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Cat of 1000 Faces: Star Wars Style

I was looking on the O&A radio show rundown to see if they said anything about the satellite radio merger (they didn’t) and I came across this cat video instead.  Is Hugo getting tired of these shenanigans?

Cat of a 1000 Faces, Episode 3, The Star Wars Special

I’m not wearing any pants, film at 11.

From Newsday:

Yonkers police say a drunken driver from Rockville Centre had a suspended license and had marijuana in her car. Oh, they also say she didn’t have any pants on.

Yonkers police say 22-year-old Angelica Buchanan was found Saturday standing bottomless in a street near her car.

They say she was so drunk she had to be hospitalized.

Police say she claimed she wasn’t wearing pants because she needed to use the bathroom.

I guess after she used the bathroom, she didn’t bother putting her pants back on, because she was drunk… I suppose it could have been worse.

Howard Stern + Opie and Anthony: Together at Last?

The Department of Justice has approved the Sirius-XM merger today.

O&A (on XM) are currently on vacation, so we won’t hear their comments until Wednesday.  I wonder how this will affect their terrestrial radio contracts, as this is the only way I can hear them now…

Stern (on Sirius) will probably have comments tomorrow morning, but I won’t hear it, as I’m not a subscriber.  I considered it briefly, but then gave my money to Dr. Demento.

Despite this merger (which still needs approval from the FCC), I’m still not considering getting satellite radio installed in my next car.  It would hardly be worth it for my short commute.

Hybrid Theory

As I’ve said previously, it’s time for me to start looking for a new car.  I’m interested in the hybrids.  I realize they can be pricey, but I like the idea of not having to stop at the gas pump as much (and until George Jetson’s flying car gets invented, this will have to do).  So far, I’ve been comparing:

• Honda Civic Hybrid
• Saturn Aura Green Line
• Toyota Camry Hybrid

Haven’t taken any for a test drive yet, although I probably should as I don’t know how any of them ride.

YouTube Video Lands Man in Jail

From MaximumPC:

Let’s get straight to the moral: If you’re going to commit a crime, don’t post it on YouTube. Or better yet, don’t steal. Those are the lessons Robert Echeverria, who Rialto police allege is a known gang member, and his two accomplicies, Ian Roman and Brian Fawcett, are finding out after posting a video of themselves scamming Del Taco out of $15 worth of food. After seeing the video, local detectives obtained felony-degree commercial burglary warrants for the three men, who now face a maximum seven years in prision if convicted. But hey, we hear the food’s free behind bars.

Okay, so, these guys were so proud of their heist, they had to post it on YouTube?  All this, for stealing fast food?  Somebody wasn’t thinking… which kind of goes without saying.

I’m sorry, Dave…

From AP News:

Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, an aide said. He was 90.

Just when I was really starting to enjoy 2001: A Space Odyssey. 

Time to Get a New Car

It’s time for me to get a new car.  The backlight on the radio tuner just went out today.  The radio still works, it’s just not lit up anymore.

I guess that’s not bad for 11.5 years.

What We Want: Less Ashley

Apparently, Ashley Dupre’s 15 minutes of fame (in music, at least) is ticking.  From MTV:

Ashley Alexandra Dupre’s Song Loses Steam On Radio, Despite Eliot Spitzer Scandal

[...]

For an aspiring pop singer, there’s nothing better than having your song played on a top New York radio station like Z100.

There’s nothing worse, however, than having your song yanked out of rotation almost immediately.

[...]

But just as fast as Spitzer vacated his post, Dupré’s song has now been reeled in at Z100. As of Friday afternoon, the track – a pulsating dance number that sounds like it was scraped from the cutting-room floor of a J. Lo recording session – was being playing sparingly on Z100, but not nearly with as much regularity as it had the day before.

“Listener response has not been great, so we are pulling back and just offering [the song] to listeners via Z100.com,” on-air jock JJ told MTV News in an e-mail message Friday (March 14), though the track was still heard on the station later that day.

I tried listening to the song, but as it’s not my kind of music (and Z100 is a far cry from my kind of radio station), I couldn’t listen to more than the first 10 seconds.  I had to stop it right away.  I’d much rather have… candy!  Oooo, a segue!

Bow Wow Wow - “I Want Candy”

Like a Virgin

As much as I like WRXP, I can’t help but think that they’re “borrowing” some, or part, of Virgin Radio’s playlists from 2006.  Why would I say such a thing?  Because I listened to Virgin Radio back in 2006 and heard some of the same songs, such as:

• Snow Patrol - “Chasing Cars”
• Paolo Nutini - “Jenny Don’t Be Hasty”
• Muse - “Starlight”
• The Killers - “All These Things That I’ve Done”

Not that I’m complaining, mind you, I’m just noticing these things… oh, and I’m also noticing that both station logos use a star (different orientation, but it’s there):

I haven’t listened to Virgin much recently, mostly because I was starting to find their playlist a bit repetitive (i.e., I’d come back a year later and find very little change in their playlist).  I still like their broadcast of the annual V Festival, and try to catch it when I can… The Verve in ‘08, woohoo!