Air America / Breathing

Monday, Sept. 27, 2004 - 6:52 a.m.

Yesterday was another gorgeous day here in San Francisco; we planned to drive down the coast and go to Pacifica for dinner again, but when we crested the hill and headed down to the outdoor mall where the Denny's is located, something began to irritate my eyes and lungs so badly that we had to just give up and turn around and head straight back home again.

Bleah.

I'm still a little stuffed up; I guess I'll have to wait until later in the week when the weather cools off.

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Well. Fuck.

Comedian Al Franken is bringing his ambitious attempt to create a liberal talk radio network to the Bay Area's airwaves starting Tuesday.

Air America, which got off to a rocky beginning after its start in April, will take over the slot now occupied by KABL on 960 AM. The new station will be called KQKE, "the Quake." KABL, which plays American standards from the 1940s and 1950s, will move to 92.1 FM, broadcasting out of Walnut Creek. ... Air America premiered to much fanfare this year as a liberal alternative in a talk radio landscape dominated by conservatives like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. But the network suffered from management turnover, miscommunication over how well it was funded and disputes with affiliates that led to it losing its stations in Los Angeles and Chicago almost immediately. It was supposed to start airing on Bay Area stations KVTO and KVVN in April, but never did.

Fuck.

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Keane Reminder: From the US Keane website:

Keane at Tower in Philly
WXPN will be hosting a special in-store performance by Keane at Tower Records on Monday 9/27/04. The event will start at 6:30pm sharp.
Tower Records - 9/27/04
Ave of the Arts
100 S. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
215-568-8001

I hope anybody living close enough to see Keane there at the store will make every effort to do so. :-)

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I saw a few minutes of an infomercial today on Comedy Central, and I kept waiting for the network logo to appear in the corner because I thought they were kidding. There's a ripoff of an exercise program being offered with a name unlike any other: Yoga Booty Ballet.

Here's a breaking bulletin: ANY form of sensible low-impact exercise for at least fifteen minutes in a row will help you feel better.

Don't waste your money on this shit. It's just a gimmick.

And now those cocksuckers who linked their commercial site to me without asking permission first are probably regretting it right about now. :-)

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