NOTE!!!!!!!!

I had to temporarily disable the comments. I think I caught person who was leaving "threats." He left his e-mail address.

Also I want to apologize to Britney Spears. You're not chubby. There is anything wrong with being chubby either.

Remembering Ed Sisson

Other duties have occupied my time recently, but I wanted to mention the passing of Edward J. Sisson. I first knew of Ed Sisson through the radio. He was on KJEL AM/FM in Lebanon when they played good music (ROCK AND ROLL!). He was part of the laid back school of radio guys of the 70's, much like the character Bill Murray played on the National Lampoon's Good Bye Pop LP. Ed, both on-air and off, was usually joking. Whether he was laughing about the teenage boys who dedicated Henry Gross' Shannon to the girlfriends ("That song is a dog that drowns," Ed laughed. "Real romantic.") to the credits on Hawaii 5-0 ("Kam Fong is Chin Ho.") or referring to a former co-worker at KJEL (later KY3 anchor woman) as "Big Ass Joyce." He wasn't a Clear Channel liner card reader nor was he a bigoted, belligerent talk radio blowhard.

I worked with Ed at the Lebanon Daily Record. He was very supportive and gave good advice, as opposed to the hateful yelling most people have given me over the years. He also just liked to talk. As the LDR's Israel Potoczny wrote in a tribute to him, "Ed and I hit it off right away. We shared a passion in a wide range of things, from former journalists such as Hunter S. Thompson, to sports, music and politics. He was a wealth of information and experience that I am sure I only began to tap into."

One of Ed's passions was music. He often wrote about the rock and roll room in his columns and his love of the Beatles. Ed's sign off on KJEL was to thank his mother and father for having him and "God Bless Billy Martin." God Bless, Ed Sisson too.

Don't Worry Britney - I Still Respect You

I'm not sure why everyone is trashing Britney Spears. I like to see chubby girls in hot pants and fishnet hose dance on TV. This use to be a staple of the Colgate Comedy Hour during Martin and Lewis's tenure. At least she has never done anything really stupid like host a talk radio show on KSGF.

Then there is her fan on You Tube, Chris Crocker. Someone sign this boy up for a radio show or a video music show or something. This kid needs to be promoted and needs to be BIG! Screw Hanity, Rush and the other idiots - THIS IS WHO AMERICA NEEDS TO BE LISTENING TO!

Big Whoop!

The Arbitrons come out today. I'm not interested in them. Reason:

1. They're not as accurate as the Hooper Raitings.
2. They're fattening.
3. They're against my religion.
4. They don't impress chicks as much as the size of your transmitter (If you know what I mean).
5. I think they're rigged.

Children of the Revolution by T. Rex

I mentioned a few weeks ago that the song "Children of the Revolution" by T. Rex was stuck in my head. I found this clip on You Tube of Marc Bolan and T. Rex performing the song on an unknown rock and roll/dance party of the past. There were at least four other clips of T. Rex doing the song. This clip indulges my long lost dream of being the next Dick Clark or Casey Kassem. Check out the guy with the Quentin Collins sideburns and target shirt. HE CAN'T DANCE!!! Mwu-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Admen Hate Madmen

Ad Age magazine has an article about the new TV show Madmen, which is supposed to be like the Sopranos only about advertising people in the 60s. Several top ad agency people watched and hated the stereotyping.

I've got an idea for a show. It's called "Radio Sales Guys." They tell station owners they can't sell rock formats but they can sell talk. Then they blame the reason the can't sell time on the talk station on on-air talent. Yes, people would enjoy middle-aged white men make dumb excuses at the expense of on-air people's careers and listeners ears.

Reason For the Anger Over Latino Day at the Fair

The big raging controversy with the old farts in the Ozarks, who call talk radio and write LTTE in the News Leader is the Ozark Empire Fair having a Latino Day this year. I don't have a problem with it, but I don't have a problem with most things that upset those old farts.

They say it endorses illegal immigration. Truth is: They are upset that it replaces "Old Fart Day" (or whatever they called it).