How anyone can dispute the science of climate change baffles me. It’s fodder for stand-up comics (Can we trust temperatures taken 150 years ago?? Back then they were using leeches to cure disease!) and hard right-wingers who believe that if it wasn’t in the Bible, it doesn’t exist. Oh, unless it’s something convenient like a microwave or Tinder app. …
Lobster Will Flounder Read More »
I hope you’ll add to this list. Some of these things are a little “inside” but some are recognizable to radio listeners who have no knowledge of what goes on behind the scenes. …
Broadcasting Pet Peeves Read More »
I’ve said it before. Language evolves. It usually evolves because mistakes get accepted.  But there are two standouts right now that really bug me. And so I randt! …
Brandt’s Randt – It’s About Words Read More »
What a world we’re living in.  Teenage girls by the hundreds are gathering in online groups to support Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in an attempt to get him freed. (Good luck with that, kids.)  As The New York Post reports, the Free Jahar (his nickname) movement includes writing the slogan on their flesh with magic marker and one particularly smitten kid opting for a tattoo. …
Girls, Guns and Gimmicks Read More »
Wow I’m disappointed by the online reaction to a 19-year-old man who went to police after enduring what he says is a sexual assault by 4 women. Â …
Random Thoughts and Observances Read More »
Two days after Saudi Arabia granted women the right to vote in municipal elections, a woman was sentenced to 10 lashes for driving a car. …
Astounding Behaviors Read More »
Most radio stations, TV stations and newspapers subcribe to a news service called CP, Canadian Press, formerly known as BN or Broadcast News. …
Grammatical Sheep Read More »
We have a launch date! Now we know when Free-FM will hit the air. …
The Week That Was, June 18 Read More »
When Jeff Conaway’s family took him off life support we learned the real reason he was dying. It wasn’t a drug overdose after all. …
Bits and Pieces From the Week that Was Read More »
The Western Fair in London starts today. I remember my stints on location at the Western Fair when I worked here in London back in the 80’s. Every radio station had someone live on location at the Fair. It’s not like that anymore. …
Random Thoughts and News Items Read More »