Not that I was ever a big fan of Y100. I stopped listening to that station when I was 15 or 16. I’ve always hated seeing their stamp all over local concerts, etc. I always took issue with the fact that they described themselves as “alternative.”

But the truth is that this will create a major void in the Philadelphia radio market. And as much as I don’t like the station, this makes me realize that I don’t want to see them gone. And what a shitty way to do this. It seems that they basically made the decision over night, making sure they screwed their staff thoroughly.

Read more:
-FMQB: Y100/Philly Deejays Say Goodbye, Format Flip Imminent
-Makeshift website (the official one is down): Y100Rocks.com

So, as previously mentioned, I went to see The Gates in New York City last Saturday. I took the train up with Edo, my brother, and his friends Eric and Alex. It was a sight to behold.

Aside from the obvious “saffron” colored gates, it was a great place for people watching. Such a diverse crowd. All ages and races, languages and cultures, large groups and individuals.

I overheard one man explaining to his companion in a very proper voice “This differs significantly from Christo’s last project, when they wrapped the Reichstag….” And then a few minutes later, I heard a woman say in a thick Brooklyn accent “And this one time, they made the ocean pink!”

We walked around Central Park, and then spent some time in the Met. It was a lot of fun, and later we had dinner with a college pal that I don’t get to see too often. All in all, a very nice (and exhausting) day.

Here are some pictures from our day.

Find more info about The Gates at ChristoJeanneClaude.net

Let’s call the whole thing off….

From Media Matters for America:
Without any editorial notation disclosing that words in the AP articles have been changed, FOX News replaces the terms “suicide bomber” and “suicide bombing” with “homicide bomber” and “homicide bombing” to describe attackers who kill themselves and others with explosives. In at least one case, FOX News actually altered an AP quote from Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) to fit this naming convention, and then revised it to restore the quote without noting either the original alteration or its correction.

Read more, and look at a side by side comparison of the articles here: Fair and Balanced Editing

This past weekend I had the chance to visit New York City and see The Gates in Central Park. Very neat. I will post some pictures soon. Also, check out the post I made about the FCC that I was finally able to restore.

Stan has inspired me to point out something to y’all. The following is a list of the references to songs, tv, or movies that have shown up in my post titles thus far. See how many you can get (song title and group or name of movie/tv show). Lushy, if you’re reading this, I suppose the odds are sort of stacked in your favor…. I’ll update as they are correctly guessed. I’ll also update in a couple days if no one really gives a crap. (more…)

The latest issue of Rolling Stone arrived in my mailbox today, and man did I read something scary about the Sinclair Broadcast Group. Remember them? The ones who forced all of their affiliates to air the anti-Kerry “Stolen Honor” pseudo-documentary?

Sinclair Broadcast Group is the largest single owner/operator of television stations in the United States (62 stations in 39 markets). They reach almost one quarter of US households and include ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, UPN, and WB affiliates.

NOW READ THIS:
Rolling Stone: Beyond ‘Fair and Balanced’

From VH1.com:

Lindsay Lohan Dolling It Up

The Mattel doll company announced that they are making a Barbie doll in the likeness of teen queen Lindsay Lohan. Like the real Lindsay Lohan, the doll will have red hair, dress in red-carpet attire, and be made entirely of plastic. (more…)

Kudos to Boston’s WGBH and the 42 PBS stations who decided to air the the controversial “Vermont” episode of the children’s show Postcards from Buster.

Houston PBS station KUHT’s program director, Ken Lawrence, said “…we wanted to take the opportunity to start a dialogue on the issues that made this such a controversy.”

Now why was it controversial, you ask? (more…)

The Performances
Opening Sequence: While The Black Eyed Peas make good records, I have yet to see a live performance of theirs that didn’t suck, and last night as no exception. …Gwen and Eve, though—oh my God they sounded great. I love Gwen. And damn, I would kill to have her legs. Los Lonely Boys, Maroon 5 and Franz Ferdinand all performed well, but the sound people did not do their jobs. In fact, most of the rock performances in the show were poorly engineered. Such a shame. And I wish they would have let Franz Ferdinand start their song from the beginning, but oh well. (more…)

Well, the lovely people that host our web space lost all my data after February 8th. Luckily for me, it was only a few posts, and only one of them was long. I’ll try to reconstruct them over the next few days. I have a rather long post about the Grammys coming up shortly. Good thing I didn’t post it last night. Damn it, though!

Starting a Landslide in My Ego has experienced server problems, and as a consequence lost several days’ worth of posts and comments. For the technical-minded, our hosting company upgraded the servers, but their local backup of their users’ SQL databases was hosed, as were mine. This is the best they managed to dig up. I apologize to Kate and to you, our wide fanbase, for the outage and losses.

Three more reasons the FCC and censorship advocates MUST BE STOPPED.

Here are some excerpts from recent articles that everyone should read:

1) Bush Urged To Appoint Anti-Indecency FCC Chairman
Excerpts from the letter: While we acknowledge the importance of parental control over children’s viewing habits, Hollywood and certain media companies work to ensure that children are exposed to it whether they or their parents like it or not. (more…)

Can I get a species check in aisle two?

*Note: this post was reconstructed on 2/14/05 due to loss of data.

SO freaking awesome:

Outcast Star Zooms Out Of Milky Way

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This is SO cool!

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So much fuss for crappy overpriced furniture…

Ikea Hooligans

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Even though everyone is talking about how wonderfully G-rated this year’s Super Bowl was, there were still complaints! (more…)

This might be an indicator of a slight discipline problem….

This year: stealing cars. Next year: knocking over a 7-11.

Everyone is raving about Paul McCartney’s Super Bowl performance–how tasteful it was, how G-rated, no wardrobe malfunctions. Now I thought Sir Paul sounded good, but I must express my outrage at the wildly inappropriate songs he played. (more…)

Congrats to my brother Mike and his pal Eric who just got one of their songs played on the radio. They have been making music together for years (under a host of different band names). Looks like Octophobic Math is the winner. Very cool, guys. Very cool!

I was enlisted to answer these questions about my song memories. Okay Holz, here you go:

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One day I’ll get around to telling all of you why Clear Channel is a dangerous and evil corporation. Right now I’m just going to draw your attention to one little news story that seemed to go completely unnoticed back in December: Fox to provide news to Clear Channel stations.

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As some of you may already know, my apartment building is next to a small cathedral. When we moved in I thought, “Gee, this is nice. What a pretty church.” Then about 3 months later, I started hearing bells ring from time to time and I thought “Ooh, pretty bells.” Well, it wasn’t long before my warm fuzzy feelings turned to thoughts of destruction and mayhem….

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Doh! I should have posted this a little earlier, but maybe you will read it before heading to work in the morning.

Friday the 4th is the second national “Wear Red Day,” in support of the fight against heart disease in women.

Cardiovascular disease (including stroke) is the leading killer of women in America.

So wear red on Friday and show your support!

Funny, I started working on this before I posted about craptastic music. But anyway, with the Grammy Awards coming up, I thought I’d include some of the good songs they nominated. There’s so much drivel out there right now, so here’s what’s good:

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