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| Talk Show Wars -- Reported 1999-04-30 05:20 by El Snatcher | |
| Art
Bell has enemies who are very bad people, so you have to take
any information coming from them with a grain of salt, but weird,
BAD CRAZINESS is a foot. Art Bell has been off the air for three
weeks, and his lame stand-in, Hilly Rose, is boring everyone
to tears. Now one of his former guests, Robert A.M. Stephens,
is claiming that Art was actually suspended for making veiled
threats against him during his final broadcast. Apparently,
Art wore a pirate shirt that night and talked about slitting
throats.
T O P S T O R I E S John Dvorak has passed. I’m of mixed emotions. First off I’m more positive about his contribution to the overall technology journalism of the early PC days through the 90s, despite how many things he got wrong. He was a firebrand and commanded attention. (More...) America's National Recording Registry Inducts Culturally Significant Artist - Weezer! America's Library of Congress calls them "defining sounds of history and culture" and "audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage." Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... Weezer! (More...) The Crossroads are real and The Blues is a place; The enduring myth of Robert Johnson (More...) California Glory Hole attracts huge crowds A glory hole at Napa's Lake Berryessa is drawing huge crowds. According to Chris Lee, the general manager for the Solano County Water Agency, the glory hole hasn't been active since 2019, and only restarted operations on Feb 4. (More...) Republican State Senator busted after soliciting a teenage girl Republican State Senator Justin Eichorn of Minnesota was arrested for soliciting a teen girl on Monday just hours after he introduced a bill proposing "Trump derangement syndrome" (TDS) as a form of mental illness. (More...) Parents claim measles is not that bad after having only one child die The parents of a Texas girl who died from the measles are defending their decision not to vaccinate their daughter. "She says they would still say 'Don't do the shots,'" an unidentified translator for the parents said. "They think it’s not as bad as the media is making it out to be." (More...) C L A S S I C P I G D O G The Liquidation of Hobo Junction Albany, CA's homeless hooverville by the Bay, "Hobo Junction," is going to be torn down by The Man. Entrances are already being blocked off, and it's now difficult and dangerous to get there. Worse, these obstacles are making it hard to get to the nearby HORSE TRACK on foot. Local historian, Pao Tzu, has an overview of situation. (More...) NASA's Mars missions keep blowing up and crashing, but dammit, when you reach for the stars you have to expect a few minor setbacks. Drink a toast to the men and women of NASA! Toast them with a Lost Probe mixed up with your own two (or three) hands! (More...) Three Days and 25 Spocktails: A Cautionary Tale Johnnie Royale picked me up from the dental surgery. I felt warm, safe, cradled in the anathesia's loving embrace. The pharmacy downstairs gave me a bottle of Vicodin and a few instructions: take it with food, don't mix with alcohol, don't operate heavy machinery. I put it in my pocket and we left. "Do you want to go home, or do you want to go to a bar?" asked Johnnie. (More...) Report from Spiritual Machines Arkuat gives you the inside scoop on the "Spiritual Machines" panel and conclave. Wacky excitement ensues! (More...) Our team of crack journalists went insane, and made the drive from Concord, California to Concord, New Hasmpshire on Interstate 80. Read the insightful observations of our intrepid travelers made on their journey into the heartland. (More...) WE'RE STILL TOTAL LOSERS JESUS Mr. Bad, Tjames Madison, and various other Pigdoggers of all stripe take on the makers of JERKCITY in a PIGDOG INTERVIEW DEATHMATCH. (More...) |