Comments on: The Ides of March Are Here http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/03/15/the-ideas-of-march-are-here/ Danny Schechter's daily media dissections Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:15:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: Meremark http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/03/15/the-ideas-of-march-are-here/#comment-397 Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:45:52 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/03/15/the-ideas-of-march-are-here/#comment-397 In the Calendar's earliest years, and still today, a 'month' always begins on the day the Moon is New, which means 'aligns with the sun.' Then each day the moon in its orbit swings 'out to the side of' the sun and 'waxes' brighter adding more and more lighted area, from a slender 'thumbnail' crescent to a Full Moon when the moon is 'opposite the sun,' coming up as the sun is going down. So the Ides of a month meant the Full Moon, and yeah, assassinations and unrestrained wilding can be lighted under a Full Moon, on the Ides, and this year's 'Ides of March' is the 26th, Good Friday and Easter weekend. In the Calendar’s earliest years, and still today, a ‘month’ always begins on the day the Moon is New, which means ‘aligns with the sun.’ Then each day the moon in its orbit swings ‘out to the side of’ the sun and ‘waxes’ brighter adding more and more lighted area, from a slender ‘thumbnail’ crescent to a Full Moon when the moon is ‘opposite the sun,’ coming up as the sun is going down.
So the Ides of a month meant the Full Moon, and yeah, assassinations and unrestrained wilding can be lighted under a Full Moon, on the Ides, and this year’s ‘Ides of March’ is the 26th, Good Friday and Easter weekend.

]]> by: Jo Ann Bloomberg http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/03/15/the-ideas-of-march-are-here/#comment-391 Sat, 19 Mar 2005 05:04:00 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/03/15/the-ideas-of-march-are-here/#comment-391 FYI - The "Ides of March" in case you really don't know --but should if you have ever studied Shakespeare, is March 15, the middle of March, when Julius Caesar was assassinated. See? he was warned too, but paid no heed, and history has been downhill from there --especially when it keeps repeating ad nauseum: ie: leading up to the present state of our "nation under the bush of tyranny" to be if not stopped. Yes, the Ides of March are here, and gone but not forgotten. It's mere history my friend and we better all learn from it now. That means the Media too! Why isn't NPR even getting it? Now that is scary! FYI - The “Ides of March” in case you really don’t know –but should if you have ever studied Shakespeare, is March 15, the middle of March, when Julius Caesar was assassinated. See? he was warned too, but paid no heed, and history has been downhill from there –especially when it keeps repeating ad nauseum: ie: leading up to the present state of our “nation under the bush of tyranny” to be if not stopped. Yes, the Ides of March are here, and gone but not forgotten. It’s mere history my friend and we better all learn from it now. That means the Media too! Why isn’t NPR even getting it? Now that is scary!

]]> by: Philip Palombo http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/03/15/the-ideas-of-march-are-here/#comment-382 Thu, 17 Mar 2005 02:48:25 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/03/15/the-ideas-of-march-are-here/#comment-382 Hartley Pleshaw --I think you are not far off base on BCN's future. Long live the days when the Dissector tracks the actual owner of a reported Libyan Oil tanker after an oil spill, as Mobil. Opps. In real-time and on the air no less. You can find Charles Laquidara at: http://bigmattress.com and his blog at: http://bigmattress.com/weblog/ philip Hartley Pleshaw –I think you are not far off base on BCN’s future.
Long live the days when the Dissector tracks the actual owner of a reported Libyan Oil tanker after an oil spill, as Mobil. Opps.

In real-time and on the air no less.

You can find Charles Laquidara at: http://bigmattress.com and his blog at:
http://bigmattress.com/weblog/
philip

]]> by: carol http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/03/15/the-ideas-of-march-are-here/#comment-381 Wed, 16 Mar 2005 23:59:36 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/03/15/the-ideas-of-march-are-here/#comment-381 mahalo for your insightful comments on our island situation. a few corrections are in order: crockett is spelled with two t's, not one. the arts at marks garage web page is www.artsatmarks.com. For more information on the petitions, people can purchase Aloha Betrayed by NoeNoe Silva. mahalo for your insightful comments on our island situation. a few corrections are in order:
crockett is spelled with two t’s, not one. the arts at marks garage web page is www.artsatmarks.com. For more information on the petitions, people can purchase Aloha Betrayed by NoeNoe Silva.

]]> by: Hartley Pleshaw http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/03/15/the-ideas-of-march-are-here/#comment-380 Wed, 16 Mar 2005 07:58:34 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/03/15/the-ideas-of-march-are-here/#comment-380 Dear Danny: Please give my best wishes to my old friend and radio hero of my youth (a description that fits you as well, of course), Charles Laquidara. I know I speak for everyone who grew up in the Boston area when I did when I say that we miss terribly having Charles, you and the old WBCN on the nearest radio. I wish I could give you some good news on that front....but the latest Boston radio rumor is that, when Howard Stern leaves Infinity/Viacom (WBCN's now-owner) for his satellite gig, 'BCN will cease playing music, and become a "super sports" station. (A first step in that direction was already taken several years ago when 'BCN got the rights for the New England Patriots games.) Well, fine; I expect no less from corporate media these days. And, if truth be told, today's 'BCN hardly resembles our beloved Boston institution of the 1968-96 era (which finally ended, of course, when Charles was pushed away by the Viacommies). But if the new 'BCN is to become the latest jock/schlock station (complete with booze and Viagra ads every commercial break, and knuckle-dragging testosterone/steroid addicts in-between), I hope Boston's Own Sumner Redstone will have the decency to change the station's call letters. WBCN meant something very special to us all. It is the only radio station that I can honestly say changed my life--for the better. Those magic call letters should not be desecrated any more than they already have been. Aloha to Charles. Tell him he's welcome back to Boston radio anytime--and so are you. Hartley Pleshaw Dear Danny:

Please give my best wishes to my old friend and radio hero of my youth (a description that fits you as well, of course), Charles Laquidara. I know I speak for everyone who grew up in the Boston area when I did when I say that we miss terribly having Charles, you and the old WBCN on the nearest radio.

I wish I could give you some good news on that front….but the latest Boston radio rumor is that, when Howard Stern leaves Infinity/Viacom (WBCN’s now-owner) for his satellite gig, ‘BCN will cease playing music, and become a “super sports” station. (A first step in that direction was already taken several years ago when ‘BCN got the rights for the New England Patriots games.)

Well, fine; I expect no less from corporate media these days. And, if truth be told, today’s ‘BCN hardly resembles our beloved Boston institution of the 1968-96 era (which finally ended, of course, when Charles was pushed away by the Viacommies).

But if the new ‘BCN is to become the latest jock/schlock station (complete with booze and Viagra ads every commercial break, and knuckle-dragging testosterone/steroid addicts in-between), I hope Boston’s Own Sumner Redstone will have the decency to change the station’s call letters.

WBCN meant something very special to us all. It is the only radio station that I can honestly say changed my life–for the better. Those magic call letters should not be desecrated any more than they already have been.

Aloha to Charles. Tell him he’s welcome back to Boston radio anytime–and so are you.

Hartley Pleshaw

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