tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69660052024-03-07T01:41:56.455-05:00David 2's Brutally Honest Random ThoughtsA supplement to the Brutally Honest websiteDavid 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.comBlogger1037125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-35867641497909372272014-12-06T06:38:00.001-05:002014-12-06T06:38:42.043-05:00End-Of-Year 2014 StuffWow! It's been a while since I posted here, hasn't it?<br />
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It's been a really busy year for me, with some stuff that I can't talk about here taking up a good portion of my time and energy.<br />
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But as with all things, the year must come to an end.<br />
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Next Monday, 12/15, will be <a href="http://brutallyhonestcolumn.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">the last article of the year</a>. It is, of course, the annual Brutally Honest Awards article, featuring the best of the best and - more often than naught - the worst of the worst.<br />
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And things have been more worst than better.<br />
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I actually wanted the year-end article to be much earlier than the 15th... but recent events compelled me to spend at one week talking about them before I wrap things up for the year. I can't give it the literary thrashing that it is due if it's part of the year-end stuff. <br />
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New articles will return sometime late January or early February. Unlike a certain Internet radio station, a certain favorite MMO, and a certain muse or two, I do plan on coming back. I have no intention of letting you guys down, even if the same cannot be said for the things that I treasure.<br />
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I hope you have been enjoying the "new venture" I've been involved with called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SodomiteChampionshipWrestling" target="_blank">"Sodomite Championship Wrestling"</a>. At the very least, you know now why I have a face for radio. And, yes, we will continue to churn out new episodes, even during the Holiday Season.<br />
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I'm still pretty busy with my other venture too... which you can check out over at the <a href="http://battlerockcomics.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Battlerock Comics website</a>. I have a new comic series that should be coming out in January that I hope people will like.<br />
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And there's at least one more idea that I want to consider working on... sort of a really quick version of Brutally Honest rants, but they would be on YouTube. The inspiration came from, yes, talk radio and one station's quick promos for their overpaid commentator. Anyway, it's stuff that I am pondering, and if it does come to fruition, you'll see it here in the Random Thoughts blog.<br />
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Well, that's all that I have for now. Hope you guys keep checking back here, and of course check the other stuff that I've been working on. And if I don't <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brutally-Honest-Rants/197284597008605" target="_blank">hear from you</a> until next year, I hope you guys have a great holiday season.David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-84933086907378433062014-08-11T18:33:00.003-04:002014-08-11T18:34:07.791-04:00What's been going on... 8/11/14Hey guys, it's been a while since I've posted here and I'm sure some of you have been wondering what I've been doing.<br />
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First of all, you probably know that AHTV sorta kinda fizzled out. Sucks, but nothing I can do about it.<br />
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But the <a href="http://brutallyhonestcolumn.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">weekly columns</a> are still going on. I've been doing everything possible to keep the weekly schedule going and keep the articles interesting, informative, and sometimes entertaining.<br />
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Plus, as some of you know, I've been pretty busy with <a href="http://battlerockcomics.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Battlerock Comics</a>. Thanks to some very good friends, I've been able to get new material so I could resume work with the comic series based in the world of the City of Heroes MMO. (Just to make this clear: the MMO itself is still gone. I'm just using the most recent software to get new material.)<br />
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So that leaves...<b> "The New Thing"!</b><br />
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RJ and company are back, providing social commentary through a whole new route.<br />
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Welcome to<a href="https://www.facebook.com/SodomiteChampionshipWrestling" target="_blank"><b> SCW: Sodomite Championship Wrestling!</b></a><br />
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SCW provides social commentary through wrestling-style promos. Think the best <i>(and worst)</i> of the 1980's "Wrasslin" programs with all the drama, all the face-paint, all the crazy behaviors...<br />
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And where do I fit into this mix?<br />
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Well "The Brutal One" gets to dust off his acting card and serve as the broadcast announcer of this crazy zoo. I provide the face and the voice of "Whin Badlee" which you will see at the start of each video.<br />
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That pique your curiosity? Good. Now get over to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SodomiteChampionshipWrestling" target="_blank">Facebook </a>and to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/SodomiteWrestling" target="_blank">YouTube</a> and check out the very <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXiQQzUrTlg" target="_blank">first episode</a>!<br />
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Whew! How's that for an update, huh?David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-15709854460474800732014-04-02T20:54:00.003-04:002014-04-02T20:54:55.138-04:00Happy Eighteen Years!It's hard to believe that eighteen years ago yesterday, yours truly put together the website that would be the weekly commentary column known as <a href="http://brutallyhonestcolumn.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>"Brutally Honest"</b></a>.<br />
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As I always seem to mention in these annual trips down memory lane, the world has changed much since that somewhat cold Sunday afternoon in 1996. <br />
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I have lost... a lot... since those days. In fact, I've lost a lost of stuff very recently. Most notably I've lost my father just a few weeks ago. But even before then, I lost my favorite online radio station and my radio show. A year before, I lost my favorite MMORPG. I lost my best buddy in the world in 2010. I've lost my muse (although she and I are still friends).<br />
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And just when it seemed like I got a handle on things, like things are about to get better... there's another bomb dropped on me. Another loss. Something else I have get along without.<br />
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Maybe that's why there's really not much to-do here about those eighteen years. All that has changed, all that I've lost, all of the routines that I've had to write off... the only thing constant, the only thing still going on, is the column.<br />
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Still, I appreciate the feedback I've been getting and all of you who have read my columns and shared them with others. Hopefully we'll make it to the 20th anniversary in just two years and things will be a whole lot better by then.David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-50961676007634081442014-02-27T22:48:00.003-05:002014-02-27T22:54:11.789-05:00Sad but important news...Hey everyone...<br />
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It's been a while since I've posted a blog here, but I needed to let you know what's been going on.<br />
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Some of you already know that my father's been in poor health these past few months. The treatments for his latest cancer were complicated by a spill that he took in the hospital last year.<br />
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So while he was being treated for the swelling in his face and neck from the cancer treatments, he was slowly losing control of his lower half. He went from being weak to needing a walker to losing all control of his legs and needing a wheelchair.
The doctors discovered that he had an impacted disc in his spine, which was responsible for his growing paralysis. They operated on it, then had him in a nursing facility for recovery.<br />
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Unfortunately during that time he suffered pneumonia and later a severe case of shingles, which caused tremendous pain through most of his body.
Sadly, these were too much for him, and he passed away this past Sunday.<br />
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This is still a shock for everyone. This was a strong man, someone who was fighting all the various forms of cancer he was given, and he had every intention of beating this one as well. Nobody expected this to happen, never mind happen so relatively quickly.<br />
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We are still trying to get my father's affairs in order, so there will not be a Brutally Honest column for the week of 03/03/14. We will hopefully resume the columns the following week, but please keep checking here if that needs to change.<br />
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I want to thank everyone who have already expressed condolences and well-wishes, and for everyone else, I want to thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-40889463741664473592014-01-12T20:59:00.000-05:002014-01-12T20:59:47.280-05:00Getting Ready For Another Year Of CommentaryHey everyone!<br />
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Hope you all had a better holiday season than I did. The past few weeks have been very trying for me in terms of my father's health and just the usual stupidity that goes on around this time.<br />
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Next Monday will be the start of another year of weekly Brutally Honest commentary, which you can find <a href="http://brutallyhonestcolumn.blogspot.com/">over at the column site</a>. I already know what the subject will be, so it's just a matter of putting it to words and then getting it ready to be posted. <br />
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As for the audio rants... well, that won't be ready yet... if at all.<br />
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There are a few reasons for this.<br />
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My father's health is one. I am putting in long hours at work on my feet, and then coming home and helping my father, which has not been easy of late, and it has been eating into the things I would normally be doing.<br />
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Work is another key reason. Again, I'm putting in eight hours a day on my feet. When I did the radio show, I at least could rely on some spontaneous news reports and callers. But I barely had time to spend doing the prepared rants. And that was for a live show that had very little preparation otherwise. <br />
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Doing prerecorded audio rants takes a considerable amount of production time, even for something as short a ten or fifteen minutes long. And I am very much a perfectionist when it comes to these things. That's why I get the kind of compliments I receive... for those that do listen. If I can't provide that kind of quality on a regular basis, then I'm wasting my time and yours.<br />
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Plus I still don't know what I want the new production to be... do I want to resume the Brutally Honest audio rants? Do I want to try to get a live show going somewhere? Do I want to take the short-lived "Hero Corner" bit on TGWTG.com and bring it to the next level? Do I want to do audio... or video? Too many things for me to ponder and work on if I want to move forward with it.<br />
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So, right now that's on hold. I'll let you know what I'm leaning towards.<br />
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Plus, don't forget I still have my comic book productions going on over at <a href="http://battlerockcomics.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Battlerock Comics</a>. That also takes time, which I have very little of nowadays. The latest issue of<a href="http://battlerockcomics.wordpress.com/2014/01/08/a-peek-at-issue-10/" target="_blank"><b> "Future's Guardian"</b></a> goes online on <b>January 15th</b>. And there's also something very "strange" <a href="http://battlerockcomics.wordpress.com/2013/12/25/merry-christmas/" target="_blank">that was posted there on Christmas Day</a>. Think you know what it means?<br />
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Oh, and remember AHTV? Well, if you haven't had the chance to watch <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFvE3zTssDU" target="_blank">"You Hired Me"</a>, then here's your chance. Be sure to check out my debut as "David 2.1" and see why I have a face for radio. If you like it, share it with others, and if you don't, then say so in the comments section there.<br />
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Well, that's what I have so far to start 2014... so stay tuned and get ready for continue seventeen years of Brutally Honest commentary!David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-17140582244658063712013-11-30T10:20:00.000-05:002013-11-30T10:20:17.639-05:00The Post-ShockNet Era<p align="center"><b><font size="5">The Post-ShockNet Era</font><br><i>(Or: What the heck am I going to do now that I don't have a live radio show to give me a sense of purpose?)</i></b></p><p>ShockNet Radio has now officially gone the way of City of Heroes...</p><p>Long live ShockNet Radio!</p><p>I spent many years helping RJ and his wife with both my own show and with RJ's. It has literally been a part of my life, a part of who I am. I have identified myself as "media personality for ShockNet Radio" for a few years now instead of as a writer or a comic book creator or an online columnist. This has been my dream job! And now that dream is shut down.</p><p>So the question of the hour is "What now?"</p><p>Well, for starters, I still have a whole half-year of archives to post. I have been using Ourmedia as my intermediary for the Internet Archive, and Ourmedia has been seriously screwed up since the spring. Since Ourmedia was essential in getting the iTunes link, I lost my iTunes connection as well. And since the folks at Ourmedia show no interest in getting the matter fixed <i>(it's BEEN over six months!)</i>, I guess I'll have to come up with my own intermediary link for the Internet Archive so I can finish posting those archived shows that people have missed. This will also serve as the home for the return of the Brutally Honest Rants in late January 2014. </p><p>The only question I have will be will I be using Blogger or Wordpress? Stay tuned.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brutally-Honest-Rants/197284597008605">Brutally Honest - LIVE Facebook page</a> will <i>(hopefully)</i> stay and has been re-purposed into "Brutally Honest Rants", so those of you that "like" it on Facebook will still have it around for updates. The SNR logo has been replaced with Get Brutal Productions, but everything else should still be there.</p><p>This Monday's <a href="http://brutallyhonestcolumn.blogspot.com">Brutally Honest Column</a> will be the annual "Brutally Honest Awards" feature, wrapping up the year looking at the best of the best and the worst of the worst and everything else that I might be able to remember about the year. Then that will be it for the holidays. But, don't worry, new articles WILL be coming back in the second half of January. <i>(Hey, I've been doing this for seventeen years now. It's the one thing that I completely control, so why should I stop now?)</i></p><p>That brings us to my OTHER ventures...</p><p>First, <a href="http://battlerockcomics.wordpress.com">Battlerock Comics</a>.</p><p><b>"Future's Guardian" #9 </b>will be going online on Sunday, December 1st. BUT no rest for the weary as I'll be working on FG10 for January 15th.</p><p>And in between that I'll be working on ANOTHER venture that will have some eyebrows raised and some pants wetted. Keep checking the website and you might catch a little "Seasons Greeting" whipped up just for the occasion.</p><p>Then there's the NEW venture with RJ and company...</p><p><b><a href="http://blip.tv/americanheathen">AHTV!</a></b></p><p>Yes, that <b>American Heathen<font face="Times New Roman">®</font> Television!</b> We've taken the radio show that kicked off ShockNet Radio back in 2005 and turned it on it's side... took some really nasty pics of it... and will be putting it on Blip.TV starting December 25th! But it's not going to be like the radio show you may <i>(or most likely <u>not</u>)</i> remember. No, we're going for your mind AND your funny bone!</p><p>And, yes, I'll be in it... or rather a "version" of me will be in it. Call it David2.1... always in perpetual beta-test mode. You'll see what I mean come December 25th.</p><p>So... pretty busy "down time" for me, but that's what I got so far. </p><p>ShockNet Radio is gone, but the spirit lives on.</p>David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-14571142145347674942013-11-24T18:10:00.001-05:002013-11-24T18:10:57.190-05:00Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 11/25/13 - FINAL SHOW NOTES<p>This is it, folks.</p><p><b><font size="5">THE LAST SHOW!</font></b></p><p>I didn't want it to end. I still don't want it to end. But end it must.</p><p>So this is it, and if we're going to go, we're going to go BIG!</p><p>The theme for this final show will be <b>PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE</b>. Where we've been, what we are doing now, and what's to come.</p><p>We'll have the phone lines. We'll have guests. We'll have surprises. We'll have everything... well, everything EXCEPT punch and pie. <i>(Sorry, I have to do EVERYTHING around here, and sacrifices did have to be made.)</i></p><p>And if you thought I'd be crazy to promise all of that with only one hour to do it all in, well then you'd be right. </p><p>SO we're bumping this last hurrah up to TWO HOURS!</p><p>Be sure to tune in one more time THIS MONDAY <b><i>(11/25)</i></b>, right here on <b>ShockNet Radio</b> at 8pm Eastern <i>(7pm Central and 5pm Pacific)</i> over at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com/">www.shocknetradio.com</a> and also at <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple's iTunes Radio Player</a> under the "Classic Rock" category.</p><p>And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com">www.shocknetradio.com</a> during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls <u>toll-free</u> in the U.S. and Canada at <b>866-400-6684</b></p><p>Help me make this last show one for the archives!</p><p><b><i>When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!</i></b></p>David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-82968682682815137002013-11-17T21:41:00.000-05:002013-11-17T21:41:10.408-05:00Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 11/18/13 - Show Notes<p>We're almost there folks... this is the PENULTIMATE show!</p><p>And what a subject to talk about for this next-to-last broadcast...</p><p><b>THE DEATH OF HOPE!</b></p><p>This week marks a certain anniversary that many people wished never happened. <i>(And if you happen to think that the event in question was my birth, then... well even <b>I</b> wouldn't be that egotistical.)</i> And while a lot of people want to focus only on that one event in history, I think it opened the door to a much larger problem. One that has been affecting us for about fifty years now.</p><p>I'll explain more on the air, and then I'll want your thoughts on it.</p><p>Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (11/18), right here on <b>ShockNet Radio</b> at 8pm Eastern <i>(7pm Central and 5pm Pacific)</i> over at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com/">www.shocknetradio.com</a> and also at <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple's iTunes Radio Player</a> under the "Classic Rock" category.</p><p>And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com">www.shocknetradio.com</a> during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls <u>toll-free</u> in the U.S. and Canada at <b>866-400-6684</b></p><p>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!</p><p><b><i>When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!</i></b></p>David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-35317065902757540712013-11-11T05:01:00.000-05:002013-11-11T05:01:18.354-05:00Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 11/11/13 - Show Notes<p>Our time here on the air is <a href="http://d2brutallyhonest.blogspot.com/2013/11/end-of-year-and-other-endings.html">almost coming to a close</a>, so I figured I'd share something special with you for this week's program.</p><p>You know how President Obama's new healthcare website has been undergoing problems? Well apparently someone has decided to work up an alternative program, and a certain commentator was asked to help "beta-test" it. And how better to "beta-test" this new program than to do it on the air?</p><p>So that's what we're going to do!</p><p>That won't be all I have for us, of course, but it should get your attention.</p><p>Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (11/11), right here on <b>ShockNet Radio</b> at 8pm Eastern <i>(7pm Central and 5pm Pacific)</i> over at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com/">www.shocknetradio.com</a> and also at <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple's iTunes Radio Player</a> under the "Classic Rock" category.</p><p>And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com">www.shocknetradio.com</a> during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls <u>toll-free</u> in the U.S. and Canada at <b>866-400-6684</b></p><p>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!</p><p><b><i>When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!</i></b></p>David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-33046970590728702342013-11-10T11:44:00.000-05:002013-11-10T11:44:24.485-05:00End Of Year... and other endings...We've come to the part of the year that I really don't put too much thought about... the END of the year.<br />
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And this year, the "END" comes in so many different ways.<br />
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If you haven't been listening to <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com/" target="_blank"><b>ShockNet Radio</b></a>, then you probably don't know that the station will be shutting down at the end of this month.<br />
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This is not a temporary shutdown. This is not the annual "Holiday Hiatus". ShockNet Radio will come to an end at 11pm Eastern Time on Friday, November 29th. The station goes dark, the equipment gets broken down and sold and Studio B joins Studio A in obscurity.<br />
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Obviously this means there will be no more <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brutally-Honest-LIVE/197284597008605" target="_blank"><b>"Brutally Honest - LIVE"</b></a> after this month. The show needs a live radio station to make it happen, and there will be no more ShockNet Radio after this month, so BHL will come to an end.<br />
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Don't worry, I will have a grand finale on November 25th. It'll be a special 2-hour final broadcast, and I have NO IDEA what I'll be doing for the last hour.<br />
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And I REALLY HOPE that you guys will tune for the shows on the 11th and 18th too!!! I don't want you guys to think that I'M giving up on you before then, so please don't give up on me! I'm not like some of the other hosts that I will not mention that have given up on their shows long before the plug is pulled on them. I LIKE DOING THIS! I WISH I COULD KEEP DOING THIS! I feel just as let down as some of you that the decision was made to shut down SNR, but it wasn't my call and I have to accept the decision of those that made the call and were responsible for keeping my labor of love going for as long as it has.<br />
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That brings us to the question of "What next?"<br />
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Some people have asked that I return "Brutally Honest" to an hour or half-hour podcast like it used to be before going live. I have a few issues with that. <br />
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The first issue is that I don't have the time to dedicate to that kind of work like I used to. I have work and <a href="http://battlerockcomics.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">a few projects</a> on my plate, including the new <a href="http://blip.tv/americanheathen" target="_blank"><b>AHTV</b> series</a>. That's time, effort, and energy that I don't have to put into doing an hour or even half-hour podcast.<br />
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The second issue is a matter of spirit. Losing BHL and ShockNet is taking a lot out of me. This is a kick in the nuts on the same level as NC Soft suddenly killing my favorite MMO last year. While I understand the decision of RJ and his wife to end the station <i>(and their reason was a thousand times more credible than NC Soft's was)</i>, it still hurts, and I do not have it within me to try to pretend that I can "keep the magic going" by doing a self-published podcast.<br />
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That's not to say I'm hanging up the microphone and shutting down the soundboard! I will most likely return to doing a weekly audio rant in 2014. But it will be just one rant. I'll have the details of that later on at this blog site. Maybe some day when I can get someone else's attention and I have access to live radio I can bring "Brutally Honest - LIVE" back. I just don't see that day coming anytime soon.<br />
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Next up... the <a href="http://brutallyhonestcolumn.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">weekly column</a>.<br />
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I'm still doing the column, as I have been doing for the past seventeen years. The last column for the year will be out on December 2nd, and it will be the annual <b>"Brutally Honest Awards"</b>, and then that will be it for 2013. However, unlike the radio show, the column <u><b>WILL</b></u> be back in January of 2014. Believe me, I don't want to miss out on some prime commentating when it comes to the mid-term elections!<br />
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Now... let's talk comics and the future of <a href="http://battlerockcomics.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Battlerock Comics</b></a>.<br />
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<i><b>"Future's Guardian"</b></i> is still going on. We are about mid-way through the <i>"Psilence of Conscience"</i> storyline and things are just starting to get interesting there. The production schedule has been moved to a 45-day cycle instead of a monthly release because of some of the other projects on my plate right now. We will be taking a break after the storyline ends, but that's only because there are some other comic projects that we need to concentrate on. The series WILL resume afterward! It is <u>not</u> being cancelled!<br />
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For more about that, please continue to visit the Battlerock Comics website.<br />
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So, that's pretty much it for now. We have three more shows of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brutally-Honest-LIVE/197284597008605" target="_blank">"Brutally Honest - LIVE"</a> to do, four more articles for <a href="http://brutallyhonestcolumn.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">the column</a> for the year, <a href="http://battlerockcomics.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">the comic series</a> is still going on, and, oh, <a href="http://blip.tv/americanheathen" target="_blank">AHTV</a> makes its debut in December so you'll be able to find out why I have a face for radio!<br />
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Holiday? WHAT Holiday? :) David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-1689014387293438962013-11-03T19:20:00.002-05:002013-11-03T19:20:36.775-05:00Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 11/04/13 - Show Notes<p>So how was your Halloween? Get any good candy?</p><p>Of course, for many local politicians here in America, the real sweets are this coming Tuesday with Election Day. A day that most people will probably ignore, but they really shouldn't.</p><p>Given the forthcoming local elections, and the fact that it falls on Guy Fawkes Day, I thought maybe we should look at what it would take to really fix government. Because there ARE some ideas being floated about, ranging from fixing how we are taxed to term limits and even one radical method of supposedly holding members of the U.S. Senate in line. We'll go over that and some others you may have either in the chat room or by calling in through our TOLL-FREE number. </p><p>Because we know that <u>something</u> is wrong; we just can't seem to agree as to what needs to be done to fix it.</p><p>Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (11/04), right here on <b>ShockNet Radio</b> at 8pm Eastern <i>(7pm Central and 5pm Pacific)</i> over at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com/">www.shocknetradio.com</a> and also at <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple's iTunes Radio Player</a> under the "Classic Rock" category.</p><p>And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com">www.shocknetradio.com</a> during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls <u>toll-free</u> in the U.S. and Canada at <b>866-400-6684</b></p><p>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!</p><p><b><i>When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!</i></b></p>David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-4826800759451235992013-10-26T17:43:00.002-04:002013-10-26T17:43:49.878-04:00Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 10/28/13 - Show Notes<p>There's a chill in the air...</p><p>It's a time of dread, of stories featuring monsters, demons, and other things that go bump in the night.</p><p>Are these the end times? </p><p>No. Just check your calendar. It's <b>HALLOWEEN!</b></p><p>And after two weeks of "open line" discussions, we actually have a discussion topic for this week's show:</p><p><b>WHAT DO YOU <i>FEAR</i>?</b></p><p>I'll be sure to share my own fears, and we can speculate on what certain others fear. And while we're at it, we can go over some fears that really are overrated. </p><p>That should take up the hour, right? Plus there are the Quick Rants, and of course the "final rant", and I really don't know how wound up I'll get for that part of the show. And that can sometimes scare me.</p><p>Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (10/28), right here on <b>ShockNet Radio</b> at 8pm Eastern <i>(7pm Central and 5pm Pacific)</i> over at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com/">www.shocknetradio.com</a> and also at <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple's iTunes Radio Player</a> under the "Classic Rock" category.</p><p>And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com">www.shocknetradio.com</a> during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls <u>toll-free</u> in the U.S. and Canada at <b>866-400-6684</b></p><p>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!</p><p><b><i>When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!</i></b></p>David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-7226389719210267052013-10-21T05:38:00.000-04:002013-10-21T05:38:32.121-04:00Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 10/21/13 - Show Notes<p>Once again... I'm stuck as to what to talk about for Monday.</p><p>Last week we did open call discussion, and we got some really good questions in.</p><p>But... now that the shutdown is over with... at least until January... I'm once again stumped as to what we should talk about.</p><p>Will I come up with something by showtime? Or will I have another open line night? FIND OUT!</p><p>Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (10/21), right here on <b>ShockNet Radio</b> at 8pm Eastern <i>(7pm Central and 5pm Pacific)</i> over at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com/">www.shocknetradio.com</a> and also at <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple's iTunes Radio Player</a> under the "Classic Rock" category.</p><p>And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com">www.shocknetradio.com</a> during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls <u>toll-free</u> in the U.S. and Canada at <b>866-400-6684</b></p><p>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!</p><p><b><i>When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!</i></b></p>David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-19530223492461655422013-10-13T20:30:00.002-04:002013-10-13T20:30:46.186-04:00Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 10/14/13 - Show Notes<p>You know... for once I'm stuck as to what to talk about for Monday.</p><p>I mean, yeah, we could talk about the shutdown, the debt ceiling, the GOP changing rules, the question of who is at fault...</p><p>But it's getting tired. We keep on talking about it over and over again. I know where you guys stand on it all; you know where I stand on it all.</p><p>And yet... what else is there to talk about?</p><p>I guess we'll have to find out. If something should come up between now and then, obviously we'll jump on it. But let's just play this one by ear, okay?</p><p>And... will this be the only show on ShockNet Radio's schedule again? Will we have our "usual" weekly fare this week? Find out here!</p><p>Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (10/14), right here on <b>ShockNet Radio</b> at 8pm Eastern <i>(7pm Central and 5pm Pacific)</i> over at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com/">www.shocknetradio.com</a> and also at <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple's iTunes Radio Player</a> under the "Classic Rock" category.</p><p>And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com">www.shocknetradio.com</a> during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls <u>toll-free</u> in the U.S. and Canada at <b>866-400-6684</b></p><p>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!</p><p><b><i>When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!</i></b></p>David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-52952817719996422972013-10-06T11:03:00.000-04:002013-10-06T11:03:02.330-04:00Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 10/07/13 - Show Notes<p>Prior to the GOP throwing their temper tantrum and forcing a shutdown of the federal government, there were news reports about how things seem to be getting better.</p><p>Foreclosures are down, layoffs are down, home prices are starting to go up, and the Federal Reserve continues to toy with the idea that they would end the Wall Street money trough.</p><p>And yet, I look around and things really don't look like they're getting better.</p><p>So I have to wonder... ARE things really getting better? Or are we just getting better at LYING to ourselves?</p><p>You'll hear my thoughts on that, and then I'll want to know what YOU think. Oh, and if you want to talk about the GOP tantrum, you can do that as well.</p><p>Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (10/07), right here on <b>ShockNet Radio</b> at 8pm Eastern <i>(7pm Central and 5pm Pacific)</i> over at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com/">www.shocknetradio.com</a> and also at <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple's iTunes Radio Player</a> under the "Classic Rock" category.</p><p>And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com">www.shocknetradio.com</a> during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls <u>toll-free</u> in the U.S. and Canada at <b>866-400-6684</b></p><p>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!</p><p><b><i>When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!</i></b></p>David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-46227836830426445422013-09-29T18:59:00.000-04:002013-09-29T18:59:46.703-04:00Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 09/30/13 - Show Notes<p>It recently occurred to me how much we've changed in the seventeen years that I've been doing Brutally Honest commentary.</p><p>When I first got started doing this, the idea of same-sex marriages scared the crap out of the great unwashed... so much so that even the liberal-leaning Clintons were backing a federal ban on it. Today, it's got a tacit Supreme Court nod and a good portion of the states will either recognize them or at the very least not discriminate against them.</p><p>Pot legalization? Are you kidding? Even the idea of allowing it only for medicinal purposes was considered to be just a pipe dream! Now you have states that are not only doing that, but they are out-and-out legalizing it in small amounts! And the federal government is supposedly giving those states a wide berth. </p><p>Things that were once thought of as out-of-your-mind are becoming okay. So what's next? Will it be... legalized brothels? Hey, I'd be down for that if it's done right!</p><p>Meanwhile the cons and neo-cons are throwing fits and tantrums over... well, over <u>everything</u>! They really are getting to be just a bomb and a gun away from full Christian jihadism.</p><p>So what I want to know is... what's your take on all this? Where do you stand? Are we ready for the "new and scary"? Or are you trying to find the emergency brake to slam on hard?</p><p>Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (09/30), right here on <b>ShockNet Radio</b> at 8pm Eastern <i>(7pm Central and 5pm Pacific)</i> over at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com/">www.shocknetradio.com</a> and also at <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple's iTunes Radio Player</a> under the "Classic Rock" category.</p><p>And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com">www.shocknetradio.com</a> during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls <u>toll-free</u> in the U.S. and Canada at <b>866-400-6684</b></p><p>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!</p><p><b><i>When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!</i></b></p>David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-84688263554486159222013-09-22T16:45:00.000-04:002013-09-22T16:45:09.045-04:00Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 09/23/13 - Show Notes<p>Pope Francis, the new head of the Roman Catholic Church, has REALLY been hitting the headlines, hasn't he?</p><p>So far he's castigated Big Corporate for their parasitic predatory philosophy of plunder, he's insisted on living a humble existence, telling priests to give up luxury cars, he's making personal phone calls to the common people...</p><p>And now he's saying the Church needs to change its attitude or else it is DOOMED!</p><p>Well I happen to think he's right on that front, and that's speaking as one that has not only grown up Catholic, but also graduated from one of the top liberal arts colleges in New England that is run by monks and nuns!</p><p>But I want to know what you think about this. I know there are several theists, atheists, Catholics, non-Catholic Christians, and "others" that listen to my show. (Okay, maybe one of each... I don't what to delude myself too much here.) So this is your opportunity to speak up on the subject. Do you agree with Pope Francis? Do you think the Church needs to change to accommodate the shifting demographic and evolving attitudes? Do you think the Catholic Church itself CAN change? Or do you think it's too late for that?</p><p>Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (09/23), right here on <b>ShockNet Radio</b> at 8pm Eastern <i>(7pm Central and 5pm Pacific)</i> over at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com/">www.shocknetradio.com</a> and also at <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple's iTunes Radio Player</a> under the "Classic Rock" category.</p><p>And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com">www.shocknetradio.com</a> during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls <u>toll-free</u> in the U.S. and Canada at <b>866-400-6684</b></p><p>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!</p><p><b><i>When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!</i></b></p>David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-64519220819545572652013-09-16T21:14:00.001-04:002013-09-16T21:22:24.088-04:00Are you ready to see Monster's kids?If you've been listening to the show, you'd know that our call screener, Gladys, was supposedly impregnated by simply <b>looking</b> at the picture of the super-testosterone Monster.<br />
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<br />David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-51309840115606570422013-09-15T21:43:00.002-04:002013-09-15T21:43:24.381-04:00Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 09/16/13 - Show Notes<p>So what if we could take care of the problem with all of those foreclosed homes still left vacant because of Too Big To Fail?</p><p>You know, the homes that have been left to rot because the greedy bank executives just don't care enough to keep the lawns mowed and the sidings painted. Nobody is living in them. There's no local tax revenue being generated because of that.</p><p>What if the local government could take those homes off the hands of the greedy bank criminals? They'd still get fair market price, and the local governments can then oversee the sale of those homes to people that could afford to live in them.</p><p>Sounds good, right? After all, the government has been pretty much given cart blanche to take property from others through eminent domain so they can hand that property over to other private entities. And it would be for the exact same pretense they used before... namely to increate the tax revenue off that property, because right now they're not getting any.</p><p>Is it right? Are you for it? And why are the greedy bank criminals against it if they know they're getting money out of the deal?</p><p>I've talked about this in an earlier show, but I really want to know what <u>you</u> think about it.</p><p>Oh, and it's SOMEONE'S birthday on Monday! No, not mine... not yet anyway... but tune in to find out who!</p><p>Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (09/16), right here on <b>ShockNet Radio</b> at 8pm Eastern <i>(7pm Central and 5pm Pacific)</i> over at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com/">www.shocknetradio.com</a> and also at <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple's iTunes Radio Player</a> under the "Classic Rock" category.</p><p>And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com">www.shocknetradio.com</a> during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls <u>toll-free</u> in the U.S. and Canada at <b>866-400-6684</b></p><p>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!</p><p><b><i>When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!</i></b></p>David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-23887790329294171892013-09-08T13:24:00.003-04:002013-09-08T13:24:56.756-04:00Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 09/09/13 - Show Notes<p>You know, for someone who started his tenure by winning the Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama seems to have a really perverse fixation on WAR.</p><p>First there was Iraq and Afghanistan... and granted he basically had to clean up Junior's messes in those countries. Then there were the Somali pirates. Then there was Libya.</p><p>And now there's Syria... maybe... if Congress is somehow able to fight THE SCRIPT. You know, the same SCRIPT that FoxNews hashes out on a continual basis with their so-called "experts" telling people that we HAVE to go to Syria and we HAVE to stay in Syria and it's GOING to be a fuster-cluck no matter what we do, but we have to do it anyway. Oh, and these are the same so-called "experts" that were telling us that we HAD to go to Iraq and we HAD to fight Saddam Hussein and that is was GOING to be a fuster-cluck no matter what we did, but we HAD to do it anyway.</p><p>Speaking of which, I don't feel sorry for the trained parrots of FoxNews... because they're reciting from a SCRIPT that they automatically want to HATE simply because it's being done under Obama's watch!</p><p>BUT... should we be going there? And are we doing it for the right reasons? Or is this yet another ego-driven war, like Iraq was for Bush Junior?</p><p>By the way, this is the part of the show where you call in so I can hear what you think about the subject. I don't want you to presume that I'll be spending all of the show talking, okay? We even have a toll-free number for you to call so it won't cost you anything to speak your mind.</p><p>Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (09/09), right here on <b>ShockNet Radio</b> at 8pm Eastern <i>(7pm Central and 5pm Pacific)</i> over at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com/">www.shocknetradio.com</a> and also at <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple's iTunes Radio Player</a> under the "Classic Rock" category.</p><p>And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com">www.shocknetradio.com</a> during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls <u>toll-free</u> in the U.S. and Canada at <b>866-400-6684</b></p><p>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!</p><p><b><i>When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!</i></b></p>David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-9703961429712956832013-08-31T14:59:00.002-04:002013-08-31T18:11:43.067-04:00Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 09/02/13 - Show Notes<p>Is it true? Will David 2 be WORKING on LABOR DAY?</p><p>Well, yes...</p><p>Working ON THIS SHOW!</p><p>I have to, because there is something very important that I want to talk to you about concerning the future of this program.</p><p>Some people already know what this is, and if you are one of them, please DO NOT BE A DICK!</p><p>But because we are talking about Labor Day, I figured this would be a great time to talk about LABOR.. for what it is worth.</p><p>There are people protesting fast food restaurants to demand a hike in the minimum wage. Billionaire CEO of McDonald's responds by whining about how it would skyrocket the cost of fast food, although doesn't talk <a href="http://business.time.com/2013/08/29/fast-food-companies-can-afford-to-pay-their-workers-more/">about the profits they make</a> and how they came up with a pompous and unrealistic McBudget for those minimum wage workers that actually tells those overworked and underpaid workers that they must get a second job in order to meet the unrealistic McBudget.</p><p>Believe me, I'll have something to say when <a href="http://brutallyhonestcolumn.blogspot.com">my column</a> comes out on Monday, but what I want to know is what you think of the subject.</p><p>Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (09/02), right here on <b>ShockNet Radio</b> at 8pm Eastern <i>(7pm Central and 5pm Pacific)</i> over at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com/">www.shocknetradio.com</a> and also at <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple's iTunes Radio Player</a> under the "Classic Rock" category.</p><p>And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com">www.shocknetradio.com</a> during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls <u>toll-free</u> in the U.S. and Canada at <b>866-400-6684</b></p><p>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!</p><p><b><i>When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!</i></b></p>David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-43089661769848622632013-08-25T16:24:00.000-04:002013-08-25T16:24:52.044-04:00Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 08/26/13 - Show Notes<p>First, I want to apologize for <a href="http://d2brutallyhonest.blogspot.com/2013/08/no-show-for-monday-081913.html">last Monday's cancellation</a>. </p><p>In order to do these broadcasts I need two computers. The first computer handles the live connection between Get Brutal Productions and with ShockNet Radio itself. The second computer handles all the sound effects and the chatroom. A few months back, I lost the monitor for my second computer. So I turned to "Old Reliable", my original bulky 19" CRT monitor. Then that died, so I was out the audio PC. I managed to set up a workaround with my laptop, which did a superb job these past few weeks... until last weekend when the display died. </p><p>Fortunately I was able to get a new monitor for my audio PC, so it is back and running... but I do miss my laptop.</p><p>Anyway, on with the show!</p><p>This week I have another two-fer discussion subject. <b><u>BALLMER</u> and <u>BATMAN</u>!</b></p><p>First, Steve Ballmer, the gruff CEO of Microsoft, has announced he is stepping down in the next year or so. He seems to think that his biggest failure was with Windows Vista, but was that really the case? How about their XBox Live with the forced DRM junk? How about MS Surface and the dancing morons? I'm sure a lot of listeners are Microsoft users in one way or another, so I'm wondering what you think of the Post-Bill-Gates Microsoft. Do you like where they are heading? What should they do? Can they recover? SHOULD they recover?</p><p>Then there's <b>BATMAN</b>! Or is it BatFLECK? Ben Affleck has agreed to be Batman for the Man of Steel sequel, working with Henry Cavil as Superman and Bryan Cranston <i>(from AMC's "Breaking Bad")</i> as Lex Luthor. This would supposedly be a multi-picture project, with Affleck and Cranston crossing over into other DC movies much like Clark Gregg and Samuel L. Jackson did for Marvel's movies. But is does the Oscar-winning director have what it takes to take over from Christian Bale? Are we talking another surprise like Michael Keaton, or would he be another George Clooney? And why should we even be making this kind of fuss?</p><p>That's what up for discussion... and if one subject dominates over the other, then at least I could bring the other subject back the following week.</p><p>One more thing: there is a certain announcement that has been going around regarding the future of this program on ShockNet Radio. The staff here is well aware of this announcement and we will formally address it on the Labor Day program. For those of you who already know what it is, I would ask that you please be patient for one more week before peppering me with questions about it, okay?</p><p>Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (08/26), right here on <b>ShockNet Radio</b> at 8pm Eastern <i>(7pm Central and 5pm Pacific)</i> over at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com/">www.shocknetradio.com</a> and also at <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple's iTunes Radio Player</a> under the "Classic Rock" category.</p><p>And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com">www.shocknetradio.com</a> during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls <u>toll-free</u> in the U.S. and Canada at <b>866-400-6684</b></p><p>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!</p><p><b><i>When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!</i></b></p>David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-30795132484111093522013-08-18T10:09:00.000-04:002013-08-18T10:09:05.519-04:00No Show For Monday - 08/19/13Regretfully we will have to cancel this week's broadcast of <b>"Brutally Honest - LIVE!"</b><br />
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Over the weekend we suffered the loss of our audio computer's display, which is essential for the show, and we will not be able to get a replacement in time for this week's show.<br />
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However, we hope that you will continue to enjoy all the great programming that <b><a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com/">ShockNet Radio</a></b> provide this week, including <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheRockandRollDiner">"The Rock & Roll Diner"</a></b> this Tuesday night with CA Wood, and <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hard-Luck-Chucks-Juke-Joint">"Hard Luck Chuck's Juke Joint"</a></b> on Friday night with Hard Luck Chuck <i>(aka "2BuckChuck" on our show)</i>. Both shows are at 8pm ET, 7pm CT.<br />
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AND hopefully we will be back on the air NEXT Monday at our usual time of 8pm ET, 7pm CT, to go over everything social, political, in-your-face, and <b>BRUTALLY HONEST</b>.David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-26859648739431450772013-08-11T13:41:00.000-04:002013-08-11T13:41:10.802-04:00Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 08/12/13 - Show Notes<p>Remember <b>Court TV</b>?</p><p>That's the cable channel that was supposed to be all about court cases. Every kind of court case you can get, from OJ Simpson to the local murder cases, were discussed. Obviously the Supreme Court decisions played a role with them as well.</p><p>Well Court TV pretty much died in 2008 when it was "re-branded" as <b>"TruTV"</b> and began running mindless programming. Oh, wait, they were doing that back in 2004.</p><p>Anyway, Court TV may be dead, but why does it seem like its ghost lives on through other channels?</p><p>Daytime television is still apparently fixated on certain court cases, from Casey Anthony to George Zimmerman, and everyone wants to dissect the proceedings. Hundreds of so-called "legal experts" and thousands of armchair consultants all break down each and every action in the case, second-guessing testimony and legal tactics and trying to read the minds of the players. And it's apparently working, or else people like Nancy Grace and Greta Van Sustren would be virtual nobodies.</p><p>So the discussion subject for this week is all about the Court of Television. Should there BE one? Should we BE second-guessing the proceedings?</p><p>And WHAT KIND of trials should we be looking at? Here in Atlanta, we have the perjury trial of Andrea Sneiderman versus the corruption trial of Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill. Sex-Lies-and-Murder versus Politicians-Gone-Wild... you can guess which one the media here is fixated on. But are they fixated on the WRONG case? I want to know what you think about this whole thing!</p><p>Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (08/12), right here on <b>ShockNet Radio</b> at 8pm Eastern <i>(7pm Central and 5pm Pacific)</i> over at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com/">www.shocknetradio.com</a> and also at <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple's iTunes Radio Player</a> under the "Classic Rock" category.</p><p>And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com">www.shocknetradio.com</a> during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls <u>toll-free</u> in the U.S. and Canada at <b>866-400-6684</b></p><p>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!</p><p><b><i>When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!</i></b></p>David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966005.post-36240843328788697872013-08-04T20:19:00.000-04:002013-08-04T20:19:18.162-04:00Brutally Honest - LIVE! - 08/05/13 - Show Notes<p>So you probably heard about all the CHATTER that Homeland Security picked up. All the CHATTER that tells Americans they need to BE AFRAID, be REALLY AFRAID, especially if they're overseas.</p><p>The embassies have to be shut down over the weekend... GOTTA BE CAREFUL! And now it has to be the whole week. Sucks to be an American abroad and you need the help of the local embassy, huh?</p><p>Because of the CHATTER, don't you know? It's all about the CHATTER.</p><p>Or is it something else? Makes you wonder, huh? Homeland Security admits losing track of A MILLION visitors, don't know if they're still here. TSA workers are sleeping on the job. Edward Snowden got his asylum in Russia. FBI going after people who Google a certain kind of kitchenware. Is it really about a little Bush-era tactic to bring the masses back under the mattresses?</p><p>Well let's have our own little CHATTER about it... on the digital airwaves, of course!</p><p>Be sure to tune in THIS MONDAY (08/05), right here on <b>ShockNet Radio</b> at 8pm Eastern <i>(7pm Central and 5pm Pacific)</i> over at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com/">www.shocknetradio.com</a> and also at <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple's iTunes Radio Player</a> under the "Classic Rock" category.</p><p>And don't forget that I'll be in the "BH LIVE" chatroom at <a href="http://www.shocknetradio.com">www.shocknetradio.com</a> during the show to discuss the subject LIVE, and I'll be taking your calls <u>toll-free</u> in the U.S. and Canada at <b>866-400-6684</b></p><p>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!</p><p><b><i>When the truth is not enough, it's time for... BRUTALLY HONEST - LIVE!</i></b></p>David 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/12138208895799312312noreply@blogger.com0