I haven't blogged in a few days, because I've been working on a post that I just can't get right. A lot of things have been happening in the news and I have said little. The Passion of Christ is not so controversial now that it's making hundreds of millions. I still haven't seen it. Who wants to fight the first weekend crowds? Or the second weekend crowds? or the third. . . okay this excuse will eventually wear thin.
I've been reading everyday that Howard Stern is calling for Bush's ouster because 6 clear channel stations bumped him off. It's just the kind of gimmick he needed to get some press attention again. Stern is a pretty talented guy, but he's spawned so many half-ass copycats that he may be drowning in them. The Stern station in Orlando has more than one Stern copycat show and I can’t listen to either one. What is more annoying than listening to 5 people share a single microphone?
It wasn't long ago that Stern was blasting Jay Leno for stealing stuttering John. Stuttering John has come and gone from the Stern show in the past, but now that someone as big as Leno wants him, Howard makes a stink. Blasting Leno didn’t get much attention, so this indecency angle became his hobby horse. He's taking this indecency bill and trying to make it about himself. Congress is really worried about the parents that wrote to complain about Janet Jackson. Stern needs to separate himself from the pack again. Or he may just be bored with doing the show. The attention will either give him a crusade and something new to do on the show or he’ll get to go out as a martyr.
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