Good Morning Monterey Bay

Ep. 449 - GMMB Monday 11 Nov 2024

For Veterans' Day we played music to honor vets, and thanked them as well. Mark Mozena caught us up on all things space, including the nervous anticipation those in his industry feel about Elon Musk's influence of the incoming administration's priorities and policies regarding space. He also talked of what may be the future of commercial space, China's aspirations, and the launching of a wooden satellite. Finally, he reminded us to look up tonight, as we may some of the Taurus meteor shower.

Michael Olson brought Dave Kegebein of the Watsonville Fair on board. They discussed tractors and other antique farm equipment.

The 43 monkeys that were on the loose and were then 42 monkeys on the loose are now 18. Hurray. 

Ep. 448 - GMMB Friday 8 Nov 2024

Rachael substituted for Rosemary today, who is still on vacation. Admittedly, there was a bit of borderline gossip from Rachael and Bill about Rosemary's expectations that we can read her mind, which we cannot.

Dr. Pete joined us and did his own commercial, for Pepsodent. He had a story for us about how cats came to be knows to have nine lives. We also learned what an ileus is, and how to treat it in a cat. Spoiler alert: it can be a smelly business. We tackle the tough subjects when Dr. Pete is with us.

 

Ep. 447 - GMMB Thursday 7 Nov 2024

Mari is once again in for Rosemary.

Jacobi, even through his depression, was able to make us laugh, talked bears, disco attire, polka music, invading Poland, cows and goodness knows what else.

Gary Shapiro joined us. He first busted the myth that exercise is healthy. He then had lots to tell us of the production code of  Hollywood, and its demise. Bill never knew the version of the orginal King Kong he saw as a kid was a trimmed version. Gary likes very much Footlight Parade. Apparently the tomatometer agrees with him.

Ep. 446 - GMMB Wednesday 6 Nov 2024

Rosemary is on vacation in the Caribbean. Mari Segura is sitting in for her. She and Jaime Smith discussed gravy more than I knew is possible. I was perhaps excessively impressed by an image of a gravy skimmer, revealing me for the bumpkin I am. We also learned one can sell meat stock for three times as much just by naming it bone broth.

Gary demonstrated once again that there is no musical genre with which he is not familiar. His favorite K-Pop song is Cupid, by the girl group Fifty-Fifty. He discussed a book by Tripp Whetsell about Norman Lear. 

 

Lynn Robinson from Valley Churches United Ministries was with us to talk to us about their upcoming holiday boutique.

Ep. 445 - GMMB Tuesday 5 Nov 2024

Rosemary's relative from a land where the cows wear bells joined us, once she found her way to the train station and back, apparently a significant challenge. I wonder if understood why we were pretending it was November fourth, even though it was the fifth, because on the fourth we had pretended it was the fifth. Come to think of it, I am not sure I understood it. Rachael, the childless cat lady, told us of her great joy at seeing her feral cats play for the first time.

Ep. 444 - GMMB Monday 4 Nov 2024

Roxanne Stanley joined us in the studio. She and several of her neighbors in Castle Mobile Estates as well as Blue and Gold Star Mobile Homes have been told their properties encroach onto property owned by the railroad. They have been told they must move their fences back, and some of them need to move their homes away from the property line if there is space, replace them with a smaller home if there is not, or cut off the part of their home that is too close to the tracks. This has resulted in uncertainty and fear in many of the residents. Barry Scott joined the conversation by phone. Later, Mark Mozena joined us to let us know that any unfortunate people who want to go to space are officially disqualified from dating Olivia Rodrigo. Curses!

Ep. 443 - GMMB Friday 1 Nov 2024

Dr. Pete discussed hip dysplasia in dogs. He warned us about Xylitol in Halloween candy, and candy in general. Then we heard a fascinating story of how smart crows are, and how a bird's attitude toward a particular person can be passed from one crow generation to the next. Charlie Keutman said even if this year is not a drought year, droughts will always return to California. He told of several native species that will do well when it is drier. Rosemary's movie pick of the week was Juror #2. There were so many good ones that Alex could not come up with a favorite.

Ep. 442 - GMMB Thursday 31 Oct 2024

Spontaneous Confections visited the SCV studio. Rosemary and Bill were gifted some decadent goodies by Justin and Stephanie Lopez, the proprietors of the business. We heard the story of how they came to be and where they hope to go. Bill learned a new word. The musical theme was past winners of American Idol.