Today is the 10th Anniversary of the Best Show!

[dave from knoxville]

I miss Tom. But worse than that, I miss Tom sounding happy.

[Ike]

I miss Tom. But worse than that, I miss Tom sounding happy.

What a beautiful, perfect thing this is to merely THINK, much less write. 

Couldn't agree more.

[MarcInLiverpool]

How far back in the archives do I have to go to hear "Rot Rock n roll". 

am I hearing it right?

[Martin]

How far back in the archives do I have to go to hear "Rot Rock n roll". 

am I hearing it right?

Rock Rot & Rule is not available in the archives. But you can buy it from iTunes or from Stereolaffs here:

http://stereolaffs.com/rockrot.php

[fonpr]

Emusic has it as well.  http://www.emusic.com/features/spotlight/289_200703.html

[Mr. Spacely]

Best Show joke I have adapted in real life- Referring to Hollywood as Weirdowood. Why this tickles me so much I do not know, but it truly does.

I live in LA and I've begun using Weirdowood as well.  From what I understand, Zachary Brimstead is the first TBS/Newbridge caller to use it.

I also use "Lipstick City" now.  I'm having trouble tracing the Wurster origins of that one, though.

[yesno]

The Best Show: 10 Years Cool.

[davidgoeschatting]

I first heard "Rock Rot & Rule" shortly after it aired.  It was the longest Mp3 I had every downloaded at the time.  I remember friends wanting to hear it, but not having enough bandwidth to share it, since most people were still on modems then. 

And as far as the Best Show, I heard about it in 2003 since a friend introduced to me to S&W volumes 1 & 2.  The Music Scholar and Timmy Von Trimble were the two pieces that had me hooked.  I had purchased every S&W CD set available since.

However, I didn't start listening to the Best Show proper until after I joined Twitter in late 2009. By happenstance, I befriended people who all religiously listened to the show, or were related to WFMU. Before, I thought the S&W CDs chronicled a good chunk of the skits, and just assumed that Tom and Jon wouldn't have time to write skits like this almost *every show*.  I mean, who would have time for that?

Needless to say I was very, very wrong.  First show I heard was the Final Show Of The Decade, featuring a Chef as an in-studio guest, which was Jon. Tom and Jon were just as funny as any of the CDs, I thought "oo boy, I missed almost NINE YEARS OF THIS?", and never missed a show since.

Finally finished the episode this afternoon. Very nice call, Mackro. I almost shed a tear just listening to you.