About Nothing Show – Episode 5
- Thoughts on living in a ‘disposable society’
- Featured alcohol: Blue Ice Vodka
- Featured music: The Delta Saints
Intro music: “Anhelos” by Leechmaster
Outro music: “8-bit Junkie” by George Wood
Associated Media:
Blue Ice Vodka
The Delta Saints on Myspace and on Twitter and on Facebook
Notes: Had some issues during the editing process and had to “band-aid” a few spots, including the featured music section, which now sounds much better than before. Mixed reviews on the featured alcohol, and great music from The Delta Saints. So grab your washboard and your jug!
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Drink more alcohol, it’s good for you!
From Reuters:
LONDON (Reuters) – Spanish research appearing to show that very heavy drinking can reduce men’s risk of heart disease has come under fire from scientists who say the study is flawed and should not encourage anyone to drink more.
The controversial study found that men who drank moderate, high and very high levels of alcohol had a lower risk of coronary heart disease.
People were classed as non-drinkers, former drinkers, low, moderate, high and very high drinkers. The latter drank more than 90 grams of alcohol a day, equivalent to around a dozen drinks. Following the patients for 10 years and mapping the number of coronary problems they had, the researchers said the overall results for men showed that drinking alcohol cut the risk of heart disease by 30 percent, and that heavy drinking cut the risk even more than moderate drinking.
“Spain is the world’s third largest producer of beer and wine and its per capita consumption of alcohol places it sixth in the world. But it also has one of the lowest death rates from coronary heart disease in the world,” the researchers wrote.
More alcohol = healthy heart. Now there’s a statement I can get behind. Seriously, who wouldn’t want to be the healthiest slosh at the party? All the more reason to listen to the podcast for our weekly alcohol reviews. We’re doing our part to promote a healthy lifestyle. Screw canola oil and tofu. Have another beer and live an extra day!
About Nothing Show – Episode 4 (as in “For Reals”)
- Feedback
- Goldman Sachs facts you should know about
- Featured alcohol: Calende Tequila Anejo
- Featured music: Leechmaster
Intro music: “Cortina 666 Heavy Radio” by Leechmaster
Outro music: “8-bit Junkie” by George Wood
Associated media:
Goldman Sachs
http://nymag.com/news/business/58094/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/business/31pay.html?_r=2
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jIJavgcfFQBgPCc5Lf1HscLwPaOgD9BCASNG0
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6907681.ece
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/04/business/econwatch/entry5212088.shtml?tag=stack
Calende Tequila Review via Tequila.net
Notes: This is our best show to date, and considering the stellar quality of our first three shows, that was no easy feat. Interesting facts about Goldman Sachs, a really good tequila, and great music from Leechmaster.
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Fire truck runs over old lady, keeps on going
From Gizmodo:
Who says the Google Street View cars are a menace to society? So what if they invade your privacy. Really. Plus, who can deny all the pics of people passed out in their yards or peeing in the street are funny? This time the magic Google car picked up a fire truck mowing down an old lady on her bike… and it kept on going. Probably not so funny in theory, until you view the interact street map thing with the before and after sequence of pics, then it becomes a riot. Just click through the link below.
About Nothing Show – Episode 3
- Feedback
- Ghost story
- Bacon fries
- Goldman Nutsachs
- Featured alcohol: Crystal Head vodka
- Featured music: Blood Drunk
Intro music: “Anhelos” by Leechmaster
Outro music: “8-bit Junkie” by George Wood
Associated media:
- Rolling Stone article on Goldman Sachs
- Crystal Head vodka
- Blood Drunk on Myspace and on Twitter
- No Agenda show
This episode was experimental. Some new equipment, extreme time constraints, and my sound effects weren’t working. I spent way too much time in post-production editing, but it’s what we do to try to put on a quality show. Believe it (or not).
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Further developments in the Balloon Boy hoax
It’s true! There really wasn’t a boy in that flying saucer….
Ferocious….. or funny?
What is that girl looking at? I vote “The Grim Reaper”
Just a note: that girl’s head could totally fit in that dog’s mouth. Serious.
This guy is nuts
From The Telegraph UK:
Apparently this guy, Amos Nachoum, is a photographer and scuba guide. He was off the coast of Guadalupe, Mexico when he came across this here Great White shark. The article says the shark is about 14′ long, which is about 13′ 11″ longer than any shark I’d ever want to encounter.
If I saw that swimming at me, it would have been “zero to shit-my-pants” in less than 2 seconds.
Gives you some perspective on the sheer size of this guppy. According to Mr. Nachoum, “These sharks aren’t the ferocious creatures we see in Jaws”. Apparently he doesn’t read the paper or has never visited Australia or South Africa. These things literally fly out of the f***ing water!
Mr. Nachoum also states he has a “100 per cent safety record”. Is that 100% good safety or 100% not so good? Do missing limbs count as bad or good?
This is why I stay away from the ocean. Well, that and the fact that the ocean is, you know, polluted. There are things in nature that are meant to be left alone, and if all of the documented cases of shark attacks aren’t proof enough to stay the hell away from them, then I say let nature feed off the dumb ones….
About Nothing Show – Episode 2 (the Halloween show)
- Feedback
- Halloween
- Community mailboxes
- Sidewalk candy
- Music: The Socknockers
Intro music: Munsters Theme by Jack Marshall
Outro music: “8-bit Junkie” by George Wood
Associated media:
- The origins of Halloween
- Community mailbox
- The Socknockers MP3s
Episode 2 is done and ready for your listening displeasure. No alcohol review this week, didn’t want any run-ins with the popo since they were out in full force in the neighborhood. We also got some mic and EQ problems fixed that were present in the first episode. Overall, it’s closer to good than the first one!
I’m going to try to get each episode published by Sunday evening.
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