Bruce.... on KTAR

[Wildstyle K]

I've been procrastinating and letting things get in the way of posting this topic, but today I MUST take time to stop everything else and say the following;

I LOVE BRUCE ST JAMES ON NEWSTALK 92.3 KTAR. ABSOLUTELY!

As a matter of fact, ever since he's been on the station, my KTAR listening has greatly increased!

I just love how he not only hits you with pure logic and common sense point of views rather than what FEELS right or good at the moment, but he also digs deep and dissects the issues, explaining (just about) everything in full, precise detail so everyone could be capable of getting what he's saying. Not everyone will be nice enough to take time and break things down - watch Judge Judy (the Queen of common sense) and she'll speak, tell it like it is, ask if you get what she's saying, then MOVE ON - regardless of what answer you give. Bruce delivers his opinions based on a logical point of view and does so calmly while also letting it be known that he isn't afraid to talk about it and "doesn't give a rats ass what you think".

Not only that, but what I find most impressive are certain specific topics he decides to talk about that most other talk show hosts would be afraid to discuss WITHOUT the "hehehehehe let me make a joke to sugar coat it a bit and make it sound nicer or to take light off of what I'm really trying to say" crap. I also must mention that it is extremely rare when I hear a talk show host talk about something, they are right on point with what they are saying, BUT they are missing certain details or types of explanations that are necessary to get people to wake up and see something - and just as I'm thinking "add this.. say that... put it this way.." etc - THEY DO AND SAY PRECISELY THAT!

Anyway, I do want to get further into the specifics on which of "his' topics I love and at some point will take time to point out and explain certain things in full, precise detail in addition to explaining why he is currently my favorite personality on KTAR. What he is being brave enough to (finally) present over the airwaves today is / are things I've been talking about and trying to say since 2005 that even KFYI didn't want to hear because they were too afraid of "going to far". I once had a seven hour conversation with a lady about this very same topic that I am about to get into and made her WAKE UP and see....certain things. Yes, I've been kicked off and suspended from quite a few sites (including having posts bypass the "take it outside section and go straight to being deleted from this board) and temporarily blocked from some of the leading social networking sites, but... somebody needs to talk about SOMETHING that's going on TODAY and I am going to talk about it and we'll do it next, once I think of a way to present it in a safe, politically correct, but serious type of manner.
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Anyone who wants to know who I am or what I look like, all the links to pics and contact info are right there, so before I get into what I'm about to present, I suggest that everyone take a look and see who what I'm about to get into is coming from because it all will tie into what I have to say and the reasoning behind it.

 

[KeithE4]

Oh. Bruce St. James! I thought you were taking about Bruce Jacobs subbing for Gambo on 620. Wrong KTAR - my bad. ;D

 

[flashman1]

Jacobs on sports, si. On news and politics..muy malo.

 

[oldiesfan6479]

Oh. Bruce St. James! I thought you were taking about Bruce Jacobs subbing for Gambo on 620. Wrong KTAR - my bad. ;D

Bonneville allowed the lunatic in its building?

 

[KMGX]

I've been procrastinating and letting things get in the way of posting this topic, but today I MUST take time to stop everything else and say the following;

I LOVE BRUCE ST JAMES ON NEWSTALK 92.3 KTAR. ABSOLUTELY!

As a matter of fact, ever since he's been on the station, my KTAR listening has greatly increased!

I just love how he not only hits you with pure logic and common sense point of views rather than what FEELS right or good at the moment, but he also digs deep and dissects the issues, explaining (just about) everything in full, precise detail so everyone could be capable of getting what he's saying. Not everyone will be nice enough to take time and break things down - watch Judge Judy (the Queen of common sense) and she'll speak, tell it like it is, ask if you get what she's saying, then MOVE ON - regardless of what answer you give. Bruce delivers his opinions based on a logical point of view and does so calmly while also letting it be known that he isn't afraid to talk about it and "doesn't give a rats ass what you think".

Not only that, but what I find most impressive are certain specific topics he decides to talk about that most other talk show hosts would be afraid to discuss WITHOUT the "hehehehehe let me make a joke to sugar coat it a bit and make it sound nicer or to take light off of what I'm really trying to say" crap. I also must mention that it is extremely rare when I hear a talk show host talk about something, they are right on point with what they are saying, BUT they are missing certain details or types of explanations that are necessary to get people to wake up and see something - and just as I'm thinking "add this.. say that... put it this way.." etc - THEY DO AND SAY PRECISELY THAT!

Anyway, I do want to get further into the specifics on which of "his' topics I love and at some point will take time to point out and explain certain things in full, precise detail in addition to explaining why he is currently my favorite personality on KTAR. What he is being brave enough to (finally) present over the airwaves today is / are things I've been talking about and trying to say since 2005 that even KFYI didn't want to hear because they were too afraid of "going to far". I once had a seven hour conversation with a lady about this very same topic that I am about to get into and made her WAKE UP and see....certain things. Yes, I've been kicked off and suspended from quite a few sites (including having posts bypass the "take it outside section and go straight to being deleted from this board) and temporarily blocked from some of the leading social networking sites, but... somebody needs to talk about SOMETHING that's going on TODAY and I am going to talk about it and we'll do it next, once I think of a way to present it in a safe, politically correct, but serious type of manner.
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Anyone who wants to know who I am or what I look like, all the links to pics and contact info are right there, so before I get into what I'm about to present, I suggest that everyone take a look and see who what I'm about to get into is coming from because it all will tie into what I have to say and the reasoning behind it.

I like how you enjoy Bruce St. James for his specifics but then in your multi-paragraph post you don't give any specifics about the show that you like... Seriously, the only thing more ponderous than trying to listen to Bruce St. James was reading this post... what specific topic is it that other stations don't talk about that Bruce does? (I'm sure this isn't true by the way, or if it is I'm sure it has to do with how hot it was yesterday or some other toaster-KTAResque type topic).

Your post could have been reduced to read as follows: "I enjoy Bruce St. James show, he says what I think, great topics. Other shows just simply don't get into the issues he does." Several paragraphs reduced to two sentences.

 

[Wildstyle K]

I probably wasn't 100% clear on the fact that I was planning on getting in to specifics in the FUTURE, but not today, since my mind isn't ready to get fully into it yet. Today I was just focused on at least finally getting the new post I've been wanting to start, started (hoping that it will motivate me to finally bring up a topic I've been wanting to discuss for quite a while now, quicker). Now it's here. People are expecting me to say something more, therefore this will (maybe) push me to go further - but at a later time.

What I've posted so far was just to let you know a few basic reasons why I love the show. However, as usual, I am going somewhere with this and will soon get deep into the specific topic I wish to discuss now that I've gotten the small minor details out of the way. By now, most people should already know how I operate. You either get it all in full precise detail, or nothing at all. Since my mind isn't ready to get in depth about the one specific topic yet, I'm not saying anything further about the one specific topic it at all at this point. ...Ok, well I'll give you a brief summary or at least the subject - it will be regarding racial tension and the double standard that exists today, and... I will just leave it at that for now. Bruce already covered this topic and did exceptionally well presenting it in a common sense & logical way, but I believe there are many more people who need to be introduced to this topic and see it from the point of view Bruce and I and many others are presented it rather than it always being about how certain people are trying to keep everyone else down. There is a high possibility that I may post elsewhere and provide a link rather than fully get into it here since it will be somewhat off topic. Oh, and lastly, if this gets deleted, edited, or moved BEFORE I fully get into it, then everyone will know why I didn't want to get into it until I was ready to fully get into it..

So, with that being said, I'll repeat - Anyone who wants to know who I am or what I look like, all the links to pics and contact info are right there, so before I get into what I'm about to present, I suggest that everyone take a look and see who what I'm about to get into is coming from because it all will tie into what I have to say and the reasoning behind it.

I am going to talk about it and we'll do it next, once I think of a way to present it in a safe, politically correct, but serious type of manner.
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Anyone who wants to know who I am or what I look like, all the links to pics and contact info are right there, so before I get into what I'm about to present, I suggest that everyone take a look and see who what I'm about to get into is coming from because it all will tie into what I have to say and the reasoning behind it.

(By the way, I doubt that I will have many people disagreeing with what I'm going to present, but I'm mainly targeting people outside of Phoenix with this topic, although I'm sure quite a few here in Az will find it stimulating as well. The only reason I'm introducing it in the Phoenix section is because a lot of what I'm about to say ties right in to the points Bruce St James, a Phoenix newstalk personality, has made. Keep in mind that these will be MY ideas I'll be presenting, and regardless of how similar we may sound in regards to our opinions on the issue, seeing Bruce St James's name in here does not mean that he directly has anything to do with anything I am going to say in my "presentation". Lasty, if you're prone to everything being in one or two sentences, then this probably isn't going to be something you'll even want to start reading. Keep in mind I had a SEVEN HOUR CONVERSATION with a woman in 2006 about the topic I will be getting into...)

 

[Wildstyle K]

Your post could have been reduced to read as follows: "I enjoy Bruce St. James show, he says what I think, great topics. Other shows just simply don't get into the issues he does."

What's funny is I only noticed this part AFTER writing my first response... but I'll just go ahead and say it; If I was simply just going to say "I enjoy Bruce St. James show, he says what I think, great topics. Other shows just simply don't get into the issues he does.", then I wouldn't have even bothered on posting here. I would've gone straight to facebook or twitter if I wanted to "sound like everyone else" and just say short stuff with no meaning or explanation behind it... and then everyone who cares could read it and go tell their friends "Did you see what Dj KDM wrote? He listens to this show where some guy named Bruce talks about things no one else talks about". Either people will 1) believe it and have no further interest, 2) not care, or 3) take what they've read literally and say "He's lying. What does he mean that he gets into issues that other people don't get into?"

Imagine if talk show hosts themselves delivered their opinions and statements in such short, incomplete, one liner style sentences. Just imagine the results... I mean, if I was on the radio disney boards or teaching kids how to summarize in 4th grade english class, or had a link to more details afterwards, then yes, "I enjoy Bruce St. James show, he says what I think, great topics. Other shows just simply don't get into the issues he does."would be 100% appropriate!

I will admit, though, that it was dumb for me to say in future tense that I will explain why I like his show in full precise detail because THAT part I've already done!

 

[KMGX]

I'm really not attempting to be snarky or rude, it's just that I would like to read the opinions of those in the industry (or those passionate about it) in a fashion that is relatively concise. I don't mean to be disrespectful here, however if you're promoting an upcoming topic in a thread, that's like a tease or a bit... and while everyone loves good bits on radio, I think if you're not ready to discuss something then simply promoting yourself as having an issue you would /like/ to discuss seems rather self-serving and making the board more about YOU and less about RADIO.

Imagine if talk show hosts themselves delivered their opinions and statements in such short, incomplete, one liner style sentences. Just imagine the results... I mean, if I was on the radio disney boards or teaching kids how to summarize in 4th grade english class, or had a link to more details afterwards, then yes, "I enjoy Bruce St. James show, he says what I think, great topics. Other shows just simply don't get into the issues he does." would be 100% appropriate!

Talk show hosts MUST deliver their points in a relatively quick manner. I don't mind pontification or even long, drawn out thoughts on the air... God knows I've done them myself, but radio is all about the entertainment, being compelling and the ability to hold an audience. Listeners have relatively short attention spans, longform news is death, longform anything is death. I'm not saying you have to be like Mike and Mike on ESPN and talk so fast that the listener doesn't have an opportunity to let a single point set in, however drawing out every issue with long anecdotes, endless statistical minutia or tireless shtick will inevitably chase listeners away faster than a colon blow infomercial.

It's just like a caller that gets on the air and tells you their entire life story before getting to their point, I zone out or move on. So, just a bit of advice, if you have a point, get to it... your topic could probably be summarized in a sentence or two and then you could expand on it... much as I did with your previous post .

 

[Legend City]

Concise: Bruce is topical and entertaining without being ego maniacal. Its a good respite from Barely Young and the slurring debutant screaming about 1070 for 3 hours a day.

 

[brian4]

Oh. Bruce St. James! I thought you were taking about Bruce Jacobs subbing for Gambo on 620. Wrong KTAR - my bad. ;D

Bonneville allowed the lunatic in its building?

Which Bruce is the lunatic you are referring to? ???

 

[KOHS]

Concise: Bruce is topical and entertaining without being ego maniacal. Its a good respite from Barely Young and the slurring debutant screaming about 1070 for 3 hours a day.

Topical? What, like Preparation H?

Bruce's voice just rubs me the wrong way. Sorry.

 

[Wildstyle K]

@KOHS: I understand that (like I've mentioned in the near past) Bruce may not have a "signature voice", but he does know how to conduct interesting talk radio.

@KMGX: I understand. I am not trying to be rude or snarky either (although I am attempting to provide an interesting read to the readers of my posts) but I truly believe that the way in which I've described Bruce's show was overall well done in depth, although it is pretty evident that I really wasn't in the mindset to be rush-writing like I was. After all, I wasn't even thinking enough to be specific enough with the subject line (although it still did turn out to "work" in the end because people wanted to know which Bruce it was!) and when someone messes up on the subject line, then you can probably suspect that you are not about to see their "best day of posting". You must admit though that I've done a pretty good job at keeping this on topic, or at the least related to it.

Anyway, now that I've killed all "tension and excitement" in here, let me sort of move on to the next topic. I'm still not prepared to get in depth with my views on racial tension and what's happening regarding race TODAY (not last century or past issues that some people love to use as an excuse to act absurd these days and blame everyone else for keeping them down) - I am talking about what's going on TODAY. I'm not getting fully into it now, BUT, I do have the following quoted topic below which will give you an idea of what I'm getting at. Keep in mind that since I am quoting something I posted in the dance music section, it will be presented from a (dance) music point of view, but nevertheless, you should still manage to get the MAIN point I'm trying to make in it. I'm assuming that since it was not altered or removed, then it was written appropriately, safely, and within the guidelines of the rules of these boards.

As many of you may know (or could probably sense from some of my posts throughout the past year), I grew up half of my younger life in Atlanta and.. pretty much regret those days of my life. I've been to predominantly African American schools, and although I'm African American myself, I must admit one thing.

I know exactly how it is in the African American community, ESPECIALLY when it came to trying to introduce a "weird" sound to many people who believed I was supposed to like hip hop because I was African American. I've been through it all - from being told I could get beat up for playing "white music" by UB40 to someone literally wanting to pull a gun on me because I played "summertime summertime" in the classroom in his presence and it wasn't "gangsta" enough for him.

So... I can believe some just about everything people say regarding certain things not being played because they weren't a certain race. Nothing new to me. Now, I will not get deep into the stories and my thoughts and get myself banned from this forum, but I'll just say a lot of my negative views towards Atlanta and certain types of music came from those experiences.

I used to always wonder why booty bass was accepted in Atlanta, yet if I tried to introduce house or freestyle (which was also uptempo) people would not accept it? I used to always wonder why there was NO freestyle in Atlanta on any radio stations? Then I grew up and learned a few things...

It really sucked that during that time of my life, I was stuck in Atlanta, all meanwhile here in Phoenix and L.A. and San Fransisco's WiLD 94.9 especially, they were playing ALL the sounds I liked, and the year I came back to live in Phoenix was the same exact year the station playing all those Angelina, Energy, Charm Farm, Amber...etc stuff decided to go all hip hop.

It's sad that we must have racism in music and people who judge music based on race or who they consider "their people". It's also sad that there are these labels like "white music" and "Black music", and even more sad that people couldn't even tell that the music I was trying to introduce was actually LATIN freestyle!

Anyway, for those of you interested in more on my Atlanta urban/dance experiences and my views on demographics...etc, see the following link - http://www.freestyleremix.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10253&start=20 (See post #4down) - I've removed all the stuff I wrote on facebook and MySpace... for obvious reasons, but that link will give you somewhat of a more in depth cliff notes version report on things I had to put up with for playing "music I wasn't supposed to like because I was black" (Keep in mind when I say "cliff notes", I'm talking SPECIFICALLY to my one post, that's the 4th one down on that page). The link takes you to page 2, by the way.

I've been trying to avoid getting into this topic, but since we've slid into it, I'll just keep it short, censored, and sweet and say:
YES, RACE DOES PLAY A ROLE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND HOW SOME CHOOSE TO JUDGE MUSIC.

And it was because of those past experiences that I believed many freestyle artists who talked about the fact their race played a large factor in why their music wasn't accepted. I wont name names, but these are freestyle artists that many of you know.

It's sad, but that's just how it is, and it's unfortunate we live in a society where... actually I will not get into it. If you want to see more, view the link. http://www.freestyleremix.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10253&start=20 (See post #4down)

 

[Wildstyle K]

Now, those of you who listen to Bruce's show, you've heard him deliver his point of view and experiences he had as he witnessed what it was like to be within certain demographics. Well, I can agree with his point of views because I MYSELF ALSO LIVED WITHIN / EXPERIENCED VARIOUS DEMOGRAPHICS and have came to the realization that the problem TODAY isn't really minorities or people who share my ethnic background being "kept down" by any "man". The problem TODAY is the lack of logic and common sense being used and the fact that people do not want to take responsibility for their own actions... and sitting here giving the police / people a reason to profile, stereotype, or discriminate you, then getting upset when a situation you've created creates a problem and blaming everyone else for it... well, I'll just say it doesn't make sense to me. It also doesn't make sense when people who share my ethnicity feel that they have the right to say whatever they wish and get away with it, yet as soon as someone else who is not part of "their people" says the exact same thing it becomes a huge problem... and based on past posting experiences, I know I am on the verge of having this entire post tossed out to "take it outside" or complete deletion, so I'll just stop here and anything else I have to say will just have a simple link to that page. I just wanted to give you an idea of what I'm getting at since I did bring it up and leave people curious.

I would post more links to all I've said in the past regarding this issue on the problems with race TODAY - IN 2010, but unfortunately I deleted all of it and it will take me quite a while to type it all back up in full detail, at least to the way I once had it written out, or better (which explains why I'm hesitant towards getting into it at the moment because I know once I start I will not stop).

 

[Wildstyle K]

Wow! I googled myself and found a link!! http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=12825603&blogId=458060437

Honestly, now that I think of it, I really don't think I'm going to be getting around to spending a day organizing my thoughts and posting an in depth report on this topic any time soon, but that link I think is enough and pretty self explanatory. It's "heavily summarized", but I think I've still said enough to get people to think about things, hopefully understand it, and see what I'm getting at.

I have another blog floating around somewhere out there but I cannot find it or remember my user name or the name of the blog, unfortunately. I'll just wait until I become famous or something for someone to just happen to discover it and dig it up and use it against me because in the lost blog, I wasn't trying to.... well, "put things delicately". However, I'm not worried because that lost blog was written in full, precise detail so it will take effort for anyone who's seeing it to try to take it out of context. I feel sorry for that blogger who is currently in the news and being ridiculed when he was simply just delivering info - all because he produced a clip of the woman who was making certain remarks to the NAACP... next time he'll probably learn to say and explain things in full precise detail and not cut things out. (Funny that just the other day, Bruce on KTAR 92.3 was just talking about how technology / internet is dumbing down society and nobody wants to read or provide full details anymore; Today it's all about getting a piece of of the info then thinking you know the whole entire story and making an entire judgement based on that incomplete misinformation.. but that's another story I will not get into now..) Anyway, I think Bruce ST James does an exceptional job with his show, but if it were up to me on my own, I would say I think it's time for everyone as a whole to WAKE UP and start using common sense and keep repeating it over and over until someone marks it on a wall somewhere or it gets tattoed in people's brain. Using logic and common sense properly is not as difficult as people are making it seem. Half of these laws that people hate and many of the unnecessary problems, riots, protests..etc. that exist in the world today WOULD NOT EXIST if more common sense was being used, and I will explain why I say that upon request if necessary. Sitting there and having certain people screaming the R word or pull the R card every time something they don't like happens will NOT solve anything. It's time for people (including many of my family members) to get out of the past and stop using events of a past century as an excuse to get back at people TODAY who had nothing to do with events of the past. It's also time for some to stop usi... um, well the link is there and says it all so no need for me to continue. Lastly, I still question how if somebody is truly trying to keep certain people "down" or if the police...etc. are truly out to unfairly catch people "ridin dirty" or get them.... just because..., then why aren't those things happening to me?

ANYWAY, http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=12825603&blogId=458060437

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Lastly, I'm sure dance music lovers couldn't be anymore nutty than what happens in the hip hop community. Taking people's lives or preaching a certain level of ignorance, THEN getting upset over the discrimination and stereotypes that result - without changing the behavior that's creating the stereotype in the first place, now THAT'S nutty!

(Now somebody is going to read that and say that I'm saying I'm against hip hop. Anyway.. Click on the above quote and the ENTIRE post will be available)

Enjoy your day folks.

 

[indieradioguy]

Is BJS's bumper music The Smiths' "How Soon is Now," or is it that other song that sampled "How Soon is Now"?

 

[KOHS]

Is BJS's bumper music The Smiths' "How Soon is Now," or is it that other song that sampled "How Soon is Now"?

That is definitely The Smiths' "How Soon is Now" from their "Meat is Murder" album. That is awesome bumper music, btw! When I produced the football games for my high school's radio station, that was one of my favorites to use coming out of a break.

 

[KOHS]

@KOHS: I understand that (like I've mentioned in the near past) Bruce may not have a "signature voice", but he does know how to conduct interesting talk radio.

He does conduct interesting talk radio. Although, there doesn't seem to be a real dynamic between Bruce and the news anchor during his shift. The banter between the two just doesn't seem to flow.

I was not a regular listener of Ankarlo's show, but I always enjoyed the witty banter between Darrell and Diane. Diane was an integral part of that show. She helped make it work. I miss hearing Diane on the radio.

 

[Wildstyle K]

Re: It's time... for Bruce; on Newstalk 92.3 KTAR

I never had a chance to fully catch the Ankarlo days. It was around the time when I created my post about Sharpe & Big Shoe Stu substituting for Mac & Gaydos last year that I officially got into KTAR and I think that was very close to around the time Ankarlo left...

Overall, I think KTAR is doing a great job with entertainment value, although there are a few programs I don't really care too much for. I do understand though that some of their features/hosts are necessary to keep because they are proven rating helpers.

Maybe Bruce's voice may not be everything to everyone, but I think you could say the same for Rush Limbaugh (or even JD Hayworth) as well. As a matter of fact [Rush | Bruce] they are pretty much on at the same times. One is much more popular, but look at who's intriguing the most to me (and I'm sure many others as well). Not to be sentimental or "become soft" or anything, but this is an example of not letting anything hold you back in life. I'm sure he probably knows at some level that his voice may not be the typical talk radio sound, but he also knows his skill for the job surpasses that, or at least does an exceptional job at acting like it.

Well, I do remember back when I heard Bruce St James was going to be the official host for that time slot. I also remember last year when he filled in and I was thinking about how great he was. Now, personally I can only say that I think he's even better now than I was thinking at first.

 

[DrAkbar]

He does conduct interesting talk radio. Although, there doesn't seem to be a real dynamic between Bruce and the news anchor during his shift. The banter between the two just doesn't seem to flow.

Maybe that's a good thing as a lot of the banter is contreived and of little interest to most listeners. However Jayme West does an excellent job of making Gaydos sound like a total goofball (stating the obvious here). Crummey use to engage the evening news chick, but since Yetta took over she sticks to news and he sticks to Evil things!