YES, I lip-synced, so sue me
Over SIX (YES SIX) people have asked me today, "What was it like to be on the radio?" (Referring to our Dave and Huna two hour free-for-all on KSTP AM 1500.) Let me tell you, it was kind of surreal. You're thinking about so many things -- is the microphone in the right spot, how much time is left before we have to go to a break, make sure to give out the phone number, quickly scribbling notes to Dave to suggest a sound effect or a new twist, wondering if the topic is going to last long enough or do we need to stretch it out, deciding which caller to fit in at a certain time, counting the number of security guards that we would need to take out to commandeer the station... I didn't really have the brain cycles available to get all heated up about anything.

Plus it was weird doing it on a warm Sunday afternoon when I think 75% of the listeners were nice old folks who just had the radio on while woodworking. Hard to decide how controversial to get, and hard to react to the calls.

Having never been even near a radio studio before, it got to the point where we didn't even really remember what we had just said -- we were just trying to push on with the show and avoid the proverbial "train wreck." BUT we felt a lot better in the second hour, and I'm sure with more work we could become smoooooth as silk (and more spirited). Will we get a chance to do "more work?" Well, who knows...
03.07.05 @ 06:20 PM CDT [link]{{STOPcommentslink}}

So what was it LIKE to be on the radio?
Over SIX (YES SIX) people have asked me today, "What was it like to be on the radio?" Let me tell you, it was kind of surreal. You're thinking about so many things -- is the microphone in the right spot, how much time is left before we have to go to a break, make sure to give out the phone number, quickly scribbling notes to Dave to suggest a sound effect or a new twist, wondering if the topic is going to last long enough or do we need to stretch it out, deciding which caller to fit in at a certain time, counting the number of security guards that we would need to take out to commandeer the station...

Having never been even near a radio studio before, it got to the point where we didn't even really remember what we had just said -- we were just trying to push on with the show and avoid the proverbial "train wreck." BUT we felt a lot better in the second hour, and I'm sure with more work we could become smoooooth as silk. Will we get a chance to do "more work?" Well, who knows...
03.07.05 @ 06:16 PM CDT [link]{{STOPcommentslink}}

Dave and Huna on 1500
Well, we got our big radio chance. The Dave and The Huna got two hours of possible train wreck talk radio as part of the KSTP AM 1500 Next Big Thing contest. I might post some audio clips once I get a copy of the show. We originally sent in a demo a couple years ago, and finally there is a format that allows them to put guys like us on the air without looking like desperate college radio station programmers.

We started out with some awkwardness, but from people who have given us feedback, we seem to have hit a decent stride for the second hour. It's hard to connect with an audience when even your friends decide to work outside on a super-warm day instead of listen to the show.

Unfortunately, it turns out I blew my blog invention joke. I said Thomas JEFFERSON invented the blog instead of Thomas EDISON. Doofus. DOOFus. DOOFUS.

The producer dude was a young guy who helped us out a lot, although he didn't have any prizes to give away to everybody who was bored enough to call our show (all dozen of them). Boo for that. Hah!

My parents (back in Wisconny) listened over high-speed Internet at a friend's house. Good thing there was no Packer intra-squad scrimmage or anything going on.

03.07.05 @ 04:06 PM CDT [link]{{STOPcommentslink}}