The New "Weird Al" Yankovic song is now on iTunes!

I just got on iTunes using my iTouch and heard a little sample of Weird Al's newest parody, "Whatever You Like." The song sounds pretty solid. I wasn't able to download the entire song because technology never works. Blurg! Oh well, I will download the rest of the song tonight when I get home and listen to it over and over and over. Let me know how you like the song and we can only wonder how long it will take for Mr. Yankovic to put out an entire album.

Weird Al will drop a new single on iTunes next week!

Straight from the man himself:

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NEW SINGLE!

Remember when I said I was going to start releasing tracks to iTunes as soon as I finished recording them? Well, I'm in the studio this very moment – and the first track released from my next album will be available on iTunes a week from today (October 7)!

This is extremely exciting for me. One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every 3 or 4 years. Now, with the advent and popularity of digital distribution, I don't have to wait around while my songs get old and dated – I can get them out on the Internet almost immediately. It kind of boggles my mind – I thought of the idea for this new song a week ago, and next week it's getting released!

I'm only supposed to "tease" this release right now – I'll post more info about it in a couple days. But I will say that it's a parody of a song that very recently was (or perhaps still is) the 1 song in the country. That would be another first for me – I don't think I've ever released a parody of a song while the original song was still 1!

iTunes will have an exclusive on this song for two weeks, after which I guess it will be available wherever else digital downloads are sold. But I'm really kind of hoping this sucker will chart, so if you can, please buy it the first week it's out!

If this release goes well, there will be more to come. Thanks in advance for your support!

Al

It's Fall Baby!

Steve and I are back from a long break and talking about our favorite subject. Beer! Specifically, Oktoberfest beer. This is the month of Oktoberfest so if you have not already done so, go out and pick up some Sam Adams "Octoberfest" or some other type. You can check out the beers Steve and I like here.

Because I said I would show everyone, here is a picture of me from the beach. Yes, I did wear this in public. It really looks better when Mike (on the far left) wore his. Oh well. Sadly I tossed the shirt into the dryer and it shrank to the size of a face cloth.


The opening song was Jack Black's "School of Rock" in appreciation of Steve heading back to school for another nine month tour of duty. The closing song was K. C. & the Sunshine Band's "Shake Your Booty" in tribute to my happy hour at the Piratz Tavern earlier today. You can check out the pictures from my pirate night at my Flickr page.

This is Awesome!

Oh yeah! What do you think MJ thinks about this? I really thought this was funny. I was drinking a lot.

Michael

Hillbilly Hercules II

This is a trailer that when I was in college (way back in 1995) my friends and I watched all the time. We liked this so much when we made t-shirts for our film committee they said "Are you a member of the SUPC Film Committee?" on the front and "No! I'm a God!" on the back. I still get people asking me what the Hell it means when I wear it to the gym.

Well, you will only know what it means if you watch this trailer.

Michael

How Have the Summer Movies Stacked Up?

Today's show Steve and I talk about some of the movies we have been able to check out so far this summer. We both got a chance to see the new Indiana Jones movie as well as the Dark Knight. I think we both liked the new Batman movie more than the Indy one. Which is predictable but still disappointing. Maybe Indiana Jones would have been better if Alf didn't make a cameo at the end.

(Speaking of which, where is my Alf movie? Come on Hollywood, take a shot!)

I'm moving (again!) next week so I don't think I will be able to push out a new podcast for a while. I will have to battle with either Comcast or RCN to get cable and Internet service. If I am lucky, I will have it all up an running before the end of August. Time will tell.

The opening song was the theme to Raiders of the Lost Arc. Awesome. The closing song was "We Don't Need Another Hero" from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome." A classic Hollywood movie from my youth. Love that song!

If you have not had the chance to go see any of the big summer movies, go do it! See the Dark Knight in IMAX if you have the chance. I still need to do that.

Michael

I just saw a funny movie

I got the chance to see Tropic Thunder in a special sneak preview in Washington D.C. They were not fooling around at this screening. They took all of our phones before we entered the theater and had dudes in night vision goggles making sure no one was filming. All in all there were a lot of funny parts to this film and I would recommend it. It was not as funny as I was hoping it would be but I think I might have had too high of expectations. I need to see it again I think and I bet I will enjoy it even more. There are a couple of scenes that were so funny I bruised my leg slapping it repeatedly.

Check out the viral video below and you might get a hint at the type of humor this movie caters to.

We're Back Baby!

We are back and as mediocre as ever! The new DAP is online and sounding...well...microphone trouble made Steve a little low this week but I will try to fix that in post-production. Steve talks about where the hell he has been and I talk about my trip to Colombia. Riveting audio! Steve talks a little about his new passion, scooter riding! Well, he has not started yet, but here is a picture of what he may soon be using to get back and forth from work. It's actually pretty sporty looking.

I mention on the show that I had a great time in Bogota and enjoyed a lot of nice regional food. Check out the video below to get an idea of some of the things I got to try out. You can see the rest of the pictures and video I took here.

Finally, the music on today's show was a random selections from my iTunes player. The opening song was from the Simpsons Soundtrack, "Songs in the Key of Springfield" called Señor Burns. The song at the end of the show was from They Might Be Giants' album "John Henry," called Dirt Bike.

We should be back next week and not in to months. Sorry about that, we will strive not to wait that long. Strangely enough, our subscriptions actually went up while we were gone.

Michael

What hell is playing on my iPod?

While Steve is away on Vacation I wasn't sure what to do. So I thought I would play a few songs on my iPod and share with them with you. Is it legal. Maybe? I will link to each track on Amazon.com so the lawyers don't kill me. (I don't make a dime on any of this and I don't advertise so have mercy!)

The first song was off the Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1968. Tommy James & the Shondells "Mony Mony" was covered my Billy Idol back in the 80s but I still like the original the best.

I then played Weird Al's cover, "Alimony" which was off his Even Worse album. Great stuff!

The 2003 hit from Darkness was the second (or third) song on my iPod. If you have not seen the video for "I Believe in a Thing Called Love," check it out here:



The final song was country power group Alabama and their hit "Song of the South." More famous for "Mountain Music" Alabama was definitely one of the biggest bands to ever hit the country music scene.

Steve and I will be back next week to go over out summer vacations and what the future holds. Until then, enjoy the show!

Michael

What Does July 4th Mean to you?

See what an old man thinks about Independence Day.
I personally like the "thieving Injuns" comment the best.

What's Keeping "The Hulk" from Hulking Out at the Box Office?

The Incredible Hulk is not raking in the green any better than the first film even though the newest installment of the franchise has gotten better reviews and positive buzz on the Internets. I myself liked the new Hulk a lot better than the first one. I believe I dissed the Mean Green Machine last podcast saying it wouldn't be any good. I believe I said the original Hulk looked like a steroid abusing cousin of Shrek. Click on the picture of the not-so jolly green giant and read E!'s take on reasons why this is.

Michael

Will Arnett Sex Tape - NSFA (No Safe For Anyone)

Do not watch this unless you like gross humor. You have been warned.

I made the news!

You have to click this link as I have not been able to embed it.

Dead Air Podcast Will Be Back Next Week!

As you can see, Steve has injured himself and will not be able to record a new DAP this week. We look forward to entertaining you next week. Thank you to all who worried that I would be kidnapped while on holiday in Colombia. I was fine. They only took one finger and it was a pinky. They were rather nice about the whole thing actually.

Michael

Hello? Hello? Damn cell phone.

We got new cell phones this month and Steve and I talk about them. Exciting! I picked up the LG VX-9900 or the enV and Steve got the newer, smaller enV2. Because of my giant thumbs I didn't get the enV2. I text like a Japanese high school girl so I need a larger qwerty keypad.

Steve has started to Twitter but it's a slow process. Until I can get it on him phone I don't think you will see all that many updates. You can always follow me. I update all the time. Usually from the john.

The song at the beginning of the show was from the original Broadway recording of Cabaret. The last song was an oldie but a goodie from the mid to late 1990s. That's right, the Primitive Radio Gods hit, "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand." Maybe the worst piano solo in any #1 hit.

Dead Air Podcast Summer Blockbuster Preview

Welcome to the Dead Air Podcast 2008 Summer Movie Preview!

Steve and I go over six summer movies this week and talk about what we think about them. Why would you care what we think? I have no idea. Steve also gives me hell for watching Iron Man with out him. About 1 mile away from his house. Oops.
Enjoy the show and the trailers below.

Indiana Jones
It wouldn't be a summer movie preview with out Dr. Jones! Steve and I are sure that the movie will do well, but is this just a money grab?

The Happening
What's Happening the movie? No, this is not another 70s television show turned into a movie like the Awesome Starsky and Hutch (do it!) It's the new creepy movie from M. Night Shamalamadingdong. Basic idea of the movie? Something is killing pretty much everyone and seems to have the ability to chase people. And if you were a sentient ball of invisible death, wouldn't you go after Marky Mark Wahlberg?

The Love Guru
What looks like a character from an Austin Powers movie that was left on the cutting room floor, "The Love Guru" truly looks like a turd. Is it worth even the $4 to rent it? I don't know. I'll have to see the reviews but I think I might wait for it on Netflix.

Batman: The Dark Knight
Batman is awesome. One of the last movies that Heath Ledger made before his death. Should be fantastic and be one of the top 3 box office hits of the summer. Unfortunately, with a PG-13 rating (for "intense sequences of violence and some menace"), this likely will be the first movie Maggie Gyllenhaal doesn't get naked in.

Step Brothers
Will Ferrell. Done. We're there. Even better, it's not a sports movie.


Tropic Thunder
This might be a dark horse comedy like Something About Mary was. Or it might struggle to make $30 million before it goes to DVD. Who knows. I love the trailer.

Whiskey for my men, beer for the horses

This is one of the first times that Steve and I recorded on location. We recorded the show at Steve's bar in the basement of the Whiddon compound. The audio is a little soft so you might want to pump up the volume. The content is something you can't really do anything about other than turn off your Mp3 player.

Steve and I tried 5 different brands of whiskey. Some Irish, some American. Some good, some not so good. Some, like Old Grandpa or something like that was truly awful. That said, both Steve and I are complete Marys when it comes to hard liquor. We like white Russians and margaritas.

Enjoy the show!

Spring Break, Portland Maine and candlepin bowling

Tonight Steve and I talk about many different things. Steve's spring break vacation. My vacation in Maine. We have all sorts of good reasons why we haven' had a show in the past couple of weeks. Well, today we bring you a nice shortish show with a couple of fun songs. One is called Boku and is from Japan and the other is from Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell CD. I love that whole record. If you have not heard the song Two Out of Three Ain't Bad, you are in for a treat. (Please don't judge Meat on his recent commercial for that cellphone.)

Here is that picture Steve had taken while he was on Vacation that we were talking about. Which one do you think is on television? This guy apparently has a show on the Food Network though I have not seen it. I'm a big fan of Gordon Ramsey who has shows on Fox and other channels. Hell's Kitchen is not the one I watch, the other one. What the hell is its name? I forget but it's where he helps struggling restaurants out. Helps = yells a lot at everyone. Yea?


I went to Maine to visit my 31 year-old sister and went candlepin bowling. Lots of fun, though frustrating for a tenpin bowler like myself. It is fun throwing those small balls real hard. Check out the video of my sister Jennie, her fiancée Morgan and myself doing our best.


Enjoy the show and Go Capitals!

Michael

No Country For Little Men

Happy St. Patrick's Day

DAP

Beer, Whiskey and Mustaches. Oh My!

Mustache March is underway and both Steve and I are both doing our best to represent. Check out our progress here. Steve still needs some work but he's working on it. I had to trim mine down for a business meeting but I still am happy with it. It's no friendly mutton chops but it will do. I might be able to sport handle bars by the end of the month but time will only tell.

We updated our beer log and Flickr group after a night out this weekend. Too much fun!

For the past twelve years or so my go to drink has always been beer. But there are so many calories and sometimes you want to have a second choice. I love White Russians (thanks to The Dude in The Big Lebowski) but I have been asked on more than one occasion if it was for my date. (ouch!) So Steve and I are looking for a manly drink. We are going to try out a bunch of different liquors from those cute little travel sized bottles on the next DAP. Scotch, whiskey, rum and brandy to name a few. We will record the whole thing. Look for that in a couple of weeks.

Check out the 17 worst shots ever created. Like #15 the bloody tampon. Yuck!

OK, so Steve will be on vacation for the next week so look for a new DAP around the end of March. See you then. Might see two of you. And a pink elephant.

Michael

Proposition 317

Not only is it Mustache March (listen to last DAP for more information and click here to see Steve's progress as well) but there is also a little thing called St. Patrick's Day. If you have not heard about it, there is a movement to get this wonderful Irish-American holiday an official holiday. They need a million signatures and I think they are about 10% there. You can click here if you are interested.

See you at the bar!

Michael

Sadie Hawkins Day

This is the day where women get the chance to ask the men out. I think this should be any day of the year but apparently it's only the 29th of February. Though sometimes I think it's in November. Either way, get out there ladies and ask that poor shlub whom you wish would ask you out and let him know you want to go to the movies tonight. Do it! Do it!

Check out this article to learn more about this special day. http://www.disk-o.com/disk-o04/dave/index.html

Michael

Mustache March is coming

OK, so Steve and I are getting ready for mustache March. My beard is getting real beardy and Steve...well, he is going to try his best. The picture of the left is of Steve around 1998 or so. This is the only picture I have been able to find of him with a mustache. I have a lot of pics of me with a mustache but I took this picture of myself at a party on Saturday to give you an idea of where I am starting from. Should be fun! Check us out next week for the new photos. We will keep taking pictures and loading them on Flickr as the month progresses. They will not look quite as cool as these dudes, but we will try our best.



UPDATE: I was scheduled for a root canal and sat in the chair at the dentist's office but after a few x-rays (see pic of my huge teeth on the left) it turns out I don't need any work done...at least not yet. I kind of feel like the condemned man on the gallows who gets a stay of execution but understands that they are going the keep the rope ready just in case. $75 and a missed day of work. I guess it could have been worse. Best case scenario I never get one done. More likely is I will be back in that fucking chair before Fall. Oh well. What can you do?


I mentioned that I fell into the Sarlacc pit of nerdom by getting into World of Warcraft. I am only a level 6 but if you want to come over and pwen me please feel free. I can barely fight a cold as a level 6 but I am dumb enough to fight people much stronger than me. I have the power of flight! (As in I flee when attacked!) If I stick with it, I will let you know. Feel free to recommend other time sucks that I can get into.

The music in today's podcast is really a mixed bag of nuts. The opening song won the Oscar for Best Song this week. It's mellow and awesome and you should buy it on Amazon.com like I did as soon as I heard it. The song in the middle of the show was Marvin the Paranoid Android. This was on an old Dr. Demento CD that I found God knows where but I love it. If you didn't recognize the voice or the name, Marvin is a character in Douglas Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In the recent movie of the same name the Earl of Awesome Alan Rickman voiced the role of poor Marvin. Love it. The final song was the only thing we found that had mustache in it. Nirvana's Mr. Mustache. I had never heard this song until this podcast. Of course you can buy it on iTunes or anywhere else you can get mp3s.

Quake Live: in-browser, ad-supported Quake III

Saw this story on Boing Boing and thought this might be something our DAP readers would find interesting. I have been looking for something fun to play online. I have just started World of Warcraft but I am not in favor of paying $15 a month. This seems to be free. I like free. Tell me what you guys think!

Michael

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day! Well, we recorded the week's episode on the 13th but most of you will listen to it either on or after Valentine's Day 2008. I hope you had a date! Steve is married and thus has plans, but I am going to a Lost party. That basically means that I gave up on love and will hang out with the other losers. We will call ourselves the others.

In today's show we talk about my British teeth, the Potomac Primaries and of course sumo (of course!)

I don't think Steve said who he voted for but I was upfront and admitted to not voting at all. That's not to say I didn't want to vote, I was just to late in registering in D.C. to be able to vote in the primary. I was going to vote for Obama and am happy he won all three primaries. I did my part, I let my 50 odd friends on Facebook know I was an Obama supporter. Check out my Facebook page here and let me know who you are rooting for in 2008.

We spent the second half of the podcast talking about sumo of all things. I think we got to this subject after Steve updated us on his selfari account. After reading Dynamic Sumo and watching a National Geographic special on the sport, Steve is ready to start watching sumo. The only problem is that we live in the US and it's not exactly all that popular. Some websites you can visit to learn more about the sport are of course the Wikipedia page and sumotalk.com (which is really for sumo nerds like me but they have a lot of great links as well)

The opening song of today's podcast was Weird Al's Cavity Search, in tribute to my rotten teeth. The intermission song was from Monty Python Sings and the closing song was from Asian Kung-fu Generation's Haruka Kanata. Look for them on Amazon or iTunes. Don't be a moron, buy the DRM free stuff.

Have a great Valentine's Day and I hope you get some!

Michael

American Gladiators, Oscars and the Death of Heath Ledger, all on today's Dead Air Podcast!

Happy January 22, 2008. News of the day, Heath Ledger dies, Michael is smitten by a possible transsexual German and Steve learned how to read. A normal show to be sure.

Heath Ledger was found dead this afternoon in New York City. Very sad to see a young actor die who had so much talent. If you were not aware of Ledger's work check out the new trailer for the new Batman movie coming out this summer.

R.I.P. Heath, you will be missed.

Steve talks about all the book reading he has been doing as of late. He just finished Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!)


Steve gave it a half-hearted three stars out of five. Not bad considering he never watched the show!

All that book reading has left Steve watching way less television. So to pick up the slack, I have been doing double deuty, watching all the truly horrible reality TV shows now on the air. (Damn writers strike!) There are diamonds to be found in the dung pile that is Network TV. One of them is the reincarnation of American Gladiators on NBC. I am quite smitten with one of the female gladiators. Steve likes Crush but I am more into Helga. You decide which you think is better.

The music in today's show comes from Oscar Nominated Juno. I bought this CD today at Borders in Washington D.C. with a 40% off coupon. Nice. The first track is from a guy who came from the same city Steve and I grew up in, Columbia, Maryland. Represent!

Jimmy Carter Wants to tell you something...

I Got What America Needs Right Here

Sometimes I'm a little stupid, maybe, a little slow in the head, so I'm wondering if you can help me get something straight....

Our 39th President wants to know who you're voting for in 2008?

Muppet Fiction

I think my favorite part is with Eric Stoltz.

Enjoy!

Michael

Happy New Year! Where's the Excedrin?

Happy 2008! Dead Air Podcast is back and ready to tackle the problems and issues of the world and do out best to resolve them. We do that in our own unique way. We join a lot of different social networks. Steve discovered shelfari.com where we now both have a place to show off how learned we are and the many books we read, or have read to us. For instance, we have books in common. We both have read Harry Potter books and Howard Stern autobiographies. You can draw your own conclusion about that.

Steve and I had slightly different experiences this past holiday season. While Steve, the family man, stayed at home with his wife and kids on Christmas Eve, I was taking shots of sambuca off an ice luge. New Year's Eve, Steve was asleep by 10PM, I was trying my best to blow a .01 in the breathalyser so I could drive everyone one home. (I was the designated driver for Christ's sake!) Good times.

Enjoy the show! If you want to hear more from Todd Snider, the guy who sings the Happy New Year song at the end of the show click on the album cover art below.



Michael

Let's All Go to the Movies

This is NSFW! I'm getting in line now.

Michael