Philadelphia lost a legend last week. 93.3 WMMR mid-day show host Pierre Robert graced the airwaves for 40 years with humor, love, and soul. It says something when another radio station interrupts their broadcast to announce the news. From his catchphrase “Great day in the morning,“ to his coffee break marathon, usually preceded by a quote from My Fellow Americans, and his Thanksgiving tradition of playing “Alice's Restaurant,“ he will be missed.
pickIt helped that while reading this book, I had Alexei's voice in my head, from deranged apoplexy to soft thoughtfulness. He's humorous, but as with much comedy adapted from standup routines, it's infinitely better hearing it being performed, so I again recommend checking out his radio show 📻🤣
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"Here, I'll tell you what I hate - Fascism! I can't stand it, me, I think it's really, really terrible. I do. I think it's bang out of order. That's just me, though. You might like it, you might think it's OK. Indeed, you might be a fan of radical authoritarian nationalism but I think you'd be wrong."
[Said in a loud, thick Scouse accent, softening to a matey tone, one eyebrow raised ?]
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"John Maynard Keynes said, "When the facts change, I change my opinion." But when you're in a cult, when the facts change, you change the facts! To the end of her life my mother would never admit that there was anything wrong with the Soviet Union. The most she would admit was, "Mistakes were made." But as she used to say, "You can't make an omelette without murdering forty million people.""
I love Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar radio show. There isn't much Marxist comedy on the BBC (or anywhere else, probably!), so where else am I going to get ideologically sound laughs? ✊🏻🚩😂
Most of all, he's funny, and if you need some dark, absurdist humour in your life, I encourage you to listen to Alexei:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b084bmn9?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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Well, this book has boats. It was my first Elizabeth Hay and I remember liking it a lot…as I have liked all the other books I have read since.
pickGood book about the BBC in the 1920s and the start of radio. Also a bit of an espionage book but I enjoyed learning about early BBC and the radio the most. To think the radio was scary for some is interesting to think about when looking at the technology we have today. This book had more dialog in it than I'm used to - but it suited the book well. Seems like it is slow moving but the years are passing by in the story. Overall I enjoyed the book.
We were supposed to be doing a Lilo and Stich movie night but our youngest decided she wasn't in the mood for a movie. So now our eldest and dad are watching one of the Jurassic Park movies, our youngest is playing with her paw patrol toys in her room and I get to sneak in some backyard reading with this book! Hoping I get to learn a bit about the history of BBC and the radio.
My #Roll100 books for April. 🎲 24 and 🎲 36 are pending library holds. 🎲 16 is probably going to be purchased since it‘s not at any library branches or libby.
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