Wednesday, August 24, 2022
CTV "twerps" get a good burn
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It's throwing the Baby Boomer out with the bath water. Yeah, I'm not done being mad yet.
-- Erin Davis
The longtime broadcast host speaks out on CTV anchor Lisa LaFlamme's dismissal, a media screw-up still bubbling in week two.
Davis--who faced ageism and sexism in her own career--tears a strip off the "twerps" who run Bell Media, CTV and much of Canadian media.
Twerps is a wonderful word.
Better than suits, bean-counters or assholes.
Erin has a deliciously brutal take above.
(5 mins)
--vlog tip via Al Mair
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Our shy celebrities
No photos!
Please!
Here's a buck for every
"very private person"
you read about.
--Anita Kunz / new yorker.com
Your click, their cash
Interesting axios chart today,
showing which tech biggies
made the most ad money
off us in 2021.
Alphabet is the rebranded
conglomerate corp that owns
Google, YouTube, Waze,
Fitbit, Nest, etc.
NEW TUNES: Slow Motion, Leo Ameudo trio
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Any fan of old Pat Metheny albums that feature vocalese above the guitar licks, may find Leonardo Ameudo's trio really satisfying.
Here, they riff their way through Leo's Slow Motion.
Ameudo, session fave of many Brazilian, European and U.S. musicians, is from Uruguay.
Monday, August 22, 2022
They killed Kenny
_You think I'd forget
the 25th anniversary of
South Park
first kicking thru TV screens?
Matt Stone and Trey Parker have
killed Kenny 126 times.
Nothing like Grand Theft Auto
Mark Zuckerberg in his Paris Metaverse.
Get your eight year-old
to draw yours.
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