Day 2 Denver

So day 2 was full of good times.


I woke up with a bed to myself. (with 4 people and 2 beds that is a pretty big accomplishment).


I went to classes/lectures for most of the day... they were really cool and I learned a ton. I especially enjoyed the "producer's forum".... except I am pretty sure the moderator was on cocaine... oh well.


The classes are sooooooooooo cold. I keep getting the seat right underneath the air conditioner and am wearing shorts and a t-shirt. I am so cold it is ridiculous.. my fingers were going numb.


The day ended with a huge get together with poker and open bar. Tony and I played Halo and he dominated the Texas Hold 'em tourny.


Be sure to listen to tomorrow's Radio From Hell. Between 7-8 I believe they will air what we just recorded, it is awesomely funny.

See ya tomorrow!

p.s.

I'll post some pictures later

Day 1 Denver

Excerpts from Day 1 in Denver at Morning Show Bootcamp with Radio From Hell...

8 hours with Tony in a car = Less crap music than expected. Much more stink than anticipated. (no really like farting... from him).

Parking = SUUUUUCK town. $17 PER DAY!!! at the Westin. Total Suck.

4 People in one room = not sure yet really... to be seen.

Successfully recorded an hour of show to send back to X96 to air tomorrow so listen for that. Kerry and Bill were intoxicated (so the show was three times funnier than normal).

Basketball = I lost in PIG, but won two games out of three with Me/Richie vs Tony/Booster (oh trevo you won against a team with a girl on it big whoop.. STFU YOU!)

Anyway... I am in the lobby right now (free wireless internet) because it costs $10 PER DAY, PER COMPUTER to have internet in our room. Yea... lifestyles of the rich and famous... only i'm not rich... and not famous....

I will post some pictures tomorrow

Buddy is Back!!

For anyone that was following my horrible luck with Buddy (Scooter) I just wanted to announce that I finally fixed the problem (without having to buy an entire new engine)!

For those who don't know... here is the short version. I was trying to change out my variator weights. I took the front pulley assembly off multiple times trying to get it right.... I was using an air gun ... too many tries w/ no lubrication = I completely stripped the crank shaft bolt.

I had quite a few suggestions given to me including:
1. Re-thread (which kind of worked... but I am still missing the outermost 3 threads because there was just not enough metal to make them).
2. Grind the shaft down and thread it at the next size down.
3. Drill a hole in the middle of the shaft and tap it. Cut off the front part of the shaft and put a bolt in (which would hold the variator on).

Finally... after almost 3 weeks of not scooting (see: hell) I decided to put it together the best I could (which actually seemed pretty tight despite the missing few threads) and tack weld the flange nut on. When I need to replace the weights again I can easily grind it off and repeat. Kind of a make-shift repair... but I can't afford the $700 engine/transmission replacement that the dealer quoted me.

In conclusion, everything works like before and I am ecstatic! I will not be performing any upgrades or ever doing anything mechanically to Buddy again. I just have too much bad luck. Anything more than oil changes will be going to the dealer.

Scoot on Bro

MSBC & Birthday Ideas?

I am going to Denver next week for 5 days for the annual Morning Show Boot Camp with Radio From Hell. I will be sharing a two bed hotel room with Richie (RFH Producer), Booster (Richie's Girlfriend), Tony (other intern), and possibly Steen. I will be spending 8 hours a day in conferences, workshops, forums, and lectures... but I couldn't be more excited. I will finally have something worthy of talking about once fall semester starts and all my lame teachers have everyone stand up and tell the class what we did for the summer. (College = Third Grade).

In other news I turn 21 in two months. I don't really know what I want to do yet... The Foo Fighters are playing in Vegas at the Hard Rock right on my birthday... maybe I'll go to that. Any ideas?

Totally just met D Will

Sure did.

You did not.

Sucks.

Mid Summer Quandary

Which Bass Guitar should I get? Currently I have a Fender P-bass, Fender Jazz bass, and an ESP LTD B-104. I have been looking for something substantially more "high end." I have landed on these two basses.

Left = Ernie Ball MusicMan Stingray
Right = G&L L-2000

Cost is about the same on the two. Both were designed by Leo Fender and are crafted in the US. Please just tell me which one to get because my indecisive tard-self can't do it.