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Je suis Marxiste, tendance Groucho.

12-3 Saturdays on WRCT-FM #Pittsburgh and Tube City Online Radio #McKeesport.

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Thank you to everyone who listened on Wednesday night to our NYE show!

Remember, our survey of the top 55 songs of '65 was scientifically calculated and then sealed in a mayonnaise jar on Funk & Wagnalls' back porch:

#oldies #radio #1965
January 2, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Reuters quoted the #grok chatbot as if it was the #x spokesperson.

I asked my toaster if it thought that was good journalism, and it referred all further inquiries to my washing machine, which could not be reached for comment […]
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January 2, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Allergen warning
January 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM
"Here's to the New Year — may she be a damn sight better than the old one."
January 1, 2026 at 6:04 AM
If you're reading this, that means our 1965 Dodge Dart time machine has arrived and we're parked outside of Skibo Hall at Carnegie Tech on Dec. 31, 1965! Are you listening?

WRCT 88.3FM or streaming online at http://www.wrct.org

Here on the Tech campus, it's 900 […]

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January 1, 2026 at 2:28 AM
NEW YEAR'S EVE BLAST!

At 9 p.m. Dec. 31, I'll be taking over WRCT 88.3FM and we're going to pretend it's Dec. 31, 1965, and we're back on 900 AM. Glorious lo-fi monaural sound!

From then until 12:30, I'm going to count down the top rock songs of 1965 […]

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December 31, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I kept getting ads all day for Microsoft Copilot. The ads depicted Copilot doing things like ... incremental bidding in a contract negotiation. Or writing an email. Literally the lowest-skilled tasks imaginable.

Who needs or wants this? And aren't those ads […]

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December 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I was supposed to be in Detroit this weekend touring Greenfield Village and The Henry Ford — which is why yesterday's show was pre-taped. Instead I'm stuck at home with a bad chest cold.

I'm still feeling better than any Pittsburghers who drove to Cleveland to see the latest Steelers suck-fest.
December 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I guess this means he'll get renewed for another season
December 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I just wanna apologize to everyone who knows me, or met me, or wanted to meet me

#sctv #merrychristmas
December 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
FLASH! Santa on Way—and He's Flying in a Sleigh!
December 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
RE: https://union.place/@jaythurbershow/115772608018277472

I woke up this morning wondering what I drunk-skeeted last night but actually it deserves a boost.

Nevertheless: Don't drink and toot, kids
I just got home from an extremely boozy dinner with a trans woman friend of mine who's unemployed and having trouble finding a new gig, and I'll tell you what I told her: That's bullshit, because trans people are some of the most resourceful people I know. Any company would be smart to hire them.
December 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
DID YOU KNOW?

In Pittsburgh and other parts of Western Pennsylvania, it's traditional on Christmas Eve for Santa Claus to come down the chimbley.

#yinzer #pittsburgh
December 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I just got home from an extremely boozy dinner with a trans woman friend of mine who's unemployed and having trouble finding a new gig, and I'll tell you what I told her: That's bullshit, because trans people are some of the most resourceful people I know. Any company would be smart to hire them.
December 24, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Keep the U.S.S. Defiant's name out of your mouth, son
December 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Announces Plans for New ‘Trump Class’ Battleships

#USPol #crazytrain
December 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I appreciate the confidence of the Ford Motor Company that they think this car is going to last until well into the 23rd Century. Maybe with regular oil changes and if I keep up with the rustproofing. I don't think I'm going to be around to drive it, though.

I […]

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December 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It's just not Christmas until Divine (John Candy) sings "Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me."

And those Juul Haalmeyer Dancers!

#sctv #cancon #comedy
December 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It's my final Sunday Night Oldies Party of 2025 tonight at Arsenal Lanes in Lawrenceville. Rock out to hits from the '50s, '60s and '70s from 9 p.m. to midnight. $13, 21-older

https://www.arsenalbowl.com/specials

#pittsburgh
December 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I just went to the window and threw up the sash ... I shouldn't have eaten so much sash! Join me from 12 to 3 p.m. today for your favorite Christmas and Hanukkah #oldies (and a few newies, too) — WRCT 88.3FM http://www.wrct.org and Tube City Online #radio - […]

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December 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"The difference between garland and tinsel is that Merrick Tinsel would have gotten a conviction." —Seth Meyers

#USPol #merrickgarland
December 20, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I went back and listened to Marc Maron's interview with Rob Reiner and I'd forgotten how little preparation Maron did before an interview. "So you've got a coupla Oscars, right?" 😬
December 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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“The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was unanimous.’ That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.” - Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
December 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Hive mind: I'm thinking about bringing back my New Year's Eve broadcast, where at 9 p.m. Dec. 31 we pretend it's 1965 at WRCT and I play the top 40 along with vintage commercials and news.

Anyone interested? It's a lot of work but I sort of miss doing it.

#radio #pittsburgh #retro #1960s #wrct
December 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
New cartoon for Print, the #pittsburgh East End newspaper: Three kinds of Pittsburgh snow jobs

#ai #cartoon
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM