Oct 11 2008
Episodes 1-9
Episode #9 10/05/2008
Episode #9 was a test of new recording hardware and a test of the Skype phone and Oakley bluetooth. Chris, at a dance audition with his kids, broadcast from the Scion mobile studio via his Blackberry and Skype. Also, I used for the second time, my Oakley Rokr Pro sunglasses and the bluetooth microphone connect. All things considered the audio was clean. Fabio also instituted a new recording plan that was to inhibit the cutting out of the audio when two of us talk at the same time. It worked brilliantly.
A Palin rally started us out with my report from Carson, CA that Fabio and I recorded Saturday. I spoke about the near 20,000 people in attendance, meeting Jon Voigt, and the fact that Republican women are far better looking. Best shirt went to an artist drawn shirt with a caricature of Sarah Palin with a pig nose and lipstick that said “This little piggy is going to the White House.” 12 Obama protestors were spotted out front and one inside in the crowd, to which Palin responded “Ma’Am, my son is in Iraq right now fighting for your freedom to protest.” The crowd responded with a resounding roar. She also spoke of Obama’s connections to William Ayres, noted domestic terrorist and college professor, a friend who Obama now says he is not friends with.
The Juice has been squeezed. After 13 days the Jury decided in 13 hours on the 13th anniversary of OJ’s notguilty murder deliberation, that he was guilty of robbery and kidnapping. Sounds like a bad movie. No depression to set in for OJ’s punishment. No riots are predicted or the burning of Ceasar’s Palace. Unless its Mortgage or Insurance fraud.
The Maytag promoted “Jen’s Box” came in as Jen was using her dishwasher. She always makes quite an entrance. There was a lot of chatter about Dexter and the sex scene in the show. Jen was frightened as she dreamt of Dexter’s eyes staring at her. There was encouragement for Dexter…but Fabio’s box was full so he could not watch it. He was too busy loving Sarah Palin, I mean Tina Fey in 30 Rock. There was a political breakdown as the mere mention of Tina Fey led Chris into chatter about SNL and 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin.
Next up came Dirty Sexy Money chatter…Brian was disappointed with the episode and the character interaction. We took a commercial break from Dirty Sexy Money and jen’s box, as she turned went to take the trash out, iron some clothes, and get Brian a Facebook Lager. Which led to the resounding call for Fabio’s cheating scandal on Bowling Buddies. Chris was fouled by Fabio when it was insinuated that “What Football Player are you” for Chris was incorrect as Tony Romo and instead should have been the Fridge.
Californication episode one was a disappointment for Brian and Jen. They enjoy the show but felt that the character path with David Duchovny and his lady friend was not the best course of action. They did say that, Duchovny, who already suffers from sex issues, ended up on the episode in the wrong room after going for a condom. Fabio, who has recollection issues, we recommend CoQ10 from our sponsor, GNC (not really), to help him remember what episode of Entourage he was watching. Although it appears that nudity helps Fabio recall what happened. Then we ran into Big Bang which Fab needed reminding again. Then the mention of sex, brought his memory back again, about the nerd chick Sara Gilbert and her jealousy screw where they argue about quantum physics and she could not get it up. Jen made her case again for Sheldon to tap Penny….the rest of us disagree…but maybe Jen knows something we don’t. More nudity, as “How I Met Your Mother” reminded Jen of the extended weiner shots from Forgetting Sarah Marshall actor Jason Siegall, which was funny for an episode about burgers. Jen is a connosieur of the meat.
As for Heroes, much like the Hall of Justice, there was too much stuff going on. Brian and Jen were overwhelmed by all the character activity and were stunned by Fabio remembering this episode without sex. Jen was distracted by a shiny object and lost her train of thought, then was not aware of new movies. She then admitted to her addiction to 90210 as she watched it again. Jen will continue to fight the urge but we know she does not have enough energy to do it.
Brian, Chris, and Fabio offered a little “Face” time to Facebook and their addiction to Bowling Buddies. Which recent studies indicate that “Fabio” cheats at. We did agree that the site was not intuitive, however we figure 63 million users will shape it into a workable format. Chris learned how to delete after he got feedback about taking the “What kind of Mom are you?”
Brian brought forth the knowledge of a “rocket” scientist, okay he was a physicist who placed his head in a particle accelerator. Apparently, anticipating his death doctors were going to monitor it as it happened, however now years later he lives. He has a stroke like features, however is functional. Chris joked that the laser, which Fabio said mapped where it went through his face, actual was a Google Map of the face.
The Wii did not excite Chris and Brian saying that waiting until 2010 is far to slow. Chris showed his lack of Gaming skills when he talked about the video game developer Richard Garriott who was going to the Space Station and Chris did not know the games he developed. Apparently, Ultima is a huge game. Games oriented towards the Apple. We switched to the Korea model talk of US games by selling upgrades to character to make money instead of selling the game. We again went back to our fave Bowling Buddies.
Then the rants came back…as Chris lamented Barney Frank’s non-constituent friendly site. Then we talked about Barack’s “Mark of the Beast” logo and his new television channel on the Dish Network. Where he can brainwash millions who stall there. We unfortunately came to the conclusion we were short on cash to get a Fierceugly.com channel. Aren’t you all lucky?
Finally, Howard and Beth O got married. We talked about how hot she was when Chris met her at E3 and got her autograph. She had a show on G4 and very active with the North Shore Animal League.
Congressmen finally allowed on YouTube
Shock jock Howard Stern, Ostrosky tie knot in NYC
In the end, O.J. Simpson comes up a loser in Vegas
South Korea’s Free Computer Game Business Model Hits the US
New Wii due by 2011
Episode #8 09/28/2008
Activision CEO: music labels need us more than we need them
T-Mobile, Google finally unveil the first Android phone
Labels launch slotMusic format, miss point of digital music
Flower Mound banana stunt (video)
Walmart Shutting Down Music Store DRM Servers, Umpteenth Reminder to Not Buy DRM’d Content
Episode #7 09/21/2008
We opened Episode 7 with the “Star Spangled Banner.” Fortunately, Josh Howard was not present to ruin the National Anthem for us. We were befuddled at his reaction to the song that starts all sporting events in our country. None of us were surprised by his comments, his actions, and the fact that he was supporting Obama. Quite an amateur act for an alleged professional.
Hacking Palin’s email led into an aggressive debate between Brian and Chris. Brian baited for Chris to defend her and after lengthy discussion, Brian did agree that he could understand why she might have used her email. Brian did argue that Chris had not read all of the email messages, which was true, at least I did read all the published ones. I am sure that all email messages that had anything of substance in it were published in another smear campaign.
Our support for the LHC crumbled, much like the LHC itself, as magnets melted and helium was released. We pondered calling Heider to ask him if he was even more worried. Brian felt that it was possible that the LHC could break and that something may fail, of course Brian shops for Lemons. Chris was disappointed that it was so weakly put together and Fabio threw in that if it was Made in the USA we would not have to worry about it.
Jen’s Box, was interrupted by some jive from the great movie Airplane, and then she told us about how her box was unsatisfied. She seems to not find satisfaction in Entourage but Brian was angered by the fact that both of them did not rate it as high as he did. We celebrated Arie’s (Jeremy Piven’s character) Emmy win. Jen, having TiVo’d the Emmys, suffered “Premature Box-u-lation” from her finding out information about shows that she had not seen yet. Jen continued on to talk about BB10, which Chris thought meant “Barack and Biden 10 years” and was frightening. It was agreed that Fabio would make a great Big Brother contestant. Jen said that 90210 was getting its last recording on her TIVO. She did tell us she had shows lining up to get in her box and she would have an overflow next week. Jen was impressed to know that we love the “Big Bang” that the LHC gives us. And star Kaley Cuoco looked fab on “Stars without makeup” a show that Chris, Brian, and Fabio will never watch or be on.
Another chunk out of Apple as we celebrated a $250000 application for the Iphone. A game that is only superseded for Fabio and Chris by Bowling Buddies. Chris reigning supreme with a 188. Chris admitted that he was busted by the wife during a round of bowling buddies. Fabio told Chris to accessorize his bowler the same way he dresses.
Doctorates in Dorkology were handed out to the advertising executives for the Microsoft commercials with Seinfeld and Bill Gates which were horrible. It was so time consuming to figure out what the point was that we forgot what we were trying to figure out. Brian and Chris offered to spend the money that the advertiser’s paid Seinfeld.
Napster is not legit, well it is, but no one can think otherwise. Best Buy purchased Napster for a bargain price, just slightly more than Microsoft paid Seinfeld. Brian was not sold on the fact that anyone would buy music from Best Napster, however, Chris argued that it was a challenge to WalMart and Apple. We weren’t sure the employees would show up to sell it. Brian didn’t believe Chris but he had no proof as Fabio could not get Stickam Live Video to work.
Some great calls were made as we contacted a 7-11 where the employee clearly had dealt with live calls before. He said “I am on camera and there is a microphone and cannot talk.” Then we talked to the White Castle in Harlem.They had just had an African parade. The clerk did not know that Yankee stadium had closed as she was not a sports fan, however she was very nice and invited us down for a A-1 slider. She did end the call sadly with the fact that she was an Obama supporter. Finally, we talked to Brian the manager at Mickey Mantle’s. A former Irishmen, he talked of crowds throughout the weekend before the final games of Yankee stadium. He also says he pours a mean Guinness and never talks bad about customers, even White Sox fans. He also invited us down and we were thankful to get two great calls to close it out. Well…..we did have to get back to Bowling Buddies….till next week…BOWL ON!
Episode #6 09/14/2008
Hurricane Ike blew in Podcast #6 as Fabio reported small amounts of rain in the Texas area. Although, he does not live in Galveston and if he did, he said he would have evacuated. (Because smart people leave when they are told to!) Brian and Chris were less sympathetic to the needs of those that defied official calls for evacuation and now were crying for help to be saved. We were so happy just to be alive after they turned on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) although we noted that no collisions have occurred yet. It was just a test firing.
Speaking of test firing, Fabio found himself firing on all cylinders as he dominated the new Rock Band 2 DIfficult level songs. After waiting in line with 3 people at midnight, he was able to get a copy and test it out. So far he is not disappointed with too much except that hard means easy for him. Guess you’re just a Guitar rock star Fab!
Fabio had to call upon the powers of the Geek Squad as he had a Vista crash. The NTSB is no longer investigating Vista crashes as they are a daily occurrence. In Fabio’s case, he dedicated the next 1/4 of a day to rebuilding his system. (He has the technology, it’s call XP Professional). More importantly, he was happy to know that he did not lose any of our podcasts.
A lengthy discussion of Spore and its DRM issues was had. More importantly, we were amazed that Amazon.com lacked the technology to manage comments/reviews on products. Oh, apparently it was just this product they had a problem with. Thankfully it was resolved, of course after everyone had heard about it. Good Job inhibiting the free flow of information and the reviews of HATE for Spore’s DRM. Thank God Fabio is not a Spore fanatic as he has already reinstalled his Windows system 3x this year. LINK
“Spore” was not the title however of a porn movie being watched on an airplane. Concern over “wi-fi” on planes and people visiting porn sites has prompted a hateful reaction from flight attendants. We the travelers could not care less, as there are more important issues that Brian pointed out like: Legroom, nicer flight attendants, snacks/meals at no cost, and no charge for baggage. (Hey no one charges the flight attendants and look at how much baggage some of those senior ones are carrying!!) They are more concerned about porn though being watched across the plane. Guess they are worried about : “Snakes on a Plane.” LINK
Hackers made their way into the LHC network posting up a webpage; however they did not cause any real damage. LINK We spoke to “Heider” at the Kempinski hotel in Geneva Switzerland. He said that he and his colleagues were worried about the LHC firing up and were concerned for their safety. Although Heider is a member of the Imperial Forces, as Darth Vadar and Barack Obama are his favorite leaders, we could not find fault with him saying that Pam Anderson and Sarah Palin were hot. Heider informed us that the Kempinski offers nightly stays for around $580 a night and that they will leave the light on for you. Thanks Heider for not being to much of a Hater. Check out the hotel at www.kempinski.com.
We transitioned smoothly to our newest segment, ”Jen’s Box” which was sponsored by Insurancehookup.com. Jen told us about what’s in her box, well her TiVO box. Since the season hasn’t fully started, she referred to it as a partially shaved box. Favorites of hers include gossipy chicks on the Hills, which Brian watches to impress women. The VMA awards which she complained had a lot of hate for America from the British comedian host Russell Brand. There was unanimous approval for Entourage and the opening scene, well maybe not unanimous, as Jen thought it was more like a season ender. Fabio, Chris, and Brian will take that opening scene though every week. Our favorite zip code is back, “90210″, as the actors struggled to make it in 2008, they have chosen to come back together and make “90210 AARP”. The show blows and quite possibly will not make it to Labor Day (oh wait that passed….Columbus day then!) Finally, Big Brother 10 chatter occurred, although no real men watch the show, we found out that Fabio enjoys it and TiVOs it right after Gilmore Girls. Jen is excited for the season finale and final person this week.
We ended our show with an attempted call to the Galveston area where we got no one. We also called Chicago, to a non-English speaking 7-11 clerk who could not comment on the Bears but did tell us to call back at 2. We called “The Chicago Bear” bar where the waitress who answered was less than enthralled and did not have kind words for us. (HATER!!!!)
Till next week……..
Episode #5
This week Brian, Chris, and Fabio gathered to discuss a topic that is pulling people in different directions. The Itunes App “Pull my Finger” was removed. LINK Unlike iBeer, which allows you to pour a virtual beer, then drink it as people could watch it drain away, “Pull my Finger” got corked, Apparently Apple is concerned about stinking up the joint. So no one will get to pull my finger. But stinking was a topic of healthy discussion as Fabio lamented the Chargers loss and I reveled in the Bears victory.
Our show is so shiny, we discussecd Google’s new CHROME browser LINK and Brian and Chris, tabbed browser users, were impressed with the speed and download way. Fabio, who has about 8 plasma screens connected to his system, will continue to go Old School and open a browser on each monitor. All approved of Incognito mode (something the Mac already has) in an effort to prevent the spouse’s from checking up on us. Instead they checked up on us during the podcast, as mine hammered a calendar and Fabio’s provided her input on an undisclosed subject matter. (edited out).
Happy to be capable of seeing Army Wives in HD, LINK Fabio looks forward to the new TIVO box. Unfortunately, he will have to wait for the 09-10 season before he may get to actually see it. Fabio loves the fact though that his TIVO can think for him. I am not sure I know what a TIVO is with a wife and two teen girls, I call it MTV-O.
All of us offered our sadness to here that “Enter Sandman” from Metallica LINK would not come over to Rock Band 2. Metallica sold out for Guitar Hero and the release of their next album on “Guitar Hero 3.” But Fabio looked forward to the newest version of his family’s favorite video game and committed verbally to purchasing both games. Apparently Fabio pays no taxes.
A short discussion into the Hanoi Hilton health care program and John McCain’s medical care for his broken arms was had as well as a discussion of Obama’s Universal Health Care offer. Continuing our discussion of ripoffs, we touched on “Ultimatesteal.com” where students can get a full Microsoft Office Suite for $65.
Talk of the LHC, LINK which until this weekend, meant Lake Havasu City and Spring Break to Fabio, Brian, and I, is actually the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. We discussed the possibility of a black hole swallowing the entire Earth. Brian quickly pointed out that this would solve the election, Global Warming, and all world problems. Magnets would be used to maintain the black holes in place, however it could fail and we could all be sucked into it. I think it is time for Lieutenant Sulu and Captain Janeway to save us.
Finally, we tried a couple calls to the Palin Family and the Obama campaign. Unfortunately, they did not work out. Then I got sidetracked into a rant about my experience calling voters and how people are looking at the experience or lack of experience issue. And I ranted about how aggravated I was with the discussion of National Security experience.
