98.5 KOME – Fan Blog

Even though I am not in the Bay Area right now, I am still kind of steamed at Clear Channels lack of brain power , letting Laurie Roberts go was really not a great move on their part.

Here is the link for the Facebook Group in support of Laurie Roberts and also check out my FB badge in the sidebar if you want to connect!

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This is from San Jose Mercury News tonight ~

Pizarro: KFOX’s Laurie Roberts among Clear Channel’s cuts

By Sal Pizarro

Mercury News
Posted: 01/21/2009 04:22:57 PM PST

The award of the week for bonehead moves has to go to Clear Channel Communications for laying off Laurie Roberts, the midday disc jockey and program director for classic rock station KUFX-FM (98.5).

Roberts has been a fixture on South Bay radio for 30 years — but you couldn’t tell from her youthful appearance. She built followings at landmark rock stations KOME and KSJO before giving KFOX (as the station is more commonly known) instant credibility when she moved there in 1995.

“I was pretty much surprised,” said Roberts, who also was key in getting KFOX involved with local charities and community events. “It happened to a lot of good people. I was really fortunate to have the great run that I did.”

To read the rest of Sal’s piece, please use the link in the post title.

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Way to go Clear Channel, instead of trying the approach of letting the greats you DO have give you the best they are , you decide to cut. Your loss is all I can say!

Laurie, I hope with all my heart that some Rock Station in the Bay Area knows how awesome you are as a DJ and snaps you up pronto. Laurie Roberts has always been one of my favorite DJ’s not only because she is super nice ( she helped me with a shout out to my fellow Jericho Rangers for the DVD for the Troops effort we had last year) but she has a mind just chock full of Rock History- she knows all!

I agree with Sal, bone head move but sadly it is not the first one Clear Channel has pulled. I give thanks to Sal for letting the fans know what has occurred. What do you the fans of Laurie and Greg and the others let go feel about this?

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So today we greeted a New President, Barack Obama. I have been alive now for 10 Presidents. I pride myself on being a history nut, but today truly was the first time I had ever sat down and really participated, watched an Inauguration of a US President.

My kids and I watched together, from 7 am up to President Obama’s Swearing in. We learned a few surprising things, the major one being this is no fad, people have truly passed over a line into being grown up Americans. I hope all who read here know of my utter and absolute support of my Troops, my sons serve and I will always support my Troops no matter what. It has been up until today been them that I have turned to to really see what it means to be an American. Today I had over 2 million people to look to to see real Americans and I can not be prouder of you all.

I just have this feeling that we are on the verge of the greatest moment in American History and I am so happy to be a tiny part of this all.

One of the things I love most about the President is his willingness to be completely open and available to the American People, his twitter accounts are still open and he has a twitter now for the White House! When you go the White House Web Site this is what greets you on the Contact Us page ~

President Obama is committed to creating the most open and accessible administration in American history. To send questions, comments, concerns, or well-wishes to the President or his staff, please use the form below:
I encourage each of you who have not yet visited the revamped website to do so, this is your place to go and keep abreast of all that is happening with your government, use it!

It has been said that when God closes one door, he always opens another, today he did open a door. It is up to US to walk through that door. See ya on the other side fellow Americans!

and so, a little John Cougar Mellancamp ~

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iDbyLandau.com has some really nice uniforms for so many different areas of business. One of the worst things I faced as a young worker in the Service Industry was the god awful uniforms, the smocks from hell as I called them. Today employees in the Service Industry have so many more choices and the employers who are smart realize that when the employee does not feel like a link in a same old same old chain they get a more productive employee.

At iDbyLandau, business uniforms are now more fashionable and come in an astoudning array of choices in style and colors. So if your the owner of a Hotel you can go to iDbyLandau and find really nice hotel uniforms for your employees that not only fit your Hotels visual style and pleases the customers they will also come at a reasonable price and are of quality workmanship.

Why would you ask your employees to wear the smocks of yore when you can give them a way to be individual all while still representing your company in a great way. Check out the uniform polo shirt, these are not the run of the mill polyester smocks that is for sure! No matter what Uniform you are in need of , iDbyLandau.com has what you need. They carry quality uniforms at affordable prices, with a wide range of styles.

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Here are the Inductees as posted on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Website ~

The performer inductees are:
Jeff Beck – Official Website
Little Anthony & the Imperials –
Metallica – Official Website
Run-D.M.C. - Official Website
Bobby Womack – Wiki

Early Influence Category Inductee:
Wanda Jackson

Sidemen Category:
Bill Black
DJ Fontana
Spooner Oldham

You can read the Press Release here.

People Get Ready ~ Jeff Beck

I would place a my favorite Metallica Videos here, but well…. they are not so full of sharing with the fans except from the Official Web Site so here is that link. I will tell you as far as I am concerned, the most influential Metallica Album IMHO is the Black Album and the most thought provoking songs from that album are Nothing Else Matters, The Unforgiven, and Sad but True. You can not listen to Sad But True and not have it go deep inside. Nothing Else Matters was to me, a totally romantic song. This album came along at a time in my life when I was just starting to think of matters that were not about ‘me’, about things that were about the how I was connecting to others who were in my life. Yeah, I love that album. ** I still think that they burned their fans not allowing the videos to be placed on websites, I mean that is the whole point of being a band, connecting to your fans right? What ever**.

Glad to see Run DMC on it as Inductees for sure, they were a valuable part of our musical heritage! I would go on abit more about the lack of material for use by website and blog owners but, I don’t want to make the Music Nazis mad at me. So for now, we the fans will just have to be willing to go to the official websites, hopefully these bands and music companies will see that we are far more valuable to them as PR then they realize.

To see the Induction ceremony make a note that it will be televised on Fuse and also avaliable on the Fuse website on April 4th 2009!

And to close for the evening ~ Paint it Black from the Stones

rock on

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In today’s economy with so many people either out of work or taking hour cuts on the job, buying new items such as furniture or appliances is not always possible. So what can you do if your Stove breaks down or if your just in need of new furniture and you just can not buy the items outright? Do you want to put it on your credit cards with rates as they are , I would say most people would say no to credit card purchase. So what if any are the alternatives to buying? Why not consider renting to own!
You may be asking what is rent to own.

If your in need of a new stove or Refrigerator, instead of buying them check out rent to own appliances. They are the same brands that you would buy in a large retail store, they are new and they even have the same protections as one bought at a store as far as warranty.

There are many different rent to own companiesand one of the best places to get all the information you want on rent to own is RTOHQ, the official website for the rent to own industry.

All I know is , I went into a rent to own business near where I live and they had the best furniture. I have been looking and looking for affordable living room suites and if I can rent what I really want instead of buying something I am not really happy with, I will be really happy.

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