposal two, we agree that people should be allowed to choose their own candidates. Too many districts in Michigan have been put in favor of Republicans because of gerrymandering. Also, yes, it's time for people to be able to vote on the same day they register. What if people move to Michigan not in time to vote?

US House Distrct 2: Rob Davidson
Davidson supports healthcare for all. His opponent, Bill Huizenga doesn't. Just another Repuke who thinks he's creating good jobs.

US House District 6: Matt Longjohn
Longjohn is pro-single payer healthcare and women's rights while his opponent, the elderly Fred Upton has a hot neice and nothing more. I love it that in his ads, Longjohn proclaims that he will not stand with Nancy Pelosi. A true lefty.
State Senate District 34: Poppy Sias-Hernendez
Poppy grew up in the ghetto known as Muskedump-er, Muskegon Heights, so she seems down to earth. She's pro-single-payer healthcare and wants to protect women's rights. Her opponent, Jon Bumstead, might be related to Blondie and Dagwood.

State House 101st District: Kathy Wiejaczka
As some of you know, my aunt passed away last summer at the age of 60 from cancer. She was a Registered Nurse at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans. Kathy's an RN herself and I feel that having an RN represent the people of northern Michigan is more honorable than having an old country music DJ getting the job. I've heard too many negative things regarding O'Malley, like how he treated his co-workers at WTCM to the fact that he's pro-"family values" and yet he reportedly cheated on his ex-wife. Plus, word has it that he's still on the WTCM payroll, even though he's legally not allowed to be on the air due to his campaign. It's time to have O'Malley retire for good.

US House District 1: Matt Morgan
District 1, IMO is extremely crazy. It's most of northern Michigan PLUS the whole fucking UP. Whomever made the notion that Marquette shares the same values as Traverse City must have been huffing glue. Jack Bergman lives in a small hick town called Watersmeet, which is damn close to the Wisconsin border. Morgan lives in Traverse City. Morgan supports single payer healthcare, improving schools and fixing roads. Bergman is a feeble old fart.

Attorney General: Dana Nessel
The Repukes' attacks on Nessel as somebody who allows strip clubs to hire minors is another "Reefer Madness" moment where the right uses scare tactics to protect people from the truth. Her opponent, Tom Leonard is an NRA asskisser. OK, what's more important: protecting our kids from guns or strip clubs? True, it's wrong seeing a naked 15-year-old, but then again, where were the parents in that situation? Plus, Nessel plans to go after Nestle, who is paying this state just $200 per year to make BILLIONS off of our water.

Secretary of State: Jocelyn Benson
Recently, my mom moved to Grand Rapids from Phoenix, she had to get a new driver's license and since she bought my old car, she had to get new plates and tags. Well, that related to two trips to the SOS and two LONG waits that took three hours out of our lives. Under current SOS Ruth Johnson (who was Dick Devos' running mate for governor in 2006), it seems that the SOS has gotten WORSE since the last times I went there. I agree that the SOS needs more offices, which means less lines.

US Senate: Marcia Squier
Squier wants to end the war on drugs, create healthcare for all and cut funds for the military. Debbie Stabenow is too establishment to be a true leftist. The fact that she threw away all of Bernie's votes representing Michigan is a slap in the face for all. Plus, the fact that she voted to waste our tax dollars on our overinflated military shows that she can't get shit done. It's time for fresh new leadership, and we ain't talking about Uncle Tom John James, either.

Governor: Keith Butkovich-er, Jennifer V. Kurland
Look, I know that Gretchen Whitmer is a sweet lady and she'll whip Bill Shitty-er, Schuette's ass to become Michigan's governor. But sadly, she's too establishment. Hell, she's against single-payer healthcare because guess who's supporting her? Yep, the for-profit insurance companies. Plus, her running mate, Garlin Gilchrist is reportedly a Detroit slumlord. Kurland is running for governor because she didn't like how the Dems treated Bernie Sanders in 2016 and that needs to change. As for Butkovich, let's say that I wouldn't allow somebody who used to regularly post on the Michigan Radio and TV Buzzboard to become governor, lol.

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Well, there you go. Michigan, get out and VOTE!!