Guys - Will Pitt will be on the radio with me tomorrow (Wednesday the 14th)!

[calimary]

Yay!

And that's not all!

He'll talk about some special coverage and other highlights, plus his take on this latest primary.

Then it'll be Dr. Ernest Partridge of The Crisis Papers - who I hope will sort out libertarianism for me once and for all especially since bob barr is in the race now, too!

We will close with Rod Bailey, the coordinator of www.thealgoresolution.com - as they expand their goals. Now it's not a brokered convention they're strategizing about. They also have one amazing and comprehensive list of super delegates AND their contact info. For the lobbying project of your choice! :evilgrin: It does appear that some of them will still need some persuasion.

2pm, PACIFIC TIME (5pm Eastern) Wednesday the 14th.

90.7 FM Los Angeles & 98.7 FM Santa Barbara

Listen Live! www.kpfk.org

Wish me luck - please and thank you!

[Ian David]

1. You guys rock! n/t

[calimary]

2. Well, Will Pitt certainly does!

I've been reading his stuff for a long time and truly enjoying the whole lot.

GREAT writer.

A whole bunch of 'em will be my treats tomorrow. I'm so glad to be able to talk to them!

[bleever]

65. Alerting.

As a DUer, putting yourself down violates the rules.

:)

Congrats!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

3. Super Cool, Mary!

:-)

[calimary]

4. Thank you!

I'm nervous.

But I'm playing my kid's song as theme/bumper music - if you tune in, perhaps you'll hear a few notes!

www.myspace.com/acidicband

:D

[calimary]

5. Kicking - just because.

:hi:

[David Zephyr]

6. Thanks for the heads up. I love KPFK and can't wait to hear you and William on the radio!

Yes!

[calimary]

13. Thanks!

I'm starting to get nervous.

Should be taking a wee nap at the moment. Can't - too keyed up.

[democracy1st]

7. kick

[calimary]

17. Thumbs way up!

[Rhiannon12866]

8. K&R! Very cool! Thanks for the link! I'll tune in...

And the best of luck to you both! :hi:

[calimary]

22. Thanks! I'm very excited to talk to him.

Always wanted to. AND Dr. Partridge and Rod Bailey, too.

Some good info to be had!

[Rhiannon12866]

46. Your show is great and I'm grateful to have discovered it!

And you have some great guests, but of course we all thought that Will was the best, LOL. We were bemoaning the demise of real progressive talk on Air America, but today we had you and Will, and your terrific show, Randi Rhodes back on XM, and Edwards' endorsement of Obama! Quite a wealth of riches! I'm bookmarking this thread, so we can become regular listeners! :hi:

[calimary]

49. Thank you! My next one is sometime in July. They're about to take a rawther large

break in regular programming for a fund-raising drive for three weeks.

When Brad "Bradblog" Friedman returns, I believe I'm the following week. The rotation's about every five weeks for each host, give or take a fund-raising drive.

If I dare be so obnoxious, I'll post a promo again when my turn comes around on the guitar.

THANK YOU so much for listening and for being so supportive. It was a rawther high day, wasn't it?

[Rhiannon12866]

66. It sure was, my friend, and thank you! I'll be looking for your post.

You can even PM me, so I don't miss it! It was a pretty good day for us, all around, and your show was a highlight. The timing was good, as well, LOL. We've had too many bad days, that we deserve one like this... And we'll be looking forward to your next show... We need more like you on the airwaves...:hi:

[DemReadingDU]

9. morning kick

[calimary]

23. Early afternoon kick!

Yikes - time's getting close...

[H2O Man]

10. Great!

Have fun!

[calimary]

24. Yeah, I just hope I get the cues down okay.

It's been a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG time since I've helmed one of these things by myself. No in-studio guests, everybody's coming in on the phone.

[myrna minx]

11. K&R Mary.

Wonderful. :kick:

[calimary]

25. Cheers, myrna!

:hi:

[myrna minx]

32. Afternoon kick for the show.

:kick:

[chknltl]

12. Thanks for the link

I'll be able to stream you live now. Normally I'd be listening to Ed Shultz on my local AM 1090 at that time...he'll just have to go on without me for a bit. Too cool!
KnR

[calimary]

14. Wow - I appreciate that!

This is about my speed (at least at the moment) - once every five weeks or so.

Good to know you'll be there!

:hi: :yourock:

[Rhiannon12866]

18. I'll be there, too, and kicking this thread!

We usually have Randi on at this hour (3-6 EDT) and Ed Schultz at noon. But hearing the both of you is a special event, way too good to miss! Best of luck and we'll be listening!:hi:

[helderheid]

15. K&R

[calimary]

26. Yay!

Thank you!

I did wind up taking a short nap, and DAMN if I didn't have the infamous "DJ's nightmare" - the one everybody on the radio has had at one time or another - the record's running out, you have nothing to say, maybe you're stuck in the bathroom down the hall when you're supposed to be in place in the studio, or you're locked out, and there's nothing to read, no announcements or spots to plug in, and you can't think of a thing to do about it...

Only THIS one involved the talk show structure. OY! Surprised I slept all the way through that one...

[BlooInBloo]

16. Oy - I thought you were LynchLady when I saw the title. Phew!

:rofl:

[calimary]

21. Uh, no, but sometimes I have been the LunchLady...

:D

[BlooInBloo]

44. Well that's a very different thing. I love lunch!

[Kukesa]

19. Big Kick for Mary and Will! n/t

[calimary]

27. Big Hug for Kukesa!

:hug:

[Tace]

20. Good Luck!

I'll be listening. Cheers

[calimary]

28. Excellent!

I'm glad you'll be there!

:yourock:

[phrigndumass]

29. Countdown to Broadcast, just over two hours away

I'll be listening :)

[calimary]

48. };>

Hugs!

[chknltl]

30. Kicking for listening to calimary and Will Pitt live soon!

Don't look here, calimary gave us a LISTEN LIVE link: www.kpfk.org go ahead, put the link to good use!

[mmonk]

31. Sounds great. Good luck with it.

[calimary]

69. Everyone who wished me luck - I sure do appreciate it.

It helped!

:hug: :yourock: :pals: :headbang:

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[chknltl]

36. Nicely played!

:thumbsup:

[SeattleGirl]

34. I'll be tuning in!

:hi:

[calimary]

70. I'm glad you were there!

VERY important to me! Gave me confidence.

[chknltl]

35. Ready Set GO: calimary LIVE!!!

:woohoo:

[LSK]

37. hes on now - kick

[calimary]

71. And wasn't he terrific?

We could use a little more Will Pitt on the air, I think. He sure knows his stuff!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

38. KICK! ON NOW! TUNE IN!

[chknltl]

39. Wiki on Will Pitt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rivers_Pitt (posted as he gives the Big DU a shoutout on calimary's show)

[calimary]

54. Yes indeed!

That was very "Green Day Drummer" as we say around our house: Tres Cool.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

40. Mary & Will rox, like ... NOW.

90.7 FM Los Angeles & 98.7 FM Santa Barbara

Listen Live! www.kpfk.org

[calimary]

53. Thank you so so so so much!

I'm so happy that you heard it. That just makes me so happy!

:hug: to you and your pretty one!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

77. I thoroughly enjoyed it, you're a natural.

Was this the first of the series on KPFK?

[calimary]

78. No. It's been going on for a couple of months or so. This is my second time, more or less.

My first solo flight, but back on April 9th, I did my first one. The series producer, Alan Minsky, hosted the first half-hour - made it an interview of me, and then I took over for the second half-hour, and had two guests in studio - one an Obama fan and the other a Clinton supporter. Today was the first one by myself (with guests, but they were all on the phone).

DANG it was fun! It really feels like being shot out of a cannon! What an upper! I'm posting this one after 11pm, and I'm still firing on all cylinders. OY!!! Can't slow down. And I've gotta get up early in the morning...

I cannot tell you guys how grateful I am for your support, and the fact that you listened! Words fail. Hard to describe how much this means to me.

I love you guys!

:loveya:

[A-Schwarzenegger]

79. Please dont hesitate to push it here when youre on again

cuz I never saw anything about the first one.
Congrats again on a great job & enjoy the fun feelings!

[calimary]

82. Well, I'm of two minds on that. Conflicted.

Look, I don't want to go honking around here being obnoxious and all, beyond all the times when I tend to go honking around here being obnoxious and all. :P

I just don't want to be overly annoying. I mean, this is self-promotion and I'm not exactly out here with a brass band. But on the other hand, I dearly want the people I like to be there with me when I score somewhere. Imagine the cat that comes home from being out back all day, with a fat, dead rat in his mouth. A fresh kill. And the cat is bringing his trophy home to set it on your back doorstep. OY! I'm bringing you a rat! :D

[A-Schwarzenegger]

84. Hey, brang me them KPFK rats!

I wuz raised on KPFK. Eliot Mintz & Roy Something's Happening
& Alan Watts & Howard & Roz Larman etc. I understand the two
minds deal, but it would be a shame not to give as many folks as want
the chance to hear you on there. Just think of it as being
of service to others & let that humbleility go a li'l. Your
obvious joy at having the chance to do it & doing it is
contagious! Dig it & let us dig it with ya! It's simple.

[calimary]

88. Thank you for this. Deeply appreciated!

Just promise if I get too obnoxious, you'll let me know, okay?

:yourock:

[A-Schwarzenegger]

41. One more ...

:kick:

[calimary]

72. Many, many, many hugs!

:thumbsup: It made a huge difference to me. Thank you so much!

[chknltl]

42. WOW, Will Pitt on abortion and the republican party:

The republican party will never allow an overturning of Roe V Wade because it has been such a vote getter for the party. Thank You Will Pitt, quite the notion and I plan on using it in debates with republican supporters!

[calimary]

50. Pretty interesting, 'eh? I've heard that speculation before, but I choose not to

drop my guard. But it IS a huge recruiting and motivating tool for the Dark Siders. Will has a great point there. Besides, I've also read that groups of voters who stand with the GOP because of the anti-choice issue might otherwise start gravitating back to the Dems once that issue presumably would get "settled." As in - really no reason to stick around once that one's not an issue anymore. Evidently it's just about the only thing that's keeping them on the reservation.

[seaglass]

85. It's a vote getter for Dems too, keeps women in the fold n/t.

[chknltl]

43. BIGGER WOW: EDWARDS ENDORSEMENT!

and I heard it first from calimary as breaking news on her show!!!1! :grouphug:

[calimary]

51. That was stunning to see, typed across the monitor in studio -

YOWZA! "BREAKING NEWS"! "John Edwards Endorses Barack Obama."

I'm not supposed to be partisan - forgot and used "we" a few times earlier on before I realized it, but I couldn't help feeling pretty damned gleeful when I saw that.

VERY cool to be able to share THAT with you, too! A GREAT honor.


I love it - Edwards is speaking now - "not in OUR America (will all this awful shit and screwing the little guy continue)!" GREAT meme, GREAT mantra!

[Rhiannon12866]

45. Listened, too, and you both were great!

Thanks for letting us know!:applause:

[calimary]

52. Many thanks, Rhiannon!

MANY thanks!

Shit - listening to Edwards - getting the chills. What a high day!

[Rhiannon12866]

67. That was a pretty spine-tingling moment, and speech, by Edwards...

And you broke the story!:woohoo:

[calimary]

47. THANK YOU, Will Pitt, Ernie Partridge, and Rod Bailey! AND DU, too!

DANG!

And breaking news to boot! I wasn't sure of the protocol since it was so close to the top of the hour and the news lady was inbound. But what the hell - they said go ahead.

THRILLING!

Thank you guys! I felt the love and support, and I am grateful! It's like working without a net. I had almost no sleep last night and I feel like I could go for hours and hours.

It's a real high. Like being shot out of a cannon.

THANK you for being there for me and sharing it with me!!!

[Pastiche423]

55. That was you?

I was listening to Rod and "Mary", but did not know that was you.

You both did great!

[chknltl]

56. It was indeed our calimary!

We rub elboes with some pretty cool Americans here in the DU

[Pastiche423]

59. That we do!

[calimary]

57. Yep. And THE Rod Bailey, and THE Ernie Partridge of Crisis Papers, and THE Will Pitt

How could I lose?

How many here have had a chance to hear Will Pitt, as well as read him?

They wanted me to bring a taste of the blogosphere to this particular show. How could I fail? DU was the wellspring of all this for me. Couldn't have found ANY of these people without it. And that's how Rod Bailey and I hooked up in the first place - through DU. It pays to be here, lemme tellya!

[Pastiche423]

58. It's funny

As I was listening, I thought, who is this Mary? She's damn good! Did I hear correctly? Are you going to be in that spot every Wednesday at 2pm?

[JuniperLea]

60. Curses! I tried to listen...

But the office is in an uproar... no less than three clients in crisis and it's madness around here... cannot hear myself think.

Judging by the responses here, you did good!

[chknltl]

61. I will attest that calimary did great! nt

[JuniperLea]

62. Awesome!

How was our Will? Was he a pill? hahahaha

[chknltl]

63. Actually he was...well VERY informative.

I expected some snark but he did not deliver there. He MORE than made up for it with his wisdoms. He related to us a few details re: his recent one on one interview with Ron Paul. He gave me a new insight re: the Republican Party on Roe V Wade. He spoke a bit about the Obama campaign and he gave the BIG DU a few shameless shout-outs and much more! Calimary and Will Pitt live was quite the treat, it is too bad you missed it. Perhaps calimary will be kind enough to post a transcript... (hint-hint!-I repeat HINT-HINT!)

[JuniperLea]

64. That would be great!

I hope she does.

Good for our Will! Know thine enemy! So few see the need anymore... I think it's more important than ever. We need insights like that!

[calimary]

80. Here's a link:

http://www.kpfk.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2101&Itemid=134

[chknltl]

81. Was unsuccessful at navigating link to your show

I found the noon news and the 2pm show but not your show...sorry, either I just didn't know where to look OR it hasn't been posted to that page yet.

[calimary]

83. Should be there. I tried it out.

Go to the homepage:

http://www.kpfk.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

and then click on Audio Archives over on the left.

Then scroll down to KPFK Serials (show starts at 2:01pm), and hit Download.

I ended up here:

http://www.kpfk.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2101&Itemid=134

It starts with the live local anchor at the top of the hour, with the news. Then there's music, and I start after that.

Maybe the thing is that you always have to start from scratch. But when I did that, I reached it.

[calimary]

73. Will was a Thrill!

Hee hee!

[JuniperLea]

86. Dang!

You make me want to get back into radio! What fun that must have been.

[never cry wolf]

68. anyone have a direct link?

I am sure it was great..

[calimary]

75. Try this one:

http://www.kpfk.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2101&Itemid=134

It was at 2pm - well, might also be listed as 2:01pm - WEDNESDAY, May 14th.

I'm listening to the replay now! It starts with a live news update at the top of the hour, and then a little music and then me.

That's my kid's music on there!

BTW - I think you can post comments on there somewhere, too.

[helderheid]

87. Thanks - I missed it - gonna tune in now!

[Kool Kitty]

74. I came to this thread just in time to click on the link

and listen. Terrific, both you and Will! (Would have posted this sooner, but after the interview I had to make supper. I just wanted to let you know I listened and enjoyed it.)

[calimary]

76. I'm so glad!

I'm in pretty damned good company in this revolving-host show. Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com was last week's host, and did a super job. Thank you, Kool Kitty!!!

:D