Here's what I know about it: bupkus.
Anyone know anything?
IT appears to me that Marshall changed his domain hosting. That means it might be back soon. Or it might not be. The domain wasn't set to expire until next year, so I don't think it's a claim jumper. This is just speculation.
Philosophy Talk, the radio show that questions everything except your intelligence, visits KSCL 91.3 FM and Centenary College this weekend.
Saturday, Stanford philosophers Ken Taylor and John Perry will tape a show from 5:00 to 6:30 pm in Anderson Auditorium on the Centenary College campus. They'll be exploring the concept of work with their guest, Al Gini.
Why work? Some argue that work is an unfortunate necessity; others that our jobs add to our lives. Work can make us into better people, teaching discipline, creativity, resourcefulness and other good habits. Some jobs might be degrading, but some kind of meaningful work is necessary for a meaningful life. Do Americans work too much? Do we identify too strongly with work at the expense of family, friends and health? What role should work play in a well-lived life?
Sunday at noon, Taylor and Perry broadcast from the KSCL studios. Beforehand, they'll discuss philosophy, their effort to bring philosophy to the airwaves, and their take on work.
KSCL airs Philosophy Talk at 10:00 am Wednesdays and Sundays.
Missed an episode? You can listen to past shows here.
It’s fundraising time at Red River Radio. Here’s my two cents.
First, they’ve made their goal the lowest I’ve seen in years: $200,000. And they’re still not meeting it.
Let’s do the math. With $200,000 to be raised over a pledge drive of 14 days, Red River Radio needs to get $14,285.71 in donations each day. After nine days, they had only raised $114,210, according to their website. That’s $12,690 a day. At that rate, and barring any large donations being held back for a contrived big finish, Red River Radio’s drive will end with around $177,660, about $22,340 short.
The past several pledge drives have also fallen short -- distressing news for the network which is undergoing digital modernization yet still needs massive infrastructure redevelopment. They need lots of money and they aren’t getting it.
What’s the cause? Simply put, people don’t listen as much as they once did and the general focus is shifting from reliance on public donations to corporate contributions.
Consider these quotes from publications by David Giovannoni’s Audience Research Analysis organization:
Reinvigorating Public Radio’s Public Service & Public Support: INTERIM REPORT 1 APPROACH.
Americans are listening less to public radio today than two years ago. Not coincidentally, their financial support of our industry shows signs of softening.
Reinvigorating Public Radio’s Public Service & Public Support: INTERIM REPORT 6 LOSING OUR GRIP.
Public radio is losing its grip on its own listeners.
Stations that generate almost half of all public radio listening have lost loyalty in the last year. MORNING EDITION, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, and other programs generating 80 percent of all listening have lost their forward momentum or fallen back.
It doesn’t matter whether public radio has gotten weaker or commercial radio has gotten stronger. Either way, our listeners are listening less to us and more to them.
Reinvigorating Public Radio’s Public Service & Public Support: INTERIM REPORT 4 AN HISTORIC LOSS OF MOMENTUM.
After a 30 year run of virtually uninterrupted audience growth, public radio is no longer increasing its reach into American society or claiming larger shares of radio listening.
It’s not lost listening that portends ill for public radio. It’s the loss of upward momentum – the absence of growth on which we have traditionally relied – that threatens to ripple through our public service economy.
Public radio’s revenues have grown in lockstep with its audience for decades. Station managers could budget on the assumption of financial growth because their assumptions of audience growth typically proved true.
We can no longer assume we’ll have more resources tomorrow than we have today. At many stations, listener-sensitive revenues are poised to level or even decline; the projected gap between expectation and reality will approach or exceed the size of their Community Service Grants.
What’s the solution?
Red River Radio needs to change it’s programming to both increase ratings and boost audience loyalty. The program director should carefully analyze Arbitron data. Programs that perform well in similar markets should air here, replacing poorly performing ones here. That might mean grinding the sacred cows of opera, classical, Hearts Of Space and other programs into hamburger, but the network should find the courage to do it.
Christmas is the traditional time for “format change.” That gives them about two months to complete the analysis and make the changes, and it’s plenty of time. Bumped programming could go onto the digital channels.
Increasing productivity from the sales side would also help, but I can’t knowledgeably comment on how to do that. I do know about ratings and programming, though; I studied it for my degree and professionally.
Finally, I still think LSUS should pony up a sizable sum to rebuild the network. I’ve written about it before, so I won’t go over it again here. Dr. Vincent Marsala should personally champion the network in the legislature to secure increased funding, something he seems loathe to do.
Here’s an excerpt from email Dr. Marsala sent me:
“ ... we have been concerned about the needs of the radio station and for the past two years have included a radio station project in our capital outlay plans. However, it is unlikely that the state will fund such a project without substantial contributions from the public, if at all. Regardless, the project will stay on our capital outlay plan.”
As I said, the network needs a champion in the legislature to get that capital outlay funding. It might take a while, but trying is better than doing nothing.
Hello again, modern mangoes.
Friday is upon us! Time for another edition of ROCK FIGHT! from 6 to 8 on KSCL 91.3 FM.
Revolutionary exuberance awaits with tracks by M.I.A. and Actitud Maria Marta, along with a new song from Alec Holland’s latest project, Yamones. Who would have thought the boy who hates everything had a love song in him? Plenty of other chills and spills, too, so check it out!
Here’s the playlist:
Song Artist ------------------------------------------------------------- La Base Milagrosa Actitud Maria Marta Love Your Shotgun Be Your Own Pet Luno Bloc Party Dum Dum Butthole Surfers Televised Calla Let The Cool Goddess Rust Away Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! Smoke It The Dandy Warhols Sex Me Up Datarock Everything's Goin' On Dead Meadow Wrong Time Capsule Deerhoof No Christmas For John Quays The Fall Pioneer To The Falls Interpol Fortune Of Fame The Jacobites The Sky Is A Landfill Jeff Buckley Bamboo Banga M.I.A. Lake Of Fire Meat Puppets Shield Your Eyes.... Melt-Banana Stranded In The Jungle The New York Dolls Mystereality OMD Life & Illusion Phaser Down With Moonlight The Rakes I Can't Make It On Time The Ramones Twist Barbie Shonen Knife Angst In My Pants Sparks Nubile Days Swan Lake Into Everything Télépopmusik I Was A Lover TV On The Radio Drive My Car Two Gallants Wide Boys Ultravox Promise Violent Femmes We've Been Had The Walkmen Motto Motto Motto! Yamones
Hello again!
Another fantastic Friday it is, so time for ROCK FIGHT! on KSCL 91.3 FM tonight from 6 to 8. Tune in for all the thrills and spills of stunt radio!
Here’s the score:
Song Artist --------------------------------------------------------------------- In The Flat Field Bauhaus Manipulation The Black Angels Dr. Strangeluv Blonde Redhead Picture This Blondie Astral Calla Sleep Over It Controller.Controller Fa-Fa-Fa Datarock Twin Killers Deerhoof Idealistic Digitalism Lexicon Devil The Germs We Need More Power Geza X Rest My Chemistry Interpol Communist China Japan Time To Get Away LCD Soundsystem Lucky Number Lene Lovich Hussel (Feat. Afrikan Boy) M.I.A. Roosey Goosey Made Out Of Babies Cat Brain Land Melt-Banana Sell Or Be Sold Minutemen Mental Hopscotch Missing Persons Spider's Web Mission Of Burma Hanging On The Telephone The Nerves Little Girls Oingo Boingo Electricity Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Broken Boy Soldier The Raconteurs 1 Hour 1/2 Ago Rain Parade Terror! The Rakes Reggie The Sounds No Fun The Stooges 300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues The White Stripes
There’s an article in The Times today about Roy Gerritsen’s outcome: “Man avoids solicitation of minor conviction, pleads to lesser charge.”
Check out some of the comments:
- “How in the hell can you people live with yourself knowing that you let him plead to a lesser charge. I hope and pray if he ever does it again, it isn't my kid because someone will answer for this.”
- “Wow the LA Justice system let a perv walk free!”
- “This is terrible. Why let the pervert get off with a slap on the wrist? Let's send the illegals in our jails back to their own countries and make room in our prisons for some of our homegrown scum...”
- “Just what makes this perv so special that he faces reduced charges and does not have to register as a sex offender. He won't change but you can bet he will be much more careful in the future.”
I’m glad I’m not alone in thinking he was let off too easy.
Gerritsen Gets Slap On Wrist
Roy Geritsen didn't get off entirely free in court today, but he's not been punished much.
Roy, the former GM of Red River Radio, was arrested last October in a sting operation accusing him of soliciting sex from a juvenile over the Internet. He faced charges of computer-aided solicitation of a minor and attempted carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Bossier City police said Gerritsen arranged to meet who he thought was a 14-year-old girl for sex but who was actually a police officer posing as the girl. He was arrested when he arrived at a pre-determined location in Bossier City.
In court today, Gerritsen's computer-aided solicitation of a minor charge was lessened to criminal mischief, according to clerks. He pleaded guilty to that and was ordered to pay $1,000 plus court costs or to serve 30 days. The attempted carnal knowledge charge was dropped.
Gerritsen will not have to register as a sex offender, and he dodged the bullet of two years in jail. He is also now free to move out of the state.
Setting aside my dislike of the man, as a parent of a 14-year-old daughter, I am very disappointed in this outcome. Children today, my daughter included, rely on the internet for a variety of needs -- academic, social and personal. They deserve better protection from predators. I think a stiffer sentence was in order.
Since the cases did not go to trial, it will be problematic trying to get the chat transcripts. I'll see what I can do.
Hello again, inner space pioneers!
Friday starts a long Labor Day weekend. Kick it off right with ROCK FIGHT! tonight from 6 to 8 on KSCL 91.3 FM!
M.I.A. has a fantastic new album out called “Kala.” It’s even better than her first, “Arular.” Diplo still does some of the production, but Timbaland also shares that role. The result is awesome, and we’ll hear three (!) tracks from it.
There’s also two tracks from Interpol’s latest, “Our Love To Admire.” They’re my two current favorites, “Pioneer To The Falls” and “The Scale.”
Plenty of other great jams, too. Check it:
Song Artist ---------------------------------------------------------- Wicked Gil Band Of Horses Hotwax Beck Young Men Dead The Black Angels Harmony In My Head Buzzcocks Scream Team Deerhoof Hit It And Quit It Funkadelic We Need More Power Geza X Standing By The Sea Husker Du Pioneer To The Falls Interpol The Scale Interpol North American Scum LCD Soundsystem Birdflu M.I.A. Boyz M.I.A. Paper Planes M.I.A. Out Of The Tunnel MX 80 Public Image Public Image Ltd. The Tourist Radiohead Gone West Rain Parade T Bone The Rakes I Want To Be Sedated Shonen Knife Wild Life Shonen Knife Hallowed Be Thy Name Sonic Youth Tips For Teens Sparks Pulled Up Talking Heads Dirtywhirl Tv On The Radio I Can't Stand It The Velvet Underground No Guilt The Waitresses The Rat The Walkmen White Girl X
Hello again, scholastic prairie schooners!
Friday at freakin’ last. Tune in ROCK FIGHT! on KSCL 91.3 fm from 6 to 8 this evening!
A tool once asked about me, “Does he play anything that anybody who knows most everything about music, ever heard of??”
Err, yeah!
Sometimes I feel guilty about playing something someone has heard of, but not this week. It’s all hand-picked, fresh from the Zen garden. Check it:
Song Artist --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rock Lobster The B-52's Because The Bird And The Bee Luno Bloc Party Spring And By Summer Fall Blonde Redhead Everybody's Happy Nowadays Buzzcocks Shake Break Bounce The Chemical Brothers Watch Controller.Controller Drive My Car Cristina Sex Me Up Datarock Everything's Goin' On Dead Meadow Go Home, Get Down Death From Above 1979 Punch Buggy Valves Deerhoof Wiggly World Devo Almost Forgot Myself Doves Stars Are Stars Echo & The Bunnymen Epitaph For A Head The Fuzztones Re-Hash Gorillaz Get Down Groove Armada Homewrecker Hellogoodbye PDA Interpol Rio Seco Juana Molina Texas Machine And The Synergetic Nuts Lost Meat Puppets The Stone Age OMD Astronomy Domine Pink Floyd Susan's Strange The Psychedelic Furs Where I End And You Begin Radiohead Strasbourg The Rakes Nothing Means Nothing Anymore River City Tanlines X-French Tee Shirt Shudder To Think Who Is It? Talking Heads Two Days Short Tomorrow Two Gallants 36-24-36 Violent Femmes Don't Lose Your Temper XTC A Day Xymox
Hello again, plastic pantomime people!
Friday at last ... Time for another ROCK FIGHT! on KSCL 91.3 fm, offical radio station of House Slytehrin. Tune in from 6 to 8 this evening for carefully chosen material from all living generations.
Here’s some of what I’ll be playing alongside plenty of new material, Top 30 fun hits and other crazy crap:
Song Artist ----------------------------------------------------------------- Wake Up Arcade Fire St. Vitus Dance Bauhaus Bog Be Your Own Pet I Don't Know Big Audio Dynamite II Like Eating Glass Ladytron Zapatista Mix Bloc Party Hanging On The Telephone Blondie Strangler Calla Disco Blackout Controller.Controller Bikini Girls With Machine Guns The Cramps 08 Is That All There Is? (Long Version)* Cristina Cold War Death From Above 1979 Scream Team Deerhoof Queen Of Languages Destroyer Some Cities Doves Panda Dungen Cinderella The Fuzztones Watch The Tapes LCD Soundsystem Punker Plus Le Tigre Split Myself In Two Meat Puppets Radio Waves OMD Tattooed Love Boys Pretenders How To Disappear Completely Radiohead This Job Is Killing Me The Walkmen
Hi again, fevered Harry Potter purchasers!
Friday again .... time for ROCK FIGHT on KSCL 91.3 fm. Tune in from 6 to 8 tonight for some great music.
It’s a big mix this week with twofers from Elvis Costello, a cloying band called Lucky Soul, Schleuss’ favorite Of Montreal and Swedish rock tarts The Sounds. There’s also some classic punk and all the new and top 30 you can shake a stick at. Be there!
Here’s the shooting match:
Song Artist ----------------------------------------------------------------- Cake The B-52's Needles In The Camel's Eye Brian Eno Mexican Caravan Butthole Surfers Sort It Out The Caesars Free Cat Power Police & Thieves The Clash Garlands Cocteau Twins Sleep Over It Controller.Controller Neat Neat Neat The Damned Heroes David Bowie Suburban Home Descendents Definitely Clean Dream Syndicate Crocodiles Echo & The Bunnymen Watching The Detectives Elvis Costello Pump It Up Elvis Costello Rebellious Jukebox The Fall She's Like Heroin To Me The Gun Club Lips Are Unhappy Lucky Soul Baby I'm Broke Lucky Soul The Glory Of Man The Minutemen Loosen This Job No Age Disconnect The Dots Of Montreal Forecast Fascist Future Of Montreal My Iron Lung Radiohead T Bone The Rakes Rock 'n Roll The Sounds Reggie The Sounds I Want To Help You Ann The Lyres Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone Walkmen Glittering Girl The Who Can't Cheat Karma Zounds
Afterwards, this is the show to see:
A.J. LOWRING (Shreveport by way of Coushatta)
NATIVES OF THE NEW DAWN (Detroit, Michigan)
ASTRONAUTALIS (Jacksonville, Florida)
At Big D's BBQ (101 Common Street downtown)
FRIDAY, July 20th
8pm
$5.
Astronautalis and Natives of The New Dawn are both veterans of Warped Tour (Natives is on it this year), and Astronautalis played SXSW
www.myspace.com/astronautalis
www.myspace.com/nativesofthenewdawn
www.myspace.com/ajlowringmusic
Still grinding along slowly in Roy Gerritsen’s sex crimes case.
The conference scheduled for July 17 was rescheduled for August 10. His trial date is a month later on September 10.
Roy, the former GM of Red River Radio, was arrested last October in a sting operation accusing him of soliciting sex from a juvenile over the Internet. He faces charges of computer-aided solicitation of a minor and attempted carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Bossier City police said Gerritsen arranged to meet who he thought was a 14-year-old girl for sex but who was actually a police officer posing as the girl. He was arrested when he arrived at a pre-determined location in Bossier City.
Gerritsen’s docket numbers are C149466, attempted carnal knowledge of a juvenile, and C149467, computer aided solicitation of a minor. If convicted, he faces a maximum 15-year sentence and $12,500 fine, according to reports.
Friday is here again and that means it’s time for another ROCK FIGHT! on KSCL 91.3 FM. Tune in tonight from 6 to 8 for lots of great tunes from four decades.
Highlights include a track from the forthcoming The New Pornographers album, one of Kurt Cobain’s favorite Meat Puppets songs, an insane manifesto from Squarepusher, Danny Elfman’s first “hit,” and the Kroger corporate anthem, “Lost In The Supermarket,” by The Clash.
Here’s the whole enchilada:
Song Artist ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Human Wreck (Radio Edit) Adult Because The Bird And The Bee A Sure Shot Calla Is This Love? Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! Lost In The Supermarket The Clash Computer Camp Love Datarock It's No Game (Part 1) David Bowie Megan & Magill Decibully Watercolours Into The Ocean Destroyer Snowden Doves Your Gold Dress Dukes Of Stratosphear Down In The Park Gary Numan & Tubeway Army Chinese Rocks Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers International Dateline Ladytron Watch The Tapes LCD Soundsystem The Faire Folk Lightning Bolt Green Eyed Devil Melt-Banana Dirty Knife Neko Case Go Places The New Pornographers Only A Lad Oingo Boingo Red Frame-White Light Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Let Down Radiohead Suzy Is A Headbanger Ramones Angst In My Pants Sparks Fat Controller Squarepusher Warning Sign Talking Heads Wolf Like Me TV On The Radio Sleepwalk Ultravox Poison Plant USA Is A Monster Wardance Killing Joke Lake Of Fire Meat Puppets Ana Ng They Might Be Giants What Goes On The Velvet Underground Gone Daddy Gone Violent Femmes
Achtung, das Lookenpeepers!
Time for another ROCK FIGHT! on KSCL 91.3 fm. Be sure to tune in tonight from 6 to 8.
This week, there’s a track from the new New Pornographers album written by Dan Bejar - “Myriad Harbour.” And some other stuff ...
Well, here’s the score:
Song Artist --------------------------------------------------------------------- Simplesmente (Tom Middleton Remix) Bebel Gilberto Better Off Alone The Black Angels Price Of Gasoline Automato Remix Bloc Party Ever Fallen In Love The Buzzcocks Battle Scars (Feat. Willy Mason) The Chemical Brothers Anaesthesia The Church Heavy Metal Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! Fa-Fa-Fa Datarock Siriustar Deerhoof Anything New Digitalism Jugband Blues Eden My Moon My Man Feist Decent Days And Nights The Futureheads Lightsonic Groove Armada Boy From School Hot Chip Something I Learned Today Husker Du Say Hello To The Angels Interpol North American Scum LCD Soundsystem Roadrunner The Modern Lovers Song Against Sex Neutral Milk Hotel Myriad Harbour The New Pornographers A Peculiar Noise Called "Train Director" The Olivia Tremor Control Down With Moonlight The Rakes Suspect Device Stiff Little Fingers Seen And Not Seen Talking Heads Nursery Rhyme Breather U.N.K.L.E. Little Cream Soda The White Stripes
A new study is out from the Center for American Progress called “The Structural Imbalance Of Political Talk Radio.” It’s a quantitative analysis of conservative and progressive viewpoints on political talk radio programming in the United States.
And it’s bleak if you are a progressive.
First, though, here’s some background form the report:
“Despite the dramatic expansion of viewing and listening options for consumers today, traditional radio remains one of the most widely used media formats in America. Arbitron, the national radio ratings company, reports that more than 90 percent of Americans ages 12 or older listen to radio each week, ‘a higher penetration than television, magazines, newspapers, or the Internet....’ Among radio formats, the combined news/talk format (which includes news/talk/information and talk/personality) leads all others in terms of the total number of stations per format and trails only country music in terms of national audience share. Through more than 1,700 stations across the nation, the combined news/talk format is estimated to reach more than 50 million listeners each week.”
That’s the raw size of the issue, and then there’s these frightening conclusions:
As with everything else, Shreveport is worse. The study references KEEL and KRMD. It found that KEEL airs 11 hours of conservative talk radio every day with 0 hours of “progressive” programming. KRMD airs 7 hours of conservative programming balanced by 0 progressive hours. So, all told, Shreveport talk radio listeners get 18 hours of conservative opinions per day balanced by nothing.
It seems to me that this is a chance for public radio to bridge the gap locally. Both Red River Radio and KSCL could easily provide such progressive programming as Democracy Now!, Counterspin, or selections from Air America hosts. As well, the Public Radio Exchange is a treasure trove of progressive content.
Balancing the ubiquitous and often violent, hate-filled conservative diatribe served daily here with progressive viewpoints would be a great public service. And isn’t that what all radio, but especially public radio, should be about?
The wheels of justice move slowly.
Roy Gerritsen’s sex crimes trials have been moved to July 17, 2007, at 9:00 in Bossier Parish District Court.
Roy, the former GM of Red River Radio, was arrested last October in a sting operation accusing him of soliciting sex from a juvenile over the Internet. He faces charges of computer-aided solicitation of a minor and attempted carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Bossier City police said Gerritsen arranged to meet who he thought was a 14-year-old girl for sex but who was actually a police officer posing as the girl. He was arrested when he arrived at a pre-determined location in Bossier City.
Gerritsen’s docket numbers are C149466, attempted carnal knowledge of a juvenile, and C149467, computer aided solicitation of a minor. If convicted, he faces a maximum 15-year sentence and $12,500 fine, according to reports.
Heres a good chance to help workers achieve humane working conditions.
Event: Justice at Smithfield Paula Deen Informational Demonstration Date: Saturday, June 2, 2007 Where: CenturyTel Center in Bossier City, LA Time: Meet at 2:30 p.m.
Celebrity chef Paula Deen appears at CenturyTel Center Saturday with a show to promote her books, cooking show and other financial interests.
Deen endorses Smithfield Foods. She said she partnered with Smithfield because “it shared my family values and traditions.”
The truth about Smithfield is a little different.
Smithfield Foods is the largest pork producer and processor in the world, the fourth largest turkey processor and the fifth largest beef processor in the U.S. It is headquartered in the town of Smithfield, VA, but its operations stretch across the United States, Mexico, and much of Europe.
In the early 1990s, Smithfield opened its 975,000 square-foot pork slaughter plant in the town of Tar Heel, in Bladen County, North Carolina. This facility is now the single largest pork processing plant in the world.
Smithfield treats its Tar Heel plant workers worse than dogs.
They are forced to work under harsh circumstances. Fast line speeds, inadequate training, and improper safety procedures in the plant all lead to a dangerous workplace. As workers try to stand up to Smithfield and organize a union to fight for basic rights and dignities on the job, they are met with brutal force and harassment at the hands of Smithfield.
Smithfield has even been cited by Human Rights Watch for violating international human rights standards. Smithfield Packing has created an environment of intimidation, racial tension, and sometimes violence for workers who want a voice on the job.
But workers are fighting back.
When Deen comes to town, the UFCW, the union that represents many Smithfield workers, will be there, too.
UFCW organizer Nazey Gulech is here working with my union, SEIU Local 100, other unions and local religious and community organizations to organize an informational demonstration in front of CenturyTel the day of the show. We'll hand out flyers and hold up signs telling Deens fans the truth about the company she supports so whole-heartedly.
A worker from the Tar Heel plant will also be on hand to share her story. She and another person will enter the event and seek to ask Deen to accept a letter from the plants workers. The letter asks her to withdraw her endorsement of Smithfield.
Youll be able to hear Nazey on KSCL 91.3 at around 6:30 p.m. Shes also speaking at 7:00 Thursday evening at the West Edge Artists Co-Op. She may be featured on Red River Radio during Morning Edition Friday. And theres an article about the campaign in this week’s Shreveport Sun.
We need warm bodies at CenturyTel! It will be a peaceful event that supports justice for the workers at the Spring Heel plant. Please attend.
At the very least, dont buy products from the Tar Heel plant. Products from the Smithfield Tar Heel plant are coded 18079. Bacon is usually 79-C.
Here are some websites for more in-depth information:
A few of you may have noticed that Monday one of Shreveport-Bossier’s most controversial blogs, The Marshall Fannin Blog, disappeared. Since then, traffic to this blog has more than doubled due to people searching on the term “Marshall Fannin.”
Before the blog went down, Marshall had posted that there would be a “major announcement” on the site at noon Monday. This also came after some really juicy posts about the state’s Democrat and Republican parties.
I e-mailed Marshall asking what was up, and he at first told me he wanted to bring it back, but then said that he wasn't gonna do it. So it goes.
