Podcast NYC: Pop Culture Rant #15

Your host is blazing mad on this episode of the PCR. Woody Allen gets away with statutory rape while regular folks end up in the slammer over stuff like this. And meanwhile actors fawn over this jerk. Boycott Woody Allen! Read the book Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy BEFORE the movie comes out next month. Your host's Contender habit is broken, but now he's hooked on another reality show! March madness is on...and it is mad. Shouldn't those kids be getting paid to play that game? And finally, ridiculous fighting over feeding tubes.

SHOW NOTES

• Intro
• Woody Allen gets away with it...
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
• Project Greenlight
• The Bachelor's disgusting male lead
• Farrah Fawcett tortures use
• The NCAA Tournament
• The Terry Schiavo fiasco
• Sign Off
  

Podcast NYC: Pop Culture Rant #14

It's open season on home improvers on this episode of the PCR. Your host is time constrained due to his own home improvement project. Where did all the small, personable hardware stores go? Listen in so you can feel his pain. Also, Whitney Houston and Tom Sizemore entering rehab...again. Seems like your host's prediction of big celeb screw ups in 2005 is coming true. Plus, more talk about the hit HBO show, Deadwood.

SHOW NOTES

• Intro
• Watching Paint Dry
• The Home Improvement Culture
• Home Depot Odyssey
• Whitney Houston Off To Rehab
• Tom Sizemore Mouths Off
• Celebs In The Ozone
• Deadwood Update
  
• Sign Off
  

Podcast NYC: Pop Culture Rant #13

Your (very angry) host riffs a bit more on steroids and baseball. Farewell and good riddance to Mr. Barry Bonds. This steroid thing is just one part of America's obsession with vanity. Why does style always seem to come before substance? I recently took a trip to New Orleans, a crazy and fun town where people tend to dress (and frequently act) inappropriately. Robert Blake gets off on his murder trial. The quality of Martin Scorsese's films has declined in recent years.

SHOW NOTES

• Intro
• Baseball Steroid Follow Up
• Vanity in America
  
• Trip to New Orleans
• Robert Blake Found Innocent!
• Martin Scorsese
  
• Sign Off
  

Podcast NYC: Pop Culture Rant #12

Steroids, Steroids, Steroids. Your host weighs in on the Congressional hearings on steroids in baseball. Don't comedians have something to joke about other than Michael Jackson? Are you a CPA? What's a CPA? Listen in, find out and take the CPA test. What's up with Billy Joel? This great writer and performer just can't keep his "issue" in check. Has his celebrity only magnified his personal demons?

SHOW NOTES

• Intro
• MLB Steroid Testimony Montage/Rant
• Listener Comments
  
• The Michael Jackson Pile On
  
• CPA's
• Mourning Billy Joel
• Sign Off
  

Podcast NYC: Pop Culture Rant #11

Have you seen the movie Alfie? No, not the Jude Law version, but the original Michael Caine version. It's smashing, but very disturbing. Denis Leary passes the Chris Rock test. Save me from The Contender, please! Do podcasts really need land based telephone comment lines? How about, NO! Gas prices are high, but Starbucks coffee will run you $32.00 a gallon. So, a guy gets shot outside a radio studio where 50 Cent is plugging his new album. Of course, the shooting makes big news and 50 Cent gets plenty of free marketing. Hmmm, I wonder...

SHOW NOTES

• Intro
• Alfie w/Michael Caine
• Denis Leary
• The Contender
• Podcast Comment Lines
• Gas Prices
• Phony Rap Wars
• Sign Off
  

Podcast NYC: Pop Culture Rant #10

It's commentary without compromise on the PCR...as usual. Martha's back and she needs to lay low, or else. The sequel to Get Shorty is out. It seems to me that most sequels either aren't a good idea or are missing a key element, known as STORY. The music industry is a mess and something needs to be done. And much more...

SHOW NOTES

• Intro
• Martha Stewart
• Bad Sequels
• State of the Music Industry
• Deadwood Returns!
• Has dating really gone the way of the dinosaurs?
• Sign Off
  

Podcast NYC: Pop Culture Rant #9

Have you ever tried to get a seat on a crowded bus or train while people hogged more than one seat? Your host was recently in this unfortunate situation while riding the train from New York to Boston. Marketing madness continues. Celebrity breakups happen weekly. Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards bite the dust. Why can't these people stay together? And why do we care? Finally, plastic surgery is never a good idea, especially when it goes horribly wrong.

SHOW NOTES

• Intro
• My First Podcasting Interview
• Common Courtesy
• Marketing Rant Follow Up
  
• Celebrity Breakups
• All spun up in Boston
  
• Plastic Surgery
• Sign Off
  

Podcast NYC: Pop Culture Rant #8

Product and brand marketing has found it's way into every aspect of our lives. Your host thinks that sucks and wants you to know how "secret" marketing tactics have made you more of a target than you think. Podcasters are even getting in on the marketing frenzy and that's not a good thing. Also, Paris Hilton gets hacked!

SHOW NOTES

• Intro
• Marketing Rant - It's Taking Over Our Lives!
• Billboards
• Movie Theaters
• Sporting Events
• Secret Marketing
• Movie Product Placement
• Celebrity Endorsements
• DVDs
• Magazines
• The Internet
• Marketing in Podcasting - Why it's not a good idea.
• Paris Hilton Gets Hacked
• Sign Off

Podcast NYC: Pop Culture Rant #7

It's the Academy Awards on the PCR! Get the full recap of the 347th (or something like that) Oscar ceremony that took place in Los Angeles on February 27th.

SHOW NOTES

• Intro
• Million Dollar Baby wins big
  
• The red carpet
• Chris Rock sanitized
• The Jude Law joke
• The new show format
• The career of Hilary Swank
• My Hilary Swank and Liam Neeson sightings
• Martin Scorcese's career
• The ridiculousness of the awards "season" in Hollywood
  
• Sign Off