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Dr. Faustus posted:I agree that the show is really lacking these days (when it's even on) but I can tell it's still relevant. I hope you're kidding, because none of that really justifies the poo poo the show has become. All of those things could happen without the show. There is nothing inherently Stern about any of those. David Arquette could have called up a number of tabloids and went off. He could have posted a diatribe on YouTube, or gone on a streaming video site and did his thing. Stern was just an outlet like any other. Having various things like 'husband of celebrity that had a few roles flips out' really doesn't prove 'Stern is relevant' as much as 'radio show that did a lot of stuff for radio now acts like any other media outlet.' I think radio has hit the wall when it comes to shock comedy. You can make a lot of things more entertaining when various parts of culture are censored that would make bad comedy suddenly amusing. This isn't a defense of censorship, but an explanation of why things like 'Homocop' were funny before but now are just flat and awful puns. The era of the shock jock when it comes to radio is coming to a close. Without the spectre of censorship to fight, you get what we have today: insightful and witty comedy that is free to speak is being trumped by lazy humor that needed shock to make it worthwhile, or that masked the awfulness of the joke itself. You get bored shock jocks that need to shock but find that they have no wall to play off of, no fight really to fight. You have manufactured drama that comes off as desperate and forced instead of natural and entertaining. Comedy is replaced by a bunch of people who had a far too easy time playing off censorship and got lazy, and now find that they have to work harder to get better laughs and fall back to what was easy in the first place. This isn't specific to just Stern, either, but his status in the medium shows how close the end to that paradigm is. The true tragedy is that Stern could fight this decline, or take the initiative and find a way to either retain the genre for his own purpose or be the pioneer and take radio to another place. Instead, he chooses to let the opportunity pass him by, or is too confused by the change to even attempt to understand it or adapt to it. In a way, I want Stern to truly change the face of radio, and figure out what comes next. But I know right now he suffers from the same problem that a lot of people do. They fear the future, they fear actual change, and they will do anything they can to stop what comes next as much as they can. The show will continue for the most part, but its days of being what it was is over. We can talk about its relevancy and how its ripped off, but the only thing ripping it off is Jay Leno and he's coming to the end of the talk show paradigm as well and in much the same position as Stern, only he's too dedicated to his job and still has the same result. If you have to talk about how the show is relevant, then the show is simply not relevant. I only wish it could be entertaining.
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Kelly posted:This is really old, but it's so pretentious - you gotta love Robin!  Isn't capitalizing words like Me, Him, His, etc mid-sentence only for when you're talking about God?
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Mad Doctor Cthulhu posted:In a way, I want Stern to truly change the face of radio, and figure out what comes next. But I know right now he suffers from the same problem that a lot of people do. They fear the future, they fear actual change, and they will do anything they can to stop what comes next as much as they can. I'm not sure how many folks here listen to Adam Carolla's podcast regularly, but that's a dude who passed up a multi-million-dollar syndicated radio gig to keep doing his podcast. I spend a good deal of my down time listening to Carolla, Marc Maron, Paul Gilmartin, and Doug Benson. When I was unemployed and sitting around the house, something like Sirius made a lot more sense. Now that I'm out and about again, it's podcasts. Or, you know, Eric the Midget clip packs. Stern has grossly underestimated the internet for what seems like a long time now, and he may be a bajillionaire but he's no king.
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Aug 23, 2011 05:32
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AltronHGX posted:
Isn't she?
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AltronHGX posted:Isn't capitalizing words like Me, Him, His, etc mid-sentence only for when you're talking about God? Dominants and Dominatrixes do it, to. Also, the abbreviation M/s (Master/slave) is deliberately capitalized that way. I still think it's pretty stupid.
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Aug 23, 2011 13:03
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Millstone posted:Isn't she?  Nicely done.
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Aug 23, 2011 13:18
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The problem with JD getting fat is since he doesn't dress well to begin with, he looks much larger than he really is.
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Aug 23, 2011 17:59
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JD has an anxiety disorder, he probably is binge eating for relief.
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Aug 23, 2011 19:52
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ChaosMonkey posted:Stern has grossly underestimated the internet for what seems like a long time now, and he may be a bajillionaire but he's no king. And rightly so, those podcast guys you listed are busting their asses for a fraction of what he can and does make.
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pkd88 posted:JD has an anxiety disorder, he probably is binge eating for relief. Or he works with dudes who run a fast food show and works lovely hours and doesn't give a poo poo about the way he looks or feels. He just eats like poo poo and doesn't work out and his youth is no longer fighting it for him.
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AxeManiac posted:Or he works with dudes who run a fast food show and works lovely hours and doesn't give a poo poo about the way he looks or feels. I'm pretty sure just being in the same room as Jason Kaplan and Jon Hein will make you gain weight. Mostly likely from inhaling their evaporated pork-sweat fumes. Also AxeManiac, what's your stance on posting websites that host all the old Sirius Stern shows?
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Pretty sure posting full uneditted shows of content (other than free poo poo like radio) is a big no-no. Hopefully this doesn't count as backseat modding since you were soliciting help 
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Dr. Faustus posted:I agree that the show is really lacking these days (when it's even on) but I can tell it's still relevant. The lady, I mean Stephanie interview was a waste of time, he pulled nothing interesting out of her.
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Aug 24, 2011 01:59
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Squashy Nipples posted:Dominants and Dominatrixes do it, to. Also, the abbreviation M/s (Master/slave) is deliberately capitalized that way. Did you learn that at your pervert camp?
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Vakal posted:Also AxeManiac, what's your stance on posting websites that host all the old Sirius Stern shows? Not really my forum to make rules in, but I think archives are against the spirit of the forums, clips and collections are on the edge as it is. We don't need Stern suing us for his lost subscribers.
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Aug 24, 2011 02:41
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I'm pretty sure Howard thinks that Stern Fan Network is the only forum on the Internet. He wouldn't know how to find us.
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Kelly posted:I'm pretty sure Howard thinks that Stern Fan Network is the only forum on the Internet. He wouldn't know how to find us. Howard has crack men for just those tasks though. 
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Vakal posted:Howard has crack men for just those tasks though. HAAAaaaaa! Well done Vakal 
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Not sure if anyone has tried to use it since Sirius updated to their new (horrid) website, but the XMTuner application is working again on your PC. It wasn't working for some reason (for me at least) after they updated the website, but I tried it on a whim today and it works just fine.
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Not trying to defend the content of the actual show, merely talking about the word "relevant" and what I think it means? Is the show mostly terrible? I might have said, "I don't think so," but that interminable rant to Robin about getting organized was maybe the stupidest thing I've ever sat through without giving up. Luckily I was working so it was mostly background noise. But my loving God that was incredibly loving stupid.
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Kelly posted:I'm pretty sure Howard thinks that Stern Fan Network is the only forum on the Internet. He wouldn't know how to find us. Howard has mentioned on the show he uses Google Alerts (probably on his name), so I wouldn't doubt that he has probably stumbled across one of these SA threads before.
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Dr. Faustus posted:But my loving God that was incredibly loving stupid. The way he went on about calenders and to do lists you would have thought he found the cure to cancer.
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chiz posted:Did you learn that at your pervert camp? No, at pervert camp you learn new skills and play your rear end off. It's spergy nerds that sit home and stress over "proper" capitalization protocols. I have considered calling in with my grope box story, but I don't get up as early these days. Maybe I should call in to the Wrap Up show and tell Benji directly.
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I'm pretty sure I can't think of a better way to spend a vacation that going to this. Actually chewing on a shotgun shell might edge it out. Barely. http://gothamist.com/2010/08/12/cat_fashion_show.php#photo-7
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Ironf posted:I'm pretty sure I can't think of a better way to spend a vacation that going to this. Actually chewing on a shotgun shell might edge it out. Barely. Holy poo poo that poor cat and the look on Beth's face is pure terror and delight in its misery. EDIT: Where was Howard during all of this?? Perfect chance for his mad photography skillz. MrMidnight fucked around with this message at 19:23 on Aug 24, 2011 |
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Ironf posted:I'm pretty sure I can't think of a better way to spend a vacation that going to this. Actually chewing on a shotgun shell might edge it out. Barely. Ugh. Too much money and too much free time. Honestly, how can you NOT laugh at this?
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Kelly posted:Ugh. Too much money and too much free time. Honestly, how can you NOT laugh at this? Personally I find it kind of sad since to get a cat to stand still, let alone wear clothes, means that they're pretty much broken inside.
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lynch_69 posted:Isn't this sort of thing blatant animal abuse? I think so, but then again, I like cats. Obviously not abuse in the eyes of the law. I say we sic Pet Island on em.
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Aug 24, 2011 20:00
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Good god, Beetlejuice meets Gilbert is the best poo poo ever.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5TkJNL9W0Q A great Jerky Boys call using Gary's name. And for anyone that wants to hear some great prank calls, check out this thread. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3432129&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1
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Inferior cats with one leg bent syndrome are immediately moved into the Hamptons Howie Memorial Cat Center, and put under the care of Executive Director Beth Ostrosky Stern
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Skitz posted:Good god, Beetlejuice meets Gilbert is the best poo poo ever. Listening to it was goo for me.
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All this talk about his absenteeism and his issues and whatnot got me thinking: Will he be able to handle one or both of his parents dying? They're older than dirt at this point after all. He very obviously never cut his mommy's apron strings and I can't imagine that he won't collapse as a person.
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A Intimate Rimjobs posted:Yeah, as morbid as it sounds, I'm really interested in finding out how he'll end up handling his parents' death if he's still on the air Sixteen more weeks of vacation.
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This is one of my favorite Beetlejuice clips. I start losing it around 3:40. Beet gets so pissed at Sal that he's almost coherent for a little bit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8FC6zrfU1c
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Ironf posted:I'm pretty sure I can't think of a better way to spend a vacation that going to this. Actually chewing on a shotgun shell might edge it out. Barely. I'm pretty sure the only way out of this slippery slope is a 'whoops the condom fell off'
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