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Show #11: BEST SHOW EVER!

Posted by Chris | Filed under Current Events, Don't Even Think About It, Entertainment, Just for Fun, Politics, Random, Sports, Technology, iPhone

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Since it takes us more than 6 months to get these shows out, all of the technology news is waaaay outdated… Especially with the cell phone market the way it is.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 #6: The New Era

Posted by Chris | Filed under Entertainment, Just for Fun, Misc. Things, Politics, Random, Sports, Technology

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

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Show #5

Posted by Chris | Filed under College, Entertainment, Misc. Things, Music, Random, Sports

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:

Al Green

“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.

Chuck Norris