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From the monthly archives:
From Glossy News.com: “A seven-pound vibrator has claimed the life of right wing talk show host Laura Schlessinger. Her nude body was found in bed Tuesday morning, diplaying evidence of a heavy blow to the head. The industrial-strength vibrator apparently fell from the top of her headboard and onto her head, killing her instantly.” Read it here.
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This was a damn funny show in its day and the precursor of SNL. According to the Hollywood Reporter, ‘a contemporary version of “Radio Hour” is being planned as a key component of the re-energizing of the National Lampoon brand being spearheaded by chief operating officer and longtime fan Dan Laikin.’ Read it here.
Found on The Register: “The Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Orrin Hatch (Republican, Utah), thinks it would be a fabulous idea if copyright owners could remotely destroy computers that contain pirated material” Read it here.
So small you need an electron microscope to see it. Undoubtedly it won’t help you pick up chicks either. See it here.
“‘Without a doubt, file sharing has had a huge negative impact on music industry sales,” said Russ Crupnick, vice president of The NPD Group. “But our research shows that even if digital file sharing were to disappear tomorrow, the record labels and retailers would still need to overcome important underlying causes of recent market declines.’” In a nutshell… it’s shit music. Read it here.
Live Video from the Mount of Olives Jerusalem
“The effect of the media’s march to amalgamation on Americans’ freedom of voice is too worrisome to be left to three unelected commissioners. This far-reaching political decision should be made by Congress and the White House, after extensive hearings and fair coverage by too-shy broadcasters, no-local-news cable networks and conflicted newspapers.” Read it here. And Marvin Kitman’s take from Newsday.
A new Infinity/AOL deal has some radio folks up in the air over a requirement for DJs to Include Product Plugs Within Editorial Content. Read it here.
“I discovered that the van I had to drive could very easily be persuaded to produce very loud, frightening backfires as and when I wanted it to (I’m not telling you how, find out for yourselves) and as I’ve always been keen on photography, I tried an experiment.” See it here.
The 30-minute show called “Sick Call” at 8 a.m. focuses on obituaries and funeral announcements. Now that’s great radio. Read it here.
