I'm whooped. Calling it a birthday...thanks to all of you for the good wishes. It was a good day.

Safe passage, Mr. Manzarek. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GiD6XBsc2M

A post-Morrison Song

I just visited http://topeka.org for the first time in a while. Wow, what a tossed salad of conflicting visual design concepts. Mess...

Much thanks to all of you that have expressed your kind birthday wishes.

Keep 'em coming, people.

WIBW's weekend news broadcast was the expected train wreck...right down to low volume feedback on every mic throughout the broadcast. Thankfully, owing to a severe weather situation, the one grownup that stayed home with the kids this weekend, Jeremy Goodwin...was having none of it and the meteorologist directed the entire broadcast from on camera. Good man.

Two bucks on Orb to show. Yeah...that's how I roll.

It's on! http://psychedelicized.com

Cher's 1975 album "Stars" is a train wreck. It's also hilarious.

The archived audio and a link to the WFMU playlist for today's show are both up at http://hinkydinky.net/2013/05/17/hdt-on-gtdr/ enjoy!

Hinky Dinky Time on WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio, episode 3: Friday, May 17, 2013 at noon, Eastern Time.

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Don't forget that each Friday at noon Eastern, "Hinky Dinky Time" with Uncle Michael follows Doug Schulkind's "Give the Drummer Some" program on freeform, listener supported WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio stream. Today's playlist and comments can be found @ http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/50650

Episode #137 of the Emergency Broadcast System on Viva Radio is in the archive. Enjoy! It's a hell of a show. http://ebs-radio.com/2013/05/15/ebs137/

"A free form rock format, like a free form classical format, or a free form anything format gives the announcer such control over the records to be played that it is inconsistent with the strict controls that licensee must exercise to avoid questionable practices."

Now I kinda wish I'd named my show "Questionable Practices."

THE CUBS ARE NOT IN LAST PLACE.

Suck it, Milwaukee.

Oh, man.

In 1997 David Sedaris published a funny story called 'Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol,' narrated by a merciless drama critic who takes it upon himself to expose the appallingly low theatrical standards of elementary and middle school Christmas plays. The story is subtitled 'Trite Christmas:

"There are no more posts to show right now."

Really, Zuckerberg? *REALLY*?

The audio archive of today's show is now up on the page and available to podcast subscribers. Enjoy!

If you’re looking for previous episodes, click here.HHinky Dinky Time on WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio, episode 2: Friday, May 10, 2013 at noon, Eastern Time.

Coming up at noon Eastern, following Doug Schulkind's Give The Drummer Some on WFMU's Give The Drummer Radio...join me...Uncle Michael for Hinky Dinky Time till 3:00 PM.

Check out my opening act. This kid is going places.

At some point I'm going to get real curious about Google+.

Mark Zuckerberg’s new political group, which bills itself as a bipartisan entity dedicated to passing immigration reform, has spent considerable resources on ads advocating a host of anti-environmental causes — including driling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and constructing the Keys...

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