Wednesday, September 26: Ha! A part-time musician e-mailed to say he heard me on KSFO last week, was “impressed,” visited the blog and was “horrified” by my “near obsession” with “washed-up boy band” Hanson. First of all, I’m surprised it took so long for someone to e-mail something negative about my Hanson blogging. As I mentioned before, when I get excited about something, I tend to take it to the extreme. It’s dedication, not obsession. 
Second, a lot of people confuse Hanson with being a 90s boy band because that’s when “MMMBop” hit its peak. Anyone listening to Hanson now (they write, sing, and play their own music) wouldn’t call them a boy band. Anyway, I thought the e-mail was hysterical. The reader/musician says he’ll strive to “increase awareness of music of substance, and attempt to resist mindless pop culture.”
Hey, you say “tomayto”, I say “tomahto.” My blog, my topics. Anyway, gotta jet for this TV thing, which has been bumped to 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, September 25: Coasting through Alpha Centauri. Just wanted to check in with this. (Zef insisted we bring a laptop, so…)
Later… Going on the Tammy Bruce Show now (1 p.m. EDT). Might be on CNN tomorrow. I’ll let you know. Broadcasting from space! Talking about politics, not music. 
Even later… CNN tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. with Tony Harris (maybe) to talk about this. I don’t see the controversy (when heard in context), but you know cable news shows.
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Can I…just…get up and go?
Media
Behold! There’s at least one conservative columnist at the Philadelphia Daily News, my favorite newspaper when I lived in Philly. Christine Flowers, a lawyer and pro-life conservative, mentioned me in her latest column (with some Donovan McNabb mixed in). Check out Poor Sports & Real Heroes.
Catch me today on the Lee Rodgers & Melanie Morgan Program on KSFO radio around 11 a.m. EDT.
Get Up and Go!
I’m having one of those “get away from it all throw computer out the window” moments. Just want to run away – for a while. Wouldn’t it be cool to take a ride through space?
For those who saw “Star Trek: First Contact,” remember when reluctant pilot Zefram Cochrane, Geordi La Forge, and Will Riker took that “magic carpet ride” in the Phoenix and hit warp speed? That’s what I need right now – speed of light perspective, man (or faster!). The rush.
Day in and day out, bad news, bickering, discord. I can’t even post an old book review without controversy. Good grief. And I’ve lost count of the number of e-mails I’ve gotten from readers who want me to blog Jena Six. Why must I? Why must I? Why must I? I might; I might not.
I’ll end the week with some “Get Up & Go” by Hanson, circa 2004 (click on the arrow). Photo, circa 2000 (Taylor, Zac, and Isaac).
Even if it kills you, try to have a good weekend. OK?
Signing off, blasting into space with Zef. “Get Up & Go” blasting in the background…Woo hoo!
