Special 2012 Audio Rant

Given the tragedy in Connecticut and the discussion that followed, I came up with this special audio rant.

The audio is also available on iTunes, so those that subscribe to the Archives should see it show up in their iTunes player.

Be sure to join us on January 28th, 2013 at 8pm ET, 7pm CT, for the return of "Brutally Honest - LIVE!" on www.ShockNetRadio.com

"Brutally Honest - LIVE" Returns For 2013

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“Brutally Honest on ShockNet Radio” returns to “Brutally Honest- LIVE!”

Atlanta, Georgia - December 16, 2012 - Get Brutal Productions and ShockNet Radio have announced that “Brutally Honest on ShockNet Radio” will return to ShockNet Radio for the 2013 season in a live online broadcast format.  This will mark the first time that the show will be in a regular live format since its reincarnation from the now-defunct Talk Liberty Network.

Show host David 2 says that the transformation from a pre-recorded “podcast” to live format will be a challenge but is also an inevitable step for his program.

“This show originally began as a live broadcast on Talk Liberty,” he explained.  “And when we started talking about bringing the show back through ShockNet Radio, the ultimate goal was for it to go live.”

“Brutally Honest” originally began as “Brutally Honest - LIVE” in 1999 but eventually went to pre-recorded status when the Talk Liberty Network lost its live streaming capacity.  The program continued from 2003 until 2007 as the pre-recorded “Brutally Honest Rants” hosted on the official “Brutally Honest” website.  The show then resumed as a regular broadcast in pre-recorded format in 2008 under the name “Brutally Honest on ShockNet Radio”.

With the return of the live format, the show name will also return to its original title of “Brutally Honest - LIVE!”

ShockNet Radio station manager RJ Evans says that the show will continue to be done from David 2’s remote soundboard in the greater Atlanta area and will be accessed remotely through software connected to the station’s broadcasting server in Oklahoma City.  But Evans makes clear that David 2 will be running the show from Atlanta.

“I’ll have my own staff helping me out on this,” David 2 said.  “I will have a producer here that will handle call screenings and make sure that I’m on-time with my required station breaks.  These are things that RJ would normally do if I was in Oklahoma City, but here I’ll have my own people.”

David 2 had previously worked with Evans on live broadcasts both with his work with the “American Heathen®” program and in two special broadcasts from Oklahoma City.  As with those special broadcasts, David 2 will also be taking listener calls.

“This part will be a challenge for me,” David 2 said, “because with a podcast it’s just me talking.  There’s no way to interact.  Even when I did live broadcasts with Talk Liberty, there was no way for me to actually talk with people.  Now I’ll be relying on listeners just like normal mainstream radio hosts.  And hopefully our listeners will be up to the challenge of helping me take this show to the level of normal mainstream radio programs.”

“Brutally Honest - LIVE” will resume on ShockNet Radio on Monday, January 28^th, 2013, at 8pm Eastern Time, 7pm Central Time, on www.shocknetradio.com

End-of-Year Update

Just wanted to update the Brutally Honest supporters on some of the things going on.

Next Monday (12/10) will be the annual "Brutally Honest Awards" article, which marks the end of the column for the year.

Just like this year, the column will resume in January on the same day as the "Brutally Honest on ShockNet Radio" show returns on January 28, 2013.

I want to take this time to thank longtime Brutally Honest supporter Brent (aka Brent STL) who has been great in promoting the column and the show in Facebook and some of the forums he's an active part of, and also sending me the links to the kind of feedback he's been getting.  Thank you, Brent, for all you've been doing.

Of course if you want to get caught up with the radio shows that you've missed, you can do so through iTunes.  (And if you do, and you like what you hear, PLEASE let other people know through the comments!  Right now the only comments are negative ones, and I know there are more people that hear this show!)

Speaking of... I'm pondering doing a quick rant that will be exclusive to this page and iTunes.  Part of the reason for this is to keep the podcast page active in iTunes.  So please keep sticking around for updates.

The New Saying

The new saying, boys and girls... if you've been listening to my radio show then you'd know where it came from...

The new conservative rule is this:

It's only "RIGHT" when it happens BY THEM.
It's only "WRONG" when it happens TO THEM.
- David 2, 2012

Go ahead and share it, just make sure you give me credit for it.

I'm sure some of you would say "what about the LIB-UR-ULS?  Doesn't this apply to them too?"

No, because theirs is "Let's make a deal."

Brutally Honest on ShockNet - 11/05/12 Show Notes

Remember, remember, the Fifth of November...
The Brutally Honest broadcasting spot...
There is no reason why this important occasion....
Should ever be forgot.

Especially since this is the last show of the year for Brutally Honest on ShockNet Radio.

"What-WHAT?" you say?

No, really. Last show of the year. And we have A LOT to cover, and pretty much ALL of it is about politics.

So tune in THIS MONDAY (11/05), once more unto the breach, 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 "Brutally Honest" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE!

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

Quick word on external links

I just want to get this in quickly about external links posted either in this blog or other blog sites I manage (including the Brutally Honest column blog).

Unless the external link is to a website that I control, I have no control over the content in that link.  I do not have the means to personally manage every external link to every article or column I post to verify that the content at the address is still active.  I cannot guarantee that the link is active or if it has been changed, deleted, or relocated.

I also will not change a link to one that you would "suggest".  I provide links as one would provide footnotes, to show where that information was when I worked on that article or column.  If that link is no longer active and I deem the information important, then *I* will try to re-acquire the link to that information myself and make the necessary corrections.

Also, please do not send "follow-up" requests for links that you "suggest" to be changed.  I will treat such messages as Spam.  I appreciate the enthusiasm of some to make suggestions, but ultimately these are my words, and, as such, they have to come from me.

Brutally Honest on ShockNet - 10/29/12 Show Notes

Okay, I'm sure in some places here in the US, that gust of wind from the window is not just because of the season, and the flickering of the lights is not just people trying to "get in the mood".

But IT IS the week of Halloween, and as such it's time to go over the one subject we like to talk about this time of the year... and that of course is FEAR.

I have an Archive Rant from 2005 on the subject, one of my classic "Worst Fears", and something new and original... and hopefully something that would make you really think.

So huddle around the glow of your computer monitor or iPhone screen and tune in THIS MONDAY (10/29) 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 "Brutally Honest" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE!

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

Brutally Honest on ShockNet - 10/22/10 Show Notes

So last week someone in the chat room said that he was disappointed that I didn't spend too much time talking about POLITICS.

I don't know if he was kidding about that, but be careful what you wish for... because NOW you're going to get it!

Tune in THIS MONDAY (10/22) 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 "Brutally Honest" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE!

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

The unpleasant news of Brutally Honest's radio schedule...

Okay... good news and bad news concerning "Brutally Honest on ShockNet Radio".

First the good news:
This show is NOT GOING AWAY!  

Brutally Honest WILL continue on ShockNet Radio in 2013.

I want to make that point clear because of the next piece of news.

Our last radio show of 2012 will be on November 5th, the night before Election Day.

Believe me when I say the choice was not mine to make.  This comes from ShockNet Radio.  There are things that must be done so our winter break will start earlier than usual.

SO what that means is that instead of a holiday special to wrap up the year, we will have an Election Special.  If you haven't voted already, if you live in a state that doesn't have early voting, or if you're just a stickler for tradition and you are one of those mythical "undecided voters", THIS is the show you need to hear.

And if you REALLY want to know why I won't end the season with a holiday special, then all you have to do is look at a calendar.  Is it Thanksgiving yet?  No.  If we were ending the season just after Thanksgiving, that would be one thing.  But we're not.  It's bad enough that the stores creep the holidays in like cancer; I'm not going to do the same on my radio show.  (And NO I am not in the mood to be getting the SCRIPT from people telling me that "stores are pressured to bring in the holidays early to make up for the money they're not making for the rest of the year.") The HOLIDAYS - plural - start on Thanksgiving and end on New Year's Day.  Not before, and not after.

The next question is when the 2013 season of "Brutally Honest on ShockNet Radio" will begin.  That date is Monday, January 28th, 2013.  And what I will bring to that season will depend largely on what happens between Election Day and Inauguration Day.

But don't think that the end of the RADIO season will also mean the end of the COLUMN!  Oh, no, we'll still have THAT going into December!  I will still end the WRITTEN "season" with the 2012 Brutally Honest Awards as I have for all these past years.  So if you still need a "Brutally Honest Fix", you'll still get it for one more month after the radio show takes a break.

So we have three more radio shows left for the year.  Let's make them count.  I'll do my bit.  All you have to do on your part is tune in.

Brutally Honest on ShockNet - 10/15/12 Show Notes

Okay, it's a little hard to come up with a good theme for tonight's show, so it's best to say that it's about "stuff".

"Stuff" like Quick Rants... and an archive rant from 2005 about two different kinds of "Boobs"... and the Article of the Week which deals with some strange lessons concerning a long-running TV series.

You know... STUFF!

Tune in THIS MONDAY (10/15) 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 "Brutally Honest" chatroom at www.shocknetradio.com during the show to discuss the subject LIVE!

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