Random Inspirations

Did you notice the new intro music?  Mr. Gore is gone (for now, temporarily, permanently, who knows), but in his place is the smooth sounds of Mr. EJ Hayes.

• Why you trying to kill my phone?
• The level of hypocrisy here is deafening.
• So I’ll take my “thanks” back.

Three statements that define this show. And once we finally get past our long-winded intro, we finally get into the heart of the discussion: the iPhone killers. *dun-dun-dun*

This ‘cast talks about the iPhone’s downfalls: no feedback from typing, lack of 3G support, lack of enterprise support (at this time), and we have the facts to back ALL of this up. We also review Blackberry’s latest attempt at driving the stake into the iPhone’s heart (not that it’s even close to being “killed” at all) is the Blackberry Bold. (MSN review of the Blackberry Bold - I know MSN isn’t exactly known for their hard-hitting tech news, but it’s the one we found that included the “touch-screen” quote)

“Technology is the new opiate of the masses.”

What a microSD card is.

How would you like to be the guy who gets to come up with this headline: “Man Dressed as Darth Vader Spared Jail for Attack on Founder of Britain’s Jedi Church.” I don’t know about you, but when I think “Jedi church,” I think some sort of Catholic ceremony with lightsabers. Apparently it’s nothing like that. I actually found video of the attack, and if this is really it, it doesn’t seem that bad. In fact, I don’t think I saw any blood, but, oh well, here it is.  For the commentary from a real expert, check out this YouTube video from Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.

“Give me a teaser explaining the teaser.”

Welcome to the world, Grand Theft Auto IV. You violent piece, you (Please put in your real age if you click on the link).

Sidenote: Lost is set to record.

Ok, back to GTA, the sales of GTA have eclipsed every other game and many movies released - 3.6 million units/$310 million in the initial 24 hours. Why is the game so addicting? Because you can go over to a friend’s house, sit on the floor, put in GTA, use the cheat code to get the flamethrower, run to the nearest intersection and just start turning around in a circle and torching everything in sight.

In related news, EA makes bid for Take-Two, which counts GTA IV as one of it’s assets. Can you imagine Madden: GTA version?

What’s NaNoWriMo?  How do you say NaNoWriMo?  Who is NaNoWriMo?  Is this thing for real?  Let’s go to the FAQ’s.  You know what’s a “hoot”?  Counting all those effing words.  It’s just icing on the NaNoWriMo cake.  For an artistic novella, check out Willie’s new book with the word “crap” and it’s variations.

“Chew on that.”

Check out Traveler Blues.  Dave and Barrett are working their little fingers to the bone, much like all of the great British blues-rock guitarists of the 1960’s did with their guitars, to bring you the best in music.

“Get it on.”

***Lost SPOILER ALERT***  Please don’t listen if you don’t want to know.

Show 7 called on account of Lost.  Happy viewing.  By the way, Lost streams in HD on ABC.com.

Go over to Mark’s Myspace and tell him to be a part of the show!

Sponsors:

• Long silences / awkward moments on the first date / Chris taking care of his sick child
• Blues Traveler
• Novel / novella writers
• The Jedi church

The show has taken on a new turn. We’ve change the format of the show, which means that we’ll be able to come to you at more regular intervals! EJ is now recording all audio, we’re streaming video via ustream.tv and our turnaround has cut from 5 months to about 2 days. Hope you enjoy it.

Well, what have we been up to for the past 4 months? EJ’s been playing with 2 bands, Chris has been knee-deep in copier guts and toner, and Willie has been moving to a new house. Dave is MIA laying hard-wood floors and planning his woman’s birthday party.

What are our new habits? Well, EJ has introduced Chris to TWiT, that has panelists that talk about Twitter EVERY SHOW! Anyway, EJ and Chris are now new Twitter-ers-ers-ers… or something. Willie is still resisting the allure. HANG ON WILLIE!!!

Twitter! Huh! What is it good for? Absolutely noth… well, we’re not quite sure yet.

Next! Rush Limbaugh strikes again! Rush sends drones to vote to keep Hillary in the race vs. Obama causing confusion among the Democrats. Dubbed “Operation Chaos”, this story is actually true! This leads us into a boring political discussion. Just shut up, listen, and vote for me for President!

Next! Sports… well, sorta. Not much going on in sports - HS playoffs, college baseball (regular season), NBA playoffs. Will the NBA survive in OKC. EJ seems to think so. “Everyone says that OU football is the professional sport around here. Screw that. Screw OU.” “Yeah, screw OU.”

Also, crazy story about a New Orleans/OKC Hornets cheerleader about to bust out her windshield.

Next! Movies - No Country For Old Men = the anti-chick flick. A tasteful smattering of Coen brothers’ blood. Or something like that.

Next! Sponsors - Barack Obama, ustream.tv, ooVoo, and the word of the ‘cast: “Mac-ish.”

And people like you. Thank you for listening.

Outro: “Remember You” by Hollow. www.myspace.com/HollowRock