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dimland radio 12-30-11 friday night music show

Friday Night Music Show Special

I nearly didn’t do a music show this night. I had planned to, I had a list of songs ready to go, but the regular host of Paradigm Shift (which will be returning to Z Talk soon) had planned on playing music this night. Since, this Friday night time slot is his he gets priority. But, he signed off at just before 1:00am Central and folks in chat demanded that I get on air and play some tunes.

So, with a couple nighttime pain relievers in me (as I said, I didn’t think I was going on), I took to the internets to play the following…

Playlist

Watch That Man – David Bowie
What She Said – The Smiths
Help Me Somebody – Brain Eno/David Byrne
Keep The Customer Satisfied – Simon & Garfunkel
The Light Pours Out Of Me – Magazine
Come And Get It – Badfinger
Uh Huh Oh Yeh – Paul Weller
Kick Out The Jams – MC5
Who Are You – The Who
The Sprawl – Sonic Youth
88 Lines About 44 Women – The Nails
I Am An Animal – Pete Townshend
Your Dictionary – XTC
Precious – The Pretenders
Seconds – U2
It’s A Mistake – Men At Work
Living Through Another Cuba – XTC
Bombs Away – The Police
Cities In Dust – Siouxsie & The Banshees
Going Underground – The Jam
Party At Ground Zero – Fishbone
I Must Be In Love – The Rutles
So It Goes – Nick Lowe
Sleepless – King Crimson
Lola – The Kinks
Desperately – Don Williams
Blackbird – The Beatles
Mr. Blue Sky – ELO

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

dimland radio 12-17-11 show notes

Beer Spill

Serious alcohol abuse!

Just as I was about to go on the air, I dropped my beer! Smooth move, Sherlock.

I Don’t Believe In Christmas

George Hrab

Honestly, I had planned to start off the show by playing George Hrab’s song, ‘I Don’t Believe In Christmas.’ However, it worked to cover some time while I cleaned up the beer spill.

Spread The Cheese

Not nearly as spectacular as in the picture.

Then I shared a hopefully humorous tale about my parents taking my wife, my son and me to view the Holiday Lights at nearby Phalen Park. Amy and I were underwhelmed, but our son and the old folks liked it, but we all enjoyed Mom’s miss-reading of one of the displays.

I also mentioned some Grinchs stealing cords from the displays for the copper wire. You can read more about the event and the thefts here and here.

Ain’t This Cool?

Lost episodes from space?

I read and talked about a piece detailing the picking up of old TV signals, including lost episodes of Dr. Who. I was very excited, but the story was an old one. I hadn’t noticed the date of the story until I was reading on the show. Hmmm. I should know better and I’ll tell you why when Dimland Radio returns in the New Year.

Read more here. See if you can figure out what I figured out after the show.

That’s Lindsay Lohan?

A Photoshop Too Far

Playboy released its issue featuring a nude pictorial of the not-sure-she’ll-make-it-to-30 Lindsay Lohan, apparently to lackluster sales. I think I know one release why. The pictures have been so Photoshopped that you can’t even tell it’s Lohan.

Here is a Gawker.com annotated history of nude Lindsay Lohan. Be warned the photos may not be safe for work and may also be disturbing, note that Lindsay is just 25 years-old.

Movie Recommendation: A Christmas Story (1983)

One of my favorite Christmas themed movies. I love it. Even though it is set in a time period more of my parents’ youth than of mine, I still get a nostalgic feeling when watching it. Melinda Dillon and Darren McGavin are terrific in the film.

Christopher Hitchens (1949 – 2011)

Hitchens: Stayed an atheist right to the end.

Christopher Hitchens passed away last Thursday, Dec. 15th, after a long battle with cancer. I talked about him a bit and played George Hrab’s ‘God Is Not Great’ which was inspired by Hitchen’s book of the same name.

Links related to Hitchens:

God Is Not Great by George Hrab

The Best of the Hitchslap

Hitchens’ last piece for Vanity Fair

Music heard on the show…

Dimland Radio opening theme song: ‘Ram’ by The Yoleus
First ad break bumpers: ‘Melt The Guns’ by XTC & ‘Perfect Kiss’ by New Order
Second ad break bumpers: ‘Still Ill‘ by The Smiths & ‘Crosseyed and Painless’ by Talking Heads
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

dimland radio 12-10-11

Cold Open

A long cold open. I found a letter I had written to my bank to describe the frustration my wife and I suffered while trying to correct an error the bank made.

Doing Time, She Didn’t See That Coming

I getting…yes…You will be very successful at bilking people of their money.

A “psychic” who had bilked several people out of $1.6 million got 37 months in prison. You can read more about it here.

It’s Not True

I told about a piece I spotted on Facebook about a fellow coming up with a creative way to get police to respond more quickly to a situation that the police, apparently, didn’t think was serious enough. The story wasn’t true, but similar incidents did happen and the false reports ended in arrests of the people making the reports.

Go here to see what snopes.com has to say about this.

Adopt An Atheist

Hey, little atheist, can I release your inner whatever religion I am?

The Catholic League has started a campaign to get their members to adopt atheists. They hope to help release the atheists’ inner selves, which the League believes are Christian. Good luck with that.

dimland radio 12-3-11 show notes

A Little Advice

I advise listeners in colder regions to wipe the show off their cars, especially their windows.

My Favorite Christmas Specials

I run through the list of my favorite Christmas specials and why I liked them. They are as follows:

How The Grinch Stole Christmas

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Red The Red-Nosed Reindeer

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

And My Least Favorite…

Frosty The Snowman

I don’t like this one very much. It looks good and I don’t have anything against Jimmy Durante and Jackie Vernon, the stars of the show, but it only has one song. One song that you hear over and over and over and over… Three guesses on what the song is called.

Also Mentioned On The Show…

I mentioned a video on YouTube by an atheist named Mr. Dan. His video explores the idea that there are more atheists out here than you might think. And it’s highly likely that you know a few, without even knowing it.

Movie Recommendation: Scrooge, A Christmas Carol (1951)

This is the best version of this classic Dickens’ tale. It stars Alastair Sim as the best Ebenezer Scrooge. And it has a great continuity error. Don’t get the colorized version! For some reason it is listed as Scrooge or A Christmas Carol or Scrooge, A Christmas Carol. Not sure why that is, but it is the best.

Music heard on the show…

Dimland Radio opening theme song: ‘Ram’ by The Yoleus
First ad break bumpers: ‘You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch’ by Thurl Ravenscroft & ‘Christmastime Is Here’ by Vince Guaraldi Trio
Second ad break bumpers: ‘Holly Jolly Christmas‘ by Burl Ives & ‘Santa Claus Is Coming To Town’ by Fred Astaire
Closing song: ‘Angler’s Treble Hook’ by $5 Fiddle

dimland radio 11-26-11

Unfinished Business

Having forgotten to finish a story I started last week. However...

Dimland Radio Quiz Time

Friggin’ brainiac and philosopher, Snooki.

… before I could finish the story I was interrupted by the first ever (and possibly only) edition of Dimland Radio Quiz Time. This quiz was on identifying who said, “That’s why I don’t eat friggin’ lobster or anything like that, because they’re alive when you kill it.”

I had a little fun with the answer, but it was actually Snooki. Here is a YouTube clip featuring the gems of wisdom from this simple Jersey girl. You can catch the quote at the 42 second mark.

Not Evidence Of Bigfoot

Excellent evidence of a dark spot at a great distance. Excellent!

I did my best to describe a photograph that popped up on the Bigfoot Facebook page. I include that image here along with a close-up and a picture of a bear. The bear image also comes from Facebook. Part of what I was getting at was how easily a bear could be mistaken for a bigfoot. I also noted that, as quality of evidence goes, the photo of bigfoot sucks. (That’s a scientific assessment.)

A closer look at the bear-shaped blob.

This is what a bear looks like. Thanks to Michele Nardone for the pic.

Enough With The Guilt Trip, Man

Let the guilt commence!

Then I talked about this white guilt thing as it pertains to Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving, when I checked my Facebook, the first thing I was greeted to was an image about of the Native Americans have been fighting terrorism since 1492. Oh, brother! Can’t we put the guilt trip aside and just enjoy the day holiday?

A Musical Interlude

I had a bit of spare time to fill before getting to my movie recommendation, so I played a song by George Hrab. I played his song ‘Fifty Stories’ off his 2010 album Trebuchet. Geo’s music can be purchased here or on iTunes.

Movie Recommendation: The Searchers (1956)

Possibly John Wayne finest performance. He plays slightly against his usually screen image. His character is Ethan Edwards who returns home after wandering the countryside following the defeat of the Confederate forces in the Civil War, the side he was fighting for. Shortly after his return, his brother’s family is massacred and their youngest daughter taken hostage. The film follows Ethan in his Ahab-like search for his niece. Question is, if he finds her what will he do? Kill her or bring her home?

Music heard on the show…

Dimland Radio opening theme song: ‘Ram’ by The Yoleus
First ad break bumpers: ‘Ladybird’ by XTC & ‘Mad Jack’ by The Chameleons UK
Second ad break bumpers: ‘Mescal Dance‘ by Red Lorry Yellow Lorry & ‘If I Told You’ by Husker Du
Closing song: ‘Angler’s Treble Hook’ by $5 Fiddle