If anyone had said to me, even a couple of months ago, that in July of 2017 the President of the United States would suddenly decree, apropos of nothing, and via Twitter no less! to “please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military” I’d have snorted like an outraged donkey.
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Roxanne Tellier – What’s That In Your Pants?
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Amnesty International, Big Think, Bob Segarini, Bruce McDonald, CHUM, civil rights, Coach House, Constitution, DBAWIS, Department of Defence, Funkadelic, G.I. Joe, Henry Rollins, Holy Book, homophobic, Jackie Shane, James 'Mad Dog" Mattis, LGBTQ, Little Richard, Los Angeles, Mar-a-Lago, Marion James, Mexico, Michael Rancic, Now Toronto, Numero Group, Peter Principle, POTUS, Roxanne Tellier, Sapphire Tavern, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, The Motley Crew, transgender, Viagra on August 6, 2017 by segariniFrank Gutch Jr: Before Radio Was Radio, It Was Television, Part Two… Plus Notes
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags American Graffiti, bill jackson, bobby gottesman, Charlie Gracie, Curtis Mayfield, Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ed Dougherty, EJD Enterprises, Frank Gutch Jr., Funkadelic, Gentleman Jim Hunter, Gregory Alan Isakov, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jimmy Bowen, KASH, KEED, KFJZ, KFLY, KGAL, KISN, KJR, KRKT, Little John & The Monks, Mark Stevens, Mike Marino, music, Pat O'Day, radio, Randy Robins, Real Don Steele, Records, Ruth Hazleton, segarini, Shannon Bourne, Sweet Home Oregon, T&R, The City Zu, The Dominions, The Kafka Band, The Live Five, The Roadrunners, The Shook Twins, THE TEMPTATIONS, The Two Tens, The Viceroys, Vika Bull, war, Wolfman Jack, Writer On the Storm, XERB on June 7, 2016 by segariniIf I hadn’t known rock radio was cool before I saw Gentleman Jim Hunter, drivetime disc jockey for KRKT Radio in Albany Oregon, lean out and wave to the crowd which had gathered beneath the huge T&R sign, I would have known it then. The sign was HUGE, the main section trucked in on a double-flatbed , and was the talk of the Willamette Valley as it was erected right next to Interstate 5, then a fairly new project itself.