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Over Thanksgiving in 2006 I was living in England and going to the National Broadcasting School. It felt strange being in a foreign country and not having the usuals: a holiday break, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, being with the family and gathering around the table to feast, Black Friday, ect… it was just an ordinary day across the pond. Being in England though did not stop me from carrying forth the American tradition – there was at-least a feast!
During Thanksgiving week at the NBS I was doing some research for a project when I came across and old WKRP clip about a Great Turkey Drop. Instantly I was fascinated and laughing at a radio promotion gone bad. (Not just because all the work I was doing happened to be in radio.) The show brought an awesome smile to my face and filled part of the hole for missing the Thanksgiving traditions. Since then, I have made it a yearly tradition to watch the WKRP Turkey’s Away episode to bring in the Thanksgiving spirit.
Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. If you have some time and are looking for some fun laughs, gather around the computer or TV and check out Turkey’s Away.
Tags: American Traditions, National Broadcasting School, Thanksgiving in England, Thanksgiving Traditions, The Great Turkey Drop, Turkey's Away, WKRP
Every now and again I will come across a commercial on TV that I think is awesome. It’s a rare event because I don’t watch that much TV and when I do it’s often from a DVR, so I’m usually skipping past them. I also think that most commercials are really annoying or stupid- but necessary for bathroom breaks, finding more food, and brining you back to reality from intense shows like Lost.
The new Lincoln MKS/MKZ commercials somehow made a blip on my radar, because I want one! The commercials are really well produced with sweet music. It’s not the typical car driving down the Pacific Coast Highway, it’s actually a commercial that took some talent in production.
You can find both of the commercials at Lincoln’s site, along with links to download the songs (from Shiny Toy Guns) they’ve used in the commercials. Lincoln’s team really thought everything through by making the commercials easily available on their site and telling you the music that was used! Now if I could afford the Lincoln MKS, I’d probably buy one.
Here is my favorite of the two, the Lincoln MKS:
Btw, Last year around this time it was the audio from the Life On Mars promo which was stuck in my head.
Tags: Commercial Producion, Life On Mars Series Promo, Lincoln Car Commercials, Lincoln MKS, Lincoln MKZ, Lost, Shiny Toy Guns, Shiny Toy Guns - Burning For You, Shiny Toy Guns - Major Tom (Coming Home)
One of the many secrets with Ben’s awesome character is revealed in this not in Lost, Lost moment.
The Secrets of Lost via Jimmy Kimmel Live:
Tags: Ben, Benjamin Linus, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jin, Lost, Michael Emerson
2009 started out by keeping me fairly occupied – especially the first week back at work, thus for this reason I am wishing everyone now a belated Happy New Year! Although in my defense, I still had 352 days to get that out.
So why was I excited for 2009 to begin? First off, I love living in the present, as much as I enjoy staying in certain moments or reliving certain times, I look forward to the future be it good or not. So by natural enthusiasm I was excited for New Years! A trip to NYC to hang out with some friends might have added to the excitement. Also take into consideration Scrubs returning last week and Lost coming back next week! Lost! Yes, I am ready for that to begin! I’m also looking forward to hanging out and seeing some cool people and friends this year. 
Another exciting thing for 2009 is the start of my weekly radio gig! It will be four hours of audio anarchy with yours truly every Tuesday at Midnight (EST) to Wednesday at 4AM (EST). I’m not exactly sure on what the usual weekly format will be, but expect Remixes, Mashups, Alternative, Indie and Alternative Rock, along with some unground asian beats and electronic music. It’ll be a nice four hour eclectic mix on WYEP. If for some reason you value sleep, there may be a useful podcast available in the radio section… just email me for a password.
With that… I’ve had a certain song stuck in my head recently, one that is better not to mention. However, this parody describes it all to well. From it’s radio debut in December of 2008…. “It’s Been Ten Years Since.”
Tags: 2009 TV shows, Free Form Overnight on WYEP, It's been ten years since, Lost, Scrubs, WYEP After Hours Host
A few weeks ago I bought my company an RCA 26″ LCD for karaoke and music videos. A nifty benefit to this company purchase is that I keep it housed next to my laptop. The first thing I noticed when I hooked it up to the cable was the addition of digital channels. I have been a skeptic of the switch to digital from the start, I think that analog is a significantly more rugged signal type and the pictures look fine. Despite the signal issues I have with digital broadcasts, I am quite impressed with the other added benefits that digital brings. The opera was on was on the local PBS station and I felt like I was at the opera! It was as though there were people walking in the TV, I really couldn’t believe it! In addition, digital programs can be mixed for surround sound to provide a theater like experience with everyday TV. There was also one other major benefit to the digital channels that hasn’t been hyped as much.
For the past few years I have been watching TV on my mac via Miglia’s TVMicro. The TVMicro connects through USB and utilizes EyeTV software as the user-interface. The two features I have become addicted to with the software have been the on-screen instant guide (no need for stupid cable boxes) and the ability to schedule programs to be recorded (handy for my odd job hours.) It’s like having a glorified DVR for really cheap and with one simple remote.
Well after watching basic cable on the LCD for a few weeks, I have been missing the TV Guide. Heres the cool thing though, the digital HD stations are encoded with the TV guide. Yes! Really cool!! Plus, it is attached to the program… so when a channel changes their lineup at the last minute or the baseball game runs into extra innings – the tv guide is always correct! It’s the best TV guide I’ve seen to date. So you would think I’d be in heaven (aside from no DVR, but that can be expected.)
I found out that the basic cable which Comcast is sending does not include any HD channels. The only HD channels available are coming from local air stations. Perhaps an account upgrade would help… but is it worth it? I mean, the current technological setup with the mac is working fine… and eventually (who knows when) Comcast will offer all of the channels in HD for no extra cost.
So while I am lovin the LCD… I’m thinking that until the cable company pushes all the HD channels at no extra cost, I’ll be using my mac connected to the LCD for TV – mostly for the TV guide but also the added benefit of DVR. BUT, if there happens to be some good sports or television on the local air stations… I so going for the HD signal.
Tags: Analog vs. Digital TV, HD Channels, HD Stations, Mac DVR, Miglia, TV Guide, TVMirco
Why I like Tuesday nights, Part 1
Tuesdays have always been a day of the week that seems distinguishable to me. When I was a kid they were defined by CCD (no, not the central city dump – though it felt like it at times,) but Tuesdays also have always had the feeling work – and work still to come. Yeah, I guess Mondays feel like that too – but that is expected on a Monday.
Recently though, Tuesdays have become somewhat of an excitement. One of two things which I have been looking forward to has been a show on the BBC channel “Last Restaurant Standing.“
Yes, I know it is a reality show – but it doesn’t fit the stereo typical American reality show because it’s not full of drama or harsh screaming like Hell’s Kitchen. The show feels very much like a documentary. Not to mention, the camera work is like an art in the show – I love it!
If you haven’t heard about it the quick overview is… A famous / successful England chef and restaurant business man, Raymond Blanc, is looking to open up a new restaurant with someone. So to figure out who to go into business with, he is challenging 9 couples into running their own restaurant. Each week the lowest performing restaurant is closed. Eventually he will be left with his winner. However, to spice things up a bit… to pick the worst restaurant Raymond first picks the 3 lowest performing restaurants and gives them a challenge, whoever fares worst in the challenge is closed. So it makes it into an 18 episode series. He also uses current employees and restaurant managers as the judges.
What is interesting is that each of the couples get to explore and try out their own ideas, and you get to see why or why not something is successful. Such as various menu ideas and where certain people put their focus (which isn’t always right.)
Currently the team that I am rooting for most and seem to be my favorite is Jess and Laura. Jess and Laura seem to be able to communicate well with each other and focus in on their customers and tasks.
My second favorite is couple Lloyd and Adwoa. Lloyd and Adwoa had a disastrous first week, but I have been very surprised to see them bounce back and target in on a unique market segment.
Jess and Luara’s restaurant and Lloyd and Adwoa’s seem to server some really yummy and unique food which make my stomach start looking for dinner again…
So those are the 2 couples I am rooting for in the show. Have you any favorites?
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