time to leave the battlefield

David Strathairn Appreciation:

The Expanse (s.04, ep.10: Cibola Burn)

The Expanse (s.4, ep1.: New Terra)

“You have to trust your gut.”

“Well, the last time I did that, it didn’t work out so well, did it?”

“We were all flying blind, Pampa.”

“Yeah, well, me more than you.”

However they absolutely do stop moving. In fact, hummingbirds hibernate! Overnight. Instead of sleeping. Because if they tried to sleep like a normal animal their hyperactive metabolism would mean that they starve to death before breakfast.

“Alt-rock radio mainstay KFOG 104.5 is signing off after 36 years on the air.

On Monday, the San Francisco station announced it would flip to a simulcast of KNBR-AM sports radio on Sept. 6, leaving longtime “Fogheads” with just over a week to savor the sounds of artists like Jefferson Airplane, Green Day, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Smashing Pumpkins. A statement released by Cumulus Media explained that the expansion of KNBR would offer sports fans another place to tune into “high-profile personalities and in-depth coverage of the Bay Area’s favorite teams,” plus a stronger signal and broadcast range.“

I remember Wes "Scoop" Nisker and his "If you don't like the news, go out and make some of your own," and M. Dung's silly overpronouncing of "aa-waayy," and Dave Morey's fun and instructive 10@10 show ("ten great songs from one great year," which might also include historical newsclips)...

(I've suddenly remembered M. Dung talking about narrowly escaping the Caldecott Tunnel fire in 1982, ignited by a gas tanker in an accident that killed seven people, and I don't think I was dreamimg hearing him shaken up by that. It stuck in my mind because it was a shocking event and this irrepressible guy was stunned he was alive.)

(Another parenthetical: I can't remember now if it was a KFOG DJ I heard report the death of the singer Marvin Gaye, Jr. in 1984. May have been? Gaye was shot dead by his own father, and whichever DJ I heard reporting it was almost in tears, asking how things could've got that bad for him. It was so sad hearing that.)

KFOG dumped Dr. Demento in 1992 - I didn't know they were going to do that and fell asleep during what turned out to be the last one they played. hmph. But I carried on listening for a while.

Deep Breath, Into the Dalek, Listen, Time Heist, Kill the Moon, Mummy on the Orient Express, Flatline, Dark Water/Death in Heaven, Last Christmas, Face the Raven, Heaven Sent/Hell Bent, The Husbands of River Song, The Pilot, Thin Ice, Oxygen, Extremis, The Eaters of Light, World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls, at the MINIMUM, are as good or better than the list of Tennant’s best.