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Josie

WOW! If this is true...

So, Realrocknews.com has a great story about the rumors surrounding the possibility of Steven Tyler filling in for Robert Plant on a possible upcoming Led Zeppelin tour. For some it's almost sacreligious to even consider such a thing, and for others it's a rock 'n' roll wet dream...

Josie

Jennifer Hudson's Family

So, how about the tragedy in Jennifer Hudson's life right now? Her mother and brother were shot to death, and her nephew was missing. Now they've found a body they authorities believe is that of her nephew. You can head over to TMZ or Perez Revenge and read all the details on this story.

I just can't possibly imagine getting the phone call/visit she must've gotten. From what I understand, she's never been around her father, so she was especially close to her mom. A story like this simply makes my stomach turn.

Josie

ACDC Showing 'Em How It's Done!

Holy Cow! I can't believe how well Black Ice is doing in spite of being leaked onto the internet and downloaded 400,000 times before it went on sale exclusively at Sam's Club and Wal-Mart. They sold over 193,000 copies on its FIRST DAY in stores and is expected to exceed 800,000 copies sold in its first week.

That is absolutely outstanding considering they've taken so much heat for not jumping on the I-Tunes bandwagon.

Man! I want to go see them at the Sprint Center in KC so badly!!! I mentioned this fact at a family dinner the other day and three generations were represented with my step-mom, my brother, and my 10-years-younger sister all jumped at the chance to get a ticket. That says something about the band, if you ask me.

Josie

Guy Ritchie and Madonna Officially Announce Divorce

Well, they finally decided to tell the truth.

No, now that's a bitter way to start this post. Ok, Guy Ritchie and Madonna officially announced plans to divorce today.

I should let you know right off the bat what a big fan I am of Guy Ritchie's work. Moreover, I think he handled the rumors about their marriage breaking up over the summer much better than she did. He also fielded some pretty embarrassing questions with class following the release of Madonna's brother's tell-all book. I don't much care for Madonna's music after the Immaculate Collection and seriously don't like the outfits she's been wearing on her "chisled" 50-year-old body during her Sticky 'n' Sweet Tour. I don't care for her incoherent political rants mid-concert, and I can't shake that creepy feeling I get when I think about her adopting a random child with whom she's rarely been seen since.

I guess I don't begrudge either of them for lying over the course of the summer when asked about their marriage. If you ask someone a personal question they don't want to answer, they are justified in lying if not answering would function as a confirmation of said rumor. Still, if you're marriage is on the rocks, stay home and work on it instead of planning a WORLD TOUR!

Josie

Sick

Well, I'm pretty sick today. I think it might be the flu. It sucks.

Threw on my headphones and loaded up a bunch of Queen, Journey, Tidehouse, Beastie Boys, and a little Cross Canadian Ragweed 'Boys From Oklahoma' to try and get some blood flowing.

It's gonna be a long day...

AC/DC GOT SCREWED!!!

So, AC/DC got royally screwed on October 7th when their new album, Black Ice, was leaked onto the Internet to Youtube and Biztorrent. Realrocknews.com wrote an article about it today pointing out AC/DCs global success in recent years despite making their music available online. They earned their sales the old-fashioned way with awesome live performances and the constant creation of great new music. Realrocknews.com reported that approximately 400,000 people were able to download the album before it was removed from Youtube and Sony was able to flood Biztorrent with bad copies.

I want to know why they can't track the people who are leaking these "super anticipated" albums. I would think bands like AC/DC and Metallica would be able to find a way to limit the number of people with access to the tracks prior to release to so few people that any leakage could easily be traced to the actual culprit with very little effort.

I can't imagine how frustrated AC/DC must be right now. It would be like sending invitations out for a surprise party and having one of the recipients forward it on to the guest of honor. That would suck!

Josie

Random Thought

On the way to work this morning, Bongo and I saw what appeared to be a police car getting ready to pull on to the highway from a side road. Upon closer inspection, I quickly realized it was actually some kind of private security car, possible Mall Security. And that got me thinking...

Do Mall/Building Security workers fantasize about being real police officers? I mean, would they ever just take their security vehicle out and sit on the side of the road just to watch the reactions of drivers? I'm not making fun in any way, because I think I would do something like that. Hell, I still put on rock concerts in my living room when no one's home.

Just wondering.

Josie

The Weekend

Well, I made it back alive from a very busy weekend including a huge birthday party for Luke. He turned 10! That's insane. You can tell the double-digits have already gone to his head.

Happy Columbus day to everyone, I guess. I find this holiday pretty confusing. It's a pretty widely accepted fact amongst historians that Christopher Columbus was not the first European to settle in the US. It was actually the Vikings, and they came centuries before Columbus and his ships. And besides, Columbus (and the rest of the world) still thought it was part of Asia until Amerigo Vespucci corrected them. So, why don't we have Viking Day or Amerigo Vespucci Day? They have been ignored too long! They should be national holidays and thereby paid days off of work!

That's my "Dork Rant" of the week.

Josie

Jon Bon Jovi is on a roll... let's just hope it's a BANKroll.

So, Jon Bon Jovi is being sued by a Boston Red Sox fan for $400 BILLION!!! The fan says Jon stole his lyrics. The guys over at realrocknews.com have a great article on the lawsuit.

$400 BILLION???!!! Just to give you an idea of how much money that is, if you had just ONE billion dollars in a regular savings account, you could spend a million dollars a day and never run out of money.

I wish I could write lyrics for someone to steal...

Josie

LMAO!

A-Ha's video for "Take On Me" was ahead of its time when it came out and has since been revered as a pioneer in video graphics. But this version will not only astonish you, it will also crack you up. Enjoy!

Josie

My Family

I thought I would post a few pics of me, my husband Mika, and my son Luke. This is our family... not including our 18 pets.

Bon Jovi Under Fire

Bon Jovi is coming under fire from various people who feel they shouldn't be teaming with Bank of America during this "economic crisis" the country is facing. They are basically being regarded as sell-outs by fans and critics. Anti-music has a great article on this. I know one thing for sure, championing the cause of "the Man" is a good way to alienate your fans. And if you give off the impression that you're no longer concerned what your fans think, then you are definitely a sell-out. Then again, the members of Bon Jovi are set for life financially. Should they care if we think they're sell-outs?

Josie

OMG!

This is one of the coolest videos I've seen in a while. Head over to technology.todaysbigthing.com for some more awesome videos. This one gave me goosebumps and made me ponder things no mother wants to ponder.

Josie

See more funny videos and Technology Videos at Today's Big Thing.

iTunes to Keep On Rockin'

Well, there was kind of a big scare yesterday when reports surfaced that iTunes was threatening to shut down if a new royalty rate increase was passed by the Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, D.C.

Basically, music publishers wanted to increase royalties to 15 cents for every download. Apple said they would be forced to operate at a loss if required to adhere to the 6 cent increase from the current 9 cents per download. The vice-president of Apple said they would have to shut down if the increase went through.

Today, the Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, D.C. rejected the increase. Apple had in fact been pushing for a decrease in royalties, but the Board rejected that as well.

So, if you're into iTunes, you can exhale now.

Josie

Phor the Phans of Phish...

Phor the phans of Phish... They're getting back together! The guys over at Spin Magazine are pretty happy about it and have a great article on the jam band on their homepage. Iph you phancy Phish, phind out more about their phantastic reunion here.

Josie

Congrats!

Congrats to Coldplay. They took the honors for Best Rock/Indie Artist Award and Best Official Music Website at the BT Digital Music Awards! Radiohead triumphed with the Band of the Year Award.

These awards are a little different in that some of the awards are chosen by the public and some by experts. Head over to perezrevenge.com for more info.

Josie

Kiss My Gas!

Don't forget, we're drawing for $99.10 in free GAS on our show tomorrow! Be listening for the "Artist of the Day," Def Leppard. Be the first caller at 620-232-9910 to get registered. We'll draw for the winner during the 3:00 hour on Friday. Good luck!

Josie

NO, IT'S NOT CENSORSHIP

So, the folks over at realrocknews.com seem to feel CBS is involved in some hypocrisy since they decided not to show a clip of Alice Cooper "faux-strangling" an audience member of the Late, Late Show the other night.

The guys go on to talk about CBS airing programs like CSI and Criminal Minds as their proof of hypocrisy. I disagree. There's no evidence that the FCC pressured CBS to cut the scene. They did it on their own. I call that editing. Perhaps the clip wasn't entertaining. Maybe the audience member was mad. Maybe they didn't get a good-enough angle. There could be a whole host of reasons they didn't show it outside of "censorship."

CBS doesn't have a reputation for censorship, so I say we should give them the benefit of the doubt.

Josie

AC/DC ADDED SOME DATES!

Whoo-hoo! AC/DC has added 16 more shows to their Black Ice World Tour including shows in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Tulsa. I think I'm going to try to get tickets to the show in Tulsa. Here are the new dates:

The new Black Ice tour dates are as follows:

Dec 20, 2008 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center
Dec 21, 2008 Tampa,FL St. Pete Times Forum
Jan 05, 2009 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
Jan 07, 2009 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
Jan 09, 2009 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre
Jan 11, 2009 Cincinnati, OH U.S. Bank Arena
Jan 13, 2009 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
Jan 15, 2009 Omaha, NE Qwest Center Omaha
Jan 17, 2009 Fargo, ND Fargodome
Jan 19, 2009 Minneapolis, MN Xcel Energy Center
Jan 21, 2009 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
Jan 23, 2009 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Jan 26, 2009 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
Jan 28, 2009 Little Rock, AR ALLTELL Arena
Jan 30, 2009 Memphis, TN FedEx Forum
Jan 31, 2009 Nashville, TN Sommet Center

You can get tickets at www.ticketmaster.com and www.acdc.com.

Josie

my blog cherry

Hey, look at me, I'm blogging. This too, is a test to see if everything is set up o.k on our blog. As some of you may know I am a bit of a dinosour at 49 ( though I am reading at a 50 year old level) Until I got into radio 3 years ago, my use of computers was limited to emails...but look at me now..running radio station equipment, producing commercials and on the air in the afternoons with my good friend Josie. I am still not sure exactly what this blog thing is all about, but I am jumping in feet first...or is it head first? I am not sure. Jumping in feet first seems the sensible way of jumping into anything, but on the other hand, there is something very bold about pushing safety a side and going head first. Anyway, I look forwad to forming new "blog-lationships"...Oh my God,I am coining phrases...this is all moving so fast! If there is something you want to discuss, comment,to vent, or just seek the advise of someone who has spent nearly half a century on this planet. I am always happy to drop some knowege on the kids. Until then...Blog on brothers and sisters Bongo