Thursday, September 28, 2006
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Chávez endorsement results in a best-seller
Reuters, The New York Times
Move over Oprah - the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, is calling the literary shots this week. Chávez made headlines for his United Nations speech on Wednesday calling President George W. Bush "the devil himself," but a reading suggestion he made in the same speech created a best-seller.
Chávez began his UN speech by displaying a copy of the U.S. writer Noam Chomsky's book "Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance" and recommended that Americans read it instead of watching Superman and Batman movies, which he said "make people stupid."
By Thursday, the book had risen from backlist obscurity to be the No.3 bestseller on Amazon.com. By Friday, it was No.1. Before the speech, the 2004 book reprinted by Owl Books was being outsold by thousands of other titles on the online bookseller's Web site. Chávez did make one mistake: At a news conference after his UN address, he expressed regret at not having met Chomsky before the linguist's death.
A call to Chomsky's house in Lexington, Massachusetts, found him very much alive. "I continue to work and write," he said. He also said he was struggling through "10,000 e-mails" that he had received since the remarks by Chávez. While retired from teaching full time, Chomsky said he still went to his office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, occasionally lecturing and also working on a new book.
Chomsky, 77, said that he was glad that Chávez liked his book, but that he not describe himself as flattered. "We should look at ourselves through our own eyes and not other people's eyes," he said.
Chomsky said he had taken no offense at Chávez's remarks about his being dead. It did land him in the exclusive club of luminaries, like Mark Twain, who was reported dead before his time. $@
"The Bush administration backed a coup to overthrow his government," Chomsky said. "Suppose Venezuela supported a military coup that overthrew the government of the United States? Would we think it was a joke?" $@(Reuters, NYT)
Saturday, September 23, 2006
The Onion
A lot of you ask me,"Marc Time,where do you get your news?" I go straight to the Onion Radio News. Doyle Redland is the best .
Monday, September 18, 2006
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Speaker of the House Doesn't Know our National Anthem!
This is the guy who would take over if Bush and Cheney were impeached! Listen to him mangle the Star Spangled Banner!
Like the comment says on You Tube, hopefully next year we'll have Nancy Pelosi up there instead of Hastert's tuneless ass.
This clip is why YOU TUBE rules.
Like the comment says on You Tube, hopefully next year we'll have Nancy Pelosi up there instead of Hastert's tuneless ass.
This clip is why YOU TUBE rules.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Stupid Record Of The Week
To celebrate my new time slot (10 AM till Noon on Sundays!) this week's show will feature a lot of stuff that regular 8-10 listeners have heard but may be new to my recent listeners. I will also be bringing back my Hangover Cures, Celebrity Spotlight and Stupid Record of the Week.
This week's LP I found in McMinville for a buck.It looked like another pleasant piano album from the late 50's and I threw it in my play pile, and didn't get to it for a week.
When I put the needle down what came out was some of the WORST piano playing I have heard in my life! And three tracks in Mr. Edwards decides he's going to let his wife sing and she gives Mrs. Miller a run for her money.
Tonight when I showed the cover to my wife she said "The piano player has TWO RIGHT HANDS!"
Duh- I never noticed till she told me.
Listen in Sunday-you won't believe it.
Monday, September 11, 2006
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Cookie Puss Ad
Anyone remember Tom Carval?-yeah you must be from the East Coast.
On The Flipside: It's What Happy Tastes Like!
On The Flipside: It's What Happy Tastes Like!
Saturday, September 09, 2006
DON'T Watch the ABC 9/11 Mini-series
I am not watching "The Path to 9/11" Sunday night-this show is designed to make you believe that it was all Bill Clinton's fault, even tho Bush was on vacation when the planes hit.
http://openlettertoabc.blogspot.com/
Friday, September 08, 2006
The Hangover is Moving to 10 AM!!!!!!!!!!!!
Next Sunday my radio program THE SUNDAY MORNING HANGOVER is moving from 8AM to 10AM !!!!I am so psyched that more of you will be able to wake up with a hangover!!!!
This week's show will start off the manic Holiday Shopping Season with Wacky Xmas songs 8-9AM(with very few breaks in case you want to download and play them on Xmas eve),the usual potpourri 9-11AM and a special 9/11 memorial rant at 11 AM.
Also at 4PM on Sunday yours truly the Reverend Marc Time will be guest host of The Jazz Trip.
Thank you all again for your support ,help, phone calls, and votes.And thanks to Griddle and the True Margit blog for the kudos.the True Margrit Captain's Log: Wake up with a Hangover!
This has been a very extra special birthday present.
Thursday, September 07, 2006
9/11 : Press For Truth
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Ron Saxton-A Real Rebel!
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Bo Diddley is Jesus
Today on KWVA-another 4 hour radio show! Part 1 was 78's; Part 2 was LP's and an interview with author Dudley Clark; Part 3 an hour of Bossa Nova; Part 4 the best of BoDiddley.This was a crazy show because I was letting Dudley run the Board!(Training) You did a heckuva job, Brownie!
Download HERE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Diddley
Friday, September 01, 2006
Happy Birthday To Me
Normally I don't do birthdays well, but this time I will try to be less of a baby and try to have fun. By the way, another 4 Hour Hangover Sunday 8-12 KWVA.
This cake was from work where myself and the other courier celebrated our birthdays-his was Friday, mine is on Saturday.Thanks to all my friends at work-especially Stefanie, whose going away get-together was a blast. I will miss you Stef!!
Also, my radio show from June 30 with my Shrink sitting in is now available for download HERE.
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