What a surprise this morning when I jumped in my car and turned on the radio. Instead of giving David Lee Roth his three minutes before giving up and switching over to sports radio, I heard some familiar voices I thought I'd never hear on terrestrial radio again: those of shock-jocks Opie and Anthony.
I loved the show these guys had years ago. They were the perfect afternoon compliment to Stern in the mornings. WBCN, the local affiliate here in Boston, had the FM talk radio market cornered it seemed. Then O&A crossed a couple of lines, first reporting that Mayor Menino had died (April Fool's joke), then again when one of their contests resulted in a couple having sex in a New York Cathedral. They were immediately ousted by CBS. Two years later, they inked a deal with XM radio, and a year later their old nemesis Howard Stern joined the satellite radio revolution with a contract with Sirius, and Diamond David Lee Roth signed on as Sterns replacement.
Roth...ugh. Nice guy. Terrible show.
Now, about four years since last broadcasting over the airwaves, Opie and Anthony will be back, resigned amazingly by the same company that blacklisted them, CBS. Their show this morning was basically just an announcement, and their real show starts on (appropriately) Wednesday. They'll be splitting time between the CBS studio and XM, with the switch happening around 9am EDT. I'm interested to see how much they've changed in four years, and am also interested to see what an FCC-friendly O&A show is like (if it is friendly at all).
Opie and Anthony back in Boston makes me say one word:
So we've all seen one of the new Dunkin Donuts' commercials (if not, here's one below). What I didn't know was that who you hear performing is a blast from the moderate past...They Might Be Giants. Well, "Things I Like To Do" is a different kind of catchy than, say, "Birdhouse in Your Soul", and I thought it warrented at least a couple of weeks as a ringtone...
...now when people call I have this mysterious urge to drink coffee, march around, and start singing "Doing things is what I like to do...." (sing along now).
This LifeHacker blog is the shit....today they posted about 7 or 8 things I found of interest. Here are a couple:
Spell with flickr - http://metaatem.net/words/ Here you type in some text in the input box (or simply add it onto the URL, like words/whatever) and what you'll get back is that text spelled out in letter pictures found through flickr (as seen above). The page even spits out HTML to include in a page, if that's your thing.
Simply Google - http://www.usabilityviews.com/simply_google.htm I love things that make my life easier, like the search boxes built into many of today's browsers. Simply Google is an all-in-one links page to many Googly things, and even a few other search engines as well (who uses them these days?).
btw, Thanks to notsomuch for turning me on to LifeHacker, which I now consider an essential feed...
This was too cool to let pass by. iAlertU , an app put out by Slapping Turtle, is basically an alarm for your laptop (MacBook Pro only, from what I understand) so that when you step away from your machine anyone who tries to move your computer gets an earful. It makes use of your Apple Remote, your iSight, and the motion sensor technology built into Macs. Will people actually use this, though? It does give another function to the Apple Remote, I suppose...
I know how much you all loved the post about folding shirts, and how much easier that article made so many of your lives. Well, here's another How-To-Fold-Something post...this time, it's mattress covers!
Try to contain your enthusiasm...I know how long you've struggled with them. Now you don't have to give up and stuff the mattress cover into some shelf.
Impress your friends!!! Show off to the ladies!!! Add something new to your list of odd talents!!!
In light of an article Boston.com ran today (titled "Online Sites are the New Line of Political Attacks") as well as the fact that today is jaz's b-day, here are 2 of my favorite politically mudslinging sites:
Boston.com had a feature yesterday entitled "Awful Reality TV Shows". As I look down the list, I realize I actually LIKE more than half of these shows and watched ALL the episodes of a few of them. Does this mean the shows aren't really that awful, or does it mean I like bad TV? Regardless of the answer, it's safe to say many of these shows I would have never seen had I not gotten DVR technology...now ANYTHING that seems remotely interesting gets recorded. Might DVR be the propellant for the success of shows many people feel are totally a waste of time?
Here's the list:
The Anna Nicole Show (eh, caught a few minutes here or there)
The Simple Life (great show...I own the 1st season on DVD)
Flavor of Love (one of the BEST reality shows of the year...right up there with Survivor)
The Ashlee Simpson Show (I did see a couple episodes which confirmed she's an idiot)
The Swan (Sorry, never saw it)
The Real World (I sorta like this show. Granted, I missed maybe 10 years since the last time I watched...)
Temptation Island (I have to admit I watched the 1st season religiously)
Wife Swap (I LOVE this show...nobody brings the drama better)
Man vs. Beast (missed it....fortunately?)
The Littlest Groom (never saw an episode)
Date My Mom (I saw this a few times. It is what it is...not going ot win any awards)
Mr. Personality (I have no time and never will have time for this show or anything else with host Monica Lewiinski)
Three seconds after 1:02 this morning, the time+date read- 01:02:03, 04/05/06. Some people even will recognize this twice today, once in the AM and again in the PM.
Wow...I haven't had this much fun since about 5 years ago, say around 6:00 early in March.
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