Vertically Striped Radio

Episode 40 was strong. The Ed was at the peak of his powers as he talked about his upcoming elective surgery and called in to the show to scare us with both his big tough man voice and his woman voice. He even said, "I pity the fool" at my request, which was glorious. In addition to Ed, Face Ventura and the Whale helped me go through the Magnificent Seven greatest calls in sports announcer history. Number 6 was a personal favorite, even though it probably didn't belong on this list. I also played "Doug on Demand" a phone call with my best friend Doug Newton who tends to disparage the show, but the call had some good stories about his job as a dispatcher on the Colorado State Patrol as well as his admission to getting a tattoo of a lego man. Doug really likes legos. We also talked a little bit about Olympic hockey and curling, and I played a song to help enlighten people to the rules of hockey courtesy the Mike O'Meara show. The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation was the self-title album from "The Tra

It's the end of the world as we know it, but Craig feels fine. Since Craig had plans for this Saturday, he put together an end of the world podcast, seeing as how May 21st is scheduled to be the end of the world per some sincere but misguided folks who have combined math and Biblical studies. Craig celebrates the last day on Earth with a End Times themed podcast. There are classic internet predictions of the end of the world, a karaoke jam, the long promised Stupid Lawsuit roundup, and a healthy dose of Craig rambling. Even the music recommendation had an eschatological feel, with Craig recommending "Final Day" by Tokio Hotel. VSR will be back next week for a regular show...assuming the world is still standing next week, that is.

The maiden voyage of the USS Vertically Striped Radio. We talked a little NBA playoffs, the Whale dropped in, and The Ed called in before his barbeque and gave me a little Nuggets trivia. Not bad for the first time out!