Here is the thing about that, I have no voice…really…0 voice.
I tried, but…I couldn’t talk, and I guess it’s not such a great thing to have a DJ who can’t talk…
The good news is no matter what there will be a new show tomorrow, like always (Dave, Boomer, Champaign, Matt D., Myself…someone will host the darn thing).
So…without great tunes today I’m going to give you something to bump to…a song that is stuck firmly in my head, ENJOY!
*Fun update, Counting Crows have a “new” album out (That I’m pretty sure has sold like 5 copies) and I think Vanessa Carlton is still signed to The “Don’t Call me Murder” INC. It’s like they just keep signing people who are 10 times tougher than Ja Rule…poor guy.
We came to a realization tonight during the show, Boomer, Dave and I are all dudes.
Yep.
We are a fairly bright group here at the station and I think this is just another one of those examples. It came about when Boomer was telling a little story about trying his best, as a youngster, to try and talk to some girl he worked with whom he thought was going to be the first Ex Miss K.O. “Boomer” Boomstein.
Long story short:
She was restocking the salt shakers and Boomer said, “Iodized Salt Eh?” and she said “Yeah.” He then said, “Whulp…See you later”. And walked off, thus leaving his best shot on the table which she clearly took a pass on.
It’s with that story in mind we began to wonder…What do chicks think of this sort of stuff? Because we happen to think that they probably have some fairly entertaining stories about guys with really, really bad pick up lines. I’m not talking stupid pick up lines like, “Fat Penguin. What? Oh I just thought I would say something that would break the ice.” I’m talking like really bad, failures, like, “Iodized salt Eh?” Here is why we are wondering what chicks think about all this, we are guys, if the girl was hot and said, “Iodized salt eh?”, I would respond with something like, “Ohhhhh, yeah I love salt…wanna make out?”
So…yeah…on with the contest!
Here is what we want:
Ladies! Submit your best “funny” pick up line story to us here at WestSideWill Radio! If we read your funny story and reaction on the air we will give you a COOL PRIZE! What’s this cool prize you ask?
An autographed picture of Boomer, Dave, and The Nooge! Well…you don’t really have to accept this prize, but if you want one you can have one. I’m not sure I’d want one, but whatever floats your boat.
I will also post all of the great stories in this blog (which gets over 2000 hits a day! Neat.) with your name or whatever other info you want in it (like your myspace/facebook/website/whatever you want to link to). Or if you want to make in anonymous you can do that as well.
Here are the different ways you can submit your funny pick up line failures:
1) Email your story to The Nooge ( TheNooge@WestSideWill.com )
2) Message your story to The Nooge on MySpace (www.myspace.com/boomerthenooge)
3) Message your story to Dave The Intern (www.myspace.com/davetheintern007)
Your story can be as long OR as short as you’d like it to be.
And…
Well nothing. That’s it. It’s not a real complicated thing, we just want to hear what goes through the mind of the ladies when guys drop awesome lines on them like, “Iodized salt eh?”
Any questions or anything get at one of us using the above methods!
Have a great Friday, I’m sick and going to pass out!
Well I decided to do it today, for the first time in awhile…I swear!
I’ve been trying to quit for awhile now…but today, I broke down and there is some good news!
I used to google “The Nooge” and have my myspace page come up 2nd or 3rd, well good news people, I’m #1 now! Yeah #1 used to be an obituary, so that’s good that I passed him…I guess.
Other fun search results:
#5 Urban Dictonary Defines “The Nooge”, there are actually 5 results here are a selection of those results:
1. Nooge
a person that has set themself apart with ridiculously shady behavior.
a geek.
Mark Wright couldn’t be more of a nooge if he tried.
And then…a bunch of images that aren’t me, like Alicia Sacramone (who…is hot…and I’m glad we are googled together), a Dog, Josh Beckett, and some weird old lady with a gun.
Here is what I learned today, Google isn’t as “smart” as it thinks it is, although I also learned I’m the coolest Nooge in the world.
I suggest everyone google’s themselves, see what happens, and let me know.
Normally we like to reivew one music video a week, but this week we are going to do something different.
I’d like to point everyone in the direction of our message board/forum and a section of it that is just for music videos. We have recently had some great music videos posted by Mr. Tac aka Chocolate, Instruments of Love, Broad and others!
Did anyone ever doubt that? I think at one point it seemed like it would be fairly close, but in the end it didn’t really finish that way.
I think one of the really neat things to take away from this election was how good John McCain’s concession speech was. I think that just confirms that both of these candidates would have done a fine job and were fine men.
I don’t think people who say McCain is the devil or any of that crap are anywhere near being correct, that said I don’t think anyone who thinks Obama will do a poor job are right either.
We lucked out, we finally had a year where we had 2 great candidates…and that’s all you can really ask for!
So I went to vote at like 1:20 today, not too crowded, it never is. Anywhooo here is something interesting we MAY or MAY NOT hear about in the coming hours, but it’s good to know what it is:
- The Bradley Effect
The Bradley effect, less commonly called the Wilder effect,[1][2] is a theory proposed to explain observed discrepancies between voter opinion polls and election outcomes in some US government elections where a white candidate and a non-white candidate run against each other.[3][4][5] The theory proposes that some voters tend to tell pollsters that they are undecided or likely to vote for a black candidate, and yet, on election day, vote for his white opponent. It was named after Tom Bradley, an African-American who lost the 1982 California governor’s race despite being ahead in voter polls going into the elections.[6]
What does this mean? It just means that the polls predicting a HUGE win for Obama may be wrong. White voters tend to “fib” a bit about who they are voting for, after all they may be seen as racist! Or…in my opinion they may just be seen as idiots for lying in an OPINION POLL! Apparently this effect does exist to some extent, so it’s going to be interesting to watch.
It’s roughly 10:50 am on election day here in Illinois and I think I’m going to head out to vote at like 1 or 2…honestly though in Illinois my vote for president doesn’t really matter of OB doesn’t win his “home” state that is traditionally democratic something is seriously weird with this election. That’s why I said I’m going to write in Alicia Sacramone…
Anywhooo…here are some updates you all can check out:
-Karl Rove (GOP aka Republican political adviser to Bush for his 2 election wins) predicts Obama by a LANDSLIDE. Source: CNN
One of the things I enjoy most about watching TV during the pre-election day craziness is hearing how crazy some people really are. It’s funny what the elections bring out of people, it’s like the Devil is running against Mother Teresa (and depending on who you support the roles are given out).
People are nuts, and based on that thought I don’t think anyone should be allowed to vote who says something that dumb. It’s an election for the president of the United States, these guys aren’t running for GOD. While they have a lot of power they also have a lot of checks in place to make sure they don’t do anything goofy. I know someone is going to say, “Well what about Bushy and his war in Iraq?” Congress voted to give him the green light and the paper to have that little war. Or “What about the deregulation of mortgage companies?” Again, congress had a HUGE hand in that.
The point here is that when you vote tomorrow, you aren’t just voting for the president, you are voting for a whole slew of people who will probably have more impact on your day to day life than the president. So brush up on your stuff people!
And get ready to watch some AWESOME TV tomorrow! I love how crazy the Pundits and Extreme Right and Left get! It’s the best TV you can watch that comes around 1 time every 4 years (Except the Olympics this year because I think Alicia Sacramone is hot).
Without further ado, here is The Nooge endorses for President:
My write-in Vote for President. Did you see her knock that one nerd out? She’s tough on the issue I care about, knocking nerdy fake frat guys out!
Wait…she’s only 20? Pshhhhhhh who cares, I live in Illinois if the Deomcratic candidate doesn’t win this state then something is seriously wrong with our make up fake votes system!
Some people would take the time to do REAL research and figure what what Halloween really is, but that’s not how we roll at WestSideWill Radio.
No sir. Here we do all sorts of wacky stuff that we shouldn’t that some how, some way, seems to workout for us in the end. So, with that in mind, I present to you, “Why Halloween Is Useful” an Essay by The Nooge
What is Halloween? That’s a simple question to answer, it’s a crazy holiday where you dress up like something, to get candy. But that isn’t REALLY what Halloween is, Halloween is the time of year when the world just seems to work better…safety really does come first.
I just want to say that perhaps it should be OK all year round, I mean, if you get sick, what there are 20 to 30 nurses within a square block?
Bet you 100 bucks if nurses dressed like that we’d ALL be fighting for free health care…
Some people may say Halloween is a “DANGEROUS” time of year…dude are you kidding there are TONS of cops around!
Ohhhh, what about all the parties, I mean things get really out of hand. And who is going to control rowdy bars or put out fires? The fire martial:
Ummmmm…I totally lost my train of thought here, I don’t even know where I was going but…
What if we needed magic…what would we do then. Bam - Chick wizards all over the damn place!
Ohhhh, I see, we need someone to eat or drink some crazy colored foods or liquids and chase a rabbit…we are in trouble right?!?! Paris saves us…AGAIN
Look…I can go on, and on, and on, and on about this stuff, but all I’m really trying to say is that Halloween should be every day!
I kid! Halloween is fun times! Get out there and have fun you crazzzzzzzzzzzyyyyyyyyyy kids!
That’s right folks, it’s Sunday evening and it’s time for our Music Video review.
I drew first dibs on it and was given, “Medicaid - a tribute to our healthcare system” by Christina Forrester. In the email, where we asked for a description of the video, we were sent this:
The video is for my song, “Medicaid” and is a sarcastic “tribute” to our healthcare system. The video is funny, silly and illustrative of the song, but also tells a true story - and a seriously sad story for many Americans. So it brings about a big point in a ridiculous and sarcastic way. Keep in mind the video was done on a Kodak Digital Camera with homemade props and NO budget or professional equipment. I created the idea, scripting and props myself and did all the editing in Windows Movie Maker and Nero.
Let me say this, for those of you that already know me you can skip this, I’m not really one for people who try to use music to point out a problem that we all already know. I think we all know the health care system is crap in the United States and it needs a change, but what is a song going to do about it? O.K. with that said I happen to also applaud creativity, and I also applaud effort. And with all of that being said she was making the song to be a wise ass…Being a wise ass my self I kind of dig it.
Here is the video, then we’ll review it:
Ok…so did you watch it? Good. Now let’s do a super happy fun time review of it! The first thing I noticed is that Christina probably doesn’t listen to our show…If she did she’d probably know that Boomer and I are not HUGE fans of musicians, or anyone, trying to put their political views on anyone else. We think it’s a choice, that shouldn’t be influenced by anyone but the candidates. Voting for a president isn’t about being cool, it’s about picking who you agree with most, and if a music video is what you use as one of your reference guides…you shouldn’t vote. (Just a side note here, I don’t care who you vote for, or if you vote. I only would want you to vote only if you are SURE of who you’d like to vote for. If you don’t have any idea…don’t vote…Puffy is wrong you won’t die.) But again, the wiseassism (Not a word, don’t use it on your ACT/SAT) comes through, and I can feel it homie!
That said we can review the video.
I actually kind of liked it! Which I bet you all didn’t see coming. I’m ignoring the message and treating it like a music video! Weird right?
It’s a very cool indie video, you can tell she did all of the work on her own and really seemed to take pride in it. The music video had a story line, it had a point, and wasn’t just a bunch of dancing around with groupies (although if anyone is going to film a video and they need a popular radio DJ to hang out with chicks all around him give me a call!!!) The video starts off with what appears to be some sort of power walk/jog, heck no one can run fast and have a good dialogue asthma or not, I’m lucky if I can run and breathe at the same time. The main character, Christina, talks about having asthma issues and tells about how expensive it is to treat her condition. I can relate to this…I have had my share of medical issues. Well that’s basically the story for the whole video, health care is expensive!!!!
Alright, what about the quality? Well like I said you can tell she did all of this on her own, and it was a pretty good job. I think we all know how hard it is to do videos on your own and make them not suck. In fact if you have seen any of the Date the Intern videos you would know that we aren’t sure how to make a good video that we do on our own. The thing I like about this video is that it doesn’t have any fancy graphics (If you ignore all the Vote Democrat stuff) or lenses and Christina uses what she has around her house. That’s kind of exactly what this video review is about, seeing what people can do with what they have. (I’m not saying it’s wrong to have a high budget, awesome, babes all over music video. But THIS song doesn’t need that.)
What about the song? I mean you can’t have a video with a terrible song, and Christina doesn’t. It’s a solid song, and she is able to stay on point (I may not like songs with political messages, but if you have one you better damn well stay on topic, and she does). The song is perfect for the video, when you watch the video it just sort of feels right. When Christina is outside performing in the “Performance shots” in front of a house, at night, with just a spot light, that feels right. It wouldn’t make sense if she had shots with 1,000’s of fans all bumping to this track, it’s an intimate track with an intimate message, it’s not a party song (But it is a smart alec kinda track, and it plays around with that in the vid).
That’s an important thing to point out; Christina knew what sort of track she had and made a video to it. When you don’t link those two things up you see music videos that just don’t fit the song - Nickleback, I’m looking in your direction.
Did Christina break down any walls and make the greatest music video of all time? Nope, but I’m pretty sure that isn’t what she was going for. She made a music video that fit and she made it with the equipment she had.
When I first was told about the video I had to review I wasn’t thrilled with the message, but that isn’t what I’m reviewing, the song and video combo kind of won me over. The video is good, the quality is good for what she had to work with, and she did it on her own. I love all of those things about the video but with all of that said the video isn’t GREAT. It’s just pretty darn good, I can watch it and not shudder and I understand what is going on…that’s saying something compared to all of the videos that are out there today.
Final Score
***
3 Stars out of 5
(It’s Good)
If you are unsigned and want your music video to be reviewed hit up our media guy Doug D!!!!
