A Market Devoid of a Star; How SF has eroded into Nothingness

There are no stars here anymore. Not exactly breaking news, but nevertheless quite telling and so sad about a city that used to have some of the best.

Evan White, please come back and rescue us from the posers. Please.

Van Amburg, as much as a pain you were apparently off the air, get out of your garage in El Cerritto and come on down.

Mark Thompson, I know you're enjoying life in LA and making good coin, but there's a great pad you can steal in the marina. We miss your sense of humor, not to mention your gratuitous jokes.

Dennis Richmond, you left much too early. Yeah, I know you love golf and all, but really, couldn't you have waited just a few more years?

Dr. Don Rose, here's hoping you're doing great up there in heaven--I miss "San RaQUEL!" and "Sacratomato."

Jim Dunbar. You know, Dunbar, I didn't realize how good you and Wygant were together. You both told corny jokes, but it sounded genuine and you knew the time and place. You didn't have to rely on cheap, stupid and insulting gossipy crap--you just did it on your own and the listeners appreciated it.

Dave McElhatton, I miss your levity and sanity. I miss your complete professionalism. In a world of pompous posers and charlatans, you were 100% sanguine and trustworthy, the Bay Area's Cronkite. Miss you "Mac."

Pete Wilson. You know Pete, fate sucks. You left our planet much too early. Again, like some others, you had just the right amount of levity and delivered some quality goods, both on the tube and in radio behind the mike.

Stephen Kapen. Kapen, you WERE and ARE, the greatest, funniest, and most entertaining personality the Bay Area had on FM radio. I can hear you know up in heaven doing your "KUH-kuh-Kuh-Kuh--Kapen" and damn, I'm still laughing. By the way, you blew Alex Bennett off the dial...and he knew it.

Bill King. The undisputed classiest, best, most compelling and greatest sports broadcaster in SF Bay Area history. End of story.

Mickey Luckoff. Sure, I took a few shots at you and frankly, you deserved it. But you ran a tight ship and survived almost four decades and took care of some of your soldiers. Loyalty is a strong virtue and by all accounts, you were pretty solid in that department.

Herb Caen. Dang, has it been over thirteen years already since you left us? Caen, in this Internet-phucked-up world, your take on some on the issues would have been beautiful. Hope the "vitamin-v-vodka" is flowing.

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