My day today started like crap. With the major High Council meeting here Tuesday and many officers arriving tonight I was working on our new digs for HazzardAyre Radio, when without thinking drove a small nail through my thumb, with an air hammer. So after expressing my condition to the Reaper Crew through some serious explatives we wrapped my thumb up waiting for the local EVAC people to show up, to bandage my thumb. Nope gotta go to the ER, and get it bandaged and me a tetness booster shot. Must have been lack of food coupled with the meds or something, but, my butt has been busy going to the latrine about every 15 minutes or less. My brain hurts, and don't dare eat anything. Should have stayed in bed.
So visited with SheWolf for a short while then headed back to the shop. BTW on LexiBelle, that tiny piece I have been hunting for the Mars lights on LexiBelle? Well got one and thanks to Dave, its on its way. I nearly creamed my jeans when he told me that. One of those parts that don't exist any more , and that can't be bought from a Vendor any more David had so I'm just gurgling for joy. Maybe its my insides.
Okay then, got one of those notifications from the illustrious Facebook to verify our Club page. No mater how damn many times I clicked on, call me both on my cell and Landline still came with a no can do. One of those times I wish I had a doc scanner or something, so I sent em our Tax number. You'll play hell trying to convince that Jap loving Socialist, Communist in Charge of and who owns Facebook. Want an example of profiling? Watch Facebook very carefully. The things you get bitched at by the little pickle brained pencil necked college kids at Facebook in the censor page , but see the same thing or worse on somebody's page or group , that somehow gets fed right to YOUR page or group or even your news feed. It's okay to put this up on a Facebook newsfeed
but don't put this
or this
up on your newsfeed or on a Page or Group of YOURS, because that's nasty. The first question I ask is who the frack invited somebody from any other group or page, or just anybody that isn't a member of our organization.
I found it kind of interesting this should show up just a few days ago. There was a post on Overdrive's site of , do you still use a CB Radio? The responses were all over the place , but the main thread was most don't because of the vulgarity. My response? Don't like it, use the off button. Don't go away mad , just go away. Same goes with Facebook and its many prying eyes; Don't like our content, unlike us and go the frack away. Pretty simple.
Any way the first of many night sessions of the High Council will be starting in 25 minutes so gotta go, but dig this friends the copyright and fringe elements of Facebook censorship are really getting serious.
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A few years ago, there were fans of my radio gig and all that asked me why I was such a fanatic of those up on two wheels, mainly the biker community. For those wondering, I'd like to acquaint you with a happening earlier today. I had just gotten up from catching some snooze time, when SheWolf relayed that there was a bunch on some FB page Called Wreckers something trashing me , my company and the Club. So I went on there. At first the chewing out was all on my SheWolf. She accidently posted the fact we were on a FoX hunt for some honey to enhance the website and TV ads, to do in part to help sell the pillows and such that our Sister from Texas is making. So people were bitching about things, so I jumped in and put up pics of LexiBelle amongst my rides saying faux huh? It got to the point that I just cancelled out of that group and split. Talk about a towers brotherhood? Bullstuff. There ain't been a true Towers Brotherhood since 1983/84. when the older owner operators formed TRAA and so on. Not that there isn't one, but membership to the Iron Knytes is through Pledge, and invitation, there's no open call for members. We keep our numbers small, and protected. As far as Facebook , Facebook itself is getting old and drab. Oh and speaking of Facebook, did you know that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg, is now eyeing the idea of a Presidential run?
But lets get past that. In general, despite some club bias and all bikers pretty much accept each others, and will ride long distances together and work together for a common goal. Consider its us Bikers doing peacekeeping duties at this weeks swearing in of Donald Trump. Trump called us his extra measure of protection. Not bad. I wasn't always a big fan of riders but years ago, Bro and I met very much up close and personal Brother Speed's MC at their club house in Boise, waiting for T-Willey to show to do some work on a roadster. Not only was I welcomed but treated very well. Bro and I had long been thinking of adding that to the Knytes and so when the oppurtunity came in 2008 with the creation of SOA, we jumped on the idea, and as such , the Knytes-of Anarchy was born, as a subsidiary of the Hazzard Knytes. My best friend on Earth besides Bro and Big Rick, is little Rick here in Evanston. Not only is his shovel head pristine, but his truck, that I named Dark Horse, is one of the finest on earth, and Little Rick's friendship is so dear, but he's also a biker in every sense of the word. People who ride are of the most honest caliber that you'll find and once made a friend, are the most loyal. Then of course there's those who fly.
From the time that I strapped myself into an AV 4 to the time, I got to fly a Corsair my head has been in the clouds. When I put my golden wings in a plastic box, and my uniform patch in a coffee can and hid them for nobody but me to see, I thought the days of me getting above the clouds was over. Then one morning just before lunch whilest I was watching the old half truthful TV docudrama of the 214, I heard overhead not one but two F-4-U Corsairs. Once I found out where they landed I went out there, inside a big hangar was not one, not two, not, three but 4 F-4-U Corsairs sitting inside ready for flight and battle. So I got the owner off to the side, asked what these byrds go for, when he told me I swallowed my chew. Thought to myself , my I'm in the wrong business. So like many things, like starting the Hazzard Knytes to help support the Hazzard Garage, we started a Warbird group . Over time though I have been welcomed with open arms by the aviation community, who are there organization or not, to help rebuild a prop, or a complete a vintage warbird. Unfortunately, my type-2 diabetes took me out of the air a year ago, but I'm busting my hump to get a new med card and my license back. But I still have many friends in both Bikers and pilots. Including the AyreWolvez Military Aviation Association. If only the rest of modern society including jerks on Facebook, could get together in brother(sister)hood in friendship and all like bikers and pilots, wouldn't this be a great world.
Gotta go see the Bishop.
TTYLY
Before I get off on my rant here this morning, I want to say to the sweethearts on the two Cinderella movies I watched on Disney, great job. One was a tweaked remake of the film she's all That, starring Fred Prinz Junior , but good, plus the two movies gave me inspiration to relive some preasure so again thanks.
Tried to get in touch with the local Bishop to gain a sit down, but did not hear back. I think I'm on my own, on this one. Let you know this evening.
Our Sweet Texas Sister shot a shell across the bow last night, saying that the expenses being run up for the pillows and such were cutting into her purse a bit with few if any sales. I'll tell ya'll like I tell her, help us to raise funds for a new computer and all for the Radio/TV station, that way I can get the pillows on screen and get to selling them. Plus with a new computer the radio gig can get flowing again. Again making money for us and our Texas Sister.
Which brings me to this; and there's an entire background story to it which I'll relate later today, but; once upon a time, in doing some pinup work for the Knytes, I stumbled upon this once free website for finding model talent. Well seems this other outfit called Casting Call Pro.com bought the free site Mandy.com . So since they had been prodding me to use their services, I put up a simple casting for a narrator for the movie the Hazzard Knytes. The docudrama, that will tell the story of the Knytes(knights) plus HazzardAyre Radio etc in a similar style of the way Stern told his story to increase ear traffic to his show. Figuring if we got someone there for the Narrator, then other castings for both men and women that would make up the Club, in our preteen and teen years, as well as our radical 20's both in and out of the Marines. Then drawing it up tight to the present with what's going on with HazzardAyre; Radio(www.livestream.com/hazzardayre) . The fact that most of us are not film makers, we're truckers,bikers,mechanics and aircraft pilots and mechanics. However nobody is better to tell our story than us. Now so I got a response from some gal named Kat, who was all kinds of prying, hell it felt like the Spanish Inquisition. The main whammy was why do you need em single. Simple, with the running around the Mountain West and all, no kids and running the highway of life solo, is better than having her trying to juggle kids, a hubby, and still being on time for a scene, or segment of the film, and more importantly bein on time for the plane. The idea is to capture everywhere and anywhere there is a current charter or sub-charter of the club, especially where the club was founded. Then there was the question, of examples of prior work, I'd be happy to provide except one mini problem, much of my reels are still on VHS Tape not DVD. So until I get for the Club a new computer with the software to transfer that video on DVD, no can show old stuff. However, when it comes to this kind of thing, I remember Vickie at Talent Management Group in Salt Lake City. Just before we set up camp in Woods Cross, while I was residing in Ogden Utah, I went down for a meet and greet at her office. Must have been 30 ladies there. The one I chose as a lead was a gal, named Michele Wilson. Who has a package that any man would wet his pants over. Total fee for Michele was 43k or so, Rick our President said no, but I look back and think, I should have ponied up my own money and hired her. She was the only one that wore the nylon leggings that I asked for, the kind of skirt I asked for, and gained a Confederate accent as I had asked. With that in mind guess who I'm calling this week? Thing is When I looked over the talent from Casting Pro, I didn't see any female talent between 35 and 60, from anywhere near here that could pop in for a meet and greet or a script read. If your question now is why did I go messing with Casting Pro? Simple they contacted me first, invited me to place a free ad on their site, which I did just to see if Casting Pro, was as good as Mandy.com which so far as I can tell , ain't.
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In years gone past, in fact most years the Knytes and all never have had to ask those that claime to support the club for a dime. We see, we serve no problem. However 2016 siphoned way too much money for the cash stash, not just from short term investments like that idiotic bar on Bear River drive here in Evanston , but having people say they're coming in for training to be a part of the staff here at Knytes Hall, which that consumes money with no return, to SheWolf, who, btw is paying back albeit slowly, what we used to help her, and the list goes on. But those are small taters against the real drain. This year of 2016 many of our members were slaughtered at a convenience store near WACO Texas. 15 Knytes died, another 25 are facing charges. Attorney's do not come cheap. So to keep the home fires lit we are holding our hands out asking all that truly believe in Southern Liberty and preservation of the history of Dixie, and our American way of life.
I am truly greatful to SheWolf for her $500.00 a month, plus Our Texas Sister for her 10% each month, but we need much more. Sure out Texas Sister is there making pillows for sale and they a great looking
but we are needing new computers, studio furniture, transmitter, tower, antenna, just to name a few. So I'm asking you, all out there. If you support the Knytes, and the cause of southern liberty, dig in your wallet and send it to us. If sweet Southern Sister can scrounge up extra change to help certainly you all should, or is your interest and loyalty to Dixie, just Keyboard lip service.
If you don't like our groups and pages on Facebook, don't go there. I had to resign in to Facebook, because somebody was sniffing around a bunch of OUR photos. Now the fact that the idiots at Facebook, can't appreciate fine eye candy is one thing, but fact is, the groups are not aimed at women or toddlers, but guess what we get singled out. What has been entertainment on our groups and pages now seem to be offensive. Really. Now if this was just us I'd say okay, I'll fix it, but I have seen much, much more on Facebook, right in the Newsfeed. I report the damn thing. Guess what friends I get some response from some not yet dry behind the ear college boy at Facebook, saying that such and such does not violate the community standards. I guess some hot gal posing with a classic big truck is nasty, but some gal taking a dump and calling others mothers a slut isn't. My how the pages and times have changed.
So I'm going in later tonight, pulling all but a very few pages and groups, and maybe eventually quiting frigging Facebook all together. Who needs em?
Sometime this summer, I'm taking a long trip to Gay bay California, going to the headquarters of both Google and Facebook, and having a rather heated pow wow with them. Here you are trying to make a living and you get hammered. The reason, these outfits that were once free, need not just want, but NEED you to set up a paid, commercial account with them. Spend money they leave you alone. Ignore their ads , they come bug you. Maybe its time for a better FB, or at least a more open minded social website? Now if I can just get my other half and such to quit pulling out our content for all to see, we wont have this problem.
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I remember my start at least the real start in broadcasting. I was first recruited and drafted to doing some thing for our FFA or Future Farmers of America charter in Hagerman Idaho, at around age 12. It wasn't something I had little interest in any more since the availability of work was extremely limited. But I went. Kim Lee of Lee Family Broadcasting now, was about 7 or 8 years old at the time, his brother Kent was younger but more tech savy. Any mile KFMA was thee FM in the area at the time, mostly playing office background style music. I went in and toyed with some advanced gear that is primitive today but at the time state of the art. This was about the time of Drake Chanault . Any mile tired of that, my mini bike shop and dads trucking outfit needed some ads, so we stopped one day at then KEEP AM 1450 in Twin Falls Idaho. While Dad did some business I got to talking with two fellers one the news director/engineer and the Sports director. So I was put into a thing of a intern with a teen that was doing overnights on weekends named Paul J Wilson. I learned uch from him as well as Big Kelly and so on. A year or two later Paul needed to get his FCC 3rd ticket with broadcast endorsement called E-9. So the trip to Boise and back was interesting. Paul had to take the test twice, I did it in one take, and past with 100%. When we got back KEEP had just started moving to its current location on Park avenue in Twin Falls. One afternoon Dave Capps and I had this chat as he had an FM up and running called KEZJ Which stands for EASZ Jazz. I mentioned that converting that to a hit country music station was a good idea, plus adding an overnight truckers program would be a grand concept. However my style of radio and that of KEZJ always being careful as to not excite the big bad church types, decided to ship me out. KLIX though was all happy. Somewhere in between Paul left, in came a cat named Mike Arms, who took me under his arm and taught me many skills. However when he left to go to KFXD in Boise I decided that the move to KLIX was good. Funny that KLIX is is the same place as KEZJ. Capt. Showbizz as we called him should never sold out to Clear Channel. aka IHeart. Over the years I bounced around to many stations as one does in the business. Oh I am sure had I taken the long term offer from KFI out of Hollywood or something I'd have been better off, but I never got into radio to be a radio star. I felt that there were lonely over the road truckers, military veterans and so on that were sadly mis served or very underserved. And especially preaching and teaching on the true knowledge of southern history and heritage. So it was in 1976 that outlaw station KDSL FM 89.1 out of Hagerman Idaho signed on air, that later became KTOW FM at 101.5 in Hagerman in 1984.
But you learn great lessons, but being on air is one thing that part is a gas, but being the guy that makes sure it earns, well that's another thing , that part, is very different. When your an on air your not much conscience of the FCC and other authorities, your not much thinking on how much that radio equipment costs. Or hiring and firing people. Or even dealing with people. You deal on air, grab a cup go home. When your the Alpha Wolf of the station you begin to hammer your head , you have to deal with the costs, wages, a human resources parts of running a radio station as a business, rather than just being on air and doing radio as a daily gig with little responsibility.
Here lately its been like a mouse pushing a big boulder up a steep incline with his nose. You eventually get there, but just as you crest the hill, you stumble and fall back to the bottom and have to start pushing back up the hill, much if not all the time , by yourself.
TTYLY
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