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Make a Circuit With Me
Apr. 15th, 2018 10:34 amArt Bell died Friday night. His shows were fixtures of late nights in my twenties, tales of conspiracies and extraterrestrials and all kinds of crazy. His guests and callers were the focus of the shows, of course, and Bell treated them with respect - unless he determined them to be insincere bullshitters. Bell had numerous tales of his own, sometimes more entertaining than those his guests brought.
He had a stable of guest hosts and cohosts, mostly good complements to his own style. Whitley Strieber crafted stories; Ian Punnett made terrible jokes and offered an academic Christian perspective without ever becoming preachy.
I listen to U7's streams of archived shows at night sometimes, and sometimes for a few minutes in the shower. The shows are windows into a different time - one that I lived through. Not necessarily a simpler one, but definitely different. Between segments, there's an announcement of the episode's original broadcast date, and I try to remember what was going on with me at that time. Sometimes a good memory, sometimes not so much.
My beloved Commonwealth's idiot governor managed to further embarrass himself this week. Responding to several days of protests by the state's public school teachers, he suggested - no, "guaranteed" - that somewhere in Kentucky, a child had been abused or molested or used drugs or took poison on the day of one of the protests because there was no one to watch over said child. The legislature formally rebuked him, and he's been roundly mocked and derided by professional and social media.
I found out last night that the last division VP I worked under at the HL was fired early this year. I have very little good to say about her. Based on the relevant conversation, turnover was very high - about one staffer per month resigned or was let go - and as a result, revenue dropped way off. I know of at least three reps with $500K-$1M in yearly sales who jumped ship rather than continue working for her.
Capsule reviews. If you liked the first one, you'll probably like Pacific Rim Uprising. Want some thoughtful, spooky, slow-burn tension with a good hit of body horror? Go see Annihilation.
He had a stable of guest hosts and cohosts, mostly good complements to his own style. Whitley Strieber crafted stories; Ian Punnett made terrible jokes and offered an academic Christian perspective without ever becoming preachy.
I listen to U7's streams of archived shows at night sometimes, and sometimes for a few minutes in the shower. The shows are windows into a different time - one that I lived through. Not necessarily a simpler one, but definitely different. Between segments, there's an announcement of the episode's original broadcast date, and I try to remember what was going on with me at that time. Sometimes a good memory, sometimes not so much.
My beloved Commonwealth's idiot governor managed to further embarrass himself this week. Responding to several days of protests by the state's public school teachers, he suggested - no, "guaranteed" - that somewhere in Kentucky, a child had been abused or molested or used drugs or took poison on the day of one of the protests because there was no one to watch over said child. The legislature formally rebuked him, and he's been roundly mocked and derided by professional and social media.
I found out last night that the last division VP I worked under at the HL was fired early this year. I have very little good to say about her. Based on the relevant conversation, turnover was very high - about one staffer per month resigned or was let go - and as a result, revenue dropped way off. I know of at least three reps with $500K-$1M in yearly sales who jumped ship rather than continue working for her.
Capsule reviews. If you liked the first one, you'll probably like Pacific Rim Uprising. Want some thoughtful, spooky, slow-burn tension with a good hit of body horror? Go see Annihilation.
