A little update regarding closing or selling the site.
I will go ahead and issue a serious alert here, as this isn’t a bit related post or anything of such. This morning I learned of the passing on of Joel Jenista. Many of you won’t know that name, but I’m sure some of the more hardcore listeners do. Joel was the overnight board op for a long time at the little Ticket, and very good at his job. However, he was diagnosed with ALS(or Lou Gehrig’s disease). This never stopped him, and he continued to board op until his disease no longer allowed him too. This is a very sad day, as a member of the Ticket family is no longer with us. I ask all P1s, P2s, and even the marginal P3s if you have the time to keep a good thought for Joel himself and all the people that he touched.
Now there was a segment the Hardline did with Joel about this subject a couple of years ago, however I don’t have it. If any of my fellow posters have it, please email it to me and I will post it or you are more than welcome to post it here. However, I do have a video from NBC 5 done about Joel and his disease. Credit P1 John Martinez for sending me the link to the video.
UPDATE: Saw Dick Hicks post this on Facebook, figured I would pass it along for anyone who was interested. This is the obituary that the Fort Worth Star-Telegram ran online. It featured a nice picture of Joel in his Marine uniform.
UPDATE: So thank you to one of our good strong posters Stickman as he has found some audio of Joel in his tape archives. We aren’t sure of what the date is, but this is what we do know. This is from the former show on the ticket the P1 Wild Ass Circus, hosted by Richard “Big Dick” Hunter. Joel used to work for Richard on the WAC, and from everything known was one of his favorite people and best workers. The audio quality isn’t exactly the best, but we bring it to the P1s anyway. Thank you again Stickman for and for this contribution, it is much appreciated.
I am so sad to hear that. I was wondering about him just a couple of weeks ago 🙁
Rest in piece brutha… A sad day for P1’s.
I remember Joel really coming into his own in the days of the P1WAC as the “left-leaning board op”. Big Dick gave him time for music reviews too. I feel terrible that I never knew he was ill. Safe Journey Friend.
I have posted an obit with my recollection of the interview VSBB is referring to. Thanks to The UnTicket for the post.
http://myticketconfession.blogspot.com/2010/12/joel-ginesta-rip.html
This is an absolute bummer. I got to meet him before he announced having ALS.
He was an absolutely sweet, geniune guy. VERY nice.
Great article Sam. I remember hearing that last interview with Joel on air, one of the rare times the ticket has brought a tear to my eye. He was a great guy with a great outlook on life. Not to mention he was a veteran
Never has anyone been more worthy of a touching off-mic tribute than the late, great overnight board op…STAY HARD, JOEL!!!
A very sad day. A terrible disease.
If anyone can tell me when the hardline interview happened, I’ll track it down and repost it.
RIP, Joel.
I remember the interview also and – like John – remember tearing up listening to it. I feel like I have lost a member of my extended family and can’t help but tear up again.
I remember the interview. It was scary hearing about ALS, and very sad that he had it. I hope you guys can find it and post it somewhere. Peace, Joel!
I might be wrong about this, but I thought the segment was done with the Musers, not the Hardline. I remember white knuckling about it because I was worried Gordo would be disrespectful, but he dialed it back and became ‘introspective Gordo’ during the interview.
Regardless, very sad….
IIRC, Gordo and Junior created the original bear trap moment by making fun of Joel’s voice (they weren’t aware that he had ALS yet). Joel went on the Hardline that afternoon and announced his disease and then went on again with the Musers the next day and they apologized to him.
Both the Musers and the Hardline did an interview. I personally have only heard the Hardline interview.
bummer, i just heard some joel audio the other day when i was going through some of my tapes, i will have to find that and post it, he was a good strong lefty, he will be missed!
Yes anyone who has audio from Joel, if you have that ability feel free to edit this post and throw it up on this article. If you’re just a loyal Unticket P1 and you have it, feel free to email/contact me or any of the other posters and we will be able to make sure it gets up on the site. We really appreciate the outpouring of support for Joel. This just proves the power of this station, how someone who really was a behind the scenes guy and not a big on air presence is getting this sort of reception. It makes me very proud of both the station as a whole to have this impact, and the people who listen that they show such compassion when other stations wouldn’t give this guy a passing look or thought.
I remember hearing the announcement and listenening to the interviews with the Musers and Hardline. It really stuck with me because a close friend of mine was going through ALS at the time and I was learning how bad the disease is. My heart goes out to his family and I will keep them in my prayers.
R.I.P. Joel.
The Hardline just did a piece on him by the way, I only caught the second half though, so if you guys have it, it would be a good thing to post as either a seperate entry or an edit to this post. R.I.P. Joel