RIP Rush.
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wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 18:55 last edited by
@jon-nyc
Let’s just start with Social Media
7700 likes within the hour. I won’t even bother with the comments.On the NPR story on Facebook there are over 20,000 Likes,
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. Nice.https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10160346320476756&id=10643211755&anchor_composer=false
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wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 19:02 last edited by
The best the NYT could find was a 25-year-old picture of fat Rush:
HuffPo
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Who’s going to search the internet for examples of the other tribe celebrating and post them here, so we all know how bad the other tribe is?
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wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 19:26 last edited by
A man I've never met (or, to be honest, listened to), dies.
Lots of people I've never met get very excited.
Lots of other people I've never met get very angry about the people I've never met getting very excited.
My dog needs walking. I think I might do that. It's a bit chilly out, but it's quite sunny.
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wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 19:33 last edited by
The best the NYT could find was a 25-year-old picture of fat Rush:
I think that's doing him a kindness. Those photos were taken before he became such a polarizing nutter.
...and no, I don't think that's out of line to say. His passing doesn't make me a terrible person for believing he had a lot more professional integrity earlier on in his career.
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wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 19:35 last edited by
1993 was the first time I ever heard of Rush. He actually opened my eyes a bit as he pointed out all of the clips of Clinton campaign claims against Bush, and then how Clinton actually contradicted his own campaign claims during his inauguration. He played the clips and proved it beyond a doubt. While I never cared for his persona, he did get me to start paying more attention to the lies and hypocrisy on the left.
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wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 19:45 last edited by
I've never understood Talk Radio.
Maybe you have to grow up here to really appreciate it, like the NFL and American Cheese Product and Mocha Frappuccino , and concord grapes.
I've come to the conclusion that I'm never going to fit in here.
Pass the Marmite, somebody!
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wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 19:47 last edited by
Talk Radio is podcasts. What's not to understand?
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wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 19:50 last edited by
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wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 19:51 last edited by
And there's a lot more to podcasts than Talk Radio, as Rush, and Howie Carr and what-not do.
I like radio where they talk to you, not at you.
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wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 20:19 last edited by jon-nyc
Who's going to pick up the mantle?
I first listened to him in maybe 88 or 89. He had just gone national I believe, or at least regional (carried on WLS).
At the time he had some qualifier he would use to say he was the biggest name in [qualfier] radio. I don't know if it was 'conservative', or 'political'. But it wasn't 'talk'.
Because, he pointed out with awe, the biggest name in talk radio was Bruce Williams of TalkNet. He said it as if matching him was beyond his ambitions.
Yet within a few years he was bigger than Williams ever was and now few of us even remember Williams.
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I've never understood Talk Radio.
Maybe you have to grow up here to really appreciate it, like the NFL and American Cheese Product and Mocha Frappuccino , and concord grapes.
I've come to the conclusion that I'm never going to fit in here.
Pass the Marmite, somebody!
wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 20:23 last edited by jon-nyc@doctor-phibes said in RIP Rush.:
I've never understood Talk Radio.
If you spent a lot of time in a car, or in the cab of a forklift, or some other job where you had some attention to spare it was a godsend. Most people can only listen to so much music programming on radio all day.
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@doctor-phibes said in RIP Rush.:
I've never understood Talk Radio.
If you spent a lot of time in a car, or in the cab of a forklift, or some other job where you had some attention to spare it was a godsend. Most people can only listen to so much music programming on radio all day.
wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 20:26 last edited by Doctor Phibes@doctor-phibes said in RIP Rush.:
I've never understood Talk Radio.
If you spent a lot of time in a car, or in the cab of a forklift, or some other job where you had spare attention it was a godsend. Most people can only listen to so much music programming on radio all day.
I grew up with BBC Radio 4. There's panel programs, comedy, discussion, news, plays, all kinds of stuff, and no music. I'd have it on in the background almost all day if I was by myself, and it's wonderful if you're driving. It's one of the things I really miss about the UK. I know, I can stream it now, but I don't seem to ever do it for some reason.
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wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 20:39 last edited by
...and who can forget The BBC Shipping Forecast. It's got it all - suspense, sailors, a vague smell of fish, occasionally moderate!
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Who's going to pick up the mantle?
I first listened to him in maybe 88 or 89. He had just gone national I believe, or at least regional (carried on WLS).
At the time he had some qualifier he would use to say he was the biggest name in [qualfier] radio. I don't know if it was 'conservative', or 'political'. But it wasn't 'talk'.
Because, he pointed out with awe, the biggest name in talk radio was Bruce Williams of TalkNet. He said it as if matching him was beyond his ambitions.
Yet within a few years he was bigger than Williams ever was and now few of us even remember Williams.
wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 20:49 last edited byWho's going to pick up the mantle?
I first listened to him in maybe 88 or 89. He had just gone national I believe, or at least regional (carried on WLS).
At the time he had some qualifier he would use to say he was the biggest name in [qualfier] radio. I don't know if it was 'conservative', or 'political'. But it wasn't 'talk'.
Because, he pointed out with awe, the biggest name in talk radio was Bruce Williams of TalkNet. He said it as if matching him was beyond his ambitions.
Yet within a few years he was bigger than Williams ever was and now few of us even remember Williams.
I remember fondly Bruce Williams.
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...and who can forget The BBC Shipping Forecast. It's got it all - suspense, sailors, a vague smell of fish, occasionally moderate!
Link to videowrote on 17 Feb 2021, 20:52 last edited by@doctor-phibes said in RIP Rush.:
...and who can forget The BBC Shipping Forecast. It's got it all - suspense, sailors, a vague smell of fish, occasionally moderate!
Link to video
I prefer Question Time, honestly. It's like SNL but with more improv talent.
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Who's going to pick up the mantle?
I first listened to him in maybe 88 or 89. He had just gone national I believe, or at least regional (carried on WLS).
At the time he had some qualifier he would use to say he was the biggest name in [qualfier] radio. I don't know if it was 'conservative', or 'political'. But it wasn't 'talk'.
Because, he pointed out with awe, the biggest name in talk radio was Bruce Williams of TalkNet. He said it as if matching him was beyond his ambitions.
Yet within a few years he was bigger than Williams ever was and now few of us even remember Williams.
I remember fondly Bruce Williams.
wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 20:56 last edited byI remember fondly Bruce Williams.
I do too. I used to laugh at some of the business ideas people would call in with.
One guy called in and wanted to start a fax service. If you needed to send a fax, instead of sending it to the final destination you'd just send it to him - via fax - along with the destination fax number and he would refax the fax there for you. Keep in mind this was back when plain-paper faxes were still a rarity. So this would all have been down with those paper rolls.
I thought Bruce was kind for not skewering this guy.
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Who's going to pick up the mantle?
I first listened to him in maybe 88 or 89. He had just gone national I believe, or at least regional (carried on WLS).
At the time he had some qualifier he would use to say he was the biggest name in [qualfier] radio. I don't know if it was 'conservative', or 'political'. But it wasn't 'talk'.
Because, he pointed out with awe, the biggest name in talk radio was Bruce Williams of TalkNet. He said it as if matching him was beyond his ambitions.
Yet within a few years he was bigger than Williams ever was and now few of us even remember Williams.
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Because, he pointed out with awe, the biggest name in talk radio was Bruce Williams of TalkNet. He said it as if matching him was beyond his ambitions.
Oh, and when Rush said this he did a great imitation of Bruce saying "I'm Bruce Williams [pause], and this is TalkNet."
What was the common phrase callers would use, "generally"? Bruce hated that. It was some word that indicated they weren't being specific. Bruce called them out over it every time.
