Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Taking requests

It doesn't look like there will be any more live D&D for a while (unless they get another chance to sub in at WPHT), and we've exhausted our archives here, so we're going to go dormant for a while. Keep an eye on the D&D Yahoo Group, Jeff's blog, or one of the various D&D groups on Facebook for updates. If anyone has any requests for reposts of any shows or segments, please let us know, we can repost stuff pretty quickly.

Also, to give a quick reminder to anyone new to the blog, to download the audio clips from the Sharebee links below, the easiest way is to click the link and hit the stop button on your web browser (or the Esc key) as soon as the 4-5 hosting links appear (Rapidshare, Megaupload, etc.) -- that will usually stop the page from loading before the popup ad appears. If the popup ad (the full page one) appears, just click the red "Skip this Ad" button in the upper-right hand corner of the page. These ads aren't from us, they're from Sharebee.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Update from Deminski on the future of D&D

The sad personal news Jeff first let us in on via Facebook and later during the WPHT fill-in week is nothing new, but with his most recent blog post, he has now admitted what we've all been thinking -- this may be the beginning of the end of the Deminski & Doyle show:

"I don't know that the show will ever return now, as I can't move from a hundred mile radius once this goes through, and unless an opportunity came up right here which doesn't look likely, it means I had to choose between my career of 25 years or my kids. I chose my kids."

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

D&D - Aug 10, 2010 - Philly's WPHT 1210am

Last day of live D&D in Philly...for now. I'm way behind schedule so I'll try to at least get the first half of the show up this evening and the second half probably not until tomorrow.

UPDATE 6/11: Well that was fun. I forgot how much work it is to edit a full four-hour show every day. Here's hoping I'll have that opportunity in the future -- as Jeff said just before they signed off yesterday, "Hopefully we'll talk again, who knows?" This was a very full show that included a number of positive comments from WPHT listeners about their substitute hosts. I don't know how TPTB viewed it, but if this was an audition, I'd personally say it was a successful one. Topics covered during this four-hour spread included interviews with Philly Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers about a possible brownout-related fire death, Claudia Gomez of Philly's FOX 29 about illegal parking spots in the city, and John Meixner from Northwestern University about a new technology that could be used to read terrorist's thought (ok, more like read a specific, previously known brainwave frequency). Call-in segments included debated about the "Take This Job and Shove It" Jet Blue flight attendant, the death penalty (again), a lawsuit from a Mets fan injured by a flying baseball bat, as well as calls following the firehouse brownout and parking lots segments. Other stories mentioned ranged from the serious (Defense Secretary Bob Gates' thoughts on budget cuts, more on DRPA & DROP, and a possible new "Substitute Justice" position on the Supreme Court) to the silly (Jennifer Aniston's thoughts on families, falling magazine subscription numbers, and toxic dog food) to the what-the-@#$% (Stephen Hawking's "get off my planet!" rant, a possible baby-thrown-off-bridge hoax in Philly, and a Massachusetts pastor who's in favor of beating kids).

Here's the show:

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-10 Hour 1
http://sharebee.com/45b93e55
Filename: 2010-08-10 Hour 1.mp3 Size: 18.69 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-10 Hour 2
http://sharebee.com/226f7a8b
Filename: 2010-08-10 Hour 2.mp3 Size: 19.72 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-10 Hour 3
http://sharebee.com/9bc66ad6
Filename: 2010-08-10 Hour 3.mp3 Size: 18.65 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-10 Hour 4
http://sharebee.com/a93de0ea
Filename: 2010-08-10 Hour 4.mp3 Size: 18.29 MB

BONUS: These are, so far, the first and only "official" D&D podcasts from WPHT -- their interviews with Phillies' manager Charlie Manuel from last Monday and this Monday.

Monday, August 9, 2010

D&D - Aug 9, 2010 - Philly's WPHT 1210am

There were a number of local (Philly) story updates in this show -- some further background came out about Stacy Strauss, the woman charged in the death of the autistic 20-year-old, more numbers from the DROP retirement scandal were revealed, pedo teacher David Devine's "summer camp" was mentioned again, and Philadelphia Daily News' Stu Bykofsky (who Jeff and Bill spoke with last week) is having a "candidate's comedy night." Other topics covered included a few other local stories (merits of the death penalty in Philly, a cop's hit-and-run admission, and new ways to fight prostitution in the City of Brotherly Love) as well as another chat with Phillies' manager Charlie Manuel, a Sarah Palin vs. Kate Gosselin update, a groom killer story from Turkey, and a scientific update on the "five second rule." Call-in segments included debates on Wikileaks, Proposition 8, airport body scanners, "Obamacare," and Arizona's SB 1080. Callers also chimed in on a couple of Deminski rants -- he told a story about a shopping cart "accident" and once again gave his opinion on bicyclists.

Here's the show:

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-09 Hour 1
http://sharebee.com/0e15506f
Filename: 2010-08-09 Hour 1.mp3 Size: 19.58 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-09 Hour 2
http://sharebee.com/c957fd4a
Filename: 2010-08-09 Hour 2.mp3 Size: 18.77 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-09 Hour 3
http://sharebee.com/1323b76a
Filename: 2010-08-09 Hour 3.mp3 Size: 19.56 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-09 Hour 4
http://sharebee.com/c8d58b2f
Filename: 2010-08-09 Hour 4.mp3 Size: 18.64 MB

Friday, August 6, 2010

D&D - Aug 6, 2010 - Philly's WPHT 1210am

Sorry folks -- had an emergency come up today and I wasn't able to edit the audio from Friday's show. I'll try to get it up by Sunday night, Monday afternoon at the latest (along with the audio from Monday's show).

UPDATE 8/9:
Friday's audio is up...sorry again for the delay...today's show will be up in a bit...


There weren't nearly as many call-in segment during this Friday show as there were earlier in the week -- maybe Jeff and Bill's "audition week" (my term, not meaning to start a rumor) includes many different types of shows? They did finally have a lengthy comedic segment today when they took calls about the best (and the worst) comedies of all times. Callers also got to chime in on a few other topics, ranging from corporal punishment in schools to Philadelphia police reform to the local (Philly) first-grade teacher / kiddie porn addict. Other topics covered included two replays of the 911 call by the Connecticut shooter, updates from BP and Social Security, some scattered gay news (Elena Kagan, Prop 8, and a banned book), a blown off interview from Adolf Hitler's dad, as well as an interview with Ronnie Polaneczky of the Philadelphia Daily News (and the subjects of her pet-medical care story). Smaller l'il bits talked about ranged from instant replay in baseball, MMA, the wife who discovered her husband's other wife on Facebook, a dead woman covered by laundry, and an animal hoarder. No end-of-the-week game though. :(

Here's the show:

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-06 Hour 1
http://sharebee.com/00d382df
Filename: 2010-08-06 Hour 1.mp3 Size: 20.05 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-06 Hour 2
http://sharebee.com/0fb80db6
Filename: 2010-08-06 Hour 2.mp3 Size: 19.23 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-06 Hour 3
http://sharebee.com/231c5cc1
Filename: 2010-08-06 Hour 3.mp3 Size: 18.71 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-06 Hour 4
http://sharebee.com/c5501e16
Filename: 2010-08-06 Hour 4.mp3 Size: 18.33 MB

Thursday, August 5, 2010

D&D - Aug 5, 2010 - Philly's WPHT 1210am

"What the hell is goin' on here?" Looks like WPHT's webstream wasn't working correctly until 7:35am -- on three different computers, the only thing that recorded from 5am - 7:35am were the commercials. :( It looks like D&D were on live in Philly -- they never mentioned anything about coming on late -- just not online. And seeing as how WPHT isn't putting up any "official" podcasts from D&D, all we're going to get is the last hour of a half of this show.

There wasn't much "there" there -- the two big topics from the last half of this show were, as expected, the overturning of California's Proposition 8 (I loved listening to Doyle go toe-to-toe...err, verse-to-verse...with the Jesus Freaks) as well as the local issue of DRPA and its upcoming idea of camera-based fines for toll roads. Kind of a dry topic for Michigan listeners. They also played the 911 call of yesterday's horrible Connecticut workplace shooting at the very end of the show. Can anyone in Philly (or NJ) clue us in on what we missed from 5am - 7:35am?

Here's the show:

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-04 Hour 3 (2nd half)
http://sharebee.com/0665d337
Filename: 2010-08-05 Hour 3 (2nd half).mp3 Size: 9.36 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-04 Hour 4
http://sharebee.com/ae20b098
Filename: 2010-08-05 Hour 4.mp3 Size: 18.06 MB

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

D&D - Aug 4, 2010 - Philly's WPHT 1210am

Jeff and Bill are really getting into this political talk and the local Philadelphia stories. They had some humorous segments during the first hour of the show including one on the "Macaca" moment of Nevada gubernatorial candidate Brian Sandoval -- they also mentioned the correlation between beer and weight loss, the "Twilight baby name" phenomenon, and a fake funeral scam -- as well as some heavier call-in topics later on about the local autistic man who died after being left in a hot car, the "Ground Zero Mosque" controversy, a nutty animal rights activist protesting at the PA Capitol, and the outrageous DROP "fake retirement" scheme in Philly (they spoke with Stu Bykofsky of the Philadelphia Daily News on this issue). Other topics covered included a triple-segment on the Connecticut workplace shooting (and the possible racism angle), a list of top stolen vehicles, and a rundown of the top wasteful spending projects of the 2009 Stimulus bill -- you gotta check out antweb.org! There was one flashback moment when they talked about an old WCSX interview with George Wendt from 2009.

Here's the show:

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-04 Hour 1
http://sharebee.com/0b0a355f
Filename: 2010-08-04 Hour 1.mp3 Size: 19.75 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-04 Hour 2
http://sharebee.com/be54ea27
Filename: 2010-08-04 Hour 2.mp3 Size: 18.8 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-04 Hour 3
http://sharebee.com/4fb620ec
Filename: 2010-08-04 Hour 3.mp3 Size: 18.21 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-04 Hour 4
http://sharebee.com/4d66c8d1
Filename: 2010-08-04 Hour 4.mp3 Size: 18.84 MB

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

D&D - Aug 3, 2010 - Philly's WPHT 1210am

There's a lot of déjà vu in this show...we had flashbacks to Jeff's handshake stiffing of Kwame at the 2006 SuperBowl party, a debate about elderly drivers, as well as revisiting a segment they had back in March on WPHT about rude toll workers. Other topics covered included light topics from the 5am hour such as Pam Anderson's campaign to help oil spill'd pets, a discussion about a Mike Tyson interview, a "not dead" rebuttal from Bill Cosby, as well as a few uninteresting (to me) local Philly stories. Time was also spent talking with callers about telling off politicians, air rage (on weeeeeed?), Philadelphia firehouse brownouts, and the death penalty. There were a few interesting interviews as well -- a couple local state representatives were interviewed about upcoming legislation regarding teen driver laws and teen sexting laws, and Cheryl James, the hospital worker in Michigan who was fired for a HIPPA violation (mentioned earlier in the week) chatted with D&D for a few minutes.

Here's the show:

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-03 Hour 1
http://sharebee.com/aa46644c
Filename: 2010-08-03 Hour 1.mp3 Size: 20.87 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-03 Hour 2
http://sharebee.com/5e830f17
Filename: 2010-08-03 Hour 2.mp3 Size: 18.93 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-03 Hour 3
http://sharebee.com/b1d0fa92
Filename: 2010-08-03 Hour 3.mp3 Size: 18.57 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-03 Hour 4
http://sharebee.com/322db7f3
Filename: 2010-08-03 Hour 4 (nuked).mp3 Size: 18.29 MB

Monday, August 2, 2010

D&D - Aug 2, 2010 - Philly's WPHT 1210am

UPDATE 8/3: Fixed Hours 3 + 4, links updated below...Hour 4 includes Charlie Manuel interview...

It's time for some LIVE (via tape delay) Deminski & Doyle! Our primary computer lost its Internet connection sometime around 7:30am for about an hour or so, so we only have about half of each of Hour 3 and Hour 4. Hopefully our backup person recorded without incident, so that should be fixed by tomorrow. They guys did a pretty good job with their first four-hour show in over a year. Notable moments included Jeff elaborating on some of his recent personal issues and Bill's comment about GLADD's top rating of "excellent" for gay-friendly TV networks -- "You'd think it would be 'fabulous.'" Doyle sounding a little tired at various points. What's up, boy, you not used to waking up before God? I thought you were an early riser!

Anyway, topics covered included call-in segments about an Oakwood Hospital (yay Michigan story) worker fired for a Facebook HIPPA violation (though I join D&D in being sympathetic for her in this case), the elimination of most required vehicle inspections in New Jersey, the resignation of the head of the Delaware River Port Authority (another local story), government intrusion in divorce cases, the latest rulings on the Arizona Immigration law, and GLADD's "victory" over CBS (call it the "Can't Be Straight" decision). Other smaller articles included something about "Pukemon" (local story, I guess), Al Gore and Chelsea Clinton updates, as well as a few audio clips, including a rant on the floor of Congress by Rep. Anthony Weiner (they didn't mention his last name, I suppose to avoid an FCC fine?), Obama vs. Hasselbeck on the View, and a funny YouTube prank. Bill is also annoyed that you can't say "homo" on Bravo (which is ironic, if you ask me).

P.S. This is (at least part of) the reason why references to another show on WPHT were removed.

Here's the show:

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-02 Hour 1
http://sharebee.com/04dccd47
Filename: 2010-08-02 Hour 1.mp3 Size: 19.56 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-02 Hour 2
http://sharebee.com/3dd14c0e
Filename: 2010-08-02 Hour 2.mp3 Size: 18.74 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-02 Hour 3 (FIXED)
http://sharebee.com/a24cdfdd
Filename: 2010-08-02 Hour 3.mp3 Size: 18.6 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2010-08-02 Hour 4 (FIXED)
http://sharebee.com/af066888
Filename: 2010-08-02 Hour 4.mp3 Size: 18.74 MB