Shaughnessy on Barnicle

[ChrisNH]

Q: What's the difference between Dan Shaughnessy and a union hack who stands around on a job site watching others do all the work?

A: Nothing!

On Monday morning on my way to work, I tuned to 96.9 for the first time in a long time. There, on the Barnicle show, was Dan Shaughnessy. This would be the "I-Need-To-suckle-up-to-another-pig-because-mine-is-just-about-dead" Dan Shaughnessy. I listened for 45 minutes and Shaughnessy added NOTHING! Never heard a PEEP from him, except a one-sentence contribution about 'Tito' Francona. Otherwise, he was a deaf mute collecting a paycheck. I was amazed, but not at all surprised: Dan's Boston Globe is a laughingstock and bleeding red ink. He ought to be finding another avenue for his 'talents.' But Barnicle needs Shaughnessy like a fish needs a bicycle.

 

[Garrett]

Just as long as the subject doesn't read "Barnicle under Shaughnessy," because after all, who wants to see that?

;D

 

[SonicOverload]

Just as long as the subject doesn't read "Barnicle under Shaughnessy," because after all, who wants to see that?

;D

oof.... while I wouldn't mind hearing some Globe people on WEEI, his leaving was a big plus when WEEI and the Globe stopped "doing business" with each other. It's a shame that Bob Ryan is on the 10 watt ESPN radio.. or it seems like 10 watts.

 

[ChrisNH]

Well, to be fair (and accurate), WEEI sounds like a 10-watt station on winter mornings and evenings if you're driving, oh, past the Weston toll booths. The rift between WEEI and The Globe makes me wonder why WEEI doesn't 'bash' The Globe more. Is there a tacit understanding between them that 'Thou mustn't dis the other?'

 

[raccoonradio]

ESPN Boston's reach isn't bad but not as good as WEEI (and the only 'translator' they have is the 1400 in
Lowell while WEEI is // on 105.5 Easthampton, 103.7 Westerly RI, and 1440 Worc.)

 

[NHRonin]

I almost died the other day on the way to work when Barnicle and the CHB almost lulled me to sleep. Who ever approved Barnicle getting the morning drive needs to look for a new career.

Between Barnicle and Finneran, I'm down to two stations, 890 and WEEI to flip between in the morning and if EEI is talking about Paris Hilton or some other inane subject, it's down to one. Dopey and Anthony isn't an option as they haven't had an original thought, if ever, in years. The state of morning radio in Boston is pathetic.

 

[SonicOverload]

I almost died the other day on the way to work when Barnicle and the CHB almost lulled me to sleep. Who ever approved Barnicle getting the morning drive needs to look for a new career.

Between Barnicle and Finneran, I'm down to two stations, 890 and WEEI to flip between in the morning and if EEI is talking about Paris Hilton or some other inane subject, it's down to one. Dopey and Anthony isn't an option as they haven't had an original thought, if ever, in years. The state of morning radio in Boston is pathetic.

1510... the Morning Show.. if it comes in...

 

[Casablanca]

I think if you listen for more than one day before you criticize Dan Shaughnessy you will find that he contributes when appropriate. He is part of a whole morning team which now includes a Barnicle sound-a-like [ in voice quality ] Charlie Sinnott also of the Boston Globe and newsman Hank Morse along with a third rotating guest. It is the Imus show without the juvenile and offensive crap and lousy hillbilly music.
But maybe hillbilly music is just your style since you come from NH.
Wait till you get indoor plumbing. It is really great on cold winter mornings....

Q: What's the difference between Dan Shaughnessy and a union hack who stands around on a job site watching others do all the work?

A: Nothing!

On Monday morning on my way to work, I tuned to 96.9 for the first time in a long time. There, on the Barnicle show, was Dan Shaughnessy. This would be the "I-Need-To-suckle-up-to-another-pig-because-mine-is-just-about-dead" Dan Shaughnessy. I listened for 45 minutes and Shaughnessy added NOTHING! Never heard a PEEP from him, except a one-sentence contribution about 'Tito' Francona. Otherwise, he was a deaf mute collecting a paycheck. I was amazed, but not at all surprised: Dan's Boston Globe is a laughingstock and bleeding red ink. He ought to be finding another avenue for his 'talents.' But Barnicle needs Shaughnessy like a fish needs a bicycle.

 

[ChrisNH]

I think if you listen for more than one day before you criticize Dan Shaughnessy you will find that he contributes when appropriate.

Uh-huh. Whatever. Nice comment about NH from the state that the other 49 laugh at (and they do).

Q: What's the difference between Dan Shaughnessy and a union hack who stands around on a job site watching others do all the work?

A: Nothing!

On Monday morning on my way to work, I tuned to 96.9 for the first time in a long time. There, on the Barnicle show, was Dan Shaughnessy. This would be the "I-Need-To-suckle-up-to-another-pig-because-mine-is-just-about-dead" Dan Shaughnessy. I listened for 45 minutes and Shaughnessy added NOTHING! Never heard a PEEP from him, except a one-sentence contribution about 'Tito' Francona. Otherwise, he was a deaf mute collecting a paycheck. I was amazed, but not at all surprised: Dan's Boston Globe is a laughingstock and bleeding red ink. He ought to be finding another avenue for his 'talents.' But Barnicle needs Shaughnessy like a fish needs a bicycle.

 

[Casablanca]

If Cowhampshire is so great how come you have to listen to a Boston radio station....?

I think if you listen for more than one day before you criticize Dan Shaughnessy you will find that he contributes when appropriate.

Uh-huh. Whatever. Nice comment about NH from the state that the other 49 laugh at (and they do).

Q: What's the difference between Dan Shaughnessy and a union hack who stands around on a job site watching others do all the work?

A: Nothing!

On Monday morning on my way to work, I tuned to 96.9 for the first time in a long time. There, on the Barnicle show, was Dan Shaughnessy. This would be the "I-Need-To-suckle-up-to-another-pig-because-mine-is-just-about-dead" Dan Shaughnessy. I listened for 45 minutes and Shaughnessy added NOTHING! Never heard a PEEP from him, except a one-sentence contribution about 'Tito' Francona. Otherwise, he was a deaf mute collecting a paycheck. I was amazed, but not at all surprised: Dan's Boston Globe is a laughingstock and bleeding red ink. He ought to be finding another avenue for his 'talents.' But Barnicle needs Shaughnessy like a fish needs a bicycle.

 

[Varulven]

Shaugnessy is nothing more than a shill for Corporate. No, not his attacks on Drew Bledsoe, his incessant attacks on Manny Ramirez and Curt Schilling. It is just so weird when the Sox are "negotiating" - even in a non-contract sense (If Manny wants out) that Spin Machine Shaughnessy extends his claws without really
exposing the fact that the Globe/New York Times owns the team and that his alleged "opinion" is meant to harass these professional players.

Do you think Dan wrote a column about Schillings 1 hitter? I couldn't find it:

The last four columns have 2 on A-Fraud, 1 on Beckett and 1 on Yankees/Sox

Did A-Rod put foot in mouth?

Everything they touch turns to gold
Josh Beckett is back, a 4-2 winner over the Tribe last night. The Red Sox have won five in a row, lead the

A-Rod in another dust-up

Must win for Yankees against Red Sox in likely lost cause




FROM DAN SHAUGHNESSY:

DanBambino@
Date: Thu, Jan 3, 2002, 2:44pm
Subject: Re: Speaking for Bledsoe
To: (sent to an older Varulven address)

joe --
i just hope someday i make it to the big-time like yourself. clearly,
you have reached the pinnicle of your profession. always good to be
critiqued by the best. cheers. shaughnessy

(Dan, the correct spelling is "pinnacle", glad to
help a fellow journalist out...)

Dan also phoned my home on 1/3/2002 asking if I "managed the Rolling Stones." No, Dan, only their late
producer, Jimmy Miller.

 

[Bill Cherry]

Love it! Like a fish needs a bicycle. Great expression. I'm going to adopt it immediately. Thanks.

 

[ChrisNH]

If Cowhampshire is so great how come you have to listen to a Boston radio station....?

I don't have to, but when I do it's mostly to re-affirm why people laugh at Massachusetts so much. You have such a laughably inept society down there in Massachusetts...a Boston Mayor who can't speak; a Governor who can't get out of his own way with all his stupid moves; presidential candidates Dukakis and Kerry who forever stamp your state with an 'idiot' label; movie crews that go to Toronto for their 'Boston' movies thanks to union hack-arama that chases them north; a murder rate that is challenging Detroit and DC thanks to a 'If-we-just-get-rid-of-the-guns' Liberal mindset while projecting a 'How-can-we-make-your-life-better?' fawning over the people who pull the triggers. Menino and Deville haven't seen a criminal they don't just fall in love with. Yeah, the laughs are abundant down in 'Messachusetts.'

 

[raccoonradio]

>>He is part of a whole morning team

But not for long; Barnicle told WTKK he won't have time to devote to a daily _four hour_ morning show
what with his stuff for the (low rated) MSNBC...thus WTKK will have to find a permanent replacement
for Imus (see my other post). Maybe he'll go back to one hour. Getting up to do a 6 am slot every
day? Working more than an hour? Too much for Mikey to handle!

>>It is the Imus show without the juvenile and offensive crap and lousy hillbilly music

But as soon as Grace finds a replacement, it'll be shifted to a later slot and will be just an hour, probably.
Will they shift Grahamcrackers or Meagre & Lousy into that morning slot? Or hire someone new?
If GM had the money to lure him away from Fox25, how about VB in the Morning?

 

[bjohns]

Anyone who would suggest VB over Eagan and Braude shouldn't be allowed to program an iPod, much less a radio station.

Anyone who suggests that Mike Barnicle can do 4 minutes of good radio, much less four hours, knows nothing about radio.

Anyone who thinks Finneran is anything other than one of the worse major-market radio hosts in America is deaf or dead.

Whatever WTKK replaces Barnicle with will be an instant improvement. Other than Finneran.

 

[raccoonradio]

The Pleasure Pit was pretty good at least for its time slot! Beats Finneran.
Agreed otherwise.
What's on my mp3 player now?
--recorded WTNN country from VT
--recorded Bob Rivers show KZOK Seattle
--much of Stan Freberg's Tip of the Freberg box set.

 

[Casablanca]

And New Hampshire had Meldrin Thompson. Need I say more ?

If Cowhampshire is so great how come you have to listen to a Boston radio station....?

I don't have to, but when I do it's mostly to re-affirm why people laugh at Massachusetts so much. You have such a laughably inept society down there in Massachusetts...a Boston Mayor who can't speak; a Governor who can't get out of his own way with all his stupid moves; presidential candidates Dukakis and Kerry who forever stamp your state with an 'idiot' label; movie crews that go to Toronto for their 'Boston' movies thanks to union hack-arama that chases them north; a murder rate that is challenging Detroit and DC thanks to a 'If-we-just-get-rid-of-the-guns' Liberal mindset while projecting a 'How-can-we-make-your-life-better?' fawning over the people who pull the triggers. Menino and Deville haven't seen a criminal they don't just fall in love with. Yeah, the laughs are abundant down in 'Messachusetts.'

 

[webcastboy]

I listened for 45 minutes and Shaughnessy added NOTHING! Never heard a PEEP from him, except a one-sentence contribution about 'Tito' Francona.

That's a bit harsh. I caught Shaughnessy being interviewed by Bill Littlefield on WBUR's Here & Now last week and he was actually quite nice. Dan was talking about his son's senior year in high school baseball. Dan was conversational, thoughtful, and had something reasonably-intelligent to say for about nine solid minutes. Granted, nine minutes isn't too hard a workout...but it's plenty of time to sound like a total idiot, and Dan certainly didn't do that.

Perhaps the quality of conversation Dan contributes merely reflects the quality of the station he's on at the moment.

 

[ChrisNH]

And New Hampshire had Meldrin Thompson. Need I say more ?

If Cowhampshire is so great how come you have to listen to a Boston radio station....?

I don't have to, but when I do it's mostly to re-affirm why people laugh at Massachusetts so much. You have such a laughably inept society down there in Massachusetts...a Boston Mayor who can't speak; a Governor who can't get out of his own way with all his stupid moves; presidential candidates Dukakis and Kerry who forever stamp your state with an 'idiot' label; movie crews that go to Toronto for their 'Boston' movies thanks to union hack-arama that chases them north; a murder rate that is challenging Detroit and DC thanks to a 'If-we-just-get-rid-of-the-guns' Liberal mindset while projecting a 'How-can-we-make-your-life-better?' fawning over the people who pull the triggers. Menino and Deville haven't seen a criminal they don't just fall in love with. Yeah, the laughs are abundant down in 'Messachusetts.'

Here are some gems from Monday's Wall Street Journal, page R8:

Manchester, NH is on the list of top 50 metro areas with the best Business Vitality Index, according to Moody's Economy.com. There's not a single Massachusetts town on that list.

Percentage of persons living below poverty level in 2005? Massachusetts has 10.3% of its people living in squallor (Great job, Democrats!!!) while New Hampshire is at 7.5%. Proving the fact that Liberal Democrats don't want to end poverty, they want to perpetuate it in order to maintain a class of beholden citizens. Since Massachusetts is a more populous state than New Hampshire, the difference in sheer numbers is huge. Massachusetts deserves its 'Welfare State' label.

Tax burdens? Massachusetts is ranked #8 while NH is ranked #30. How come with all that tax revenue coming in you can't manage better with your poverty number? Maybe all that Cadillac-driving goin on by Deville. Yeah, that must be it. Pure selfish Liberal democrats feeding their own pie holes first.

New Hampshire ranked #11 out of all states in feature films produced or partially produced in-state. The list shown only goes to 20, and Massachusetts isn't even on it. Guess all that movie-producing unionism in Massachusetts is really paying off...bwahahahahahaha.

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And all you can come up with is 'Meldrin Thompson.' Guess you grew up before MCAS.