Ignorance Was Bliss (part 5: Radio is Dead)

Yes, I said it in the title...Radio is dead...Now be patient, it may take me a few minutes to get there...But what got me thinking more about this was that damn Justin Bieber movie...Yeah, I saw it...My wife took our daughter to see it in the theater, twice...She told me she was going to make me watch it when it came out on DVD...Last Friday it was released on DVD, and on her way home from work, Mrs. Beeze grabbed it...

After dinner, I did something I didn't want to...I watched it...Hey, it's what we as dads do...We do shit to make our kids happy...My daughter didn't get why I didn't like Bieber...She knows how much I love music, and talented artists, and she kept telling me how talented he is...The thing is, I didn't like him because of the God awful hype machine behind him...And the teen music scene isn't for me...But she was right...Kid has some serious talent...The kid you're born with...And that hype machine behind him, well that was needed...

You see, I never heard this kid on the radio...Neither did my wife...He made his bones grinding away at it, playing where ever he could, and then that stuff made it to the Internet...Video didn't kill the radio star...The Internet did...Actually Radio did itself in, and the Internet put the nail in the coffin...

Radio got scared by MTV, which no longer shows video...Just stupid ass Teen Mom and Jersey Shore, retard shows...Radio kept changing formats and getting stuck in ruts...Stations latched on to one demographic and went all out with it...As technology changed they started getting rid of personalities, and started doing it without DJ's...Let me show you...Here are the top (music playing) Radio stations in Cleveland...

92.3 plays 90's and early 2000's "Alternative Rock" with tiny bits of today and '80s Alternative, like the Police, and Clash...The also have no DJ's now, they run off of a computer...98.5 plays nothing but "Classic Rock" since I was born...They have beaten Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and ACDC to death, and I can't take it anymore...100.7 is a legendary station here...The play a mix of 98.5 and 92.3, and some of today's rock...Oh, but they also have 9 hours of talk Monday through Friday...104.1 is top 40 crap...Mainstream pop...105.7 is oldies...Fuck that! 106.5 has says they play some crazy, awesome mix of everything, but it's mostly '80s stuff...And no DJ's...

The Radio business has no power on the music business anymore...Radio is playing what they think people want...And what people end up doing is downloading what they want to there iPods...Billboard rankings aren't based on air-play, or album sales...It's based on the iTunes numbers...Artists don't push albums through radio play...They push downloads through their websites...They use Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and U-Stream to stay connected to fans and push them where they want them...Sooner or later, Radio will be gone...We'll download what ever we want right to our car stereos...

And when it comes to Radio, I have become loyal to Satellite...I got XM about 5-6 years ago...Why? So I wouldn't be force-fed the same crap...With Satellite, I have tons of options, to listen to whatever varieties of music or talk I want...And O & A are there, and those guys brighten my days...But talk will die off one day too...People will just be getting podcasts of there favorite shows...And I'm sure sports will find their way of the Radio as well...

I'll miss my old friend Radio...I sometimes miss my Ignorance to all this technology...But then I look at myself right now, typing this blog, checking Twitter for funny one-liners, checking out the happenings on Facebook, while the Todd Wright Show is streaming in the background, and after I hit publish, I'm going to check out some filthy porn...What a world we have at our fingertips!

Later,The Beeze.

Monday Moaning

Yes, I'm actually going to lead this blog off with a bit of Golf...Don't worry, I'm not going to get into all the gory details of Louis Oosthuizen's British Open victory...I'm not a Golfer...I'm not a Golf fan...But when the British Open comes around, I do take time to check in and see what's happening...Why? Well, I feel that's how golf should be played...The bunkers are taller then me, and you...The rough is taller then me...The wind is blowing like a son of bitch...The courses seem to test the golfers more...They make these guys earn it a bit more...And yes, we get to see some of the greats shit the bed...

Our good friend Tiger Woods had a bit of trouble with his putter this weekend...No, I'm not talking about his dick...Tiger has been known for his use of the word f*ck, as well as others...The guy has a bit of a temper when shit is going wrong...I'm okay with that...Hey, I'm one of those guys that would like to see a real "Happy Gilmour" out there...So Tiger is screwing up with the putter, and finally snaps, and says something like, 'Fuckity, fuck, fuck, fucking fuck!' It seems somebody forgot to use the delay, because Tiger's f*ckfest went out over the air...Now, guess what...The Heavens are falling to the Earth...

I was doing some yard work Sunday, and had my XM Radio on...I had put on the Mad Dag Radio Channel, which is a sports talk station...Some ass-hat on there is bitching and crying about Tiger swearing...He kept going on and on about how Golf is a Gentleman's game...Really? Are you sure about that, because you're expecting a guy who throws his dick in any nasty vagina to not swear, and to be a gentleman...Grow up douchebag!


Now that's a Gentleman's Game!

Later he said to a caller, "How should I feel if my child, who is 2 years old, but when hes 12, is watching golf with me and hears that?" The caller said, "That's life."

Let me expand on that...1. If your kid is 12 and sitting around on a Saturday watching Golf with you, I feel bad for him...Why not throw the ball around? Why not go play golf? Why not doing anything else? 2. If your kid is 12 and hasn't heard the word f*ck yet...He's f*cked! Jesus, he's the only kid in school who doesn't know that word...I knew it by 4...My son knew it by 2...(I swear he learned it from my wife)...By that rate, when Little Johnny No Swearing goes to the Senior Prom, he's not even gonna know how to f*ck! 3. This talking head is the same guy that will criticize athletes for not showing "heart" and "passion"...I'm sorry, Tiger may be man-whore, douchebag, f*ck-stain, but he's got "passion" and "heart" when it comes to Golf...Gentleman's Game...Grow up!

Next rant please...

So living in Cleveland, and watching the almost constant overhaul of the sports franchises, we get to hear the term "Winning Culture" quite a bit...The latest to use it has been new Cavaliers coach Byron Scott, and GM Chris Grant..."It's time for us to have a winning culture." Indians Manny Acta talked about it not to long ago...He brought up this whole bunch of crap about trying, and improving each game...Blah, blah, blah...Of Course the Walrus looking Mike Holmgren was throwing this "winning culture" crap around, when he rolled into town...Let me help all of you dolts out with this one...

If you want to have a "winning culture" there's only one thing you have to do...WIN! Just f**king win! There's no trying, and improving...There are just results...This isn't my Tee-Ball team...Hell, it's not high school...It's the big leagues boys...There is only a culture of results! I don't walk into the kitchen at the Fish House and say, 'Don't worry about service tonight guys, we've got a winning culture!' We go in there and we do our job, and we're lucky enough to get to come back and do it again tomorrow...It's like that all over the real world...If you shit the bed, and don't get the results the boss wants, you're gone!Stop with this nonsensical bullshit, and get the results...Win something, then you talk about your silly "winning culture."

Okay, now that I have all that out of the way...I have to talk a bit more about Mel Gibson...Everyday there's a new tape of him going bat-shit crazy...Yes, he sounds like a nut job, and it cracks me up...Opie & Anthony have been playing each new one as it comes out, and pick it apart...You can find those on YouTube, but I'm posting this funny little one here...One of O&A's producers put this together...Mel and Pat O'Brien's horny voicemail from back in the day...



Now, with that out of the way, there will be no Monday Moaning for the next two weeks...The Beeze family is going on vacation, and I'm going off the grid for about 10 days...No blogs, no facebook, no twitter...Just family, friends, beer, and fun...

Have a great week...

Later, The Beeze.

Monday Moaning

"Tiger Woods is the lead story on the network nightly news? The American tv news media shld do the honorable thing and commit hari kari." -Bill Maher (Sunday Nov 29, 9:49PM via twitter)

I totally agree...Yes Tiger Woods is a celebrity, and we often swarm to celebrity scandals...But seriously, that should not be the lead story on the nightly news...Not when the economy is still f**ked...The unemployment rate is still climbing...Our country is involved in multiple wars...And that's just a couple problems in our neck of the woods...But screw it...Tiger may have boned some one other then his wife...You know, 'cause the National Enquirer said so...They never make shit up! Please feel free to slap yourself!

Speaking of slapping dolts...The Fighting Irish lost again...Nice swan song fatty! Stop by the 'Buzz to read all the low lights... http://irishbuzz.blogspot.com/

But there's something else that's been bothering me on the Notre Dame front...Lou Holtz...I know Irish fans, we're suppose to love this crazy old coot...But he picked the Irish to play for the National Championship this year...Then, even when that's well out of reach, he's still hyping the hell out of the Irish...he just can't except reality...Once again proving my point, that old people should have to take a test...If they fail...Eliminate them...

Crap, I haven't even talked about Thanksgiving yet...Let me give ya a quick rundown...I got up early...some day off...Got the 22 lb. turkey in the oven...Made coffee...Got some things organized in the kitchen...Did some cleaning...Got a headache from the little Beeze yelling and getting excited by crap in the parade...Got the rest of the food ready for the lazy, free loading relatives that left this up to me for the 6th year in a row...

We ate...Watched football...Drank Christmas Ale...Cleaned up...Got these people out of my house...Took a nap...Got the kids to bed...Stuffed Mrs. Beeze...Watched "Home for the Holidays"
Went to sleep...Got up, went to the Fish House for "Black Friday"...The very first order of the day...A f**king Turkey Club...What a douche!

Now, lets talk some hockey...Friday night the little Beeze and I were watching the New York Rangers play the Tampa Bay Lightning...the Mrs. took the daughter to the new Twilight movie...Uhhgg...Another mind wasted...Anyway, the boy and I are enjoying the game...Then he sees my rage...He knows it well...Rangers rookie defenseman Michael Del Zotto puts a great check on Vincent Lecavalier...Totally legal...Totally clean...But Vinny didn't like it...So he gets his shit together, and goes looking for Del Zotto...As the play stops, Lecavalier goes after Del Zotto...the kid didn't back down, but his teammate Sean Avery jumped in the way and mixed it up a little with Vinny the b!tch...

My problem with his situation...With Lecavalier...It was a good, clean hit...This has been happening too much the last few years...Every time a guy gets blasted with a hit people drop the gloves...Don't get me wrong, I'm all for fighting in hockey...And if you throw a dirty hit, I'm all for you getting a beating...But if a clean hit is dished out...Take it like a man Hayley Wickenheiser...Enough with this I'm aloud to hit but no one can hit me crap...It's Hockey for f**ks sake!

If you don't get the Wickenheiser reference, here ya go...Thanks to my buddy Hotch...



While, I'm taking shots at the game I love...Is it just me, or does the NHL network blow? Honestly, I'm kinda bored by it...Not a lot of programing...And "NHL On The Fly" could use some work...Nothing like putting people to sleep with hockey highlights...Even the programing on the NHL's channel on XM Radio is lame...But I have the solution...Put me on there...I'll get some of my boys in there and I guarantee we'll get those ratings up...

Since I mentioned XM...Opie from Opie & Anthony posted this on YouTube and it made me say What the f**k? so I'll share it here...

Moving on from that...Saturday, the boy and I were watching the Rangers again...I was hoping for a better result then Friday...He says, "Who do you ant to win?" I said, "The Rangers...In white with red pants." This little shit says, "I want the team in black!" My response wasn't so nice..."What! That's the Penguins! You can't root for the Penguins!" He politely said, "I like Penguins." Son of a b!tch...So I bounce over to the Notre Dame, Stanford game...It's just about to start...He asks, "are you rooting for the team in white Dad?" I replied yes..."I want the red team!" Unreal...5 years old, and he's already a complete and total ball buster...

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Let's finish this one off with a song...Here once again is Canada's own Billy the Kid...

That's it for now...

Later, The Beeze.