D&D - Sept 9, 2009

First there was St. Patty's Day in March. Then the Tiger's home opener in April. Even though the NYE party was earlier than both of those, it wasn't technically a full show. The Faces Not Numbers broadcast came next in May. Though today's show wasn't exactly like those -- it wasn't a remote broadcast -- it was a "Very Special Episode" of the D&D Show. Beatles Rockband, baby! It's a nice gig when you get to play a video game for three hours straight. Today's show featured multiple live clips of D&D listeners and crew members butchering the hell out of paying tribute to the Fab Four. The "Doc of Rock" Doug Podell even got in on the action, as did a special celebrity guest (see below). There were a couple real Beatles songs played and two interviews from last week were replayed -- all of these were left unaltered in the spirit of the day. There weren't a whole lot of "real" segments to podcast on the website; here the ones that were selected by the bubblehead walrus (that's a Beatles reference, not a fat crack on Jim...though he was a bubblehead) over at WCSX.com:

1. "JACK NICHOLSON" (audio) - Colonel Jessup himself stopped by the WCSX studio and amazed the guys with his own Rockband rendition of "Ticket to Ride."
2. ROCKBAND RELEASE PARTY (video) - Watch some clips from the WCSX Beatles Rockband release party last night at Blockbuster! Love and peace to the old hippie!
3. LARRY DONABEDIAN (podcast) - Larry painted the Yellow Submarine album cover on his dad's garage! How cool is that?
4. GARY GRAFF (podcast) - WCSX Classic Rock Insider checked in with all things Beatles...Rock Band and The Re-masters...
5. GILES MARTIN - ALL THINGS BEATLES (old podcast) - He's the son of Sir George Martin, and the man behind the remastering of "Beatles Love," "Beatles Rock Band" and the new remastered Beatles collection...Giles Martin joined us LIVE from Abbey Road Studios in London to talk about working with Paul, Ringo, Olivia Harrison & Yoko
6. JOSH RANDALL - CREATOR OF BEATLES ROCK BAND INTERVIEW (old podcast) - It's the most anticipated video game release of the year (possibly ever?) - we spoke with Josh Randall, Creative Director from Harmonix about "Beatles Rock Band" - imagine playing in front of Paul & Ringo? He did...AT ABBEY ROAD! Great interview...very cool guy

Here's the show:

Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-09 Hour 1
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Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-09 Hour 2
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Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-09 Hour 3
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Filename: 2009-09-09 Hour 3.mp3 Size: 23.42 MB

Two new sponsors to list today:

Floribunda Florist (WCSX Workforce Business of the Day)
Sargent Appliance

D&D - Sept 8, 2009

Here's the audio from yesterday's "Best Of" show...it appears the entire crew had the day off, as there was no one on-air between songs and D&D segments. Music and commercials have been pulled out. The D&D clips replayed were all interviews -- Davis Guggenheim, creator of the "It Might Get Loud" documentary, Daniel Tosh from Comedy Central's Tosh.O, the (in)famous duo Cheech & Chong, all-star quarterback Warren Moon, and actors Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Lost) and B.J. Novak (The Office / Inglorious Basterds).

Here's the show:

Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-07 - Best Of (full show)
http://sharebee.com/06889511
Filename: 2009-09-07 - Best Of.mp3 Size: 27.36 MB

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It was time for D&D to get back in the saddle this morning. They had a very full show with a lot of topics, some new and some revisited. Besides the rehashed "Cashiers and Their Comments" podcast below, Lee Thomas from FOX 2 was interviewed again, Jay the Cable Guy called in with another update on his Man vs. Food episode, and Obama's "socialist brainwashing" speech was addressed. The Beatles Rockband game spawned a discussion about midnight release parties -- don't forget about the Open House at WCSX tomorrow (and note, as with last week, Beatles songs played during D&D were left unedited). Other segments included Tila Tequila's beatdown (she is, contrary to popular my belief, not a transvestite), a local story about a dismembered body found in a freezer, a marriage proposal gone very awry, a couple Facebook stories, a suicidal Chilean nerd, a Jerry Lewis flipout clip, a Detroit News article telling football fans to eat healthy (HA!), and an application by Rudy for an Internet addiction rehab center. Podcast-worthy topics were, as selected by the colonic spelunkers over at WCSX.com:

1. WCSX BEATLES GIVEAWAYS! (link) - WCSX is celebrating The Beatles and their World Premiere of "The Beatles: Rock Band" with Beatle Breaks, interviews, box sets and digitally remastered CD giveaways!
2. IS IT REALLY AN ADDICTION? (podcast) - Internet addiction: Is it real? Is it something you should spend thousands of dollars getting help for? What about Cherry Passion Tic Tacs?
3. CASHIERS AND THEIR COMMENTS (podcast) - Nicole Salem has a friend that had to make a bit of an embarassing purchase. To make matters worse...the cashier found the need to comment on it.
4. CONCERT REVIEWS (podcast) - Labor Day Weekend was packed with events and concerts. Jeff, Jim and Rudy went to see ZZTop, got a limo, and boozed it up like rockstars. Nicole Salem got to introduce Joan Jett on stage at Arts Beats and Eats.
5. IS THIS RACIST? (podcast) - A woman wrote in to an advice column because when her friends found out that she would prefer not to date a black man (she's white), they were all stunned. Do you think not wanting to date someone or a particular race is being racist?

Here's the show:

Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-08 Hour 1
http://sharebee.com/48b98e72
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Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-08 Hour 2
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Filename: 2009-09-08 Hour 2.mp3 Size: 19.62 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-08 Hour 3
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Filename: 2009-09-08 Hour 3.mp3 Size: 21.41 MB

Just one additional (free) advertiser today:

Empire Fence (WCSX Workforce Business of the Day)

D&D - Sept 7, 2009

D&D were in Best Of this morning -- and I just got back home after being out all day. I'll get a recording of the Best Of up tomorrow morning along with the normal Tuesday show -- pretty sure they're back on tomorrow. They will definitely be live on Wednesday for the Beatles Rockband open house (still not sure if the Super Bonus Points Breakfast will be supplied as previously promised ;-)...

UPDATE 9/8/09: Just heard on today's show that there will be food...

COME IN STUDIO AND PLAY BEATLES ROCK BAND (info) - We'll have the new "Beatles Rock Band" in our studios Wednesday morning - and we’d love for YOU to come by and play it during our show from 6-9am! click here for directions. BIG THANKS to Sargent Appliances - they're supplying a 46" LG TV for the studio on Wednesday morning.

D&D - Sept 4, 2009

There's an "open house" of sorts planned at the WCSX studios next Wednesday to coincide with the release of the new Beatles Rock Band game. No word on whether breakfast will be served. Other D&D "meta" topics from this morning were a rare mini-reoccurrence of the Friday Game, a story from a female friend of Deminski's about a parking lot altercation, and replays of a couple archived interview clips -- Jeff Daniels (during the phobia segment - #5 below) and Ernie Harwell (after mentioning his cancer diagnosis). Some other points of conversation from today's show (all from the less-than-organized final hour of the week) included a story about a local bar and unpaid back taxes, an anti-health care reform nut (whose "digital reconstruction" surgery was covered by that darn socialist program Medicare) refusing to take accountability for starting a fight, a look into the mind of male vs. female adulterers, a U of M study about obese mice, and a sad story about how the US Heath and Human Services department had to use a YouTube contest to get people to take common sense flu precautions. The plethora of podcast-worthy segments included, as selected by the Venganza FSM cultists over at WCSX.com:

1. OREGON VS BOISE ST. SUCKER PUNCH! (video) - Ahhhh...Fall is in the air...the leaves are changing...it's getting dark earlier...and of course football! Nothing like a good old fashioned sucker punch to kick off the season!
2. AIRPORT SECURITY (podcast) - A listener sent an interesting email...He was passing through airport security and had his leatherman tool confiscated...But on another flight made it through with a pocket knife?
3. HARRY SHEARER (podcast) - Harry Shearer talked to D&D this morning...You know Harry from Spinal Tap, and other Christopher Guest movies [and the Huffington Post]...He is also the voice of Smithers, Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, and Principal Skinner from the Simpsons!
4. THINGS THAT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL (podcast) - There are many things that should be illegal...Blowing your nose at a the table of a restaurant? Kids in baggy pants show their underwear? What would you make illegal?
5. RUDY'S FEAR OF SPIDERS (podcast) - Rudy is scared to death of spiders...A study now shows that little girls are born scared of spiders...Coincidence? What are your fears?
6. GILES MARTIN - ALL THINGS BEATLES (podcast) - He's the son of Sir George Martin, and the man behind the remastering of "Beatles Love," "Beatles Rock Band" and the new remastered Beatles collection...Giles Martin joined us LIVE from Abbey Road Studios in London to talk about working with Paul, Ringo, Olivia Harrison & Yoko.
7. ROD ALLEN (podcast) - FSD's Rod Allen checked in this morning with his weekly Tiger Report...Will they hang on and win the division? How about Gerald Laird gunning down would be base stealers!

Here's the show:

Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-04 Hour 1
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Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-04 Hour 2
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Filename: 2009-09-04 Hour 2.mp3 Size: 28 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-04 Hour 3
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Filename: 2009-09-04 Hour 3.mp3 Size: 20.84 MB

Two new advertisers to list:

b.bouncin Party Rentals (WCSX Workforce Business of the Day)
Michigan Renaissance Festival

P.S. No music was edited out today -- the two new remastered Beatles songs were left alone because they rock and the Spinal Tap song was not modified because it is funny as hell.

D&D - Sept 3, 2009

D&D continued the positive trends of increased listener interaction and decreased music today, but also gave another treat to those of us who listen to the show live -- less commercials. Commercial breaks usually range from 5-6 minutes, but today the longest break was 4 1/2 minutes and the majority of them were between 2-3 minutes. Good news for the listeners (more show, less ads), but perhaps this is bad news for the show? Did "Bikegate" lead to a Glenn Beck-style advertiser backlash? It'll be interesting to see if this trend continues. As for the call-in segments, there were five more today; in addition to the three listed below, D&D surveyed listener opinion on the asshat who slapped a kid at a Wal-Mart (again, like "Bikegate," we've all wanted to, but we know better), and there was another round of Play the Numbers. Celebrities were also a hot topic today; the Governator, Miss "Firecrotch," and Whitney "My Voice Is On Crack" Houston all were mentioned, and musician Billy Squirer was interviewed. Other topics included a story about a wood chipper accident (think Fargo), a WCSX Dream Machine update, and a short reference to "Placebo buttons." Podcast-worthy topics were, as discovered by the zombie archaeologists at WCSX.com:

1. JOYCE DEWITT MUGSHOT - SEXXXYYYY (pic) - Joyce DeWitt (Three's Company) got busted for drunk driving...lovely mugshot, eh?
2. BEATLES ROCK BAND - THE MAN WHO CREATED IT (podcast) - D&D talked to Josh Randall - the director behind of the game Beatles Rock Band! He even got to PLAY the game for Paul McCartney!! Imagine playing Beatles music in front of Ringo & Paul...no pressure there huh? To watch an ad for the game - click here!
3. MAN WANTS TO NURSE BABIES (podcast) - Breastfeeding is just for women...or is it?? How do you feel about a MAN wanting to breastfeed a baby? [Click here to read the Swedish article mentioned on the show.]
4. THE "GO-GIRL" (podcast) - There is a new product that allows WOMEN to...ahem...pee while standing. Good idea? Or gross? Would you use it? [The Free Press actually wrote about this thing -- I agree with the commenter who said, "A woman standing up to pee, pissing in a silicone cup and then putting it back in her purse just doesn't seem too attractive to me."]
5. TV CRUSHES (podcast) - Who was your TV crush when you were younger? How do they look now? Joyce Dewitt...not looking so hot anymore. [D&D also took some calls about the "cougar" phenomenon.]

Here's the show:

Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-03 Hour 1
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Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-03 Hour 2
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Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-03 Hour 3
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Filename: 2009-09-03 Hour 3.mp3 Size: 23.62 MB

Just one additional (free) advertiser today:

Metro Sports of Michigan (WCSX Workforce Business of the Day)

D&D - Sept 2, 2009

D&D continue with their expansion of the best part of the show -- the call-in segments. Three of the five from today made it onto WCSX.com as official podcasts. Of the two that didn't, one is related to link #1 below (the guys took calls from folks who had stories about Michigan-based urban legends) and the other was suggestions for a list of the hottest women in music. Jeff followed up his karaoke debut (listen to the opening of the show) with a diet and nutrition quiz that he and Jim "Susan Boyle" O'Brien took -- this after they realized that the two of them weighed more than the other four D&D crewmembers combined! Other topics from today included some local stories (a Daily Show-style report on Rep. Gary Peters' townhall, a blurb about another ballsy, lawsuit-happy criminal, and a report on a kleptomaniacal mailman), an update on the California kidnapper (for the third day in a row), an Oddball story about a hungry police dog, and segment on Sony's new 3D-TV. Web-worthy topics were, as picked by the rabid groundhogs at WCSX.com:

1. YETI SIGHTED IN POLAND - VIDEO PROOF! (link & video) - Have you seen a Yeti recently? somebody claims they've seen one in Poland...click here to look at the picture and read the story AND BELIEVE!
2. JASON CARR BREAKS A MIRROR (podcast) - Jason Carr broke a mirror last night at home...Today he is completely freaked out about having 7 years bad luck...So we put 7 black cats in his car, and he has to walk under a ladder to get to it!
3. MARRIED MEN MORE ATTRACTIVE TO SINGLE WOMEN? (podcast) - Is it true a wedding ring is a chick magnet? Are married men more attractive to single women?
4. TOM RIDGE (podcast) - Tom Ridge is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives (1983–1995), Governor of Pennsylvania (1995–2001), Assistant to the President for Homeland Security (2001–2003), and the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security. Tom has a book out called The Test Of Our Times...
5. RUDY AND THE JET SKI (CONT'D) (podcast) - 2 weeks after Rudy moved into his new house his friend decided to store a beat up jet ski in Rudy's garage...There was a 2 week time limit...Starting July 21st...It's now been over a month and the jet ski is still there...So we decided to see if we could help Rudy get rid of the jet ski by holding an auction involving the listeners...

Here's the show (zSHARE used until Sharebee comes back up):

Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-02 Hour 1
http://sharebee.com/11725900 (old ZS link)
Filename: 2009-09-02 Hour 1.mp3 Size: 21.32 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-02 Hour 2
http://sharebee.com/1c055d43 (old ZS link)
Filename: 2009-09-02 Hour 2.mp3 Size: 19.82 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-02 Hour 3
http://sharebee.com/e5913f1e (old ZS link)
Filename: 2009-09-02 Hour 3.mp3 Size: 21.16 MB

Two new sponsors to add to the queue:

Norm's Plumbing (WCSX Workforce Business of the Day)
Hammermill Copy Plus Paper at Staples

D&D - Sept 1, 2009

As Jason Carr put it, "You guys [were] in rare form this morning." Doyle was his normal cantankerous self, yelling at everyone, threatening Rudy, and making fun of Deminski's "shady lady" drink while Jeff was laughing his ass (and arms) off at Dave Coulier and his creepy Craigslist missed connections. For his part, Rudy didn't seem too offended that everyone forgot his birthday yesterday; he was pretty enthusiastically argumentative with callers today. Nicole also got in on the fun by offering up to be acupuncture'd (Jim declined due to fear of popping). I wonder how soon it'll be until we see acupuncture-fetish posts on Craigslist? Other topics covered included a clips from an interview with the psycho California kidnapper, an interview with Mike Goldberg, co-host of "Shaq Vs," a discussion about a study on the butterface girlfriend phenomenon and men's vs. women's attractiveness standards, and a quick update on the California wildfires (2009 edition). Website-worthy topics were, as selected by the Mensa Monkeys (wonder why it's not spelled "monkies?") at WCSX.com:

1. TEEN CRIES BLOOD (CNN video) - Calvino Inman is a 15-year-old who has baffled doctors by crying blood. Holy Stigmata Batman! Click here for the video!
2. A CAR THAT PREVENTS DRUNK DRIVING (podcast) - Toyota is developing a car that won't let you drive it if you’re drunk. Good idea? Or really bad idea?
3. DAVE COULIER (podcast) - Dave Coulier stopped by the station to talk about bras for a cause - which he'll be hosting Saturday September 12th from 6pm-10pm at The Royal Oak Music Theatre! For more info click here!
4. MULLETS! (podcast) - Hey look! Another bet that Rudy is sure to lose! D&D ask the listeners - do people still have mullets? When and where do you see them?
5. ROCK DEATHS (podcast) - Famous rock stars, and how they died. You know the rock stars and their music - but how well do you know what killed them? [Love it when Rudy argues with callers!]
6. JOE SCHAD - TALKING U OF M FOOTBALL (podcast) - ESPN's Football Insider Joe Schad joined D&D Tuesday morning to talk about Rich Rod's press conference...and where everything stands in the investigation - very interesting conversation

Here's the show:

Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-01 Hour 1
http://sharebee.com/bbdc5a4b
Filename: 2009-09-01 Hour 1.mp3 Size: 20.79 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-01 Hour 2
http://sharebee.com/54d20289
Filename: 2009-09-01 Hour 2.mp3 Size: 23.44 MB

Deminski & Doyle - 2009-09-01 Hour 3
http://sharebee.com/9b2d10dd
Filename: 2009-09-01 Hour 3.mp3 Size: 20.23 MB

Two WFBotD winners to list; today's and one I somehow missed from 8/5:

Sea The World Scuba Center (WCSX Workforce Business of the Day)
Dana Energy Savers (WFBotD winner from Aug 5)

P.S. Still going with the WFBotD ads only; if anyone is interested, here is a list of all the winners so far.