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dimland radio 1-27-24 (brief) show notes

Our Internet Is Messed Up

The show notes are gonna be brief and no frills. Only one photo of Peerless Loser will appear. There will be some links, but not to this week’s bumper songs.

This is due to our internet being messed up. The provider is having an outage problem in our area. They know abut and are working on it, but it might take a couple of days. So, I’m using my personal hot spot. That means I have to move quickly to get these done.

No pithy comments (maybe some). No links. Sorry.

Personal Stuff

The show opened with me talking about life insurance money (waiting for it and then finally receiving it) and that my wife and I accepted an offer on our house. If all goes well, we close on February 20th.

Peerless Loser Loses Again

*America’s 45th President* *(I’m gonna use this pic every time Peerless Loser appears in the show notes.)*

Peerless loser was ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $83,300,000! In your face, loser!

Buying Your First House And Becoming Your Parents

Progressive Insurance has bee running an ad campaign about their homeowners insurance. The campaign has a counselor helping first time home buyers to keep from turning into their parents. I like the campaign a lot.

I talk specifically about one ad featuring LL Cool J.

The St. Paul Winter Carnival Is A Thing

It is and it has been since 1886. It’s happening again this year despite there being not much winter. It hit 50ºF on the Monday right after this show was recorded.

MN Twins’ Joe Mauer Is A Hall Of Famer!

Joe is going to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame! And he got in on his first ballot. Some have griped about it. But screw them!

Congratulations, Joe!

Dimland Radio opening theme song: Ram by The Yoleus

First ad break bump: Monster Man by The Suburbs and Beatle Boots by Love Tractor

Second ad break bumpers: Pretty Girls Make Graves by The Smiths and C’este Comme Ca by Les Rita Mistouko

Closing song: Angler’s Treble Hook by $5 Fiddle

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dimland radio 1-20-24 show notes

I Shouldn’t Complain

But you know me. I’m gonna complain a little. Or a lot. Or somewhere in between.

This time it’s about this sinus infection I’ve had for a while. I still have it. And I still have the shiner that was caused by the sinus infection.

*It’s not very obvious, but it’s there.*

I didn’t know it was possible to get a black eye that way, but it is.

I also mentioned that we did get enough snow for the snow clearing service to come out to the house and do what they do. We also got very cold for the week. It’s much better now.

He’s Now Peerless Loser

I hadn’t mentioned the wannabe dictator who attempted to steal the 2020 in a while on the show. Well, maybe I have. I can’t keep track.

Anyway, he lost.

No, really. He lost! Fair and square! HE LOST! HE LOST!!

Ahem.

Anyway, I know call the former president, who actually thinks he should have immunity, Peerless Loser, because, as losers go, he has no peer.

So Which Generation Am I?

I was accused of being a Gen X culture stealing Boomer! It led to a discussion about which generation I should be considered. Boomer or Gen X?

Well, according to this chart, I’m a Baby Boomer. I’m at the tail end, but I’m still in that generation. Still, I probably have more in common with young Gen Xers than I do with old Boomers.

Although, I could be considered part of Generation Jones, which is not on that list.

One Step Ahead Live Performance Comparison

I talked about two live versions of the song One Step Ahead by Split Enz. One version is by that band, the other is performed by Neil Finn (an original member of Split Enz). The performances are at least 30 years apart.

Both versions are great.

What Did The Nuge Say?

I could not confirm Ted Nugent said that about Taylor Swift. I also could not confirm the Motor City Madman played the Benton Harbor (Michigan) chili cook-off either.

However, I could find him being quoted as saying today’s biggest pop music star’s efforts are “cartoon music.”

Really, Ted? Really?

Dimland Radio opening theme song: Ram by The Yoleus

First ad break bump: Communication by Pete Townshend and Lay All Your Love On Me by ABBA

Second ad break bumpers: Ashes To Ashes by David Bowie and Maddox Table by 10,000 Maniacs

Closing song: Angler’s Treble Hook by $5 Fiddle

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dimland radio 1-13-24 show notes

I Shouldn’t Complain

But you know me. I’m gonna complain a little. Or a lot. Or somewhere in between.

Winter is here in Minnesota, but only barely. It’s been warm and there ain’t been snow. So far.

Last winter…

*This was last year. This year has been much different,*

[Shudder] I don’t want to think about it!

This winter I have a snow removal service due to the generosity of my older brother. He figured I would have to shovel at the house my wife and I are selling, so he would take the burden of doing the house we live in by paying for one more winter. Wouldn’t you know it, because the snowfalls we have had haven’t left enough snow to trigger the service into action, I have been clearing the snow at both our old house and our new one.

Is that irony?

How Spot Someone Who Is Not A Trekkie

*Trekkies? What’s wrong with this photo?*

Fox News was calling everything they don’t like woke again. What’s new?

Despite her claim, I seriously doubt Fox News host Emily Compagno has ever seen an episode of Star Trek.

Well, I was right.

A Dimland Radio Pedantic Moment: What Would Happen Next? Logan’s Run

I enjoyed spoiling It’s A Wonderful Life on the last so much, I decided to spoil Logan’s Run from 1976.

We all know the story. It’s 2274. Humanity lives a pampered life of luxury and a never-ending pursuit of hedonistic pleasure. They just can’t live past 30. Some people don’t want to die at 30, so they run, searching safety in a place called Sanctuary. They are ruthlessly hunted and terminated by a security force of Sandmen.

Logan (Michael York) is a Sandman. Jessica (Jenny Agutter) helps runners find Sanctuary. Thrown together as Logan is assigned to become a runner to find and destroy Sanctuary, can these to crazy kids make a go of it?

They discover that people don’t need to die at 30! People can live! And those two nuts destroy the system and free the people. The people are free to live and age naturally.

But, how will they survive?

*“Ummm. Does anyone know how to make fire?”*

Cold Reading, The Passage Of Time, And Memories

*“Let me ask you a whole bunch of questionings.”*

My wife’s parents visited a “psychic” many years before I met them. The story was impressive sounding from the first question asked by the fortune teller. And they were right!

I wasn’t there. I didn’t hear the session. I don’t know what was said. And, though I’m sure that’s how they remembered the reading, I doubt that’s quite how it went down. Memory is not video tape. The farther away in time we get from the event we are remembering, the less accurate our memory becomes.

The “psychic” was probably doing a cold reading and my in-laws’ memories embellished the story just a bit.

Nobody’s psychic. Probably.

I also told the tale that got me in hot Z Talk water during only my second show. It’s tale of the Z Talk Radio psychic who attempted to do her psychicing on me.

Dimland Radio opening theme song: Ram by The Yoleus

First ad break bumpers: Paradise by Sade and Music For Boys by The Suburbs

Second ad break bumpers: One Step Ahead by Split Enz and Rock ‘N’ Roll High School by Ramones

Closing song: Angler’s Treble Hook by $5 Fiddle

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dimland radio 12-30-23 show notes

Wrong Answer!

*Nikki Haley struggling to answer a simple question.*

The Republican Party is lost. They are aligning themselves with the worst of us. One of their brightest lights (if I can call her that) can’t even answer the simplest of questions.

“What was the cause of the United States Civil War?”

Slavery. The answer is slavery.

And, yet, Nikki Haley, GOP presidential hopeful couldn’t come up with that answer. She went on about the role of government, capitalism, liberty, blah, blah, blah…

After her “answer”, the fellow who asked the question responded, “In the year 2023, it’s astonishing indeed that you can answer that question without mentioning slavery.”

For more on slavery being the cause of the American Civil War, watch Beau of the Fifth Column here. And you can read Alexander Stephens’ (Vice President of the Confederacy) take on slavery and the superiority of white people. It’s horrific.

*This little prick told us what caused the Civil War.*

Copper Thieves Take 2 Lives

*A sad and too familiar sight around St. Paul.*

Copper thieves have been darkening the streets around St. Paul for some time now. They had a hand in the dog attack on my puppy weeks after we had gotten her. My foolishness and the asshole not having his dog on a leash contributed, but had the thieves not disabled the street lights I would have been able to react quicker to the unleashed dog.

I thought the dark streets would lead to someone getting hurt or dead.

Well, I was right.

A Dimland Radio Pedantic Moment: What Would Happen Next?

Each year at Christmastime, I like to which a holiday classic or two. One of them is the Frank Capra masterpiece It’s A Wonderful Life. It’s a little corny and there’s all that saints and angels nonsense, but it’s a heartfelt fantasy that never fails to make me smile. And get a little teary-eyed.

*You might have to go back to that bridge, George.*

We all know the story. James Stewart plays George Bailey, a good, kind, and selfless man who just wants to get the hell out of Bedford Falls. He never does. Something always keeps him tied to that one horse town. There is an undertone of resentment harbored by George, but his selflessness keeps it in check, until, that is, his Uncle Bailey absentmindedly loses eight thousand dollars.

Without going into anymore details, George becomes desperate enough to consider killing himself. But, an angel intervenes. And then the town, which owed so much to George’s selflessness, comes to his aid.

That’s when I get a little tear in my eye.

But, there’s still that missing eight grand…

Dimland Radio opening theme song: Ram by The Yoleus

First ad break bumpers: Seen And Not Seen by Talking Heads and Lead A Normal Life by Peter Gabriel

Second ad break bumpers: Head Over Heels by The Go-Go’s and New Year’s Day by U2

Closing song: Angler’s Treble Hook by $5 Fiddle

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dimland radio 12-23-23 show notes

The War On The Winter Solstice

*Santa left plenty of treats in our stockings, but went light on the gifts this year.*

We all know (or we all should know) that Christmas was grabbed by the Catholic church and changed from the pagan celebration of the Winter Solstice to the commemoration of the birth of Jesus. The godless holiday with its decorated trees, gift giving, mistletoe kisses, and so on was made godly to help convert the heathen.

It’s a shame.

And for the last several years, conservatives have been playing the victim by saying there’s a war of their holiday. They do this so they can play the victim. “Oh, we’re so persecuted!” Boo hoo hooo.

Why, you can almost hear pagans all around the world rolling their eyes.

Anyway, Happy Holidays, Happy Winter Solstice, and Merry Christmas.

Hail Santa!

A Billion Dollars?!

I thought I’d catch my listener up on some sports ball stuff. The MN Wild have improved under their new coach, the MN Timberwolves are at the top of the NBA, the MN Vikings are poised to lose out the rest of the season, and…

The LA Dodgers are gonna pay two players (Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto) a combined 1 billion dollars over the next 12 years. Yikes!

Minnesota’s Got A Brand New Flag!

I like it! I like the shape of the state. I like the star. I like the bright powder blue.

It’s simple, recognizable from a distance, and soooooo much better than the old design. I mean, look at the horrible design of the old flag!

The old design is horrible. There’s a YouTuber who ranked it worst of the 50 states. Worst!

That same YouTuber made a video rating the three finalist designs that Minnesota’s flag commission was choosing from. The design they picked was good, but a couple tweaks were made to make it great. The YouTuber picked the same design, but it was before the tweaks, so I don’t know what he thinks of the final design.

And the “true” origin of the new flag makes it even awesomer!

Dimland Radio opening theme song: Ram by The Yoleus

First ad break bumpers: Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt and Silver And Gold by Burl Ives

Second ad break bumpers: Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives and Let It Snow by Bing Crosby

Closing song: Angler’s Treble Hook by $5 Fiddle

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