A special audio goodie just for Mostly Media readers… download a wicked mix of sounds from bands who once played the 688 Club and The Metroplex here. How many bands can you name?
Get those tee shirts, spikes and hairspray, and get ready to go… to Saturday’s 688/Metroplex Reunion Show at The Masquerade Music Park on [...]
Archive for September, 2008
688/Metroplex Reunion Show Mix Preview
Posted in Events, music, tagged 688 Club, 688 Reunion Show, Atlanta, Metroplex, Stomp and Stammer on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It Might Be Spam If…
Posted in Seeds and Stems, tagged Spam Is Fun on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
…you receive an email like this:
Dear ____________ ,
Recently I viewed your resume online, and I felt you would be an excellent candidate for an opening we are trying to fill based on your Industrial background. A brief job description about the Construction Laborer vacancy is included.
Construction Laborer
Competitive Salary
Applicants should have great communication and organizational skills. [...]
Johnny Carson – Midnight Joker and Toker?
Posted in Atlanta Media, Events, tagged AM1160, Cheech and Chong, Johnny Carson, WMLB on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From a (mercifully short and to-the-point) AM1160 press release. Even moreso once I got a’holt of it. Mercifully short of “credibility” issues too:
Counter-culture comedy icons Cheech & Chong pay a visit to “The Pop Culture King” show at 8 p.m. Friday and again on Sunday at noon on AM 1690 (Atlanta) “The Voice of the [...]
CBS Newsman Bob Schieffer At The Atlanta Press Club
Posted in Atlanta Media, Events, Journalism, tagged Atlanta Press Club, Bob Schieffer, broadcast news, CBS News, Internet, Journalism, MSM on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bob Schieffer was giddy as a school boy. His kind, interesting and weathered face lit up like a Christmas tree when he spoke at the September 29th Atlanta Press Club’s Newsmaker Luncheon.
In between hosting Face The Nation and moderating Presidential debates, Schieffer swung by the APC to promote his new book, Bob Schieffer’s America. If [...]
Stop The Classical Madness At WABE!
Posted in Atlanta Media, tagged 6 Hours = 6 Too Many!, Facebook, Lois Reitzes, WABE on September 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I can’t take it any more… 6 hours of classical music programming a day at WABE = 6 too many. Apparently I’m not the only one. So I started a Facebook Group called 6 Hours A Day = 6 Too Many! Please join the group if you’re on Facebook. And let’s let WABE know, by [...]
WordPress IPhone App Test Post
Posted in Misc, tagged test, wordpress on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am posting this entry from my iPhone. Pretty cool, eh? Must now figure out how to add a picture and/or video.
Just figured out how to add a photo from the phone. No video though – the iPhone’s great, uh, hinderance. For a video person at least. Have a perfect creme brulee kinda day! Tap, [...]
Georgia – Obama’s Phantom Swing State?
Posted in Presidential '08, tagged Biden, Decatur, Georgia, InsiderAdvantage, Obama, polls, rally, voting, WaySouth Media videos, women on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Despite news from places such as the douchbags windbags at The Georgia Gang that Obama has “pulled out” of Georgia like he was some kinda dubious date, the Obama campaign has not given up on Georgia. In fact, the reality is anything but.
more about “Georgia – Obama’s Phantom Swing State?“, posted with vodpod
A Speech On Life By David Foster Wallace
Posted in Seeds and Stems, tagged David Foster Wallace, The Guardian on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Because here’s something else that’s true. In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing to worship – [...]
Facebook & Twitter Have Got Me Now
Posted in Misc, tagged Facebook, Twitter on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I’m morphing to a Facebook/Twitter online existence, today’s blog post is a video on Facebook. Find me and my endless wonders there if you dare. Blogs are unattractive and uncoordinated. Like the 24-hour news cycle… soooo last century.
Get To Know Sarah Palin’s Parish Life
Posted in Misc, tagged Alaska worship services, church, Sarah Palin on September 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Shoot, they ain’t got no snake handlin’? What weanies.
more about “Get To Know Sarah Palin’s Church!“, posted with vodpod
Vomit, Barf, Gag, Hurl, Doo-Doo Coming From AM-1160
Posted in Atlanta Media, tagged Am 1160, Joe Weber on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How to really waste a perfectly good morning. Not to mention brain cells:
Newstalk 1160 “The Talk of the Town” is proud to announce three great additions to our lineup: Laura Ingraham, Bill O’Reilly, and Dennis Miller. Starting Tuesday, listeners can tune in to hear Ingraham 9am-12noon, O’Reilly 3pm-5pm, and Miller 5pm-7pm.
When asked (writing this press [...]
Back In The Day
Posted in Misc, tagged 80's music scene, Atlanta, Blue Rat on September 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Atlanta music & club scene… circa early 80’s. Click photo for slide show.
688 Club/Metroplex Reunion Show 10-4-08
Posted in Atlanta Media, Events, music, tagged 688 Club, Metroplex, music, reunion show, WaySouth Media, WaySouth Media videos on September 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Steve May, Atlanta’s 688 Club owner and Paul Cornwell, Metroplex Club owner, talk about (click on above video) their upcoming 688/Metroplex reunion show at the Masquerade Music Park on October 4, 2008. Tons of bands that once played the infamous environs of those two punk/new wave clubs (both no longer with us) will be reuniting [...]
Didn’t We Almost Have It All?
Posted in Presidential '08, tagged Caroline Kennedy, InsiderAdvantage, Matt Towery, Obama, polling, polls, Sarah Palin on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Lordy: Please let us not have to sing that awful swan song come November. InsiderAdvantage’s Matt Towery has some hard new numbers and anaylsis about Obama’s slip (via the Palin bounce) in the youth-y stats. And he wags a finger right at Caroline Kennedy for (possibly) screwing everything up.
September 12, 2008 — The hidden [...]
Here’s The Part Where Dems F Everything Up. Unless…
Posted in Presidential '08, tagged Arianna Huffington, Huffinton Post, Obama campaign on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Queen Arianna is dead-on to call for Obama to release his “righteous rage” on America. It’s the campaign’s only hope before it heads into a Kerry-esque gutter. From today’s Huffington Post:
Given Obama’s sense of moral obligation and social responsibility, and his “audacity of hope,” I felt “the man and the moment may be made for [...]
Latest Polling – Obama “Implodes” in Georgia
Posted in Oh Shit, Presidential '08, tagged Georgia, InsiderAdvantage, Obama, Obama campaign on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oops. From the latest IA/PP poll:
September 11, 2008 — A new InsiderAdvantage / Poll Position survey of likely registered voters in Georgia indicates a steep decline for the Barack Obama campaign and likely explains why the candidate is moving resources out of Georgia and into other states.
The poll of 506 registered likely voters, weighted for [...]
I Couldn’t Agree More
Posted in Misc, tagged Biden, Obama on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bernie Marcus’ Media Message Just Strange
Posted in Atlanta radio, Events, tagged Bernie Marcus, Georgia Aquarium, Sheperd Spinal Center, war veterans on September 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There’s a not-so-fine line between a compelling media op and crass exploitation of people in misery. And yeah, we mostly call it “local TV news.” But today we can add promoting one’s cause and enterprise to the mix, and call it Just Plain Weirdness In Bernie’s Fish Tank. From a press release from the Sheperd Spinal Center:
Several [...]
