~~Mike Webb update: he fired his fancy celebrity lawyer, Bradley Marshall who was probably too darned expensive for what he needs him for. We still expect him to cop a plea- besides what we've already reported, the charging papers say that the Geico Insurance (the company he's accused of ripping off) policy numbers are issued by computer in sequential order. Mike's policy number falls between two others bounded on the day after the accident; even though Mike claims he took out the policy the month before the accident. We predict a plea bargain will be negotiated, and Mike will plead guilty to something lesser; but will never not claim he's innocent. He's that kind of guy...His current attorney appears to be one Mark Larrafiaga of Walsh & Larrafiaga.
~~Worst radio commercial nominee, 2006: "The Toe-Tent is a totally new and unique product that solves an age old problem. The problem of twisted feet has been going on since the first caveman covered himself with the first animal skin. This problem predates writing, it predates music, it predates speech, it predates every problem except the battle of the sexes (which also involves being in bed). To finally be able to sleep on your back and not have your toes jammed down by the bedding is GREAT! It's like a blessed relief from heaven!!"
~~Taped dayparts on KIRO? Well yes. Thoughtful reader Tom reports and we've now heard it too- Ron & Bomb, (m-f, 9p-1a) the shock jocks filling in Mike Webb's old slot, actually play old tapes of themselves presumably so they can get home early. Tom sez: "I’d never heard tape in any daypart [on KIRO] before, always live guest hosts when the regulars are absent. Poor show. They’re not even playing tapes from actual hires – it was tape of fill-ins. (I’d rather hear Dori tapes!) There goes 'live and local'.” We're betting KIRO has no idea that's happening- this is the station who does no airchecks- we hear it over and over from talent, "It's obvious," one told us recently, "they've never heard my show."
~~Not sure whether it was because BlatherWatch kept linking to it, (we'd like to think so) but Ron & Bomb's old morning show website with all the bare-naked wimmens (they flopped on The Buzz only a few months after they started) has been closed down tighter than a smut shop in Lynden. We can't take all the credit, there were some complaints from listeners, and while we like looking at the ladies as well as the next guys, and believe that sluts are an unfairly maligned underclass; we were glad to see the site disappear- just because of the way those two kept leering like Neaderthals.
~~A sharp Seattle caller on the John Carlson Show, got neocon Senator John McCain on the record about Terry Nelson, his senior aide 's dubious past. He was involved with Tom DeLay and his co-defendants trying to circumvent Texas campaign finance laws and is tied to the New England phone-jamming scandal. Here's the audio from Talk Check, a cool blog we just discovered which, if they get busy, may mean they'll listen to talk radio and we won't have to! McCain, beloved by so many progressives, is a sham and as conservative as your Aunt Toodie. Don't be fooled just because the conservatives hate him...
~~a vicious vicious attack on BlatherWatch by the Seattle Weekly they refer to us on their Blogwash list as 'random-punctuating' Were not taking that from dilettantes who keep office hours have copy editors and actually get paid for writing that tripe they write
~~OK, OK, Erin Hart may still be on staff at KIRO (we reported yesterday that she wasn't) but she doesn't work there...at least for KIRO. She does use their studios to do national fill-in particularly for Clear Channel's 760 progressive talk in Denver. Lou Pate uses their studios for fill-in work too, probably not for anything progressive, however.
~~It's so funny to hear the fatuous Bill O'Reilly waxing self-righteous about child molesters- kids are about the only females he wouldn't think are fair game for his creepy dandlings. MSNBC's Keith Olbermann has a great piece of video with Media Matters' David Brock talking about how he and his research staff systematically monitor The Big Giant Head, and how The BGH smears him and any media entity that disagrees with him.
~~Pat O'Day, that AM radio icon of Seattle's Pepsi Generation finally got around to wishing us happy birthday (it was Feb. 20). We're pretty proud of it because: a) he's a Republican b) he knew The Beattles. They weren't known for hanging around that much with conservatives, so that speaks to Pat's (we always call him Pat) good taste and great charm which he's now extended to us: "May I commend BlatherWatch on one year of service to the World in general and our Seattle Market in particular. "The Blathe" as I affectionately call it, ruffles feathers, brings discomfort, and creates general havoc, but only with those that richy deserve such stimulation. It's for them I reverse those treasured words of The Late JFK, "Think not what you can do for BlatherWatch, but rather, what BlatherWatch can do for you!"
Does Happy visit this board?
You regularly call KIRO and I must admit that I do NOT agree with anything you say.
Posted by: The Anti KIRO | March 26, 2006 at 12:24 PM
Anti, are you familiar with Darral420 who used to call in all the time and harrang the hosts about making pot legal?
Posted by: sparky | March 26, 2006 at 03:13 PM
Isn't Darral Good in prison?
Posted by: poor and gusto | March 26, 2006 at 03:39 PM
Indeed, vg
Posted by: chris | March 26, 2006 at 04:57 PM
dunnor Poor/Gusto
do you ever go to Polgara's chat?
by the way this is the tealady speaking :-)
Posted by: sparky | March 26, 2006 at 04:58 PM
Izzy ruined Polgara's site.
Chris, check this car out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodge-POLARA-POLICE-1969-69-CALIFORNIA-HIGHWAY-PATROL-CHARGER-440-MAG-CHP_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6210QQitemZ4621888105QQrdZ1
Posted by: gusto and poor | March 26, 2006 at 05:48 PM
It would cost me that much to fill it up.. probably not a car to drive around near the police. Same exact model a friend of mine bought back then and it did go fast...
Posted by: chris | March 26, 2006 at 06:24 PM
I am familiar with Darral...everyone has a right to an opinion...but Dori is paid for his lousy uniformed opinions. That bothers me!
I was curious if Happy looks at this board.
Posted by: The Anti KIRO | March 26, 2006 at 06:26 PM
sparky would be hanging on for mercy once you got that sucker rollin'
Posted by: gusto and poor | March 26, 2006 at 06:27 PM
I am familiar with Darral...everyone has a right to an opinion...but Dori is paid for his lousy uniformed opinions. That bothers me!
I was curious if Happy looks at this board.
Posted by: The Anti KIRO | March 26, 2006 at 06:28 PM
I liked the picture of the "Super Bee" being pulled over
Posted by: chris | March 26, 2006 at 06:33 PM
I dont know Happy...I dont even know Darral except that he would use fake names to bypass the call screeners on shows and sometimes would even fool them just long enough to launch into his spiel, then they would say " Ooooooooooooooh Darrel ya got me" and hang up on him...heh
Posted by: sparky | March 26, 2006 at 07:19 PM
Is Stacy still a producer on KIRO???..she worked for both Erin and Mike and now that both of them are gone ( and I have not listened to KIRO for a very very long time) I was wondering if she was still there.
The best producer around was Margo MacGowan on KGO for Bernie Ward..she was great but has retired to work on the Mommy track for awhile.
Posted by: sparky | March 26, 2006 at 07:23 PM
There was a guy who used to call Erin and get on the hemp topic. It bothered me that she would dismiss him. I think the whole hemp thing should be talked about more. Geez, just because we can't talk about marijuane in this country doesn't mean there aren't a lot of good uses for hemp!
Posted by: joanie | March 26, 2006 at 07:45 PM
Stacy was the bomb! Too bad she had to work with that hack Erin Hart. Hey Anti-K(r)IR(ST)-O! Why didn't you run her out of town?
Posted by: gusto and poor | March 26, 2006 at 07:45 PM
Joanie, that was darral420.
The reason that they would hit the dump button was that he never talked about anything else and was sneaky about getting on the air.
Posted by: sparky | March 26, 2006 at 08:04 PM
Okay. I guess I missed his calls a lot. I always kind of liked hearing about the topic. Long live hemp!
Posted by: joanie | March 26, 2006 at 08:11 PM
Hemp should be addressed. The right wing media runs for the hills on that issue.
Actually I enjoyed Erin Hart.
Again, I want to emphasize how hosts like Hart and Webb truly outclass Dori Monson in knowledge, insight and understanding of issues.
Does Hart ever talk about "cell phones in movie theatres"?
Does Webb ever talk about American Idol singers?
Give me a break. The information you need...the people you trust.
Monson can't talk about Iraq because he's a deer in the headlight the sames as GWB when Helen Thomas asked last week, "Why did we invade Iraq?"
No answers, no debate. If you disagee with the war shut up or leave!
Dori will probably say tomorrow that "had one of the party-goers in Capital Hill had a concealed weapon, the killer would have been stopped in his tracks." Lame idiot!
Dori YOU WILL BE FIRED!
Posted by: The Anti KIRO | March 26, 2006 at 08:17 PM
Hart gave aid and comfort to the enemy after 9/11, when she lost her cool and ran scared of Bushler. Poor/Gusto, I think I will buy that police car and pull over republicans who continue to display the W sticker and transport them to the nearest concentration camp...
Posted by: chris | March 26, 2006 at 08:37 PM
Did anyone see Mark Cuban with Brian Lam on CSpan? I like that guy! He has paid for organ transplants for strangers who email him . . . he doesn't ever get to know them but he said he just feels compelled to do it. He has other people check them out and does it.
When asked why, he sort of said "why not?" I've got the money. He takes email messages himself - his email address is out there for anyone to access and he reads everyone himself. Now that's impressive.
Posted by: joanie | March 26, 2006 at 09:46 PM
We need to exterminate all Republicans. We cannot fail.
Posted by: Crown Vic | March 26, 2006 at 11:10 PM
Very simple yes/no question:
Is "The Anti-Kiro" actually someone hired by KIRO to fill this blog with such vicious bile that no one will take -anything- that's written here at all seriously?
My vote YES
I think it might even be Dori himself.
Posted by: Nobody | March 27, 2006 at 12:07 AM
It's hard to guess what Dori will say about the tragic massacre, there are several different ways in which one could blame the victims.
Posted by: Andrew | March 27, 2006 at 12:20 AM
Is the Anti-Kiro really Jennifer the black woman who leaves 10 minute long stream of conscious antiDori tirades on Dori's voicemail when she's not calling up other talk shows and ranting about evil , racist white men?
Posted by: Tommy008 | March 27, 2006 at 12:21 AM
I love Aniti-Kiro! Anti-Kiro, Tommy, sometimes Andrew - give me my biggest laughs for the day! Stick around, people!
You do too, Sparky! Nobody is as concise in their wit as you! J
Posted by: joanie | March 27, 2006 at 07:23 AM
Jennifer is a hoot so the anti-KIRO couldn't possibly be one and the same. I'd say Jennifer is much more intelligent and certaining a lot less boring.
Posted by: Dana | March 27, 2006 at 08:46 AM
Yes, the fix is in...
Posted by: 440 | March 27, 2006 at 10:34 AM
Re Dori Blaming the victims,
"I heard some kids as young as 15 were in the house, that's a recipe for trouble on so many levels"
"you know these parties are rife with drugs...people who abuse drugs make poor decisions"
"there are 15 year old girls at and 31 year old guys are this party. Tell me that's not a recipe for disaster...drug lower your inhibitions"
This is a story about friendly people tragicly massacred by a crazy guy from Montana and he's attacking the validity of drug use and open invitation parties.
He's not so subtely implying that the adults at the party must be child rapists, and that an open invitation party is an invitation to get shot by a lunatic.
For the love of god, whatever you do don't talk about the fact that a guy shot a bunch of innocent people.
I realy do think Dori should be fired. His shock jock antics are disrespectful to the victims of that tragedy.
This is all the more outrageous because those victims were probably very nice people. Most people I've met at those types of house parties tend to be much more accepting and openly friendly than the average suburban dweller who mocks them from afar. They are much more community minded than self righteous and indifferent capitalists.
Posted by: Andrew | March 27, 2006 at 12:42 PM
Dori
A MAD MAN shot 6 people DEAD!
Enough with "it's the decisions you make in life" philosophy.
Maybe people did not want to drive under the influence.
Maybe some of the people were asleep.
This man is outrageously offensive to the victims' families.
Shame on you Dori! Does he ever consider that his daughter one day might attend a partylike that. Oh, I forgot....they'll be in church.
He is one mis-step away from being fired.
Posted by: The Anti KIRO | March 27, 2006 at 12:53 PM
Dori says
"when you have a party with 15 year old girls hanging out with 31 year old guys, don't be surprised when bad things happen"
Oh, that's why the lunatic shot those people, it was the age disparity!
Posted by: Andrew | March 27, 2006 at 12:57 PM
Yeah Andrew,
Maybe we'll find out that Kyle Huff wasn't into Raves but instead was a MAD MONTANA EVANGELICAL ready to kill the immoral infidels of Capitol Hill.
I would love to see Dori's face with that news.
That would be something!
Posted by: The Anti KIRO | March 27, 2006 at 01:01 PM
Listening to Dori discuss this issue, he sounds positively voyeuristic. Maybe he's just wishing he could be there....or maybe he's just projecting.
Posted by: Dana | March 27, 2006 at 01:19 PM
"They invited this person into their life"
- Dori Monson
Ya, they say this guy and thought, wow that guy looks like he's going to kill us all! Pass him a doobie!
Posted by: Andrew | March 27, 2006 at 01:23 PM
Did you hear him....
"(In high school) I don't approve of seniors dating freshmen..."
OK Dori....send the cops to every Puget Sound high school.
What an idiot!
DORI HAS NOT ONCE BLAMED THE SHOOTER.
Blame the victims.
Blame the victims.
Blame the victims.
You bastard!
Posted by: The Anti KIRO | March 27, 2006 at 01:25 PM
Ya, not once. He's specificly avoiding the shooter. He hasn't mentioned his name, what he did, or where he was from.
Posted by: Andrew | March 27, 2006 at 01:27 PM
Caller :"we don't know if the shooter was on somthing at the time"
Dori: "but we do know a lot the victims were on drugs"
Posted by: Andrew | March 27, 2006 at 01:29 PM
Ya, Dori is blaming the victim for "choosing" to be there.
Posted by: Andrew | March 27, 2006 at 01:49 PM
Dori dumped a call from 16 year old girl who was defeating his arguments.
The first thing she said was "drugs had nothing to do with it, this could have happened at a church, and they don't know that the shooter was on drugs"
So he replies, in similar words, "but let me try to get across the point I'm making...the victims chose to make themselves vulnerable"
She says "but nothing like this has ever happened before in the scene"
And that point he repeats the earlier statement about choosing to be in a vulnerable situation and then suddenly he has to "take a break", and I'm sure that much is true.
Dori was intelectualy defeated by a 16 year old.
Posted by: Andrew | March 27, 2006 at 01:58 PM
"Dori was intelectualy defeated by a 16 year old."
So that's a big accomplishment?
He's got the mentality of a dirty, drooling old man staring at beautiful young girls that he can't have.
And this man is allowed to coach minor females?
Posted by: Bob | March 27, 2006 at 02:38 PM
Does anyone know the girls' basketball program that Dori coaches?
It is important that his comments are brought to the organization's attention.
It is amazing that he can make these comments with impunity.
Posted by: The Anti KIRO | March 27, 2006 at 04:43 PM
I'm sure you can narrow it down to a couple possibilities.
Posted by: Andrew | March 27, 2006 at 05:28 PM
Not only was Dori intellectually defeated by a 16 year-old girl , it was hard to keep a straight face as he attempted to deliver a fatherly lecture to her in a voice that was more high-pitched and adolescent then her 16 year-old boyfriend. hahahaahaa
Posted by: Tommy008 | March 27, 2006 at 08:39 PM
I think an apology by Dori Monson is in order for his Tuesday show. In fact listeners should demand it.
I am troubled that the families of dead young people are going to bed tonight hearing his ugly voice repeat over and over that it was the choices they made that caused their deaths.
You are a bastard.
Dori, YOU WILL BE FIRED!
Posted by: The Anti KIRO | March 27, 2006 at 08:47 PM
antikiro, you crack me up.
Posted by: lukobe | March 27, 2006 at 09:04 PM
I have this ability to see into the future. It comes to me in sudden flashes of "second sight" which bring me to my knees in front of the computer. Today I saw a vision of certain things one year from today. Dori Monson had been fired from KIRO after a Blatherwatch campaign to show him the door led by the AntiKiro, and was working as a "greeter" at Smart and Final. Lou Pate was still living in Seattle, thus proving what a phony he is, but his lifestyle had undergone "reduced circumstances", as they say, due to his chronic underewmployment. He was living in with the Mexicans and crackheads down in South Park in a small clapboard house with bars on the windows and doors. His girlfriend had left him. Mike Webb had stubbornly refused to listen to the pleas of his attorney to take a pleabargain deal and was promptly found guilty. He was seving a three year sentence and sharing a cell up in Monroe with Big JoeBob "Bubba" Rodman, 387 pounds of "true Tecas Republican patriotism", who had big American flag pics and and a framed photo of President Bush on the walls of their cozy home.
Posted by: Tommy008 | March 27, 2006 at 11:49 PM
Dreams do come true...
Posted by: The Anti KIRO | March 27, 2006 at 11:58 PM