tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post3358385789787759128..comments2023-09-08T12:08:39.523-04:00Comments on WBAI: The Waiting GameChris Albertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-85090617291227758452017-07-07T16:32:40.941-04:002017-07-07T16:32:40.941-04:00One reason I stopped listening to OTH? Goldsetein ...One reason I stopped listening to OTH? Goldsetein and his sidekicks keep saying we're dedicated volunteers. We do this show out of the goodness of our hearts, etc. Actually no, that's not true. The reason you're doing it is because it's an outlet to advertise your magazine and site where you sell CD's of all of your shows. They do it. Sonali Kohactar (apologies if I spelled the last name wrong) does it, and many others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-72347327577129508232017-07-06T23:52:55.829-04:002017-07-06T23:52:55.829-04:00Not really. Last year was the Windows 10 show repe...Not really. Last year was the Windows 10 show repeating the same info every week.<br /><br />Regarding OTH. Since their best shows have been the ones with Steven Rambam, I should mention he does a weekly radio show on KERV in Texas. Here's the link;<br /><br />http://kerv1230.com/justice-radio/<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-18861865768254450002017-07-06T22:25:31.624-04:002017-07-06T22:25:31.624-04:00Have they done ANYTHING since the year before last...Have they done ANYTHING since the year before last?Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-21425942762007696042017-07-06T22:15:32.243-04:002017-07-06T22:15:32.243-04:00I always laugh how TPCS always signs off saying th...I always laugh how TPCS always signs off saying they communicate on Twitter. They haven't done a single tweet since last year! But then, they only have forty-seven followers...<br /><br />SDL<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-5818951559395141272017-07-06T21:43:13.194-04:002017-07-06T21:43:13.194-04:00Last night's OTH was really boring, by any sta...Last night's OTH was really boring, by any standard.<br /><br />Yes, he did not seem pleased when callers brought up Bernie. As I said, the PC Windows fest was equally bad. Both shows need to shape up or shut down.<br /><br /><br /><br />Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-40110565283491521002017-07-06T21:29:28.889-04:002017-07-06T21:29:28.889-04:00Goldstein gets paid by WSUB? I never heard that be...Goldstein gets paid by WSUB? I never heard that before. One thing I can say is that the few times I checked his show there, it was always lightweight chitter chatter, far different than OTH.<br /><br />Anyway, OTH, like many long lasting radio shows, has gotten old and burned out. All Goldstein does is whine, bitch and say stupid things like cyber criminals aren't hackers, even if they hack into computers. His buddy Kyle is so boring I barely notice him. The rest of the crew can do some decent stuff, when not having Goldstein bitching and interrupting them.<br /><br />Did anyone besides me notice how Goldstein got annoyed when several people asked about Bernie S and his not being on recently? As I have said in the past, Bernie is/was the best thing on the show.<br /><br />OTH hasn't been a hacker show in a long time, not even a hacker news and views show. Now it's just a pulpit for Goldstein to spout his ignarance. He needs to leave the show.<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-45527806448680712542017-07-06T16:50:05.139-04:002017-07-06T16:50:05.139-04:00Re: Goldstein and OTH. I know he also does another...Re: Goldstein and OTH. I know he also does another show on WSUB-FM in Stony Brook. I thought it was an all student volunteer station. If that's true (and Goldstein graduated roughly 30 years ago?), why is he paid on-air staff? I heard his SUB show once, and even with one of his OTH sidekicks co-hosting, I thought why they are paying these guys for garbage radio?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-80410919310666406172017-07-06T16:43:02.490-04:002017-07-06T16:43:02.490-04:00If Credico really wants to up his game and do actu...If Credico really wants to up his game and do actual thought provoking radio, try this. If it's with Serpico, instead of rehashing some parts of City Hall are corrupt, there are still corrupt cops that hate his guts, etc., try asking him about the lifetime effects of PTSD. Of course, that's a very personal thing for all trauma survivors to choose (or not) to talk about. But if Serpico did choose to talk about that, that would be impressive radio. I just don't think Credico could handle that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-80630918274561610782017-07-06T15:47:51.750-04:002017-07-06T15:47:51.750-04:003:44 PM and the bozos are off the air - again! Thi...3:44 PM and the bozos are off the air - again! This time the transmitter is off, as there is no silent carrier.<br /><br />I wonder what excuse Reimers will have this time.<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-73805977659840329792017-07-06T10:59:55.051-04:002017-07-06T10:59:55.051-04:00John Kane, in a fit of excessive hyperbole, just c...John Kane, in a fit of excessive hyperbole, just compared the United States to Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union under Stalin. No surprise there. But, his next line was unintentionally hilarious: "Not that I'm trying to be anti-American." WBAI only has value as a parody of the lunatic left. It's no wonder that, ouside their world of self-delusion, they have no influence and no importance.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923529377801599376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-27944705770182474842017-07-06T02:52:01.755-04:002017-07-06T02:52:01.755-04:00A PNB Special Meeting is scheduled to be streamed ...A PNB Special Meeting is scheduled to be streamed at 9:30p et tomorrow, Thursday, 6 July.<br /><br />Anyone want to give odds?<br /><br />~ 'indigopirate'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-20084639382289998562017-07-05T23:48:56.279-04:002017-07-05T23:48:56.279-04:00Yes, Lynn was unique in local radio in that she wa...Yes, Lynn was unique in local radio in that she was just herself - a Queens girl with a scratchy NYC accent.<br /><br />I think Fred Geobold was a pretty real person, too. He never made pretenses to being anything more than he was.<br /><br />Although she had few listeners, ex-prostitute and member (or was it leader?) of PONY, Iris de la Cruz was another. Sadly, she did a failed attempt to give sex workers a radio voice and help when needed, especially with the emergence of AIDS into the world.<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-8531955559561679372017-07-05T23:21:35.500-04:002017-07-05T23:21:35.500-04:00Agreed.
I think my very favorite radio voice at W...Agreed.<br /><br />I think my very favorite radio voice at WBAI was Lynn Samuels. Not the classic radio voice, hell no, but a truly interesting voice – and she certainly never attempted that amateur 'professional' sound they came to strive for as, ironically, they became in the deepest sense the worst sort of hate-filled amateurs.<br /><br />~ 'indigo'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-71968956989084894322017-07-05T23:08:56.746-04:002017-07-05T23:08:56.746-04:00These are clueless amateurs playing a very bad gam...These are clueless amateurs playing a very bad game of charade.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-25467631024777880892017-07-05T23:00:26.079-04:002017-07-05T23:00:26.079-04:00WBAI's sound had always been professional in t...WBAI's sound had always been professional in the sense of intelligent and articulate, but that amateurs-trying-to-sound-like-they-think-real-professionals-sound thing appeared shortly after the crisis of the late 1970s.<br /><br />It was just plain fucking embarrassing. It's infinitely better to simply say what you need to say, even if you haven't a classic radio voice, than to try and sound 'professional' – what could be more amateur in the pejorative sense than that?<br /><br />~ 'indigo'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-21392428698783928482017-07-05T22:42:57.094-04:002017-07-05T22:42:57.094-04:00I didn't listen to TPCS, as I prefer to downlo...I didn't listen to TPCS, as I prefer to download it so as to fast forward through all the boring parts.<br /><br />I DID listen to Goldstein's bitchfest, though. I tweeted two tweets about it, which I shall paste and copy below.<br /><br />@HackerRadioShow hit a new low with Goldstein trying to rationalize why CNN should be the arbiter of free speech and its penalties. Pathetic<br /><br />SirDarklust @SirDarklust 2h2 hours ago<br />Tonight may have been the most useless Off The Hook in ages, and it was all because of Emmanuel Goldstein. He really needs to leave the show<br /><br />SDL<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-58118121817323841962017-07-05T22:36:35.137-04:002017-07-05T22:36:35.137-04:00OTH spent the entire hour talking about that docto...OTH spent the entire hour talking about that doctored video of Trump wrestling CNN. At the end of that hour, I realized that what they said could have been condensed to ten minutes of boring blather. The PC show began with a half hour of Hank Kee rambling on and on without adding anything to anybody's knowledge. His items (if you can call them that) were separated by that very annoying typewriter carriage return audio clip that just doesn't work. The remaining half hour was taken up by two prerecorded commentaries that came off as strained efforts to sound "professional"—in the 20th century sense.<br /><br />Embarrassing stuff.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-47278964941095528932017-07-05T22:18:46.190-04:002017-07-05T22:18:46.190-04:00Well good :)
What was it about OTH and PC that su...Well good :)<br /><br />What was it about OTH and PC that suggest that?<br /><br />~ 'indigo'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-31922127393399682972017-07-05T22:00:34.889-04:002017-07-05T22:00:34.889-04:00If this evening's Off the Hook and PC Show off... If this evening's Off the Hook and PC Show offerings are any indication, the Canis Cerena you see won't be hungry for long. Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-25076458904472103772017-07-05T22:00:06.829-04:002017-07-05T22:00:06.829-04:00Why would ESRT even want to negotiate? WBAI has be...Why would ESRT even want to negotiate? WBAI has been a longtime problem tenant. Surely ESRT understands that if they help force a sale of the station, the new owner would likely be a much more reliable tenant in the long run.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-40406441567983738122017-07-05T21:42:01.743-04:002017-07-05T21:42:01.743-04:00As suspense builds as to the fates of WBAI/Pacific...As suspense builds as to the fates of WBAI/Pacifica – as suggested perhaps by the entre chiens et loups figure atop the building upper left – one or two of us are curious as to whether long-standing strategic miscalculation may reduce Korea to a sea of fire and death.<br /><br />All relative, I suppose,<br /><br />~ ‘indigopirate’<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-57568870578715940292017-07-05T19:41:55.749-04:002017-07-05T19:41:55.749-04:00I also found that interview to be way above the cu...I also found that interview to be way above the current WBAI par—and it made me see Credico in a more favorable light. Serpico carried that interview and, while Credico is well informed when it comes to the inner workings and recent history of the city's political machine, his partiality can be a problem.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-62067290300896396042017-07-05T18:21:38.427-04:002017-07-05T18:21:38.427-04:00Credico's interview with Frank Serpico was whe...Credico's interview with Frank Serpico was where i changed my mind about him. Now, if he could focus on doing shows like that...<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-22440511116285290092017-07-05T18:16:23.455-04:002017-07-05T18:16:23.455-04:00Credico is far from principled—my impression of hi...Credico is far from principled—my impression of him began forming when he fawned over Robert Knight. whose "investigative journalism" had proven to be a be a sham. <br /><br />More recently, in the quest of a WBAI show of his own, Credico donned the same blinders to win the favor of Berthold Reimers. In other words, Credico does not appear to hesitate when placating frauds might further his goals.<br /><br />That said, he is capable of producing good, meaningful interview shows, because he has the right contacts for guests and—as SDL points out—generally knows when not to butt in. <br /><br />His trip to Albany was a good move, whether it pays off, or not.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-6680220442480756782017-07-05T17:08:27.211-04:002017-07-05T17:08:27.211-04:00Randy's show is good but its easy to interview...Randy's show is good but its easy to interview people you like. How about interviewing people you don't agree with? His interview of Jill Stein was practically a campaign commercial. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com