Murray Saul Revisited

If you didn’t run to your radio (internet or terrestrial) to hear Aircheck’s Murray Saul show last night, you can continue to take your sweet time doing so. It was a full hour of nothing but “It’s FRIIIIDAYYYYY!” rants calling listeners to throw off the slave master’s reins and participate in some sort of dissipation, at least for the weekend. I suspect the show was simply the The Get Downs, Vol. 1 , with minor edits to accommodate the FCC’s current, more stringent, unwritten standards for decency.

Murray Saul’s rants are pretty entertaining and I can definitely see how they struck a chord with listeners. But a full hour of rant after foaming at the mouth, growling rant is bit tiring. After all, these were things to look forward to after a long week of working for the slave master. They were a five minute calls to the weekend and a celebration of it’s freedom. It is like John Belushi yelling “Food Fight!” I love it. I just don’t love a full hour of it. I am sure the CD and the show gave Murray’s fans just what they wanted, a whole bunch of those wonderful rants. But for the uninitiated who is wondering what all the fuss was about, the hour gets long pretty quickly.

Now where did I put those Animal Stories LPs?