When Stern went to WNBC I started listening to the Greaseman on DC101. After
high school I stopped getting up early enough to listen to any morning radio
then for 4 years I had a job that started at 6am before any morning show
started. After I left that job I started listening to the entire WJFK line-up
(Howard, Liddy then O&A, Don&Mike, Greaseman then Ron&Fez, Loveline
w/Carolla) whenever possible. When Howard did the New Year's Rotten Eve
pay-per-view (93/94), I drove up to New Jersey to watch it at a friend's NYE
party. I was driving to Boston sitting in traffic before the GW Bridge during
the Cleveland funeral. Gary's Love Tape and the Stuttering John/Cabbie fight
were part of my morning commute. On 9/11 I saw the first two planes hit on
the Today show, then I listened to Stern on my way to my soon-to-be-cancelled
training class (I broke the news to the other people in the class, my
dickhead Scottish trainer tried to equate the attacks with IRA bombings in
the UK). 2003 was a lost year because I moved to a city where Stern was on a
shitty AM station that I could only tune in on a sunny day, while standing on
one leg, with a finger in my nose. After moving back to D.C. I was again
listening to WJFK constantly.
2006 was a breakthrough year. I got an iPod, Stern moved to satellite (even
though I pay for Sirius in my car I always download the shows, I can count my
live listens on Sirius on two hands), and WJFK (stupidly) made podcasts of
their remaining shows commercial-free. Without commercials I could suddenly
listen to every minute of every show on my own schedule.
I haven't missed a minute of Stern's Sirius shows. But I don't archive 'em, I
delete them immediately. When he shortened the Sirius shows by an hour and
moved to three days a week that was actually good for me as that gave me 9
free hours a week to listen to other shows.
On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 07:33:45 -0600, Dave wrote
(in article <7bKdnVsVbLKmiFrJnZ2dnUVZ8mOdnZ2d@giganews.com>):
> You listened to the show in 1981? Talking about a real insider.
>
> Compared to that I'm a newbie. The first time I listened to the show was in
> 2004, when
>
> there was talk about Opie & Anthony (whom I also never heard of) going to
> this new
>
> satellite radio.
>
> Everybody mentioned (from my perspective) "this guy Howard Stern". So I had
> to check out
>
> what all the fuzz was about (from my perspective) "this guy Howard Stern".
>
> It was pretty much that time: http://www.marksfriggin.com/news04/11-8.htm
>
> I remember Howard arguing with Ronnie about the new limo that looked
> ridiculous. - I
>
> never heard anything like that before. And the rest is history.
>
> So, my time (favorite years) was between 11/2004 and the end of 2009. Friggin
> Artie was
>
> funny, even when he was sleeping during the show. That's funny: Either you
> have it or
>
> you don't. - The whole team was on fire. They had so many interesting
> discussions.
>
> Like I mentioned before: It was a soap opera about the Stern Show staff. That
> made it
>
> interesting. And of course all the looney characters that found their way to
> the show.
>
> An interesting(!) guest/celebrity: That was an extra.
>
> Todays celebrities are empty. And they can't even pretend to be special
> anymore. One
>
> look at TMZ, and all you see is animals and trailer trash. - Or they're
> downright
>
> boring.
>
> Quentin Tarantino is a good interview. When he talks about his work, that's
> interesting.
>
> Really creative. His new project "The Hateful Eight" is the only(!) new movie
> I'm
>
> looking forward too.
>
> New movies suck. Who cares about a J.J.- & Disney-ficated Star Wars? I don't.
> - I'm just
>
> waiting for a Star Wars Musical by Disney. Or how about an animated series of
> the
>
> original trilogy? With Darth Vader, having a parrot on his shoulder. lol
>
>
> Back to the show: Thanks to technology I can have my whole Stern Show Archive
> (audio and
>
> video) on one(!) 2.5" HDD. So I can relive the good times of the show.
>
> I just have to listen to the new shows too. It's an addiction. The hope of
> catching a
>
> glimpse...
>
> It's as if there was "The Big Lebowski II" and you watch it in hope it has
> something of
>
> the original. You just know it's going to suck, but...
>
> For me, the funniest movie ever: The Big Lebowski.
>
>
>
>
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