I never took a journalism class, but from various movies, I have heard that one of the cardinal sins of reporting is “never bury the lead,” that is get to the point of the story early. Well, long time readers know that I bury the lead constantly (and am doing the same thing here, alas.) […]

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First, it appears that WXRT has come to an agreement with DJ Tom Marker. Since all WXRT has left is its air talent (since its playlist sucks), it probably isn’t the smartest thing in the world to fire a DJ and piss off the listenership. Alex Rodriguez didn’t just sue baseball over his one season […]

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For a long time, I’ve detailed my argument against WXRT. They are boring as hell, no fault of the DJs who I think know they are playing the same crap over and over again, but they have livelihoods to protect. That’s understandable. And there has been no impetus to listen to naysayers like myself because […]

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Long time readers have followed my complaints that the former progressive rock station WXRT in Chicago has become a shadow of its former self, to which station management thumbs their collective noses at complaints since they are very profitable, especially since they had not competition since WKQX became a news-only station, then a pop station […]

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Yes, Dennis Rodman is an idiot. We’ve always known that. The only thing we can hope is that Kim Jong Un will keep The Worm in North Korea forever. There was a scary report on The Huffington Post yesterday. According to the online news source. Adoph Hitler’s Mein Kampf is the top seller in Amazon’s […]

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With so many others listing their top CDs of the year, it is time to roll out mine. I know that you are supposed to limit your list to 10, but I have a couple of ties that makes my list actually 12, but hey, it’s my site, I don’t have to follow any rules. […]

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Long time readers know that there are few television “journalists” I despise more than ESPN’s resident NBA jackass Stephen A. Smith. Because he sounds “street” and appears to have that same worldview, he has become chummy with a lot of NBA players and hangers-on. So he uses his contacts to spread falsehoods in the name […]

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