The End Is Coming and I Could Not Be Happier!

At first glance, one might assume this will be my inauguation blog....how Obama won't change much, how it is a false sense of hope. No, I am gonna let that one cook. My benchmar has been set as I received my 401K statement for July 1-December 31 today and it was only down 30.1%. That is the benchmark I will use to evaluate change.

This post is about radio. Today, Clear Channel cut their workforce by 9% nationwide including some semi-popular talk show hosts and inconsequential jocks at Kool 108 and other stations. The fact that they cut from multiple stations in one town is part of the problem. Any given company should only be allowed one AM and one FM station in a market. But I digress.

This is not about the Chad Hartmans or Doogies or any other half-assed radio personality. The cuts came at WCCO, the juggernaut and at KSTP AM recently. You see, local commercial filled radio is dying. Talk still has some edge but the music side is REALLY dying.

Stations locally like KQRS which advertises "their vault of albums" only plays about .0029% of it. According to them, the Eagles only recorded Witchy Woman and Hotel California. Don't get me started on the copycat morning show idiots such as Tom Barnyard. I am pretty sure his following includes a long list of people without any other exposure to other forms of entertainment and they are convinced HE is it. HE...is a fraud along with every other yuckster on his show.

Yes, the end is coming. It is time for everyone to realize it and make the move to satellite radio. Want top 40 (repeated over and over)? Channel 1. Want 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s deep cuts (seriously deep cuts), alternative country, songs like the Rodeo Song (unedited)? Go to satellite. Want sports? They are all there. Want sports talk, left wing talk, right wing talk, CNN, MSNBC, Gay talk or Oprah (please don't say yes to Oprah Al) - it is there too. Want comedy, playboy talk, or the original, King of all Media Howard Stern? That is there too.

I cannot feel bad for the locals. As the conglomerates continued to buy up every station in every major market, the quality went exponentially downward. I won't even rent a car without satellite anymore.

Good bye Clear Channel, AM/FM inc and all of you other giant medium killers.
Rodger Wilcox....Over and Out.

The New Improved Village Idiot

I Present Ye Royal Village Idiot!
Is Sean Hannity the poster child for what it takes to be on TV? I could be as much of a village idiot as him for that kind of pay.

I have not searched this out online but I am sure it has been on just about every show and website. I heard of this today on Howard Stern.

"Halloween is teaching our kids to be liberals by going door to door an asking for a handout."

You MUST be joking!



Was this his attempt at an Onion article? You cannot make this crap up.

Sure, Pat Robertson lashed out against Halloween because it is rooted in evil, pagan ceremonies, ghosts and goblins. He is a freak in religion. That is worthy of certain forgiveness when being an idiot.

But to suggest that trick or treating is a form of liberalism, welfare or other pan-handling type activities is crazy.

I have lots of ideas on things I can be a total jerk about. Put me on TV for HALF of what he makes. I am sure I can do no worse. In fact, I just might entertain someone!

I think of how I have always said, "To get rich, you just need a gimmick". I have thought for hours about what garbage I could get on a stick to sell at the State Fair. What idea could I possibly dream up to strike it rich?? Here, all this time, I have been thinking way too hard. I just need to get a job on TV where I talk out my ass like Sean.

Rush Windbag invented it, Sean is apparently perfecting it.