While everyone is trampling each other for Plasma screen TV’s and IPhones,  I’ve found a few gift items that I asked St. Nick to leave under my fake tree:

5. The Official Boston Red Sox Casket

For the true fan.  I’m sure many will need one now that the Yankees have sucked in Mark Teixeira.  Hey, last I checked The Old Towne Team still was a pretty decent unit.  Some may want one to send off Julio Lugo or bury Jason Varitek’s OBP.  Wait till the Yankees use the power of the Dark Side to bring in Derek Lowe and Manny Ramirez.  Then these babies will be flying out the door.  Maybe When George Steinbrenner kicks the bucket we can arrange a mix up at the funeral home?  His oozing corpse would probably find it’s last gasp of life to slither out and somehow pick up Josh Hamilton.

4. The Barack Obama Victory Plate

My question is: Who is profiting from this Presidential Platter?  I would like to think Obama would shill something cooler, like a Victory GPS, or Victory Crocs.  I bet it’s Hillary Clinton trying to pay off her campaign debts.  Or maybe it’s Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.  That’s more his style.  He’ll get that cash from Obama one way or another.  I’m not saying commemorative plates aren’t cool.  I own 2 Three Stooges plates I bought in the 80’s while stoned.  The people on the phone said they would increase in value, but I get laughed out of every indoor flea market I take them to.  At least they’re way more entertaining than the Victory Plate.  That Curly…what a screwball!  Well I’m not going to get just one to keep on my desk to look at and have a brief chortle to myself while I pay the bills.(like in the commercial)  I’m going to get a whole set so my family can eat of Barack Obama just like the boys at GM.

3. The Bacon Wrapped Turducken

Truly a horrific culinary Tour De Force.  Supposedly the Turducken was created by Creole Chef Paul Prudhomme, who got so fat eating it his mass became as dense as a medium size star and he eventually started to collapse within himself.  It’s a turkey, stuffed with a duck, stuffed with a chicken, which is stuffed with sausage.  Then some genius cardiac surgeon said, “Hey, business is kinda slow.  Let’s start a viral Internet campaign telling people to wrap their Turducken in Bacon!  I’ll give away a carton of Winstons with every bypass!”  The amount of grease from one bacon wrapped Turducken could power a fleet of Bio-Deisel ships that could deliver the BWT’s to countries harboring terrorists.  Instead of wasting money on bombs we could slowly fatten the enemies of America, eventually stopping their hate filled hearts.  I’m sending one to Coldplay for the holidays.

2. Any toy made in China

I belive China is waging covert chemical warfare against the USA.

First, they break our hearts by killing our pets with battery acid laced pet food.  We can talk all we want about how we wish our boss would drive into a kerosene tanker on the highway, but don’t fuck with our pets.  We fly into PETA rage when we read a story about Michael Vick waterboarding a Pitt Bull.

Second, they try to render us toothless by selling us tainted toothpaste.  This has obviously worked on a majority of American Idol fans.

Third, kill our children with lead laden WMD’s disguised as loving cartoon characters.  I just read today about a recall of Hallmark Snow Man Snow Globes that could magnify sun light to the point of incinerating our homes or cubicles.  Holiday joy turned into a fate worse than Napalm.

Don’t worry.  We are already fighting back with America’s greatest and most profitable asset; Porn.  Internet Pornography is apparently depleting the will and the seed of The People’s Republic.  I hear the Pentagon is speaking to members of the Brazzers crew to spearhead a retaliatory money shot at Beijing.

And the number 1 Holiday Gift Of 2008 is….Abortion Gift Certicicates from Planned Parenthood of Indiana.

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=6384543&page=1

Nothing says Happy Birthday Jesus like an abortion.  Now before you get all Right To Choose on my ass, let me say I am Pro-Choice.  Planned Parenthood programs across the country provide women with the help and education they need to…well..plan parenthood.  It’s just HI-larious to think of someone reaching into their stocking Christmas morning and pulling out a free ABORTION! AAAHHHHHHHH!!!  Can’t get one of those at Best Buy.  Maybe next to the dumpster, behind the Best Buy, if the Religious Right got their way.  It could also be a popular Yankee Swap item.

I hope you get at least one of these fabulous gifts this Holiday season.  If you end up with a PS3 or a Lexus, try not to get disappointed. Remember, it’s the thought that counts.

This was the e-mail I received from Slash’s publicist, 15 minutes before the interview:

“Please make note to speak all about the Les Paul & Friends Tribute release and questions can be also asked about his relationship with Gibson and his solo project, his newly released paperback book.

I have been asked to make sure there are no questions about Chinese Democracy, Axl or Scott Weiland.

Thanks again and let me know if you have any questions.”

Well, yeah.  I do have some questions but apparently I can’t ask them.  I’ve always been more of a Slash guy.  He always seemed to be more real than Axl.  I enjoyed his book and his Snakepit stuff.  But this was a little disappointing.  Axle Rose basically called him a liar in several Guns N’ Roses chat rooms.  I don’t know about you, but when someone calls me a liar I get pissed.  Maybe Slash is taking the high road.  Maybe “high” is a poor choice of words.  I was given the same request by the press people twice before i actually got on the phone with him.

Look, I love the work of Les Paul.  The man was a pioneer in guitar innovation and playing.  He was way ahead of his time in the 50’s when it came to the recording process.  Gibson named a line of guitars after him.  At 93 the guy still plays a weekly residency in Manhattan.  For more info you can go to http://www.lespaulonline.com/.  The guy is amazing.  But I would hazard a guess that Slash’s fans want to know what he thinks of the forbidden queries.  There are probably an army of lawyers involved.  Maybe he’s preparing for a more spectacular response?  Maybe a half time “fuck You” at the Super Bowl?
Overall, he was very polite.  He brought up Scott Weiland on his own.   I’m sure we’re not getting the entire story, but I was hoping the side I’m routing for returned fire.

Well, they are at it again.  The fanatical christian hate group that calls themselves The Westboro Baptist Church has released a Christmas video.  Watch it here.  This group, led by alleged baptist Fred Phelps and his butt ugly daughters, is well known for their attemped attention grabbing activities, like protesting the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq.  If you listen to the Hillman Morning show, you know we enjoy getting Fred’s daughter Shirley on the phone so she can remove any lingering questions anyone may have about whether these people have a bone of decency in their body.

The Bible is filled with contradictions, and it’s been some time since I’ve read it, but I do know that a Christian is supposed to “turn the other cheek.”  I just can’t when it comes to these people.  They are the lowest form of scum on the planet and now they are attacking Santa Claus!  To watch those little kids holding the “Santa is a fag” signs, singing about Santa taking us all to hell, really disturbs me.  If the government can go seize a bunch of kids from a polygamist cult in Texas, why they can take these kids from a homophobic, pseudo-religious cult in Kansas?

I guess if there is anything comforting about this, they don’t have many sacred targets left to abuse to get people like me (and you) to talk and write about them.  They have used the honorable dead from our military, the late Heath Ledger, and now, in the ultimate case of attacking an innocent bystander, poor old Santa Claus.  There really aren’t too many sacred things left for them to mock in a pathetic attempt to get themselves on the Drudge Report.

Oh, wait.  They haven’t done anything on Mother Teresa yet.  I’m sure that’s coming.

-Who is more of a distraction to their co-workers:  Plaxico Burress, Terrell Owens, Sean Avery or Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner?

-Fox News is reporting that former Danity Kane singer Aubrey O’Day from “Making the Band” is an out lesbian.  That means I have to throw my theory on why Diddy put her on the show right out the window.

-Tara Reid checked into Promises Rehab center this week.  She used to be so hot (remember “American Pie”?).  I kind of feel bad for her because everything was going great until she had the plastic stomach surgery that went worse than a Big Dig tunnel project.  She had that travel show where she just went places and got hammered-and it was great.  Suddenly, she didn’t have the show anymore and I guess it’s a bad thing that she was still getting dismantled.  On the bright side, at least she can still afford Promises.

-If you were an angry Iraqi, and you had a chance to throw something at George Bush, would it be a shoe?

-Who do you think will spend a longer period of time in jail next year: Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, OJ Simpson or Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner?

-I love Christmas and I think it’s great to get in to the holiday spirit.  I’m all for decorating the tree, the house, even the workplace.  But I draw the line at the reindeer antlers and wreaths that people put on their cars.  I think it’s cheesy.  Christmas is still supposed to have a little bit of the respect for the birth of the baby jesus in it.   You don’t see people driving down the road with a giant lit mennorah on their roof, do you?

-After winning Friday’s “Great Latka cookoff” at our Toys for Tots broadcast, Chef Michael Schlow suggested that Spaz pay off his bet from the last cookoff, two years ago.  Spaz is supposed to do the dishes one night at one of Michael’s four star restaurants (Great Bay, Radius, Via Matta or Alta Strada).  We are trying to turn this into an upcoming fundraiser.  The Can Man will be the maitre’d.

-Who is more likely to come to your house this Christmas and leave with an extra gift: Wynona Ryder, the CEO’s of the big three automakers, or City Councilor Chuck Turner?

-Finally…it has been a great year for the Hillman Morning Show.  You are the best listeners anyone could ever ask for.   You participate in the show, go to our events and rip us all on “Hillmail”.  I hope you have an incredible holiday and an even better New Year…and I will be blogging over our vacation!

(What’s my resolution?  To get SPD back on the show in ‘09!)

That's Muntader al-Zaidi, reporter for Al Bahgdadia, tossing a couple of what look like split fingered fast shoes at President Bush.  Apparently not everyone thinks Iraq is "freer and safer" than it was eight years ago.  After being asked why he thinks he was targeted by the footwear assassin Bush answered, "The guy wanted to get on TV and he did. I don't know what his beef is, but whatever it is, I'm sure someone will hear it."

If the president doesn't know then who does?  This guy's country is blown to bits and being controlled by "American Independent Contractors" and a bunch of the President's business buddies he's paying back for loaning him the money to get into office.  They didn't give a shit about a people who were living under a psycho bitch dictator for more than 30 years and finally were able to control their own destiny.  They were psyched because they hit the lottery under the guise of building a democracy.  Anybody who questioned their no bid contracts were called "terrorists".  You think living without power, cable, video games, lights, heat and running water for a few days after an ice storm is tough?  Try 6 years and probably more.  Bush is lucky this guy wasn't wearing a dynamite vest that are so in fashion in that area of the world.  Instead he was assaulted with practical footwear.  If only the insurgents were throwing their shoes at our troops.  We could retaliate with trucker bombs or a Detroit Red Wings style Octopus.

I've always advocated the use of non-lethal weapons for war or to make political statements.  Remember when Bill Gates was hit with a pie in Belgium?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/249066.stm

Nobody was hurt.(physically anyway) The "terrorist" group got their message across, although I'm not sure what that was.  And the world had a good laugh for a few minutes.  Instead of killing or physically harming someone, humiliate them!  It will be on the Internet within seconds and the victim will have to deal with his buddies giving him a hard time about it for the rest of his life.  Could you imagine the next state funeral?  "Hey Cool Whip, how was Iraq?",  "I heard you got CREAMED in the polls!", "At least you weren't hunting with Cheney". Plus, cream pies are delicious.

Also, check out the arm on al- Zaidi.  Two fast balls(shoes) high and tight.  Theo Epstein should send a scout to the Iraqi prison he's being held in and see if he's got any other pitches up his battered sleeve.  We could use the bullpen help.

CAMP FREDDY is a cover band from LA that features a loose collection of local rock stars.  Most recently featuring the talents of Billy Morrison (CIRCUS DIABLO, THE CULT), Dave Navarro (JANE’S ADDICTION, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS), Matt Sorum (GUNS N’ ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER), Donovan Leitch (son of singer Donovan), and Chris Chaney (JANE’S ADDICTION).

They’ve been doing this for years,  when their schedules permit and have had some great talent join them on stage.  A couple of nights ago they were joined by Slash, and Linkin Park singer, Chester Bennington.  I’ve included some fan filmed footage below.  It’s rough and at times, they stumble, but it’s good to see professionals loosen up and have fun for free drinks.

In my opinion, Rock music is best experienced in sweaty, hole in the wall clubs, that are way over capacity, and have dollar beer specials.  There have been times where the chemistry of the night coalesced into a transcendental experience.  The Band, the booze, the mix of customers and characters, all can contribute to a memorable evening.

Not to sound like an old fartbag, but I remember seeing the Smashing Pumpkins doing a free show in a club called Twisters in Richmond, VA.  The club was about the same size as the Bull Pen at Fenway Park and in total violation of any kind of safety code.  The Pumpkins blew the place apart.  I remember seeing Soundgarden at the Hampshire College Dining Commons and thinking the roof was going to come down because the low end made the walls vibrate.  I know; I was being crushed against it.  Then there was the loogee shower Anthony Keidis took at the dearly missed Channel in Boston.  The Red Hot Chili Peppers were just starting to launch into the stratosphere with their album “Mother’s Milk”.  They had a fresh faced, mohawked 18 year old guitar player named John Frusciante (before his long ride on the Heroine horse).  He was wearing a cheerleader skirt and every time he kicked up his legs you could see his ball bag swinging in the faces of the people smashed against the stage.  In between songs, Keidis says, “I don’t know if you heard the bad news about Larry Birds wrist?” (The Chilis are infamous Lakers fans, and this was the mid-80’s) “Yeah, apparently he was giving Magic Johnson a reachaorund and strained his wrist.”  First it was the thunderous booing.  Then, a whirling hailstorm of snot saturates the stage.  Everybody was spitting, even the bouncers.  Keidis just stood there with his arms open, receiving the gooey retort.  Spittle dripping from his nose and arms.  It was very special.  Not that the performances below are anything like those.  It just reminded me of how the audience can become part of the show at great gigs.  You can’t get that at the local Enormo-Dome.

I got this question from Bob…

I have a really good question for you Carrie. How come it seems that rock stations in the Boston area have more of a alternative rock lean more than a straight out rock n roll / metal lean? Like in my own opinion when i hear a station claimed to be a rock station and have the title “rocks” as a slogan I would think of a station that will play more of big time classic rock hits and classic metal hits mixed with new rock / metal bands that have that same vibe of the music that was big and mainstream back in the day. Well anyways I’m hardcore into rock music and know a lot of underground bands that do have that 70’s – 90’s mainstream sound and it’s just shocking that they are not being played on stations known to make new artist big like WAAF has been known to do through out the years.

Bob…

Thanks for taking the time to write and thanks for listening.

Boston is a city like no other… You already know that, you live here. With the amount of college students here among other demographic things, Alternative music is popular here, but it’s popular in most places, big and small.

WAAF has been, and continues to be a Rock station. It’s who we are, and what we’re good at.

If you’ve been listening over the years, you’ll notice some music trends that come and go, and some that stick around.

For example, for a while in the mid to late 90’s Rap Rock was HUGE…

Now, only a few of those songs ie: Limp Bizkit ‘Nookie’ have stood the test of time and continue to be songs that you tell us you like.

Other Limp Bizkit songs and artists like Limp have not stuck around because YOU guys have told us, you don’t like them anymore…

On the flip side, GRUNGE came in the early to mid 90’s and continues to be requested, and is still selling 15+ years later.

Nirvana and Pearl Jam are turning into the Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath of the 90’s, the few bands that stick around and stay just as popular…

The same way that Metallica and U2 did in the 80’s and continue to prove today…

There is a difference between, having a hit song or two, and becomming part of the Rock N Roll fabric of our twisted society…

Only a select few artists ever make it that far!

Our slogan… WAAF Rocks, is perfect for us…

Everything we play, fits that slogan…

Artists like Slipknot and Mudvayne, just because they are heavy… doesn’t mean that you (the audience) are going to like them… They have to prove themselves the same way a more Alternative artis like Weezer has to…

C’mon, your iPod is filled with more than just Metal…

I bet you like all kinds of music… and many of those artists would be considered Rock.

We’re trying to be well rounded and interesting with our music…

Sabbath, Metallica, Slipknot is a natural transition through the decades…

But in one type of Rock (Metal)…

But, just because you like those 3 bands… Doesn’t mean you don’t like RHCP, the Smashing Pumpkins, and Foo Fighters. All 3 would be considered Alternative. But all 3 are great… so why wouldn’t we play them…?

Music cannot be held back by categories or labels that define their ‘type’. Why pigeon hole them like that?

And should we continue to play music that we played first, but that people don’t seem to like anymore?

The internet has changed the way Radio is used…

Now, I look at our job, and mine in particular as the Music Director, as a filter for all of the music out there…

Hopefully we are filtering out the bad stuff, and delivering the best of the best…

No matter the type of Rock that it may be called.

At the end of the day, the songs have to be GOOD!!! No matter who wrote them.and to that same point, because a great band wrote a BAD song, should we play it?

So, how do you get the music that YOU like played more???Buy it, go see them live, buy their T-shirts for starters…

When we are making programming decisions, we look at all of those things, to see how much passion there is for an artist out there. 

Request it, email us, and get involved…

But, if you want to just turn on the radio and know that you are going to hear the ‘best of the best’ make sure you turn on WAAF…

Otherwise, you never know what you’ll get…

Boston Celtic Brian Scalabrine was in the studio with us yesterday and, as you might imagine if you have seen him at games, he is a great guy with an incredible sense of humor!  Scal (and his team) didn’t get back to Boston til around 2am the night before but he was up early and in the studio by 8 and he spent a good hour and 15 on the show, answering everybody’s questions. Listen to his interview here: part 1 | part 2.

Scal also participated in a little “cinematic gold” and, I think, deserves an Oscar for his portrayal of a tall man that everyone needs something from in “Good to be Tall”, which you can watch here.  NBA players get the rap of being arrogant and out of touch… but not Scal.  He is a great guy and promised to come back and do the show again in January.

After weeks of pressuring NFL “superstar” Matt Cassel to come on the show, I think we have worked out a deal and the Patriot’s quarterback will be on Thursday morning from California.  All kidding aside, there is a lot of pressure on Cassel, and it’s a big adjustment for him.  Last year, the biggest challenge he had was which cap to wear backwards on the sideline while working the clipboard for Tom.  Now… the hopes of an entire football dynasty rest on his shoulders.  The loss of Tedy Bruschi is a HUGE one for the Pats… can the depleted defense continue to string together enough stops to win out?  I think so.  I agree with yesterday’s caller who said it’s time to throw Izzo in the mix when it comes to situations other than special teams.

Fox apologized yesterday for showing the junk of NFL tight end Visanthe Shiancoe in the background of a locker room shot.  Is this really something the network needed to apologize for?  Are there a lot of kids tuned in to the post-game locker room interviews?  The only people watching were football fans, some of whom more than likely enjoyed seeing the junk of one of their favorite players.  This is an opportunity the NFL network has missed – nude locker room interviews.  It would definitely increase the female post game audience.

On a similar note, how did NESN’s Heidi Watney not make the list of nominees for Playboys’ annual Hottest Sportscaster poll?  In my humble opinion, she is, by far, the hottest local sports girl we have had in many years.  I’m sure that you, the perverted readers of this blog, may have other suggestions and I sit here, anxiously awaiting them!

Finally…Friday morning is our annual “Toys for Tots” live broadcast at Boch Toyota in Norwood.  The Marines are desperate this year.  Toy donations are way down so please bring a new, unwrapped toy to our show on Friday morning between 6am and 10am.  The annual Spaz/Michael Schlow cookoff will be happening there, we will get a special appearance from “Frosty the Can Man”, who will sing some Christmas tunes, and former Patriot Ted Johnson will give us his thoughts on the rest of the season.  Hope to see you guys there!!!

For those of you concerned with the Auto industry bail-out:

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0746551320081207

“We have done all we can do in this union, so I’m going to turn it over to the Lord”- UAW Vice President General Holiefield.

Let me get this straight…They have SUV’s on the altar?  They’re praying to SUV’s!?  I understand that millions of dollars and jobs are in the balance with the survival of the Big 3.  Not just the automotive industry, but all that benefit from it (parts, materials, advertising).  Maybe the CEO’s shouldn’t have run their businesses into the ground?  Maybe the unions should have backed off a little during negotiations?  Both are at fault and both should suffer what billions of failed businesses have suffered in the USA when they fail.  Let them dangle.  We’ve already wasted too much money on bailing out the banks and financial creeps.  They’re lucky they had lots of friends in The White House and Congress that got too drunk to remember those pictures taken down at Hilton Head with those strippers and a donkey.

Now, the faithful of Detroit has taken to sharing their altar space with the unholy sport utility vehicles.  Oh please gods of the V-8, please save us from the evil politicians and taxpayers who are denying us or Union due.  I’m not a huge fan of the Bible, but isn’t it heresy to worship false idols?  Just like in the classic, “Beneath The Planet Of The Apes”, what’s left of the radio active mutated humans are found worshipping “the Almighty Bomb”.  Praying for rescue from the savage apes that have conquered the planet that they have nearly destroyed.  Let the apes take over the Big 3.  Let Dr. Zeus, Aldo, Cornelius and the rest try to build a better auto world.

The Reuters article also goes on to say,”Other Detroit-area religious leaders — including Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders convened by Cardinal Adam Maida — have urged Congress to approve an auto aid package.”  So that’s what it takes to get all religions to come together for humanity.  We should get the current Bishops of the Big 3 to build plants in the Middle East and hire millions to create an impractical piece of crap that gets 16 mpg.  The Bishops will then ask for a bail-out when they fail to sell.  The governments of the middle east will hesitate and the Israelis and Arabs will put their differences aside to save their jobs, retirement, and medical benefits.  Whamo!  Peace in the Middle East!

Detroit resident Michelle McDade says in the article, “”Politicians forgot autoworkers for ages. You can’t just forget them. We’re also part of the country.”  The Politicians never forgot about their huge campaign contributions and endorsements from the UAW.  The Unions have had a huge influence in Washington and now they are crying because their pants are to tight from special interest bloat.  The real crime hear is the Big 3 Bishops will have to suffer with huge severance and bonus packages.  The faithful will be in the unemployment line hoping a new car company will move in.

Let God sort em out.

Well, you may or may not have known this… But besides being on the air in the afternoon…

I am also the Music Director of WAAF.

What does that mean?

It means…  I,  along with the Program Director, am involved with programming the music that you hear on WAAF.

So, if you’ve ever wondered why we play or don’t play something…

I’m the person to ask.

Just send me an email: carrie@waaf.com

Or leave a comment on my blog,

and from now on, I’ll try to answer your questions on this blog, so that you can see how,  and why things happen the way they do around here.

I’ll also use this blog to show you some of the ‘music business’ news that I think you’ll be interested in…

Like this,

Yesterday, Joe Satriani filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Coldplay in LA federal court.

Satriani claims that the Coldplay song (for which they are nominated for several Grammy’s) incorporates “substantial original portions” of his 2004 song, If I Could Fly.

Satriani, is seeking a trial by jury, damages and “any and all profits” attributed to the alleged copyright infringement.

So, what do you think?

Are the Coldplay guys, closet Satriani fans?

Wanna hear for yourself?

Take a look

And tell me what you think...