To Those Who Are Sick of 91X, Free, 94/9, and DFSX...

Today, when I woke up, I don't listen to Dave Shelly or Chainsaw in the morning, the KGB morning show that Tom Leykis is obsessed with talking about on his radio show that was broadcast yesterday from 103.7 Free FM in the San Diego Outland. Yea, he spent the first hour talking about that outdated dinosaur KGB (the one I grew up with but have long left behind almost 20 years ago) and making fun of Shelly Dunn with jokes I don't care to repeat here.

Tom also continued to make fun of KGB's 30-year old classic rock playlist, deservedly, as well as to post some unflattering pictures of Shelly on his website blowmeup.com. Nothing to see or hear to KGB, and Leykis has spent an hour telling us just that in a backhanded way.

Why can't KGB just call it quits? They're washed up and finished. Only the demographic that watches ER in a rest home listens to KGB. A station that's basically a 50-plus demographic has no future, as Clear Channel has proven by pulling the plug on KPOP 1360 and KOOL 99.3. It won't be long now before KGB pulls classic rock so that they could put on La Preciosa on 101.5. In less than three months, Clear Channel has to divest XOCL 99.3 due to a new FCC mandated station limit imposed on them before they began their acquision spree, and they have one too many FM stations.

KGB is holding on only because of the morning show and that's it. The morning show hasn't been funny since 1993 or whatever.

If you want to see some Shelly Dunn photos, click on over to the Tom Leykis website here...

Shelly Gets Her Cinn-a-buns in Motion:
http://www.blowmeuptom.com/archive.tl?h=11

Anyway, when I get up, I turn on the TV to watch last night's monologues from Jay Leno and David Letterman, then watch some guests if they're interesting. If not, I rewind the VCRs, turn them off, and listen to ipartyradio.com or radionigel.com until I leave the house.

In the car between 9am and 3pm, it's my mp3 player playing comedy music when the chatty morning shows are still on the air, then at 10pm, it's that, 91X, or 94/9. At 3pm, it's Tom Leykis vs. 91X vs. 94/9 depending on the subject.

Meanwhile, I find it almost impossible to listen to any of the other stations in the area. Leykis is right about San Diego radio: it sucks big time. The music programming is mostly for women. Magic 92.5 gags me as much as KYXY 96.5. I can't listen to love songs. I can't believe people actually listen to this mush.

Last month, Leykis called a male listener a sissy because he listened to soft rock like KOST in Los Angeles. No wonder I get the heebie-jeebies whenever I come across these stations. I have to be a woman or at least a lesbian in order to listen to these stations. Same with the stale Star 94.1 playing voice-tracked hot AC hell with no variety, KPRI 102.1 not playing things hard enough, Jack playing too many old songs, KIFM making me yawn, US 95.7 and KSON playing adult contemporary instead of real country.

And, of course, the eternally rancid KGB ROCKING SAN DIEGO with Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Pink Floyd, and the Eagles. Yes, KGB sure knows how to play real rock and roll, do they? It's hard enough for a senior citizen to listen to this hard rock KGB plays. You just don't want to play them any harder for them to stand, do you? I mean, no Nirvana or Jack White stuff. That would cause the old listener's pacemakers to malfunction. Oh no. You have to play the rock soft enough and hard enough for listeners 50 and older, old enough to be frequent visitors of the ER.

And what's with Bob Bollinger? The man who now works at Clear Channel and who used to work at the Planet when it was once classic rock. That station floundered for ten years and Bollinger had no clue that men in my demographic prefer to listen to adult rock like Deep Tracks on XM 40 instead of the same old songs from 30 years ago. That's why Planet bombed in its entire nine-year lifetime. Bob tried everything to try to get the Planet to beat KGB including shuffling a daily airing of Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin to a new time or to play Steely Dan's Deacon Blues three times a day instead of two. Bob even had Tom Leykis at the Planet for a day, no, not to air his radio show, but to discuss a possible pick-up of Tom's syndicated talk show. Bob said that he would get back to that later. That was two years ago. Tom's syndicator reps waited and waited but no call back. Finally, they called back the Planet and they told them that Bob moved to KGB so that Bob could be for the station he was obsessed with being a part of.

Well, Mr. Bollinger, are you interested in Tom Leykis's radio show now? Westwood One is still interested in hearing from you.

Remember, if you don't send it, I can't mention you, or you'll get mentioned in ways you just don't care to be mentioned.

The Wires (June 16, 2006)

Bush Signs Indecency Bill Into Law. The President has signed a bill that will increase tenfold indecency fines for radio and television broadcasts.

Spitzer Reaches Payola Settlement With EMI New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer (pictured) today reached a settlement with EMI Music North America to end its "pay-for-play" practices. Under the terms of the settlement, EMI has agreed to undertake company-wide reforms and will make a $3.75 million payment to New York State not-for-profit music education and appreciation programs.

Japan's Obsession With Cute Gone Acute (June 16, 2006)

SOSD: Japan Struggles with Cute Image! Excerpts: Cute is cool in Japan. Look anywhere and everywhere: Cartoon figures dangle from cell phones, waitresses bow in frilly maid outfits, cherries and bows adorn bags, even police departments boast cuddly mascots. These days, Japan Inc., known in the past for more serious products like Toyota cars and the Sony Walkman, is busy exporting the epitome of cute – bubble-headed Hello Kitty, Pokemon video games, the Tamagotchi virtual pet, just to name a few.

Model and actress Yuri Ebihara, 26, widely viewed here as the personification of cute, commands such influence that the clothes she sports in fashion magazines, such as lacy pastel skirts, are instantly sold out.

“I make it a point never to forget to smile,” said Ebihara, often seen in TV ads and on billboards. “If someone doesn't find me cute, I want to know why because then I'll work on it to get better at being cute.”

D.T. Goes Off:

I thought Yuri was a 14-year-old girl before I read what her real age was. A 26-year-old cute woman that looks like that is a dirty old man's dream come true. Males are driven towards cute women, period. These young women would easily pass for high school girls. Then again, being too cute may be a deterrent to somebody who prefers an older and more mature woman.

Some people say that television is for women only. Okay, but how come there are so many cute looking women on the tube? And, yes, I watch so-called women's TV shows because of the cute women, not because of the stories. I don't care about the stories. I just love gawking at the TV women, most of which are more pleasing to the eye than the fat and fugly women I see everywhere in Kearny Mesa, most of which should be going to 24 Hour Fitness to workout.

And just look at all the cute women on TV: Julia-Louis Dreyfus, Mila Kunis, Susan Lucci, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kelly Ripa, Kelly Monaco, Alyssa Milano, and others. More cuteness than you can stand. On TV, you have to be cute. It's a requirement that if you're a woman and you want to be on TV, or to get a man's attention, then you must be cute. I don't care if they're hot or 18. Lucci is 58 and can still put lead in my pencil!

Even some pop singers like Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles are just still cute nearing 50!

The Wires (June 15, 2006)

Randy Dotinga (note to Randy: what's with the green hair?) Dixie Chicks hatch more controversy. They have a No. 1 album, they just made the cover of Time magazine, and they're among the most talked-about musical artists of the 21st century. But three years after their lead singer set off a firestorm by bashing President Bush, at least one San Diego country station is still steering clear of the liberal-leaning Dixie Chicks. Don't look for dfsx to play any Dixie Chicks songs because they basically are a bore and unfunny.

SD Reader Blurt: dirt about 94/9 and 91X plus the FCC vs. 106.9.

Tom Leykis Coming to San Diego (ON June 15, 2006)

This Thursday the 15th, Tom will be in the KSCF 103.7 (103.7 Free FM) studio where he will host his syndicated Tom Leykis Show live from San Diego to the Blow Me Up Tom freaks of the world! Since it is a Thursday, Tom will do his usual two-hour Leykis 101 radio classroom for boys and men for the first time from San Diego.

Then on Friday, Tom will be hosting Boys Night Out in San Diego for the first time ever as he broadcasts his radio show live from Cane's Bar and Grill http://www.canesbarandgrill.com/ from 3pm - 7pm, and suggests to his audience to take the rest of the day off because there is no way they're going to go back to work.

Cane's is located at 3105 Oceanfront Walk in Belmont Park. Phone: 858.488.1780. No cover charge. Get there as early as possible.

And guess what Fridays with the Tom Leykis Show is? You know it... Flash Fridays!

Young hot San Diego babes (between 18 and 25) who wish to get a free pass into the Tom Leykis Show can e-mail the show at tom@blowmeuptom.com.

All of the dudes who want to see Tom must absolutely leave your ladies behind. Don't bring your girlfriends, wives, fiances, or even your t-girlfriends there. This Boys Night Out is for men and boys only. It's a man thing, folks. Act accordingly.

We Get Letters: SDN Too Narrow? (June 14, 2006)

The Wires (June 14, 2006)

Kurt Hanson: The Senate Commerce Committee continues to meet this week to discuss the heavily contested "net neutrality" issue. The legislation in question could potentially drive content providers like webcasters and other multimedia providers to pay telecommunications companies for broader consumer visibility and access to their sites. Read more about why critics on both sides of the issue contend that their approach is necessary for fair distribution on the Net, and how Senate regulations could shape the future of content delivery, in today's issue of "RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter," online now at http://www.kurthanson.com .

Some excerpts:

"At a briefing for reporters Monday, Republican aides to the Senate Commerce Committee released a revised version of a sweeping telecommunications bill—but said the portions relatedUS Senate commerce committe to Net neutrality would not be available until later this week. An earlier version of the bill includes no Net neutrality regulations, reflecting the position supported by broadband providers such as Verizon Communications and AT&T.

"Aides to Sen. Ted Stevens, the Alaska Republican who serves as chairman of the committee, and Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye, the committee's At&Tsenior Democrat, are still negotiating new language about whether broadband providers should be allowed to give special treatment to certain types of content or Internet sites, the aides said...

"Last Thursday, the House of Representatives approved its own communications bill but rejected a Democratic-sponsored amendment—backed by companies like eBay, Amazon.com and GoogleGoogle—that would have enacted detailed prohibitions against blocking, impairing, degrading or prioritizing content...

"Net neutrality, which has emerged as one of the most contentious issues as Congress attempts to rewrite the nation's telecommunications laws, is the idea that network operators should not be allowed to prioritize Internet content and services that travel across their pipes or to make deals with companies Amazonseeking special treatment. The concept has received backing from some of the largest Internet companies [and] a wide array of consumer groups...

"Network operators from the telephone and cable industries, allied with mostly conservative and libertarian groups and some of the nation's largest hardware companies, have said repeatedly that they have no plans to block, degrade or impair content and argue that new regulations are unnecessary.

"Democrats and at least one Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee had attacked the bill's current approach, saying it failed toZDNet provide adequate protections. Last month that group introduced a bill with a long list of detailed rules prohibiting network operators from prioritizing content as they please."

Read the entire article at ZD Net.

Happy Hare: "I talked to a Highway Patrol sergeant who’s a buddy of mine and he told his boss, and they passed the word up the line about how you wuz a big radio star whose ass was in a sling. and the Highway Patrol boys have fixed it so you can go all the way through to Deetroit ... The snow plows have cleared a single lane each way from here through to Deetroit. And the best news is: Stan is goin’ there anyway, so he’s gonna guide you to work at … uh”... ”WXYZ!” I shouted. “There’s only one thing I ask,” He said in a suddenly serious tone. “Anything,” I said, about to lose it. “Anything.” He paused for effect. “Will you play Hank Snow for me?