Cher's 1975 album "Stars" is a train wreck. It's also hilarious.

Episode #137 of the Emergency Broadcast System on Viva Radio is in the archive. Enjoy! It's a hell of a show. http://ebs-radio.com/2013/05/15/ebs137/

"A free form rock format, like a free form classical format, or a free form anything format gives the announcer such control over the records to be played that it is inconsistent with the strict controls that licensee must exercise to avoid questionable practices."

Now I kinda wish I'd named my show "Questionable Practices."

THE CUBS ARE NOT IN LAST PLACE.

Suck it, Milwaukee.

Oh, man.

In 1997 David Sedaris published a funny story called 'Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol,' narrated by a merciless drama critic who takes it upon himself to expose the appallingly low theatrical standards of elementary and middle school Christmas plays. The story is subtitled 'Trite Christmas:

"There are no more posts to show right now."

Really, Zuckerberg? *REALLY*?

The audio archive of today's show is now up on the page and available to podcast subscribers. Enjoy!

If you’re looking for previous episodes, click here.HHinky Dinky Time on WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio, episode 2: Friday, May 10, 2013 at noon, Eastern Time.

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Nope, not happening.

Coming up at noon Eastern, following Doug Schulkind's Give The Drummer Some on WFMU's Give The Drummer Radio...join me...Uncle Michael for Hinky Dinky Time till 3:00 PM.

Check out my opening act. This kid is going places.

At some point I'm going to get real curious about Google+.

Mark Zuckerberg’s new political group, which bills itself as a bipartisan entity dedicated to passing immigration reform, has spent considerable resources on ads advocating a host of anti-environmental causes — including driling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and constructing the Keys...

I rarely listen to contemporary country & western music but sometimes I'm in places where it's on the radio. A fair percentage of the songs seem to deal with the accoutrements of the rural/southern/blue collar workaday and recreational world. There are lots of songs that illuminate the sartorial, transportational, recreational, mind altering and romantic habits of the demographic which these songs seek to reflect and to which they're apparently marketed to. I find them illuminating.

But I can't help but wonder where the analog can be found for other cultures. Why doesn't retail-store and restaurant radio teach me, similarly, about the sociology of say...urban hipsters or shopping mall goths for example.

It's a curious thing.

This one's for Kevin Hoover. Feel better?

Pt. 2. (actually *not* a reissue) http://shop.musicmattersjazz.com/product_p/bst-84401.htm

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It's a Bluenote vinyl reissue morning. Pt. 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takin%27_Off

Takin' Off is the debut album of jazz pianist Herbie Hancock originally released in 1962 for the Blue Note label as BST 84109.[2] The recording session included Freddie Hubbard on trumpet and veteran Dexter Gordon on tenor saxophone. The album was a typical hard bop LP, with its characteristic two h...

Please join me tomorrow at noon Eastern for the premiere of Hinky Dinky Time with Uncle Michael on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio. If you can't take the day off from work, you'll want to be sure to pack your earbuds in the morning.

If you’re looking for previous episodes, click here.HHinky Dinky Time on WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio, episode 1: Friday, May 3, 2013 at noon, Eastern Time.

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The new show debuts on Friday at noon Eastern. Here's everything you need to know and a few things you probably don't.

Hinky Dinky Time on WFMU’s Give The Drummer Radio debuts on Friday, May 3, 2013 at noon Eastern Standard Time and will air at that time, each Friday for three hours.

Episode #136 of the Emergency Broadcast System on Viva Radio is now in the archive. Enjoy! http://ebs-radio.com/2013/04/17/ebs136/

Tonight at 8:00 PM, please tune in to the last pre-hiatus episode of the Emergency Broadcast System on Viva Radio...wherein the show goes to heaven...but only temporarily. http://viva-radio.com