Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 05/27/13 - Show Notes

Before we get going I need to mention that we are still having problems with the Ourmedia component of our archives. We cannot upload the previous shows until the folks at Ourmedia get their act together, so when they do, we will put up all of the archives.

And now... LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN!

Once again we have to play catch-up due to the tornado that swept through the Oklahoma City area.  While the broadcast facilities were thankfully not affected, it did come close enough for Station Manager RJ Evans to make the call to cancel the show last week.  As such last week's discussion topic will be THIS week's discussion topic. 

It is that time of year when we talk about graduation. Once upon a time only High Schools and Colleges had graduation ceremonies, but today even kindergarteners are having their own ceremonies. And with the colleges and universities, you have "big names" giving commencement speeches to challenge the graduates.

In previous years, I've done my own commencement address to those either going out into the "real world" or those going from one institution to the next. Of course nobody would pay me do give this kind of message, so I wasn't burdened to sugar-goat my advice. And since last week I lambasted the President of the United States for his "do better" speech, I thought I'd turn the speech role to you, the listeners.

Our discussion topic this week will be what advice YOU would give to the Class of 2013. What would you tell them? Would you give them practical advice? Would you give comedic advice? Would you tell them to shut up and just give you your latté? I want to know! Use our TOLL-FREE 800 number as your podium to speak to the Class of 2013!

Oh, and we'll also have our Quick Rants and maybe even some more "Sponsored Products" for you to enjoy.

Be sure to tune in THIS MEMORIAL DAY MONDAY (05/27), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm 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 "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE - 05/20/13 Show Cancelled

I must regretfully announce that tonight's broadcast of Brutally Honest - LIVE has to be cancelled due to dangerous weather conditions in the Oklahoma City area.

I have been keeping in touch with RJ Evans, who has access to all of the weather-related feeds and he has been tracking a series of violent supercells headed towards the ShockNet Radio studio.  After viewing the radar information myself, I have to concur with his recommendation to cancel tonight's broadcast given the nature of these supercells and the potential damage they would cause not just studio but also to nearby utilities.  We cannot do a show without electricity, and we cannot guarantee this will be available to us this evening.

The studio will continue to play classic rock this evening as long as there is electricity, and, as far as we know, both the "Rock and Roll Diner" and "Hard Luck Chuck's Juke Joint" will be on at their respective normal time slots this week.

Brutally Honest - LIVE has every intention of being back on the air on Memorial Day at its normal time slot at 8pm ET, 7pm CT.  And hopefully the studio will not be transported to the land of Oz before then.

Again, we regret the cancellation, but the matter is out of our hands at this point.

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 05/20/13 Show Notes

Before we get going I just want to mention that we've been having some problems with getting the May 6th show uploaded to the Internet Archive. The chief problem here is the Ourmedia website, which is crucial for iTunes to access the archived shows. The site itself has been down completely for the whole week, and only this week we are getting a webpage notice that it is down due to "technical problems". Once Ourmedia is up we will be able to upload the archived shows, so please be patient with us.

And now on with the show...

It is that time of year when we talk about graduation. Once upon a time only High Schools and Colleges had graduation ceremonies, but today even kindergarteners are having their own ceremonies. And with the colleges and universities, you have "big names" giving commencement speeches to challenge the graduates.

In previous years, I've done my own commencement address to those either going out into the "real world" or those going from one institution to the next. Of course nobody would pay me do give this kind of message, so I wasn't burdened to sugar-goat my advice. And since last week I lambasted the President of the United States for his "do better" speech, I thought I'd turn the speech role to you, the listeners.

Our discussion topic this week will be what advice YOU would give to the Class of 2013. What would you tell them? Would you give them practical advice? Would you give comedic advice? Would you tell them to shut up and just give you your latté? I want to know! Use our TOLL-FREE 800 number as your podium to speak to the Class of 2013!

Oh, and we'll also have our Quick Rants and maybe even some more "Sponsored Products" for you to enjoy.

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (05/20), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm 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 "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 5/13/13 Show Notes

We are all New Yorkers now...

We are all Hoakies now...

We are all Aurorans now...

We are all Newtonians now...

We are all Bostonians now...

I thought we were all Americans? Why are we defining ourselves by tragedies now?

That's our discussion topic for this week... "We are all WHAT now?"

WHAT are we really? You'll know what my answer will be. What I don't know yet is what YOUR answers will be!

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (05/13), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm 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 "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!

Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 05/06/13 Show Notes

Let's see if we can get this one RIGHT, shall we?

So let's talk about the media...

Yeah, some of them REALLY screwed up during the whole Boston Marathon Bombing.  You had CNN telling people that police had a suspect in custody when they didn't.  The New York Post was pointing the finger at an innocent person.  Movie stars were actually getting named as the bomber!

"What the hell", right?

Well, if you're already a Brutally Honest supporter then you'd know that this isn't the first time that the air-fluffed ego-driven media screwed up and started going after innocent people!  In fact, almost seventeen years ago to this date, the media thought they had another bomber named, only to find they went after not only an innocent person, but someone who was credited for SAVING lives.

It doesn't appear that the media learned from those lessons, did they?

Well that's the subject for this week's discussion: The liability of the Media!

Maybe THAT'S why we couldn't do a show last week, huh? Maybe "the Media did it"?

Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (05/06), right here on ShockNet Radio at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central and 5pm 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 "BH-LIVE" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 866-400-6684

Oh, and by the way, if you like what you hear, if you enjoy the conversations and rants, then tell your friends about the show and have them tune in as well!

When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!