06/19/05: The Week of June 19, 2005 ****RIDING RHYTHMS….this is music from new york city that you can let play in the background as you read the true tales….santana is playing it just for you romantics. LISTEN ****LATE BREAKING NEWS (updated constantly)…. TODAY ****TWO WARS ARE BETTER THAN ONE (some people die, some people make profits with u.s. army contracts.) WAR ****NYC DOCTORS WANT TO STOP TAKING ASSIGNMENT….do you even know what this is? if they do this dirty deed, it will send the medical care situation in the united states further down the tubes. domestic listeners should hear about this and overseas listeners should realize how lucky they might be. MEDICINE MEN AND WOMEN ****NEW YORKERS GOING TO SINGAPORE BETTER LEAVE THEIR ENJOYMENT BEHIND….in his never ending quest for the olympics that few new yorkers really want, mayor bloomberg is having 250 flunkies go to singapore next month to hustle the international olympic committee into giving it to the big apple. you won't believe the instructions on behavior. SINGAPORE ****SPEAK NEW YAWK (people will wonder at your sophistication)…."schmoozing." ****OLD TIME RADIO (shows you might be too young to remember)….this month's broadcast is "amos and andy." THE PAST ****THE NEW YORK QUICKEE (the hidden camera)….new yorkers love to walk and they all have such style….take a peep at SNEAKY ****YENTA YACK FROM THE BACK OF THE HACK (what they are talking about in the yellow mobile conveyance lounge)….the shocking news that nelson mandela's son in law is wanted on a rape charge in connecticut. who knew that he skipped out 12 years ago and there is a warrant out for his arrest? daddy in law is hiding him in south africa. ****THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY (what the media didn't tell you).... the six passengers that were rescued from a crashed helicopter in the east river (the second one in a week) are responsible for creating most of the consumer debt in the united states. they are the ultimate shylocks and the dear lord spared them. CREDIT ****STAY INDOORS IF IT RAINS (museum mania)....travel out to brooklyn for the brooklyn museum. it is only a short subway ride to 200 eastern parkway. its collection is as nice as the metropolitan museum of art in manhattan, but the staff is not as snotty. MUSEUM ****THE EARL THEATER (it used to be on 161st street in the bronx. now it is here and this month's feature is "park avenue" which shows you how you are so poor because you don't live on this avenue with the rich people. PARK (please note: when playing a movie on your computer, you should diminish the size of the frame. if you have a problem, please contact us. **AND THAT NEAT MOVIE HOUSE ALWAYS SHOWED A DOUBLE FEATURE AND HERE WE ARE WITH A SECOND FLICK. this is a wonderful trip around new york city in the famous yellow mobile conveyance lounge. HONK HONK ****THE HEY ABBOTT AWARD (an epistle about life)....russell hemenway of the phony national archive web site who is a ghoul. EPISTLE ****POSSIBILITIES (could it not be?)....that tom cruise proposed to katie holmes only because she is a very intelligent lady? they better not get married in new york city because even though the big apple has the most expensive weddings, it also has one of the highest divorce rates in the country. ****AMMA'S KITCHEN (a recipe….this is what you would find cooking in a nyc home)…. this ain't your boiled chicken. GOOD EATS ****JASON BLAIR AWARD (for the worst journalism during the previous week)….there is nothing wrong with the yankee stadium and it does not have to be replaced. the sports writers are afraid to say that because they are worried that george will not invite them to parties in the new one. PLAY BALL ****THE MOST WANTED TOUR IN THE BIG APPLE…. you too can have a tour by going to TOUR INFO **to listen to what happy tourists had to say about the tour, just go AUDIO **to see the tourists perform in short video productions go VIDEO **to hear broadcast spots about some of the places i take folks to, listen to these commercials that were created for a "visit new york city promotion" at SPOTS ****CELEBRITY SIGHTING (media adulation)….we saw santana at madison square garden STAR ****JOKE DU JOUR (told to me by the passengers)….this week the punch line is "i only have to run faster than you" and you can hear it at AUDIO ****IF YOU WANT TO HEAR A RECENT GABBY CABBY BROADCAST, CLICK HERE. LISTEN ****IF YOU WANT TO SEE GABBY CABBY TV PRESENTATIONS, CLICK HERE. SEE ****AND FINALLY, IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE LATEST VERSION OF "NEW YORK, NEW YORK….it is written and sung by jack servello LISTEN