Sunday, January 22, 2012

Announcing Red Emma’s literary column in OC Weekly

     This morning, our pal Gustavo Arellano introduces a new column:

Introducing Our New Weekly Books Column with the Bibliofella!

     Its author? None other than Dissent the Blog’s RED EMMA—he of the literary radio show on KPFK.
     Check out Red’s introduction to himself and his blog above.
     But please know that, were James B. Utt alive, he’d be all over this shit.

Dissent the Blog echoes

     In this morning’s Sunday OC News Notes, Navel Gazer R. Scott Moxley notes that
It's not surprising that a public library at a local community college was named for an ultra-conservative politician who opposed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act in the 1960s and now the Academic Senate at Saddleback College is seeking a new name, according to Dissent the Blog. They wonder: Will college trustee, uncle Tom Fuentes step in to protect the shameful memory of James B. Utt? Or will Fuentes see yet another opportunity to put Ronald Reagan's name on something?

Utt the Nut gets Patch job


     I noticed this morning that the Mission Viejo Patch has run with our story about James B. Utt (they do credit us):

Saddleback Library Namesake No Fan of the Beatles (Mission Viejo Patch)

     Peter Schelden (MVP editor) mentions Utt’s curious slam of the Beatles and his appearance on “Dr. Burpo’s” evangelical radio show, in which he connects a sex education advocacy group to communism and pornography.
     Oddly, Schelden doesn’t mention Utt’s unfortunate remarks about “barefooted Africans.” Nor does he mention Saddleback College Academic Senate's November 2011 "resolution" sent to the BOT, recommending a new name for the Library, given especially Utt's curious anti-Civil Rights voting record and racial remarks.
     Schelden ends by asking, “What do you think the new library should be named?” Gosh, maybe you should inform this fella.

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

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