Monday, August 13, 2018

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


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



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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.


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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


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


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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.



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Wednesday, August 8, 2018

8.8.18 Bee-otch of the Day: Shri Thanedar


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


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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.
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Tuesday, August 7, 2018

8.7.18 Hero of the Day: Black Diamond Broadcasting



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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


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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.

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Monday, August 6, 2018

8.6.18 Hero of the Day: Michael Moore



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A SPECIAL HERO OF THE DAY!          

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


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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.
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