Special guest announcement, workers comp, terminal hold, movie reviews, jobs suck, guns, song erasing, grandma giving birth, flower-power laptops, iPhone girl, more.
Links:
- Erk Pod Round Table 8
- King Of California (buy the DVD
) (download the movie)
- Kingdom Of The Spiders (buy the DVD
- “Most Unwanted Scrobbles”
- “Asus Intros Scented Laptops”
- “Woman gives birth to her own grandchild”
- “iPhone arrives with factory worker’s photos”
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Man I cannot believe you guys got around to watching Kingdom of the Spiders. I only have a vague recollection of talking to Jenn about that quite some time ago. I must have said some pretty persuasive things. Glad you both liked it. I can definitely appreciate the cheese factor of the film (I mean its starring William Shatner, COME ON), however this one really gave me the hebbie jebbies. As it has been well documented, I loathe spiders and am deathly afraid of them. Those two feelings are probably related somehow. Most people have an irrational fear or two, and spiders would most certainly be one that I posses. When I see one I usually freeze until I build up the nerve to arm myself with a magazine, newspaper, shoe, or a sufficient amount of kleenex or toilet paper. Thats when I let the suckers have it! I don’t understand this whole “oh just scoop it up and let it outside” business. I don’t see how that logic solves anything. They should be killed on sight as far as I’m concerned. They always seem like they are just waiting around for something to make a mistake so they can trap and kill it (kindda sounds like a woman whose clock is ticking). Also, have you ever noticed that if one is crawling on the wall/floor/ceiling, they ALWAYS seem to stop moving as soon as you notice it. Its like they know. Obviously they are always up to no good. Gives me the willies just thinking about it. I can take a joke, but I have, numerous times, threatened to do SERIOUS harm to family members, close friends and even girlfriends if they EVER pulled some sort of prank on me involving one or more spiders. I’m just throwing that out there. Anyway, the one time I saw this I was completely blitzed and I still had a hard time sitting through some of those scenes near the end. To be fair, it was a made for T.V. Film, so in that sense its pretty good entertainment. I do give the end my full endorsement also. One of the best uses of matte painting ever! You know what I’m talking about.
I could go on about that movie and spiders forever so perhaps I’ll save it for another post. Also wanted to talk some Radiohead since you mentioned them in the show, but I’ll save that for later too. The sun is coming up so that means I should probably head to bed(no I did not get up this early). I hate it when I run out of Ambien at the end of the month!
Good luck with your VideoCast Ben. Speaking of Australia and spiders, whats up with those funnel web spiders? I heard they were bad news! Is it true they are the most aggressive/poisonous spiders on the planet?
What’s it like to be a barber in Australia, Ben? Are people cutting you some slack or what? Australian men aren’t really in touch with their feminine side, at least from what i remember, i was 15 last time i’ve been “down under”.
Shawno doing “a parody of people who really think that way” is interesting, i do the same thing alot but sometimes people don’t get it. I can see why, but it’s just my way of not wanting to blend in too much i guess. And i don’t like being PC just because it’s the “normal” thing to do.
Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate is weird, seems the elections are being played like chess. We’re just pawns, as usual.
S&J:
Were you in fact not ruminating this week on the incriminating statements spread throughout your own body of work; that is, the sort of commentary that could send Hyper Nonsense to PC Jail or worse, one of those “Free Speech” zones set aside for “First Amendment Advocates” at the political conventions?
“Someone would have to sit down with hundreds of hours of the show,” Shawno sez. Ah, but someone has!
Admittedly, I failed to gain any traction the first go-round with this maliciously edited bit of character assassination. But I’m not averse to re-packaging my old work in hope of striking paydirt.
After all, Shawno, nobody says stuff like ‘I’m going to get you, Gays!‘ unless he’s actively campaigning for a cabinet position in the upcoming McCain administration.
So what if your inflammatory comments cost you your job on the iPhone assembly line? That’s just the price of free speech.
I believe Hyper Nonsense listeners will find this 83-second clip highly illuminating regarding their heroes’ real agenda:
Hyper Nonsense hosts call for end to gay rule
Remember, I didn’t say any of this stuff. I’m just reporting it!
Ok, Turetzky… I see how you play. It’s all really just a vehicle to get your song “Morris The Cat” played a few hundred more times, isn’t it?
I got you.
Dave, there is various levels of people who cut hair down under these days.
There is the barber (usually male) with the traditional short back and sides mentality, cheap prices, the red and white pole (or graphic) out the front. You can still find them around in pockets but they are nowhere near as common as they used to be.
Then you have various hair dressing salons that range in price from low to high. The majority of Aussies would go to these sort of hairdressers. For instance in my local shopping centre, I can think of at least 5 different places that one can go to to get one’s hair done. None of them are the traditional barber style as they probably can’t afford the high rents at this megaplex type of centre.
Ken, maybe Shawno will be McCain’s IT adviser or something!
You guys in the States must be well and truly sick of the election talk. How long has all this campaigning been going on for? And the actual election is in November! I know I’m sick of it and I’m in Australia and not following it all that closely so I shudder to think how you guys must be feeling.
Shawno for President and Jen for First Lady!
or Jen for President and Shawno for First Man!
Dave….
Here in Australia (aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi!!!!) If you work in a unisex hair salon if your male ur just another hairdresser this was because alot of the female “barbers” were complaining about the equal rights for women.
oh and the stereotype that only gay men are hairdresser is totally untrue!!!! most of my male friends in the industry are all straight and in some cases the biggest hicks you will ever meet!!!!!
Matt…..
I was almost going to pass out when they were talking about spiders i HATE
Matt, I don’t think “Kingdom Of The Spiders” was made-for-TV only. The version of the film we saw had some colorful language that wouldn’t have passed TV sensors back then. (Some of it wouldn’t even now.)
I think we should probably turn Ken’s clever audio editing into a new promo. Would help us break into that lucrative Fox News market. Though I doubt anyone who watches Fox News listens to podcasts.
Thankfully, Erk, the political stuff hasn’t been too annoying yet. I’m sure we’d feel differently if we watched broadcast TV, where the ads are probably nonstop.
I forgot to mention that I plucked that iPhone Girl story from Orange Tim’s Twitter. So thanks to Tim for that one. (I had it down in my notes, but those notes didn’t make it to the printer.)
On the subject of workers comp I was reminded of the constant stream of daytime TV adverts for ambulance chasing lawyer companies with names like ‘Injury Lawyers 4U’. During the day every other advert on national TV stations seems to be for one of these companies, it’s already a part of our satirical comedy. Here in the UK we take a lot from American culture, but the whole ‘lets sue everybody’ culture is definitely one of the worst.
I have also had issues with crazy phone callers. I used to work for the national government department that deals with pensions. There was a period when every Friday I would get called by this crazy Somalian woman who insisted that her elderly mother was not receiving her money. It was my own fault for foolishly giving her my name. Every time she phoned up I checked our computer system and I could find absolutely nothing wrong. Eventually my team leader worked out that her money was going through as it should be, but her husband was keeping it all for himself. If she’d just told me that her father was getting money when she first phoned instead of yelling at me a whole lot of hassle could have been avoided. I hate phones.
For my thoughts on spiders and arachnophobia see the comments for HN 119 (Matt, seriously, you need help)
I used to think I would like to be a DJ, but I have a friend who is one. He works for the local BBC radio station in Devon & Cornwall (the bit of Britain that sticks out of the far south west) and the way he describes it is horrible. You have absolutely no control over the content of your show and the playlists are all completely automated. If I couldn’t spread the independent, underground music I love so much I wouldn’t want to do it. I’m much happier doing my podcast to a miniscule but loyal audience and having TOTAL control over the content.
The basic fact is that radio is a dying medium. The internet has totally screwed it because of the convenience factor. You can listen to a podcast wherever and whenever you want. Once they sort out that pesky copyright issue for music, radio is officially dead.
I am one of those listeners who have scrobbled you to last.fm. You are 13th in my most scrobbled ‘artists’ with 59 plays. An issue with last.fm is that it scrobbles podcasts as well as music tracks so a lot of my top played ‘artists’ are actually podcasts.
The world really doesn’t need scented lap-tops. Does anyone else think that they are just desperate to seperate themselves from the pack by using ANY pathetic gimmick? (Apparently the company is pronounced ass-OOS)
I already cut my own hair. I have some hair clippers and every six months or so I just shave it all off. I’m a low maintenance kind of guy.
If you do turn that clip into a new promo I SOOOOO want it for my show!
I made it a policy a long time ago to NEVER give my name out at work unless someone asks for it. And I never give a last name (granted, I’m the only Shawn at my place of employment). If someone pushes for a last name, I randomly choose a last name of one of the players from the 1969 Chicago Cubs. So far, I’ve been “Shawn Williams” and “Shawn Santo.”
I agree with you that radio = lack of control. When I did work in radio, everything was programmed. If somehow there was a little extra time at the end of an hour, us DJ’s could drop in a little something of our own choosing. But we still had to follow an “approved song list,” so no real deep cuts or B-sides. (In other words, nothing that was really good.) After podcasting for a couple years, and having complete control (for better or worse!) of my own show, I don’t think I could go back to the radio thing. But, who knows.
I also cut my own hair. I do it once a week, though. I have to keep up with it as it barely grows anymore on the top of my head.
“Scrobbled.” I don’t even know what that means. All these fool Web services think they’ll make their mark by inventing stupid words.
How is “scrobbled” different from “played”? I have a Last.Fm artist’s account and I’ve been played 453 times.
Last.FM sucks and I hate it because it stinks.
Have you tried to report your Scrobbles to Sound Scan, Ken? Might help expedite those royalty checks they owe you.
I agree that scrobble is a stupid word. It’s not even like it’s a compound word of obvious other words.
last.fm is by no means a perfect program, but hate is a strong word.
Anyone have any experience with iLike or this new blip.fm? They’re both supposed to be similar to last.fm.
iLike is a service of GarageBand. I have an iLike link on my blog and Facebook site.
I’m not sure how valuable iLike is, but their customer service is great. I had my FaceBook, iLike, Garageband, and Gcast (the GarageBand podcast service) accounts all horribly intertwined, and they helped me sort the mess out.
iLike and Garageband serve up the same content, and iLike allows “fans” to do whatever fans do when they like your music.
Thanks for blip.fm, Shawno. Now I have another music account I don’t know what to do with.
About public holidays, I agree with what Jen said. It can be very similar here.
Here in Australia, we have a few public holidays as I think I’ve mentioned before. Our Labour Day is the first Monday in October in some states and on another day in other. It is also referred to as “Eight Hour Day” after the work day became an 8 hour day, allowing 8 hours of work, 8 hours of play and 8 hours of sleep (in theory).
The main holidays that are really observed in terms of shops not being open are ANZAC Day (many shops open at lunchtime if they open at all), Good Friday and Xmas Day. Then you get some holidays like Bank Holiday that aren’t always observed everywhere. For instance, our Bank Holiday is on New Year’s Eve (which isn’t a public holiday) to encourage people to work on that night.
Then you get regional holidays such as Melbourne Cup Day (think the Australian version of the Kentucky Derby) which is only observed in the Melbourne metro area. There is a push for Melbourne Cup Day to become a national holiday as a lot of people have Melbourne Cup parties and stop and watch the race. Then by the time the race is run and won (and you celebrate if you win), it is nearly home time.
Then we have industry picnic days. Some industries take them as a public holiday and will not open and others (like mine) have a picnic day and you can go if you want (and can get the time off) or you work.
As for me and public holidays, I work them if I am rostered to work and if not, I don’t. Interestingly, train guards (think conductor) can tell if they are working on a public holiday because each job has a number and certain numbers don’t work on holidays. There is no such thing for drivers so we can only tell when the fortnightly roster comes out. Last year, the fortnightly roster for Xmas came out under a week before so we did not have much warning.
On Public Holidays if you are working, we have the option between 250% and an extra day to be used on our holidays or at another time or 350%. Most people opt for 250% and the day. If you are not rostered to work or are not needed, you get 8 hours pay.
Thanks for the armchair psychology, Doc. Much appreciated.
Hair dressing salons in Australia, has the world gone loopy? Like i said, the last time i’ve been to Australia i was 15, my whole perception of Austalian culture is based on that. Watching an Aussie rules football match apparently made a big impact on me. Do they still play that? The problem with Austalia is that it’s hardly ever in the news, and if it is, there’s always some sea creature involved. Watching McLeod’s daughters doesn’t help much either.
Over here there’s no such thing as Labour Day. There is this thing called “May Day” AKA “International Workers’ Day” on May 1st, but i’m not sure if that’s even related to Labour Day.
Well, looky here!
I turn around, and *POOF*… the place is crawling with comments. Awesome! Looks like it all happened while I was at work today, too. I miss out on so much fun stuff when I’m at work *sigh* :.(
Dave, take a seat, mate. You are going to need it
Things do happen done here. I can imagine a TV producer hookup with all 50 states asking what has happened in their state for possible inclusion in that night’s news. And for some reason, California and New Jersey and possibly Illinois are screaming out “ask me! ask me! Lots happened today” and the producer saying “California, New Jersey and Illinois, you’ll get your turn. But we still have to ask Delaware, New Mexico and Ar-kans-us and Alaska if anything happened there today. And yes, Florida and Hawaii, we know it is sunny there! Wait your turn!”
So is it any wonder that the only news from Australia you get to see is when a Croc Hunter dies?
As for sport, Aussie Rules (aka AFL) is still going. Strap yourself in Dave, but Sydney and Brisbane (non traditional AFL states) have indeed won premierships and there have been 2 non Victorian teams in the Grand Final. And to top it off, Melbourne has a good Rugby League team and they have won premierships too (and will probably win this year, too).
Ken, why aren’t you on Twitter? My Internet life won’t be complete until there’s a place for you to gripe about everything in less than 140 characters per post.
I am on Twitter, Shawno. Just created my account a week or so ago.
Haven’t decided how to use this new tool for maximum gripiness. Although I have Blip’ed since last night.
Here’s my FriendFeed.
I’m also now on thesixtyone, another one of those inscrutable music/deejay sites.
Watch all of these sites closely during the next few weeks for absolutely nothing from me!
shawno, i will be mentioning your podcast on my blog soon
Thanks, Jacob. Will catch it in my GooglesReader when you post it.
Thanks for the heads up Erk. Kinda funny though that you mention Delaware, it’s one of those states where nothing ever happens. But i get your point. Maybe Australia should loosen up on it’s gun control, a good rampage shooting always makes the news. While i’m at it, why didn’t that Croc hunter have a gun? If Steve Irwin was American he’d be feeding those crocs grenades for breakfast. I’m not saying that’s an OK thing to do, but it would’ve made the show sooo much better.
Is there an AFL website or something that has video? I’d love to see one of those games again.
I’ve been to America twice and both times while I was in the country there was a mass killing. First a failed businessman in Pennsylvania killed three generations of his family and the second time a kid walked into a mall in Omaha and started shooting. Since Dunblane in 1996, Britain has banned all hand guns and there hasn’t been a mass shooting since. I rest my case.
(Having said that young people in the rougher parts of London and Manchester have started shooting each other with alarming regularity, so it’s not all good news.)
Dave, check out the official AFL site as a good start http://www.afl.com.au
a little delay on the blog post… its comming soon
Yo guys its “The verse” myspace page as promise http://www.myspace.com/theverses
Great show guys! It’s cool that you have so many international listeners, ah the magic of the internet!
Nice singing too! I think you need to make that a regular part of the show.
The great thing about Australia is that they have zoos there where you can hold a Koala.
Regarding the podcasting vs. radio thing, I listen to a lot of public radio podcasts, like This American Life and All Things Considered (as well as a little HN), at work. I think there’ll always be a market for these types of radio shows, even if they aren’t primarily delivered through the radio anymore. You could argue that purely audio mediums will eventually go extinct and be replaced by more visual entertainment. However. I think that there are many situations (working, driving, etc.) where you have to watch what your doing and not a screen. I listen to a few video podcasts, but I find that I rarely will watch the video portion of the podcast for that reason.
At this point in my life most of the new music I find is by watching movies and checking out whatever they have at the library.