Quote of the Day: "If they fuck with me or Shaha, I have enough on them to fuck them too." - Paul Wolfowitz
XM Suspends Opie and Anthony for 30 Days
McLEAN, Va. — XM Satellite Radio suspended shock jocks Opie and Anthony for 30 days Tuesday, one week after they aired crude sex comments about Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush and Queen Elizabeth II and one day after they made light of the incident in their broadcast.
"Comments made by Opie and Anthony on yesterday's broadcast put into question whether they appreciate the seriousness of the matter," Washington-based XM said in a statement. "The management of XM Radio decided to suspend Opie and Anthony to make clear that our on-air talent must take seriously the responsibility that creative freedom requires of them."
Opie and Anthony, who last week apologized for the sex comments, struck a more defensive tone on Monday's broadcast. They lamented the state of radio and what they perceived as excessive reactions to comments made by themselves and other radio disc jockeys.
"We're under the same scrutiny as (National Public Radio) _ it doesn't make sense," they said on Monday's show.
The pair also expressed sympathy for Don Imus, saying his career is now "gone, just because he was trying to entertain people."
Last month, cable network MSNBC dropped its simulcast of Imus' show, then CBS Radio fired him for using racist and sexist terms to describe the Rutgers women's basketball team.
On May 9, Opie and Anthony, whose full names are Greg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia, aired a segment with a man they call Homeless Charlie. As the names of Rice, Bush and the queen came up, Charlie said in vulgar terms that he would like to have sex with each of them.
Opie and Anthony laughed as they imagined Rice's "horror" while describing a violent sexual encounter in which Rice is punched in the face. [READ MORE]
MUSIC
Featured Artist: Fields
UK’s Fields just wrapped up a bunch of dates with Blonde Redhead and rocked Coachella—catch them on one of their remaining headlining dates listed below:
5/15 Detroit, MI - Lager House
5/16 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
5/18 Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall
5/19 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
Fields - "Song for the Fields"
Featured Artist: Protest Hill
Featured Artist: Skulltime
Protest Hill's The City Echoes Our Hearts is the solo project from RFK Heise of System and Station. This is a tranquil soulful album that will not only enchant you with its lyrics but with the emotion and passion with which the music is played. The City Echoes Our Hearts came out on May 1 on Latest Flame Records.
Also released on LFR May 1 is the debut album from Milwaukee rockers, Skull Time. With the guitar riffs and power behind the vocals its clear why Skull Time has been tearing through Milwaukee with reckless abandon.
Protest Hill - "Killer's Wit"
Skulltime - "Birthquake"