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The best part of this is the ‘children are watching!’ line the ‘reporter’ throws out. Nothing is funnier than self rightious assholes who have nothing to offer the world in either information or entertainment using the family friendly news cop-out as a cover for thier watered down fluff pieces.
COPS in the Woo- Thats a wrap…
This afternoon WoPo Police Chief Gary J. Gemme asked the COPS film crews to hit the road. Previously covered here and here, Chief Gemmes statement cited…
“…two factors: First, empathy, understanding the issue from the perspective of those who articulated the negativity of the program; and second, when asked to balance the perceived negative aspects of the program with positive stories of the community work that is taking place at all levels of this department, “Cops” producers stated that those stories are not the premise of the show and do not resonate to their target audiences.”
While I’m still not completely sold on the complaints of the community on this one, the PR angle just can’t be a winner for the city. I had the pleasure to meet and speak with a representative from the local Patrolman’s Union at Mondays demonstration in front of City Hall, who was very supportive of the filming and made a very compelling argument for having COPS in town. He was also the first to point out to me that of the anti-COPS crowd the majority seemed to be vocalizing complaints against FOX, more than the actual show. An interesting observation that made it very easy to begin questioning the possibility of ulterior motives at play.
So it was a pleasure doing business with you Mr Langley, maybe you could give New Bedford a shot, I hear they have some bad smack rolling through as of late.
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Like sands through the hour glass…
I just noticed that this retarded mess of rants I like to call Radio Ball turned 2 on July 12th. Go me!
I think this may be the longest I’ve stuck with anything, hopefully my son will be so lucky.
WoPo goes bareback
This is by far the coolest thing to hit the WPD since they went to .40’s. Personally, horses scare the shit out of me. It all goes back to an unfortunate incident in the early 80’s when a pony at a faire in Auburn bit my knee, but that’s beside the point. Cops on horses make a city look like a city. Don’t ask me how that works; I wouldn’t know where to start in qualifying that statement. Actually I just made it up, but it’s true. Horses look proud, the cops on them look proud and since you can see them from a mile away they offer a sense of presence. Plus kids dig them. Well, kids who haven’t been assaulted by ponies dig them. Anywho, +1 for the WPD. Of course that’s also a -1 for whoever has to clean up after these things.
We got the beat, but the rhythm? Not so much.
Audition reels seem to be standard fare these days for any production especially in the wake of American Idol. The only reason some people, like my self, tune in. Well here’s Worcesters own audition reel, courtesy of Artigo/Ajemian films which is filming its latest ‘We got the beat’ here in the Woo.
On Tuesday, August 1st at 8:30pm the company will be hosting a show at the Lucky Dog Music Hall where ten local bands will be covering ‘80’s tracks in a showcase for placement in the productions soundtrack.
WoPo in lights- season two
It appears I’m not the only one who thinks having COPS filming in the Woo isn’t the greatest idea to come down the (recently collapsed) pike. Word on the street has it police presence in some of our more notorious neighborhoods has reached a new high since the cameras came to town, which is not in itself a bad thing but the general consensus is it’s all for show, or for the show to be exact. Unconfirmed reports of harassment for the sake of the camera are also trickling in which has led one group of concerned citizens to organize a protest of the multi-week filming for this Monday July 31st at 3 PM in front of Worcester City Hall. Now, I’m not a big protest guy preferring instead to take down my adversaries with tried and true methods such as kidnapping, torture and assassination. But I’m definitely going to be there with the video camera just incase things get out of hand and I’m presented with a rare opportunity to film the film crew. I’m also not going to totally rule out staging a kidnapping of COPS producer John Langley if he shows up, but only because THAT would make for some great reality television.
Here’s the flyer that’s being distributed for Mondays demonstration
Senator Brownback is a… vagina?
WoPo in LIGHTS!
If you’re looking to get famous from committing crimes in Worcester now’s your chance, while the COPS television show is in the Big Woo filming for the next few weeks. I never really understood why cities allow their departments to be filmed like this. Never mind the argument that it trivializes Law Enforcement as a profession, it’s just shitty PR. A few weeks of footage are going to be whittled down to twenty two minutes of airtime and the segments are not going to be officers helping cripples get their crutches unstuck from the gutter. For the actual officers involved I’m sure it’s great to be seen working your ass off on national television by your peers. But for the rest of us all we get is a showcase of the most television friendly crimes Worcester can provide. For a City that has a long standing image problem to begin with, how is this a good thing? The few hookers left on Main St will be seen by more eyes nationally than anything else we have going on. If we have a shooting it will be edited to look like an hourly occurrence. And you can be sure that they will air what they want, the WPD will get to give a thumbs up to the raw footage being used, but editing has a funny way of showing what the producer wants; not the subject.
Well enough writing, I need to go tie one on and start riding my bike naked while yelling at strangers. There’s fifteen minutes of fame out there waiting for me, wish me luck!
So let me get this straight
If you’re one of the estimated 25,000 Americans in Lebanon, Uncle Sam will make sure to tax you while over seas. Uncle Sam will gladly pay for the bombs Israel is currently dropping on your head. But there is absolutely no way in hell that Uncle Sam is airlifting your prissy American ass out of a war zone free of charge.
Words to live by.
“Good food, cold beer and pretty girls never go out of style.”
