Day 4 Denver

Well... Day 4 was actually yesterday... I am home now ... but here is what I did yesterday on the final day of my trip with RFH.

Woke up late again... went to breakfast at some crepe place. (And here is the highlight of my day) where I found out about ChaCha. Yea... if you have not heard of this then text a question to 242242 (chacha) and a live person at a computer will try to find the answer for you. Totally awesome. Very useful in social/argumentative situations (stupid tony, Ray Bradbury is not dead).

Then we went to the final seminar.. which was pretty weak since most everyone had left already. We just watched a video of what everyone thought were the best radio bits of the past 20 years.

Afterwards Richie, Booster, Tony, Kerry, Bill, Sue and I went some rock 'n roll cafe and had lunch....

After lunch we (Tony, Bill, Kerry, Sue and I) went and saw Pineapple Express (yea it doesn't even come out for 3 days.. but we are members of the media so we totally got to see it before you). It was alright... kind of disappointing... not worth more than a matinée ticket if you do go see it.

Once it was over Kerry and Bill got on a plane and Tony and I drove home. He told me about super heroes he has invented over the years. Not a bad time. Got home at about 3 AM.

That was it... my whole trip.

Now here are those pictures I promised. Nothing really great... you could probobly just stop looking here.

Day 3 Denver

Wow... now this was a grueling day. Here is the gist of what happened.

Woke up late... showered in 5 minutes and ran down to seminar #1 "Essentials of a Great Morning show"... which was cool.. i actually learned alot. Tony and I skipped the next class which was on a ratings system that wont me used in our market for another two years or somethings... meh... we walked a bit around Denver... found a 7-11 and a record store... then walked back.

There was a big luncheon with some salmon and some Billy Gardel (comedian). He was actually pretty damn funny.. you should check him out on youtube or something.

After that there was a Rock Forum that Bill moderated. That was really cool... we got to watch every rock radio morning show argue about what they thought were the best strategies... Kerry even called BJ (A really big on-air personality in California ... I think) stupid... right to his face... it was awesome. Also learned a ton here

Right after that was over we attended a presentation entitled "10 ways to become the next million dollar morning show" (or something like that). Jerry from the "Jeff and Jer" show (top morning show in San Diego) talked for two hours about blah blah blah... he tried to be funny... but blah blah it was kind of lame...

Richie, Booster, Bill, Tony, and I went to Cheesecake Factory afterwards. I would have never gone... but Richie said he would pay for a couple meals for Tony and I since we are getting raped in the parking lot (... with the $17 a night ... not like... really rap.e...d.) So I figured with the conference coming to a close I better take advantage of it quickly.

Then just now we recorded an hour of show to air on Monday morning. I think they are planning to do 15 minutes at the top of every hour of the show or something. Luckily this time they strayed away from my sleeping arrangements as a topic of discussion.

One more day... I'm sorta bummed it is almost over... but I am ready to get back home to my Christine.

I'll post pictures on my blog maybe like Sunday.

I'm tired now. Goodbye.

Jerk.

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.