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• MSU BEARS BASKETBALL ON A ROLL

  Weems Hits for Career High as Bears Top Citadel, 72-55 - MissouriStateBears.com—Official Web site of Missouri State University Athletics [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 11:07pm EST
  

• THE SONG "SOCIETY'S CHILD" ISN'T ABOUT ME

  
  I first heard the song "Society's Child" by Janis Ian when I was in junior high in Lebanon, MO. It was on an Kansas AM oldies station late one night (this was in the early 80's).
  At the time I was infatuated with Eunice Moneymaker' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 1:25am EST
  

• I'M NOT THE ONLY SUPER-VILLAIN BLOGGER, JUST THE MOST HATED

  
  I’ve being doing a little research on the Internet. I’ve found I’m not the only Super-Villain blog. I Googled “super villain blog” and counted eleven super-villain blogs. All but four of these are related to role-playing games. Some of these “super-villains” write about “fighting” a [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:20am EST
  

• The Equalizer star Edward Woodward dies at 79

  'Equalizer' star Edward Woodward dies at 79 -- latimes.com
  
  A little video from You Tube:
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 2:16am EST
  

• PRESSLY'S KILLER GETS LIFE

  Radio Business Report/Television Business Report - Voice of the Broadcasting Industry reports on the sentencing for the man who murdered KATV reporter Anne Pressly. [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 2:06am EST
  

• SARAH PALIN COMING TO SPRINGFIELD BORDERS

  
  KY 3 has the story. I don't want to buy her book because it would be as boring as she is. I wonder if she would sign my copy of Late Show Fun Facts , if I asked her? Of course, it' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:05pm EST
  

• DOUCHEBAG OF THE DAY

  This is going to be awarded every day, but I have to point out an act of local douche-bagness (if that is a word).
  I won't mention this person's name since they are rather litigious (I Googled it). This person apparently filed a complaint with [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:27pm EST
  

• AN IDEA FOR A COOL PAY PER VIEW SPORTS EVENT

  
  
  I want to put New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert in a small room with former Fox Sports/former KWTO Morning Line host Chuck Booms. We then will lock the door and have Chuck can tell Elizabeth how much [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:23pm EST
  

• IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE MEDIA, THEN STAY OUT OF OUR BUSINESS!

  
  We have a problem here in the Ozarks and maybe it is everywhere. People who are not in the media trying to tell us how to do our job or what is best for us. They infiltrate our message boards our write stupid letters to [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:54am EST
  

• WEENIE-BLOGGERS THINK SESAME STREET IS EVIL

  
  NPR has an article on Sesame Street's 40th anniversary on the air. What is not mentioned is that the Right-wing, Weenie-bloggers and Freepers want Sesame Street taken off the air. The reason: they made fun of Fox News.
  
  In a segment earlier this' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:59pm EST
  

• OZARKERS WERE AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF BUT NOT FASTER PUSSYCAT

  While looking through some Springfield News Leaders from 1966, I found an ad for the Hi-M Drive-In. They were showing Russ Meyer's Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! The interesting part is that this same week another theater in town was showing Who's Afraid of [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:05am EST
  

• HALLOWEEN MOVIE SUGGESTIONS

  Need a suggestion for a scary DVD for tonight? I'm a fan of horror films and I have great taste, so you can trust me. I gave you a few suggestions last year.
  These are in no order except what came to my mind at the moment.
  
  Halloween' [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 4:23pm EDT
  

• HALLOWEEN MUSIC ON YOU TUBE

  
  
  
  The Misfits - Astro Zombies
  
  Screaming Lord Sutch - Jack the Ripper
  
  Screaming Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You
  
  Sheb Wooley - Purple People Eater
  
  Bobby [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 1:18am EDT
  

• UPDATE: REPUBLIC COACH'S ANTI-SODA TAX AD IS GONE

  
  Last week, I had a post about a commercial airing localing against a proposed "soda tax." I noted that one involved a Republic coach with a crewcut. I noted that I would value the opinion of a small town P.E. coach (with a crewcut) [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 12:43am EDT
  

• SOUPY SALES DIES AT 83

  Most people of my age remember Soupy Sales as a game show panelist, but for Baby Boomers he was one of their favorite kid show host. His show was so hip, it attracted guest such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Fess Parker, Burt Reynolds and [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 12:16am EDT
  

• OBITS: DICKIE PETERSON AND VIC MIZZY

  Obituaries include the lead singer of pioneering heavy metal band Blue Cheer. Dickie Peterson was 63. The New York Times has the story. The Blue Cheer's frantic thrashing style paved the way for Metalica. Their version of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" is head-banging music at its finest.
  
  Vic [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 9:17pm EDT
  

• DUMB TV COMMERCIAL: THE SCARY P.E. COACH AGAINST SODA TAX

  
  
  I'll admit, I think the soda or soft-drink tax is stupid. I think taxes that punish wealthy business people and companies. This tax would hurt me because I drink between five and 75 diet sodas a day (Just a rough estimate). However, if it' [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 5:17am EDT
  

• I'M A VILLAIN BUT SHE IS A HERO???

  There was an incredibly stupid letter in the Springfield News Leader a few days ago by a woman who bragged about deleting her kids MySpace and Facebook accounts. There were people in the comments section saying "Good for you," "Way to go," and "I applaud you stance."
  
  This is [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 3:27am EDT
  

• LISTEN...I HEAR WEENIE-BLOGGERS CRYING ABOUT RUSH NOT GETTING THE RAMS

  Sports Illustrated is reporting that Rush Limbaugh is out of the bid to become the owner of the St. Louis Rams. I'm sure some of the local and national weenie-bloggers will be crying about this all day today. I plan to make fun of their tears.[...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 3:09am EDT
  

• IN PASSING 10-15-2009: Willard Oliver, Captain Lou and Al Martino

  AZ Central.com reports the death of Willard Varnell Oliver, one of the Navajo code talkers of World War II.
  
  Captain Lou Albano, who was a wrestler, host of the Super Mario Brothers kids show and portrayed Cyndi Lauper's father in the video to "Girls Just Want To Have'" [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 2:52am EDT
  

• I ATTENDED THE OCTOBER BLOGGER MEETUP

  Once a month Springfield area bloggers meet at Patton Alley Pub. I was able to attend for once. I met some bloggers I was unfamiliar with. I will be adding them to my blog role. The only person there that I already knew was Sarah Austin of SGF Blogs and [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 1:12am EDT
  

• STAN FREBERG POKES FUN AT A DUMB CIGARETTE AD

  One of the people who inspired much of what I have wanted to do in the media is Stan Freberg. There is a famous commercial for Jeno's Pizza Rolls of Freberg's that appears on many retro TV videos, but to many younger people it doesn't make sense. The first' [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 3:57am EDT
  

• DESDINOVA MIND-READING POLL: AMERICANS OVERWHELMINGLY AGREE WITH IKE SKELTON

  
  Once again, I have read the minds of everyone in America for another Desdinova Mind Reader Poll. It's official! You not only agree with Congressman Ike Skelton's candid remark about Congressman Todd Akin, 90 percent of you feel the whole Republican party can "stick it..." [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 2:40pm EDT
  

• PRESIDENT OBAMA WINS THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

  
  Here is the story from CNN. All I'm going to say is "IN YOUR FACE TALK RADIO SCUMBAGS AND WEENIE-BLOGGERS!!!"
  Congratulations Mr. President! I think you deserve it!
  Of course, opinions like this are why I'm considered the Super Villain of the Ozarks!!! Mwu-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
  [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 8:25am EDT
  

• TOP 40 RADIO IS BACK ON TOP

  
  Top 40 radio -- back on top -- chicagotribune.com
  
  Now if the government will look into Talkola and shut down the talk radio industry, the world will be a better place.
  Of course, opinions like this are why I'm considered the Super Villain' [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 5:17am EDT
  

• HOW LONG WILL IT BE?

  
  Every year at this time, I wonder how long will it be until the Springfield News Leader runs a letter to the editor from or article about some wingnut who is against the celebration of Halloween. My odds are on that Bill Loomis guy [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 4:40am EDT
  

• LETTERMAN'S BLACKMAILER SHOULD GET THE CHAIR

  
  NUFF SAID! (No that is a real electric chair, it is a Halloween decoration - sadly, no longer for sale).
  I like what MSNBC's Keith Olbermann had to say on his blog about the guy. "You know when somebody gets arrested for some'" [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 4:24am EDT
  

• A BONE TO PICK WITH KY3's DAVID CATANESE

  
  I have the utmost respect for KYTV's political reporter David Catanese (unlike some the weenie-blogs in the state), but I must take him to task for a post on his blog earlier in the week.
  He compared doofus congressman Joe Wilson to Paris Hilton.[...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 4:00am EDT
  

• I SAID IT BEFORE, I WILL NOT BE A RAMS FAN IF HE OWNS THEM

  
  This was a post from July of last year. Desdinova - Super Villain of the Ozarks: I Will Not Be a Rams Fan...
  According to Bryan Burwell of the St. Louis Post Dispatch. I'm not the only one who doesn't want the Fat [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 3:50am EDT
  

• JUBILEE ANNOUNCER JOE SLATTERY PASSES AWAY

  KYTV is about the only news outlet to mention this, but radio/TV announcer Joe Slattery has died. He was 87. He is best known as the announcer for the Ozark Jubilee/Jubilee U.S.A. Rumor has it some in the Springfield market resented Slattery's involvement with the American Federation of Television and [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 8:53pm EDT
  

• LEBANON CITY COUNCIL HAS A GREAT IDEA: DON'T ALLOW STUPID OPINIONS

  
  There are people whining and complaining in Lebanon about a plan by the city council to screen speaker before the meetings. It think this is a great idea. I feel have a bad problem in the United States right now - stupid people wanting to [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 7:51pm EDT
  

• Z-106 R.I.P

  There has been a format change at one the local radio stations this week. Z-106.7, active rock station owned by Journal Broadcasting, became the River. Here is a statement from management on their website.
  
  Let me translate some of this radio GM talk for you, "We'll also offer'" [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 6:47pm EDT
  

• I'M GOING TO SUBMIT A EDITORIAL CARTOON TO THE NEWS LEADER

  
  After seeing another one of those hideous editorial cartoon in the Springfield News Leader Wednesday from a guy from Branson who can't draw, I have decided to submit some editorial cartoons to the News Leader. I feel that these ugly cartoons are not only' [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 6:22pm EDT
  

• SPRINGFIELD MUSIC LEGEND BENNY MAHAN DIES

  
  

  Unfortunately, I never had a chance to see him perform live, but I've heard some recordings of his. I also recognize his name from countless marquees in Springfield during my youth. Local music legend Benny Mahan died over the weekend at age 65. The' [...]

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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 2:16pm EDT
  

• I HATE TROLLS!

  
  I hate Internet trolls. Whether they are creeping around on message boards or posting comments on blogs, I don't like them! That is one reason I stopped allowing comments at all. They don't really contribute to the conversation.
  There seems to be a glut of [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 1:46am EDT
  

• RADIO's HYPOCRISY: BAN DEAD GUYS & SLAM TV NEWS AS NEGATIVE

  I feel I have a right to criticize the radio industry because I'm a part of it. Part of what is killing the industry is hypocrisy. It has become a trend in the industry to ban artist based not on offensive lyrics, but on comments or behavior outside the recording' [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 1:07am EDT
  

• CYNTHIA DAVIS DIGS A DEEPER HOLE

  I don't even need to add anything to this. I'll just provide a link to the Plog website and the Turner Report so you can let you read with your own eyes. I can't believe this woman was elected to public office I haven't been. [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 9:11pm EDT
  

• WHY IS HE ON THE COVER OF TIME? I'M COOLER!

  
  Some idiot at Time magazine thought that putting scummy doofus Glen Beck on the cover was a great idea. WRONG!!!
  I'd rather be on the cover of Rolling Stone or Fangoria.' [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2009, 3:48am EDT
  

• DON'T MAKE ME SEND OUT MY BLACK HELICOPTERS & ZOMBIE SOLDIERS

  
  
  I've decided I will have to declare an attack on the Ozarks with my army of death-ray wielding, zombie soldiers in black helicopters, if I hear any more Ozarkers utter or post on Facebook the following stupid statements:"I don't" [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 5:39am EDT
  

• THREE MORE PASS AWAY

  
  
  Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary
  
  
  Henry Gibson - character actor, best known for his "poems" on Laugh-In. He was also in the Nashville, the Blues Brothers, and the Burbs.
  [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 10:43pm EDT
  

• PEOPLE WHO DIED

  
  
  I entitled this "People Who Died" for the song by punk rocker/poet and Basketball Diaries author Jim Carroll. He died over the weekend.
  
  
  As did President Carter's press secretary Jody Powell.
  
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  Posted: September 14, 2009, 10:04pm EDT
  

• THE LEGEND OF SHEBBA THE BELLY DANCER

  
  This post on my blog has been over a year in the making. I had to go look through some of the old News Leaders and Daily News on microfilm at the Springfield Library Center to find the information I was looking for. It was [...]
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  Posted: September 14, 2009, 2:44am EDT
  

• REMEMBERING 9-11-2001

  
  Sometime today I want you to pause and remember those who died eight years ago. Also remember those who have died defending our country in since 9-11-2001. CNN has a look at memorials that will take place in New York, Washington, D.C, and Pennsylvania. [...]
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  Posted: September 11, 2009, 4:46am EDT
  

• DESDINOVA MIND READING POLL: OZARKERS WANT COMEDY & HUMOR BANNED

  
  I have been reading your minds again. This is the second Desdinova Mind Reading Poll in which a read your minds and find out how you think on a certain subject. Remember, unlike other polls there is no margin of error because this information [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2009, 2:53am EDT
  

• LOCAL WEENIE-BLOGGER SAYS I'M "EXTREMELY UNPLEASANT"

  
  I received an e-mail from fellow blogger, Busplunge, that a local weenie-blogger had dissed me over on his blog. Busplunge had linked to a post of mine where I was warning people in my hometown of Lebanon not to engage in the kind of [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2009, 6:07pm EDT
  

• I HAVE A LOYALTY PLEDGE (and you stupid Ozarkers better take it)

  
  Apparently, some of the weenie-bloggers and talk radio scumbags are upset over a video of Oprah Winfrey and several major Hollywood stars pledging to support President Obama. This upsets them and they are drawing parallels to Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin. This video has been around [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2009, 3:03am EDT
  

• WHY IS THE RIGHT-WING UPSET ABOUT THIS?

  Earlier this afternoon, KY 3 posted the text of the President's speech to the kids of America. Anyone with any intelligence was left asking, "Why are these right-wing nuts upset about this?"
  
  The Atlantic has given us an explanation of what the right-wing reads into the President's' [...]
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  Posted: September 07, 2009, 8:29pm EDT
  

• BEST NEWS LEADER "TO THE POINT" EVER

  "I get the idea from your front page Friday that there are a lot of parents out there that, if they had a drowning child and Obama were to throw out a life line, they would tell the child to wait for Dick Cheney to furnish the life saver, or," [...]
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  Posted: September 07, 2009, 1:58pm EDT
  

• STUPIDEST THING POSTED ON FACEBOOK

  
  A well-meaning friend sent me an invitation to a cause on Facebook. Now I have no problem supporting causes that are non-partisan or dealing with public safety issues, but after reading the comments on this by supporters I decided not to join.
  
  One comment [...]
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  Posted: September 07, 2009, 1:29pm EDT
  

• INTELLIGENT THOUGHT FROM A SANE MIND (and a G-Rated Sight)

  
  I want to thank Larry Little of Simple Thoughts of a Complex Mind for this post. Larry is a conservative but not a weenie-blogger or free weenie-blogger. [...]
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  Posted: September 07, 2009, 12:19pm EDT
  

• DISNEY & MARVEL BELONG TOGETHER

  I'm a little late on the Disney buyout of Marvel. Here is the Washington Post story. I know this has upset some Marvel fans and would have upset me too when I was younger. However, below is proof it was meant to be.
  
  MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
  
  [...]
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  Posted: September 05, 2009, 1:45am EDT
  

• WHO IS WORSE? CRAZY RIGHT-WING PARENTS OR SMALL-TOWN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS

  
  This whole controversy over the President's speech to school children is getting STUPID! First you have a bunch a brainless (mostly redneck) parents who believe stupid chain e-mails and crap spouted by scumbags like Rush, Hannity, Beck and Vincent David Psycho. Some of these parents [...]
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  Posted: September 04, 2009, 8:25pm EDT
  

• POSITIVE CHANGES IN RADIO (in other cities)

  ALL ACCESS reports: "After considerable hullabaloo, CUMULUS officially flipped "QUALITY ROCK" KDBN/DALLAS to Top 40 "i93" TODAY (9/4) at NOON (CT). Programming the new Top 40 will be JOHN FOXX from CITADEL Top 40/Mainstream KKMG/COLORADO SPRINGS.
  
  The station spent the last couple days hyping a "legendary" change, using" [...]
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  Posted: September 04, 2009, 7:41pm EDT
  

• ANOTHER THING WRONG WITH RADIO

  When I decided to get into radio in the mid-80's, there was a radio show that fired my need to program one of the local radio stations MY WAY. That show was the Dr. Demento Show. I had to listen to it over faint' [...]
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  Posted: September 01, 2009, 9:49pm EDT
  

• WHY DO MEN AGAINST HEALTH CARE REFORM SHAVE THEIR HEADS?

  
  
  I noticed this watching the reports on KY3 and KSPR and the photos in the News Leader of Sen. Claire McCaskill's Town Hall meeting in Springfield on health care reform. The male anti-health-care-reform protesters who show up at these [...]
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  Posted: September 01, 2009, 9:36pm EDT
  

• BIG FAT WEENIE-BLOGGER TRIES TO BE FUNNY

  
  I would say the smallest book in the world would be "The Encyclopedia of Right-Wing Conservative Humor." It would consist of one or two insults recycled over and over. One of those would be say a newspaper reporter can't write. The Right-wing is more concerned' [...]
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  Posted: September 01, 2009, 8:38pm EDT
  

• OZARKS CORRECTNESS AND THE HEALTH CARE DEBATE

  
  I saw this story, by KY3's David Catanese, a few nights ago and was furious. This is exactly the double-standard I have been talking about when I mention Ozarks Correctness. You see there are things in the Ozarks that are wrong if one group [...]
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  Posted: August 30, 2009, 11:31pm EDT
  

• IDAHO'S BIGGEST IDIOT

  Rex Rammell, a Republican running for governor of Idaho is an idiot. He said he wanted a licence to hunt Obama like a wolf. The state GOP is not happy with this guy and are condemning him. Here is the story form MSNBC.
  
  The story also mentions elementary [...]
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  Posted: August 30, 2009, 11:17pm EDT
  

• NO "RAY OF HOPE" ON SPRINGFIELD RADIO

  
  "A Ray of Hope" was a song on the Rascals 1968 LP Freedom Suite. It was written for Sen. Ted Kennedy, who passed away this week. This song is almost forgotten today. It never receives airplay on oldies/classic hits stations, but I would [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2009, 10:19pm EDT
  

• OBSERVATION ON POP MUSIC

  Seether's "Careless Whispers" is this generation's "You Keep Me Hanging On" by Vanilla Fudge. [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2009, 12:40am EDT
  

• MEMO TO RNC CHAIRMAN STEELE

  TO: RNC CHAIRMAN MICHAEL STEELE
  FROM: DESDINOVA-SUPER VILLAIN OF THE OZARKS
  SUBJECT: DON'T AGREE WITH JERICHO
  DATE: 8/24/2009
  
  Take a tip from me, never, never, never-ever agree with KSGF morning show host Vincent David John Jacob Jingle Himerschmit Shotenkirk Shimmy Shimmy Ko-ko Bop Ramma Lama Ding Dong Do' [...]
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  Posted: August 24, 2009, 10:17pm EDT
  

• WEENIE-BLOGGER PICKED ON AT "RECESS" BY TROLLS

  
  There is this obnoxious St. Louis weenie-blogger who has stopped allowing comments because the "trolls" were attacking. He was bragging about playing with a lot of other little right-wing weenies at "recess." They were having fun picking on a little blonde haired girl from [...]
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  Posted: August 23, 2009, 11:47pm EDT
  

• WHAT HAPPENED TO RANDY RALEY AT KSGF?

  Some are probably wondering about Randy Raley's sudden departure from KSGF. Randy explains it on his blog From the Rearview Mirror. I found this part interesting, but not surprising.
  
  "At first, people REALLY didn't know what to make about a guy who was pretty happy and cracking jokes'" [...]
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  Posted: August 23, 2009, 11:23pm EDT
  

• WHY THE NEWS MEDIA IS GREAT!

  I'm proud to be a member of the media (even though radio is screwed up) because they gave more attention to the passing of Micheal Jackson than they did that creepy, evil jerk Robert Novack. Micheal Jackson was a better American and also more talented. Of course, opinions like this' [...]
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  Posted: August 22, 2009, 10:39am EDT
  

• I WANT TO BE IN CHARGE OF THE DEATH PANEL

  

  
  

  I have heard talk from the talk radio scum and weenie-bloggers that the President's health care plan includes something called a "DEATH PANEL." I like this concept and would like to volunteer my services to be DEATH MASTER GENERAL (Kind of like Post Master General).
  [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2009, 11:32pm EDT
  

• ED SULLIVAN OFFENDED OZARKERS IN 1960

  
  My twin brother/roommate has been working on a novel for several years now. The novel takes place in a small southwest Missouri town in the 50's and early 60's. He spends his off hours at the Springfield Library Center looking at old Springfield Daily News' [...]
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  Posted: August 15, 2009, 9:51pm EDT
  

• LES PAUL WORKED AT KWTO-AM

  I know I am behind on several things. My computer has been on the fritz and I turned 40 (EEEK!) last week, so blogging has been sparse. I was unable to mention the death of guitar and recording innovator Les Paul. Les Paul always mentioned that he got his start [...]
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  Posted: August 15, 2009, 9:15pm EDT
  

• Testing Desdinova's Mental Posting

  I, Desdinova, am posting this using my mental powers. No computer or laptop, just thought-waves coming from myfar superior brain. With this power I will soon rule the world! Mwu-HAHAHAHA! [...]
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  Posted: August 14, 2009, 8:34pm EDT
  

• RBR: THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS ACT

  "The US Constitution addresses copyright law, and it codifies the protection of intellectual property for the benefit of the creator, whether that person is known as author, poet, composer or inventor. It says nothing about protecting the rights of distributors. So why, asks Jerry Bowyer at Forbes.com, are recording companies" [...]
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  Posted: August 08, 2009, 1:38am EDT
  

• RADIO CONSULTANT SAYS RADIO TALKS ABOUT ITSELF TOO MUCH

  A radio consultant Alan Burns & Associates have concluded at study of radio stations. Burns says station are not promoting the music and engaging the audience, but bragging about themselves.
  
  "The typical station isn’t embracing its music," said BURNS. "No one wants to hear an air personality drone" [...]
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  Posted: August 07, 2009, 10:07pm EDT
  

• YOU'RE A GENIUS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T MAKE A LAMP: JOHN HUGHES DIES

  If you grew up in the 80's, the films of John Hughes were required watching. The writer, producer and director with a flair for capturing teen-age life, was an important influence on our young lives, much like the late great Michael Jackson. Hughes died Thursday at age 59. Here is' [...]
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  Posted: August 07, 2009, 2:05am EDT
  

• RBR:KEEP PRA OFF THE HOUSE FLOOR

  Performance Rights Act under fire from House Democrats.
  
  Radio Business Report/Television Business Report - Voice of the Broadcasting Industry
  
  Shared via AddThis [...]
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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 1:33am EDT
  

• CARTOON SWIPES GAG FROM LOCAL COMMERCIAL

  How many noticed the "amateur" political cartoon in the Springfield News Leader Tuesday? The artwork on this one was better than usual, however the gag was probably familiar to those of us who have lived in the Ozarks for many years. That cartoon used the same joke that was used [...]
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  Posted: August 04, 2009, 9:34pm EDT
  

• ROCKABILLY GREAT BILLY LEE RILEY DEAD AT 75

  
  "My girl is red hot" "Your gal ain't doodly-squat." Those were the opening lines of Billy Lee Riley's "Red Hot" which was released on the Sun label at the dawn of rock and roll. Riley died Monday at an Arkansas hospital. MSNBC reports on' [...]
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  Posted: August 04, 2009, 9:15pm EDT
  

• MORE PROOF THAT RADIO IS OUT OF TOUCH

  
  In my nearly 20 years in radio, I have offered to program music, create specialty music programs for syndication and be the star of a fun morning show. Not only have I been told "NO," but I've been told that I don't know what the [...]
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  Posted: July 31, 2009, 8:04pm EDT
  

• DOES SPRINGFIELD STINK?

  
  I want to address something that is not being talked about on either KSGF or KWTO. It's something that is not being written about in the News Leader. None of the TV stations have reported on this. I going to say this delicately yet in [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 4:05am EDT
  

• SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS PART 2

  In March I gave you some Saturday morning cartoon memories. Well folks, here are some more childhood memories.
  
  Felix the Cat
  
  Mighty Hercules
  
  Wacky Races
  
  Scooby Doo
  
  Road Runner
  
  Underdog
  
  Plastic Man
  
  New [...]
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  Posted: July 25, 2009, 4:45am EDT
  

• AS BORED AS A WOMAN ON A DATE WITH ME

  You may have noticed I haven't been posting very much this week. The reason? I hate to say it but I have the BLAHS. Nothing really excites me much. I would like to thank Fat Jack for picking up the cause of the bad' [...]
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  Posted: July 24, 2009, 9:47pm EDT
  

• LET'S MAKE UP NAMES FOR RUSH

  
  Media Matters mentions that Rush Limbaugh spent the last hour of the show today making up "new" last names for the President. This is basically the same garbage he has been doing for years. However, I think he is pandering too much to his [...]
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  Posted: July 24, 2009, 9:09pm EDT
  

• NEWS LEADER VOICES PAGE CONTINUES TO BE BAD

  The News Leader Voices page is always bad but Monday that ran a Roses & Thorn from a woman complaining about a photo of African-Americans being on the front page. That is bad enough but even worse is the fact that this Sharon Lee Archer who made the complaint [...]
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  Posted: July 20, 2009, 9:32pm EDT
  

• BOSTON GLOBE: HOW RADIO LOST THE YOUTH?

  It has been a running theme on this blog about radio loosing younger listeners by changing music stations to talk/sports formats. Now, we have a mainstream article that mentions this, so it isn't just my crazy opinions. Below is a link to a Boston Globe article that features a very' [...]
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  Posted: July 20, 2009, 9:05pm EDT
  

• "AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS, JULY 17, 2009." WALTER CRONKITE DIES AT 92

  
  And who better than CBS News to tell of his passing. [...]
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  Posted: July 17, 2009, 7:38pm EDT
  

• RECKITT BENCKISER TO BECOME SIMPLY "RB"

  Ad Age reports that Reckitt Benckiser, which has a manufacturing plant here in Springfield, MO, will begin re-branding itself as "RB." Folks here in the Ozarks will still call it "Frenchs" or "The Mustard Place." [...]
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  Posted: July 15, 2009, 4:34pm EDT
  

• NEWS LEADER BAFFLES US

  I was saddened to hear that one of those who lost there job at the News Leader recently was blogger Chris Brewer. Chris was a multimedia reporter that contributed to the NL website. To ad insult to injury, News Leader editor Tom Bookstaver said in an article in [...]
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  Posted: July 14, 2009, 10:06pm EDT
  

• KINDER GETS HIS WAY

  I'm disappointed with Gov. Jay Nixon for not cancelling the Tour of Missouri. I would have cancelled it to punish Peter Kinder over the disrespectful derogatory comments he made a few weeks ago about David Letterman (Kinder likes Sarah Palin as much as he does' [...]
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  Posted: July 14, 2009, 2:43pm EDT
  

• TRADITION! TRADITION!

  
  The always comical KSGF VDJ podcast page has a new error that we can all laugh at.
  "Has America lost it's traditions." I don't think so, but it looks like KSGF has misplaced an apostrophe. Sing it, Tevye!
  ' [...]
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  Posted: July 09, 2009, 9:36pm EDT
  

• CASEY KASEM COUNTS DOWN FOR THE LAST TIME

  
  It is the end of an era for an industry that is dying after shooting itself in the foot. One of the all-time great radio broadcasters, Casey Kasem, has ended the AT20. Some of this comes from time restrictions and the rest of it comes [...]
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  Posted: July 06, 2009, 9:14pm EDT
  

• Happy Independence Day (the Weenie-Bloggers Say It Will Be Our Last)

  
  Happy Independence Day! I want to wish everyone a safe and fun 4th of July. I noticed two or three of the state Weenie-Bloggers are saying this will be the last Independence Day. They think President Obama is going to outlaw it or something. It [...]
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  Posted: July 04, 2009, 5:00am EDT
  

• Happy 65th Birthday, Smokey Bear!

  Ad Age has the story. I found two great Smokey Bear PSA from the 70's on You Tube.
  
  
  
  
  
  Even Desdinova listens to Smokey Bear! [...]
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  Posted: July 04, 2009, 12:33am EDT
  

• STORY TO WATCH: JACKSON ACCUSER ADMITS HE LIED

  
  Several blogs and overseas entertainment sights are reporting that Jordan Chandler (pictured above), who accused Michael Jackson of molesting him in the early 90's admits it was lie. He says his father, Evan Chandler, forced him to lie because he wanted to extort [...]
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  Posted: July 02, 2009, 9:45pm EDT
  

• TWO MORE FAMOUS PEOPLE PASS AWAY

  Okay, I'm behind on celebrity deaths. So much for that "They-come-in-threes" stuff. I missed Gale "My Little Margie" Storm, TV pitchman Billy Mays, and impressionist Fred Travelena. I've been out of town and away from a computer so I couldn't update my blog.
  
  
  However, I wanted to mention' [...]
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  Posted: July 02, 2009, 9:21pm EDT
  

• RADIO IS DOOMED!

  You may have noticed I've provided links to several stories involving House Resolution 848 - the Performance Rights Act - and a few other radio related issues. Yes, I'm involved in radio and have been since 1988. The industry has been telling people it is against the Performance Rights Act, [...]
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  Posted: June 30, 2009, 8:45pm EDT
  

• THREE CHEERS FOR LINKS TO RBR (with homage to TKC)

  
  As an homage to Tony's Kansas City, I present a photo of a hot babe and more links to some stories from Radio Business Report (If I hear any of you whine I'll send my giant robot to stomp on you).
  Interesting reads having to' [...]
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  Posted: June 28, 2009, 11:28pm EDT
  

• CHEETOS USED IN FIGHT

  
  Shelbyville Times-Gazette reports of a domestic assault in which Cheetos were thrown.
  "Warrants filed by Cpl. Kevin Roddy, of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department, stated he responded to a call at a home on Pass Road, where 40-year-old James Earl Taylor and Mary S." [...]
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  Posted: June 26, 2009, 9:14pm EDT
  

• THE GO MAGAZINE 4th ANNUAL HOT LIST

  The new issue of Go Magazine has a ballot for their 4th Annual Hot List. Guess who is nominated for Hot Hilarious Blogger?
  
  If I win, I truly will rule the world! Mwu-HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! (Although, Fair City News is very good) [...]
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  Posted: June 26, 2009, 2:47am EDT
  

• THE KING OF POP IS DEAD! LONG LIVE THE KING OF POP!

  
  There will be plenty of coverage on Michael Jackson death from CNN and other news outlets. Let me say this, I'm appalled that only a few stations in the Springfield market play any Michael Jackson music. He made a huge impact on the music' [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2009, 10:08pm EDT
  

• FARAH FAWCETT DIES AFTER A BATTLE WITH CANCER

  
  My one weakness is blond women. From my junior high crush on a girl named Eunice Moneymaker to my obsession with Paris Hilton, I love well-dressed, blond girls with a lot of long hair. It probably started with Farah Fawcett. She died today [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2009, 9:34pm EDT
  

• THE SEEDS SKY SAXON DIES

  
  Contrary to popular belief, these celebrity deaths are in fours. There is the first one, an older star who comes a day before the others (Ed McMahon). The next day comes the celebrity we knew was bad sick (Farah Fawcett) and then the third is [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2009, 8:37pm EDT
  

• SPRINGFIELD HAD ITS OWN BATMAN & ROBIN

  
  One of my reasons for majoring in media/broadcasting was to eventually write a horrible wrong enacted on children of the Ozarks. None of the TV stations in the Springfield market ever ran the Batman TV series in syndication. I mention this to anyone and get [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2009, 5:38am EDT
  

• HE SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR WRITING THAT SONG

  
  There is one horrible plague that my generation had to deal with - a called "You Light Up My Life." The song came from a movie that nobody I know saw. The Debbie Boone version of the song (Oh yes, everyone tried to sing [...]
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  Posted: June 23, 2009, 9:49pm EDT