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Cort and Fatboy

The Button Man

CAUTION: I’m about to press the nostalgia button.
Portlanders ‘of a certain age’ grew up with an early morning institution, The Ramblin Rod Show. Weekday mornings from 7:30-8:30 were set aside for the most important thing in life, cartoons!
This was not just any cartoon show. Rod would have a passel of local kids come into the [...]

Unholy Night

by Cosmic Charlie

It’s been Christmas season for a couple of weeks. Now that Thanksgiving is out of the way, we can focus our full attention on the marketing of good cheer to the good ol’ USA.
Man, that sounds curmudgeonly.
I have issues with Christmas. I was raised in a strict religious environment where holidays, birthdays and anything fun [...]

11.27.2009 See the rest →

Midnight at the Oasis

by Cosmic Charlie

Tired of the dreary weather already? Need an excuse for a cheap date? Step right up, have I got a deal for you!
It’s the first Friday of the month, which means it’s time for Cort and Fatboy’s Midnight Movie. November’s selection? The Coen Brothers’ Raising Arizona.
This is the first Midnight Movie since the boys moved [...]

11.06.2009 See the rest →

The New KUFO: Cue Tool’s Eulogy…

by Cosmic Charlie

(T)he(y) had a lot to say;
(T)he(y) had a lot of nothing to say,
We’ll miss them.
We’re gonna miss them…

As fans of Portland’s rowdiest rock station know, major shakeups have been happening. KUFO has gutted its on-air staff and brought in “talent” from around the country. I checked it out yesterday, and I’ll get to that in [...]

10.29.2009 See the rest → 9 comments

SLL: A Show with SparCKL

by CamiKaos

Friday night we were joined in studio by Curtis Chen, better known to you twitter types as sparCKL. The two episodes can be easily broken down so I think I’ll do just that:
In the Tech episode we talk to Curtis about writing, his site 512 Words or Fewer and Puzzle Hunts.
SLL Episode 141: 512 [...]

10.26.2009 See the rest →

Say The Call Letters Backward

by Cosmic Charlie

I’m going to try to refrain from using foul language, but no promises. I’m writing this in a fit of barely contained rage.
Alpha Broadcasting has recently purchased several local radio stations, including KUFO. KUFO has never been the pinnacle of highbrow music, but it feeds the sweaty masses with knucklehead rock and occasional snips of [...]

10.23.2009 See the rest → 9 comments

A long time ago, in a multiplex far away…

by Cosmic Charlie

Attention space cadets!
Been hearing Darth Vader’s deep breathing every time you answer the phone? Get an image of Luke Skywalker every time someone offers to lend you a hand? Then I’ve got the movie for you:
On July 3rd, KUFO’s Cort and Fatboy are bringing Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back to the big screen for [...]

06.30.2009 See the rest → 4 comments

Douchebaggery in the First Degree

by Cosmic Charlie

I’m a bit honked off at my favorite radio station.
Since it came on the air in 1990, I have listened to KUFO 101.1. It’s hard-edged knucklehead rock with a tinge of juvenile humor. I’ve seen the DJs come and go, and am rarely happy when they go. (I’m still holding a grudge against Howard Stern [...]

02.05.2009 See the rest → 5 comments

Radio Waves

by Cosmic Charlie

In the fickle world of radio, change happens at breakneck speed, often without mercy. Yesterday the hatchet of death reached across the country, and heads rolled.

I’ve been listening to KUFO (101.1 FM) since the beginning. As in the very beginning. I was up at midnight when KRCK (?) officially went away, [...]

12.09.2008 See the rest → 3 comments