Show Prep #7

Greetings and Salutations, people. This is Vertically Striped Radio brought to you by VerticallyStripedSocks.com. My name is Craig Dodge, and I’m coming to you live from the glamorous Vertically Striped Studios in beautiful Centennial, Colorado. I’d like to wish a Happy Independence Day to all my fellow Americans who may be checking out the show. Since it is a holiday, we are paying double time to all our employees, it’s expensive, but I want my staff to be happy. Let’s see here, nothing times 2 is….I’ll work out the math later, I guess. On this July 4th, I have a special message for all my friends who may be tuning in from across the pond in the British Empire. I’d like to say that it’s been 233 years since our little spat, so in the spirit of reconciliation and to bridge the gap of peace and understanding I offer you guys the following: (Play Clip 06 of Nelson going “Ha Ha”) God Bless America! (Offer apology to Mario Speedwagon)
I know that bets are laid every week on whether or not the “co-host” of this show will be here, to settle all those wagers, I will now go to the switchboard to see…Bruce…are you there???

Today on Vertically Striped Radio: The nominations will be revealed from The Vertically Striped Academy of Arts, Sciences, and other Neato Stuff for “The Vertically Striped Awards for Excellence in the Field of Excellence”, commonly referred to as “The Sockies.” We’ll have a special report from the Onion regarding the critical situation in restaurants across the country of Americans filling up on bread. Which season is the best, and which is the worst? Is it better to have your team go far and fail, or just stink all season long? The Raiders, tired of failing to dominate the NFL now plan to dominate the skies of Asia. Perhaps, if you’re good, we’ll play a little Demetri Martin. All of that, plus if you are bold and courageous enough to call, we’ll take your calls on all this foolishness…

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Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 –
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com

But before we get to all that goodness, let’s get to the news…

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1. Raiders Partner with AirAsia-
To serve and expand the franchise’s global fan base, the Oakland Raiders recently announced an unprecedented sponsorship of AirAsia, the largest low-fare airline in Asia.
The highlight of the sponsorship is an AirAsia A340 airliner named “Xcellence” that is adorned with Raider imagery, including the Raider shield on the tailfin and an eye patch on the nose of the plane.
“We are absolutely thrilled with our new relationship with AirAsia,” said Raiders Chief Executive Amy Trask. “It is a unique and audacious relationship between two truly global organizations. As always, we eagerly seek creative opportunities to serve and interact with our fans throughout the world and we are delighted to work with AirAsia on this creative endeavor.”
An industry leader in providing content for international fans, The Silver and Black maintains a global presence and communicates worldwide through the team’s official web properties which feature original and translated content in six different languages - Tagalog, Japanese, German, Chinese, Spanish and English.
“We are very excited to associate ourselves with a great, iconic team like the Oakland Raiders as they reflect our own endeavor for excellence,” said AirAsia Group CEO Dato Sri Tony Fernandes. “This is AirAsia’s latest effort in boosting our brand globally via our extensive route presence across Asia.

I haven’t been less inclined to want to see a plane since Tom Arnold and Snoop Dogg released Soul Plane. Several things strike me as ridiculous about this story. 1. The name of the plane is Xcellence, but it’s spelled wrong. So that seems oddly appropriate. 2. Really? You’re going to try to improve the image of your airline by adorning it with logos of the most inept franchise in football? 3. The Raiders’ web site is available in 6 languages and one of them is something called Tagalog?? Shocking to me for some reason. 4. AirAsia doesn’t travel to North America. So really, what’s the point? It would be like a team in the German Bundasliga adorning a Southwest Airlines plane, why bother?
2. Our second news story comes to us from our correspondent at the Onion Radio News Network, Doyle Redland. Let’s check this story out. (Play Clip 09)

3. ELGIN, Ill. – Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn't have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant.
Elgin Deputy Police Chief Jeff Swoboda says the 51-year-old cabbie picked up the male passenger early Thursday outside a casino. Swoboda said the driver grew suspicious when the man offered several destinations, so he surreptitiously placed the small can of deodorant between his legs.
Shortly afterward, the passenger put a knife to the driver's neck and demanded money. The cabbie sprayed the deodorant in the man's eyes, causing him to drop the knife.
Swoboda says the man punched the driver before fleeing, but didn't seriously injure him.
I can’t decide what the most shocking part of this story is. That the Taxi driver had the guts to “mace” his attacker with an aerosol deodorant can, or that a Cabbie uses deodorant?

4. MIAMI (Reuters) – A fight broke out on a Florida bus when news of Michael Jackson's death sparked debate over whether he should be remembered as a great musical talent, and one passenger was charged with assault, police said on Friday.
The bus was moving through the city of North Lauderdale on Thursday when passenger James Kiernan received a text message about Jackson's death on his cell phone, and he read it aloud on the bus, the Broward County Sheriff's Department said.
The unidentified bus driver opined that "Michael Jackson should have been in jail long ago," prompting Kiernan, 60, to retort that "the world just lost a great musical talent," the police report said.
It said the last remark enraged another passenger, Henry Wideman, who started a swearing match with Kiernan, then pulled out a knife and chased Kiernan down the aisle with it.
The driver called his dispatcher and pulled over near a convenience store to wait for sheriff's deputies, who arrested Wideman, 54. He remained in jail on Friday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
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I’m Craig, and that’s the news…
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The most important item on today’s agenda is up next. The official nominations from The Vertically Striped Academy of Arts, Sciences, and other Neato Stuff for “The Vertically Striped Awards for Excellence in the Field of Excellence”, commonly referred to as “The Sockies.”
The Sockies:
Best Holiday – The nominees are: Independence Day, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Flag Day, and New Years Eve.
Best Color – The nominees are: Orange, Brown, Green, Blue, and Purple
Sports Team of the Year – The nominees are: the Denver Nuggets, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Tampa Bay Rays, the Arizona Cardinals, and the Chicago Blackhawks
Best Picture…that Craig has actually seen this year – The nominees are: Up, The Hangover, Earth, Star Trek, and Slumdog Millionaire.
Best Website – The nominees are: lcshockey.com, dameshek.com (The Dave Dameshek Message Board), CentSports.com, Twitter.com, theedssuperdeluxewebsite.com (VerticallyStripedSocks.com recused itself, seeing as how it’s hosting the awards, it wouldn’t be fair to win it too)
Sports Idiot of the Year – The nominees are: Brett Favre, Manny Ramierez, Josh McDaniels, Marion Hossa, and Plaxico Burress
The People’s Choice Sockie - Best Dameshek Amalgamated Messageboard Network Radio Show (A poll will be put up on Dameshek.com, the winner of the poll wins the award) – The nominees are: The No Name Show with Aaron a.k.a. Bonaduce Sux, the Barnstable Broadcast with Scottie Perkins, Vertically Striped Radio with Craig and sometimes Bruce Dodge BlogTalkRadio, Elevation Radio with John Kline on BlogTalk, The LCS Hockey Show with Jerry Fairish and Mike Dell on BlogTalk, Dameshek on Demand 710ESPN.com, and The Ed Show with Ed Miller.

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Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831
I had a post up on VerticallyStripedSocks.com this week about the worst season of the year. We happen to be entering into that time in my opinion, Summer. Heat, sweat, mosquitoes, Sunburns, and there are no good sports on except for baseball. The best season to me is easily Autumn. Football starts, the leaves get beautiful, football starts, Fantasy football gets going, football starts, the weather is cooling but not cold, football starts, the World Series happens in October, did I mention that football starts? I love the fall.
(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831

Another post on the Socks this week discussed whether it is better that you team sucks all year, but your expectations never get raised, or if rather it is better to have your team raise expectations and then fail. We’re experiencing both this summer so far with the Rockies. Started out miserably, now they are hot and in playoff contention. They have remained pretty hot going 4-2 this week, although both losses came to the Dodgers.


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Twitter update:
Update my twitter stats: Gained several followers this week, and I’m almost to my goal of 50, of course, I think half of the people who added me are just trying to get business for their porn site, but I’m not picky.

Following people - 32
Followers people - 49

I still have more followers than people I’m following, but you really should start following me. Come on, I’d like to get up to 50, that’s my meager goal.
www.twitter.com/socnorb777

Follow Bruce if you want, not that he’s saying much…
www.twitter.com/bdodge60


(If we have extra time, or I need to kill 6:24 of show) – I’d like to introduce anyone unfamiliar with one of my favorite comics going right now. His name is Demitri Martin, and he cracks me up. Thought I’d give you a little taste of his act with a song he calls, “Sames and Opposites.” (Play Clip 08 – Demetri Martin - Sames and Opposites) If you enjoyed that, I highly recommend heading over to YouTube and doing a search for his show called “If I” it’s sort of a documentary, sort of a show, it’s him talking about his life and I’m not sure if you would say he has a social disorder exactly, but he’s also not quite right, but in the most interesting way possible, and I highly recommend checking it out. It’s broken up on YouTube into 6 parts, and it’s highly worth watching.


The Vertically Striped Radio Music recommendation of the week…
The Decemberists: The Crane Wife – (2006) The Decemberists are an interesting group. The lead singer Colin Meloy has a haunting, almost whiny, voice, but in a good way. This was their first album on a major label (Capitol Records), and although it has more of a major label type sound, I don’t feel like they sacrificed their sound to accomplish that. They also aren’t afraid to have massively long songs, as two of the tracks clock in at over ten minutes long, but many of the melodic and beautiful songs almost sound like they would be most at home on the deck of a ship. Their music tells good stories, and I really enjoy this album as a whole. It has the feel of an indie/folk group that is starting to grow up.

Sounds Like: Well, not much sounds exactly like the Decemberists, but if you enjoy the Shins, Iron and Wine, or Elliott Smith, you may enjoy them. I sure do.

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Wrap up…thank guests (if you have any.) Plug LCS and make mention of Jerry Fairish plugging us on the last LCS show. Since it’s the 4th of July and all, I think we’ll go out on a patriotic note.
Shalom and Good evening to you all!
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Backup Material: If needed
Revisit best superhero power to have: I have done more soul-searching and determined that mind control would probably lead to me being an evil criminal, I am now throwing my support behind the power of teleportation.


Text messaging – The whole country is turning into morons. How hard is it to spell a whole word? We may be saving time by not typing out the Y and the O when we spell you, but the end result is that our methods of communication are devolving into a retarded stew of stupid.


D.A.M.N. Network –
D.A.M.N. Network – Name everybody
1. Dave Dameshek – Message Board at www.Dameshek.com and www.710espn.com
2. The Ed – www.theedssuperdeluxewebsite.com and www.blogtalkradio.com/lcs
3. LCS Boys - Mike Dell and Jerry Fairish – www.lcshockey.com and www.blogtalkradio.com/lcs
4. Barnstable Broadcast – www.blogtalkradio.com/umassjsp
5. Elevation Radio with John Klein – www.blogtalkradio.com/lordelevation
6. Microserf – www.wrecklessconjecture.blogspot.com
7. The No Name Show - www.blogtalkradio.com/No-Name-Show