Oh Good, Brother Wease Will Be Back Soon — Just What Rochester Needs
Rochester is a city that has something to offer for everyone. That’s the reason Mr. Izguhde and I decided to relocate and raise our family here. Places like the Memorial Art Gallery, Garth Fagan Dance, The George Eastman House, the Strong Museum, the Rochester Museum and Science Center, and the Brighton and Pittsford Schools Districts, just to name a few, are among the finest institutions of their kind in the world.
Oh yes, and then there is Brother Wease. I first heard this man when I was a young college student in the late 1980’s. I was much more of a conformist back then — many of my friends listened and I followed the crowd. The final straw for me was when Brother Wease and his crew were laughing hysterically because Brother Wease urinated in a bottle while on the air. After hearing him explain that he “had to tap a kidney, Bra”, I vowed to never listen to him again.
To see this morning’s D&C proclaiming that this “Rochester Icon” will be back on the air soon left me scratching my head. This left me with one question — are there that many lower income Caucasians in Rochester/Monroe County? If so, one would expect more gruff and rough around the edges types like Carla Palumbo to be in elective office.
There has been much written about how Rochester/Monroe County is a community of contrasts. Most of these contrasts can be explained by where you live. Our schools are among the best and the worst in the nation. Our health care system is among the best in the country — if you can access it. If you have any type of marketable skill you know the economy here isn’t anywhere as bad as it is made out to be.
It can also be explained by what type of politician represents you. If you are represented by David Gantt, your Rochester experience is vastly different that if Jim Alesi represents you.
But Brother Wease. I don’t get it. He is working on his fourth or fifth wife (once you divorce your second wife you are on dicey ground). The latest Mrs. Wease ran for public office with her main qualification being that she is Mrs. Wease IV or V. Mustardstreet has reported that Wease himself referred to another candidate for public office as a douche bag.
How does a community that has world class institutions like Rochester find itself in the position of waiting for the return of this vulgar and vile man?
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I think the funniest part about this guy is the fact that he portray’s “the common man” yet he lives in Pittsford. How “in touch” with reality is this guy to the working class man making $500K a year?
I never listened to this guy because I can’t stand his voice. Although he has some feelers out with members of my family, I never could swallow the distaste for the man’s radio show. How much can you really talk about on a daily basis for hours before it becomes tired and old? Doesn’t the new radio station realize that? Rochester icon or not, sometimes it is good to put the horse out to pasture, or make it into glue and dog food.