http://www.solidroots.com and the effects of the Solar System on Global Warming. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:20:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 ©EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie ri@solidroots.com (EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie) ri@solidroots.com(EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie) 1440 chris, armstrong, ej, hayes, dave, bond, willie, hayes, random, inspirations and the effects of the Solar System on Global Warming. 4 complex simpletons (EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie, among others) coming direct from the heart of America. Or, at least the kidney of America. We have opinions on just about everything. Wanna hear? EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie ri@solidroots.com No no http://www.solidroots.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/Random Inspirations 144.jpg http://www.solidroots.com 144 144 http://www.solidroots.com/2008/05/28/show-7-all-business/ http://www.solidroots.com/2008/05/28/show-7-all-business/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 23:51:38 +0000 Chris http://www.solidroots.com/?p=161 http://www.solidroots.com/2008/05/28/show-7-all-business/feed/ 0 50:06 Did you notice the new intro music?nbsp; Mr. Gore is gone (for now, temporarily, permanently, who knows), but in his place is the smooth sounds ... Did you notice the new intro music?nbsp; 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.nbsp; 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?nbsp; How do you say NaNoWriMo?nbsp; Who is NaNoWriMo?nbsp; Is this thing for real?nbsp; Let's go to the FAQ's.nbsp; You know what's a "hoot"?nbsp; Counting all those effing words.nbsp; It's just icing on the NaNoWriMo cake.nbsp; 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.nbsp; 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***nbsp; Please don't listen if you don't want to know. Show 7 called on account of Lost.nbsp; Happy viewing.nbsp; 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 Apple,,College,,Entertainment,,Just,for,Fun,,Misc.,Things,,Music,,Random,,Religion,,Technology,,Websites EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie no No http://www.solidroots.com/2008/01/15/show-5/ http://www.solidroots.com/2008/01/15/show-5/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:07:10 +0000 Chris http://www.solidroots.com/2008/01/15/show-5/ http://www.solidroots.com/2008/01/15/show-5/feed/ 0 61:27 Very, very special show: the one and only Al Green is here!!! But first, the monologue... Have you ever been upset at someone because they ... Very, very special show: the one and only Al Green is here!!! But first, the monologue... Have you ever been upset at someone because they wrote a demeaning article about one of your players in a semi-major newspaper? Take the Mike Gundy Anger Management program! First, let's see what provokes him. Now let's see the proper way to handle it. Very good, Mike. Very good. And now, our special guest: "Well good!" Yes, thank you Mr. Green, you may sit down now. And now our special secti... What is it Mr. Green? Listen, I know Chuck Norris is scary, but you're a legend. Okay, okay, you may go to the bathroom while we read these random facts about the gay Jack Bauer. Yes, Chuck Norris will even kill your dog. "I'm just trying to keep my hip from hoppin'" Glad you're back Mr. Green. Take a seat we were just about to talk about you again. "Well good" Jim Dale Al Green Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey Amos Lee Ben Harper Angels and Airwaves Charlie Hunter Trio "I got to go though." Yeah, us too Al. But we can't forget our sponsors: The Daily Oklahoman Mike Gun-day Al Green "Yeeaaah" Google Anonymous Print Publications Moms everywhere (we love you). As always, we'd like to thank: Hollow - with their song "My Doubt" The New Standard BlueNote Studios Thank you. Have a good night College,,Entertainment,,Misc.,Things,,Music,,Random,,Sports EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie no No http://www.solidroots.com/2007/11/26/show-4/ http://www.solidroots.com/2007/11/26/show-4/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:53:18 +0000 Chris http://www.solidroots.com/2007/11/26/show-4/ http://www.solidroots.com/2007/11/26/show-4/feed/ 4 00:01:01 Sorry for the delay... Technical difficulties, you know. Yeah, right, like we could have technical difficulties. Actually, Hollow and EJ are becoming ... Sorry for the delay... Technical difficulties, you know. Yeah, right, like we could have technical difficulties. Actually, Hollow and EJ are becoming so popular, he hardly has time for us anymore. In this show, we talk about everyone's favorite social networking sites, and those that only "older" folks know about: Facebook Myspace Eons Boomertown Here's a NYTimes article that shows trends of VC's and social networking sites and how they are tending to give more to sites that cater to "older people." The scandal that rocked the A/V world: PatriotsGate!!! We here at RI also obtained a copy (through less-than-professional journalistic means) of the video the Pats were using to spy on the Jets. Here it is. Pick 'ems: Dave: USC, UF, GaTech, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Michigan over ND 7-6 (w/ a blocked PAT). EJ: USC, UF, GaTech, Louisville, Arkansas, Michigan over ND 3-2. Chris: USC, UF, BC, Louisville, Arkansas, Michigan over ND 7-3. Special Guest Correspondent Shelbi Hayes serves up some Hard-Hitting News: Airline Girl (aka Kyla Ebbert - No relation to Roger... or Siskel... or Roeper.) Here's Ms. Ebbert on the Today Show. Oh, Lauer, you dirty, dirty man. Sponsors: Pidgin; ProTools; Airlines, in general - keep it classy; words, specifically uuml;ber, hyperbole, ether, and lexicon. End up with Hollow's "Remedy." Download the entire song from Myspace.com/HollowRock. Eds. Note: Pidgin's website was incorrectly given in the podcast as pidgin.com. It is actually pidgin.im. Please follow the link above. My bad, dog. My bad. College,,Entertainment,,Misc.,Things,,Random,,Sports,,Technology,,Websites EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie no No http://www.solidroots.com/2007/09/18/show-3/ http://www.solidroots.com/2007/09/18/show-3/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:53:47 +0000 Chris http://www.solidroots.com/2007/09/18/show-3/ http://www.solidroots.com/2007/09/18/show-3/feed/ 2 62:55 THIS IS THE 100TH POST ON SOLID ROOTS!!! (just a sidenote) Whooo!!! An hour long. I just couldn't bring myself to cut out ... THIS IS THE 100TH POST ON SOLID ROOTS!!! (just a sidenote) Whooo!!! An hour long. I just couldn't bring myself to cut out any more than I did. It was 1:30 unedited, so I cut out 1/3 of it. Okay, enough about you, onto the notes: Apple.com and all their announcements: iPod, iPhone, iTunes, etc. (yes, I know the iPod and iTunes link are the same, but I'm a partial Type A...) Sidenote: my iMac probably came out around 2000 but the "colored" line was first introduced circa 1998. Fake Steve. We love you Fake Steve, thanks for the cash. Oh, and the iPods. The Mac Movement: http://www.appleinsider.com/ http://www.ilounge.com/ http://www.tuaw.com/ http://www.theappleblog.com/ http://www.macrumors.com/ http://www.cultofmac.com/ Okay, I guess we'll link to the Zune... here it is... Blogging software: WordPress, Xanga, and Blogger were the two we mentioned. There's also MT, Livejournal, and Bloglines. Random Inspirations recommends WP (thanks WP). How to be interesting. Not by us though. And stop blogging about me at the next table. Pick'ems: #160; Miami/OU TCU/UT LSU/VaTech FAU/OKState Dave OU UT LSU OSU EJ Miami UT LSU OSU Chris OU TCU LSU OSU Here's the music your awesome hosts are listening to: Lucinda Williams' West WILCO's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Townes Van Zandt Snow Patrol's Final Straw John Mayer Norah Jones Dave Matthews Band Fall Out Boy (Indie Power Emo Pop) If you want to get into jazz and be a kool kat check out these albums for the new listner: Miles Davis' Kind of Blue John Coltrane's Giant Steps and Blue Train Thelonious Monk's Greatest Hits Shameless Plug #1: Hollow Go check out EJ's band Hollow @ their Myspace. Hollow originally formed in March of 2004 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and has been known to frequent both Christian and mainstream venues in the Oklahoma City area, as well as Kansas and Texas. They have shared the stage with Bon Jovi, Project 86, Spoken, Family Force 5, Disciple, Jessie Daniels and Radial Angel among others. Hollow is Katy (vocals), Alana (vocals), Jordan (guitar), Will (bass), and EJ (drums). Show 3 Sponsors: Apple (see link above) Forbes blogs The New Standard Hollow (see link above) And as always, Blue Note Studios Contact us at ri at solidroots.com. Apple,,College,,Entertainment,,Music,,Sports,,Technology,,iPod,,iTunes EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie no No http://www.solidroots.com/2007/09/05/show-2/ http://www.solidroots.com/2007/09/05/show-2/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:28:42 +0000 Chris http://www.solidroots.com/2007/09/05/show-2/ http://www.solidroots.com/2007/09/05/show-2/feed/ 2 40:09 For the first time in Random Inspirations' history, we're releasing a never-before-released version of the published version of this podcast. Since adding a co-host ... For the first time in Random Inspirations' history, we're releasing a never-before-released version of the published version of this podcast. Since adding a co-host and a regular guest, the time of the podcast went from 7:30 to over 106 mins. I got the official version down to just over 40 mins (all good stuff), but I wanted you to be able to hear the entire thing (mostly) unedited - if you have 106 mins to spare. You can download the full version here. College football. Click here for your favorite team. This is the coolest schedule I've ever seen. Miss Teen USA South Carolina. Enough said. Just listen. Fall TV Lineup. Laruel's TV Picks: Decent guide for upcoming shows. Couchville.com: The best guide for what's on now. 20 Things You Didn't Know About Sleeping - Unless You've Already Listened to the Podcast. Then it's about 15 you didn't know. Blonde Joke. We Suck! Sponsors: Blue Note Studios Spindrift Creative Choc Beer The Letter "Z" Contact Me email me at ri.at.solidroots.com College,,Don't,Even,Think,About,It,,Entertainment,,Just,for,Fun,,Misc.,Things,,Random,,Sports EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie no No http://www.solidroots.com/2006/10/16/reality/ http://www.solidroots.com/2006/10/16/reality/#comments Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:51:10 +0000 Chris http://www.solidroots.com/2006/10/16/reality/ http://www.solidroots.com/2006/10/16/reality/feed/ 2 http://www.solidroots.com/2004/12/07/ok-state-on-the-espncom-homepage/ http://www.solidroots.com/2004/12/07/ok-state-on-the-espncom-homepage/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2004 05:07:02 +0000 Chris http://www.solidroots.com/2004/12/07/ok-state-on-the-espncom-homepage/ http://www.solidroots.com/2004/12/07/ok-state-on-the-espncom-homepage/feed/ 0 http://www.solidroots.com/2004/10/28/ok-state-on-espncom/ http://www.solidroots.com/2004/10/28/ok-state-on-espncom/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2004 07:32:36 +0000 Chris http://www.solidroots.com/2004/10/28/ok-state-on-espncom/ http://www.solidroots.com/2004/10/28/ok-state-on-espncom/feed/ 0 http://www.solidroots.com/2004/04/30/108333672420641129/ http://www.solidroots.com/2004/04/30/108333672420641129/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2004 14:40:04 +0000 Chris http://www.solidroots.com/2004/04/30/108333672420641129/ http://www.solidroots.com/2004/04/30/108333672420641129/feed/ 0 http://www.solidroots.com/2004/04/27/108308780390381045/ http://www.solidroots.com/2004/04/27/108308780390381045/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:35:23 +0000 Chris http://www.solidroots.com/2004/04/27/108308780390381045/ http://www.solidroots.com/2004/04/27/108308780390381045/feed/ 0 http://www.solidroots.com/2004/04/23/108275846686601899/ http://www.solidroots.com/2004/04/23/108275846686601899/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:08:26 +0000 Chris http://www.solidroots.com/2004/04/23/108275846686601899/ http://www.solidroots.com/2004/04/23/108275846686601899/feed/ 0 http://www.solidroots.com/2004/04/14/108199500606323547/ http://www.solidroots.com/2004/04/14/108199500606323547/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2004 02:01:34 +0000 Chris http://www.solidroots.com/2004/04/14/108199500606323547/ http://www.solidroots.com/2004/04/14/108199500606323547/feed/ 0