Show Prep #23

Greetings and Salutations, people. It’s the radio show with a strict no ketchup on hot dogs policy, This is Vertically Striped Radio. I am your host Craig Dodge, the hardest working man on BlogTalk…talk about damning with faint praise. What a weekend we have going, here. NFL Football, NBA basketball, the World Series, NHL Hockey, college football, Favre returns to Green Bay, the Broncos in Baltimore, possibly the worst matchup in NFL history with the Rams paying a visit to Detroit to play the Lions. I’m telling you this weekend has got it all. Thanks for squeezing in the big show between all of this good stuff going down, or if you’re podcasting us and it’s Tuesday, hopefully you enjoyed your weekend.

Joining us from the self-appointed center of the known universe, a.k.a. New York City. A man who loves him some Broadway plays like TO loves him some him, our co-host and man about town, Mr. MJ Amory. How are you sir?

Two questions that our audience is dying to know. What play did you attend? And what row are your seats for the Broncos/Eagles game?

I’ve got some big news, Dave Dameshek is going to be joining us next week just ahead of the Steelers/Broncos Monday night matchup. We’ll discuss the game of course, plus I’m hoping to get his take on the AFL throwback uniforms being worn this season, and we may even talk a little puck or even hoops…We may not be on at our regular time, as we may need to schedule around Dave’s busy calendar, so check your local listings, but Dave has agreed to come on and I’m very much looking forward to having Dave on the show.

Today on Vertically Striped Radio, It’s Halloween, I gotta know if it’s okay for an adult to wear a costume. We’ll take the pulse of the room here on VSR. We’ll take a look at the World Series and try to place a voodoo curse on the Yankees, although I am not a licensed VooDoo practitioner, I’m only a novice so your results may vary, We’ll talk up the world of sports as it stands right now. Plus, I think my MP3 player may be gay, I’ll explain. Naturally, as is Vertically Striped Radio’s custom we’ll have the News and another music recommendation, and whatever else we feel like chatting up on the program today, and if you feel like calling in to defend the indefendable position that it is okay to put ketchup on your hot dog, I welcome your calls though I profoundly disagree with you. I’d love to get your calls regardless of your position on ketchup, The number to dial in to the show is…


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Let’s get to the news…
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SOFIA, BELGUIM (Reuters) – Bulgarian prosecutors are investigating a new gambling game in which drivers defy death by speeding through red lights for bets of up to 5,000 euros ($7,400), the chief prosecutor's office said Thursday.
Known as 'Russian road roulette', the driver must jump red lights at busy intersections at high speed and not crash into any other cars or pedestrians, according to local media reports. Onlookers also gamble on the result.
Prosecutors launched their investigation after media reported the new game had been held at night at busy crossroads in Sofia since the summer.
In June, two people died after a motorcyclist crashed into an onlooker at a similar rally on Sofia's ring road.
"Every time we receive a signal for such an unregulated race, we send patrols," Commissioner Vanio Stoevski, head of the Sofia Road Police, told Reuters. Since the deaths in June, police have monitored roads where such races are typically held.
Local media report that participants in the 'Russian road roulette' are informed via text messages of the venue for that particular night -- depending on the presence of police.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Police said a man who smashed a window at a car dealership claimed he was following a higher calling. Police said a 36-year-old man was collared by a security guard at Freedom Dodge before he could get inside the showroom. WLEX-TV reported the man told the guard that God wanted him to steal a Dodge Charger.
When police arrived, the suspect initially told them his name was "Seven."
The man faces charges including criminal mischief.

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – It's one thing for shoplifters to hide plunder in their pants. But a live ferret? Police said a homeless man in north Florida did just that. And he made it out the door before being challenged. Rodney Bolton, 38, was charged with theft over the $129 animal that police say he took from a pet store in Jacksonville Beach.
A 17-year-old witness confronted Bolton in the parking lot and was bitten by the animal after the man allegedly shoved it in the teen's face.
That confrontation makes the ferret a "special weapon" under Florida law. So Bolton also faces battery charges for dangerously wielding the animal.




CARROLL, Iowa – Police had no trouble identifying two men accused of trying to break into a Carroll apartment. Police were responding to a call about an attempted burglary when they pulled over a car matching the alleged suspects' vehicle. Inside the car, officers found two men with their faces blackened with permanent marker. Police said the caller described two men with painted faces attempting to break into an apartment Friday night before driving off.
Matthew McNelly, 23, and Joey Miller, 20, were arrested at gunpoint after officers were told they might be armed. Neither man had a weapon. McNelly and Miller were each charged with attempted second-degree burglary. Both men were released after posting bond.
Attorneys for the men declined comment Tuesday.



I’m Craig, and that’s the news…(Play News Music – Clip 03)

(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)

Topics:

-Carmelo Anthony looks like a beast, and the NBA refs look like…NBA refs. I was watching the Nuggets/Blazers game Thursday night, and they were foul crazy. I’d like it if they’d just let the players decide the game by playing the game instead of turning it into a free throw shooting contest.

-Larry Johnson – Gay slurs, bad football, and beating up women. I’m no Dave Dameshek, but I know when a guy needs this… (play Blaster clip)

-Brett Favre – Returns to Green Bay. What else can we say about it?

-Returning to the cereal well, Have you seen Breakfast Blitz cereal in your town? A quick Google search reveals boxes from the Redskins, Eagles, Packers and Cardinals plus I bought a box of them here in Denver with the Broncos mascot Miles prominently displayed. So I want to know, has anyone else seen the Breakfast Blitz in their team’s colors? If so, can you send me a photo of a box?

-Attack of the Sit Down guy at the Patriots game a few weeks ago.

-On the train, the blind guys who say see you later.

-*NSYNC song stuck on the Zune – My Zune may be gay.

-Women and sports is this a good combination? My wife is tolerates sports, but she isn’t a real big fan. She picks up bits and pieces but gets it wrong a lot. Things like when Dave Dameshek was asking people to see how many football players their wives could name and she said Troy Aiken or last night at dinner she wondered who used to play for the Garden State Warriors.

-Ketchup and Hot Dogs? Bleech.

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The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Ben Folds Five “Whatever and Ever Amen” (1997)

The entire album was recorded in a house Ben Folds rented in Chapel Hill. Due to this fact, the album has several lo-fi occurrences. A phone ring can be heard at approximately 2:54 in "Steven's Last Night in Town"; Ben Folds has said the ring was a friend calling from Minnesota, but it came at such a perfect timing, the band decided to leave it in the song. Robert can be heard laughing slightly after it rings as well.

Ben Folds Five was an alternative rock trio formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The group comprised Ben Folds on vocals, piano, and principal songwriting; Robert Sledge played bass and provided backing vocals; and Darren Jessee played drums, sang backing vocals and co-wrote some of the songs. The band is best known for the hit single "Brick" from their 1997 album Whatever and Ever Amen, which gained airplay on many mainstream radio stations. Ben Folds Five disbanded in October 2000, apparently under amicable circumstances. They were, in fact, a trio in spite of their name, and the primary motivation behind the name, apart from just to be funny and ironic, was simple preference, according to Ben: "I think it sounds better than Ben Folds Three". Folds once described their music as "punk rock for sissies", a reaction to the angst prevalent in 90s rock. One thing that people constantly mention when discussing Ben Fold Five is that they didn’t use a traditional guitar. It was Piano, Bass, and Drums, which is a little weird, but it totally works.
Whatever and Ever Amen hits pretty much every rung of the emotional ladder. There are poignant songs like Brick (Their most famous song) and Evaporated, and Missing the War, then there are fun and peppy songs like Kate, Song for the Dumped, One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces, and the song I’m going to go out with today, Steven’s Last night in town.