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Howie Carr's version of Lou Reed's METAL MACHINE MUSIC -is H.C. sabotaging RKO?

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Intentionally sabotaging! Putting a bad product on the air to do harm to Jason & Julie in his last few weeks on 680 AM. Maybe they'll sue him for not being professional! while leaving the company

Remember when David Geffen sued Neil Young for not being commercial? (the Trans or the Rockabilly album or both--- it was the 1983 Rockabilly album)?
http://human-highway.com/pages/album/ER.html
"After the release of this album, David Geffen sued Neil for making "uncommercial" records. As a part of the suit, Geffen demanded that Neil repay the $3 million dollars (US) he had received for Trans and Everybody's Rockin'. Neil responded by countersuing Geffen for $21 million dollars (US), charging breach of contract and fraud. Both suits were dropped in 1985."

Remember when Saul Zaentz allegedly sued John Fogerty for allegedly plagiarizing himself (The Old Man Down The Road vs. Green River) http://www.concertfan.com/gn/8693-John-Fogerty-news.html

Remember when Lou Reed put out four sides of noise called METAL MACHINE MUSIC at the height of his popularity (in regards to record sales in the 70s) so all the retailers would order it...it was one of the biggest
returns in the history of the record biz next to Bob Dylan's PLANET WAVES and the four KISS solo albums.

It was intentional commercial suicide.

That being said...Howie Carr sounded A W F U L at 6 PM tonight. Now we know he is a talent, so I submit that
Carr intentionally mumbled along with his mumbles tracks and then went off on a tangent on old movies.

In this world of Bush's falling poll #s and so much political stuff to discuss Howie made the usually dull NPR seem like an exciting episode of Law & Order meets Baywatch by comparison.

Remember Demi Moore in DISCLOSURE being facetious with Michael Douglas "We all know you to be a highly competent..." after she sabotaged him???? Is Howie Sabotaging WRKO?

He hasn't sounded this awful in a decade...and he said he was in a good mood today. A good mood sticking it to the company paying him, that made him? Any thoughts?

Is Howie deep-sixing the afternoon drive show intentionally. It was so bad it made John Depetro's shows sound professional...

and that's why program directors usually refuse to allow a jock to stay on the air when they are going elsewhere. Think Parenteau when Oedipus wouldn't renew his contract...no final show.
 
Re: Howie Carr's version of Lou Reed's METAL MACHINE MUSIC -is H.C. sabotaging R

I am AMAZED that in light of all the litigation that Howie is not "on the beach".

I was the last caller in the 4PM hour, and I suggested he might want to get "Around The Dial" by the Kinks as bumper music, to which he quickly replied that he thought there was a more appropriate Steely Dan song.. FM!

I'm sure that little dig didn't go unnoticed by management.

WRKO is between a rock and a hard place. They can't be in Suffolk Superior Court saying what a valuable commodity Howie Carr is to Entercom on one hand, and then beaching him so he doesn't pull a Stern and overtly (or covertly) promote his new gig. On top of that, if Carr is beached, it would cause a financial disaster for Entercom Boston. How long do you think Howies charter advertisers.... Lumber Liquidators, IRA Motorcars, just to name 2, are going to stick around and pay top rate for spots on a second rate station with third rate talent. If the sales department could get the sponsors to stay, they are going to have to adjust the rate, or air spots for free in other dayparts. Either way it doesn't make the balance sheet look good.
 
WRKO did this to themself.

If they had timely exercised the renewal clause in Howie's contract in the first place, they would NOT be where they are now. Have NO sympathy for Entercom-they (thought they) knew what they were doing. They bluffed poker with a pair of twos and Howie called their hand. They were out of their league and simply got outplayed by Howie.

I know incompetance when I see it, and I sure see it here-by all at WRKO.

Incompetance also irks me, because there are LOTS of competant people out there without (decent) jobs, while these morons continue to make (the) big bucks.
 
Re: Howie Carr's version of Lou Reed's METAL MACHINE MUSIC -is H.C. sabotaging R

Howie is an expert on "mailing it in"... he has been doing it at the Herald for the last 10 plus years. If you hear his show on Tuesday, you know what his Herald column is going to be on Wednesday. Same for the other days he is published.
 
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