ANOTHER GREAT SHOW WITH DOC! (and coming up...)

Oh my god... What a show last night! The Doctor was his usual crazy, genius, hilarious, genuine, humble and awesome self, with his spirits noticeably lifted by the Parallox remix of "Spirit in the Sky" having reached number 3 on Masspool this past week.  I want to thank everyone who tuned in - all 5+ MILLION of you! This was the fourth straight show featuring either a full interview with him, or a "Cooking with the Doc" segment that drew over five million listeners worldwide. And SPEAKING of worldwide...

The list of countries, provinces and territories that those four of Doc's shows have been collectively picked up by has now grown to 81 and includes: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Catalonia, Chile, China, Chuvashia, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Eritrea, Estonia, the Faroe Islands, Fiji, France, Germany, Guam, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ingria, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Java, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tajikistan, Telangana, Thailand, Turkey, Tuvalu, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, and Whales!

So THANK YOU again, Doc, Barbara, and our regulars, especially John Carroll, Leanne Hunt, Amanada Morse, Henry Peters, San Remo and Suzane Watts who kept the chat room so lively!

COMING UP, we've got some great shows planned...

This Tuesday (11/27) we've got veteran comic book writer and artist Stan Yan, in anticipation of the released of his first children's book, There's a Zombie in the Basement.

Then on November 3rd, we're hosting Jeremy Owen, creator of Bludgeon, and co-founder of Burly Press. (So be sure to tell all of your Bear Friends!)

On the 7th, a truly amazing event: ADE SPEAKS!!! I will be joined by percussionist extraordinaire, Ade Hill of Doctor and the Medics. He's FAMOUS as a man of few words, so a lot of folks are looking forward to his first ever on-air interview!

And finally, for now, on the 10th, I have the pleasure of hosting another phenomenal artist, Jensington Umicorms Hickman. In the meantime, you can check out her work over on Umicorms.com.

We'll be in re-run on the 31st of October and the 14th of November, and I'm not yet sure what will be airing on those two nights. But I'll make an announcement as soon as I find out!

Also, don't forget to support IMHO and Rainbow Radio on Patreon!

ANOTHER TRIP TO FLAT IRON!

If you're friends with me on Facebook, you may have already heard, but I was called out of town all last week on business at the last minute.  And I got suckered into staying in a town with patchy hotel wifi (at best,) no 4G and no Cell Service. (Not USABLE anyway: <1 and="" bar="" i="">roaming
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But I DID manage to get up to the Flat Iron again.  You might remember that I posted about this grueling hike back in February. (With a follow-up.)  Anyway, here are some pics I took this time around:

BTW... in that picture on the right, I'm lying down.  Those mountains in the background aren't behind me, they're below me!

 Also, I'm finally able to give some updates from the show!

Julie Rei Goldstein's and Ian Ford's shows are now posted in the Radio Page, and Dan Wee's show will be by night's end.

And, coming up this Saturday, we'll be welcoming back Barbara Sobel, and introducing the first of what we hope to be a regular (at least once weekly) segment, COOKING WITH THE DOC, featuring culinary and/or comedic brilliance from The Doctor, of Doctor and the Medics, Rock icon Clive Jackson! Brilliant segment. Be sure not to miss it!

THANK YOU DOCTOR!

I want to give a huge THANK YOU to the Reverend Doctor Clive Jackson for giving us such a great show tonight. It was a HUGE success that hit over FIVE MILLION listeners before the primary server STOPPED COUNTING.

 The stream went out to over 37 countries, with folks tuning in from Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Chuvashia, Ecuador, Eritrea, Fiji, France, Guam, Honduras, Iceland, India, Ingria, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Morocco, New Guinea, Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tuvalu, Ukraine, The United Kingdom, The United States and Venezuela. If I missed anyone, please forgive me and thanks so much for tuning in! 

And the show is now up on the Radio Page for everyone how missed it!

Two articles that explain everything that is wrong with the world

They're short, funny and well-written. And they're 100%, dead-on-balls accurate.  99% of everything that is wrong with the world is beautifully exemplified in these two articles:

4 Ways Oprah Screwed The World (Nobody Ever Calls Her On)

5 Reasons Conspiracy Theories Are Destroying the World

READ THEM.

 

Best Lewis Black clip EVER!

Holy fucking cow, did Conchobhar send me something amazing. (Sit through the part about Apple Juice, it is SO worth it! Behold:

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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And for the record? I supprt 100%, everything he said following the Apple Juice bit, including his commments on Nancy Grace, Chaz Bono and MMFA 2011 Misinformer of the Year on LGBT Issue Docter Keith Ablow!
Great stuff, Lewis.
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Now, I also wrote a bit about Chaz Bono a few months back.  It was posted for about five minutes and I took it down. At the time, after re-reading it, I was afraid that it might come off as either misogynistic or homo- or transphobic.  But... I THINK, with all of the other pieces on Gay Rights and Women's equality that I've penned lately, and in the context sharing Black's AMAZING Daily Show clip above, that I can post it now without fear of it being misinterpreted.
(And yes, that last statement obvioulsy excludes William.) ;)
So, here is my quickly deleted post, unedited, from the night of 10/4/11:

Dancing with the Stars (Yeah, I know)

Yeah, you read that right.

I just came from the gym, where I spent one hour on an elliptical, held hostage by the person two machines down from me who watched Dancing With the Stars while she worked out, finished just ten minutes into my workout, but left the TV on when she left. Yeah... That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it!

ANYWAY about the time I noticed it was on, the Star in next couple up was Chaz Bono. And I'm thinking... Yeah, now there's an interesting story. Maybe I'll watch this. Why not.

Let me say two things, unequivocally:

First: I fully support, 100%, any decisions that Chaz and for that matter any of the transgendered make with regards to how they decide to live their lives. I would gladly watch a million people to make what I, or anyone else, might consider a huge mistake than to ever stand in the way of even a single person's pursuit of happiness. And I will never be able to wrap my head around the philosophy of people who don't think that way.

That being said...?

I'm pretty sure my second point will at least pass (D+) the test of political correctness: Chaz Bono dances like exactly what he is: A very fat, very out of shape, fairly uncoordinateded white man. And it with no irony, or lack of self awareness that I say that I'm not even sure that standing around, walking a little bit and occasionally giving the pixie that's spinning circles around you a push, even qualifies as dancing. It is also with full awareness of exactly why I was at the gym in the first place that I say that a fat man should never, under any circumstances, wear a tuxedo without a cummerbund.

The only one with a more ill-fitting ensemble was Nancy Grace. Now I don't approve of those who go out of there way to attack women on the basis of their appearance. And, hey: She's on the plus side of fifty, and I only hope I look that good when I get there. On the other hand, as she is on the *ahem* plus side, she might have picked something other than a skin-tight dress that showed every single bulge and crevice in high-def. Yeah, that's a cheap shot, but it's NANCY GRACE so... Yeah, like I care. Also, there's just something funny about two people prancing around with their arms in the air when one of them constantly looks like she's smelling armpit.

And yeah, I realize that the cheap shots about Grace are beneath me. (Or should be, anyway.) But it is not about merely being fat, or a woman having the gall to age. After all, Rikki Lake is just as fat at 43, but she at least had the sense to pick a dress with some flowing fabric around it. You know: Something that actually looked good on her?! Oh... and she's was pretty much one of the few "stars" who could actually DANCE.

Now... God willing, I shall never mention Dancing With the Stars, nor Rikki Lake, in this blog EVER AGAIN.