A phony war record plus an Indian casino can only add up to John Doolittle

As if Roseville’s John Doolittle didn’t have enough trouble along comes this little nugget further implicating the congressman representing California’s fourth congressional district.

It seems a gentleman by the name of Glenn Marshall has claimed to have earned several military honors while serving with the Marines during the Vietnam War. Marshall, is the tribal chairman of Mashpee Wampanoag who is applying to build a Indian resort casino in Massachusetts.

It seems while Marshall did serve in the Marines, there are no records indicating his claims of receiving five Purple Hearts or a Silver Star.

So what is the connection between Marshall and Doolittle?

As one might expect, Doolittle wrote a letter on Marshall’s behalf to then Interior Secretary Gail Norton seeking Federal recognition. What this story did not mention was whether or not the Mashpee was a client of admitted felon Jack Abramoff, a close and trusted associate of Doolittle.

Given both Abramoff and Doolittle’s transgressions, this certainly does not look good.

This certainly cannot help the embattled Congressman, can it?

When the music's over turn off the nights

That was bound be the song playing at the RNC these days. Given Dubya's Nixon level of support, currently around 28%, his lowest number.

Bush low polling and the lack of a coherent domestic and foreign policy were evident Thursday night as all 10 Republican candidates seeking the Republican nomination invoked the name of neither the current Bush or his father, rather played leap-frog canonized the late Ronald Regan.

Can your really blame them, nothing the Bush administration done has been popular, or more importantly, successful. There "doing a heck of j0b though," a Dubya might tell Brownie.

Willy & Happy New Year!

Just about said it all - "Willy and Happy New Year!"......
Want to thank all of you who have listened to "Coffee and Cigarettes" & "Reel Talking" for the last year - wow! Thanks so much - your telelphone calls with comments, suggestions and just the "you're doing great!" calls mean so much to me and even the few "You're not doing so great" helps me a lot!?

Looking forward to 2007 with KRBS. We're setting up a system where I'll be letting the record labels know when we receive the cds they send to KRBS via email which, hopefully, will generate receiving more cds with such good music that's out there but never gets mentioned. Don't worry - we'll keep the "old" music in our shows always. Also, want to encourage the programmers to send playlists to the labels of the new artists we play. A lot to look forward to!

Thanks again for all your support......
Sue

Willy and Odell

Hi, everyone!
The day before Thanksgiving and believe it or not, we do have quite a bit to be thankful for - we're still here...!
First off I want to get the Micheal Richards "incident" out of the way - for those of you who remember, think Andy Kaufman! A coincidence that Jerry Seinfeld was on the David Letterman show the other night and decided this would be a good place for Richards to "apologize".....Kaufman is very close.....

I'll be at the station (a song title?) on Friday....playing good music. Found Odell Harris on Broke and Hungry Records. Wow, the real deal.....the recording session took one full evening (I think it was from 5:00 pm to 7:00 am) to record. The guitars are not tuned perfectly, but like Broke & Hungry records said, "We were lucky they BROUGHT their guitars!" Some good guitar work, Odell kept walking away from the mic when doing his vocals....at the end of the session, when it came time to do business, Odell, at first, refused his check saying this was NOT the reason he came to the session, he came "just to play"! He did accept the check. The label seems to be handled by good people; they go out to seek the talent and they pay!

Yes, I'll be playing Odell on Friday and I'll be talking about the film, "Me and You and Everyone We Know"...it's quirky of course....about people connecting with each other for various reasons. The acting is superb; actual people! Waiting for "Bobby" and "Dream Girls" to come up to "O"....I think Jamie Foxx & Eddie Murphy will be competing with each other for best actor nod from the Oscars (like, who cares?) and "Bobby" looks terrific; Emilio Estevez directed, wrote and possibly prodouced this film that was built around film clips of Bobby Kennedy up to the night he was assassinated....the cast includes Emelio, Sharon Stone, Lindsay Lohan, Demi Moore, Harry Belafonte, Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Hopkins and on -you'll see - even bit parts went to "stars."

Stay tuned for Friday, back to the oven for the next 24 hrs.
Have a wonderful holiday...be with friends and family if you can.
Hi, Willy - have a wonderful holiday and your music will definitely be played!

Sue

Willy and..."Ay, Caramba!"

Diamonds on my windows! Feels good to bundle up and stay indoors for a while!
On the menu for tomorrow, "Coffee and Cigarettes" of course will feature Mr. Deville - his concerts are doing so well in Europe, there's not much more to say! And "Ay Caramba!" means the Latino film festival opens on Friday (tomorrow the 3rd) in San Francisco. 85 films from 17 countries screening in nine bay area cities over the next couple of weeks (you do the math). Festival founder Sylvia Perel of the "Yes, we can" battle cry heard in immigarant rights marches throuoghout the past year, now says "It's more like 'Si, se pudo'" because we DID do it! The 10th Annual International Latino Film Festival opens at 7:00 pm Friday (the 3rd) at the Castro Theatre with two films and a gala party. The festival continues thru November 19 in 9 bay area cities including San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and San Rafael. For ticket prices & a complete schedule call (415) 454-4039 or www.latinofilmfestival.org Enjoy!

While you're indoors staring out the window wondering what to do; find good movies on TV! Yes, it can happen and usually does. I found "Guilty By Suspicion" released in 1991 starring Robert DeNiro. About the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Excellent...DeNiro is great; some good dialogue riffs which makes me realize Vince Gallo must have grown up on a diet of DeNiro films - you'll see what I mean. I also walked out the door and walked into a theatre to see "The Departed"...Yes, it's all the critics say it is - brilliant performance by Leonardo DeCaprio with Alec Baldwin providing excellent scenes. Martin Scorcese directs as if he's giving a dinner party; attention to every detail including the background music, and the perfect table settings. Jack Nicholson adds the color for the dinner guests, but I kept thinking Mickey Rourke could've added another dimension, another dynamic to the party.
Saving the best for last - if you haven't already seen "Secretary" with Maggie Gyllenhaal, get Netflix on a hot line to order this film. It is brilliant; Gyllenhaal is awesome (she won the Independent Spirit award for best actress in 2002 for this movie) James Spader is perfect, altho he kept reminding me of a blond, bland Robert Downey Jr. (difficult thing to do!), but he was perfectly cast.
This should keep you happy and get you ready for "Coffee and Cigarettes" and "Reel Talking" tomorrow. Enjoy!
Ooooops, "Coffee and Cigarettes"...yes, I'll be playing Willy DeVille, Iya Khan, Markus and our faves.....
Sue

15 Minutes of Fame

With much success from our Back 2 Skool Back 2 Music special, Emobo the Show has decided to open up a 15 minute slot in our show to feature local music. We're giving a chance for local musicians to be heard and for fans to show how much they enjoy them by making requests. Every week we'll reveal who got the most votes and announce up-coming gigs and so everyone knows where the action is happening. So much to listen for during 15 minutes of fame Fridays 8:50-9:05 pm on KRBS 107.1 FM!

So if you'd like to submit your music

you can mail it to:
RE: Emobo the Show
P.O. Box 9
Oroville, CA 95965

walk in and drop off at the office:
2076 Bird Street

For more info or to request
email:
emotional.hobocore@gmail.com
or call:
(530) 534-1200 Friday 8-9:30
and visit our myspace page:
www.myspace.com/emobotheshow

Willy and Book of Rules

Hi everyone.....
Love the chilly weather - time to stay indoors and get some work done!
So, I've been working on "Coffee and Cigarettes" for Friday and "Reel Talking".
First of all, I was listening to a new cd by the Phantom Blues Band. Excellent musicians, they do it all, blues, jazz & Reggae! They do a wonderful rendition on the classic Reggae "Book of Rules"....of course I'll play it on Friday! Can't wait. Hope you listened to last week's show - I thought it sounded good - Dylan gets better and better if possible. "Modern Times" is so good. And more from Willy (DeVille of course). He's performing in Belgium as we speak....and he's so New York. His European fans love him, so I'll keep you posted on the reviews and emails from his fans.

For "Reel Talking"...lots goin' on; Dixie Chicks' new documentary "Shut Up and Sing" is out in limited release on Friday, the 27th. It's looking good and as one reviewer said, "Great companion to 'The US vs. John Lennon'. Yep, the Dixie Chicks, who would've thought? Anyone catch Steven Wright on Comedy Central on TV the other night? Imagine him being your best friend....he must have a few of them. How lucky can they be? Here's a tidbit: "My grandfather was crazy - when he died he left an IOU for his will." "Melvin Goes to Dinner" is an excellent film to get involved in; smart talk and good actors. "Puffy Chair" was reviewed as being hilarious, yadda, yadda....actually it is a mildly amusing film with good actors who generate a lot of interest from their audiences with their performances and their improvisation and some scripted dialogue.

Haven't seen the pop movies yet altho I do want to see "The Departed" big names, so it HAS to be good, right?

Kids, I think this is it until Friday. Stay tuned and don't forget to fall back an hour on Saturday night/Sunday am (2:am to be exact).

Have a great weekend and carve a pumpkin for the Halloween of it.

Sue