Tuesday, January 29, 2013

More studid people doing stupid things

For the record, I love tattoos. I have multiple tattoos.

I would never, NEVER let a child get a tattoo for any reason. I especially would not take my 3 old to get one.


Supposedly the mother is from some sort of cult. No way that's right. That woman should be locked up and anally penetrated with a very large needle so her the inside of her anus could be tattooed with "In love with the Devil." That way Satan would have to look hard for his name on her.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

I don't care if you're not in the band anymore

If you're a musician who writes music why wouldn't you want your song played on the radio?

I had to pose this question to the former lead singer of a local band. A band that is very good by the way and deserving of some airtime so more people know that they exist. The story goes like this, I played a song from said band on the air, pumped up the band and gave out a couple shows they'll be playing. Turned off the mic and thought that was awesome, all is good in the world of local music. Then I answered the phone, my mistake. Turns out the song I played was written and performed by the band's former singer and he took exception to the fact that I played this song to promote that band on the air. So I had to ask him why wouldn't you want a song you wrote played for people to hear? His answer? Because he's not making any money off it. WHAT?!

Ok lesson time: We as a commercial radio station do not pay the bands to play them. It is a promotional machine for the bands and allows more people to hear their music then normally would. Now yes we pay dues to the industry but not to specific bands. So this guy is trying to tell me that I can't play a song he wrote with this band because it doesn't help him make money. No wonder why you're not in a band anymore. Also if unless you specifically own the publishing writes to that particular song than you can't say a word about it. You see under U.S. copywrite laws you own whatever you create. In a band situation, the band owns it unless otherwise documented. Maybe I'd be to quick to assume but I'm guessing in this situation it is not otherwise documented. Also wether it's been copywritten or not if you can prove it's yours, guess what, it's yours. And again in a band situation it belongs to the band.

Ok so not only is this guy being kind of douche but he does not have a leg to stand on when it comes to demanding that the band not play any songs he wrote for the band. That's like telling John Carbi when he sang for Motley Crue that he couldn't play Dr. Feelgood. Now I am sure the band are super nice guys and are probably for the most part giving this guy his wish, but I don't think they should.

Ps...the guy quiet the band 4 months ago, man have yourself a nice hot cup of shut the f*** up!

Rock bands don't lip sing

But of course pop stars do. The music community is an uproar over the fact that super pop star and Mrs. Jay-Z, Beyonce lip singed the national anthem during President Obama's inauguration on Monday Jan.21st. Is it a big deal that she did that? To be fair it was about 40 degrees which isn't exactly the greatest weather to sing in. As a purest I must say I don't agree with it, but the sheep who enjoy what ever pop culture tells them they must enjoy will continue to.

You know who didn't lip sing? Soundgarden. They rocked the Presidential ball later that night and performed "Been Away Too Long," "Rusty Cage," and "Outshined."

Rock bands don't lip sing.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

The rrrrrrrrRaiders

They did what? Ok so it turns out that (should be) future hall of fame wide reciever for the Oakland Raiders Tim Brown has accused former Raider Coach Bill Callahan for "sabotaging" Super Bowl XXXVII.

In the game which was won by former Raider Coach Jon Gruden's Tampa Bay Buccaneers 44-21 according to Tim Brown the Raiders plan was to have a run heavy offensive game plan to take advantage of their size advantage over the smaller Tampa Bay team. The game plan went in on the Monday before the Super Bowl and it was changed on Friday to a pass happy game plan. Most NFL players will tell you that is something coaches don't do. Here's what Tim Brown said:
"We all called it sabotage ... because Callahan and Gruden were good friends. And Callahan had a big problem with the Raiders, you know, hated the Raiders. You know, only came because Gruden made him come. Literally walked off the field on us a couple of times during the season when he first got there, the first couple years."
In another weird twist of fate then starting center Barret Robins went AWOL the night before the game and went to Mexico. According to Brown he was so upset about the game plan change saying "you can't do this to us" that he left.

Jerry Rice went on ESPN to talk about his take on the situation, here's the video:

Monday, January 21, 2013

Happy MLK day...let's rock the f out

Today as we celebrate the man that made true freedom possible for millions of black Americans I decided to throw a playlist together on my Spotify account of some of my favorite black rock bands, or bands that have black members in them.

Quick list:
Sevndust
Bad Brains
Stuck Mojo
Living Colour
King's X
Suicidal Tendencies
God Forbid
Killswitch Engage (not anymore)
Jimi Hendrix
...and there are so many more.

Spend some time with some of these killer bands today and when the calendar turns to February and we truly celebrate black history. Although there is never a bad time to pay our respects to a horrible time of American history and celebrate those that had the balls to change it like the good Dr. King did.




Thursday, January 17, 2013

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Stupid People doing stupid things...Manti Te'O



This article is perfect from Dead Spin. Read it and understand why Notre Dame star Manti Te'O is a moron.




The Empire Responds

This is a follow up to my post yesterday about the White House's response to the "let's build a death star" petition via Whitehouse.gov. You can read the White House's response in my last entry. Now the Galactic Empire has responded.
IMPERIAL CENTER, CORUSCANT – The overwhelming military superiority of the Galactic Empire has been confirmed once again by the recent announcement by the President of the United States that his nation would not attempt to build a Death Star, despite the bellicose demands of the people of his tiny, aggressive planet. “It is doubtless that such a technological terror in the hands of so primitive a world would be used to upset the peace and sanctity of the citizens of the Galactic Empire,“ said Governor Wilhuff Tarkin of the Outer Rim Territories. “Such destructive power can only be wielded to protect and defend by so enlightened a leader as Emperor Palpatine.”

Representatives on behalf of the nation-state leader from the unimaginatively named planet refused to acknowledge the obvious cowardice of their choice, preferring instead to attribute the decision to fiscal responsibility. “The costs of construction they cited were ridiculously overestimated, though I suppose we must keep in mind that this miniscule planet does not have our massive means of production,” added Admiral Conan Motti of the Imperial Starfleet.

Emissaries of the Emperor also caution any seditious elements within the Galactic Senate not to believe Earth’s exaggerated claims of there being a weakness in the Death Star design. “Any attacks made upon such a station – should one ever be built – would be a useless gesture,” added Motti.


Tuesday, January 15, 2013

White house responds to petition to construct a Death Star

To all Star Wars nerds everywhere, the ideology runs deep within our blood. We old all 6 films (yes even Episode 1) near and dear to our hearts. So when a petition popped up on WhiteHouse.gov to construct a fully functional death star by the year 2016 you just knew that it would get the required 25,000 votes to have the White House respond to it.

Official White House Response to Secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016.

This Isn't the Petition Response You're Looking For

By Paul Shawcross
The Administration shares your desire for job creation and a strong national defense, but a Death Star isn't on the horizon. Here are a few reasons:
  • The construction of the Death Star has been estimated to cost more than $850,000,000,000,000,000. We're working hard to reduce the deficit, not expand it.
  • The Administration does not support blowing up planets.
  • Why would we spend countless taxpayer dollars on a Death Star with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship?
However, look carefully (here's how) and you'll notice something already floating in the sky -- that's no Moon, it's a Space Station! Yes, we already have a giant, football field-sized International Space Station in orbit around the Earth that's helping us learn how humans can live and thrive in space for long durations. The Space Station has six astronauts -- American, Russian, and Canadian -- living in it right now, conducting research, learning how to live and work in space over long periods of time, routinely welcoming visiting spacecraft and repairing onboard garbage mashers, etc. We've also got two robot science labs -- one wielding a laser -- roving around Mars, looking at whether life ever existed on the Red Planet.
Keep in mind, space is no longer just government-only. Private American companies, through NASA's Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office (C3PO), are ferrying cargo -- and soon, crew -- to space for NASA, and are pursuing human missions to the Moon this decade.
Even though the United States doesn't have anything that can do the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, we've got two spacecraft leaving the Solar System and we're building a probe that will fly to the exterior layers of the Sun. We are discovering hundreds of new planets in other star systems and building a much more powerful successor to the Hubble Space Telescope that will see back to the early days of the universe.
We don't have a Death Star, but we do have floating robot assistants on the Space Station, a President who knows his way around a light saber and advanced (marshmallow) cannon, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is supporting research on building Luke's arm, floating droids, and quadruped walkers.
We are living in the future! Enjoy it. Or better yet, help build it by pursuing a career in a science, technology, engineering or math-related field. The President has held the first-ever White House science fairs and Astronomy Night on the South Lawn because he knows these domains are critical to our country's future, and to ensuring the United States continues leading the world in doing big things.
If you do pursue a career in a science, technology, engineering or math-related field, the Force will be with us! Remember, the Death Star's power to destroy a planet, or even a whole star system, is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
Paul Shawcross is Chief of the Science and Space Branch at the White House Office of Management and Budget
Tell us what you think about this response and We the People.

Clean shaven...down below

Turns out being "clean" below the waist isn't just for looks. 80% of college age girls are completely bare according to a recent poll. Bloomberg just released an article about the fact that because of this cases of the STD "crabs" has been reduced significantly.

Thanks to everyone grooming down there, we’re about to wipe out “crabs.” Doctors believe that bikini waxing and shaving has destroyed the preferred habitat of the dreaded lice. The incidence of infestations has dropped dramatically since around the time of Sex and The City.
Among college students, 4-out-of-5 say they regularly remove all or most of the hair down there. This is whether they’re dating or single. Most say they just feel “cleaner” when completely bare. They’re partially right: Crabs is one of the most contagious sexually transmitted infections.
Australian doctor Basil Donovan says (quote) “It used to be extremely common to see sexual partners infecting each other with crabs. It’s now rarely seen. Without doubt, it’s better grooming.”
Can I get a collective YES!

Monday, January 14, 2013

Moron of the Day 1/14/13

This is all about stupid people doing stupid things. Here's the story from the Fon Du Lac Reporter.

A 36-year-old Fond du Lac woman threw herself on the ground to get a ride home in an ambulance after having no money to pay for a taxi, according to a Fond du Lac Police Department report.
Fond du Lac police officers responded to a Park Avenue apartment around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday for a harassment complaint. A 64-year-old Fond du Lac man called police that evening because he claimed the 36-year-old Fond du Lac woman kept calling him and asking for money.
The woman told officers the man owed her $100 for sexual relations. After being asked to leave the man’s property by officers and take the matter up in court, the woman told officers she had no money to pay the cab driver.
Officers suggested the woman get a ride home from the cab driver and pay the driver for both trips with cash at her home, according to the report. The woman said she had no money at her home and asked for a ride home in the responding officer’s squad car. The officer declined.
The woman asked police to call an ambulance to take her to the hospital near her home. Officers told the woman they could not call an ambulance because she was no injured.
The woman threw herself on the ground, according to the report, told officers she hurt her knee and asked for an ambulance again. An ambulance was called and the woman was advised she would be billed for the ambulance ride.
The woman also was cited for failing to pay the cab fare.
Congratulations random genius, you are a moron.

Sad to see it end

This is about football and if that turns you off I'm sorry, but I am a diehard Packer fan and I can't help it.

With the lose in the divisional round of the playoffs to the 49ers on Saturday it is most likely the last time we'll ever see wide recievers Greg Jennings and Donald Driver in a Packer uniform again. I am saddened by this, because both have been involved and great for the community.

Donald Driver drafted by the Pack in 1999 never looked back and became the team's all time receiving leader. He will likely be released due to age or the more likely scenario is he will retire.

Greg Jennings was drafted in 2006 and became the teams top receiving threat soon there after. He is now a free agent and with Jordy Nelson, James Jones and Randall Cobb on the same team there probably isn't any money in the bank for a receiver of his caliber.

That's the business but it's still sad to see to faces of the community go away.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Corey Taylor: How does he have the time?

This came up on today's Dumb as f*** trivia. I asked Justin (who was caller #9) name one other band that Corey Taylor has worked with besides Stone Sour and Slipknot. This is the full list from Wikipedia. This proves that Corey Taylor must be immortal or doesn't need sleep or something. This list doesn't even include the amount of touring he must do with both bands, or his work as an author. This is just his recorded work and bands he's done stuff with. Who has the time for all this?  

Stone Sour

Year Name Ref
2002
Stone Sour
[40]
[76]
2006
Come What(ever) May
[77]
[78]
2007
Live in Moscow
[79]
[80]
2010
Audio Secrecy
[81]
[82]
2012
House of Gold & Bones - Part 1
[83]
[82]

Slipknot

Year Name Ref
1998
Slipknot Demo
[84]
[85]
1999
Slipknot
[86]
[87]
2001
Iowa
[88]
[89]
2004
Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
[90]
[91]
2005
9.0: Live
[92]
[93]
2008
All Hope Is Gone
[94]
[95]
2012
Antennas To Hell
[96]
[97]

Other works

Year Artist Album Track(s) Position Ref
1998 Sister Soleil Soularium "Liar" Backing vocals [98]
[99]
1998 Smakdab Smakdab "Shadowed" Vocals [100]
2000 Snot Strait Up "Requiem" Vocals [101]
[102]
2000 Soulfly Primitive "Jumpdafuckup" Vocals [103]
[104]
[105]
2001 Biohazard Uncivilization "Domination" Backing Vocals
2001 Slitheryn Slitheryn "Lost" Backing Vocals [106]
[107]
2001 Slitheryn Slitheryn "Get Up" Backing Vocals [106]
[107]
2002 Black Flag Rise Above "Room 13" Vocals [108]
[109]
2003 Anthrax With Full Force Festival in Germany "Bring the Noise" Vocals [110]
[111]
2004 Damageplan New Found Power "Fuck You" Vocals [112]
[113]
2005 Roadrunner United The All-Star Sessions "The Rich Man" Vocals [114]
[115]
[116]
2006 Korn Family Values Tour 2006 "Freak on a Leash (Live)" Backing vocals [117]
[118]
2006 FaceCage III Producer [119]
[120]
2007 Apocalyptica Worlds Collide "I'm Not Jesus" Vocals [121]
[122]
2007 Dream Theater Systematic Chaos "Repentance" Spoken word contribution [123]
[124]
2008 Walls of Jericho Redemption "Ember Drive", "My Last Stand", "Addicted" Backing vocals, producer [125]
[126]
2009 Steel Panther Feel the Steel "Death to All But Metal", "Asian Hooker", "Eyes of a Panther" Vocals [127]
[128]
[129]
2010 Corey Taylor X-M@$ X-M@$ Vocals, producer [130]
[131]
2010 Travis Barker, Corey Taylor Give the Drummer Some "On My Own" Vocals

These aren't our award shows

Gone are the days of good people and good artists winning good awards. Gone are the days of actual big rock bands winning things like "Favorite Band or Song." Gone are the days of any self respecting individual giving two s**** about what the so called "general public" thinks.


How could we care? When Katy Perry wins 3 of the 12 music awards, and not one rock band gets even so much as "hey rock is cool to I think." In fact the only actual rock bands to get nominated for anything were Green Day and Linkin Park for favorite band, but that award went to Maroon 5. Maybe if Shinedown wrote songs about Mick Jagger and blowing up payphones they would get a nod to. Now granted the normal stand by rock band to win and perform at every awards show the Foo Fighters are on hiatus, but that is no excuse America. If it wasn't for rock music there were wouldn't be pop, r&b, rap and especially not country, which is just blues rock with a twang. I guess what do you expect from an awards show were the "people" chose the canceled Leverage over The Walking Dead for Best Cable TV Drama. Or how about the incredibly horrible Zac Effron over the extremely talented Liam Neeson for Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor.

The idea of these awards shows are ridiculous at best and it gets more and more painful to watch every year. One look through the nominees and especially the winners of this year's People's Choice Awards and it's obvious that it's teenage girls voting and that's it. Stop wasting our time with this crap America, and let's honor actual talent at these things.

And yes this exact same post will be written about the Grammy Awards next month, in the word's of Dave Mustaine and the guy from Men's Warehouse, "I guarantee it."

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

I love Megadeth but what the hell?

Over the course of the last year or two it seems that the main man in one of my favorite metal bands Megadeth is losing his mind. I'm talking Dave Mustaine of course, and although I love the band I don't think I can be a fan of this man anymore. From his musings about the government, and we are all entitled to our opinions, but some of what he has said is mind blowing.

Here's Mustaine on Obama and some of the recent tragic public shootings:
"Back in my country, my president, is trying to pass a gun ban so he's staging all of these murders. The 'Fast and Furious' thing down at the border. And Aurora, Colorado, all the people that were killed there. And now, the beautiful people at the Sikh temple."
On his Men's Warehouse gift-card not showing up:

I really think that it sucks when people make false claims, that they don't care to make good on a problem that is clearly their fault, and with all of the "ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE IT" crap I just had to say something. We are all living in very tight financial times right now, and like I said, you may not wear a suit for your job or for an event or occasion, but if you do, I would strongly recommend you wear someone else's suits. Go to Jos. A Bank instead. I for one, will never set foot in a Men's Warehouse, even for shelter from a blizzard.
On the possibility of chemtrails: 
"Shame on the pilots spraying the grid lines in the once beautiful skies of San Diego. Shame, shame, shame! It's aluminum oxides & barium salts. They know what their cargo is. Only a fool or an accomplice would argue the unarguable. #chemtrails."
Oh what are chemtrails? Conspiracy theorists believe that the line of condensation from jet airplanes are actually chemicals being sprayed to effect the climate.

Looks like nothing is safe from the musings of Dave Mustaine, and I guess I now have time to listen to other bands since I may not be as excited to listen to Rust in Peace or Countdown to Extinction as I once was.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Back home

In March of 2009 due to unforeseeable circumstances I found myself without a home. Since Razor had debuted in February of 2000 I was on the station as DJ in form or another, nights, afternoons, mornings, weekends, mopping up the bathroom and everything else imaginable.

During the past 3 and a half years my wife and I had 2 children, I went back to school and got a second media degree, I completely changed my diet and now live completely gluten free, I started a show that airs in various parts of the country, and worked at a bar to make ends meet.

About mid November the powers that be changed over and I received a phone call asking if I'd seriously give some thought about coming back to Razor 94.7? How could I resist to come back home, and work with the people that I still consider close friends like Borna and Pete Burns, or Elwood and Roxanne Steele. More importantly the rock music fans of North East Wisconsin that over the years I personally become close to and who in turn became close to me. My friends the time has come to rock people's faces off once again. To show why we are not just a radio station and I am not just a radio DJ but we are a lifestyle, a choice, a part of the very fabric of why we exist. We love Wisconsin, we love rock music, we love what some people have considered the alternative to mainstream, and we are proud of it.

I am Cutter and from me, my family and my friends it's an honor to be back from home.