The New York Post reports that Charlie Sheen has returned to LA, with hookers and so much cocaine that his friends are worried “he’ll die this week.” Meanwhile, Sheen’s bosses at “Two and a Half Men” have been “quietly thrilled” with the attention, hoping it will send young viewers flocking to the show, so says the Post.

What says more about our culture, that the #1 movie in America is Saw 3D, or that the movie it replaced at #1 is Jackass 3D? 300 million people and what do we like? Graphic violence and the lowest of lowbrow humor.

After reportedly having Mel Gibson ousted from “The Hangover 2,” the bearded comedic actor Zach Galifianakis got high on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” Friday when he lit up a joint while talking about marijuana legalization. During a discussion of Proposition 19 in California, a controversial ballot proposing the legalization of some marijuana activity, which  comes to a vote on Tuesday, Galifianakis said he thought politicians were staying away from the issue because pot smoking is still seen as “taboo.” The “Hangover” star then whipped out a joint and lit up, sending the audience into hysterics while Maher and the other guests sat stunned.

The 49ers win a game with Smith at quarterback, but not Alex Smith. rookie Troy Smith completed 12 of 19 passes for 196 yards and a touchdown, and he ran for another touchdown. Since this only our 2nd stinking win all season, I say, let’s keep THIS Smith.

The election is Tuesday. Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer are looking good, legal pot isn’t. 2 out of three ain’t bad.

-Jobe

This costume is a reminder…keep yer head straight this Halloween. -It was also the winner in the Entercom home office contest.  Here at Entercomplex Sac, promo guy Dayne took 1st place with a well-endowed Snooki ensemble.–Cross dressing is something you have to do at least ONCE for Halloween…I did it many years ago. The pantyhose were uncomfortable, my sleeve-less yellow pleated dress I got from Goodwill was HIDEOUS   …but most horrifying was the fact I found a second-hand pair of black pumps in MY size.  Yikes!! So much for “getting in touch” with my feminine side….

By Ellen Barnes

Were Robert Johnson still alive, he’d be 100 next year. The Delta bluesman died in 1938 at age 27 but not before leaving behind a powerful body of work—one that’s being celebrated with a new concert series called Blues at the Crossroads: The Robert Johnson Centennial Concerts. The tour will launch in San Francisco on January 28, 2011; Twenty-one U.S. dates have been announced with more to come soon.

The Blues at the Crossroads tour—which features Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Hubert Sumlin, Cedric Burnside, Lightnin Malcolm, and David “Honeyboy” Edwards—debuts in conjunction with a studio album that collects covers of Johnson’s songs.

Edwards’ inclusion in the lineup is especially poignant, as he was present when Johnson performed his final show the night he died.

“[Edwards and I] both wanted to create a blues show that was not just another blues show, but a show that was truly unique,” said Blues at the Crossroads co-producer Ron Hausfeld. “We want people to walk away saying, ‘Wow, that was cool … I’ve never seen anything like it.’”

What’s next, a ride on the Spooky Train.. or the Creepy Carousel?  This can’t be for real. The black and orange-clad band of misfits and castoffs has apparently been swallowed up in some bizarre parallel universe…. that is unmercifully teasing their fans and followers to the point of uncontrolled frenzy.  Let’s be serious.  No, it’s too late for that.  A team that finds it hard to scratch out two or three runs a week just doesn’t score 20 runs in two nights…  in the World Series.  Right.  I knew it was a dream when Juan Uribe WALKED. He hasn’t walked since the Triassic period.  So please don’t wake me.

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Parents across the country are checking the forecast for this weekend. Not only is rain unpleasant for trick-or-treating children, but the annual “Naked Pumpkin Run” can be downright, well, frigid.  Every Halloween the “Naked Pumpkin Run” is planned for Seattle, Boulder, and several cities in California. It requires a pumpkin larger than your head—and not a whole lot more. Runners are completely naked, and disguise themselves with a carved pumpkin over their face.  A poster advertising the event describes it this way: “Without a pumpkin, it would just be streaking”.

Like many offices, the Entercomplex has an annual Halloween costume contest..tomorrow (Friday 12 n). The big guy offers cash prizes to entice 20-25 employees from our 6 radio stations to dress up…and he lures spectators with free lunch from Texas West BBQ…and theme desserts (think “kitty litter” cake..) Last year, I helped Teresa–(pictured,our front desk reception queen)–with a soundtrack…yes, she was a BILL, and she WON..some bills.   This year, I’m also providing Van Halen’s “Jump” as a soundtrack, but I won’t reveal her costume.  She’ll have some tough competition, rumor is…but it probably won’t be as STRANGE as the time John Entwhistle from the Who joined us for our Halloween BBQ…ask Keller about that one.

 Psychedelic Poster  Art, 1965-1975  …Psychedelic rock music flourished in San Francisco, the  acknowledged counterculture capital of the world, during the 1960s and early  1970s, with local bands like the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and  Country Joe and the Fish gaining widespread popularity. The artwork promoting  their shows at famous locales such as the Fillmore and the Avalon Ballroom was  as revolutionary as the music itself: wild colors, dynamic composition,  flowing hand-drawn lettering. The posters that came out of San Francisco  during this period have been the subject of exhibits and books, but the poster  art that came out of the Central Valley has not yet received its due. Concert  venues from Fresno to Sacramento and beyond produced their own promotional  posters and handbills for big-name shows, pieces that were as strikingly  creative as their Bay Area counterparts. This winter, The California Museum is  proud to partner with a few major collectors to present over forty of these  rare, low print run posters, many of which have not been publicly displayed  since they were made in the 1960s and 1970s. 

The California Museum is located at 1020 O Street Sacramento. The Poster Exhibit starts Novemeber 6th and runs through the end of May.

Except here in Giants territory. No, we’re not in Boston anymore.  As Henry Schulman of the SF Chronicle pointed out, why would anyone else in the country care about the Giants or the Rangers?  What East Coast bias?  The baseball experts and their networks spent all year ignoring the 25 teams that are not in New York, Boston or Los Angeles.  As you’d expect, no one knows who the San Francisco Giants or the Texas Rangers are.  So the rest of America can watch football, basketball, do their yard work…. we don’t give a $##+.  Let us have this World Series to ourselves.  Just don’t pre-empt Game Two to join  a Yankees reunion banquet in progress…

And Bruce Bochy was hilarious yesterday.  He was asked if Vladimir  Guerrero playing right field would be a problem for Texas.  He said, “No, he’ll be fine.”   You know he was thinking… “You wanna patrol right field?  Here, suck on this…”

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