Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Null re-enters with a rescue plan.


As WBAI slowly slithered across its largely pre-empted schedule of largely third-grade programs, the gloom only got gloomier. Hawking the same old packs of lies and venom, the phones in the contracted answering center on Long Island seemed as quiescent as an acned teenager's bargain Nokia. 

Still, dribs and drabs trickled in to be promptly removed from credit cards of gullible victims, but it was clear that not even a small dent was being made in the mounting debt. Even manager Berthold Reimers, never one to foresee disaster, could predict that this fund drive was destined to set another record for failure, but he had issued an order that Gary Null was not to be allowed participation. This in spite of the fact that Mr. Null has a long history of fundraising success. 

The two had been at it again in their long-standing off and on relationship. Null had put on hold another lawsuit against the WBAI/Pacifica mob, one that—among other infringements—rightly accused Reimers and some of his cronies of illegally duplicating copyrighted disks. This could potentially end what is left of the station's life, but not as quickly as an empty piggybank. The WBAI oinker is starving at this point—the station's water cooler is dry, there are no paper towels in the bathroom and the studio phone lines have been dead for a couple of months, which severely affects several live shows. Then, too, a small fortune in rent money is owed, the postage machine is empty and salaries are seriously in arrears.

We hear that morale at the station has reached an all-time low; Berthold Reimers, ever the victim of his own ineptitude and lies, is rarely seen, and some hosts report hearing a pack of hungry wolves clawing at the door to 388 Atlantic Avenue. Barely had this latest drive begun when reality—sensed by everybody else for at least a year— finally hit the Haitian wannabe, so he took a mouthful of crow, picked up his phone, and called Gary Null.

It is still not clear why Mr. Null wants to continue his association with WBAI, but he responded positively to Reimers' SOS and quickly proposed a bizarre solution. Bizarre, because, like so many other things Null suggests, the plan appears to counter reality, suggesting an imagination that rivals the fantasies of Reimers. 

Yesterday—Sunday, July 24—they shoved aside "professor" Ron Daniels and his reparations scam as Null, who is on the road, called a laptop in WBAI's make-believe studio and, with resident dunce Haskins grunting in the background, explained his plan for the rescue of WBAI. 

Essentially, he will attempt to sell 20-25 weeklong stays at his retreat for $2,500 per person. Five hundred of that will go to WBAI and, he believes, completely clear up the backlog of "thank you gifts," which go back a couple of years. I believe his place is in Florida, so takers will presumably have to pay their own way to get there and back, but they will be picked up at the airport.

Andrea Katz, the runway runaway, will coordinate things on WBAI's end and, Null hopes, make public the number of gifts sold. It gets a bit complicated, but here is Null's entire plan in his own words. As I cannot in good conscience support any attempt to bail out, rather than dump Berthold Reimers, I removed the phone number, so be forewarned that it is lengthy.

14 comments:

  1. In other words, Null stands to make $40,000 - $50,000 on setting up a retreat for himself. A different phone number than the usual beg-a-thon one? You know this is all a scam, as usual.

    I wonder how they are supposed to ship out premiums they can no longer obtain. I don't hear the word "refund" here. I do hear how Null seemingly has the hots for Andrea Katz. One other thing. This is limited to 25 people? So they should stop running it once they have 25 people, correct? Let's see how long they run this extendomercial because it will tell us how many spots they've sold.

    Anyway, this retreat sounds like a Twilight Zone distopia...

    Oh, Null, before you call anyone a troll, go look at your ugly, unhealthy, gaunt face in a mirror.

    SDL

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  2. Just listened to Randy Credico and Michael G. pushing a book premium, "Spain In Our Hearts: Americans In The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939" by Adam Hochschild. Credico likened WBAI to the characters in the book who were "...fighting the Forces of Evil." I wonder if Credico was subconsciously alluding to Berthold Reimers. Next up at bat for the desperate summer fundraiser is the inimitable eastern star Gloria J. Browne-Marshall.

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    1. Creditor fails to impress me except as a could-have-been who might have made it but ended up watching the parade pass him by.

      I never liked humorless "comedians". As for Haskins... Well, he is becoming increasingly pathetic as the tub Pacifica continues to tilt.

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    2. Creditors seem to fail to impress WBAI, too. Good typo. :P
      Credico is an ass, as he proved the time he posted here.

      SDL

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    3. I like Randy Credico, but I am flabbergasted that he thinks his show is enhanced in any way by the presence of Lionel, the most irritating, bipolar yenta of all time.

      KGT

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  3. Selling Null's useless retreats should be sufficient to strip WBAI of its IRC 501 (c)(3) status. Ed Manfredonia

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    1. If Gary Null's retreat is at Port Kaituma, Guyana, run like hell.

      KGT

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  4. If Null sells 25 retreat slots, that works out to $50,000 for Null and $12,500 for WBAI which is dedicated to shipping premiums they should have already sent. Null can also claim credit for helping his people get their premiums ordered via WBAI. Not bad.. for Gary Null. Its only a plus for WBAI if Null helps the overall fundraising numbers.

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  5. Random thoughts.

    Many premiums are bootlegged CDs and DVDs, which is what Null's questionable lawsuit was about. If these premiums are filled, Null has contributed to copyright infringements.

    If the premium can't be ordered anymore, WBAI must offer an agreed upon replacement or a full refund, including the postage charge. Refunds could get costly, including the charge by the call center for refunded premiums.

    How many unsent premiums are Null's, and why doesn't he just fulfill them and send an I.O.U. to WBAI? He's not stupid enough to think he'll get paid.

    300 premiums were sent out. Oh, wait, no, they weren't actually sent out yet. There's always an excuse.

    SDL

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  6. It is 10:00 AM. Do you know where your package is? The plantation spokesman, Michael G., has just assured donors the 2 to 3 year backlog of premiums are on the way. This was confirmed by his unpaid flunky summer intern Mercedes who was on her way to the post office to mail off a hand-truck full of parcels. Will U.S.P.S. tracking numbers be provided or do we just continue to wait for the postman/woman to ring the bell or leave a pink "pick-up" slip? Next up, the annoying and insultingly condescending Christine Blosdale. WBAI is a "Neverending Story".

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    1. Have you noticed how Haskins is undergoing a new transformation? First, he turned himself into a sedentary half-assed rearview mirror amateur activist and now we are hearing him self-morph into a visible station manager. I would love to be a fly on his nose when he gets those power urge hissy fits.

      In the meantime, he is in his third decade of audio-engineering/radio announcer 101—and he just can't get it.

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    2. Once again, filling any premiums that are still available would mean copyright violations on many CDs/DVDs, which is what Null sued about. Someone rationalize this for me.

      Also, was there any mention of which premiums were specifically mailed, if they were indeed mailed? Anyone want to bet Null's items are first in line?

      SDL

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    3. I think Null mentioned today that his premiums would go out first. He also, if I heard him correctly, said that 400 old "premiums" have been purchased--I.e.they didn't even exist at the station,, or they did but hadn't been paid for by WBAI.

      It's a mess and these people are desperate, so the lies just keep multiplying. Not a peep from the über rook, Reimers.,

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  7. This morning Michael G. is giving listeners another dosage of slave narratives. I awoke to him playing audio snippets from this WNET Channel 13 PBS: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_House_Divided:_Denmark_Vesey's_Rebellion) as part of a $150 dollar WBAI "American Apartheid" package. It wasn't clear whether or not the station was offering the entire film or excerpts as a premium. Furthermore, I wonder if WBAI received permission from the producers of this work (directed by actress Sanaa Lathan's father Stan Lathan)to copy and/or air it.

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