REMEMBER! THE ONLY WINNER OF A RAT RACE…IS A RAT!
Friday, January 13th, 2006 | Permalink
I’ve eaten two Christmas dinners with Murray Saul, and I can tell you, he’s a helluva guy.
Murray’s going on 78 now, but back in the 70s, when WMMS-FM was the #1 station in Cleveland, Murray used to do this thing called “The Get Down.” Legend has it that Friday night at 6 o’clock, everybody in their right mind would tune their radios to WMMS and listen to him announce the weekend with a rant about everything from slavedrivers to chocolate sundaes, topping it all off by screaming, “It’s Friiiiday!”
I saw Murray at the library recently, and he showed me his new column with the FREE TIMES, “Ask Murray.” It’s like “Dear Abby,” but with Murray. You can e-mail him a question, here, and if it’s the best one of the week, you get a free copy of his CD, THE GET DOWNS: VOL. 1.
Here’s a transcript of one of his “Get Down” monologues:
Oh, the slavedriver brought out the meat grinder and the stomper this week, and after they pushed us through, grinding the shit out of us, they threw us on the grill, salt and peppered our wounds, and laughed as they squeezed the onion in our eyes. They make us go to work in the dark, and we end up going home in the dark. We’re lucky if we have five minutes to peek at the sun. We can’t even look out the windows…it’s just like the third grade. The only time they smile is when we’re locked inside, but remember, the only winner of the rat race…IS A RAT.
Listen to it on MP3 at your own risk. Rock on, Murray…see you at dinner.
January 13th, 2006 at 10:34 am
I think you just found Svenonius’ long-lost Jewish grandfather.
January 13th, 2006 at 11:13 am
oh man, next time svenonius comes to coventry….
February 26th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
thanks for turning me on to Svenonius … starting mon. 2/28 Davey Roth is taking off for a week, and WNCX is returning to Cleveland’s role in the era that shaped their format. It should be very reunion like, I’m scheduled for Tues. 9:00ish How about Tommy’s for milkshakes?
February 28th, 2006 at 3:28 pm
http://www.freetimes.com/modul.....p;sid=3072
milkshakes it is!
March 11th, 2006 at 11:32 am
[...] yellow added later. drawn after meeting murray for milkshakes. [...]
April 26th, 2006 at 10:03 pm
LET IT BE KNOWN!! THE TAURUS PARTY IS WED. MAY 3 AT “Around the Corner” in Lakewood/ We have our own room there that night.
July 14th, 2006 at 3:12 am
Does Murray still get around? Would a semi-nubile female stand a chance or is there a long line?……
July 17th, 2006 at 7:08 pm
never mind, I took a number and was first in line! yum..
July 22nd, 2006 at 11:36 pm
Let it be known:
I’m delighted: Abbie dropped a little more than her hankie.
and let’s cross out the semi ,re nubile
July 27th, 2006 at 12:25 am
Let it be known, he Totally Rocks my World!
that is all.
September 10th, 2006 at 11:35 am
Oops. Didn’t work, he was keeping me a secret from the real girlfriend. dumped the loser
September 24th, 2006 at 1:26 am
He gave me an std too from his homeless girlfriend
October 6th, 2006 at 5:04 pm
Does his girlfriend/ health care patient, Linda Houston know about this?