Show #11: BEST SHOW EVER!
Posted by Chris | Filed under Current Events, Don't Even Think About It, Entertainment, iPhone, Just for Fun, Politics, Random, Sports, Technology
Hosts EJ Hayes, Willie Hayes, Chris Armstrong, and… Dave Bond… eventually…
Since it takes us more than 6 months to get these shows out, all of the technology news is waaaay outdated… Especially with the cell phone market the way it is. We’ll start off with the Blackberry Kickstart – a RAZR/BB hybrid.
And Dave decides that we’re good enough for him to comingle with…
Back to the Kickstart, which is actually the flip BB, aimed at the mass market. We run through the boring specs which have already been doubled by the new versions. Look at the monkey instead.
Willie interjects with Anecdote #1: His father-in-law bought a BB, even though he doesn’t have a computer or an email address. He bought it, however, so that he can email and text his kids, which he apparently does successfully. Nice – albeit a little premature. EJ adds that he uses his BB instead of his computer to do email, even though he’s at his computer.
After the short interruption, we discuss how Blackberry should market their products so that they have more mass appeal. Hopefully RIM will listen to us. We have GREAT suggestions.
http://crackberry.com/blackberry-kickstart-8220-smartphone-review
Next up: BATMAN!!! POW! ZONK! KA-CHOW!
http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/movies/18knig.html?ref=movies
Despite Willie not having seen the movie, we talk about it, without spoiling it for him. Chris offers up his one-word review: TheAnimatedSeriesGrownUp. HA! We then decide that the animated series was the Dick Tracy of our day.
Instead of talking about The Dark Knight, we end up talking about Batman: The Animated Series. We also agree that Two-Face was probably the best villain in the animated series.
We can’t help but reminiscing about our childhood and talking about our favorite characters and episodes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_the_animated_series
Moving on, again, since Willie hasn’t seen The Dark Knight at the time of recording: Christian Bale beats his mother and sister. EJ’s theory is that Bale couldn’t get out of Batman persona. “I am Batman!” “Christian, come down off the TV, man.” “No! I am Batman!”
http://omg.yahoo.com/news/bale-asks-for-privacy-in-assault-allegations/11227
Besides the fact he couldn’t stop being Batman, he was also a psycho in American Psycho (and an American – even though he’s from England) and a FREAKING NEWSIE!!! THE MAIN NEWSIE! But definitely see The Prestige.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144084/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104990/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482571/
Chris didn’t remember the jacked-up-ness of Batman in American Psycho, though Batman’s jacked-up-ness in Newsies is forever seared in his mind for reasons totally unrelated to the film. Fortunately, Batman’s performance in The Prestige totally redeemed himself.
NOTICE: We’re still working on bluenotestudios.com. Seriously.
EJ then busts out a great impression of Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight.
The relationship between solidroots.com and bluenotestudios.com is the relayed in no uncertain terms. Also, the history of Blue Note Studios and the inspiration is conveyed.
Next NCAA Football 09: Not for the Wii.
No high-def + crappy controller + low processing power + gimmicky interface = not impacting the game.
Not impacting the game = dudes that aren’t into gaming + chicks = the casual gamer
And we reminisce about Madden days of yore (and we realized that the reason he brought up the topic was so he could relive his dominance, particularly at Dave’s expense). What kind of gamers are we? Dave is the Bills, Willie is probably the Sooners (can play when it doesn’t count, but can’t finish up when it counts), Chris is creative type – out of necessity, and EJ is Bill Parcells (controls everything).
Now that Windows 7 is about to drop, we bring up the Mojave Experient, also known as off-the-shelf Vista. Microsoft did a blind taste test to prove that Vista doesn’t have a bad aftertaste that Mac fanboys claim.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/mojave-experiment/
http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Blind_Taste_Test_Shows_XP_Users_Love_Vista
Willie goes on to defend(er) Vista – because he’s one of 7 people that have actually used it at the time of recording. The number is now up at 23. An invigorating conversation ensues about Vista, Mac, OS X, Microsoft’s marketing campaigns, and Microsoft as Christian Bale; leading into an in-depth dicussion of the empirical, metaphysical, and ontological aspects of each. Dave is stunningly quiet.
Willie’s Anecdotes: (they are so good, we can only give you the titles and lessons)
iPhone and the college campus. Lesson: always check your trap door. And caress your quirky girl slowly.
Obama goes to Iraq, Germany, and my soul. Lesson: Copy JFK. To a point. But not the German.
Perfect segue into the media bashing of Dave, because they are liberal fascists idealists. Actually Dave eloquently points out the differences of liberals vs conservatives and idealists vs realists. Chris admits he’s not a fascist an idealist.
Willie busts out another anecdote about a straight pin and it going somewhere it shouldn’t.
Dave loves us (and you). And he means it.
Outro: acoustic Hollow recorded at Blue Note Studios. http://www.myspace.com/hollowrock
Email us @ ri@solidroots.com. Find us on Twitter @ twitter.com/bluenotestudios. We’ll soon be over at www.bluenotestudios.com. Maybe.
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Show 9: Hey, You’re Plurking My Tweets!
Posted by Chris | Filed under Apple, Current Events, Don't Even Think About It, iPhone, Lost, Politics, Random, Technology, TV
Contest: I’m going to give something away to the first person who can identify the Seinfeld reference in the show. No guarantees on the prize and you must leave a comment telling me what the reference was.
LIve and direct from The Blue Room in Edmond, OK, Chris and EJ, and later Dave, are all in studio. Speaking of the Blue Room, it’s actually a blues club in Kansas City. We couldn’t find a link to the actual picture EJ has, but this is close enough.
“I thought he was going to punch her in the face!”
The Fist-Bump Heard Arond the World. Right up there with “The Butt-Slap Heard Around the World” or “The Boobie Grab That Sank 1,000 Ships.” Obama breaks new ground in congratulatory celebrations. Republicans are already calling it a “terrorist jab.”
FYI – There was a storm raging whilst we were recording.
“You might get shot. I might shoot you. You’ll go down $50 richer, but you might die.”
Hypermiling – the practice of being the biggest cheapskate you can on gas, while simultaneously causing major damage to your engine, brakes, tires, transmission, muffler, and radio and pissing off everyone within a 2 mile radius of your car.
Here’s the ultimate hypermiler Wayne Gerdes. Also known as Wayne “Get Outta My Way, I’ll Run Over You Before I Buy Gas” Gerdes.
Here’s Dave. Although you won’t hear him for a little while because he’s not all about getting “all up on the mic.”
ElectriveDrive.org sales figures. *updated to June 2008.
“I encourage people with a heart to serve to step up and take the plunge.”
In this segment, we catch Dave up on all the things we’ve already talked about. Enjoy hearing it again.
“Nothing can kill the iPod unless it’s mine.”
iPod iPhone 2.0, EJ’s iPod, Chris is using a Mac (oh the apple-manity), and, who could’ve guessed, random topics.
“Act like the mic is the women voters and get all up in it.
American student James Buck used Twitter to bail himself out of an Egyptian jail. Talk about your ultimate bail bond.
Unfortunately, we get off on the topic of whether it’s actually possible to “tweet” while being arrested by Egyptians. Here’s EJ’s very scientific experiment.
Back on topic, Mr. Buck tries to free his translator.
Again, too bad we get back onto Twitter. We so perceptively point out that it could be nicely used by cult leaders.
Speaking of tasing, that’s what she said. The LG Vu is 3” long, er..has a 3” screen. It’s reached that awkward stage where it wants to ask out the girl, but the quarterback of the football team iPhone, is flirting with her by her locker, even though he doesn’t really like her like the Vu does.
In the background is Google, trying to take over the world. “What are we going to do tonight, Google?” “Same thing we do every night. Try to take over the world.”
“Google’s starting to show some of their cracks”
“Aren’t there, like, anti-trust laws.”
EJ and Chris carry on a Twitter conversion whilst podcasting. Oh how connected we are.
“I always TiVo Lost on my Cox DVR, blow my nose in a Kleenex made by Puffs Plus, and drink a Coke called Dr. Pepper.”
“I recently took my Facebook off.”
“You have 2 options, ‘Men,’ ‘Women,’ or blank.”
“George Bush created Facebook.”
“I’m about to put my nerd hat back on.”
Our Lost discussion gets into the season finale. First, what happened to Locke? How did he die? Will the island bring him back to life? What’s up with Ben getting back to the island? Are Saywer and Juliet Adam and Eve? Why were the graphics so cheesy to Dave? Will Al Gore blame global warming on why the ocean’s went lower, in reality, it’s the island moving in space/time? Will Charles Widmore have enough money to hang out in the ocean until the island shows back up? Will Joey from “Blossom” be on our next show when we discuss “Lost”?
“Whoa!”
“That’s about it.”
Sponsors:
- Long, awkward pauses.
- Root beer that tastes like plastic/lake water.
- The anti-Twitter.
- Alternate forms of Affection. “It’s New Age.”
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Show 8: Just the Two of Us
Posted by Chris | Filed under Apple, Current Events, Design, Entertainment, iPhone, iPod, Random, Technology
Intro: Our unofficial Indiana Jones review (or un-review) and why Chris refuses to see it (hint: it has to do with Harrison Ford being old). Plus, EJ thinks Harrison has some big guns.
“I’m in the industry…”
What if gas hits $10 a burrito… I mean gallon? Excuse me. MSN Money asks the question, “What if gas cost $10 a gallon?” And then proceeds to answer it.
By the way, there are 3.78541178 liters per 1 US gallon.
Conspiracy theorists unite! Is there a superficial supply and demand to gasoline prices? Are people not going to be able to go to work? Who will make our McDonald’s hamburgers and McNuggets? Who will charge us when we forget to return our library books? Will minimum wage be raised? How will the Lumbergh’s of the world be satisfied when they can’t bother you about your TPS report covers? How many times can we say “twelve million dollars”?
Our predicament is caused by the Chinese. They are doing to us what we did to the Europeans when Americans started driving. By the way, I have ALL the information to back this up.
“So, we’re on this kick of iPhone killers. Two of them are spittin’ images…”
We talk about 3 potential iPhone killers (Dave, you’re phone’s days are numbered).
Wait, how did that get in there?
“How to dismantle your Timebomb.”
How to take apart your iPod, void your warranty and give your wife an excuse for you to get a new one. Talk about killing 3 birds with one stone.
Ever want to see how big 20 or 30 business cards are? Open up your iPod and take out the hard drive.
“The Power is where the people are.”
Indie labels combine to form a “virtual fifth major.” And it’s follow-up.
It’s amazing how we seamlessly flow from this to the reason TV shows are actually on TV (hint: it’s to shove crap down EJ’s throat). And all actors are dancing monkeys.
“Want a TiVo?”
“Yeah.”
“What kind?”
“Dr. Pepper.”
Next? Chris’s plug for Snapstream’s Beyond TV and EJ’s plug for PlayStation 3.
“I wouldn’t say he was a rabid fan like you, me and P.O.D.”
Homework for this week: Listen to the Black Keys, Adolphus Bell, and Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey.
Sponsors:
- Phones that resemble other phones
- Gasoline “Go Juice!”
- Traveler Blues, by Dave and Barrett
- and us! www.solidroots.com. Email us at ri at solidroots.com
Thank you to last week’s sponsor: long awkward pauses.
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