The Top MOST Annoying Singers of All-Time! Yahoo! Music recently posted a top 10 list... of the Most Annoying Singers of all time! The no-talent ass clown Michael Bolton topped the list. I want to know... is there anyone YOU think should be on the list, but isn't? Callers have mentioned Macy Gray, Gwen Stefani, Bob Dylan, Aaron Neville, and Cyndi Lauper! Add your suggestions in the comments!
Words Fail Me... Words cannot describe this... If you listen to me and my incessant ramblings about the Philadelphia Flyers... you may know they are playing the Montreal Canadians in the second round of the NHL playoffs right now. AND that the Canadians snuck past the Flyers in Game 1. Just the sheer fact that they are playing the Flyers makes me instantly hate them (it's a gene in all Philadelphians... or maybe something in the drinking water...)
Well, I have even better reason to hate Montreal now. Thanks to Dyer for pointing this one out to me... What happens when a Canadian Radio Station tries to support their team, capitalize on a has-been song, AND do it in French?? You get this:
Recently, a war has broken out at the KKOW/KBZI offices. So far the battles haven't been intense...but small skirmishes have erupted quickly out of nowhere, and they can happen anywhere around the building. In someone's office, in the production studios, in the main lobby, around the on-air studios, it doesn't matter where... the battle will happen.
It's a battle between:
Flip tabs, and
rubber bands.
I am the master at flicking flip-tabs. I can launch one with deadly precision from 100 yards, and nail the flea on a dog's back. It's nearly silent... all you hear is a quick **ffwwwwwppp** before it strikes you down, and that's if you're lucky.
Bob is an excellent marksman with the rubberband, either with the fancy pull-it-around-your-finger-in-a-gun position, or the traditional one finger/one thumb pull-back-and-fire method. You can usually hear the launch of the rubber band, and if you have the catlike reflexes, may be able to dodge for minimal impact.
Both Bob and I are craftily stealth. We can be in peacetime, casually walking by, and in the next second, be bombing the green zone, and be gone from view before ammunition can be secured and retaliation lobbied.
No one knows how this war started, and no one knows how it will end. Casualties may pile up, but it will go on.
And if you happen to visit the KKOW/KBZI studios... make sure you duck if you see anything flying towards your head.
I preface this blog by saying... I'm probably going to get hate mail for this one.
Last night, I got everything ready for letting my ass plop down on the couch and watch me some playoff hockey. The listings said that on Versus... I'll have Game six of the Flyers/Capitals series. Sweet. I got my work done, I grab a beer, and plop down on the super-thin piece of foam I call a couch, and get ready to cheer on my Flyers.
But alas... I got stuck with the Montreal Canadiens/Boston Bruins game 7.
What the f....
Disgruntled, I watched the game anyway... because living in Kansas... getting ANY hockey on TV is a rareity. As the game progressed on, it became obvious that the Boston Bruins were going to lose, and that put a smile onto my face. NOT because I am a fan of Montreal. NOT because I have some hatred for the Bruins for beating my Flyers or anything like that.
I smiled, because for once... a Boston team lost.
Think about it...
The Boston Red Sox. Kicking ass throughout the 00's. Two world series Championships, constantly battling for the top in the AL. They get nearly EVERY game nationally televised if they even mention the word "Yankees" (even if they're playing the Rangers).
The New England Patriots- Dynasty my ass, but they've been a top tier team for years now... and fans are getting a bit smug about it.
Boston Celtics- After some very smart off-season moves... the Celtics went from worst in the East to the best team in the NBA... in one season. Giving Boston fans another reason to thump their chests.
With all of this winning in Boston, it's GREAT to see one of their teams go down! Hell.. the Bruins made the playoffs... but they LOST... no cup hoisted over their heads... no scheduling conflicts with the other 5000 victory parades throughout the streets. A Boston team LOST... and I'm going to savor it for what it's worth.
And then I'll go back to sulking about Philly not winning anything in 9093 days (and counting...)
PS- I'll still root for the Sox over the Yankees anyday. PPS- SO can't root for the Pats. PPPS- Celtics? Meh... if the Sixers lose. PPPPS- This video is STILL classic:
With it being an absolutely GORGEOUS weekend in the 4-States, I finally decided to break out the lawnmower and hack away at the patch of weeds and fallen twigs that I call a lawn.
I grab the lawnmower, a pretty old piece of crap with a wonky wheel that my roommate left behind. It does the job, let's just see if I can get it started after a winter hiding under my deck.
I yank the cord... nothing. Yank it again. Nothing. Wait.... gas. Duh. Unscrewing the gas tank, I see it's bone dry. OK. I stick my head back under the deck to grab the gas can... but it's not there. Hmm. I look up on my deck, and it's not there either. I'm scratching my head. My gas can is missing. Where did it go? Did someone steal it? There is VERY easy access to my backyard.
After searching my ridiculously small yard for a few more minutes, I give up hope, and accept that someone stole the gas can. But why the gas can? The lawn mower was right next to it... the BBQ right on the deck... but they stole the GAS CAN. A $2.50 gas can, with maybe 50 cents worth left in it.
Ladies and gentlemen... this is how desperate we are with gas prices these days. Now I'm going to go take out a small loan so I can mow my lawn.
As a Philadelphia sports fan, I consider myself insanely loyal to the local teams... even when they are having shitty seasons (see Flyers- 06-07). Most of the Phans in Philly are the same way. Sure we'll boo, we'll complain, and we'll ask for the heads of all upper executives of the teams on a platter when we don't win a Championship (just shy of 25 years now). But even with all that, we'll still go and buy tickets and see our team play.
Then it's articles like this that make me scratch my head. As the Pittsburgh Penguins are in the Stanley Cup Playoffs (hockey for the non-hosers), and doing well after a stretch of a few years of mediocrity, the fans! HUZZAH! THEY RETURN!
As the Pittsburgh Penguins-Ottawa Senators playoff series continues in Ottawa, Penguins fans can watch Game 4 Wednesday night on a video screen outside Mellon Arena. Game time is 7 p.m. The Penguins have set up a 12 X 16 LED screen near the Arena marquee, outside Gate 3. Weather permitting, the screen will carry FSN Pittsburgh's broadcast of the game, starting with the pre-game show. With interest in the team soaring, the Penguins are attempting to accommodate demand in as many ways possible and share the playoff experience with their broad base of fans.
Welcome back to the bandwagon Pittsburgh Penguin fans! Your team is alive! They have championship hopes! And when they lose before getting to win it all.. you'll stuff your jerseys in the back of your closet, and you'll skip the penguin tank next time you go to the zoo.
And on the same note... hey Colorado Rockies fans! Remember at the end of last year... when you guys actually remembered baseball existed in Denver? Your team was doing GREAT! They won 21 of 22 games! They made the World Series! (can I use that without being sued by MLB?) You PACKED Coors Field!
So how's your team doing now? Not so good? Yeah. That's a shame. Last place? Ouch. Way to support your team. 23,000 people last game? Wow.
Way to fall off the bandwagon. Don't let the wheels roll over you.
This post written WITHOUT the expressed written consent of the NHL or MLB.
Why weren’t people this creative when I was little?
With the birth of the internet came a whole new genre of media... the internet video. Anyone can do anything and post it online for everyone else to see... and it makes for a great time slacking off at work looking at everything out there.
This video... sent to me by listener Linda in Arma shows JUST how creative people can get... and makes me wish people were this creative when I was a kid. Enjoy:
I never played Baseball... I was a soccer, track, and swimteam kid... but still... HOW COOL IS THAT?!?!?!?!?! An article on the whole event said that when parents were asking what was going on... the members of the improv troupe were telling them "The game is live on NBC right now!" They held a press conference and everything after the game.Of course... the rest of the season will be boring as hell for the kids... but they got their greatest game EVER!
It is official... after seeing this commercial last night during the KU-Memphis Game... Meatloaf and Tiffany have both hit career lows. Especially Meatloaf.
Meatloaf: "Do I want a hefty paycheck for butchering one of my classic songs? Let me sleep on it..."
There's a common misconception when it comes to jobs in radio... especially those on-air. It's believed that we get paid lavish amounts of cash, live in mansions in the hills, drive our Hummers to the station, and are generally swarmed whenever we venture out in public.
That's complete bullshit.
Working in radio is like having lyme disease... it never REALLY leaves you. Even if you leave the industry... you always have a little bit of it in your blood. Those who currently work in the industry fall into two categories:
A.) They absolutely LOVE what they do, no matter how small their paycheck is or B.) They were picked on in high school, and found a job that can make them look cool while still being the absolute geek they truly are.
I fall into category A.
With a smidge of B.
I couldn't see myself doing anything else each and every day and enjoy doing it. I have friends that make 3X my salary... and they said they'd give up half their cash if they could get away with wearing a T-Shirt and jeans to work every day. I could never see myself as a cubicle dweller, wearing a tie. (No offense to those who DO dwell in cubicles and wear ties.)
That being said, I finally got my lazy ass in gear and finished my taxes this weekend. OK... so my dad pretty much did my federal taxes, to whom I owed $20. OK... that's not HORRIBLE... but considering when I worked at a supermarket, my return would be a couple hundred in MY pocket... I don't like it. I worked on Kansas' state tax form.. and after milling over EVERY line to make sure I got it right... my refund turned into a whopping...
-$859.
That's right. They said I OWED $859.
That can't be right. So, I called up my accou...er....Dad... and had him double check. Lo and behold... I missed a single line...and that brought my Kansas State refund to:
-$113
Damn it. I still owe.
Now I never understood tax code, but I know there's a way for me to have more taken out each paycheck so I don't owe... but what I just don't get is that... when I make literally NO MONEY... how do I still owe?
So... if the water coming out of the water cooler is magically turning Green or a nice murky brown...it totally wasn't me putting food coloring in the well of the cooler so people wouldn't be able to see it since the water in the jug is still clear.
it never REALLY leaves you. Even if you leave the industry... you always have a little bit of it in your blood. Those who currently work in the industry fall into two categories:
