Radio show update and New D2 Rule

Just wanted to update you guys with the latest about the radio show.

Been talking with RJ, who just got back from a great vaca with his wife. I won't bore you with the details. Then we went right to work talking about the radio shows.

We will be making a schedule change for 2012. Don't worry, I'll make sure you guys know about it when I figure it all out myself. We'll have all-new promos and plugs airing when we get all the details settled down.

One of the things that will also be going away real soon will be the "replays". In other words, if you missed last week's "Rock & Roll Diner", then you missed it, period. Same for "Hard Luck Chuck's Juke Joint" when it returns... thankfully, though, it will be back at an earlier time. Repeats during the normal scheduled time will still go on every so often, but there won't be the "second serving" if you missed out the first time around.

There will be a few more things going on that I can't talk about right now, but it will deal with one of the more nagging questions asked about the ShockNet Radio programs. Sufficient to say, for those that have asked, you'll get what you want, but it won't be AS you want it.

The radio show archive is still down because Ourmedia.org is still down. There is no ETA when it will be fixed. I just hope that iTunes doesn't decide to give up on it like they did the last time around. The previous shows are still in the Internet Archive, but Ourmedia is the engine that makes the links to iTunes possible, so no Ourmedia means no iTunes link. Sorry; I wish I had better news in that regard.

And finally...

New D2 Rule: the people who come up with slash-fanfic need to admit their own sexual preference.

Now I say that as a fiction writer myself... I understand Rule 34 and Rule 35, but just because you CAN create it doesn't mean that you should be poisoning every male friendship into something that you'd have to pay $19.95 a month for and making sure the kids aren't watching over your shoulder. Seriously guys, if you have that on your mind so much so that you have to write about it and share it for the world to see, then maybe there's something about your own lives that you have to be honest about.

Fall Break and Archive News

All of the ShockNet Radio shows will be taking a few weeks off, including "Brutally Honest", which was the last one to keep going simply because of the special 9/11 anniversary show. ShockNet Radio will continue to play classic rock music in the meanwhile.

"The Rock and Roll Diner" will be back on the air on September 26th. "High Instability" SHOULD be on the air on the 28th, but please check with their Facebook page to make sure. "Brutally Honest" will be back on October 8th.

OH, and even though the radio show will be taking a few weeks off, the weekly column will still continue, as well as my other comic book projects.

One more thing: for those of you who don't bother tuning in on Saturday nights and instead get your radio fill through the archives, I found out a few days ago that Ourmedia, the website that hosts the archives, has been offline due to some technical problems. The archived shows themselves are still online over at the Internet Archive (click on this link to hear them) but I will not be able to upload the new archives until Ourmedia is back online.

I'll keep you guys updated as to when this has been resolved.

Brutally Honest on ShockNet - 09/10/11 - Show Notes

This Saturday's show is a very special one for Brutally Honest.

Ten years ago, America was attacked and traumatized. Now, David 2 brings you his thoughts from ten years ago and sees where we are today.

What has happened since the day the nation stood still? Are we truly better as we claim to be? Have we truly moved forward, or are we still stuck on that fateful day in 2001?

If there is one show you hear live instead of waiting until the archives, this is the one!

So tune in THIS SATURDAY (09/10) right here on ShockNet Radio at 7pm Eastern (6pm Central and 4pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "Brutally Honest" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE!

It's Social... It's Political... It's IN-YOUR-FACE... and it's BRUTALLY HONEST!

Brutally Honest on ShockNet - 09/03/11 - Show Notes

History... you can either learn from it, or you can be just another lesson.

This is what we'll cover tonight...

... a certain politician's bad timing and fixation on decades gone by.

... an archive rant from 2007 about why conservative talk radio prospers and why liberals just can't connect anymore.

... when promises made fail to be covered over and over again.

So tune in THIS SATURDAY (09/03) right here on ShockNet Radio at 7pm Eastern (6pm Central and 4pm Pacific) over at www.shocknetradio.com and also at Apple's iTunes Radio Player under the "Classic Rock" category.

And don't forget that I'll be in the "Brutally Honest" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE!

It's Social... It's Political... It's IN-YOUR-FACE... and it's BRUTALLY HONEST!

D2 Rule For Shops

D2 Rule:

If you're not willing to defend the message on a T-shirt in your brick-and-mortar store, then you shouldn't sell it online either.

Read this if you don't know what I'm talking about.

Agree?  Disagree?  Let me know in the comments section.