Friday, September 15, 2017
Do As I Say, Not As I Do
The man who NEVER apologizes for anything ever, is demanding an apology from a person who came to a conclusion about him based on his lack of apology for the things he said regarding Charlottesville.
ESPN is paying a really big price for its politics (and bad programming). People are dumping it in RECORD numbers. Apologize for untruth!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 15, 2017
Magic Number is 14
Huge series begins today versus St. Louis...
There's only one number 14. pic.twitter.com/0bn7smxej8
— Brett Taylor (@BleacherNation) September 15, 2017
Chicago's Polish Station
Beyond its own uniqueness, there’s always been a fascination for me in any North American CHR that takes its cues from somewhere other than the U.S. charts. That’s how CKOI Montreal recently became my station of summer 2017. It is also why XHTO El Paso and the short-lived CHR on KXOS Los Angeles—both influenced by Mexico City CHR—fascinated me.
“Chicago’s new Polish-American mix” has its share of the chirpy, sludgy trap pop that I’ve complained about so much lately. So does the pop music in any language, at this point. But there’s also a lot of uptempo dance pop in both languages. There’s the full spectrum of Polish-language hits, some in genres like ska punk not currently represented on the radio here. As with stations of this sort, there are also a few songs that mainstream American CHR has given up on (e.g., DNCE, “Kissing Strangers,” which I’ve heard several times now). And there was one song that stumped even Shazam and SoundHound.
When I’ve encountered them, WPNA-FM has been mostly jockless, but it just launched a new bilingual morning show. The presentation is still taking shape—hot contemporary jingles, but some formal sounding sweepers that sound like they could as easily run on the heritage AM. There’s also an ad for the Alliiance’s insurance business that uses “You’ve Got to Pay the Price” by Al Kent, the 1967 R&B instrumental classic that has endured for years as a music bed. And I hope it plays as a music bed somewhere for the next 50 years.
Newest 60 Minutes Contributor? Oprah
TV Newser has the details.
The Cubs 21-game streak
Last night the Cleveland Indians won their 22nd game in row, beating the 1935 Cubs record of 21 games in a row. Naturally, I have written about that Cubs streak at Just One Bad Century. Here is the write up below...
On September 4, 1935, the Cubs began the longest winning streak in baseball history (until yesterday). The Cubs were in third place in the National League 2 1/2 games behind the first place Cardinals, and a half game behind the second place New York Giants. They had been flirting with first place for most of the season, but nobody on that Cubs roster could have predicted what began on that September day.
The Cubs beat the Phillies at Wrigley Field 8-2 behind the pitching of Larry French (photo) and two homers by Augie Galan, and they wouldn’t lose again until September 28th. It remained the most incredible winning streak in baseball history until Cleveland broke the record in 2017. The Cubs beat all comers in every way imaginable. They swept the Phillies, the Braves, the Dodgers, and the Pirates at home, and then won another three at St. Louis. They won slugfests and they won pitchers duels.
Seven different Cubs pitchers won games, but Larry French won five, and Charlie Root and Lon Warneke each won four. The lineup was impressive, featuring four Hall of Famers (Gabby Hartnett, Billy Herman, Chuck Klein, and Freddie Lindstrom) and two of the all-time great Cubs (Phil Cavarretta and Stan Hack).
But the hottest hitter of all was their lead-off man Augie Galan (photo). He hit 5 of his 12 home runs that season during the streak, and batted an astounding .358 to finish the season at .314. There were only two games he didn’t reach base.
The city of Chicago got more and more excited as the streak wore on. In that first win, only 5000 were in attendance. By the time the Cubs won their 18th in a row at Wrigley, 40,000+ packed the joint; despite the fact that the country was in the darkest days of the Great Depression.
There really weren’t too many close calls, but two of the games did go into extra innings. The Cubs pushed across a run in the bottom of the 11th to win the first one (Charlie Root pitched all 11 innings), and in the bottom of the 10th in the next one (Lon Warneke pitched all 10 innings).
Probably the best game of the streak was the 19th win in a row. Lon Warneke and Cardinals pitcher Paul Dean both entered the game as 19-game winners, and both men pitched their hearts out. Dean threw a seven hitter, but Warneke allowed only two hits. But the streak wasn’t the only thing at stake during this game. The Cubs were only three games ahead of the Cardinals with five games to play in the season, and all five games would be head-to-head in St. Louis.
Unfortunately for the Cardinals, the difference in the game was one single mistake pitch by Dean, which was smacked over the fence by Cubs first baseman Phil Cavarretta. That gave the Cubs a nearly insurmountable 4 game lead with 4 games left in the season.
The 20th win in a row the next day clinched the pennant, and the 21st win in a row came the same day in the second game of the double header. Whether or not the Cubs celebrated that night a little too ferociously is lost to time, but they did drop the meaningless final two games of the season.
On September 4, 1935, the Cubs began the longest winning streak in baseball history (until yesterday). The Cubs were in third place in the National League 2 1/2 games behind the first place Cardinals, and a half game behind the second place New York Giants. They had been flirting with first place for most of the season, but nobody on that Cubs roster could have predicted what began on that September day.
Seven different Cubs pitchers won games, but Larry French won five, and Charlie Root and Lon Warneke each won four. The lineup was impressive, featuring four Hall of Famers (Gabby Hartnett, Billy Herman, Chuck Klein, and Freddie Lindstrom) and two of the all-time great Cubs (Phil Cavarretta and Stan Hack).
The city of Chicago got more and more excited as the streak wore on. In that first win, only 5000 were in attendance. By the time the Cubs won their 18th in a row at Wrigley, 40,000+ packed the joint; despite the fact that the country was in the darkest days of the Great Depression.
There really weren’t too many close calls, but two of the games did go into extra innings. The Cubs pushed across a run in the bottom of the 11th to win the first one (Charlie Root pitched all 11 innings), and in the bottom of the 10th in the next one (Lon Warneke pitched all 10 innings).
Probably the best game of the streak was the 19th win in a row. Lon Warneke and Cardinals pitcher Paul Dean both entered the game as 19-game winners, and both men pitched their hearts out. Dean threw a seven hitter, but Warneke allowed only two hits. But the streak wasn’t the only thing at stake during this game. The Cubs were only three games ahead of the Cardinals with five games to play in the season, and all five games would be head-to-head in St. Louis.
Unfortunately for the Cardinals, the difference in the game was one single mistake pitch by Dean, which was smacked over the fence by Cubs first baseman Phil Cavarretta. That gave the Cubs a nearly insurmountable 4 game lead with 4 games left in the season.
The 20th win in a row the next day clinched the pennant, and the 21st win in a row came the same day in the second game of the double header. Whether or not the Cubs celebrated that night a little too ferociously is lost to time, but they did drop the meaningless final two games of the season.
Special Delivery
I was downtown yesterday so I stopped by and visited my old pal Cara Carriveau. She bought a copy of Mitch Michael's book "Doin' The Cruise", so I had Mitch autograph it, and I dropped it off in person.
Making Sausage
Spent last night making 300 pounds of sausage for this weekend's upcoming "Socctoberfest" at Green White Soccer Club. Good stuff...
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Minutia Men, Episode 65
EP65 – Rick and Dave, a chance to win a prize, an explanation of nude high school swimming, a plastic surgery side effect you won’t believe, Sean Spicer’s sexy rating, and Rick’s brush with Jack Brickhouse.
Listen to it here.
A Refresher Course
For my Republican friends who talk about Trump-Derangement syndrome. A quick little refresher course. And FYI, not one of these people were fired for saying the things they say on this video.
In honor of @SarahHuckabee saying Jemele Hill should be fired, let's look at how the media disrespected Obama. pic.twitter.com/saXcm0ha8M
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) September 13, 2017
Amber Tamblyn Pens Open Letter to James Woods
It led to the star of that movie (Armie Hammer) ripping James back for dating a 19-year-old when he was 60.
Oh, and it led to this open letter from Amber Tamblyn who was only 16 when Woods tried to pick her up. The bummer for James is that the story is in Teen Vogue, which could ruin his chances for future dates.
RIP Grant Hart
He was the singer and leader of the band Husker Du. He died yesterday at the age of 56. Cancer claims another one.
I played this one on WPGU when it first came out...
I played this one on WPGU when it first came out...
The Bullpen is a Concern
I knew it was bad. I didn't know it was THIS bad...
Won't be a problem. All we have to do is score 17 runs a game.
Cubs: bullpen has an 8.03 ERA since the start of September..5.85 ERA since August 1 is MLB-worst pic.twitter.com/S3LORAX41m
— Bucci Mane (@Buccigross) September 13, 2017
Won't be a problem. All we have to do is score 17 runs a game.
First Trump Tweet I Agree With
Does anybody really want to throw out good, educated and accomplished young people who have jobs, some serving in the military? Really!.....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 14, 2017
John & Kipper
Two Eckhartz Press authors got the attention of Robert Feder this week. From last night's Robservations column...
Latest stop on John Records Landecker’s victory tour en route to the National Radio Hall of Fame is a visit with David Martin and Kipper McGee, hosts of “Brandwidth on Demand.” Closing out the first season of the radio insider podcast series, Landecker tells what makes a good program director: “It’s pretty simple. The program director or whoever it is appreciates the people that are on the air, and that person who is the program director feels that it is their job to facilitate whatever those people bring to the table, and present what they bring along with what the station brings into a final package, combining personality and the music. . . . On the other hand, there are programmers who want to take radio stations and stamp them with their identity,” Landecker says. “And then there are idiots, who are just totalitarian dictator types.” (Here is the link.)
Entercom/CBS deal in trouble?
If this isn't a sign of trouble, I don't know what is. From Inside Radio...
Entercom and CBS Radio—radio’s wedding of the year—now has an option to have the whole thing annulled before either shows up to the altar. Both companies say they think the deal can close by the end of this year, but they’re giving each other an option to scuttle their historic merger if it hasn’t been finalized by end-of-January.
An amendment agreed to by both parties says the deal can “be terminated by either CBS or Entercom if the merger has not been consummated as of January 31, 2018.”
An afternoon with Joel Daly
Spent a fun afternoon yesterday with Joel Daly. He was a big hit at the Frisbie Center in Des Plaines. It's so easy to moderate a discussion with someone who has so many great stories.
Joel Daly was fantastic today! Thank you @RickKaempfer #frisbiecenter pic.twitter.com/TPJDkhlALn
— BBoomersAtFrisbie (@Boomers_Frisbie) September 13, 2017
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Sneaky Dog
Watch the lower right part of your screen...
Empanada-stealing dog becomes social media hero https://t.co/InYu50unz4
— WGNMorningNews (@WGNMorningNews) September 13, 2017
Meet Joel Daly
If you're in the NW burbs of Chicago this morning at 11am, swing by the Frisbie Center in Des Plaines (corner of Mt. Prospect Road and NW Highway). I'm moderating a little chat with one of our authors, former Channel 7 anchorman and all around great guy, Joel Daly. The event is free and open to the public, and Joel will be selling and autographing copies of his book after the chat.
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