http://www.solidroots.com and the effects of the Solar System on Global Warming. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:45:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 ©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/2010/10/23/show-12-now-in-hd/ http://www.solidroots.com/2010/10/23/show-12-now-in-hd/#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:24:44 +0000 Chris http://www.solidroots.com/?p=179 http://www.solidroots.com/2010/10/23/show-12-now-in-hd/feed/ 0 89:54 Welp, we're still alive and back with our yearly show. If you haven't heard, we've upgraded our equipment to bring you this podcast in stunning HD. We ... Welp, we're still alive and back with our yearly show. If you haven't heard, we've upgraded our equipment to bring you this podcast in stunning HD. We say that we're going to get this out because we're lean and mean and just the two of us. nbsp;Dave is trying to get elected and Willie is, well..., not here. Topics: Current college football The Apple announcement Lost - sort of. First off - some college football. nbsp;Basically we diss on the OU "Shouldn't It Be UO" Sooners because they somehow pay off manage to get ranked #1 in the initial BCS poll. nbsp;Apparently the computers like the Sooners while humans prefer Ducks. nbsp;And ducks. nbsp;Because, really, who likes cheaters... We try to figure out the BCS computer rankings. Past Rankings x Present Rankings / Future Rankings + pi (not the dessert) + the historical rankings of the school x the amount of money the school could make the NCAA= Strength of Schedule Done. nbsp;Boom. Now to OState. nbsp;We throw around a bunch of stats that make us sound competent. nbsp;EJ then goes on to prove to Chris several of his points - how Holgerson was actually the OC at Houston; how the Cowboys are more passnbsp;efficientnbsp;and throw down the field better than Hawaii and Houston; while OSU has had some great athletes at QB, they've never really had a pure passer that could pinpoint the ball until Weeden; and how Bobby Reid makes us sad. Moving on from college football to college football babies - we give Lane Kiffin entirely too much airtime - as any is too much. Now, This Week in Cowboy Football! Welcome to America's Largest Homecoming Celebration: OSU takes on Nebraska for probably the last time in the regular season. nbsp;We again throw around all kinds of stats to try and prove that the Cowboys will win the game without taking the field. Apple,,College,,Current,Events,,Entertainment,,Just,for,Fun,,Lost,,Random,,Sports,,Technology EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie no No http://www.solidroots.com/2009/07/02/show-11-best-show-ever/ http://www.solidroots.com/2009/07/02/show-11-best-show-ever/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:20:42 +0000 Chris http://www.solidroots.com/?p=173 http://www.solidroots.com/2009/07/02/show-11-best-show-ever/feed/ 2 73:10 Hosts EJ Hayes, Willie Hayes, Chris Armstrong, andhellip; Dave Bondhellip; eventuallyhellip; Since it takes us more than 6 months to get these shows out, all of ... Hosts EJ Hayes, Willie Hayes, Chris Armstrong, andhellip; Dave Bondhellip; eventuallyhellip; Since it takes us more than 6 months to get these shows out, all of the technology news is waaaay outdatedhellip; Especially with the cell phone market the way it is. Wersquo;ll start off with the Blackberry Kickstart ndash; a RAZR/BB hybrid. And Dave decides that wersquo;re good enough for him to comingle withhellip; 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 doesnrsquo;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 ndash; albeit a little premature. EJ adds that he uses his BB instead of his computer to do email, even though hersquo;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 canrsquo;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 hasnrsquo;t seen The Dark Knight at the time of recording: Christian Bale beats his mother and sister. EJrsquo;s theory is that Bale couldnrsquo;t get out of Batman persona. ldquo;I am Batman!rdquo; ldquo;Christian, come down off the TV, man.rdquo; ldquo;No! I am Batman!rdquo; http://omg.yahoo.com/news/bale-asks-for-privacy-in-assault-allegations/11227 Besides the fact he couldnrsquo;t stop being Batman, he was also a psycho in American Psycho (and an American ndash; even though hersquo;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 didnrsquo;t remember the jacked-up-ness of Batman in American Psycho, though Batmanrsquo;s jacked-up-ness in Newsies is forever seared in his mind for reasons totally unrelated to the film. Fortunately, Batmanrsquo;s performance in The Prestige totally redeemed himself. NOTICE: Wersquo;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 arenrsquo;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).nbsp; What kind of gamers are we? Dave is the Bills, Willie is probably the Sooners (can play when it doesnrsquo;t count, but canrsquo;t finish up when it counts), Chris is creative type ndash; out of necessity, and EJ is Bill Parcells (controls everything). Now that Windows 7 is about to drop, we bring up the Mojave Experient,... Current,Events,,Don't,Even,Think,About,It,,Entertainment,,iPhone,,Just,for,Fun,,Politics,,Random,,Sports,,Technology EJ, Chris, Dave, and Willie no No http://www.solidroots.com/2008/05/11/show-6-the-new-era/ http://www.solidroots.com/2008/05/11/show-6-the-new-era/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 02:17:39 +0000 Chris http://www.solidroots.com/?p=160 http://www.solidroots.com/2008/05/11/show-6-the-new-era/feed/ 0 50:49 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 ... 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 Entertainment,,Just,for,Fun,,Misc.,Things,,Politics,,Random,,Sports,,Technology 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,,iPod,,iTunes,,Music,,Sports,,Technology 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/2007/08/26/ri-show-1/ http://www.solidroots.com/2007/08/26/ri-show-1/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:59:18 +0000 Chris http://www.solidroots.com/2007/08/26/ri-show-1/ http://www.solidroots.com/2007/08/26/ri-show-1/feed/ 6 7:37 Show Notes: Want Michael Vick's autograph? Click here! (By the way - Cleveland's stadium is nicknamed "The Dawg Pound") Hannity being pummeled by 2 Dems ... Show Notes: Want Michael Vick's autograph? Click here! (By the way - Cleveland's stadium is nicknamed "The Dawg Pound") Hannity being pummeled by 2 Dems and a Rep! OH THE HANNITY!!! Travis Henry can't keep his pants on. No new album for DMX... too bad. Rock Band announces 10 new old songs! Do treadmills come with the game for the OK Go song? Thank You: Show 1 sponsors: Dreamhost, Blue Note Studios, The Vine Salon and More. My boy Edge for the sa-weet intro music. I'll mention you in the next show - sorry. Final Thought: For the Presidential Candidates: Which SNL character would you want to play you? Email me @ ri [at] solidroots.com My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-65289bc56b6569762e5a160948c6baca} Entertainment,,Politics,,Random,,Sports,,Technology 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/2006/02/08/hawks-fans-give-it-a-rest/ http://www.solidroots.com/2006/02/08/hawks-fans-give-it-a-rest/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2006 06:06:51 +0000 Chris http://www.solidroots.com/2006/02/08/hawks-fans-give-it-a-rest/ http://www.solidroots.com/2006/02/08/hawks-fans-give-it-a-rest/feed/ 6 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