we know that many of you Jivers, when you hear a nice song you’re unfamiliar with, like to know the song title and the artist. so that’s why that our radio mascot Klappy here on the home page is has a vitally important gig, since he’s in charge of song and artist i.d., and why it’s a pain in the posterior when he’s on not working.  unfortunately, that is often the case.  we are finding out that it just doesn’t take much to aggravate Klappy and bump him into non-function mode.  for this, we apologize.  So as we try to make Klappy a little less touchy, please remember the backup that’s available for those who like identification, and that is the app called Shazam.  easily downloaded to your device of choice (and free, too), it can be greatly helpful.  once installed, you just hold the phone or tablet or whatever up to the speakers and shazam will usually, within seconds, give you song, artist, and probably a pic of the album cover to boot.

Okey dang dokey?  Carry on, schizoclectic music kook!

At this time, wanna send a little love out there to all who like a nice ice cream sandwich on occasion. If you’re in that group, and I’m thinking a clear majority are, i’ve got a nice tip for you in the semi-crucial world of good ice cream goodies.

Have you ever tried Tillamookies, made of course by Tillamook of Oregon? these are mint chocolate chip ice cream sandwiches avail in all the big supermarts and these little devils are really quite excellent. The ice cream is dandy, but the key to the Tillamookie are the waffle cone cookie layers that contain that ice cream. Simple, yet superb. A confection to be savored. Especially since it’s not very big. Sorta hockey puckish.

Never overwhelming, each yummy disc packs 220 calories, and yes, some nights, some occasions of indulgence……you go ahead and give yourself the green light to let it fly with that second sandwich……..always a good choice.

yeah, there’s a hazelnut flavored Tillamookie that you’ll see, but the mint choc chip is the call here at Jiveradio.

let’s speak sanely here about our insane mass murder problem.  it hasn’t been real good lately.  since October, there have been 3 bad episodes…..very bad…..Las Vegas, Sutherland Springs Texas and Parkland Florida. death counts were 58, 26, and 17. blood in the street. blood in the church. blood in the school.  Three horrific slaughters in 5 months. thoughts, prayers, and condolences ain’t cuttin’ it.  they’re obviously worthless. people want to do SOMETHING.  and they want to do it NOW.

last year, researcher Mark Gius of Quinnipiac University published his study on School Shootings. it’s a sober, sensible look at this horrific problem. he writes “the only gun control measure that had a statistically significant effect on the number of school shooting victims was the assault weapons ban (which was in place from ’94-’03). When the assault weapons ban was in effect, the number of school shooting victims was 54% less than when it was not in effect.”

Gius then went on to note that “while school shootings are the most horrific of crimes, they are also a very small share of overall  murders in america.” He estimates that the average annual reduction in deaths with a new ban on assault weapons would be perhaps less than 10 a year.

So, writes Tom Jacobs in the Pacific Standard, “if our goal as a society is to reduce the overall murder rate, an assault weapons ban would be highly ineffective. BUT, IF WE WANT INCREASED PROTECTION FROM PEOPLE WHO AIM TO CREATE MASS CASUALTIES IN SCHOOLS—OR CONCERT VENUES AS IN LAS VEGAS–IT COULD BE OF ENORMOUS HELP.”

to which we at JiveRadio say…….duh!

if you’re fed up and pissed off with mass massacres in this country and NOTHING being done in response, please note that the Student-inspired March for Our Lives will take place all across the country and all over the world on Saturday March 24th. the Reno event will be downtown at the City Plaza at 11:30.  to find out more about marches everywhere, just go to March for Our Lives dot com. As of today, March 9th, there are 581 Marches scheduled to hit the streets on the 24th.  MILLIONS of people will march for action, for sanity, for mercy, for safety in our schools. NOW!!!!!  it’s time to send this message to Ryan, McConnell, Trump, and other lickspittles of the National Rifle Association. And honestly, if you’re gonna stand there with a straight face and tell me you hunt with an AR-15, then i’m gonna tell you i water my vegetable garden with a fire hose.  One more time–we are NOT coming for your pistols, your rifles, your shotguns, your crossbows, your brass knuckles, and so forth. We just want to BAN the human shredding weapons of war. Period.

 

i sampled the show this monday morning (3-5-18) and it was a good day in the old Bucket.  here’s what i’m talking about. beginning at about 8:40 am.

echo & the bunnymen–the back of love

col. bruce hampton & the aquarium rescue unit–dead presidents

the yardbirds–i’m not talking

toni price–going out that front door

david bromberg–send me to the ‘lectric chair

curtis mayfield–pusherman

chuck berry–school days

REM–me in honey

the monkees–listen to the band

gregg allman–these days

john lennon–gimme some truth

etta james–wet match

robert cray–love gone to waste

juluka–i jwanasibeki

mose allison–parchman farm

the beatles–dear prudence

steve earle–you know the rest

little feat–skin it back

annie lennox–whiter shade of pale

henry mancini orchestra–a profound gass (peter gunn soundtrack)

and so on and so forth…..

 

so there’s a taste of the BVD Bucket of Real Gone.  a blend of schizoclectic music radio that takes place when the computer on random shuffle pulls songs out of the Big Bucket O’ Tunes in a most willy nilly kind of way.  some day the apple is lame, and some days it’s red hot.  today was a good one.  worked for me anyway.

the schedule of our special programming is here on the home page to the right.  and yes, fellow jivers Sister Tiny, Hayseed Don, Lump Sum Tom Ward, and Diane Michaels the diyatollah of rock and rollah are all cranking up good new stuff to pop your cork on a weekly basis.  we love you when you listen and we’re cool with it when you forget.  ta ta for now!