Had a bit of a layoff there. Sorry about that.
Actually, I'm not that sorry.
So what am I listening to? What am I paying attention to? What am I concerned about?
All excellent questions. Proof that Bell Business readers are a cut above the rest.
Musically, I'm listening to Jay Reatard. Nice with the rock and the hoy de hoy. Love it.
I also just rediscovered Skylarking. It's been a dismal rainy day today, so the album seems a little extra perfect. Is this my my favorite XTC record? Another excellent question!!! Kudos!!!
(BTW, LAME website, XTC)
I've also recently discovered The Best Show on WFMU, starring Tom Scharpling (pictured) and Jon Wurster. They're both very funny. Scharpling handles the meat of the show, while Wurster calls in as a different (or recurring) character each week. They've got a few albums of bits available on their website. I bought them on iTunes a couple weeks ago to listen to on vacation. Pretty GD funny.
Anyway, that show might be going away soon. Scharpling got a dead fish delivered to his studio during the last show and it freaked him out. It wouldn't be a big shock if he called it quits. He's been threatening to for quite some time for various reasons anyway.
Also, I should say that the episode with the dead fish doesn't surprise me in the least, and I think that most of his listeners assumed it was just part of the show. Almost every character that Wurster does threatens to kill Scharpling in some horrific way. It's not surprising that some regular caller trying to develop his own character (this guy called himself Captain Jack, and he was such a regular that he was mentioned in The Best Show's theme song) would go to such lengths for what he considered a joke.
That said, obviously what the guy did is not cool, and Scharpling is certainly right to be alarmed by it. Personally, I would call the cops, but that's just me.
It would be a shame if The Best Show were to go away, but it certainly wouldn't be a surprise. At any rate, we'll find out tonight at 8pm ET. You can listen live on the web at WFMU.
Finally, what am I concerned about? I am concerned that Rex Grossman had three fumbles, an interception, and a sack against the Colts Monday night. And that's playing like half a game. Ugh.
Go Bears.
Oh, one more thing. Major kudos to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) for calling Cheney on his bullshit yesterday. I happened to catch part of this on TV and it was great. Choice nugget:
Incidentally, in the administration’s response today, they claimed the Office of the Vice President is not part of the Executive Office of the President. So it’s some kind of fourth branch of government.
Well, that’s wrong. Both the United States Code says it is part of the president — oh, incidentally, at least this morning, as I left Vermont, I checked the White House Web site. And even their own Web site, this morning, at least, says that the Executive Office — that the vice president is part of the Executive Office of the President.
Think Progress has a good chunk of transcript as well as video here. Good stuff. Well worth the couple minutes it'll take you to read through/watch it. I just hope he follows through on it.
Anyway, go Bears.
UPDATE: Great news. Scharpling is back on the air, with pretty much no mention that anything happened last week. It certainly doesn't sound like he has any intention of giving up the show any time soon. Nice.
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