Thursday, March 31, 2011

April Fools are broadcasting in more places than this, and you should know!

Tune in to the Hard Work Hour Friday morning at 9:30 am PDT.

On today's show:

Also on today's show:
1) Local News
2) Other people's News
3) No Gas Day
4) the Literary Minute this week will be a continuation of The War Prayer, by Mark Twain
5) We will take listener calls and do whatever the hell we want to with them!

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1) Local News
  • Animal Behavior. The SF Weekly and the SF Bay Guardian both go "sans biped" on their covers in lieu of cute animals. The Weekly a traditional sort of adopt-and-hug-an-animal kind of bit and the SFBG with Feral Cat adopters in the cross hairs. Both good reads, I am sure. I kind of like feral cats. I adopted one in Long Beach for a time, until I got busted by my wife...
  • "Circumcision is not mutilation!" say the majority of our callers/texters. Several letters to The Weekly have forwarded various and conflicting urgencies from the horde, including: 1)"Don't we have more important stuff to work on?" and, 2) everybody else. Could be that this could be it for this 'cause maybe there ISN'T support out in the community. Watch and see...

2) Other people's News
  • International News : War, Chaos, Destruction, Misery, Suffering...

3) No Gas Day 

4) the Literary Minute this week will be a continuation of The War Prayer, by Mark Twain

TYSM for reading and listening. I hope you had fun. Now, GBTW!

SF Weekly

SFBG - San Francisco Bay Guardian

"The War Prayer" read with good intentions, but without any permission at all from Mark Twain, his heirs, or publishers.

Also used without permission, the intro music is "Wheels," by CAKE off of their album "Pressure Chief."


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Friday, March 25, 2011


Thanks for joining us on the Hard Work Hour with Douglas Douglas.This week: Forgiveness and Forgetfullness"We will talk about JapanLibyaChevronKUSFLocal NewsOther News, and this week only, The Literary HOURJoin us won't you?DD
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

HWH w DD - Special Ed Static Edition

Notes and links from Hard Work Hour with Douglas Douglas
Special Ed Static Edition
3/23/2011

Thanks for joining us on the radio show and here on the blog. Here is some stuff that I mentioned on the show this week:

1) Dieu To
2) ABC is stupid
3) Sonic Youth wins over Linkin Park
4) LA marathon
5) War, disease, chaos, etc.
6) War Prayer

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1) Dieu To - see Kevin and Bean, KROQ 106.7 fm Los Angeles radio show
2) ABC stupid is. Sick make much sun sicker. This morning GMA ran a piece about how the sun makes skin cancer. News? Maybe they yanked it. I couldn’t find a link to it on their site. Tough to find anything there except royal wedding and Dead Liz.
3) Sonic Youth is better than Linkin Park. Duh. Took me a while, though. I have two painful concert memories next to a thousand shining lights of joy and wonder.

To anyone who will listen: Go to as much LIVE MUSIC as you can manage.

Painful concert memory #1
Long Beach Arena 1979
Headliner : Black Sabbath

Great show.

Ozzy was already getting fat, but he can SING. Could. Geezer nailed the bass line and Toni was EPIC as he burned through every riff with his own silent body language. His axe did all the talking. Bill Ward shredded throughout behind a wall of kettles, cymbals, and unidentifiable drum paraphernalia. He was the show. We got there early and the stage was empty except for his rig, which was so alien and fantastic it barely registered as a drum set. We were freaking twitching waiting for the band to play.

One problem.  The warm-up act was sad. Four NYC freaks in leather and shades cowered in front of Ward’s drum cathedral singing “Gabba Gabba Hey!” and holding, like Teamster protest signs and shit.

So we got rid of them. Me and about a thousand people in the crowd yelled and threw shit until they left.

And that was the only time I got to see The Ramones.

Pain #2
Got in to see Pearl Jam a couple of years ago in Hollywood at the Fonda.

Perfectish.

Eddie was mellow and strong, drinking red wine from the bottle and punctuating the songs with passionate political speeches. Some celebrity players, Steve Jones, Tim Robbins, et al, did their bit and Chris and the then current guys held it all together. That little space just tornadoed for about six freaking hours. (Or so I heard. I am married. I was home by eleven. In Long Beach. Through traffic. “Honey, it’s THURSDAY! I have to get up!” And still she lives...) Anyway, the show -- what I saw of it -- was great. Only problem? Oh yeah, the warm-up band again.

I could swear these guys were the retarded friends of Eddie’s cousin. Just dragged along, like Tim Robbins onstage during PJ. What was that? Okay, okay, he can play a little. But come on! Did I come to see this? Save it for your friends, freak! Oh, say Tim, can I still get those passes for WTF? Thanks, man.

What? Oh, yeah. Warm-up band was discordant, random, full of feedback and static and chaos. My head ached. I closed my eyes and clicked my heels and they did leave. PJ took an hour to set up and with great relief I heard and saw that the sound was not a technical problem. It was by design. And I missed probably the only chance I will have to see Sonic Youth. Fuck me.

So I’ve got some penance. Linkin Park is about as close to my idea of a rock band as Antonio Villaraigosa is close to fixing LAUSD. Granted that Mike can sing, but so can a hundred waiters I worked with. There is more to it. And not just self-promotion, bullshit tattoos, and screaming fake pain inot the nearest mike, ‘cause the check looks good. To LP: Show passion. Make art. And to you guys: Send some love to a real band, and, oh, PAY FOR YOUR MUSIC, YA BASTARDS! How are these people supposed to eat?


4) LA marathon. Runners congratulate each other on first SWIM through the city.
5) War, disease, chaos...
6) “The War Prayer” by Mark Twain. Read without any permission at all because it is now in the public domain, ya bastards!

TYSM for reading and listening. I hope you had fun. Now, GBTW!


SF Weekly

SFBG

"The War Prayer" read with good intentions, but without any permission at all from Mark Twain, his heirs, or publishers.

Also used without permission, the intro music is "Wheels," by CAKE off of their album "Pressure Chief."

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Notes and links from BTR show 3/23/11 HWH w DD

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Friday, March 18, 2011

Fillmore Parade Show

Hi y'all! If you are calling in the the show this Friday morning, you will NOT be able to get through. Today's show is being broadcast remotely through space-age technology and our switchboard can not keep up with the signal. Post any comments on the blog and we will deal with them in an age and content appropriate manner in the very near future. Love and Peace Y'all!

Oh, yeah: "Down with circumcisions!"

Or, "Out with circumcisions!"

Or, maybe, "Put that thing back on my baby, you Jewish baby mutilator!"

Or, well listen to the show on archive and you will get a little more to fix what ails ya'.

Love and Peace and HOLD THE FORESKIN, PLEASE!

Friday, March 11, 2011

No show today! HWH w DD cancelled Friday, March 11, 2011

Okay, today's show was cancelled, sort of. This being a one-pony-production, it is a little tough to blame the production errors on the crew. But they -- I mean, me, did screw up and schedule the broadcast for 8:30 am PST. Must be a Daylight Wasting collateral damage item. Remote show from the road next week, so the next REAL SHOW will be March 25, 2011 9:30 am Pacific Daylight Time. Thanks for tuning in. Now get back to work! DD

Friday, March 4, 2011

60 + 50 = NOW!

Notes and links from Hard Work Hour with Douglas Douglas
"60+50=NOW!" show

Thanks for joining us on the radio show and here on the blog. Here is some stuff that I mentioned on the show this week:

1) Mad as Hell in Berkeley, "Who the Hell Thinks This is Egypt?"
2) Wisconsin protests follow-up
3) Shark Fin Soup
4) Immigration
5) Orchid Show - Fort Mason
6) Eye-robics
7) Adaptation

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1) Got a class you want to take? Try it here. How about TEACHING a class in your field? You don't have to know much. Just have an endless burning urge to learn and grow. That is your by right of birth. Pass it on, please! So many students today think that education has either one purpose ($$) or NO PURPOSE AT ALL. Help change this. Teach or take a class you care about. Your presence will infect others with your curiosity and brilliance.  UC Berkeley Extension. Oh, yeah, the protests: Berkeley protests. And more Berkeley protest links.

2)  Wisconsin, and some related information.  Please don't get me wrong. I am not criticizing ANYBODY for participating in their local government. Just the opposite. We need all of us to be a part of a lively, CIVIL debate/discussion of all the issues, including public employees and their jobs and pay, to get to a solution we can all live with.
 



5) Okay, okay, I can breathe now. Wow! That was tough. Couldn't catch my breath for laughing so hard: I actually showed up at Fort Mason after walking the 30 to 40 odd miles required.. I fight past the Wharf crowd and the "Look at that damn Bridge!" crowd and much, much more, only to get a hand on my elbow and a very tiny man asking, "Do you have your admission?" "Oh, there is a fee? No, sorry." I go to the table and they want $14. I laughed for the rest of the weekend. Probably saw a thousand people that DID pay. Orchid show at Fort Mason.


7) Adaptation, the film, IMDB Not only is this a very entertaining watch, especially if you like to peek behind the curtain of film-making and entertainment, but much more, too. Included with your low, low purchase price is a study of orchids and more intimately, an exploration of what it means -- both for plants and animals, to adapt. 

Especially cogent for us in this 21st century, Spike Jonze has made a kind of masterpiece here. I know, I know, there is a little bit of self-fascination involved here. Wouldn't it be nice if there were more good movies? And they didn't have to resort to telling stories about themselves and how cool they are, ala "Get Shorty." but Adaptation is cool. It shows a tortured writer who strives to adapt to a world that he does not understand. In the end, he has adventure, humiliation and revelation. He breaks his block and does, I think, evolve and thrive, driving off at last down Wilshire boulevard while the flowers grow and bloom and the days just keep on coming. Give it a try. If you don't like the first twenty minutes, though, you may want to watch Matrix again. 


"A Sandstone Farmhouse" read with good intentions, but without any permission at all from John Updike, his heirs, or publishers.

Also used without permission, the intro music, if it worked, is "Wheels," by CAKE off of their album "Pressure Chief"

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notes and links from BTR show 3/4/11 HWH w DD 60+50=NOW!

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