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Title: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: Omar on March 18, 2008, 11:08:20 AM
Part 1 of the latest Recidivism recap post is up!:

http://www.recidivism.org/2008/03/wax_on_wax_off.html


Part II to follow...



All TBSOWFMU recaps here:

http://www.recidivism.org/tbsowfmu/
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: samir on March 18, 2008, 11:17:43 AM
Great work as ever, Omaaaaaaarrrrr!!!!

Since you posted a song from it, what do you think of that new Long Blondes record?
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: Omar on March 18, 2008, 12:07:00 PM
Great work as ever, Omaaaaaaarrrrr!!!!

Since you posted a song from it, what do you think of that new Long Blondes record?

Thanks!  The new LB is excellent.
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: samir on March 18, 2008, 12:12:10 PM
I like it too, although everytime I hear the beginning of 'Guilt', with its little spoken word part, I think of 'Walk On' by U2, and I wish that didn't happen.

I really, really, dig the first track, too, which apparently has everyone all divided.

AND THIS POST MEANS I'M NO LONGER A RAPIST.
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: masterofsparks on March 18, 2008, 01:22:18 PM
New Bomb Turks. Nice! Ohio gets some well-deserved love, my lame call last week notwithstanding.
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: B_Buster on March 18, 2008, 01:42:52 PM
I loved the juxtaposition of Caruso and the Oompa-Loompas!
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: Sarah on March 18, 2008, 06:25:27 PM
AND THIS POST MEANS I'M NO LONGER A RAPIST.

As a future lawyer, you must be relieved.
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on March 18, 2008, 07:04:32 PM
A two-part recap!?!?!?!? Is this a common thing?
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: Omar on March 18, 2008, 07:46:52 PM
A two-part recap!?!?!?!? Is this a common thing?

It's just a fancy way of saying "the recap is not finished at this time"!
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: herbie on March 18, 2008, 07:48:37 PM
"i didn't even bother, dude. no bucket list for me. top of his bucket list should read: get a coffin."
ugh, what a creep.
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: samir on March 18, 2008, 07:55:14 PM
AND THIS POST MEANS I'M NO LONGER A RAPIST.
As a future lawyer, you must be relieved.
It is good news, assuredly.
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show.
Post by: Omar on March 19, 2008, 01:49:35 PM

http://www.recidivism.org/2008/03/wax_on_wax_off.html


ADDED: Paul, Blake, Junk 2.0, masterofsparks, ghoul x2, Abraham x2, Eric, Dan, Eddie, Jess, and Linus, world champion blogger, acclaimed writer, and music tastemaker.



Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: Spoony on March 19, 2008, 02:02:57 PM
Hey, I got a little nod in there. Thanks, Omar.

And all I had to do was narrowly avoid rabies.

C
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: masterofsparks on March 19, 2008, 02:07:48 PM
Nice work, Omar. My call felt like a total flame-out while it was happening, but your recap makes it seem semi-respectable. I'm sure this is due much more to your skills than mine.
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: ericluxury on March 19, 2008, 03:00:56 PM
Great recap, as usual. I, Eric, though meant Tom sounded like Philip Seymour Hoffman playing Buffalo Bill not Hannibal Lector, but I couldn't pull the name Buffalo Bill at the time.
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: Martin on March 19, 2008, 03:08:00 PM
Great recap, as usual. I, Eric, though meant Tom sounded like Philip Seymour Hoffman playing Buffalo Bill not Hannibal Lector, but I couldn't pull the name Buffalo Bill at the time.

I thought that was spot on, for the record!
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: John Junk 2.0 on March 19, 2008, 03:08:10 PM
This is always my favorite part of the recap:

"Now is the time for us to gather together and celebrate those things that we like and think are fun:"

Always brings a smile!

Man, my story was so awesome in my head!  Thanks for your charitable "semi-funny" description.
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: Omar on March 19, 2008, 03:12:24 PM
Great recap, as usual. I, Eric, though meant Tom sounded like Philip Seymour Hoffman playing Buffalo Bill not Hannibal Lector, but I couldn't pull the name Buffalo Bill at the time.

I just noted this in the recap.  In the name of accuracy!
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: Omar on March 19, 2008, 03:16:00 PM
Great recap, as usual. I, Eric, though meant Tom sounded like Philip Seymour Hoffman playing Buffalo Bill not Hannibal Lector, but I couldn't pull the name Buffalo Bill at the time.

I thought that was spot on, for the record!

At the time the Lecter reference seemed on-target, but now that I think about it Tom's ghoul voice is very (eerily?) similar to PFT's Jame Gumb impression in the Movie Quotes show.  I hope that voice returns soon.
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: Stupornaut on March 19, 2008, 03:53:35 PM
Speaking as a freelancer for Shovel.com, I would like to mention that Linus tried scooping me on reviewing Art of the Slap, even going so far as to tell me he was going to give it a 1.3 as revenge for his treatment during his first call last February. He was eventually overruled once it was discovered that he had not bothered to procure an advance copy and instead had simply attempted to write his review as a 2,300-word conceptual piece about this terrible sandwich he ate the evening his last girlfriend broke up with him. Best Show was mentioned only once, in passing somewhere in the 12th paragraph, as "a talk radio fart smell". After discovering that I wound up reviewing it instead, he threatened to give me "a beating worthy of an 8.5 and possibly also Best New Skull Fracture".

EDIT: oh god I've just written Best Show fan fiction. Help me.
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: Omar on March 19, 2008, 03:56:11 PM
Speaking as a freelancer for Shovel.com, I would like to mention that Linus tried scooping me on reviewing Art of the Slap, even going so far as to tell me he was going to give it a 1.3 as revenge for his treatment during his first call last February. He was eventually overruled once it was discovered that he had not bothered to procure an advance copy and instead had simply attempted to write his review as a 2,300-word conceptual piece about this terrible sandwich he ate the evening his last girlfriend broke up with him. Best Show was mentioned only once, in passing somewhere in the 12th paragraph, as "a talk radio fart smell". After discovering that I wound up reviewing it instead, he threatened to give me "a beating worthy of an 8.5 and possibly also Best New Skull Fracture".

EDIT: oh god I've just written Best Show fan fiction. Help me.

I love it.
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: ericluxury on March 19, 2008, 06:53:17 PM
Assoc. Producer Mike mentioned in this show that David Caruso looks orange in CSI. On the first episode of a pay-podcast that I enjoy, someone mentions seeing David Caruso in person and that he was weird looking and orange in person.
Guess its not a filter.
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: Omar on March 19, 2008, 08:11:21 PM
Added a little bit more to this recap, but I'll save you another clicky and just post the main thing below:

(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p155/fradom/ontheairsample.png) (http://www.recidivism.org/2008/03/wax_on_wax_off.html)

Tom went to the Barnes & Nobles and saw Ghostface Killah's long-awaited advice book, The World According to Pretty Toney (MTV Press, 9 pages, $24.99). He was able to read the entire book in four minutes because the format was one sentence on a page (e.g., "Wipe the sleep out of your eyes.") followed by a funny image interpreting said sentence. Tom wonders if Ghost just dictated 30 life lessons during a limo ride. He's a big fan of his music, but he thinks he could have done better with his book. Tom noticed a lot of white space for footnotes and autographs. He has heard a five-minute sample of the hilarious audio version, but he refused to drain $25 from a gift card for a CD. Tom is interested in the Ghostface book with all the fun stories. Ghostface Killah: 1 Tom: 0. Paris Hilton: 2 Tom: 0. Tom is ready to erase the 0 from his score tally by getting On The Air ... (see sample chapter above) on the shelf as soon as possible. He will include a lot of filler, including Notes pages for readers to capture their own thoughts about Mike. One chapter will detail Tom's pre-show preparation of retrieving CDs from the library and wheeling them into the studio on a cart.
Title: Re: Recap Post for 3/11/08 show: Part I.
Post by: John Junk 2.0 on March 19, 2008, 08:34:46 PM
Awesome!  I was trying to imagine "On The Air" today.  You have made my daydream a reality.