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Not every Trump supporter threat to nation, Biden says

September 3, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Friday that he does not consider all supporters of his predecessor, Donald Trump, to be a threat to the United States.

“I don’t consider any Trump supporter to be a threat to the country,” Biden said in response to a reporter’s question.

The night before, Biden had said during a major, prime-time speech in Philadelphia that “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.”

“There’s no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by Donald Trump and the ‘MAGA Republicans,’ and that is a threat to this country,” he said, using the acronym for Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.

Biden has repeatedly explained he is not condemning all Republicans, but rather those loyal to Trump.

He said Friday he thought people who call for violence or fail to condemn it, refuse “to acknowledge when an election has been won” and insist on changing the way votes are counted – “that is a threat to democracy.”

Biden said those who voted for Trump in 2020 “and support him now, they weren’t voting for attacking the Capitol, they weren’t voting for overruling an election.”

“They were voting for the philosophy he put forward,” Biden said.

“So, I am not talking about anything other than, it is inappropriate — and it’s not only happened here, but other parts of the world — where there’s a failure to recognize and condemn violence whenever it’s used for political purposes,” he said. “Failure to condemn the attempt to manipulate electoral outcomes. Failure to acknowledge when an election has been won or lost.”

The culmination of weeks of ramped-up rhetorical attacks on Republicans loyal to Trump, his Thursday night speech was highly political in nature, although the White House had taken pains to paint it as an “official” event.

Two Marines stood behind the president as he spoke at Independence Hall, prompting criticism the White House was using them as political props.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Friday “the presence of the Marines at the speech was intended to demonstrate the deep and abiding respect the president has for these services–service members, to these ideals, and the unique role our independent military plays in defending our democracy, no matter which party is in power.”

She noted previous presidents had spoken while standing in front of members of the military.

Monkeypox cases are on the decline in New York City, data shows

September 3, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — Monkeypox cases appear to be on the decline in the epicenter of the country’s outbreak.

Data from the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene shows that as of Aug. 30, the latest date for which data is available, the Big Apple recorded a seven-day rolling average of 9 infections.

That’s an 82% decline from the seven-day rolling average of 50 recorded two weeks ago.

Since the outbreak began in mid-May, no state — or city — has recorded more monkeypox cases than New York, so a drop in infections could be a prediction of what is to come for the rest of the country.

“The good news is monkeypox is declining,” Dr. Roy Gulick, chief of the division of infectious diseases at Cornell University’s Weill Medical College, told ABC News. “Globally it’s declining and across the United States but being really led by the major cities and we’ve seen it right here in New York.”

Even as the U.S. approaches 20,000 total infections, nationwide trends appear to show a drop, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As of Aug. 31, the seven-day rolling average of cases in the U.S. sits at 281, the lowest number recorded since July 25, according to an ABC News analysis of CDC data.

The outbreak has primarily been concentrated in men who have sex with men, a group that includes people who identify as gay, bisexual, transgender and nonbinary, although health officials have said anyone — regardless of sexual orientation — is at risk if they have direct contact with an infected patient

Health experts say men who fall into this category have been likely doing a good job following doctors’ advice in proper precautionary measures.

A joint survey from the CDC, Emory University and Johns Hopkins University found that about one-half of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men reduced their number of sexual partners, their number of one-time anonymous partners and reduced their use of dating apps.

“Health departments as well as community advocates and organizations have really gotten the word out about monkeypox,” Gulick said. “Not only that it was something people needed to pay attention to, but also what to look for, what to do if you had lesions, when you should go see your doctor, and then how to avoid passing it to other people. Or if you didn’t have it, how to avoid getting it in the first place.”

People at risk changed their behavior in response to the threat, he added.

On Thursday, the NYC DOHMH announced it will begin making second doses of the monkeypox vaccine available for those who received their first dose at least 10 weeks earlier.

Walk-ins for first doses will also be accepted a city-run sites, a sign that scarcity of the vaccines is abating.

“Here in New York City, more than 70,000 monkeypox vaccines have been given and recently there was a recommendation to split the dose — make one dose into five doses — and that strategy is also being rolled out, so more vaccines are available,” Gulick said. “We did hear about waiting lists and long waits and trouble getting appointments initially for vaccines, but that really is not the case anymore.”

However, Gulick added the outbreak isn’t over and urged people in high-risk categories to keep taking precautions.

“Although the numbers are encouraging because they’re going down, there is still a risk,” he said. “So, people who are at risk should absolutely seek out the vaccine, talk to their providers about whether they should get it or not and then people should be aware of contacts or changing their behavior to reduce the number of contacts that they have to avoid getting monkeypox.”

Bono among celebrities featured reading famous Irish poet’s work on new album

September 3, 2022 by WDNY Radio

U2‘s Bono is among a variety of Irish celebrities featured reading the poetry of acclaimed late Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh on a new album titled Almost Everything… that will be released September 23.

The album is a two-part collection, combining recordings of 15 different Irish figures reciting Kavanagh’s poems backed by a musical soundtrack with a remastered version of the 1964 record Almost Everything that captured Kavanagh reading his own poetry.

Bono kicks off the album with a recitation of perhaps Kavanagh’s most famous poem, “On Raglan Road.” Other contributors to the album include Ireland’s president, Michael D. Higgins; singers Sharon Corr, Christy Moore, Hozier and Imelda May; and actors Liam Neeson, Aisling Bea, Evanna Lynch, Aidan Gillen and Jessie Buckley.

Almost Everything… will be available as a two-CD or a two-LP set, and can be preordered now at CladdaghRecords.com and Amazon.

The physical versions of Almost Everything… will come packaged with a booklet featuring all the poetry heard on the album.

Kavanagh, who began his professional writing career during the early 1930s, was known for his unsentimental depiction of everyday life in Ireland. He died in 1967 at age 63.

Here’s the track list of Almost Everything…:

CD1 (read by guests):

“On Raglan Road” — read by Bono
“Stony Grey Soil” — read by Michael D. Higgins
“Memory of My Father” — read by Liam Neeson
“Canal Bank Walk” — read by Imelda May
“Peace” — read by Hozier
“Inniskeen Road: July Evening” — read by Lisa McGee
“In Memory of My Mother” — read by Kathleen Watkins
“The Hospital” — read by Lisa Hannigan
“Pegasus” — read by Rachael Blackmore
“October” — read by Christy Moore
“Shancoduff” — read by Aisling Bea
“Lines Written on a Seat on the Grand Canal, Dublin” — read by Evanna Lynch
“Extract from The Great Hunger” — read by Aidan Gillen
“A Christmas Childhood” — read by Sharon Corr
“Epic” — read by Jessie Buckley

CD2 (read by Patrick Kavanagh):

“Autobiographical Prose”
“The Same Again”
“Jungle”
“Narcissus and the Women”
“Epic”
“God in Woman”
“Kerr’s Ass”
“Peace”
“The Hospital”
“On the Death of Jim Larkin”
“Extract from The Great Hunger“
“Living in the Country: Part One”
“Dear Folks”
“Miss Universe”
“About Reason, Maybe”
“To Hell with Commonsense”
“October”
“Come Dance with Kitty Stobling”
“Prelude”
“Having Confessed”

UFO frontman Phil Mogg suffers heart attack, band cancels October farewell tour dates

September 2, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Phil Mogg, founding lead singer of the veteran U.K. hard-rock band UFO, suffered a heart attack last week, forcing the group to cancel its final series of farewell tour dates, which were scheduled for October in Europe.

A message posted Friday on UFO’s official website announced the news, and added that Mogg “has had an operation placing stents into two arteries.”

Mogg, 74, also issued a statement that reads, “I have just got back from my doctors, and obviously asked amongst other things my resuming work, playing, touring, etc. She said most definitely not, unless you want another heart attack. So there it is, I have to go on a rehabilitation program which starts in about six weeks and lasts for six weeks. Three months more or less. I certainly didn’t want to bow out in this fashion, as I am sure you chaps didn’t.”

The band adds, “At this point in time it is absolutely unclear whether or not the dates will [be] postponed into 2023. Most important now is that Phil recovers fully. Let’s see what the future will bring. Sorry for the bad news, but it is what it is. It was a pleasure working with you all, and if we don’t meet again (for obvious reasons) I wish you all the best.”

UFO launched its farewell tour in June. The band’s final shows had been scheduled to run from an October 15 concert in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium through an October 29 performance in Athens, Greece.

Mogg co-founded UFO in 1968. The band’s most successful album in the U.S. was 1977’s Lights Out, which peaked at #23 on the Billboard 200. Their most recent studio album was the 2017 covers collection The Salentino Cuts.

Music notes: Elton John, Janet Jackson, Richard Marx, Gavin DeGraw, Madonna, Ed Sheeran, and AJ McLean

September 2, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Elton John is soaring to the top of the charts thanks to his Britney Spears collab, “Hold Me Closer.” Billboard reports the song has gone to #1 in Australia and is currently in third place in Sir Elton’s native England. We’ll find out how “Hold Me Closer” fared on the U.S. charts next week.

If you need a reason to join TikTok, just know even Janet Jackson is on the platform and shared a funny before-and-after glam video. Mariah Carey commented, “Love you!!!”

Gavin DeGraw shared an acoustic version of “Greatest of All Time,” which he said he filmed in his backyard. Accompanied by a single guitarist, the singer dove into the heartfelt song. Singer Colbie Caillat was a fan and spammed him with emojis of approval.

Madonna is proud to be part of the “broken hearts club” and unveiled a tattoo of a broken heart on her wrist. Taking to her Instagram story, she showed it is placed under her “X” tattoo — a tribute of her Madame X album — and her “maman” ink. “All mothers get their hearts broken,” she cryptically wrote.

Ed Sheeran is selling 3,000 limited edition guitars celebrating his album= (Equals). He’s selling them via Sheeran by Lowden.

The Backstreet Boys‘ AJ McLean is ditching the dad bod. He showed off his physical transformation, writing on Instagram, “Found the pic on the left from a year ago on vacation and wow it’s amazing what a little dedication and setting goals can do for a person.” He also saluted his sobriety and encouraged, “If I can do it so can you!!”

Richard Marx is out with “Shame on You” off his upcoming Songwriter album, due out September 30. The new rock anthem was co-written by his son, Jesse Marx.

The Who’s 1982 album ‘It’s Hard’ celebrates its 40th anniversary this Sunday

September 2, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Who‘s 10th studio album, It’s Hard, was released 40 years ago this Sunday — September 4, 1982. The album was the British rock legends’ final studio effort to feature their founding bassist, John Entwistle, and their second and last recorded with ex-Faces/Small Faces drummer Kenney Jones, who replaced Keith Moon after Moon’s 1978 death.

It’s Hard peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200 and yielded the hit single “Athena,” which reached #28 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as the enduring tune “Eminence Front.” “Athena” and “Eminence Front” also ascended to #3 and #5, respectively, on Billboard‘s rock-radio airplay chart.

It’s Hard was produced by Glyn Johns and was recorded at his Turn Up-Down Studio in Surrey, U.K. It has gone on to be certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 in the U.S, and features the song “Eminence Front,” which has been used in commercials, in TV shows and at sporting events.

The Who supported It’s Hard with a major trek that the band had planned to be its farewell tour. The outing included the famous concert at New York’s Shea Stadium that featured The Clash as one of the opening acts.

This past June, an expanded 40th-anniversary edition of It’s Hard was released as a limited-edition two-LP vinyl set as part of this year’s Record Store Day event. The release featured bonus tracks and one orange and one yellow LP.

Here’s the full original track list of It’s Hard:

“Athena”
“It’s Your Turn”
“Cooks County”
“It’s Hard”
“Dangerous”
“Eminence Front”
“I’ve Known No War”
“One Life’s Enough”
“One at a Time”
“Why Did I Fall for That?”
“A Man Is a Man”
“Cry If You Want”

Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney take a “rare bite” out of Welsh history with ’20 Ways To Make Rarebit’ cookbook

September 2, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Just in time for gift-giving for Saturday’s National Welsh Rarebit Day, Ryan Reynolds and his partner-owner of the Wrexham AFC, Rob McElhenney, have created a cookbook to celebrate the dish.

In a cheeky video promoting the publication, Reynolds narrates that readers can learn the answers to their most pressing questions on the subject, like: “What is rarebit?”

As pages flip, Always Sunny‘s McElhenney promises “international spins on a Welsh delicacy for fans around the world” in a cookbook, Reynolds deadpans, “that’s definitely not the same recipe on every page except for the garnish.”

As the photos change from English Rarebit to Mexican Rarebit, Italian Rarebit and more, it becomes obvious that the pages of the book are exactly that. The U.K. version sees a piece of toast’s traditional cheesy top topped with beans; the Mexican one, pico de gallo; and for the American version, ketchup tops the cheesy slurry that separates rarebit from an ordinary slice of toasted bread.

While that would make the cookbook a waste of money as far as recipe building goes, the guys’ intentions are pure: all proceeds of its $18.64 price tag will benefit the Wrexham Food Bank.

The price tag refers to the Red Dragons’ founding date of 1864: Wrexham AFC is Wales’ oldest football club and the third-oldest in the world.

You can see the pair’s trials and tribulations in getting the underdog footie team back on its feet in FX’s new reality series Welcome to Wrexham.

Britney Spears lists contested Florida condo for $2 million

September 2, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Britney Spears lists contested Florida condo for million

Britney Spears is making good on her promise to close her wallet to her family now that her conservatorship has been terminated — and she’s starting by getting rid of a piece of property her family loves to use as a vacation spot.

Realtor.com reports the hitmaker listed her condo in Destin, located in the Florida Panhandle, for $2 million. Those who followed the “Free Britney” movement will recognize this piece of property as the place her little sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, declared her “favorite vacation spot.”

She tweeted in 2015 when responding to a fan’s question, “We have a condo [in] Destin, Florida and it’s the best getaway.” The Zoey 101 star also spoke in detail about the controversial piece of real estate to CMT about a year later.

“I host everyone at our condo,” she said at the time. “We’re pretty blessed with a big condo. It can sleep about 10 people. We all have breakfast together, I plan a big dinner, and we have a space at the beach.”

These comments came back to bite Jamie Lynn when she claimed in 2021 she hadn’t been “paid a dime” from her big sister’s controversial conservatorship. Fans pointed out she had been living — probably for free — in the condo her sister bought.

Tax records show the “Toxic” singer purchased the property over two decades ago via her Bridgemore Timber LLC company.

Now Britney is ready to cash in on the contested condo. Should it sell for her $2 million asking price, she’ll make a hefty profit, as she originally bought it in 2000 for $920,000.

The property boasts three beds and three baths, in addition to 3,600 square feet of living space and breathtaking, panoramic views of the ocean.

Which job is harder — being in a NASCAR pit crew or a college football team? Chase Rice weighs in

September 2, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Chase Rice held quite a few interesting jobs before becoming a country star, including lots of high-profile gigs, like being on reality TV.

But when it comes down to the toughest jobs he’s ever worked, Chase says that nothing compares to being a college football athlete — not even working on a NASCAR pit crew.

“The hardest job I ever had was college football,” says the singer, who’s a former linebacker for the University of North Carolina.

“It isn’t a job — it’s a full-time job, but you know, back then we didn’t get paid for it,” he continues. “But that was much harder [than NASCAR], because there’s just a more strenuous, longer season. Well, I don’t know about a longer season, but it was just harder — it flat out was.”

For one thing, the level of sustained physical activity was more grueling — “A 4 1/2-hour day, when you’re playing the whole time, is a lot harder than five or six pit stops” — and for another, there was more pressure involved.

“The hard part comes when you’ve got a guy like Jimmy Johnson and championships on the line,” Chase continues. “So there is a whole lot of pressure. [NASCAR] is a very, very hard job. But for me, football is harder.”

50 Cent bans Trey Songz from his annual Tycoon Weekend

September 2, 2022 by WDNY Radio

50 Cent turned Houston into “Big Rich Town” for his annual Tycoon Houston Weekend, but he was so angry about Trey Songz’s wild antics, he’s banning the “Bottoms Up” singer.

Fiddy hosted the four-day event in H-Town, and says Songz was destructive and violent. He posted an Instagram photo of Trey with the bold letters, “BANNED FROM TYCOON.”

The entertainment mogul commented, “Last TYCOON he crashed a Wraith. This TYCOON he was acting crazy, wanting to fight and sh** over the girls. He broke some sh** up in his room. Nah tell @treysongz he can’t come. SMH.”

In 2019, 50 used Trey’s version of “Big Rich Town” as the theme song for season 6 of Power.

The Tycoon Houston Weekend featured numerous events, including a celebrity basketball game, and a comedy and music festival starring Bill Bellamy, Lil Duval, Fetty Wap, Flo Rida, Jacquees and Jeremih.

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