I'm going to use this time to give some props. I've been busting on Air America & it's shows pretty much since Day 1. Well, the other night, I "discovered" archived shows of Idiot's Delight. ID is the show of a DJ named Vin Scelsa. He's been in radio in NYC for 30+ years. I had only heard of him & his show from a tape I have from the mid 90's when Barenaked Ladies was on the show. It's really good, but I never gave it that much thought...then I decided to do an intenet search on Vin & the show and found the archive of recent shows on WFUV which is Fordham University's radio station.

The shows are streamed only, which is a bit of a bitch for a 4 hour show, but it's cool nonetheless. So I saw a show from December in which Randi Rhodes was a guest. I qued that bad boy up and gave it a listen...I gotta say, I now have a newfound respect for Randi. Her laugh will always make me shudder, but the girl's pretty cool.

She's from old school, rock & roll radio - no playlists, the jocks had personalities. Actually, just like Scelsa does Idiot's Delight now. So Randi was on for at least 3 and a half hours. She talked about how she got into radio, then into talk radio. That was pretty interesting. Then she got into the political stuff. Vin asked her how to get rid of the two-party system.

Randi was pretty down with the Green Party. She was close to being dead on about Nader, but I don't think she has all the inside lowdown...but it was damn close. But she really talked about the Greens as if she respected what we've been doing.

I've always been down with her show - it's just that laugh...OY! But it's a bit easier to listen to now that I know her better.

So go listen to Idiot's Delight online & check out Randi's site as well.

Gee...listening to Idiot's Delight may inspire me to do something I haven't done in a while (hint, hint). Stay tuned.