tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62470092582559258212024-03-05T07:02:42.994-08:00Radio FreeWant something sugar-coated? Buy a donut.RadioFreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670332792227389936noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247009258255925821.post-4607955216592905452010-06-03T12:21:00.000-07:002010-06-03T12:25:08.205-07:00Hi everyone ...It's interesting ... over the last few weeks I've had several people ask me if I would consider blogging again or doing a podcast. I guess I'm kind of thinking about it. I do really miss interacting with folks about the issues that face us -- and I guess it's fair to say that I'm toying with the idea. <br /><br />Anyway ... if you're still checking the blog, post here with your opinion as to whether I should fire this sucker back up again. Would you read it?<br /><br />KeriRadioFreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670332792227389936noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247009258255925821.post-73538181684797767292009-09-10T05:23:00.000-07:002009-09-10T05:24:56.968-07:00WSAR host Michael Herren facing assault with a dangerous weapon chargeThe Herald News<br />Posted Sep 09, 2009 @ 07:30 PM<br />Last update Sep 09, 2009 @ 10:20 PM<br />FALL RIVER —<br /><br />Talk radio host Michael Herren will be arraigned this month on charges he allegedly punched and tried to run over a 22-year-old neighbor with his car.<br /><br />Herren, 38, of 39 Bond St., is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon — his car — and assault and battery.<br /><br />A special prosecutor from the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office has been assigned to the case, the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said.<br /><br />The Bristol County DA’s Office cited its relationship with WSAR, the radio station where Herren works, as its reason for assigning a special prosecutor to the case. Herren hosts a daily call-in show under his moniker, “The Hurricane.”<br /><br />He will be summonsed into Fall River District Court on Sept. 30 to be arraigned on the charges, court officials said. He’s represented by city attorney Pamela Gauvin, who was not available for comment Wednesday.<br /><br />Herren is charged with assaulting Shawn J. Marques of 811 Oak Grove Ave. on June 27.<br /><br />Police said they responded to reports of a fight about 6 p.m. Marques, who lives a short distance away, said Herren punched him in the neck inside Herren’s home after the latter told him to come in. Marques said he was going door to door in the neighborhood, looking for work cutting lawns.<br /><br />Herren’s explanation on Patrolman Scott Cabral’s report was that Marques broke into his home and he went downstairs and confronted the other man in his parlor. He told police he swung at Marques but missed him, and pushed him out of the house.<br /><br />He denied driving his car at Marques, the report said.<br /><br />Reached Wednesday, Herren alleged the man inside his home “was looking around trying to rob it.” Herren said he’d been robbed a month before the incident, and Marques’ explanation he was looking for lawn-cutting jobs did not ring true.<br /><br />Herren said he called police about a break-in, and while waiting more than five minutes for police looked for the man in his car.<br /><br />Police summonsed Marques into court on a misdemeanor charge of breaking and entering. A District Court clerk said a magistrate’s hearing was held July 28, no complaint was issued and the case has been dropped.<br /><br />Cabral, investigating initially with Patrolman Daniel Mello, cited three witnesses who said Marques had knocked on their doors asking if they needed their lawns cut. One, a Newbury Street woman, said she was sitting on her porch across from Herren’s house and could hear Herren’s voice answering the door knock.<br /><br />She said she heard and saw them leaving Herren’s home, walking toward Oak Grove Avenue and the other man saying, “I only wanted to cut your grass.” Police said they observed a lawn mower in Marques’ yard.<br /><br />Another witness, who also lives at Marques’ 811 Oak Grove Ave. address, told police she saw Herren drive his car at Marques while he was in the driveway. The witness said he swerved the car around Marques.<br /><br />Police and Herren apparently had problems between them at the scene.<br /><br />“I was very disappointed with the two police officers’ professionalism and tone. They referred to my personal life and professional life repeatedly,” he charged.<br /><br />“I will be exonerated on this, and I’m in the process of filing a formal complaint against the Fall River police for this incident,” Herren said.<br /><br />Cabral wrote that Herren “became belligerent” during their investigation, quoting him as saying, “Why don’t you try doing some police work?” and used profanities.<br /><br />The felony assault and battery with a dangerous weapon charge carries up to five years in state prison or 2½ years in jail or a fine up to $1,000.RadioFreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670332792227389936noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247009258255925821.post-34017337361952398582009-05-20T13:47:00.000-07:002009-05-20T13:54:23.653-07:00My attorney likes when people write songs about me and leave them on teh internets!Don`t Sweat The Technique<br /><br /><strong>Let's trace the hints and check the file<br />Let see who bit to detect the style</strong><br />I flip the script so they can't get foul.<br />At least not now, it'll take a while<br />I change the pace to complete the beat<br />I drop the bass,'till mc's get weak.<br />For every word they trace, it's a scar they keep...<br /><strong>'Cause when I speak, they freak<br />To sweat the technique</strong><br /><br />I made my debut in '86<br />Wit a melody and a president's mix<br /><strong>And now I stay on target and refuse to miss<br />And I still make hits</strong><br />wit' beats, parties, clubs, in the cars and jeeps<br />My underground sound vibrates the streets<br /><strong>MC's wanna beef then I play for keeps<br />When they sweat the technique</strong><br /><br />Don't Sweat the Technique<br /><br />They wanna know how many rhymes have I ripped in rep., but<br />Researchers never found all the pieces yet<br />Scientists try to solve the context<br /><strong>Philosophers are wondering what's next</strong><br />Pieces are took to last who observe them<br /><strong>They couldn't absorb them, they didn't deserve them<br />My ideas are only for the audience's ears</strong><br /> <br /><strong>For my opponents, it might take years<br />Pencils and pens, are swords</strong><br />Letters put together form a key to chords<br />I'm also a sculpture, born with structure<br />Because of my culture, I'm a rip and destruct the<br />Difficult styles that'll be for the technology<br />Complete sights and new heights after I get deep<br />You don't have to speak just seek<br />And peep the technique<br /><br />But don't sweat the technique<br /><br /><strong>I speak indiscreet cause talk is cheap<br />Then I get deep and the weak then complete their<br />Pull with a seat, never weak or obsolete<br />They never grow old techniques become antiques</strong><br />Better then something brand new 'cause it's radiant<br />And the wild style'll have much more volume<br /><strong>Classical too intelligent to be radical<br />Masterful, never irrelevant: mathematical<br />Here's some soothing souvenirs for all the years</strong><br /><strong>They fought, and sought, the thoughts and ideas</strong><br />It's cool when you freak to the beat<br />But don't sweat the technique<br /><strong><br />Don't sweat the technique </strong>RadioFreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670332792227389936noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247009258255925821.post-77916364074375826762009-03-30T17:03:00.000-07:002009-03-30T17:04:04.773-07:00River's wild and scenic status official*woot*RadioFreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670332792227389936noreply@blogger.com132tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247009258255925821.post-10636954036731558032009-03-03T09:53:00.000-08:002009-03-03T09:55:57.194-08:00Another open thread ...... for those who don't want to read through 150+ posts.RadioFreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670332792227389936noreply@blogger.com139tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247009258255925821.post-21541720678076178032009-02-11T13:35:00.000-08:002009-02-11T13:39:51.096-08:00Drum roll please ...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwe9yr2idHhmprpTrffuBbm2o9e84LQv8LfPwzxiUrJvzST4Mod2Eb7q8xiNCsELK3mPHWBj27irhtKJK6O3ns4We-Ly-NmIi_OJm-Vi0XsxDE6XB6akcFpewZ-0d3ZYw7faZKHlpMxif/s1600-h/justice_hammer_1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 332px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwe9yr2idHhmprpTrffuBbm2o9e84LQv8LfPwzxiUrJvzST4Mod2Eb7q8xiNCsELK3mPHWBj27irhtKJK6O3ns4We-Ly-NmIi_OJm-Vi0XsxDE6XB6akcFpewZ-0d3ZYw7faZKHlpMxif/s400/justice_hammer_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301657460919257394" /></a><br />So here’s the big news.<br /><br />I’ve finally filed formal suit against Jim and Bob Karam, the management at WSAR and Mike Herren. I’m not going to be able to talk too much about it for a little while, but needless to say, I think it’s going to be an interesting process.<br /><br />Especially once the list of witnesses to the harassment I endured at WSAR is unveiled. Oh, and the physical evidence. That’s going to be exciting too.<br /><br />Part of the case will be hinging on certain individuals behavior during the 2007 mayoral election as well -- which is why I have yet to detail the real story behind that catastrophe. It's coming.<br /><br />I have a team of lawyers who are working on it for me, and I’m very grateful to them for taking the time to thoroughly investigate what happened. And they share my commitment to shed light on the truth.<br /><br />I know what I’m up against, but I’m ready. And having the truth on my side is incredibly liberating and has given me the confidence I need to stand up for what is right.<br /><br />Stay tuned.RadioFreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670332792227389936noreply@blogger.com164