That’s David Cross, who played the role of Generic Radio Douchebag in the video for The Strokes’ “Juicebox”…  At the time I said to myself, “I will NEVER do an interview with those guys, they’ll eat me alive!”… I’ve now talked to 2 of them… Click on the image to see what I’m talking about……..

As for Julian Casablancas….. Well, the guy’s done a lot of living… And yes, there is an aura about him that one must reckon with… But I’ll say that when I saw them back in ‘06 I was SHOCKED at the complete absence of any preening or rock-star self-love on his part… He was kind of sheepish actually… And I was also fairly shocked at the sophistication of the musical arrangements on the Strokes’ last album… A lot of it may have been lost on a lot of people, but I thought it was tremendous, and the lyrics were also pretty dense and filling…

….so when I got the chance to talk to Julian, there were some obvious things to ask, like the solo vs. frontman question, the future-of-the-Strokes question… But I also wanted to ask him about his music… AND about that video!!! Click below for the conversation…..

SEGMENT 1:   Does Julian want to make classical music?

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SEGMENT 2: Where do I rank on the Strokes Radio D-Bag Scale??

SEGMENT 3: So. ARE The Strokes coming back, ever??

So, if you’ve ever wanted to HEAR the entire bible, now you can. It’s onsale as a 79-CD box set. Less than $100, too!!! Jim Caviezel is Jesus, Richard Dreyfuss is Moses, Luke Perry is Judas, to name a few…… Who’s the voice of God??? THIS guy, apparently:

I played another round of Spammer Than Fiction today… Someone guessed incorrectly that an email in my inbox with the subject line “Drunken Ewoks” was spam…. In fact, it was a link to this:

For Friday Theme Day we did a song (sometimes 2) in honor of each Sesame Street or Muppets Heavyweight…. Your suggestions were PHENOMENAL…. Here’s what we wound up with:

Animal Nirvana – “Stay Away”	Beaker Devo – “Girl You Want”
Big Bird Pearl Jam – “Yellow Ledbetter” Jack Johnson – “Flake”	Cookie Monster System of a Down – “Sugar”
Fozzie (he annoys me) No One – “Nothing”	Grover Foo Fighters – “My Hero”
Kermit Me First & the Gimme Gimmes – “The Rainbow Connection” They Might Be Giants – “Birdhouse in Your Soul”	Miss Piggy Hole – “Doll Parts”
Oscar the Grouch Garbage – “Only Happy When it Rains”	Ralph Ben Folds 5 – “One Angry Dwarf…”
Scooter Weezer – “Keep Fishin”	Snuffy Crash Test Dummies - “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm”

I spoke with Matt from Cage the Elephant… He sounded very………relaxed. See ‘em Saturday night at The Beaumont.

SEGMENT 1: What’s it like to be from Bowling Green, Kentucky!?!?!?

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SEGMENT 2: Who are the wicked, and why aren’t they getting any rest??

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….worried about your brainpower?? Did you take one of those awful online IQ tests?? Not to worry. Read this story…. And ask yourself…… If the bird was sent back to alter the past and succeeded, why would there still be a need to do anything about the past in the safe and comfy future?

If your brain is already sore and tired and needs some comfort food, then click here… Just do a crossword puzzle afterwards…

….alrighty. The new (as of last week) texting number is 48307. The old one was 79673, and I had a feeling it’d be easier for people to remember if it had an acronym to go with it. I asked for suggestions, and SWOPE was the one that stuck. One syllable, relevant, perfect. 48307 has been tougher.

I really like IUD0P (IUD zero Pee). I also like 4UF0s quite a bit. But I’d love to get it down to one syllable; trying to make a mnemonic device as user-friendly as possible. I’m willing to part with some Prize Kitchen goods in return for a new acronym. One chica took me up on the offer yesterday morning:

Jason,
I have been racking my little stoner brain for a good acronym for the text plan. The 0 is making it HARD!!!.. So far I dont have much… I guess I smoked all the good brain cells away! haha But see if any of these are workable… I am trying REAL hard cuz I wanna go kill a few more brain cells at the 311 / Kottonmouth Kings show!My FAVORITE one is “IVE0S” When I say it to myself it reads “I have Ohhh’s”…. Incase you didnt know what O’s are, put your mind in the gutter for a second and find your “o face”…. If you wanna keep it outa the gutter you can say “IVE-ZERO’S” … I also see GUE-0-S… HUF0P…. ITV0P…..HUE0R…. HUD0S… I can keep miking them up but I wanted you to see the “0’s” hee
hee And then she came back for more, overshooting the 5-character limit by plenty:
JASON, I REALLLLLLY Want 311/Kottonmout tix!!!! Where do I rate???
MORE TRIES….
483-0-7

7-letter words
gue-0-rdon (483-7366) gue-0-ssed (483-7733) gue-0-sser (483-7737)
gue-0-sses (483-7737) gue-0-sted (483-7833) ite-0-rate (483-7283)

8-letter words
guerilla (483-7455) guernsey (483-7673) guessing (483-7746)
guesting (483-7846) iterated (483-7283) iterates (483-7283)
iterator (483-7286)
4837-buzz
We found these eight-letter mnemonics

hues-buzz hue-7-buzz hues-buy-9 hue-pat-99 hue-rat-99
hue-sat-99 hues-at-99 it-37-buzz I-837-buzz I-verb-899
hue-pa-899 hues-a-899 it-era-899

Gotta admire the effort…….. Leave a comment, tell me what you like, or if you’ve got any other ideas….

……OK

….I’ve had many many conversations with many many of you about this….

I don’t think there’s been a more polarizing song I’ve ever played at this radio station, in the 6 years I’ve been here. At least not one that’s been this popular for this long…….. YES, I am talking about Owl City “Fireflies”…….

…..a guy calls in, talking about the song… I took the opportunity to steer the conversation towards the topic of the exact underlying intent of calling the song (or anything, really) gay…. You HATE some things, other things you call GAY… What’s the difference, you ask?? WHY do you think Owl City is so GAAAAAY????

…..ain’t gonna lie, I think the word is overused, and I think its overuse is in some ways a symptom of a larger disdain for clearer thinking, deeper understanding, and general command of the English language… Click below for the conversation, which was too long for me to actually air……….

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…no one’s foolin’ no one here… We’re all well aware of the fact that we live in a culture of nastiness…. This is well-trod turf… I, too, am part of the turf… Hard not to be… When you talk to as many people as I do in a day, you are bound to encounter the ones that spread the most seeds of hate… Eventually, your hands get full of seeds, until you can’t use your hands for anything more except carrying the freakin’ seeds…

…so sometimes I start throwing the seeds… I’d rather throw them at the planters than finish their jobs by putting the seeds in the earth… Today was one of those days… I asked you to call in with a reason why I wouldn’t hate you, in exchange for a spot on the Cranberries list… An easy game, one that did not require you to know TV trivia, put gross things in your mouth, or walk around in just your underwear…

…one guy called, and I barely remember what he said in the first place… It was what was going on in the background that interested me… Because sometimes it’s easy to get isolated in Alternative world… In the heat of the workday, I often forget about the other worlds… Most of which I hate to little pieces…

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The promo for this week’s Trippin Thursday (30 seconds to mars in West Palm Beach) contains a little clip of an old commercial… “Come to FLO-ri-DAAA!!!”

Click on the pic of the Sunshine State to see the full commercial, circa 1979 or so, from Florida’s Tourism Dept… Sure, it’s goofy, but that’s only with 30 years added…. Remember, this wasn’t far removed from the days when the lines between rock, showtunes, and jingles were still being drawn…

……I’m struck by the COMPLETE lack of irony… I cannot imagine ANY piece of advertising for something this pleasureable coming without irony today… There is nothing tongue in cheek about this… And they really go out of their way to make those images of sloppy, sloshy urban winters seem especially miserable…