George Knapp

[Catsmile]

BILL: the asshole, autistic, astronomer got through again!  Sounded like he was on his
3rd speedball for the night!  .  Bill must have a special line to C2C

As much Bill the triple A gets on my nerves, he did good tonight.
Three really good questions, and to the point for him.
Bill better watch out, Dave won't let him on the air if he keeps asking such good questions.

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[ZHero]

As much Bill the triple A gets on my nerves, he did good tonight.
Three really good questions, and to the point for him.
Bill better watch out, Dave won't let him on the air if he keeps asking such good questions.

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I'll admit Bill had a moment of clarity tonight (different meds maybe?) but I'm sure
I've heard that C2C has a limit of once every 30 days callers are allowed to call in.
It just burns my ass to hear ppl who say they can't ever get through, then Bill:AAA
gets through at least twice a week. :

[Mels-hole1984]

I'm from western MA, Bill listens to the same station as me. WHYN am560 out of Springfield. He calls every show that station plays. He called Groundzero with Clyde Lewis twice this week. There is a local show out of Boston called the Howie Carr show. He always calls Howie  saying he's disabled and needs more food stamps and EBT because he needs the money to spend on hookers. I'm not making this up.

[zeebo]

I'll admit Bill had a moment of clarity tonight (different meds maybe?) but I'm sure
I've heard that C2C has a limit of once every 30 days callers are allowed to call in.
It just burns my ass to hear ppl who say they can't ever get through, then Bill:AAA
gets through at least twice a week. :

He's tolerable when he comes directly to the point, but often he a long preamble and various citations to obscure research papers etc. then finally gets going with some esoteric 3-part question that the guest never has time to go into anyway.  The dude needs to lighten up, trade in his Scientific American subscription for Maxim mag, and pop a few valium.

[zeebo]

Beatles guy is pretty good, although most of this I already know from the Anthology doc (which I recommend if you've never seen it).  Knapp could be making more creative bumper picks - lots of great less-played Beatles songs - but, I quibble.

[Mind Flayer Monk]

Crazy caller: very angry creationist without a real question, he then got angry when Knapp asked him to get on with his question. That guy is probably still seething with anger. Someone get him a whopper.

And someone slipped in a John Lennon and Stephen King silliness during the Beatles segment.

[valdez]

And someone slipped in a John Lennon and Stephen King silliness during the Beatles segment.

I think it's the same guy who always calls in about this.  It's weird how some conspiracy theories catch on, and some just flounder.  This guy needs a website. 

...but, I quibble.

If it was just the Richard B. Hoover segment on space rock amoebas and NASA cover-ups it would have been fairly good show for the Knappster, but add a segment on the Beatles with Bob Spitz and you're jammin' easy on cool crisp Saturday night.  A lot of those titbits, like the scrambled eggs/Yesterday thing, were nothing new, but I didn't know how grueling their time in Germany was, and how they invented the "album."  I'm gonna have to look that up.  This is the second time Knapp has played a Bob Seger bumper that caught my attention.  I wrote that clown off years ago as a has-been.  Hmmm.

[Little Hater]

     I think it's the same guy who always calls in about this.  It's weird how some conspiracy theories catch on, and some just flounder.  This guy needs a website. 

Here you go:

http://www.lennonmurdertruth.com/

[albrecht]

Here you go:

http://www.lennonmurdertruth.com/

That guy seems to always be able to slip through call screeners. It is such a bizarre theory that I have to admit I like when he gets on. He is so single-minded in his purpose of exposing the "truth" that Stephen King (of all people!) killed John Lennon.

[Nebraska888]

Super program Saturday night.....and more to come tonight!  Woohoooo!!!!!   

[Nebraska888]

Beatles guy is pretty good, although most of this I already know from the Anthology doc (which I recommend if you've never seen it).  Knapp could be making more creative bumper picks - lots of great less-played Beatles songs - but, I quibble.

Ahhhh....that's ok, you can quibble because I know you have good taste and appreciate what is truly good.....and you also recognize what truly sucks.   

[Nebraska888]

BILL: the asshole, autistic, astronomer got through again!  Sounded like he was on his
3rd speedball for the night!  .  Bill must have a special line to C2C

HE WAS CREEPY!!!   

[zeebo]

...And someone slipped in a John Lennon and Stephen King silliness during the Beatles segment.

There was a guy all the way back in the mid-80's when I lived in Berkeley, who sat there every day with his crazy Lennon/Nixon/King signs ranting on and on about this.  I assume he was the originator of the conspiracy so I wonder if that was him last nite or maybe a later disciple.  Too bad to end the show on bad vibes like that.

[zeebo]

Ahhhh....that's ok, you can quibble because I know you have good taste and appreciate what is truly good.....and you also recognize what truly sucks.   

Haha, thanks Neb!  Looking forward to Knapp weekend part 2 tonite.

[Mind Flayer Monk]

There was a guy all the way back in the mid-80's when I lived in Berkeley, who sat there every day with his crazy Lennon/Nixon/King signs ranting on and on about this.  I assume he was the originator of the conspiracy so I wonder if that was him last nite or maybe a later disciple.  Too bad to end the show on bad vibes like that.

Sounds like a good show for a This American Life podcast.

[zeebo]

...A lot of those titbits, like the scrambled eggs/Yesterday thing, were nothing new, but I didn't know how grueling their time in Germany was, and how they invented the "album."..

The part that was new to me was about how they were basically the first band that got into the control room and started messing with the mixing boards and such so they could create their own sound.  Pretty influencial when you consider other bands like Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, etc. who obsessed over the production side of things.

Btw, there is more to the story of "A Day in the Life" than we heard last nite.  It was not mentioned that the song was basically a hybrid born of John's intro/outro piece merged Frankenstein-style with Paul's interlude piece in the middle.  They were two bits of music that each had but didn't quite know what to do with until they stitched them together to make a whole.  Also, as for the final chord, in order to get the sustain maxed for as long as possible they set the gain up on all the mic's etc to the point that near the very end, if you've, got great headphones, you can supposedly hear papers shuffling and chairs creaking in the studio.

[yumyumtree]

I'm from western MA, Bill listens to the same station as me. WHYN am560 out of Springfield. He calls every show that station plays. He called Groundzero with Clyde Lewis twice this week. There is a local show out of Boston called the Howie Carr show. He always calls Howie  saying he's disabled and needs more food stamps and EBT because he needs the money to spend on hookers. I'm not making this up.

Well, then maybe he's a set-up caller. Because while I c
[/quote]an't listen to Carr, I know enough about him to know that he's one of those people hepped up on the w elfare topic. I am as concerned about fraud, excess and abuse as the next person but this subject is like waving a red flag in front of a bull for a lot of people on talk radio, social media, etc.

[Mels-hole1984]

I don't think he's a paid caller. I think he's basically just the AM radio show version of an internet troll.

[yumyumtree]

I tend to think that cattle mutilations are a crock.

[Mels-hole1984]

I tend to think that cattle mutilations are a crock.

Why do you think that? Just curious.

[Designx]

Area 51.. and then the Beatles.. plus a mention of JFK.. Knapp living in the past again.. off the radio goes.

The last I heard, Area 51 was old news - I heard they moved the experimental aircraft base to Colorado.

[yumyumtree]

I generally subscribe to the same explanations that other skeptics do. Scavengers can be very neat about the way they begin to eat on a carcass, more so than people think. Eyes, genitals, etc. are soft and easy to get at. Just this evening, in preparation for this show, I read a skeptic site where he aimed somebody did an experiment by leaving cow carcasses out and the same splitting, etc happened. I hope they kept a video camera on them to make sure that aliens or satanists didnt sneak in. I wouldn't count on a chain link fence or anything like that. That being said, I will listen unless I get too tired a d see what they have to say. I was a teenager in Montana when the cattle mutilation thing got in the news. I know some people who believed in it. Immigrants and refugees from places like Laos sometimes got blamed for mutilations of smaller livestock, like chickens. So don't rule out xenophobia. It seems to me a few necropsies could put a lot of this to rest.

On a happier topic, I have to say Knapp has fabulous bumper music. Last night he played a beautiful Neil Young song.

[Birdie]

On a happier topic, I have to say Knapp has fabulous bumper music. Last night he played a beautiful Neil Young song.

Yes! I love Harvest Moon. I was also happy to hear Can't You Hear Me Knocking by the Stones, another one of my favorite songs. Knapp's music is way superior to the endlessly repeated oldies and crooners we hear from the weeknight host. Although, Jorch has been mixing it up a little lately. Maybe he took my email concerning stale bumper music seriously? Nah.

[FightTheFuture]

Good show. I've always had a keen interest in the cattle mutilation phenomenon, and the guests made the evening more enjoyable by taking a measured, logical approach to the subject.

Unfortunstely, we have to wait two weeks before we hear George again.

[ItsOver]

Yes, unfortunately.  It's back to simple Jorch, with Super Suck Sunday night looming.  Mush mouth interspersed amongst the caterwauling of the submerging artists.  Oh, joy.

[paladin1991]

Beatles guy is pretty good, although most of this I already know from the Anthology doc (which I recommend if you've never seen it).  Knapp could be making more creative bumper picks - lots of great less-played Beatles songs - but, I quibble.

Quibble away, good Sir!  One man's quibble becomes another man's kibble.

[paladin1991]

Area 51.. and then the Beatles.. plus a mention of JFK.. Knapp living in the past again.. off the radio goes.

The last I heard, Area 51 was old news - I heard they moved the experimental aircraft base to Colorado.

Yeppers.  It was relocated under the Denver Airport. 

I must say no more.

[Nebraska888]

Awesome programs Saturday and Sunday from Knapp.  Would we expect anything less? 

Knapp rocks!   

[wr250]

knapp reports on the bundy standoff in eastern clark county nevada. apparently the feds are not letting anyone in or out of the ranch


BREAKING FEDS VS RANCHER FACE OFF! KILL THEM ALL!

[albrecht]

knapp reports on the bundy standoff in eastern clark county nevada. apparently the feds are not letting anyone in or out of the ranch


BREAKING FEDS VS RANCHER FACE OFF! KILL THEM ALL!

I've been following that also and good to see Knapp on film. Crazy situation. It always amazes me how much money, people, and firepower the government will mass to deal with some rancher or farmer. But leave a border open, some inner-cities and schools a warzone, and cartel money-laundering, mortgage fraud, and front-running banks off with a small fines, etc.

On the funny-side. "Dave Courvoisier"! Ron Burgundy. I love news names.