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Barsky & Gang: 1 Week In

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valkyrie777

OK, Paul...

Dude, I've tried...honest to God...I've tried listening to see what huge rabbit you were gonna pull outta your hat. I mean, this is the "Barsky Of Legend"...the one who has worked everywhere in Philly radio except as the announcer of SEPTA trains at 30th Street Station. This is the Barsky who nailed George Beasley outta hard cold cash. (Props to ya on THAT one!) The Barsky who is part chameleon/part WWF smackdown artist. Infinity called; you answered! Damn, dude. Middays in Philly. Most radio people would give at least one gonad plus a shot at Angelina Jolie for the weekend to have that opportunity. However...

So far...it ain't happening, Paulie. It sounds rushed, un-gelled, like a dog sniffing the dumpster, like you're...pardon the allusion..."Winging" it. You guys are making it up as you go along. It sounds like a junior-high school skit from 14-year-olds. ( Is there some kind of contest to see how many times you guys can get away with saying certain words on-air? )

Last week, I heard you say on-air: "I asked the Infinity programming guys if I could play music. They said "No". That obviously means that you (and, by you, I also mean Infinity) simply hit the air without a huge plan...some prep...or some framework? (I don't mean putting up a new website, some new positioners or some crap like that; I mean a serious gameplan.)

Well, bud: you got the gig. Congrats. I hope this thing gets up to speed before the wheels come off. Otherwise...this can't be much fun for you. It sure doesn't sound like it's fun for you anyway. It sure isn't any fun to listen to for me...and, judging by lots of others...for them either.

At least you still have NJ101.5 yet to work for. :)
 
> OK, Paul...
>
> Dude, I've tried...honest to God...I've tried listening to
> see what huge rabbit you were gonna pull outta your hat. I
> mean, this is the "Barsky Of Legend"...the one who has
> worked everywhere in Philly radio except as the announcer of
> SEPTA trains at 30th Street Station. This is the Barsky who
> nailed George Beasley outta hard cold cash. (Props to ya on
> THAT one!) The Barsky who is part chameleon/part WWF
> smackdown artist. Infinity called; you answered! Damn, dude.
> Middays in Philly. Most radio people would give at least one
> gonad plus a shot at Angelina Jolie for the weekend to have
> that opportunity. However...
>
> So far...it ain't happening, Paulie. It sounds rushed,
> un-gelled, like a dog sniffing the dumpster, like
> you're...pardon the allusion..."Winging" it. You guys are
> making it up as you go along. It sounds like a junior-high
> school skit from 14-year-olds. ( Is there some kind of
> contest to see how many times you guys can get away with
> saying certain words on-air? )
>
> Last week, I heard you say on-air: "I asked the Infinity
> programming guys if I could play music. They said "No". That
> obviously means that you (and, by you, I also mean Infinity)
> simply hit the air without a huge plan...some prep...or some
> framework? (I don't mean putting up a new website, some new
> positioners or some crap like that; I mean a serious
> gameplan.)
>
> Well, bud: you got the gig. Congrats. I hope this thing gets
> up to speed before the wheels come off. Otherwise...this
> can't be much fun for you. It sure doesn't sound like it's
> fun for you anyway. It sure isn't any fun to listen to for
> me...and, judging by lots of others...for them either.
>
> At least you still have NJ101.5 yet to work for. :)
>


I've been listening too this passed week and today's show was better because of the guest Walt who could see dead people.

I am hoping Barsky will let his creative juices flow soon and write some
song parodies or something soon. He needs to do what he is known for..
I hope he soon remembers that..

Ethel
 
Keep in mind, he is "winging it"!!! He was called on virtually no notice and offered the job, so give him some time to get settled in. Jeez!

From the Phila. Inquirer article by Michael Klein

Posted on Sun, Oct. 30, 2005

Inqlings | Barsky slides back into things

By Michael Klein

Inquirer Columnist

Paul Barsky came back to the airwaves the other day. Talk about a whirlwind trip to the midday shift on WYSP-FM (94.1).

Barsky, last heard here on the Point in November 2003 when Beasley Broadcasting took him off the air, was living in Florida with his wife after getting a settlement in a lawsuit he'd filed against the company.

Some time ago, with Howard Stern on his way out of 27 Infinity Broadcasting markets, Infinity reached out to talk about "new strategies," says Barsky, 48. Not much happened, though he filled in at a talk station in L.A.

Friday the 21st, he got an e-mail from Infinity in New York. "Then I got a call from WYSP - 'Can you fly in Sunday and meet?' It all happened that fast. If I sound exhausted, this is why. ... Before I knew it, I was driving in." His hiring was announced at 8 a.m. Tuesday and he went on the air following Stern at 10:30 with former sidekicks Vinnie the Crumb and Kim Douglas. Barsky will follow David Lee Roth when he replaces Stern in January.

Barsky's show (officially 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.) is all talk, unlike the music-talk hybrids he did during previous stops here at WMMR and the old Y100, WCAU-FM and Max.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by EJ3 on 11/01/05 02:31 AM.</FONT></P>
 
THE PROBLEM IS SIMPLE:

No Pork!

Barsky needs his producer Pork back to get the show back on track.

BRING BACK PORK!

(No I'm not him)
 
"How Long"/Ace?

> Keep in mind, he is "winging it"!!! He was called on
> virtually no notice and offered the job, so give him some
> time to get settled in. Jeez!

OK...

Just how much time should we "allow" him to get his undies un-packed, his dishes all arranged neatly in the cabinet and his dog to get a nice grooming beFORE he wears out his welcome? Two weeks? A month? However long it takes?

Remember the first rule of interviews? "You never get a second chance to make a first impression." That seems to be the problem here, imho.

Paul rolled into town on his "I'm-Barsky-so-whatever-I-do-must-be-funny-and-clever" machine. That machine is fast rolling to a stop because it's out of gas.

Just my opinion...
 
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