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...That Warren should lend him a lectern has infuriated the pro-life activists and general hard-liners on the religious right. Conservative talk radio host Kevin McCullough wrote on his blog, "Why would Warren marry the moral equivalency of his pulpit - a sacred piece of honor in evangelical traditions - to the inhumane, sick and sinister evil that Obama has worked for as a legislator?" An open letter signed by Phyllis Schlafly, head of the conservative Eagle Forum, and 17 other less prominent figures, most from anti-abortion groups, contended "If Senator Obama cannot defend the most helpless citizens...
...only two short songs, it seems that the Turns will thus be shut out of consideration for prizes, which consist of 150 and 50-dollar gift certificates to Nitro Tone Musical Instruments in Cambridge.2:09 p.m.—The judges are Toby Johnson from Yale’s radio station WYCB, Thomas Pouncy of Harvard’s undergrad record label Veritas Records, and a representative from Nitro Tone, and they’re quick in their deliberation.Then, surprise of surprises, the dark-horse Sinister Turns end up with first prize! After Hours takes second, leaving the Bulldogs?...
...have a problem with gay marriage. So what does that make me?” “You’ll never hear me use terms like Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative. I don’t think most people who listen to FM radio care about that kind of stuff.” He is the voice of prejudice itself. “I want to make people feel comfortable with their prejudices…People don’t like to see where their parents and grandparents grew up looking like Tijuana. They feel uneasy about...
...mask makes pragmatic sense. People send him death threats. They key the car he rides in. And while public appearances aren’t necessary for a radio personality, they’re necessary for the Southern Avenger; they move him beyond radio and into the realm of mascot. In hiding his identity, the mask creates a new one. The spandex not only makes the Southern Avenger look like Spider-Man: it gives him some superhero invincibility...
Enfolding physics into the formative tale, Spitz writes, “Thanks to a confluence of geography and the cosmos, Radio Luxembourg...had a signal that by some miracle could sprint its semidirect way to the United Kingdom.” Three of the four future Beatles simultaneously listened by night to that station’s brand of American rhythm-and-blues, stricken from conservative British-owned radio stations...