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dimland radio 1-28-12 show notes

It’s Fe-BRU-ary

A couple pet peeves mentioned at the top of the show. One is how folks pronounce February. It’s Fe-BRU-ary, not Feb-YOU-ary or Febbie-ary. Fe-BRU-ary! Get it right!

The second was the whole new millennium beginning in 2000. No! The new millennium began January 1, 2001, but “no one likes a math geek, Scully.”

A Tale From My Drinking Days

I took a good deal of time talking about one particular night at the local watering hole. About how I nearly got beat up. It was a very special night of heavy, heavy drinking. Oh, boy!

Atheist Drops The Ball

Kate Smurthwaite, activist and comic, was on a British debate show giving her views on whether or not heaven exists (she doesn’t believe it does). She makes a couple really good points that might get a fence-sitter give her ideas some thought. But then she drops the ball by engaging in an ad homenim attack.

Watch her as she carries the ball to the one yard line and then fumbles it here.

Movie Recommendation (Hayden’s suggestion): Yellow Submarine (1968)

(United Artists)

Earlier today, I asked my eight year-old son, Hayden, for a movie recommendation. He suggested ‘Yellow Submarine,’ the Beatles’ animated feature. It’s good trippy fun with plenty of good tunes.

Music heard on the show…

Dimland Radio opening theme song: ‘Ram’ by The Yoleus
First ad break bumpers: ‘Cracking’ by Suzanne Vega & ‘Dirty Mind’ by Prince
Second ad break bumpers: ’99 Luftballons‘ by Nena & ‘Love On A Farmboy’s Wages’ by XTC
Closing song: ‘Angler’s Treble Hook’ by $5 Fiddle

That’s it! See you next Saturday night for Dimland Radio 11 Central, midnight Eastern on www.ztalkradio.com you can also download my show from the z talk show archives page. You can email your questions and comments to drdim@dimland.com

You can also go to my CafePress store and buy stuff with my artwork on it and have me do a portrait for you if you like. Find out more here and here.

dimland radio 1-21-12 show notes

Show Notes Notice

Those of you who have paid close attention to my show notes know that I post pictures, often times with clever captions, along with most of the items that appeared on the show. Well, with all this SOPA and PIPPI Longstocking Congressional bills in the news lately, I’ve begun to think I need to be more careful to give photo credits whenever I use an image found on the internets. So, if I can’t find a way to list a credit there won’t be an image. Older posts will remain as is (or should that be as are?).

Ringtone Talk

First, I mentioned it was National Hug Day and that I don’t do hugs, then I went into a talk about ringtones, my wife, our car breaking down, an old co-worker and other stuff.

Science News

Biologists at the University of Minnesota have done something big in evolution. They’ve been able to show how “single-celled organisms formed multicellular clusters that ultimately became plants and animals.” It’s very cool and no prayer or reliance on an invisible deity was required.

Learn more here.

Psychic Fail! What?! No! Say It Isn’t So!

I saw a clip linked on Facebook. It is excellent! It’s a great example of, in my opinion, cold reading by “psychic” Char Margolis. She fails tremendously! And my new hero, Larry Potash, calls her on it.

Click here to see the YouTube clip of the fail featured on WGN Morning News.

I also talked about “psychic” Char Margolis’ appearance on The Larry Sanders Show. It was in 1998 (I mistakenly said ’97 on the show) during season six. The episode called I Buried Sid had Char, as herself, being astoundingly psychic. Of course, Larry Sanders is fiction, so Char can be written as being so accurate.

Her real world appearance on WGN was much more reflective of reality in showing her fail miserably. At least, that’s what I think.

Movie Recommendation: Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971)

(Paramount Pictures/Warner Bros.)

One of the few musicals I actually like. Sure, it may be the nostalgia thing, but I really enjoy movie. Maybe it’s mainly due to the fantastic, if somewhat scary, performance of Gene Wilder.

And I swear you see a chicken get its head chopped off.

Updated (1-22-12):

I was right! Again! You do see a chicken get its head chopped of during the “freak out” boat ride. Follow this link and watch the 1:06 minute mark. And this was rated G!

Music heard on the show…

Dimland Radio opening theme song: ‘Ram’ by The Yoleus
First ad break bumpers: ‘Armagh’ by Au Pairs & ’99th Pole Position’ by Hunters & Collectors
Second ad break bumpers: ‘Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio ‘ by Ramones & ‘Houses In Motion’ by Talking Heads
Closing song: ‘Angler’s Treble Hook’ by $5 Fiddle

You can also go to my CafePress store and buy stuff with my artwork on it and have me do a portrait for you if you like. Find out more here and here.

dimland radio 1-14-12 show notes

God’s Chosen Team Loses

Gotta prove to God how faithful you are, ‘coz he doesn’t already know, right?

I talked a little football to start of the show. I couldn’t resist having a little fun with Uber-Christain, Tim Tebow’s Denver Broncos losing convincingly to the New England Patriots. Now we can enjoy the rest of the post season without hearing about Tebow ad nauseam.

More About Applied Kinesiology

This will give you an idea what’s being done.

I talked more about that Good Feet infomercial and how ridiculous infomercials can be. Then I took on...

Chiropractors

NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!

There is a good amount of evidence that a chiropractor can help you with some back pain, but that’s about it. I talked about some of the unsupported by scientific evidence and studies claims that spinal manipulation can cure all sorts of illnesses. And I warned against going to a backcracker who advocates cracking children and babies. Run away from them!

Learn what kinds of chiropractors are out there here and what science based medicine says about this “alternative” medical practice here.

Photoshop Can Do Everything

It’s magic!

Having been annoyed by the common error made in movies and TV programs of having the ability of enlarging a blurry image in a photograph to reveal perfect detail for years, the computer wizards who engineer Photoshop software may have created a program that can achieve that effect.

Click here to see a demo.

Awesome Toy: GI Joe Action Figures

Same age as me, so why do I look so much older?

No, not those tiny, itty-bitty figures from the ’80s, I mean the 12″ tall GI Joes from the old days. I gave a little history of Joe and how he was introduced to the world the same year I was. It’s a great toy.

Movie Recommendation: Se7en (1995)

Despite being dark, disturbing, and depressing, this film about a serial killer carrying out murders inspired by the seven deadly sins is awfully good. It stars Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, and Gwyneth Paltrow. The killer is played by an uncredited, Oscar-winning actor, I won’t say who it is, who at one point channels Henry Fonda. Very interesting choice.

Music heard on the show…

Dimland Radio opening theme song: ‘Ram’ by The Yoleus
First ad break bumpers: ‘Der Kommissar’ by After The Fire & ‘Marlene On The Wall’ by Suzanne Vega
Second ad break bumpers: ‘Paralyzed‘ by Gang Of Four & ‘Crystal Wrists’ by Peter Murphy
Closing song: ‘Angler’s Treble Hook’ by $5 Fiddle

You can also go to my CafePress store and buy stuff with my artwork on it and have me do a portrait for you if you like. Find out more here and here.

dimland radio 1-7-12 show notes

Cold Open: Internet Know-It-All

Ain’t it the truth.

Whenever you venture out on the intertubes you run the risk of encountering someone who thinks they’re smarter than you and has better interwebs skills. This was my story of a brush with internet greatness.

Spilt Beer Show Recap

No! I can’t look at it! The tragedy!

A quick recap of the beer spilling incident at the top of my last regular show dated 12-17-11. And as long as I was reviewing that show I took the opportunity to point out...

It’s Not True

Alas, but no.

As hard to believe as it may be, I made a mistake on my 12-17-11 show. I know! Right?!

I told the story of TV signals beamed out into space being bounced back to Earth. Those signals were of old television programs including lost episodes of Dr. Who. I was so geeked about the idea of the recovery of Dr. Who episodes that I didn’t vet the story well enough before running with it on my show.

After that show and after I finished cleaning the spilled beer, I tried to find a follow-up to the story that originally came out in 2009. What I found was an admonishment to check the date of the story more closely.

The date was April 1, 2009. Oh, brother! I got caught by a nearly three year old April Fool’s joke. Silly me.

Side Show Tricks To Part You From Your Money

“Ok, now that you’re wearing the magic magnets in your shoes, the spiritually charged crystal around your neck, and have the picture of Deepak Chopra in your pocket, I shouldn’t be able to knock you off balance.”

Channel-surfing the other night had me stumbling across some trickeration being used in an infomercial. The 30 minute ad was for custom-made shoe insoles by the good people at Good Feet. It was the applied kinesiology trick being used to convince celebrity host, Emmitt Smith, of the seemingly magical ability to help him keep his balance.

Of course, you know applied kinesiology is merely a trick using a person’s center of gravity to give the illusion of better balance. You don’t? Well, friend, go here and see what is really happening.

I will say that the insole may well help with multiple forms of pain as claimed, but with using this trick makes me wonder. It should make you wonder, too.

James Bond, My Son, And Me

“Oh, James! James! Please hurry up with that bad guy! We can’t wait much longer!”

My son, Hayden, and I have been watching a few of the James Bond films via the Netflix (we love Netflix). My wife and I have found ourselves explaining that the Bond movies weren’t always the best examples of how to treat women.

A Couple New Year’s Items

I told of the New Year’s resolution I make each year. It’s the same every time and so far I’ve kept it every year. I always resolve to live long enough to see the next year. One of these years (hopefully not soon) I won’t keep it.

Cee Lo Green: Attempting to imagine no possessions.

I also talked about singer Cee Lo Green messing with the lyrics of John Lennon’s Imagine. No, no, no! You don’t mess with any of The Beatles’ or John Lennon’s material. Beatles/Lennon fans heaped rebukes on Cee Lo for his changing the line “and no religion too” to “and all religion’s true.”

For shame, Cee Lo! If you don’t like the lyric, sing a different song!

Movie Recommendation: The Adventures Of Tintin

Best new movie I’ve seen in 2011!

Do you like Raiders Of The Lost Ark? Do you like Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Search For An Ice Cream Swirl? Do you like computer animated features? Then you will like The Adventures Of Tintin. It is fantastic! I mean it! Go see it! Now! Right now! Why are you still sitting there?! Get going!!

Music heard on the show…

Dimland Radio opening theme song: ‘Ram’ by The Yoleus
First ad break bumpers: ‘Into Your Hands’ by The Church & ‘Bonzo Goes To Bitburg’ by Ramones
Second ad break bumpers: ‘Love Vigilantes‘ by New Order & ‘Metastasis’ by Naked Raygun
Closing song: ‘Angler’s Treble Hook’ by $5 Fiddle

You can also go to my CafePress store and buy stuff with my artwork on it and have me do a portrait for you if you like. Find out more here and here.

dimland radio 12-31-11 new year’s eve music event

Friday Night Music Show Special

Happy New Year, everyone!

Instead of my regular show, I thought I’d treat my listeners to the best music that they will ever hear on Z Talk Radio, in my humble opinion, which is correct, of course. Here is the list that if you missed it, I’m sure you will feel shame, as well you should.

Playlist

Do Ya – ELO
Transona Five – Stereolab
Skin Deep – The Stranglers
Tantalized – The Church
Mean To Me – Crowded House
Crystal Wrists – Peter Murphy
Hang Onto Your Ego – Frank Black
Back Stabbers – The O’Jays
Waterloo – ABBA
Rudie Can’t Fail – The Clash
Ugly – Fishbone
A Little Less Conversation (JXL Remix) – Elvis Presley
The Politics Of Dancing – Re-Flex
C’est Comme Ca – Les Rita Mitsouko
Harvest Moon – Neil Young
I Saw Nick Drake – Robyn Hitchcock
Ride – Nick Drake
And A Bang On The Ear – The Waterboys
Overkill – Colin Hay
Needle In The Hay – Elliot Smith
Landslide – Smashing Pumpkins
Heaven And Hell – The Who
Heaven – The Psychedelic Furs
Run Like Hell – Pink Floyd
Heaven – Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Your Lucky Day In Hell – Eels
Heaven – Talking Heads
Gonna Raise Hell – Cheap Trick
Cars – Gary Numan
Masquerade – Berlin
Friends Of P – The Rentals
Breathe – Telepopmusik
905 – The Who
Warm Leatherette – The Normal
Mexican Radio – Wall Of Voodoo
Oblivious – Aztec Camera
Cannonball – The Breeders
Teenage Lobotomy – Ramones
Blitzkrieg Bop – Ramones
Sweetness And Light – Lush
Blue Moon – The Marcels
Black Slacks – Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
Ain’t That A Shame – Fats Domino
See You Later Alligator – Bill Haley & His Comets
Blue Moon Of Kentucky – Elvis Presley
That’ll Be The Day – Buddy Holly
Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) – Talking Heads
Jettison – Naked Raygun
Soldier’s Requiem – Naked Raygun
Go – Tones On Tail
Stop Hurting People – Pete Townshend

Other Music heard on the show…

Dimland Radio opening theme song: ‘Twist’ by Tones On Tail

That’s it! You should know that I am not able to archive the music shows I do due to the limitations of Z Talk Radio’s music license. So, if you want to hear the music you have to tune in. Then I’ll see you next Friday night for Dimland Radio 10 Central, 11 Eastern on www.ztalkradio.com. You can email your questions and comments to drdim@dimland.com