MICKEY!!!

In case you missed it, here's Mickey Rourke accepting his 2009 Spirit award for The Wrestler. I have not seen this film yet, but I will now. His remarks about Marisa Tomie and Eric Roberts are totally priceless and whips ass over anything from this year's academy awards. Enjoy!

MY HERO: TOM LEYKIS

Yesterday radio station 97.1 (free talk) FM in Los Angeles California changed it's "hot talk" format to a sad, top 40 music with little or no commercials. Format changes in radio stations happen all the time, but unfortunately this change also threw one of my personal heroes, Tom Leykis, off the air.

I had heard Tom many, many years ago when he was syndicated here in the Flint area, and liked what I heard then. When I was fortunate enough to make something of a living working in my basement in front of my computer (for the most part), one of the first podcasts I added to my "favorites" was the archive page from 97.1 and the Tom Leykis Show.


Tom is (or at the moment at least, "was") a very unique performer in that he spoke his own mind and tried his damndest to share those thoughts and guide others with his wisdom, which made for VERY unique and entertaining radio. Mostly non-political, mostly relationship related, though he was airing some financial topics lately and other newsworthy subjects as they came up in the media, Tom was always worth listening to, even if you didn't agree with his point of view. Me, I agreed with him 99.5% of the time, but I totally understood where he was forming his opinions ALL of the time, and that makes him an extremely rare form of entertainer.

Below I have included a documentary about Tom and his program that was posted on Google Video last year. It does a much better job of explaining Tom, his audience, his objectives, and his impact upon society than I could ever hope to cover. It is a bit of a watch (45 minutes long), but well worth your time to do so:



The most recent version of the 97.1 Tom archive is still up and available for anyone who can find it to listen to. Like I mentioned above there is VERY little of it that most anyone of the same mindset as me would NOT find interesting. I recommend a quick bookmark and some listening for at least as long as the 97.1 folks leave the page up- believe me you will thank me for turning you on to Tom if you don't know of him by now, even if you HATE everything he stands for. His genius IQ against most any of his callers is amazing to say the least:

http://www.971freefm.com/pages/4096.php

Like I mentioned, I'm not sure how long that page shall remain up, so if you like what you hear, I suggest some quick downloading.

I'm sure that this is not the last we've heard from my hero, Tom Leykis. He'll be back in whatever form he chooses to spread his point of view; a book is said to be in the offering, and it would not surprise me if he lands another syndication gig VERY quickly, especially given the durability of other radio hosts like Don Imus. In the meantime Tom is being paid to finish out his contract with CBS for I believe the next three or four years, by doing nothing but enjoying his 20 acres in California wine country.


So in closing, here's a toast to Tom, Thanks pal for the literally thousands of hours of entertainment that you gave this artist-monkey listening to your west coast rantings and philosophy. If you never return to the air again rest assured that you touched many lives, influenced many a young mind, and actually helped some of us grow up a little, no matter what age we were. Salute!



Wake Up!

Atlantis Found (?)

According to The Sun via Google Ocean, apparently someone noticed the markings of an ancient city buried on the ocean floor a ways off the coast of Africa, right about where Plato mentioned Atlantis was supposed to be. Yu can see photos and read about it here:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2255989.ece

Of course, considering The Sun's track record with hyperbole, it could very well be a hoax.

You make the call.

Wake Up.

TODAY'S WORD IS: "TWINCEST"

After reading the headline perhaps I should give you a moment to let your mind wander, but yes, "twincest" means exactly what you think, and according to today's New York Post you can get into deep shit for inciting it. Here's the the addy, or just click on the headline for a direct link to the NYP:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/02122009/news/regionalnews/twincest_slap_154757.htm

This is an example of stripping actually becoming demeaning to women, brought about by a lousy dog of a human being who frankly deserves every bit of legal hell I am sure that society will be trying hard to thrust upon him. Of course the women were perFectly within their rights to say "no" but what repercussions saying "no" that would follow, given the seemingly doggish behavior of the offender, would probably have been what you would expect. Self esteem is a bitch if you don't have it. No body should be "forced" to perform any kind of sexual act upon another, simple as that. Remember it's not really an offense if both parties were willing and were not physically hurt beyond their safe word.

WAKE UP!

JUST SO YOU KNOW...

In my constant quest to keep you informed of those little corporate shell game shuffles, I must now inform you that the BK "Joe" coffee now comes in three nearly confusing sizes. Get this:

The LARGE is what USED to be their EXTRA LARGE.

The MEDIUM is now called the SMALL.

And what was once their SMALL is now their VALUE size.

Three gulps, perhaps five total shots- yeah baby, that's "VALUE" for you.

Just So You Know

Wake Up!

Voices from the CC Trenches

Here's an addy to a very interesting article from Gizmodo.com of some first hand accounts of what it's like being a Circuit City grunt right now. It is very good reading and a true statement to not only our economic times, but also of the human condition. Enjoy:

http://i.gizmodo.com/5146694/their-final-words-as-the-grunts-of-circuit-city

Remember with the way things are right now your last day at work my be sooner than you think. Hang In There.

WAKE UP!

THE NAVEL AS A SEX ORGAN?

How cute does your mate's navel have to be to make them attractive? Apparently according to scientists it DOES matter and has mattered throughout many cultures. You can read all about that here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28934310/

I especially liked that last paragraph: "However, Sinkkonen assured, "If you have an umbilicus that you think is ugly, it does not necessarily mean that your genetics is bad.""

Remind me to tell you about my exwife sometime.

WAKE UP!

TELEMARKETERS: Just Say NO!!!

From Florida News 4 (via Fark.com)comes this startling revelation that telemarketers not only harass you, but if they're calling you on behalf of a charity or some other noble cause the telemarketing company usually keeps up to 90% of the money they generate.

http://www.news4jax.com/news/18615210/detail.html

Folks, if you have to give to a charity, and I DO recommend you be charitable whenever possible, do your research and try to make sure you're not helping to pay some charity exec's $130,000 salary or year end bonus. Plus, if it's a telemarketer, just say no out of principal remembering that the BEST charity is helping your FELLOW man (as locally as possible)and not some jerk from a phone bank from who the hell knows where.

Finally, it should go without saying that if anyone telemarketer, corporate phone bank, or especially collection service calls and harasses you about giving them your account number over the phone don't just say "no", but say "Fuck No!"- then either handle it by a check in the mail, or pay the bill as locally as possible. Lately "collectors" have been known to not only take the amount due them from your account, but to do so a number of times.

WAKE UP!