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The Beachwood Radio Hour #27: Endorsements Are Bullshit

By Steve Rhodes

How editorial boards invalidate their own newsrooms. Plus: Debates Are Bullshit; Bruce Rauner Hates Homework; The Guns That Didn't Smoke; Red-Light Rahm's Yellow Lights; How To Become A Judge In Chicago; Fight The Power Of The Storyline.

SHOW NOTES

:00: Strawberry Rock Show.

1:25: L'Assassins at Livewire last Friday night.

* The Weekend In Chicago Rock.

* The Week In Chicago Rock.

4:35: Endorsements Are Bullshit.

* How editorial boards invalidate their own newsrooms.

24:54: Dick Diver at the Burlington last Thursday night.

26:56: Debates Are Bullshit.

* @BeachwoodReport

* #ILGOV2014

* #BruceysFridayMoneyDump

* Bruce Rauner: Climate change denier?

* Bruce Rauner hates homework.

* Bruce Rauner: Applying for half the job.

* Business has no term limits.

* Bruce Rauner: Education funding facts are funny things.

* The post-debate public comes out dumber than they were going in.

48:07: Ausmuteants at Bric-a-Brac last Sunday.

49:33: Defending Brucey!

* LeapSource story took giant leaps with questionable sources.

1:01:94: Warpaint at the Vic last Sunday night.

1:02:06: Another Gun That Didn't Smoke.

* The [Wednesday] Papers.

* Fight the power of the storyline.

* The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #21: The Bears Have Become Drama Queens.

* The real smoking gun.

* The Problems And Politics Of Pat Quinn's Neighborhood Recovery Initiative.

1:14:00: Vicious Attack at Livewire last Saturday night.

1:15:38: Red-Light Rahm's Yellow Lights.

1:18:49: How To Become A Judge In Chicago.

1:22:18: Local Music Notebook: B.B. King & The Banjo Slayer.

1:22:45: Local Book Notes: Algren Is Back.

1:23:15: Jerry Angelo Is Addled.

* The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #21: The Bears Have Become Drama Queens.

* Jerry Angelo is a liar.

* I just figured out what that annoying click is; I noticed it last week too. Now that I know what the problem is, I can solve it. Let that be a life lesson.

* The Blue &Orange Kool-Aid Report: The Team Of Misfit Toys.

* TrackNotes: The Soul Of Cigar.

STOPPAGE TIME: 30:22.

For archives and other programs, see The Beachwood Radio Network.

Comments welcome.

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