tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post3824120522883258892..comments2023-09-08T12:08:39.523-04:00Comments on WBAI: Will it be snake eyes in the snake pit?Chris Albertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-5042336722448872782015-01-08T08:22:27.659-05:002015-01-08T08:22:27.659-05:00Mario Murillo is a bombardier. He releases bombs ...Mario Murillo is a bombardier. He releases bombs but does not wait to see their devastation at ground level.<br /><br />KGT<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-31746628295686923262015-01-07T20:12:50.829-05:002015-01-07T20:12:50.829-05:00Thank you, KGT. I'll post a link to it.Thank you, KGT. I'll post a link to it.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-28692378776876686242015-01-07T20:08:25.523-05:002015-01-07T20:08:25.523-05:00There is a Murillo report to the listener. i have...There is a Murillo report to the listener. i haven't read it yet.<br />http://www.wbai.org/articles.php?article=2474<br /><br />KGTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-20256012911430361902015-01-06T20:48:30.296-05:002015-01-06T20:48:30.296-05:00Saw this while bopping about ebay. Since it's ...Saw this while bopping about ebay. Since it's from your era, I thought I'd post it. Maybe you have some story to relate to it.<br /><br />http://www.ebay.com/itm/Charlotte-Moorman-Wbai-Concert-New-York-Sept-12th-1964-CD-New-/141495746090?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item20f1cdbe2a<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-1025408708929055602015-01-06T19:11:42.222-05:002015-01-06T19:11:42.222-05:00And their dream is the listener's nightmare.And their dream is the listener's nightmare.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-9745199450200346932015-01-06T19:02:15.580-05:002015-01-06T19:02:15.580-05:00Just wanted to make a minor observation. For all t...Just wanted to make a minor observation. For all the talk about community and grass roots radio that WBAI does, while harping incessantly on about three different topics, I got a lesson in REAL community grass roots radio tonight. <br /><br />While having dinner, I was tuning the FM band and stumbled upon one of the Spanish pirate stations that surrounds WBAI (at least here in Queens). The host was talking about some demonstration coming up over some issue that gypsy cab drivers have with the Taxi & Limousine Commision (didn't catch it all). I realized that is real local community grass roots radio.<br /><br />WBAI can only dream...<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-13471141630234582332015-01-06T14:17:58.749-05:002015-01-06T14:17:58.749-05:00He wasn't wearing his Null-patented Osmosis Sh...He wasn't wearing his Null-patented Osmosis Shield™Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-36478089039157439772015-01-06T14:06:14.660-05:002015-01-06T14:06:14.660-05:00Sounds like Murillo has picked up a bad habit from...Sounds like Murillo has picked up a bad habit from Reimers...<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-91109013819975984602015-01-06T13:57:00.165-05:002015-01-06T13:57:00.165-05:00He probably would have snatched the two hours whil...He probably would have snatched the two hours while she was away, but—you heard her—he didn't have time.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-64079494253800175292015-01-06T13:53:48.519-05:002015-01-06T13:53:48.519-05:00He told Ms. Massengill that her show's life hi...He told Ms. Massengill that her show's life hinged on whether he would have time to dump it, or not. How idiotic, considering all the time he has wasted, and how unprofessional, considering what he claims in his career description.<br /><br />I am reminded of my predecessor as manager of WBAI. His name was Joseph Binns and he used to take his extended vacation at a time when income was at its lowest and need for managerial guidance was at its highest.<br /><br />Returning from a swell time in Europe, he would see--but not be surprised by--a dangerously low bank balance, but instead of going out there to raise funds, he implemented a series of layoffs. He would pass one of us in the hallway, smile and give comfort with, "You will be happy to know that you are not going to be laid off this week."<br /><br />It was not great for morale, but it effectively grew the staff grumble to a point where all but one of us handed in our resignation. That's, basically, what led to me becoming the manager.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-31606196534361376672015-01-06T13:47:55.136-05:002015-01-06T13:47:55.136-05:00That was nice of Murillo to let her have a last sh...That was nice of Murillo to let her have a last show to say goodbye to all 6 of her listeners. I wouldn't have been so kind...<br /><br />I hear from Hay-tie there that WBAI has shifted frequency to 99 bumbleebabableh. Did that require an FCC application and approval?<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-43596487541132253792015-01-06T13:36:38.763-05:002015-01-06T13:36:38.763-05:00"Program changes in classic "Bates"..."Program changes in classic "Bates" style".<br />Is that Norman?<br /><br />KGT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-48074856252621302162015-01-06T13:25:02.001-05:002015-01-06T13:25:02.001-05:00I caught that, too, and posted it as an update (ab...I caught that, too, and posted it as an update (above)Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-84601735166891441792015-01-06T13:08:58.496-05:002015-01-06T13:08:58.496-05:00(JustAListener)
Program changes in classic "...(JustAListener)<br />Program changes in classic "Bates" style.<br />I caught the host of "Thump and Growl" signing off wondering if she'll be back on next week.<br />Why can't a PD decide what the schedule will be, inform the producers, announce the changes, post them on the website and then implement them? <br />Guess they figure folks like surprises... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-74305820774107631102015-01-06T10:18:40.471-05:002015-01-06T10:18:40.471-05:00Pretty much says it all. Nothing much I can add wi...Pretty much says it all. Nothing much I can add without being redundant. I just don't think Murillo really came in with a focused idea of what he wanted to do, other than some broadcasting of his own.<br /><br />You know what? If they put Brady in as GM, maybe they could get donations from outer space? Or maybe make deals with other planets to offer premiums of real Mars rocks. Would be cool to be the first dim wit on your block to own a real rock from Mars, while drinking Red Stuff.<br /><br />They could put Daulton in charge. "Now folks, if you donate $1,000 to WBAI this morning, you will receive a piece of the true cross Jesus died on!"<br /><br />I'd rather play Lotto...<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-86184121521497106812015-01-06T01:03:08.311-05:002015-01-06T01:03:08.311-05:00Pacifica and WBAI have literally no one with any v...Pacifica and WBAI have literally no one with any vision, daring, or discernment. No one. Not one. Literally.<br /><br />They are enmeshed and absorbed in the processes of their long, lingering death and their pasts – both real and imagined.<br /><br />As has been discussed, WBAI exists at the center of the great creative and media nexus of the world and can neither imagine nor effect a vision, or strategy, for creating something new, powerful, and great.<br /><br />There are schools of journalism, music, the arts, political studies, the full reach of the humanities and the sciences, artists, actors, engineers, financiers, stage designers, musicians, chefs, carpenters, craftspeople, and all the myriad people who create, shape, and imagine the world.<br /><br />They could easily be sought out, would readily scrap in every sense to speak to the world and shape the world.<br /><br />Yet WBAI and Pacifica offer them… what, exactly?<br /><br />Nothing.<br /><br />Insular, ancient, irrelevant, as the world spins on, as media technology mystifies, befuddles, and quite simply absolutely escapes them… <br /><br />Murillo teaches… what?<br /><br />WBAI offers… what?<br /><br />Pacifica offers… what?<br /><br />Nihil ex nihilo.<br /><br />~ ‘indigopirate’Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com