Hugh Jackman Got Me Pregnant!

I'm just kidding.

Really, I saw "Australia!" the other day, and he is so goddamn butch in it, I swear that I conceived immaculately just from watching.

Oh, and I loved the movie. I also love all other Baz Lurhman films. Really!

And speaking of totally gay musicals - have you seen this?

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

Completely genius.

Podcasts!

I am very happy to report that Little Radio has updated our Podcast section... including mine! There are tons of them! So if you missed a show, or just are curious, go download 'em!

Check out Little Radio's "Mo Show" podcasts here.

And tune in for the real thing:

The Mo Show
Mondays
10 am - Noon PST (that's 1pm EST, 6pm in London, 7pm in Berlin, and 5am Sydney... ack!)

Find us in the Radio section of iTunes, or go here:

http://www.littleradio.com/

Only a couple shows left before I leave for... Brazil! Yea, really! This has been my year of travel for sure...

To Die For

Um, you know how I ranted a little about those Black Friday sales?

Well, you may remember how on December 3rd, 1979, 11 people were killed trying to get into a Who concert in Cincinnati. It was due to the festival seating policy, and when people were allowed in (late), they crushed each other trying to get to the good seats.

Flash forward to November 28th in Long Island new York - Wal*Mart. A 34 year old man was trampled by shoppers eager to get the best deal at a post Thanksgiving sale. Dozens of people were knocked down, including a pregnant woman.

Cross the country to Palm Desert - right by Coachella here in Southern California... Two men get into a fight (it's unclear about what, though their girlfriends were involved) which ends in the two of them shooting each other to death. Inside a packed Toys R Us store.

In both instances, people were reluctant to leave the store and miss out on the sales.

Honestly, I wouldn't mind if both locales had been blown off the face of the earth, because I don't want these people to reproduce if they are so callous as to fight for a sale or toy over the dead body of an employee or customer. But that's just me.

Anyway, get more info on it here.

As for me... I'm going to be supporting local businesses and artisians. Or ordering online. Because no way in hell am I going to Toys R Us for that Tickle Me Elmo... they'll shoot your eye out!

Overindulgence

On this Thanksgiving Eve, I'd like to talk to you about gluttony.

No, not the food coma kind so many will indulge themselves tomorrow (although that's pretty disgusting), but the shopping kind that comes immediately afterwards.

This year, it feels like those commercials trying to draw people into various "Black Friday" sales have been even more aggressive, no doubt because retailers are horrified about the prospects of their bottom line looking more holiday "red" than black.

But I would never be able to get myself out of bed at 2am to be at a 4am sale, in the hopes that I might be one of the lucky few able to purchase a $2000 television for just $500. And I would certainly never be able to take days off work (uh, losing income) to wait in line in low temperatures, rain, snow, etc... with others who are camping out in front of a Best Buy living off Starbucks and Quiznos for that same TV deal.

I know times are hard. Hell, I'm a freelancer and put myself through college- you don't need to explain to me the worry about where the next paycheck is coming from. But surely there have to be things in life that are more important than having a plasma screen television? Or getting the bets deal on the planet for the latest copy of Rockband?

Ah, America. I know I live here and all, but some things I just don't get. Good luck to them campers!

Anita Bryant Rolls Over

I was gonna say she rolls over in her grave, but she ain't dead yet. Although today, she may wish she were...

In the '70s, she oversaw one of the most hateful campaigns against the gay community ever seen, voicing that "If gays are granted rights, next we'll have to give rights to prostitutes and to people who sleep with St. Bernards and to nail biters." See the logic? But her very vocal "Save Our Children" campaign worked, and it led to a repeal of a Florida state ordinance prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. In other words, she made it okay to fire or not hire a gay. This was not changed until 1998.

It went further though... In 1977, Florida made it illegal for gays to adopt children. But those days are over as well...

Judge overturns Florida ban on adoption by gays

-- A Florida circuit judge Tuesday struck down a 31-year-old state law that prevents gays and lesbians from adopting children, allowing a North Miami man to adopt two half-brothers he and his partner have raised as foster children since 2004.

"There is no question, the blanket exclusion of gay applicants defeats Florida's goal of providing dependent children a permanent family through adoption," Judge Cindy S. Lederman wrote in her 53-page ruling.

"The best interests of children are not preserved by prohibiting homosexual adoption."

Read it and weep, Anita!

Chicago Hope

After the election, I was so happy about Obama that I cried (just like half the country, it seems). But then the California results came in, and Proposition 8 has passed... meaning that a little more than half of my beloved state had decided to enact legalized bigotry, making gays 2nd class citizens.

A few nights later, I had dinner with a married ("Or maybe now the citizens of California have decided we're divorced?") gay couple. They had lived in Chicago for quite a few years, and one of them had met (and brunched with) Obama on occasion. They both said that our new President was a big fan of the gays, and always stuck up for gay rights while in office in Illinois.

"I noticed that he gave a shout out to the gays in his victory speech," I commented.

"Oh yea," said Charlie. "We understand that he had to get elected. But once he is in office, I fully believe that he will do what he can to forward the gay agenda, because he sees it as a rights issue as well."

So, when I browsed Obama's Change.gov website, I came across this:

"While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do. Too often, the issue of LGBT rights is exploited by those seeking to divide us. But at its core, this issue is about who we are as Americans. It's about whether this nation is going to live up to its founding promise of equality by treating all its citizens with dignity and respect." -- Barack Obama, June 1, 2007

The site goes on to note that he will oppose a constitutional ban against gay marriage (take that California, Arizona & Florida!), expand adoption rights to include gay couples (take that Arkansas!), and repeal "Don't Ask Don't Tell," among other things. It's all right here in his civil rights agenda.

I will keep my fingers crossed that in my lifetime, all of my fabulous gay friends will be able to get married, if they want to. No one should be denied that choice.

Music for Your Sniffles

Um, yea, I actually got sick over the course of my 2 hour show today. I sit here at home, huddled up in blankets, dependent on decongestants and tissues for my well being. Groovy!

So here's what ya heard today:

Little Radio Playlist
11/17/08

Bright Tomorrow - Fuck Buttons
Anthrax - Gang of Four
Debaser - Pixies
Wicked Wisdom - Of Montreal
Neon Knights - MSTRKRFT
Nightclubbing - Iggy Pop
Chant No.1 - Spandau Ballet
So Come On - Fleur de Lys
Want Ads - Honey Cone
Ghosts - The Jam
Fever Dream - Iron & Wine
Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks
Rock the Bells - LL Cool J
Women's Love Rights - Laura Lee
When My Baby's Beside Me - Big Star
Lady on the Water - Blitzen Trapper
Four Flights Up - Lloyd Cole & the Commotions
Green Eyes - Husker Du
Nowhere Girl - B Movie
The Luxury of Loneliness - Her Space Holiday
Satellite of Love - Lou Reed
Catcher - Komeda
How Much More - Redd Kross
7/4 (Shoreline) - Broken Social Scene
Publish My Love - Rogue Wave
To Sir With Love - Lulu
We All Belong - Dr. Dog
Jeepster - T. Rex
Gimme Some Salt - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Whipping Boy - Barkmarket
I Was Half Asleep - Henry Clay People

Remember..

The Mo Show
Mondays
10 am - Noon PST (that's 1pm EST, 6pm in London, 7pm in Berlin, and 5am Sydney... ack!)

Find us in the Radio section of iTunes, or go here:

http://www.littleradio.com/

And thank you for tuning in!

D-I-V-O-R-C-E!

Divorce is wrong. It destroys families. And we know how important 52% of the population of California think families are: so important that traditional marriage needs to be legislated. A man and a woman only. So all you divorced parents, you screwed up. You single parent families, step families, etc.. None of you are cool either. Did any of you vote Yes on 8? Because you voted against yourself too.

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

Keep in mind... you'll never see any Shotgun Weddings in the gay community...

(internet) Radio Radio

Hey all~

Two weeks in a row! Awesome! After a weekend of protesting, marching, and intense political discussion... I'm ready for some fun tuneage. And you?

Little Radio Playlist
11/10/08

Aruca - Medicine
Les Femmes - Yelle
Pinky Blue - Altered Images
Kissing Things - The 6th (feat. Sarah Cracknell)
Tell Me That You Love Me - Inara George
Judy & the Dream of Horses - Belle & Sebastian
Nights Are Long - Intramural
How Low - José Gonzalez
Morning Cigarettes - Brian Wright & the Waco Tragedies
Don't Toss Us Away - Maria McKee
The Courtesan Has Sung - Sunset Rubdown
Lucy - Hazard County Girls
One Monkey Don't Stop No Show - Honey Cone
Plastic Situation - Ron & Candy
Radio Ladio - Metronomy
Zdarlight - Digitalism
Blue Day - Darker My Love
Les Cactus - Jaques Dutronc
Put Yourself In My Place - Jan Panter
Old Old Fashioned - Frightened Rabbit
Fine Print - The Henry Clay People
Dialing A Prayer - Straightjacket Fits
Broken Sky - Adoration
No Kinda Man - Junior Boys
Better Must Come - Delroy Wilson
Sticky Boom Boom - United Soul Association
Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) - Isaac Hayes
Fault Line - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
A Place Where We Could Go - Jeremy Jay
Pictures of Me - Elliott Smith
Swept Away - The Avett Brothers
I Believe - R.E.M.


Do yourself a favor and listen to some of those early R.E.M. albums... you'll feel better. And thanks for listening!

When Worlds Collide

Um, you all know I love Duran Duran? John Taylor in particular? (Hell, I even got to interview him once - swoon!)

Well, I love John Taylor, and it turns out John Taylor loves Barack Obama, therefore I love Barack Obama! (As if I didn't already.)

Want proof?



Now VOTE! And if you're in Cali, vote NO ON 8! We're voting for love, not hate!

Where B Mo?

Wow... it's been so long since I posted anything here my computer didn't even remember how to sign in to this thing.

So where have I been the last couple of months? Um... Madrid, Barcelona, Phoenix, Denver, San Francisco, London, Berlin, Oakland, Vegas... for starters. And I haven't been able to blog from some of those places, so my deepest apologies. I promise to post tales of my adventures (if there were any) soon!

And today marks a return to the Little Radio airwaves! Little Radio has been a bit topsy turvy as well, so it's nice to be "home."

And here's the show!

Little Radio Playlist
November 3rd, 2008

Wake Up Boo - The Boo Radleys
What Condition My Condition Is In - Betty Lavette
Let's Straighten It Out - O.V. Wright
Terrible Beauty - Amanda Jayne
Anything Could Happen - The Clean
Furr - Blitzen Trapper
Ain't That Enough - Teenage Fanclub
He Doesn't Know Why - Fleet Foxes
I Woke Up Today - Port O'Brien
Phenomena - Akron/Family
The Wedding Song - Uni & Her Ukelele
Lonely Lonely Girl Am I - The Velvelettes
Look Ka Py Py - The Meters
Do That There - Lyrics Born
South Side of Soul Street - Johnny Adams
To Fix the Gash In Your Head - A Place To Bury Strangers
Third Uncle - Brian Eno
I'm Taking the Train Home - The Twilight Sad
Vapour Trail - Ride
If It's The Beaches - The Avett Brothers
John Saw That Number - Neko Case
This Thing Nowhere - Bettie Serveert
We Have No Water Here - Hearts of Palm
Silver Wind - The Upsidedown
Out There On the Ice - Cut Copy
Poor Pete Is A Bit Self-Conscious - Say Hi To Your Mom
Inside Out - The Mighty Lemon Drops
The Last Beat of My Heart - DeVotchka

Ah, and it's good to be back on...

Till next week!

I am really, really afraid of some citizens in our country. Please check out this Washington Post article, and please spread the word. THE DEMOCRATS NEED TO TAKE THE WHITE HOUSE. Aren't we in enough of a mess? Sigh...

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Does the Truth Matter Anymore?

This is not false naivete: I am genuinely surprised that John McCain and his campaign keep throwing out false charges and making false claims without any qualms. They keep talking about Sarah Palin’s opposition to the Bridge to Nowhere without any embarrassment over the fact that she once supported it. They keep saying that Barack Obama will raise taxes, suggesting he’d raise them on everybody, when Obama’s plan, according to the Tax Policy Institute, would cut taxes for “about 80 percent of households” while “only about 10 percent would owe more.” And as Sebastian Mallaby pointed out in his recent column, Obama would cut taxes for middle-income taxpayers “more aggressively” than McCain would.

And now comes a truly vile McCain ad accusing Obama of supporting legislation to offer "'comprehensive sex education' to kindergartners." The announcer declares: "Learning about sex before learning to read? Barack Obama. Wrong on education. Wrong for your family."
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To check out the video, and continue reading, go here. PLEASE.

Barely Makin' It Monday...

This Monday, we barely made it in and I barely was able to get things hooked up for this morning's Little Radio show, but here 'tis!

Little Radio Playlist
9.08.08

Sippin' 40oz = Gravvy Train!!!
The Blues Are Still Blue - Belle & Sebastian
Ride A White Swan - T. Rex
Look-Ka Py Py - The Meters
Soulsville - Isaac Hayes
Birthday (Christmas Mix) - Sugarcubes (with the Jesus & Mary Chain)
Publish My Love - Rogue Wave
You Love To Fail - The Magnetic Fields
Come On Over (Turn Me On) - Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now - Sandie Shaw
Wet & Rusting - Menomena
On the Bank - The Coolies
One Monkey Don't Stop No Show - Honey Cone
Hey Deannie - Shaun Cassidy
Blow You A Kiss in the Wind - Redd Kross
Jump In the Line - Harry Belafonte
Talk On Indolence - The Avett Brothers
This Damn Nation - Actionslacks
Slack Motherfucker - Superchunk
Kerosene - Big Black
Sticky Boom Boom - United Soul Association
My Valuable Hunting Knife - Guided By Voices
Express Yourself - Byron Lee & the Dragonaires
Carry Go Bring Come - The Selecter
Bittersweet - Hoodoo Gurus
Four Flights Up - Lloyd Cole & the Commotions
West Coast - Coconut Records
Food 'Round Here - Brad Mossman
San Diego Zoo - The 6ths
Ribbons - Four Tet
No Kinda Man - Junior Boys
Killing For Love - Jose Gonzalez
All the Night Without Love - Elvis Perkins
Morning Cigarettes - Brian Wright & the Waco Tragedies
Do It Right - The Three Tops with Phyllis Dillon


No show next week... I'll be in Denver at the Monolith Music festival! Yay!

And thanks for tuning in, as always.

No Mo Show till the 8th

Hi all~

I'm taking a little break from Little Radio... got lots of work to do, and some San Fransisco to see! I'll be back on the air on September 8th, promise.

In the meantime, I have some Christian Calypso for you. Really. It will change your life.


Jesus is my friend by "Sonseed" from Peleg Top on Vimeo.

Enjoy!

Monday Monday

The Monday Morning Mo Show. Yay!

Mondays, 10am - Noon PST (1pm EST, 7pm in Berlin and in the wee morning in Sydney!)
LittleRadio.com

The playlist! Here 'tis for 8.18.08!

Specialist - Interpol
Nowhere Girl - B Movie
For Love - Lush
Bitches In Tokyo - Stars

Lady Don't Tek No - Latyrx
Love Thyself - Macromantics
Every Little Counts - New Order
Second Chance - Liam Finn
Dear Deadly - Creeper Lagoon

Heartbeat - The Detroit Cobras
Honey Bee (Let's Fly to Mars) - Grinderman
Cherry Cherry - Neil Diamond
Los Angeles - Frank Black
99 Problems - Jay-Z

Primitive Painters - Felt
Long Time Coming - The Delays
Metal Mickey - Suede
Plasticities - Andrew Bird
Laughing - David Crosby

Alaska - The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black
Love In A Void - Siouxsie & the Banshees
Goo Goo Muck - The Cramps
Homosapien - Pete Shelley

Nasty Gal - Betty Davis
2:1 - Elastica
Don't Let your Love Grow Away From Me - Cold War Kids
Black History Month - Death From Above 1979
Sleeping During the Day - The Mint Chicks

Do Good To Each & Everyone - The Heptones

And yes, do good to everyone and I will check y'all next week!

Duuuuuude!

At 4:20 pm last Sunday, I saw "Pineapple Express."

I am not a stoner. The last time I smoked anything even remotely mind-altering, I got really silly for a moment, embarrassed the friend I was with, and then fell asleep. Afterwards, he said, "Remind me never to let you smoke weed again."

One time, when I was a freshman in college in Berkeley, I went with some folks from my dorm to see the Grateful Dead. I lived in the Bay Area - it's a rite of passage there (or, it was while Jerry was alive, anyway). We were all sitting in the nosebleeds at the Oakland Coliseum, and passing a joint around. I smoked some, and dozed off. I could hear one of my floormates, Jack, through the haze of my sleepiness: "Duuude, check out Mo. She's really getting into it!"

So yea, pot really isn't my thing.

"Pineapple Express," though, is my thing. Over the last couple of days, I've discovered that most of my friends who have seen it didn't like it, and that those who haven't seen it have only heard bad things about it. But I love it. I've seen it a couple times again already. I liked it better than "Tropic Thunder." Really, I did! I think it's ridiculous, sweet, obnoxious, and crawls under your skin hilarious. And if you're scared to see it, fine. But it made me really happy during an insanely stressful week, and my summer fun film award goes to "Pineapple Express."



Yum.

:)

Brokedown Palace

My Mac is in the shop. It SUCKS!

But, I have an old, testy PC laptop which is capable of delivering the goods some of the time, so here we are, rockin' Little Radio (dot com) on a lovely Monday morning. And here is the playlist!

Little Radio
8.11.08

The Crane Wife 3 - The Decemberists
My Wandering Days Are Over - Belle & Sebastian
Sight of You - Pale Saints
Fairytale in the Supermarket - The Raincoats
Sound of the Crowd - Human League
Specialist - Interpol
He Called Me Baby - Ella Washington
Chokin' Kind - Joe Simon
Your Cheatin' Heart - Bobby Powell
Love's Where Life Begins - Arthur Alexander
Stand By Your Man - Candi Staton
What Condition My Condition Is In - Betty Lavette
Almost Persuaded - Etta James

And that's it for this week... Sorry my computer crapped out mid show. Next week, we're back to regular programming - nothing but rad-ness!

And Now A Word From Our (Totally Hot) Sponsor...

One of my BFFs (yes, I have multiples.. kinky!) is friends with Paris Hilton. I met her once. She was nice, and wearing ridiculous shoes.

And now she does this, which makes me not feel guilty for liking "Stars Are Blind."

See more Paris Hilton videos at Funny or Die

Ah, Mr. McCain, what wrath have you brought forth?

August, the Music, and You

Jesus - it's August already.

Here's the Little Radio Playlist for 8.04.08...

Glasgow Mega-Snake - Mogwai
The Day I Turned to Glass - Honeycut
Crumbs Off the Table - Laura Lee
Cottonmouth - Sam Sparro
Wishing Well - The Airborne Toxic Event
Tropical Iceland - Fiery Furnaces
Send Me A Postcard - Shocking Blue
Motor Away - Guided By Voices
Secret Oktober - Duran Duran
Je danse donc je suis - Brigette Bardot
Put Yourself in My Place - Delroy Wilson
Audrey's Dance - Angelo Badalamenti
Running Out of Fools - Isaac Hayes
Evangeline - Edith Frost
Sunken Waltz - Calexico
Ragged Wood - Fleet Foxes
Ask Her to Dance - Coconut Records
I Will - The Beatles
Out of the Races & Onto the Tracks - The Rapture
Golden Brown - The Stranglers
Shot Gun Blues - Isobell Campbell & Mark Lanegan
From St. Kilda to King's Cross - Paul Kelly & the Messengers
Stars - Cut Copy
TKO - LeTigre
Dipped in Anger - Failure
I'm Taking the Train Home - The Twilight Sad
I Broke My Saw - Love Tractor
Until You Came Along - Golden Smog
If You Lose Your Woman - ZOO
White Composition - Darker My Love

Thanks all for tuning in - such fun today! Especially to hear from everyone all across the state, and even in Berlin! Hope we can keep on keepin' on with the groovy tunes for ya. :)

Get Down This Morning!

Hey all~

As promised, here's what we rocked on Little Radio this morning!

Little Radio Playlist
7.28.08

Bam Bam - Sister Nancy
Trip To Your Heart - Sly & the Family Stone
Heavy Makes You Happy - Staples Singers
Suddenly Strange - Bic Runga
First Love - Adele
Map To Where You Are - The Watson Twins
You Only Call Me When You're Drunk - Ed Harcourt
Here Comes Everybody - Autolux
When the Night Falls - The Eyes
I Don't Ever Want to Change - The Drones
Good Time - Crystal Castles
She's Good For Business - MSTRKRFT
Same Old Scene (Glimmers Remix) - Roxy Music
Hyperballad (LFO Disco Sync Mix) - Bjork
Get Up Get Out - The Rosebuds
Your Love Has Been So Good To Me - Ruth Copeland
Youthless - Beck
Put You To Sleep - Jeff Klein
All You Ever Wanted - The Black Keys
Satellite - TV On the Radio
Murder In the City - The Avett Brothers
Torque - Kristi Hersh
Stephen Hawking - Hello Dragon
My Mistakes Were Made For You - The Last Shadow Puppets
Heard The Stirring - Fleet Foxes
Ice Cream Love - Johnny Osbourne
I'm A Man - Spencer Davis Group
Indian Ropeman - Julie Driscoll
I'm Still In Love - The Mighty Diamonds
We Own the Sky - M83

Thanks for tuning in... do it next week too! :)