It's been a dream of mine for years...to get Transformers: The Movie back on the big screen! Yes, that's right, and guess what...it's finally happening! Next Monday, November 8th, Transformers will be screened at The Trocadero's Movie Monday! I'm really excited about this and I realize it's kind of geeky, but I grew up with these "Robots In Disguise"...Optimus Prime and the Autobots taught me what it means to be good and decent! Anyway, I know there are others out there who care about this, so I hope you'll come out on Monday. Admission is $3 and that goes towards a drink or snack. Special thanks to Ned at the Troc for helping me out and making this night possible!


IF YOU DON'T GO, THE DECEPTICONS WIN!

- Josh T. Landow

I saw Casey and Nick's post below, and felt I should contribute....

I by no means advocate the use of any "voice-tracking", "back-tracking" or "pre-recording" of any musical performance labeled as "live".  It is a deception towards your audience, fans, and just plain stupid. However, SNL last week, did not show us anything we haven't already known. Many pop stars do this during television performances and sometimes during their own live shows. Like it or not, this is the new reality of pop music. It is created and presented to us with one thing in mind, the financial bottom line. Sell the records as fast as possible and look good doing it.  Artistic talent not required...at any time...

But why must this make headlines on major news networks?? 

Can't I wake up in the morning, eat my oatmeal, and hear real news? (i.e. political bickering) Why must I hear about Ashlee Simpson being a typical pop star?

Thank god we work in Rock!!!

-Marco

I don't think that "Ben Affleck's stock has gone way down in the past few years" is a particularly outrageous or controversial statement. There was the whole J-Lo incident, an unfortunate affair which I'm still trying to erase from the depths of my subconscious. There's the string of poor film choices - it's been a year, I think it's safe to say Gigli now - capped by his most recent performance in Surviving Christmas, a holiday film so questionable in quality it had to be released in OCTOBER. And who could forget the moment when it was clear Ben's dignity had sunk lower than a post-ALCS Yankees fan: the day he signed a $1.5 million contract with L'Oreal to pimp haircare.

(What, you don't remember - or didn't know? Click here , select your video player from the choices on the right, hit play, and watch the comedy.)

Ben's gone from Oscar-winning golden boy to gossip rag whipping boy. Matt Damon's probably tired of saying "ok, I'll ask them if they have a part for you, but this is the last time!" AND YET HE'S DATING JENNIFER GARNER!!! They were most recently spotted cozily discussing the mechanics of the knuckleball during the World Series last weekend. How? HOW? She seems like a smart, sweet, talented girl with a bright future - and she spent multiple hours with him while he was wearing that ridiculous Daredevil costume! The whole thing is mind-boggling. At least that shampoo commercial is funny.

I had a late night last night.  Our intern (Joe) for the Preston and Steve Show turned 21 yesterday...and we celebrated last night at Pickle's Place in the Ridley area.  All was well...I hung with some of the coolest 50-somethings...and did shots with them and Joe.  Needless to say, Joe had be carried out of the bar...and to the car.  Unfortunately, Joe didn't make it much further than the car.  Joe ended up hurling in the back seat of his car...and in his driveway (which turned out to be where he slept last night).  All in all...I think it was a BANNER 21st for our dear Joe.  I turned 21 a few years back...and I tried my hardest to end up like Joe...but to no avail!  Has anyone out there ended up in worse shape than Joe??

My name is Zack, and I am a workaholic.

I've taken 3 days off this week for vacation - but is it really a vacation when you're spending 2 of those 3 days at Indre Studios recording, and the third day recording at home?

Perhaps not.

Anyway, I'll be back to annoy the insomniacs soon enough!

-Zack
Overnight Idiot @ Y100

Caseyboy is wicked cool. I don't have the actual clip of Ashlee's entire performance (I think you can find it on cnn.com), but you can download the fake performance from here: http://onetrick.net/Ashlee_Sax.wmv

Quite the good parody. God bless the internet. Tune in tomorrow for a performance by Richard Cheese!

Peace,

Nick

I LOVE Ashlee Simpson...but only because she showed her true colors this weekend on SNL.  If anyone still has not seen the footage...you MUST do some web-searching to check it out.  It's so bad...it's good!

-Casey Boy...OUT!

Caseyboy posted his blog before me.  Which is only fair, because he's been a producer for the Preston & Steve show much longer than I have.  But I'm sexier.  Dead sexier.  Anyway, this is my first post as well and I have to tell you that it's a blast being a part of the Y100 family.  The station has been great to me in the month or so that I've been here.  And besides the annual beatings that Preston & Steve give me, I like being a part of the morning show as well.  Except for Casey.  That guy will have to be destroyed.  Then I will reign supreme as Super Executive Supreme Producer!  And all will be good.  Until next time, I love your bodies.

I LOVE BLOGS!!  What the hell does Blog stand for?  I is so dumb when it comes to internet things.  I ain't don't know much.  What I DO know is...I had a really great time this morning with Preston and Steve!  I don't know what it was...but we were really goofy today...perhaps a little punch drunk?  Whatever it was...it was great.  Patrick Duffy was a surprisingly GREAT interview (Unlike the Sarah Michelle Gellar interview yesterday).  We also had Chris Elliot on the show...and he is just AWESOME!  That guy has NO problem making fun of himself.  When somebody is like that...it is really hard to make fun of them..they've already done it.  Just so I know...was our show as much fun to listen to as it was to put on for you this morning?  I gotta go...I have beds to wet.  Have a great weekend!

Just heard the Ben Folds/William Shatner/Joe Jackson cover of Pulp's "Common People" for the first time. It is the current cage match champion as it should be. And all is right in the land.

The Beastie Boys (or "Beatsie Boys" as AdRock seems to enjoy saying lately) took over not just Y100 but the Wachooovia Center the other night. If you got there early enough, you saw the wonderfully silly dog show. Ten minutes of dogs climbing ladders and jumping through hoops...who else but the B-Boys could get away with that as an opening act? Of course, the real opening act was the excellent Talib Kweli. The Beasties took the stage and played an awesome set with just the 3 MCs and 1 DJ ("Mix Master Mike with the scratch routine!"). Some of my personal favorites of the night were "Super Disco Breakin'," "Body Movin'," and the opener "Root Down." Mid-way through the set, the guys vanished and let MMM take over, until they returned on a mini-stage with their full band and instruments in hand, playing a mini-set of some of their jazz-funk songs. They returned for some more rap, and during "Paul Revere" not only did the Boys let the crowd rhyme most of the song, but MCA went to the floor and took a lap around 1/2 the crowd. For the encore, the Beasties appeared on a platform about a section and a 1/2 above me for a high-energy "Intergalactic."  The house lights came up to fake out the audience for a few minutes, then some guitar rumblings came from behind the curtain, the lights went back down, and the full band Beasties re-emerged for "Gratitude" and "Sabotage" (with keyboardist Money Mark practically doing cartwheels on his keyboard stand!). A awesome "pageant" with a hot crowd! If you want to ch-check out the full setlist, and some pix from the show, the Beasties have their own blog too: http://www.beastieboys.com/blog.php

Seems I'm always writing in this blog about crazy stories from "Last Night". This one is pretty crazy. I was at a wedding in the city and after it was over at about 11:45, I was wandering about trying to find the lot where I parked when I see a large group of guys stumbling down the street (because they were drunk) wearing suits, but with NO PANTS! They were all just wearing boxer shorts...must have been some kind of "too old to be a frat boy jerk" thing. So anyway, they spot me...me wearing a suit with pants and one of the guys walks up to me and tells me, "We've gotta get those pants off you!" (Imagine that with a drunken slur.) Then, he starts grabbing to pull down my pants!!! WTF? I don't care how drunk you are, you don't go around trying to pants another man, especially not a complete stranger on the 1500 block of Walnut Street! I had to physically push this guy away from me. Fortunately it didn't go any further than that, because had it come to blows I would have been outnumbered like 8 to 1, and I've never even fought 1 guy. Truth is stranger than fiction folks...especially in my life. If anyone knows why the hell these guys were going around to bars in suits and boxer shorts, please let me know so that I can make some sense out of such a senseless act.

~Josh T. Landow (Y100's resident Pants-Wearer)

Several times during the film Friday Night Lights I was interupted by several annoying people clapping. I've been thinking long and hard about this and cannot figure out why someone would clap at a movie. Maybe they want everyone else in the theater to know that they are morons. I suggest they just wear t-shirts with that disclaimer printed on the front warning everyone that your enjoyment of the film will be interupted by needless clapping. Just a quick reminder: the film was shot months, maybe even years before you see it, the actors are not going to hear you clap or even worse when you decide to shout at the screen to warn the actors of danger. Thanks Einstein, thank you for giving me something to rant about on the blog...rent a movie next time.

I love being your Y100 7-midnight DJ. There's all kinds of fun music to play, wacky people to talk to, and... well... I'm not a morning person by ANY stretch of the imagination. Working at night really agrees with me. But I'll tell you one thing: when it's 11:25pm, and I could use a late night snack, and all I want is a Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, and it's at least 35 minutes away, that makes me a sad, sad girl. What makes it worse is when I have to play a commercial for the establishment that serves said delicious 99 cent burgers, and man, do they sound yummy, and my stomach makes funny gurgling noises, and I watch the clock tick ever-so-slowly, and OH MY GOD I'M SO HUNGRY.

(Hey, they wanted us to post inner thoughts. As Andre 3000 once said, "I'm just being honest.")

So Y100 has a Blog?! That's a good thing right? Now we can vent about stuff anytime we want.....wait isn't that what I do on the air everyday? Do you REALLY want to know what I'm thinking? What's on my mind. What I do when I'm not "playing the hits". Does my cat really wear sunglasses? (see my page at Y100.com). I know you can't post on our Blog..at least not yet BUT feel free to e-mail questions about anything to me at: Bret@Y100.com or click on the comment box below this post. I'll copy some of the questions to the Blog and do my best to answer them. We can go from there.

In the meantime I just spent the last week replacing a good portion of my front lawn cuz the "grubs" ate it. It's always a party till bugs eat your lawn. My neighbors think I'm insane cuz I'm out there every night seeding and watering and de-bugging my lawn. Much like Bill Murray's character "Carl" in Caddyshack.

"License to kill grubs by the government of the United Nations. Man, free to kill grubs at will. To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint. And a varmint will never quit - ever. They're like the Viet Cong - Varmint Cong. So you have to fall back on superior intelligence and superior firepower. And that's all she wrote."

ta for now

** I don't know about you guys, but I can't believe he's dead. I just saw "Back to School" on Comedy Central last Saturday. "Back to School" has to be one of the best 80s movies ever!!**

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rodney Dangerfield, the goggle-eyed comic famed for his self-deprecating one-liners and signature phrase "I can't get no respect," died on Tuesday at age 82, his publicist said.

Dangerfield, who became a pop culture sensation with a string of broad film comedies starting with "Caddyshack" in 1980, died at 1:20 p.m. PDT (4:20 p.m. EDT) at the UCLA Medical Center, where he had undergone heart valve replacement surgery in August, spokesman Kevin Sasaki said

Marco
10-5-04

 

I decided to share an interesting story that recently came across the AP Newswire. You make the call: are they a band starving for some attention or are they PUNK ROCK?

FLINT, Mich. -- A burning thong was a little too hot for a Flint club.

Lead guitarist Joe Klein, of the punk band Treephort, dropped his pants during their set and set his thong on fire. He then stripped off the burning thong and ran around the stage in the raw.

Police and firefighters responded, after someone called 911.

The band's singer Lee Satterfield doesn't know what all the fuss is about. He said they're professionals and know how to do the burning thong thing.

No one was busted. But the club's owner gave the band the hook, cutting short their set.

Last night I went to see the FANTASTIC Lewis Black at the Tower Theatre. Lewis Black occasionally appears on the equally fantastic Daily Show on Comedy Central, and he has a few top-notch comedy routines available on CD. I arrived in Upper Darby prepared to laugh at his dry wit, his political and pop culture commentary, and his penchant for screaming obscenities.

I was NOT prepared, however, for the guy behind me. This gentleman, who we'll call "Lanky" due to his extreme height, was beyond excited for Mr. Black. Many of us choose to express our pleasure at a live comedian by clapping politely, or perhaps emitting a hoot or a holler. Lanky went the extra mile. He clapped louder than any human being I've ever heard. He stomped his feet while cackling loudly. He also shouted "Amen!" no less than four times - a gesture which I believe was lost on Lew, as he is Jewish.

Now, none of these things make Lanky a bad guy. He's just enthusiastic about Lewis Black, after all - and who can blame him? But Lanky did something about halfway through the performance that made my left eye twitch. He RECITED ONE OF THE ROUTINES ALONG WITH LEWIS. Why would you do that? You might as well throw popcorn or Sour Patch Kids at the stage while talking on your cell phone - which, by the way, should be a federal offense. If one more person answers their phone in the middle of a movie theater in my presence... well, let's just say there will be consequences.

So Lanky, if you're reading, I'm not mad. You only echoed Lewis Black's thoughts on the toxic-yet-intoxicating nature of candy corn for a few seconds before stopping, and for that I thank you. You like Lewis Black a whole lot, and so do I - and I'll be honest, I know a few of his routines by heart myself. So don't be mad at me for ranting. Care for a Sour Patch Kid?

So I was unable to attend the Philly Vote For Change show (or the Pearl Jam show in Reading), but through the magic of internet research, I bring you some setlists!

R.E.M.

The One I Love / Begin The Begin / Leaving New York / Animal / World Leader Pretend / Final Straw / She Just Wants To Be / Bad Day / Around The Sun / Losing My Religion / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon (w/ Bruce Springsteen)

Bruuuuuce

The Star Spangled Banner / Born in the USA / Badlands / No Surrender / Lonesome Day / Lost in the Flood / Johnny 99 / Youngstown / Centerfield (John Fogerty) / Deja Vu all Over Again (John Fogerty) / Fortunate Son (John Fogerty) / Promised Land (w/John Fogerty) / The Rising / Because the Night (w/Stipe) / Mary's Place / Born To Run (w/Mike Mills & Peter Buck) / Proud Mary (John Fogerty)  // What's so Funny About Peace Love and Understanding (everyone!) / People Have the Power (everyone!)

Pearl Jam

Love Boat Captain / Animal / Brain Of J / Do The Evolution / Nothing As It Seems / Insignificance / The American In Me / Gimme Some Truth / Given to Fly / 1/2 Full / Sad / Go // Soon Forget / Elderly Woman... / Masters Of War / Nothingman / Crazy Mary // Last Kiss / Daughter->Blitzkrieg Bop / Bleed for Me / The New World (w/Tim Robbins) / Alive // Baba O'Riley / Yellow Ledbetter

Dave Matthews Band

Everyday / Don’t Burn The Pig / Too Much / Typical Situation / Joy Ride / One Sweet World / Song That Jane Likes / Sugar Will / Tripping Billies / Jimi Thing / Hello Again / Rhyme & Reason / All Along The Watchtower // Don’t Drink the Water / Stay

Last night I ran out of gas in my car. I went out to the parking lot here at Y100, got in my car, turned the key...and nothing... Fortunately I was able to catch a ride with a toothless prospector on his way to a gold mine. Actually, Andrew from the Y100 Street Squad drove me to the the gas station to fill up a can. It's not an exciting story, but it's real man, and that's what this blog is about, right? Then I went home and ate cashews and pecans.

Josh T. Landow
Overnights/Weekends/Prize Guy/Webmaster/Dummy who ran out of gas