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Today marks the seventh deathiversary of my previous news-related project, RVANews.

Good morning, RVA! It's 70 °F, and it looks rainy out there, y'all. You can continue to expect a chance of rain, on and off, for most of the day. Saturday and Sunday, though, look beautiful if rather hot. This weekend, enjoy some time outside, stay hydrated, and get some rest.Water coolerAs of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports the seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths as: 229, 31, and 9.1, respectively. VDH reports a seven-day average of 28.7 new cases in and around Richmond (Richmond: 7.3; Henrico: 5.9, and Chesterfield: 15.6). Since this pandemic began, 1,329 people have died in the Richmond region. 43.8%, 54.8%, and 51.1% of the population in Richmond, Henrico, and Chesterfield have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Here's this week's stacked chart of new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, and you can, finally, really, totally, see a drop off in COVID-19-related deaths across the state. These are truly low numbers that we haven't seen since last July. Now, with the power of a ton of folks being vaccinated, I'm hoping we'll see those number fall even lower and stay there.Speaking of the power of vaccines! I know that's a lot of numbers up there to throw at you before you've had a sufficient amount of coffee, but I do want to point out that both Henrico and Chesterfield now have more than 50% of their population with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Possibly related, or at least worth bringing up in that conversation, Sabrina Moreno at the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports on the low vaccine uptake among Black Richmonders who, at this point, make up the largest share of positive COVID-19 cases—75% of the city's cases from April to May. It's complicated stuff why a person may or may not choose to get vaccinated, and I encourage you to tap that link and read through some of the reasons.Whittney Evans at VPM scored an interview with Richmond Police's Chief Smith, which you should definitely read in its entirety. Actually, give the audio at the top of the page a listen so you can get a feel for the tone, which sounds a lot less defensive than the text reads. Evans asks if RPD has made any new policy changes since last summer's protests, to which Chief Smith responds: “A few…You're gonna have to give me a chance to go back and pull some of those. We changed the chemical munitions policy. The way chemical munitions are used and when they are used…You're asking very specific questions that you did not prepare me to go get—I would have to get the policy.” I have a lot of thoughts on that, both policywise and PRwise. Mostly about that latter though: The Chief is the face of the Police Department and one of the top four or five public figures in the entire City. Part of that job is being prepared, taking interviews, and building trust with the public. Again, please listen to the audio to get a feel for the Chief's tone—but that you need the audio to clarify these pretty bad quotes is not great. I'm thankful that VPM decided to include the audio (and RPD should be, too).The RTD's Michael Phillips reports that the Washington Football Team will bring its summer training camp back to Richmond, but with one big change: “the city will not be asked to make a $500,000 contribution to the team for its appearance. Instead, the team will rent out the Leigh Street facility for the week at a cost of $100,000.” Not having to pay the richest NFL team in the country, but having them pay us seems like the right order of things.Mike Platania reports in Richmond BizSense that Leek & Thistle will open down in the Bottom this weekend. This spot will sell mostly frozen to-go meals that you reheat at home, and it's another one of those pandemic-inspired changes that I'm interested to see if/how it sticks around. For whatever reason, maybe a year of not going to restaurants, but picking up a frozen meal seems way more appealing to me now than it did in 2019.This is an actual headline in the actual New York Times newspaper website: “U.S. Finds No Evidence of Alien Technology in Flying Objects, but Can't Rule It Out, Either.” OK.For anyone keeping track, Sunday is the five-year anniversary of me shutting down RVANews. It makes me sad to think about, but I love doing what I'm doing now. It is wild, though, to think that some readers of this newsletter have never even heard of RVANews!This morning's longreadOur Digital Pasts Weren't Supposed to Be Weaponized Like ThisI specifically remember having conversations a decade ago about how leaked nudes or embarrassing social media missteps wouldn't be a thing in the 2020s. How could they with whole generations of people growing up on the internet while documenting and sharing more and more of their lives publicly? Turns out, I was way, way wrong.Ms. Ball thought so too. She lost that long-ago Congressional race and is now a media commentator and the author of a book about the new political age. She said in a recent interview that she thought her so-called scandal would be a temporary blip before society adjusted and “that people would grow more accepting” of photos or problematic comments from the past. “It's the polar opposite,” she said. “It's more reactionary and judgmental than it's ever been.” Why haven't repeated calls to replace digital shaming with empathy and compassion resonated? Or at the very least, why hasn't a fear of mutually assured destruction set in?If you'd like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol' Patreon.Picture of the Day

Good morning, RVA! It’s 30 °F, and the snow’s gone. Highs today should creep back up nearly to 50 °F—and we might even see temperatures in the 60s later this week.Water coolerAs of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 3,817↗️ new positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealth and 8↗️ new deaths as a result of the virus. VDH reports 374↗️ new cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 99, Henrico: 149, and Richmond: 126). Since this pandemic began, 477 people have died in the Richmond region. For the first time ever, Virginia’s seven-day average of new reported cases has broken 3,000 (at 3,005). The seven-day average of new hospitalizations has been over 100 for the last three days, and the number of new deaths—which typically lags hospitalizations by a couple of weeks—has started to creep upwards. In fact, there are so many new cases, that VDH has had to start triaging their case investigation and contact tracing. Bizarrely, in that same news release, the state also announced that they’ll adopt new CDC guidance that gives folks a couple ways to shorten their quarantines should they get exposed to COVID-19. There’s a good table a ways down on the aforelinked page that’ll give you the “residual post-quarantine transmission risk (%) with and without diagnostic testing,” and will show you why the CDC thinks that the numbers work out for shorter quarantines. However, and this is a big however, VDH still recommends that the best option for most folks is to quarantine for a full 14 days: “The safest option is still to quarantine for 14 days after last exposure. Any quarantine shorter than 14 days balances reduced burden against a small possibility of spreading the virus.” Optically, it’s weird to pair this new guidance and a small possibility of spreading the virus with skyrocketing case counts, but, with basically no federal or state-level financial support for folks sent into quarantine, 14 days away from a job can be devastating. At the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Sabrina Moreno reports that the Governor may consider new restrictions this week.As foretold, the RPS School Board met last night and voted to “remain completely virtual for the second semester beginning on February 8, 2021.” I’m sure we’ll hear more from Superintendent Kamras in today’s RPS Direct email, but, until then, the RTD’s Kenya Hunter has the details from last night’s meeting. This whole thing is so utterly complex, I don’t really have a great take on what it all means right now. Given the terrifying pervious paragraph, planning for fully-virtual school this winter makes a lot of sense. Will that decision still make sense come April, when, theoretically, we’ve got a bunch of vaccine on the ground and jabbed into arms? How can you even know? Is it better to make a long-term plan now or do a whole semester of will-they-won’t-they? I have no idea, but we’re about to find out.City Council met last night and approved the Mayor’s appointment of Lincoln Saunders as the City’s new Chief Administrative Officer. Here’s the quote from the mayor: "I’m thankful that Richmond City Council has voted to consent to my appointment of Acting CAO Lincoln Saunders. He is familiar with the daily operations of the administration and trusted to lead the city by the members of the administrative team, both of which are vital in serving as Acting CAO. This decision will ensure the continuity of city programs and services. Ms. Reid has been a vital leader during an unprecedented period of crisis in our city, working to keep the wheels of government turning despite a global pandemic. My intention is to appoint her to the CAO position in a permanent capacity as soon as she makes a full recovery. In the meantime, I ask that you join me in lifting her and her family up in prayer.”The RTD’s Michael Paul Williams has a look at Richmond’s history of social change and civil rights movements. Good stuff if you’re unfamiliar with some of Richmond’s lesser known, post-1860s history. I had no idea about this: “The narrative of Richmond as the land that racial unrest forgot is by design, according to University of Richmond historian Julian Maxwell Hayter. He described a strategy by 20th-century Byrd Machine segregationists to portray Richmond and Virginia as ‘the kind of benign version of their Deep South brethren.’ There was ‘a concerted effort by people in power to try to get the country to look away from Virginia and its relationship to slavery and the segregated system,’ Hayter said – an effort that purposely downplayed racial violence, as part of a strategy to tap the flow of federal dollars into Virginia.” Fascinating/horrible.Mike Platania at Richmond BizSense says the owner of the former Baja Bean spot (and the old RVANews headquarters, RIP) has two really great infill projects in the works. John Conrad will drop some three-story, mixed-used buildings into one of my most hated surface-level parking lots at 1505 W. Main Street—the one right next to Beauvine Burger Concept. Conrad also has plans to squeeze in some new buildings on top of the parking lot at 1520 W. Main Street. Folks willingly giving up parking lots to build stuff for people brings me great joy!The City has announced a second round of the Richmond Recovers Grant Program, funded with $2 million of CARES Act money. Small businesses can apply for up to $15,000 to “reimburse the cost of employee wages, including the cost of benefits; rent and utilities for commercial workspaces; PPE and cleaning supplies; E-Commerce expenses; and working capital.” You can find the application here and you have until December 16th to get it filled out and submitted.Reminder: This coming Monday, City Council will vote on Richmond 300, an update to our city’s Master Plan. If you haven’t already, send your councilmember an email telling them to support this years-long effort. If you’re looking for language to use, check out this thread from @RVAbikedad.This morning’s longreadHow Scientists Tracked Down a Mass Killer (of Salmon)I know I’m the #bancars guy, but we really should have some bigger conversations about the non-emissions part of car-related pollution.On a rainy day in 2012, they filled stainless steel containers with a translucent dark liquid coming out of the spout. This time, the salmon exhibited the bizarre symptoms and promptly died. “What is it in that mixture?” Dr. McIntyre recalled thinking. “This is just water that’s on the road, it’s what we tramp through in our rain boots.” It must be something that people don’t regularly measure, she figured. Enter Edward P. Kolodziej, an environmental engineer and chemist at the University of Washington. His lab used a machine called a high resolution mass spectrometer to compare the chemical composition of highway runoff with that of water collected from two urban creeks where the salmon were dying. The samples shared chemicals related to tire particles. So the team brewed up a test concoction by soaking shredded tire tread in water. The salmon died.If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.

Good morning, RVA! It’s 74 °F, and the hot, hot weather is back. Expect highs in the 90s with Feels Likes™ around 100 °F. Time to get sweaty.Water coolerThis is awful, and I’m just going to quote straight from the Richmond Police Department release: “At approximately 8:35 p.m. [yesterday], officers responded to the 2300 block of Bethel Street for several reports of random gunfire. Once on scene, they found three adult males suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. One male was pronounced at the scene, one was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and one was transported with non-life threatening injuries. Two other individuals with apparent gunshot wounds were self-transported to a local hospital—an adult female with non-life threatening injuries and a juvenile in his teens with life-threatening injuries.”As of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 664↘️ new positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealth and 4↗️ new deaths as a result of the virus. VDH reports 124↘️ new cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 14, Henrico: 83, and Richmond: 27). Since this pandemic began, 308 people have died in the Richmond region. Through their dashboard, VCU reports two new cases and nine new people in either isolation or quarantine. They’ve also started doing and reporting prevalence testing—which is when you test a bunch of asymptomatic folks to see how much virus is out there hiding among the apparently healthy. The University reported 38 of theses tests with just one positive.Last night protestors again took to the streets of the Fan and Downtown, stoked in part by the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin and in part by more internet flyers (this time, however, asking for a peaceful protest). The CT’s Andrew Ringle has a short thread on Twitter with a few pictures and videos. As far as I can tell, this protest ended after a couple of hours without any police involvement.Not to needlessly rag on the RPD comms, but I have to roll my eyes at this tweet that says “Join RPD in the fight against COVID-19. Social distance and wear a mask.” and is accompanied by a picture of four masked and distanced officers. That’s nice, but what about allllll of the unmaked and incredibly in-your-face officers in this video? Or this video? Or this picture? Or how about these pictures? And those are all just from August! I think, instead of a rah-rah join us! messaging, I’d like to hear something along the lines of “We’ve done a bad job at protecting the health of Richmonders over the past several months and are recommitting to wearing masks and keeping our distance to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.”Henrico County has hired Eric English as their next chief of police, effective Monday, September 14th. English currently serves as the Harrisonburg chief, and served in the RPD from 1989 through 2018. You can read Henrico’s press release here and this quick, sports-slanted interview by the RTD’s John O’Connor from back in June.Finally, as far as police-related news goes, the City has released the video from the second meeting of the Mayor’s Task Force to Reimagine Public Safety. I haven’t listened yet, but, if you’ve got two hours, give it a spin.The New York Times has a long piece on the intersection between redlining and dangerous neighborhood heat levels that heavily features Richmond. This should all sound very familiar to you because it’s based on the work of Richmond’s very own climate scientist, Dr. Jeremy Hoffman (well, he’s chief scientist at the Science Museum, but I say we get to claim him as a city). If you start overlaying Richmond’s redlining map with other data, you start to see upsetting connections almost everywhere—tree cover, paving, other built-environment things, but also life expectancy, income, and a bucketful of important social determinates of health.The RTD’s Kenya Hunter says Hanover County Public Schools have backed out of their opt-in, in-person instruction plan for all grades…for one day. Pre-K, kindergarten, first, sixth, and ninth grades will meet on September 8th, and everyone else will return to school on September 9th. I get that those are transitional grades, but I’m not really sure how a single, solitary day gets you much virus risk mitigation. I guess we’ll see how it works in a couple of weeks.Survey time! SIR has put together two surveys to understand how young people perceive Richmond and how the region can better attract and retain college students and young professionals. Here’s the survey for young professionals and here’s the one for college students. This data will go toward updating their YRVA study from back in 2013. Here’s a story about that from RVANews, which is the long-ago news ancestor to this very email!This morning’s longreadEliminate Local GovernmentI don’t agree with all of this, but I always enjoy reading something that gets me thinking about the Dillon Rule. What wouldRichmond be like if we had no local government at all and the state set all of our policies? Would we see more progressive allowances for cities or the exact opposite?Progress does not come from localism. Housing, for example, is generally more plentiful when decisions are made at a higher level. Zoning is a national law in Japan, and the national government does not care about the opinions of local NIMBYs and therefore has made it easy to build more housing on your own property. (Takings, in contrast, are extremely hard in Japanese law, which has driven up urban transportation construction costs.)If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.

Kelli's grabbin' coffee at Pop's with Ross Catrow. Ross is the founder and former publisher of RVANews.com, which closed last year. Now he's a full-time advocate for RVA Rapid Transit, a group working to connect Metro-Richmond through a regional transit system. Oh, and he's the editor and curator of the popular Good Morning, RVA emails.

Ross Catrow is the publisher of RVANews. Ross talks about how RVANews rose out of the ether to become a thing that exists. He reflects on his love for pop culture and movies. He explains why trying to build a great Richmond is like trying to make Evil Dead 2, which he says is “a perfect film”. Ross offers up a dose witty banter, hopeful optimism and thoughtful reflections on the future of Richmond.

elli grabs coffee with Lauren Millard of RVANews.com. Lauren isn't originally from Richmond but after eight years in RVA she's ready to lay down in the street and tell folks about how great it is. She's also noted Richmond's affection for shutting streets down to have a few drinks.

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/The-Bopst-Show-With-Some-Sticks-Episode-241.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- With some sticks -- Episode 241]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- With some sticks -- Episode 241— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "With Some Sticks (Episode 241)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To continue…Random Richmond Diversion: But it won’t be a carbon copyRandom USA Diversion: Seven hundred miles of new fencing. Twenty thousand new border patrol agents. Radar. Night vision. Even dronesRandom World Diversion: The New War Correspondents: The rise of civic media curation in urban warfareRandom Image: It is normal practice, anywhere in IndiaRandom Music Blog: When You Motor AwayRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “Wake Up (Episode 140)"Whitey is nervous:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zON0o_d51EConstruction Date: Sunday July 7th, 2013Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday July 8th, 2013Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Nino Rota, John Schroeder Orchestra, Black Flag, The Green Boys, Sun Ra & The Omniverse Orchestra, Crooklyn Dub Outernational with Scotty Hard, Teddy Pendergrass, Slavic Soul Party!, Kurtis Blow, Ray Wylie HubbardLiner Notes Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions. Lao TzuHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 06/15/13 New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Figure by Jeff, location: Central Ohio, Occupation: Law EnforcementPhoto: BOPSTUntil Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/The-Bopst-Show-Modern-Radio-Gramophone-Episode-240.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Modern Radio Gramophone -- Episode 240]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Modern Radio Gramophone -- Episode 240— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Modern Radio Gramophone (Episode 240)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: to totally get all gay marriage up in your ear holes…Random Richmond Diversion: What’s that?Random USA Diversion: It doesn’t really change the overall way they’re trying to do thisRandom World Diversion: These acts, if confirmed, would be completely unacceptableRandom Image: Between 1924 and 1948Random Music Blog: Nah RightRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “The Chick (Episode 64)"This dude is funny:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWkm0cBDqiYConstruction Date: Sunday June 30th, 2013Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday June 24th, 2013Artists and Groups in order of appearance: The Bevis Frond, Bethesda, Django Reinhardt, Those Manic Seas, Leonard Cohen, Orgone, Ralph Haughton & The Ebony Sisters, Brownbird Rudy Relic, Tad, Manitoba, The Bar-Kays, The South Georgia Highballers, Prefuse 73, Erol Alkan & Boys Noise, Beach House, Chai Muang Sing (AKA: Mad City Lion)Liner Notes If marriage is radically redefined as a way of just affirming loving feelings of attraction, then equality will require allowing people who love dogs to marry dogs. And people who love ice cream to marry ice cream.Daniel Heimbach, senior professor of Christian ethics at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.Here are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 07/08/13 New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.John Elway figure by Chris Fields, photo by BOPSTUntil Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-Bopst-Show-A-Different-Drummer-Drumming-Episode-239.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- A Different Drummer Drumming -- Episode 239]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- A Different Drummer Drumming -- Episode 239— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "A Different Drummer Drumming (Episode 239)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: For Dave…Random Richmond Diversion: Give me your money or I’ll shoot your dogRandom USA Diversion: I hope to see you Tuesday. Thank youRandom World Diversion: The United States doesn't know what happenedRandom Image: YuckyRandom Music Blog: The Handclap MovementRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “Constant Surveillance (Episode 121)"Prepare to be rendered useless:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of2HU3LGdboConstruction Date: Sunday June 23rd, 2013Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday June 24th, 2013Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Abdoulaye 'Djoss' Diabate, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Septeto Nacional, The Toby Whitaker Orchestra, Love, The Hot Seats, No Trend, Jimmy Riley, Bravura Ltd. Edition, NO BS! Brass Band, Miles Davis, Frisches Big Boy, Dune Rats, The Videos, Loincloth, Arif SagLiner Notes All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination. Carl JungHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 06/01/13 New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.1933 Bears by Chris FieldsPhoto: BOPSTUntil Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-Bopst-Show-The-Castleman-Show-Episode-238.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- The Castleman Show: So Good -- Episode 238]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- The Castleman Show: So Good -- Episode XXX— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Castleman Show: "So Good (Episode 238)"Rating: R (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: Pork Chop SandwichesConstruction Date: Friday June 7th, 2013Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday June 10th, 2013Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Non, White Stripes, Scissor Sisters, Fat Truckers, The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem, Marie Bryant, The Heroine Sheiks, Electric Six, Johnny Dowd, The Bug VS The Rootsman (featuring He-Man), Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Original Hamster, The Dirtbombs, Kid Congo & Khan, Nazis From Mars, Trash Money, The Drug Punks, McLusky, Kid America, Kid 606, Lord KitchenerLiner Notes"So Good"I can’t even begin to tell you how many times Dave would say this to me as he cued up some new music for me to hear. And those were his exact words when he handed me this CD. He was particularly excited about the Scissor Sisters’ version of Pink Floyd’s "Comfortably Numb" which at that point had not hit the masses yet. I don’t know how he did, but Dave always could find nuggets of goodness way before anyone else.As he cued the tune up on the above pictured CD that is this week’s show, he turned to me with a fiendish grin and said, "You are gonna love this."And as always, he was right. I totally loved it.This past Wednesday, David Castleman passed away after a long bout with melanoma. He was my friend, confidant, and comrade and my world would not have been as funny, interesting, or gloriously profane without him in it. It really is hard for those of us that loved him to think of this world without him in it. I knew his situation was bleak when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer about a year and a half ago, but as fucked up as this sounds, I thought he was being over dramatic. He had beaten cancer twice before so why would this time be any different?Sadly, that was not the case. In the words of one of our favorite authors Charles Bukowski, "The gods play no favorites."To give you an idea of the type of relationship we had, a coupla of months ago he came to town with his family, and we were hanging out at a friends house with a bunch of people for a pot luck. As always, Dave, despite being in debilitating physical pain, was holding court while filling up a friend’s hard drive with music (this was something he always did; he was always turning people onto books, movies, and music). As the evening progressed, Dave got up from his comfy spot on the one-man sofa and an acquaintance of ours took over his spot in his absence. When he came back into the room and found his spot taken, he asked her to move. Not knowing the direness of his physical situation, the woman reluctantly relinquished the sofa with a touch of subtle but obvious annoyance. "What’s wrong with you, David?" she said as she got up.Without hesitating, he answered bluntly, "I have terminal cancer."When he said it, the whole room stopped. Up until that point, the mood had been light and airy as those of us close to him tried to keep reality at bay, but now, the ugly reality of his situation was exposed. As the room resonated with a deafening silence, from the other room, I did what I always did when David spoke with his distinctive candor.I burst out laughing. And I’m not talking about a mere chuckle or two; I was convulsing in laughter, which delighted him greatly. The outburst broke the silence and eventually the party (as well as the mortified woman) carried on while the two of us giggled like children. "You have terminal cancer" I said still giggling. "I know; that means I can sit anywhere I want" was his response.Later that evening after the party ended, the two of us were sitting alone, and I asked him if he was going back to his old job once he got better. "I’m not going to get better, Chris. I’m going to die." I tried to brush it off, but the way he said it, I knew he was serious.Still, I tired to make light of his situation."Come on, dude, you ain’t going to die. You’ll beat this shit like you beat it all the other times. Besides, cancer seems to like you. You two make such a beautiful pair."That made him laugh."No, I’m going to die. This shit is going to kill me this time."We sat for a while, and I told him that I loved him. As I got up to leave, we embraced, and he told me he loved me too.As I was driving home that night, I thought about how we first met. Mutual friends had introduced us back in the mid-80’s because both of us were dealing with extreme physical pain and I guess they figured we’d get along because of it. At that point, he had testicular cancer and I was suffering from cluster headaches. We became fast friends and we dubbed ourselves the pain brothers.We passed the time making light of each other’s physical aliments. "Ah, little pussy is having another headache? Maybe if you weren’t such a bad person, you wouldn’t be feeling this way" he’d say as I rolled around the floor writhing in agony sometimes puking on myself, "but you are a bad person so you are only getting what you deserve.""Fuck you, Hitler" was my go to response when I could actually formulate words.We went on like this for years.Eventually, my cluster headaches stopped, but Dave’s physical aliments continued and got worse. The only reason I wish my headaches didn’t stop is because of David. I felt I had left him in the lurch all alone without his pain brother to commiserate with. To his credit, he never held my newly pain free life against me ("But you are still a dick" he’d say), but I always felt bad whenever he was in pain and I wasn’t. It just didn’t seem right.Beyond that, dudeman always (and I do mean always) turned me onto music. And the best thing about his musical choices: he never stopped being interested in the here and now. Sure, he loved the stuff of old that we both cherished, but what really got his motor running was finding out about and turning his friends onto new stuff. I could always count on him to turn me on to something that I had never heard before. Over the two plus decades we knew each other, I can’t even begin to tell you how much music he opened my ears to (he found the "Here’s The Man With Music" intro song on the Bopst Show header), and his appetite for culture and devious wit will forever influence how I listen to things.When I was doing radio full time, I tried many times to get him to have his own radio show, but for whatever reason, I could never get him to it so for this week’s Bopst Show, I pay tribute to the man that always made my life better not only with music, but with every fiber of his being.So ladies and gentlemen, it is my great honor to present to you this week, The Castleman Show.I love you David. I’ll see you on the other side.BOPST— ∮∮∮ —Here are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 06/17/13 New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Willie Lanier Electric Football figure by Reginald Rutledge from the collection of Lynn "Weirdwolf" Schmidt. Design by BOPST.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/The-Bopst-Show-Meat-Wagon-Episode-237.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Meat Wagon -- Episode 237]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Meat Wagon -- Episode 237— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Meat Wagon (Episode 237)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To laugh at Chicken Little…Random Richmond Diversion: Dipshit River CockRandom USA Diversion: a Washington Post poll published on May 4 gave Cuccinelli a lead among registered voters of 46 percent to 41 percentRandom World Diversion: freaked out and screamed while his girlfriend was seen praying with her hands clasped outsideRandom Image: Meat WagonRandom Music Blog: Crack In The RoadRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “Swiss Cheese (Episode 105)"Meet Virginia’s Next Governor:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-UWJzEFiSEConstruction Date: Friday-Sunday May 17-19th, 2013Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday May 20th, 2013Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Chuck Berry, Cosa Nostra, Wang Li, Barry Allen & Wes Dakus Rebels, Jetsons, Don “Pretty Boy" Covay, Charles Mingus, Amal Saha, Jimmy Wolford, Paul Freeman, Da Twinky Man, Scott & Keith, NO BS! Brass BandLiner Notes King & Spalding's willingness to drop a client, the U.S. House of Representatives, in connection with the lawsuit challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was such an obsequious act of weakness that I feel compelled to end your legal association with Virginia so that there is no chance that one of my legal clients will be put in the embarrassing and difficult situation like the client you walked away from, the House of Representatives Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli in a letter to King & Spalding law partner Joseph Lynch after the firm decided to drop its support of the Defense of Marriage Act, 4/20/11Here are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 05/27/13 New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Image of 1970’s Chargers and Chiefs electric football teams taken from the soon-to-be released book, “The Unforgettable Buzz" by Earl Shores and Roddy Garcia.Design by BOPST.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/The-Bopst-Show-Who-Listens-to-Radio-Episode-236.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Who Listens to Radio -- Episode 236]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Who Listens to Radio? -- Episode 236— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Who Listens To Radio? (Episode 236)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To reach man Virginia…Random Richmond Diversion: And sometimes fraudRandom USA Diversion: It was just dormantRandom World Diversion: by a vote of 388 to 1Random Image: SteamRandom Music Blog: All Things GoRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “The Shapely Head (Episode 150)"I don’t see how it could hurt:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnst6twjPPUConstruction Date: Thursday-Saturday May 9-11th, 2013Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday May 13th, 2013Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Sarah Vaughn, Rube Waddell, Kendra Smith & The Guild of Temporal Adventurers, Mel Torme, Big Youth, Billy Childish & The Black Hands, Anette Funicello, Trouble Funk, Joni Mitchell, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Melvins, James Cameron, Messer Chups, Johnny Wright, The Polica, DokakaLiner NotesThis week’s top ten radio quotes.George Harrison Gossip is the Devil's radio.Johnny Carson If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.Doug Coupland I like doing radio because it's so intimate. The moment people hear your voice, you're inside there heads, not only that, you're in there laying eggs.Fran Lebowitz Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.Charles Stanley We're enlarging in every single area of the ministry at In Touch. We're on radio and television. We're in over 110 million homes in America plus radio on satellites. We just acquired the NAMB FamilyNet television network, and with that expanding possibilities of the gospel.Sting I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On.Donny Osmond You always draw from your roots. I'm influenced by everything I hear and see, and that includes music today, but obviously I go back to my early influences: Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Earth, Wind & Fire, Ohio Players, Average White Band. Those kind of artists are what I look to. When I hear that stuff on the radio, I turn it up!Jason Mraz When I was in high school, The Dave Matthews Band was a local band, and that was the first time I was starting to connect with a live band that was something that wasn't on the radio or TV.Kenny Chesney I'm running a radio station.Joe Strummer I think we're going to have to forget about the radio and just go back to word of mouth.— ∮∮∮ —Here are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 05/20/13 New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Figure by Todd WellmannPhoto: BOPSTUntil Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/The-Bopst-Show-The-Whats-Happening-Sound-Episode-235.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- The What’s Happening Sound -- Episode 235]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- The What’s Happening Sound -- Episode 235— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "The What’s Happening Sound (Episode 235)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To place my bets on an inherent sense of humanity…Random Richmond Diversion: Our company neither sought nor received any special benefits from any public official and was glad to be part of any effort to promote business and create jobs in the commonwealth of VirginiaRandom USA Diversion: The doctor says only a miracle will bring my daddy backRandom World Diversion: “an act of war"Random Image: Jan 27 2007Random Music Blog: NNM +Random Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “In The Other Ear (Episode 100)"From the mouths of babes:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpMqMW5ilFQConstruction Date: Thursday & Friday May 2nd & 3rd, 2013Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday May 6th, 2013Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Jerry Jeff Walker, B-52’s, The Thurston Lave Tube, Daft Punk, Grinderman, Roy Glenn, London Underground, Chakachas, Slayer, Rev, Gary Davis, Brick, Mel Blanc, The Ruins, Porn Scene Music, Old Time RelijunLiner NotesThis week’s top ten radio quotes:Gerald R. Ford I watch a lot of baseball on the radio.Maynard James Keenan If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets.Glenn Beck  Quite honestly, I was running from myself. But I knew how to work Top 40 radio.Jasper Carrott I am amazed at radio DJ's today. I am firmly convinced that AM on my radio stands for Absolute Moron. I will not begin to tell you what FM stands for.Joni Mitchell There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some German radio station. I remember this because music used to get up to Saskatchewan from Texas. Late at night after the local station closed down.Ernst Fischer The bosses of our mass media, press, radio, film and television, succeed in their aim of taking our minds off disaster. Thus, the distraction they offer demands the antidote of maximum concentration on disaster.Al Yankovic You still have Top 40 radio now, but it's 40 different stations. There aren't many hits that everybody knows, and there aren't many real superstars.Klaus Kinski About 25 years ago, I was in an apartment, and next door, they put on the radio, so I struck the wall with my fist, but they did not put the radio down. I took a tool and banged until I made a hole through the wall. It was like a comedy movie.Steven Wright George is a radio announcer, and when he walks under a bridge... you can't hear him talk.Aung San Suu Kyi I could listen to the radio and I had access to books from time to time. Not all the time.  — ∮∮∮ —Here are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 05/13/13 New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Figure by D.C. SmithPhoto: BOPSTUntil Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/The-Bopst-Show-Your-Left-Dimple-Episode-234.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Your Left Dimple -- Episode 234]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Your Left Dimple -- Episode 234— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Your Left Dimple (Episode 234)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To thine own self be true…Random Richmond Diversion: I want not to put a band-aid on the situation, but I want us to really solve the root causeRandom USA Diversion: I intend to watchdog this very carefullyRandom World Diversion: No one puts anyone in prison for political reasonsRandom Image: Doll Face on EbayRandom Music Blog: I am a moonshinerRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “People of Earth (Episode 57)The future of man’s church:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ABbktVDIcConstruction Date: Thursday & Friday April 25th & 26th, 2013Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday April 29th, 2013Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Jazz Gillum, Johnny Cash, Gizell Smith & The Mighty Macambos, Crass, Camille, Lee “Scratch Perry & Dennis Alcapone, Lavern Baker, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Boston Typewriter Orchestra, Geordie, Oliver, Sam Spence & John Facenda, Sebastian Cabot, The Echocentrics, Sun Ra & The Blues Project, CSC Funk Band, Minutemen, Stevie WonderLiner Notes A dimple on the chin, the devil within. Pope Paul VI Life is not a mp3 player where you can play what you want but life is a radio where you have to enjoy what's being played Zayn Malik A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it George W. Bush The reason women don't play football is because 11 of them would never wear the same outfit in public Phyllis Diller Anybody can become angry--that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way--that is not within everybody's power and is not easy AristotleHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 05/06/13 New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/The-Bopst-Show-Turn-Your-Radio-Off-Episode-233.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Turn Off Your Radio -- Episode 233]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Turn Off Your Radio -- Episode 233— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Turn Your Radio Off (Episode 233)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To create a buzz…Random Richmond Diversion: The capsule has supplies and can include emergency beacons, allowing rescuers to determine where people are and which capsules have been foundRandom USA Diversion: It's severely undervaluedRandom World Diversion: If you looked a policeman in the eyes, you were deadRandom Image: Realistic BeastliesRandom Music Blog: When The Gramophone RingsRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “Fans In Portugal (Episode 203)""The future of entertainment:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rou0GbKhXGsConstruction Date: Friday and Saturday April 19th & 20th, 2013Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday April 22nd, 2013Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Lorene Mann, Sex Pistols, Baauer, Black Sea Hotel, Horace Andy, Big Joe Turner, Bobbi Blake, Goapele, Sparrow, Perry & Kingsley, Al Simmons, Altaikai, Shukar Collective, KISS, Cheick Hamala DiabateLiner Notes Television, radio, and all the sources of amusement and information that surround us in our daily lives are also artificial props. They can give us the impression that our minds are active, because we are required to react to stimuli from the outside. But the power of those external stimuli to keep us going is limited. They are like drugs. We grow used to them, and we continuously need more and more of them. Eventually, they have little or no effect. Then, if we lack resources within ourselves, we cease to grow intellectually, morally, and spiritually. And we we cease to grow, we begin to die. Mortimer J. AdlerHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 04/29/13 New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/The-Bopst-Show-19-for-me-Episode-232.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- 19 For Me -- Episode 232]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- 19 For Me -- Episode 232— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "19 For Me (Episode 232)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To connect on 4th and long…Random Richmond Diversion: We have not been able to generate enough revenueRandom USA Diversion: Bob J. Perry, provided at least $100,000 to help start the veterans group at the urging of his friend John O’Neill, a Houston attorney who co-wrote "Unfit for Command," a book which attacks Kerry’s military record. Random World Diversion: My wallet firstRandom Image: U.S. Discretionary Spending: Fiscal Year 2012Random Music Blog: The ‘SpillRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: "Confusing The Public Mind (Episode 195)"Black Sea Hotel play at Balliceaux Thursday April 18th, 2013 with The Resonant Rogues. Doors open at 9:30PM, 21+ and admission is $5:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kulkldir5agConstruction Date: Sunday April 14th, 2013Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday April 15th, 2013Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Junior Parker, Bombino, Fran Jeffries, Apple & The Three Oranges, Skull Kontrol, The Black Keys, Mikey Dread, Commercial Break, Down For Life, Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West, Amazing Ghost, Lena Hughes, Mao Tse Helen, Commercial Break, Jamie Lidell, ZedasheLiner Notes Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars. Franklin D. RooseveltHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 04/22/13 (Promise) New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/25-The-Bopst-Show_-_Tantalizing-Fragrance-Epiosde-231_.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Tantalizing Fragrance -- Episode 231]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Tantalizing Fragrance -- Episode 231— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Tantalizing Fragrance (Episode 231)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)
Intent: To squeeze the simpleton…Random Richmond Diversion: About 30% of health care providers in Virginia use the database to check patients' prescription drug records to determine whether they are abusing the system.Random USA Diversion: Fox is going to give you the factsRandom World Diversion: He’s going to be questioned later on by investigators, within the next couple of hoursRandom Image: I can’t breath
Random Music Blog: Music For HumansRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “The Black American (Episode 164)So good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2oua7nITx4Construction Date: Sunday March 17th, 2013Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday March 18th, 2013Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Paul Weston & Jeffery Bearman (Bopst/Sun Ra Mix), Juggy Murray Jones, The Heroine Sheiks, Michael Eingorn, James Blood Ulmer, Uncle Dave Macon & The Fruit Jar Drinkers, Commercial Break, The Slits, Weirdos, Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri, FJ McMahonLiner Notes“And on a personal note – a little girl grows up in Jim Crow Birmingham – the most segregated big city in America – her parents can’t take her to a movie theater or a restaurant – but they make her believe that even though she can’t have a hamburger at the Woolworth’s lunch counter – she can be President of the United States and she becomes the Secretary of State. Yes, America has a way of making the impossible seem inevitable in retrospect. But of course it has never been inevitable – it has taken leadership, courage and an unwavering faith in our values.

 Condi RiceHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 03/25/13 
 
***New show times***. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/The-Bopst-Show-The-Vast-Majority-Episode-230.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- The Vast Majority -- Episode 230]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- The Vast Majority -- Episode 230— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "The Vast Majority (Episode 230)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To scrub away the dirt that flaunts itself like margarine in a butter ad…Random Richmond Diversion: That hope died when President Barack Obama became the first Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt to carry Virginia in back-to-back presidential victoriesRandom USA Diversion: I was flabbergastedRandom World Diversion: And the government is looking the other wayRandom Image: The Top TenRandom Music Blog: Asian DanRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “And Rectangular (Episode 143(“Another voice of God:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqGdxzwjq98Construction Date: Saturday & Sunday March 9th & 10th, 2013Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday March 11th, 2013Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Solaris, Boys Boys, Public Enemy, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Das Racists, Chloe Sunshine, Lee Dorsey, Jimmie Rogers, Sugar Minott, Sugarman Three (Featuring Charles Bradley), Molly Drake, Black Flag, Ustad Mohammad Omar & Zakir HussainLiner Notes The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference. Ralph NaderHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 03/18/13 New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/The-Bopst-Show-Easy-Relaxing-Enjoyable-Episode-229.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Easy, Relaxing & Enjoyable -- Episode 229]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Easy, Relaxing & Enjoyable -- Episode 229— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Easy, Relaxing & Enjoyable (Episode 229)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To eliminate cigarette hangover…Random Richmond Diversion: The number becomes more staggering, less defensible and perhaps more immoralRandom USA Diversion: I'm happy to blame the mediaRandom World Diversion: Shrinking Otto PenisRandom Image: Easy Relaxing EnjoyableRandom Music Blog:

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/The-Bopst-Show-Radio-Wonderful-Episode-228.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Radio Wonderful -- Episode 228]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Radio Wonderful -- Episode 228— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Radio Wonderful (Episode 228)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To know what Willis is talking about…Random Richmond Diversion: Require background checks on all gun salesRandom USA Diversion: Shelby County v. HolderRandom World Diversion: Fear factor of the penisRandom Image: Idiot AbroadRandom Music Blog: Write Click Cook ListenRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “A Pretty Face (Episode 99)"Black Girls: “So Sorry" Live at Balliceaux 2/14/13http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Idzq4BIfmwConstruction Date: Saturday February 24th, 2013Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday February 25th, 2013Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Sir Lord Baltimore, France Gall, Con Covay, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Pere Ubu, Count Basie, Dennis Brown, Jah Wobble, Divine Fits, The Brothers of Soul, Frank Zappa, Lord Beginner, Gash Gold Vermillion, Freaky MountainLiner Notes The dismaying truth is that birtherism is part of a larger pattern of rejection of reality that has taken hold of intimidating segments of one of the two political parties that alternate in power in our governing institutions. It is akin to the view that global warming is a hoax, or that the budget can be balanced through spending cuts alone, or that contraception causes abortion, or that evolution is just another theory, on a par with the theory that the earth is six thousand years old. Hendrik HertzbergHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 03/04/13 New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/The-Bopst-Show-Hello-Hello-Everybody-Episode-227.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Hello Hello Everybody -- Episode 227]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Hello Hello Everybody -- Episode 227— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Hello Hello Everybody (Episode 227)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To frivolityRandom Richmond Diversion: They could just call out and get an absentee ballot and be done with itRandom USA Diversion: No confirmation without informationRandom World Diversion: The violence is scaring peopleRandom Image: FaustRandom Music Blog: The Panic ManualRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “Asian Remedies (Episode 144)"The next installment of Classical Incarnations (members of the Richmond Symphony playing in small ensembles) is this Sunday February 17th at Balliceaux. All Ages. FREE:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ohq1F9bjXMConstruction Date: Saturday February 10th, 2013Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday February 11th, 2013Artists and Groups in order of appearance: José, Phil Upchurch Combo, Bo Carter, Black Sabbath, Peter King, Izzy & The Catastrophics, NYS Department of Safety, The Blackbyrds, John Berberian & The Rock East Ensemble, The Eternals, Dirty Bourbon River Show, BBC, Chrome Daddy Disco, Papa SussoLiner Notes Republicans approve of the American farmer, but they are willing to help him go broke. They stand four-square for the American home--but not for housing. They are strong for labor--but they are stronger for restricting labor's rights. They favor minimum wage--the smaller the minimum wage the better. They endorse educational opportunity for all--but they won't spend money for teachers or for schools. They think modern medical care and hospitals are fine--for people who can afford them...They think American standard of living is a fine thing--so long as it doesn't spread to all the people. And they admire of Government of the United States so much that they would like to buy it. Harry S. TrumanHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 02/18/13 New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/The-Bopst-Show-WEZV-95-FM-Episode-226.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- WEZV 95FM -- Episode 226]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- WEZV 95FM -- Episode 226— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "WEZV 95FM (Episode 226)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To not be one of them…Random Richmond Diversion: a lot of states that have been consistently blue that are fully controlled red ought to be looking atRandom USA Diversion: I believe our country is in need of a spiritual cleansingRandom World Diversion: I truly believe that our democracies have been hijacked by bureaucratsRandom Image: Series: #23Random Music Blog:

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/The-Bopst-Show-Into-Your-Brain-Episode-225.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Into Your Brain -- Episode 225]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Into Your Brain -- Episode 225— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Into Your Brain (Episode 225)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To give freely without peppered mint jelly, oily rags, or cream from the socket of Davis…Random Richmond Diversion: a party for the rest of usRandom USA Diversion: But go just below the surface and you’ll see that’s not true at allRandom World Diversion: Afghan officials have no incentive to stop tortureRandom Image: Into your brainRandom Music Blog: No Fear of PopRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “The Cave (Episode 177)"Construction Date: Sunday January 20th, 2013Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday January 21st, 2013Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Ken Nordine, King Django, The Stanley Brothers, Rolling Stones, Black Flag, Rufus, Tom Waits, Icarus, Jerry Lee Lewis, Angel Corpus Christi, Electric Light Orchestra, The Pant Hoots, Hex Machine, ?Liner Notes I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities Dr. SeussHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 01/28/13 New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/The-Bopst-Show-Handguns-Episode-224.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Handguns -- Episode 224]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Handguns -- Episode 224— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Handguns (Episode 224)"Rating: PG (Adult Situations)Intent: To take guns away from Americans, jail them indefinitely and instill Sharia law as Comrade Obama (Praise Allah) has commanded…Random Richmond Diversion: In Virginia, not everyone who buys a weapon at a gun show must go through a background check like they would if they purchased a firearm a licensed store.Random USA Diversion: We don't think that there is much likelihood that the Congress is going to move on making gun-control laws worse than they are.Random World Diversion: The justification of arming a society is a grave irresponsibilityRandom Image: Life SaverRandom Music Blog: Music For MoronsRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “Guitars & Guns (Episode 117)"Gun Owners are funny:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g43p1qenbTIConstruction Date: Saturday January 12th, 2013Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday January 14th, 2013Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Negativland (Bopst Mix), Little Richard & The Upsetters, The Rollers, Kool & The Gang, Red Cross, Lee “Scratch" Perry, Bill Monroe, Mule, Bare Knuckles, Lee Hazlewood, Blondie, Gentle Giant, Jane Russel, Connie Haines & Beryl Davis, Impaler, Malcolm Lockyear, Buddy Holly, The Puppini SistersLiner Notes Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children...This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron...Is there no other way the world may live? Dwight D. EisenhowerHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 1/21/13New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/The-Bopst-Show-Super-Snooper-Episode-223.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Super Snooper -- Episode 223]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Super Snooper -- Episode 223— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Super Snooper (Episode 223)"Rating: PG (Adult Situations)Intent: To turn on…Random Richmond Diversion: 7Random USA Diversion: That is twice as many as all previous presidents combinedRandom World Diversion: The police cannot handle this on their ownRandom Image: Ever Notice?Random Music Blog: Golden ScissorsRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “Standards Role OK (Episode 77)"Cats are funny:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctJJrBw7e-cConstruction Date: Monday January 7th, 2013Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday January 7th, 2013Artists and Groups in order of appearance: The Wonder Women, MC5, The Oceans, Barrington Spence, The Evens, Maggie Ingram & The Ingramettes, Meshuggah, The Jackson Five, Ornette Coleman, The Harlem Experiement, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Don Ryan, Hollie Cook, NO BS! Brass Band, The Funk ArkLiner NotesMany may question, criticize & think they have all the right answers. But few have been in the line of fire in battle.— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) January 7, 2013Here are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 1/14/13 New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/The-Bopst-Show-The-Balls-of-Christmas-Episode-222.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Christmas Balls -- Episode 222]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Christmas Balls -- Episode 222— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Christmas Balls (Episode 222)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To wage war on the war on Christmas…Random Richmond Diversion: And then we were left with nothingRandom USA Diversion: That's changed me, and it's changed most Americans I would thinkRandom World Diversion: they do not discriminateRandom Image: Christmas BallRandom Music Blog: Disco FilterRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: "The Sounds of Santa (Episode 180)"Pat Robertson is funny:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxj1NJ8nh-8Construction Date: Monday December 17th, 2012Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Tuesday December 18th, 2012Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Unknown, Kay Martin, John Fahey, Welcome Back Kotter, Mark Zydiak, Paul Bain, Sammy Marshall, The Monkees, The Crewcuts, MojoChronic, Bessie Smith, Alcoholics, Jimmy Kirkland, Father Knows Best, Zoogz Rift, King of Pants, Soledad Brothers, The Sabres, Loy Blanton, Babs Gonzales, Faroff, The Christmas Bell Ringers, Ox, Victoria Spivey, Jack Klugman, Unknown, Blue Moon Special, Gene London, Otis Redding, LurchLiner Notes A good conscious is a continual Christmas Ben FranklinHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 12/24/12 New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/The-Bopst-Show-Wiggly-World-Episode-221.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Wiggly World? -- Episode 221]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Wiggly World? -- Episode 221— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Wiggly World? (Episode 221)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To shove the poles in the holes…Random Richmond Diversion: a mutual agreementRandom USA Diversion: A female professor was taken to hospital after she began to lose consciousness while teaching at the Hellems Arts and Sciences BuildingRandom World Diversion: The banks, Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander and Heritable Bank, went bust during the 2008 financial crisisRandom Image: Skating In A Wiggly WorldRandom Music Blog: Dancing AstronautRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “Kicksville (Episode 123)Glen Beck is funny:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W196uHCVPQkConstruction Date: Monday December 10th, 2012Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday December 10th, 2012Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Gene Wilder, Big Daddy Kane, Charles Mingus, African Head Charge, The Possum Hollow Boys, Brand New, RPG, Lonnie Johnson, Boogaloo, Super Hi-Fi, Matthew E. White, Rattlemouth, Devo, Trouble FunkLiner Notes God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board. Mark TwainHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 12/17/12New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/The-Bopst-Show-What-Time-is-That-Episode-219.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- What Time is That? -- Episode 220]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- What Time is That -- Episode 220— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "What Time Is That? (Episode 220)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To entertainment in a manner befitting a base intellectual curiosity…Random Richmond Diversion: That’s some 356,843 bottles and 80,487.60 gallonsRandom USA Diversion: The justices are likely to grant review of at least one of those casesRandom World Diversion: We have a very positive outlook on growth, especially for this year and next year because it appears to us that the growth is broad basedRandom Image: What time is that?Random Music Blog: Caveman SoundRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “Back to Normal (Episode 70)"It is a white vs. a black thing:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXJ-o-lDqwkConstruction Date: Monday December 3rd, 2012Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: Monday December 3rd, 2012Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Walter Carlos, Charlie Parker, Slade, Helene Smith, Run DMC, Faust, King Tubby & The Aggrovators, Johnnie Taylor, Joni Mitchell, The Cults Percussion Ensemble, Terry Callier, Crucifucks, Bobby Bare, Bobby Womack, Dimesland, Karl BöhmLiner NotesHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 12/10/12New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/The-Bopst-Show-Van-Gogh-Exhibition-Episode-219.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Van Gogh Exhibition -- Episode 219]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Van Gogh Exhibition -- Episode 219— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Van Gogh Exhibition (Episode 219)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To remember Jerry & Mary Ann and smile…Random Richmond Diversion: It’s clear to me the Republican Party has some work to doRandom USA Diversion: I also worked very hard for RomneyRandom World Diversion: Iceland's residents called for a rewritten constitution following a series of mishaps dating back to the 2008 financial crisis, when several of the country's major commercial banks collapsedRandom Image: T. +31 (0)20-6747330Random Music Blog: Acid TedRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “Human (Episode 88)"Obama is the ultimate sleeper cell. He is trying to start a civil war and tear the US apart from within:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQz4t2xcqwMConstruction Date: Friday November 16th, 2012Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: November 19th, 2012Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Charles Bukowski, Throbbing Gristle, Cyprus Hill, Neu!, Thom Janusz, Bill Withers, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Willie Colon, Atropolis, Bobby “Blue" Bland, Motorhead, The Lumineers, Singers & Players, Robert Farnon, MenwarLiner Notes Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users. Ralph NaderHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 11/26/12New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/The-Bopst-Show-Hallucinations-Episode-218.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Hallucinations -- Episode 218]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Hallucinations -- Episode 218— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Hallucinations (Episode 218)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To breathe a sigh of civic relief that my offspring doesn’t grow up in a world governed by a Romney baron…Random Richmond Diversion: The clock is tickingRandom USA Diversion: It won't kill the country if we raise taxes a little bit on millionairesRandom World Diversion: on the people who plan, incite to carry out, control and lure people to commit self-immolationRandom Image: Mission AccomplishedRandom Music Blog: Penguin Swimming HoleRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “The Numbers (Episode 76)"Mean-spirited, racist and uneducated:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkX74P5xOm0Construction Date: Sunday November 11th, 2012Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: November 12th, 2012Artists and Groups in order of appearance: The Beau Hunks, Faramarz Payvar & Ensemble, Bart A. Shefter & Paul Sawtell, Roni Size/Reprazent, Kilby Snow & Wade Ward, Marcel Duchamp, Richard Huelsenbeck &Tristan Tzara, Tony Allen, Radio Thailand: Transmissions From The Tropical Kingdom, George Adbo & The Flames of Araby Orchestra, Miss Tess & The Talkbacks, The Beau HunksLiner Notes As a young boy, I didn't know a Republican from a Democrat, only in one way: If some man or bunch of men rode up to the ranch to sit or stay all night, and my Father set me to watching 'em all the time they was there -- what they did and what they carried off -- I learned they were Republicans. Will RogersHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 11/19/12New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/The-Bopst-Show-Caused-By-Episode-217.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- ...Caused By... -- Episode 217]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- ...Caused By... -- Episode 217— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: “…Caused By…(Episode 217)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To blame BiIl’s Barbecue…Random Richmond Diversion: That is offensiveRandom USA Diversion: and 80 percent of Adelphi’s jobs were shipped to ChinaRandom World Diversion: in the survey of 21,797 people in 21 countriesRandom Image: Once again, someone I respect hates on someone I respect moreRandom Music Blog: Would you but a used car from this man?Random Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: “Yes We Can (Episode 29)"In My Mind:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm8msoKME4wConstruction Date: Sunday November 4th, 2012Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: November 5th, 2012Artists and Groups in order of appearance: The Beau Hunks, No Trend, E. Power Biggs, Super Hi-Fi, The Chuck Dukowski Sextet, Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly, Panjir, Lee Dorsey, Alloy Orchestra, Chicha Libre, Vermont Joy Parade, Saccharine Trust, Perry & Kingley, Wang Li, Muluqèn Mèllèssè, Royal Star, Mississippi Fred McDowell, X Plastaz, The Hot SeatsLiner Notes We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return we must insist that when anyone engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall himself be given a square deal. Teddy Roosevelt Letter to Sir Edward Gray, November 15, 1913Here are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 11/12/12New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/The-Bopst-Show-Waves-Waves-of-Mediocrity-Episode-216.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Waves & Waves of Mediocrity -- Episode 216]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Waves & Waves of Mediocrity -- Episode 216— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Waves & Waves of Mediocrity (Episode 216)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To not allow rape babies…Random Richmond Diversion: I got a little bit of tide in the front yardRandom USA Diversion: This is going to be a substantial snow eventRandom World Diversion: Practically OverRandom Image: Once again, someone I respect hates on someone I respect moreRandom Music Blog: The ‘SpillRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: "Stuff Twirling Around (Episode 176)"Katrina:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s76Qn7bpCsQConstruction Date: Friday October 26th, 2012Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: October 29th, 2012Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Wang Li, Husker Du, Sallie Forde & The Sound Outside, The Maytals, Joshua Nelson, Hala Strana, Dale Hawkins, Betopey, Honor Role, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Chuck Berry, Brownbird Rudy Relic, Public Enemy, Sol Power All-Stars, The Dicks, Andy GibbLiner Notes America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are those fortunate if incredibly stupid and smug White Protestants who live in the center, in the serene eye of the big wind. Noman MailerHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 11/05/12New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/The-Bopst-Show-Tobias-Sportswear-Episode-215.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Tobias Sportswear -- Episode 215]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Tobias Sportswear -- Episode 215— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Tobias Sportswear (Episode 215)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: To leave this place better than the way I found that it was…Random Richmond Diversion: He started making the extract himself and selling it to housewivesRandom USA Diversion: They just don’t have the slightest interest in doing soRandom World Diversion: We were the first mere mortals to see these thingsRandom Image: Love, Joan CollinsRandom Music Blog: Last Gas StationRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: "The Numbers (Episode 76)"Mainstream Bopst Fluff: Just thinking about that show brings a smile to my faceSnakes on a plane:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTtS17xcr-UConstruction Date: Friday & Saturday October 5th & 6th, 2012Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: October 8th, 2012Artists and Groups in order of appearance: John Lennon, The Tape-Beatles, Flick Wilson, Nina Simone, Cameo, Bowed Piano Ensemble, Skeeter Davis, Sammy Davis Jr., The Brooklyn Express, The Flesh Eaters, Mickey Hawks, Carl Stalling, The J’s with Jamie, Paul DesmondLiner Notes I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don't any more. Clint EastwoodHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 10/15/12 New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/The-Bopst-Show-Motor-Away-Episode-214.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Motor Away -- Episode 214]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Motor Away -- Episode 214— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Motor Away (Episode 214)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: Never give in, never give in…Random Richmond Diversion: Is this what a slut wears?Random USA Diversion: YOU LIERandom World Diversion: Mr. Boroujerdi did not say when or how Iran had obtained Siemens equipmentRandom Image: Iris FineRandom Music Blog: Avenge The VirginsRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: "Drank & Drank & Drank (Episode 131)"Mainstream Bopst Fluff: That I didn't step on anyone's neck to get ahead in lifeHey Black People:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypRW5qoraTwConstruction Date: Friday & Saturday September 21st & 22nd, 2012Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: September 24th, 2012Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Savage Sisters, Guided By Voices, Yamasuki Sisters, Horace Silver, Country Teasers, Bill Haley & The Comets, Desi Arnaz, Gus Gus, Paul McCartney, King Tubby & The Aggrovators, Richard "Rabbit" Brown, Calexico, Penny & The Quarters, AC/DC, Peret, Mfalme, FendikaLiner Notes The party of Lincoln and Liberty was transmogrified into the party of hairy-backed swamp developers and corporate shills, faith-based economists, fundamentalist bullies with Bibles, Christians of convenience, freelance racists, misanthropic frat boys, shrieking midgets of AM radio, tax cheats, nihilists in golf pants, brownshirts in pinstripes, sweatshop tycoons, hacks, fakirs, aggressive dorks, Lamborghini libertarians, people who believe Neil Armstrong's moonwalk was filmed in Roswell, New Mexico, little honkers out to diminish the rest of us, Newt's evil spawn and their Etch-A-Sketch president, a dull and rigid man suspicious of the free flow of information and of secular institutions, whose philosophy is a jumble of badly sutured body parts trying to walk...Garrison KeillorHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 10/01/12 New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/The-Bopst-Show-But-Not-Today-Episode-213.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- But Not Today -- Episode 213]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- But Not Today -- Episode 213— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "But Not Today (Episode 213)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: to not pull a Josh MorganRandom Richmond Diversion: Yup, just adds to the billsRandom USA Diversion: Things have only gotten worseRandom World Diversion: But while these claims are plausible, the evidence for them is thinRandom Image: Distruggete Base LunaRandom Music Blog: Denim On DenimRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: "8 Feet Short (Episode 104)"Mainstream Bopst Fluff: Big Star: "September Girls" from the CD release "#1 Record/Radio City" (Fantasy)Sheldon:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B5o6-qNk6QConstruction Date: Saturday & Sunday September 15 & 16th, 2012Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: September 17th, 2012Artists and Groups in order of appearance: C-SPAN, The Who, Wu-Tang, Prince Jammy & The Aggrovators, 101er’s, Antibalas, Paul Ngozi, The Dorsey Brothers (with Dee Parker), Government Issue, Prince, Hugh Porter, Miss Li, E.S.L., Sam Baker, Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra, Tymon Dogg, Johnny Hawksworth, Stevie WonderLiner Notes Corporations are people, my friend... of course they are. Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to the people. Where do you think it goes? Whose pockets? People's pockets. Human beings, my friend." Mitt RomneyHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 09/24/12New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!

Listen[audio:http://media.rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/The-Bopst-Show-Take-Overtime-Episode-212.mp3|titles=The Bopst Show -- Take Our Time -- Episode 212]SubscribeiTunes: The Bopst show podcastEverything else: The Bopst show podcastDownloadThe Bopst Show -- Take Our Time -- Episode 212— ∮∮∮ —Title: The Bopst Show: "Take Our Time (Episode 212)"Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations & Language)Intent: to not Ryan about RomneyhoodRandom Richmond Diversion: It was a crisis solution to a crisis situationRandom USA Diversion: They would be unlikely to be protected under the type of preexisting conditions ban that Romney has proposedRandom World Diversion: He was arrested Sunday after police issued a warrant based on a political activist's complaint Trivedi's cartoons were "insulting" to the countryRandom Image: Matt WhiteRandom Music Blog: The Music NinjaRandom Bopst Show: The Bopst Show: "Socialized Music (Episode 66)"Mainstream Bopst Fluff: As anyone who has worked a job before knows, every job you have sucks in some way or another of else you wouldn’t call it a jobLies:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6DI5JSyH5oConstruction Date: Friday & Saturday September 8 & 9th, 2012Equipment: Mac G5, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 MicrophonePosted: September 10th, 2012Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Tunng, Fujiya & Miyagi, Prince Far I, Shep & The Limelites, The Moog Cookbook, Kevin Ayers, Richard House & The Five Fellows, The Richmanian Ramblers, BBC, Lake Street Dive, Thelonious Monk, Matthew E. White, Cheb KhaledLiner Notes The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department. Thomas SowellHere are some shows I’m hustling at Balliceaux this week...NEXT NEW SHOW: 09/17/12New show times. The Bopst Show airs Sundays, 11PM and Tuesdays, 6PM (EST-USA) on KAOS Radio Austin.Until Next Time:Stay clean,BOPSTHo there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month!