Nookular Option is now on every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. You can tune in live on 88.3 on your FM dial or thru WXUT's webcast and if you are like me and once in a while 6 a.m. feels a bit too early? There is always the podcast of the show.
Tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. Toledo City Council candidate Joe McNamara will be on and next Tuesday at 7:00 a.m. JR the creator of Toledo Talk will be in studio.
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You can set up any type of traceable ISP/IP/ESP stalking equipment to monitor me until the end of time, next Tuesday will be the only day I will ever stoop to acknowledging this monstrosity you perpetuate as an informative media just so I can hear what my hero JR has to say.
I couldn't think of a better bait to beckon me to waste my precious time than to hear you assmonkeys banter about with one of the most intellectually advanced human beings I have ever umm....ummm....blogged with.
Oh, and I would again hate to program that show for you two/three/however many, but if you could get an intern to find LibDem's minivan on Madison Ave, I'm sure you'll have another ratings bonanza getting him on your show.
See, the secret to a successful radio show is finding and talking with, not at, interesting people. Politicans are not interesting.
BrianInVero
Brian, who was that comment directed at? Why would anyone want to trace or stalk you?
LOL Hey Lisa!
That comment was directed at the pilot and co-pilot on that show.
My way of saying the "guest" is more entertaining than the "hosts".
I didn't imply they were stalking me, but there are programs that can be used to monitor traffic on their site, and they could stare at their counter for my IP to pop back up and die with strained eyeballs.
I enjoy the show, I like Don and quite a few of the guests have been excellent. I haven't had the chance to get to know Kurt the way I have Don but I do appreciate what Don is doing and he and I have not only learned more on topics because of each other but we've had some fun as well.
I know you don't share that feeling though, and that's okay. I'm also sure JR will appreciate your tuning in to hear him. I find politics and politicians very interesting but I know lots of people don't.
I like Bob Frantz too, he and I didn't always agree but he always treated me with respect (well except for the time he got mad at me over the candy dot paper thing - lol) and I miss the bantering I had with him.
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A little paranoid eh Brian? We'll get the tracer set up just for you. And actually, I do want to get lib_dem on the show within the next few weeks, and I intend to ask him about his pictures. And I actually agree with you on your point that the secret to a successful radio show is finding interesting people to talk with. I doubt many people care about what we have to say. I think JR will be a great guest, and I'm honored he agreed to do it.
Thanks for the plug Lisa. We look forward to hearing from you again soon.
Here's a tip for anyone checking out our show:
If you wear a hat made out of aluminum foil, we won't be able to trace you!!
So, don't let security issues deter you from checking out "The Nookular Option".
If you like interesting people, check out a two of our favorite (non-politician!!) past interviews:
Nir Rosen, an independent journalist who spent two years inside Iraq.
John Mueller, author and OSU political scientist.
In addition to JR from ToledoTalk, we've got musical guests, authors, bloggers, and more political candidates planned for future shows.
BTW, I'm perfectly willing to put our past work out there to be judged on its merits. I think it's very respectable, given our limited experience. But, of course, I'm sure we'll be eating humble pie when Brian puts some of his many talents on public display.
And that's what I am talking about, dawg.
Lisa, I have been involved in radio in some capacity for an extremely long time. Starting from the bottom and working my way up allowed me to not only appreciate the job, back then, but also tuned me into the "suits" that run these stations.
Judging from their site and the comments posted, you're their only listener.
From Chris O'Conner and Buck McWilliams and Mohammad to Dennis O'Brien to Mark Benson, Jeff Lamb and Don Davies, I have associated myself with some of the best jocks in the biz. Just knowing allows me the "education" to make a knowledgable post.
Unfortunately, sometimes the wrong people get past and are allowed access to a microphone, right Kevin?
It's too bad Kurt quit that site he was running, because my example of the mentality of the hosts of this "show" fell under the "Immigration" issue and the ignorance and immaturity displayed by both Don and Jermey. Neither had insight as to how the immigration process worked and yet was able to try and mock and attack me, because of me, not the topic.
I've always held distain towards Kurt and his slanted view on reality. His posts on ToledoTalk was the indicator as to what kind of mental midget can access a computer. When Kurt was called to task on several posts he made on his shiny new site, his buddy Don was there to defend him, not because of the topic, but because Don needed an outlet to advertise for his show.
That is the basis as to how I determined how big an amatuer the both of them are, just look at their responses to my posting, and why I refuse to waste my time on a show hosted by two diva children.
Music radio sucks, Lisa, and I am a huge advocate to talk radio, but a talk show can be hosted by assmonkeys and be successful, you just got to know what you're doing. I already offered them a free idea.
BrianInVero
Damn it, sorry Micheal Young, I meant to include you with Dennis.
My apologies.
PROOFREAD PROOFREAD PROOFREAD
I don't mean to offend anyone, but are you mentally retarded? Seriously, your IQ has to fall below 80, clinically making you retarded.
Kurt,
Mentally retarded is as good a guess as any. My guess is that Brian has serious emotional issues, perhaps flowing out of sexual inadequacy. An inability to pleasure his wife may explain Brian’s endless need to prove his “intellect” and “expertise” on all matters to a faceless online audience. Or perhaps Brian was on the receiving end of too many wedgies from jocks, or too many rejections by girls in high school. I don’t know. At any rate, Brian’s most notable talent is massively overstating his own abilities and significance.
In his typically smug tone, Brian declares that he has “determined” we are “amateurs”. Only a complete moron like Brian needs to “determine” what is obvious to anyone with a lick of common sense. Of COURSE we are amateurs. We are not paid broadcasters, nor are we trying to “make it” and become professional broadcasters. We have never held out our show as a professional operation. As I have clearly stated to Brian on several prior occasions, THIS IS A HOBBY. Everyone involved with the show is a law or PhD student, each with career aspirations unrelated to radio broadcasting. I have never attempted to conceal the short length of time I’ve been in broadcasting, nor do I attempt to hide the fact that WXUT is a college station.
Of course, Brian knows all of this. But, Brian desperately needs to prove to himself and others that he’s got at least few desirable traits. So, Brian creates this fantasy world. In this fantasy world, Don and Kurt are trying to become big-time broadcasters. Brian, through careful investigation and penetrating analysis, casually blows Don and Kurt out of the water by “revealing” their amateur status. See how clever Brian is? Gee, he sure runs circles around Don and Kurt…
You see, Brian can’t attack our professional credentials, so he has to attack the only weak point he sees, which is the radio show we do as a hobby. That’s not unlike attacking a brain surgeon because he can’t hit a golf ball like Tiger Woods.
It’s funny how Brian criticizes our work, yet cannot point to any of his own accomplishments (tell us again how you “single-handedly” married your wife, Brian). Where’s his blog? His radio show? What are his academic qualifications? What written work has he done? We don’t know, because Brian presents none of his output (assuming any exists) for public scrutiny. Instead, he is reduced to the feeble claim that he’s somehow an expert on broadcasting by virtue of the fact that he’s HUNG AROUND people who are actual broadcasters. That’s not unlike holding oneself out as a legal expert because you hang around with lawyers, or claiming musical expertise because you follow a band around. Sad. Pathetic.
So, there Brian sits, in his trailer home, playing with his toy cars, with his 20-year old BMW parked outside, trying to impress the ToledoTalk crowd by dropping comments about his high-rollin’ investments in NASCAR races. Is it any wonder he tries to elevate himself by attacking the part-time hobbies of professionals with substantially brighter socio-economic prospects than him? I think not.
Lastly, regarding the size of our audience: If Brian had even a fraction of the “broadcasting knowledge” he purports to possess, he would clearly understand the difficulties presented by our circumstances. First, we’re starting from the ground floor. WXUT is not a large, commercial station with an established base of listeners. The station has a very limited range, and has little or no means to promote shows. There is no consistent format to keep listeners coming back.
Second, we’ve been in our new time slot for all of three weeks. We’re on the air only four hours a week. Given WXUT’s tiny pool of existing listeners, how easy is it for listeners to discover we’re there? In our old slot, people gradually began to listen to the show and call in. Maybe they’re not commenting on the blog, but SOMEBODY’s listening. Our podcast stats show almost 2,000 downloads over a six-month period. Not jaw-dropping, but it’s a start.
Third, we are all busy with school, jobs, and families. That doesn’t leave much time to work at promoting the show. We have no advertising budget. Recently, we’ve started doing things like posting flyers around campus. Next week, the UT paper is doing an article about the show, which should give us a boost. I’m starting to contact politically active local groups to let them know we’re here. Given a few more weeks, I think we’ll be able to attract more listeners. We’re doing what we can, but we cannot be expected to let school, work, or family suffer for the sake of an extracurricular radio show.
In sum, Brian could crap in a paper cup and have something substantially more valuable than his opinions about “The Nookular Option”. Brian is a non-entity, as far as I’m concerned. He may have some value as a psychiatric case study, though.
Lisa, we do not mean to bring any of this filth to your blog, but holy sh!t Don, I couldn't have said it any better myself. Brian is clearly paranoid with his statement that he thinks we will trace him. Haha, do you think we have the technology or money for that? Even if we did, do you think we would waste our time? I hate to break it to you Brian, but we don't do our show for you. Don pressed me very hard to become apart of it, and I have embraced it. While I realize I am likely leaving the area in May, this is my home and I will do all I can to see it succeed, including voting in the November elections unlike you.
I closed Progressive Toledo because I knew it would be hypocritical for me to maintain such a site knowing I would leave the area. Nobody forced me to close it, but I did it on my own. However, I still care, and I will do all I can to make my hometown the greatest place in the world, which I think we can be with proper leadership. Indeed Brian, after email discussions with you, I know my starting salary will be twice what you and your wife make combined. And by the way, I learned to drive on a new 1997 BMW 5-series. And I guarantee, my girlfriend is hotter than your British wife.
I love British wives. They have no teeth, so even the least-skilled of the lot give excellent oral sex. Of course, Brian also says that he lives in a trailer somewhere in Florida, so the chances that his wife would actually have teeth are slim to none.
I don't remember arguing about immigration with you, Brian, but seriously, were you able to marry your wife "single-handedly" by flashing her your passport?
I wonder just what it is that you do, Brian. Do you hang around your trailer in the shittiest state in the Union, and stew about how you're nowhere with a limey wife and 8 ugly, malnourished, half-limey children?
As far as your media expertise goes, I have more media expertise in my giant penis than you do in your entire body. The only way you could ever criticize our show is if you actually listened to it, rather than effortlessly baiting us and shitting all over it, sound unheard.
Do you ever accidentally hit the brake-release on your trailer and end up rolling down a hill into a marsh? Or do you already float in a marsh?
BTW, I don't need any ISP/IP/ESP (ha-ha! ESP! Good one!) stalking equipment to find you. I already know where you are.
You're in a portable shit-house of denial that is tenuously holding you from falling inevitably into a permanent state of despair, homelessness, and insanity.
I'd advise you to kill yourself, but if you did that then your ignorant, ugly wife would leech off the state for years, raising my taxes...
You know what? I'll pitch in myself... and I'm sure there are a lot of other people who would take up the cause to support your ugly wife and family so you can mercifully shuffle off this mortal coil with no responsibilities.
Hell, I'll even pay to rent new funeral dentures for your wife and a second-hand suit for you to be buried in! Think about it!
I think it's a helluva deal. So come to the studio and we'll sort out the particulars. Then we'll finalize the deal with your ceremonious belly flop from the University of Toledo clock tower.
Hey, we make it like a movie premiere! All the Toledo bloggers can walk the red carpet (LibDem, JR, Don, Kurt, myself, Lisa Renee, etc.). Hell, I'll even fly your kids out so they can walk the red carpet, too, in their 5th hand Osh-Kosh-B'gosh overalls with no shirts. It will be a gas, man!
Anyway, to sum up. You're ugly and stupid; you live in a trailer somewhere in the shittiest part of the shittiest state with a toothless, limey wife and 8 hopeless, ugly, toothless children; and your entire life adds up to nothing because you've accomplished nothing and you're not talented or ballsy enough to put your name on anything you might produce.
Aside from that, though, you're a pretty cool guy.
Kill yourself, stupid. Give your family some hope and the rest of us a break.
LOL you guys crack me up.
It is truly amazing to see you clowns spend so much time focused on someone that dosen't care about your show.
My God, look at how much time you three spent on typing just to try and make me look bad.
I understand you guys trying to save face concerning your venture, but I was under the impression Don was trying to make the "Nooklear Option" an "authentic talk show", yet on Toledo Talk, Kurt claims you're running a "hobby", Don.
Here's the quote, directly from the guy that "owns" the show: We want to create a place of expression on the Nookular Option, and we look forward to everybody's input, for it is merely a hobby for us.
posted by junta330 at 11:53 P.M. EDT on Thu Sep 21, 2006
And you think I should take you guys serioously when none of you guys are on the same page.
Brilliant.
Keep those lame juvenile rantings comming kids, cuz none of ya know what yer talking about.
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Brian, you are truly the moron of morons. You just proved that you can't read. You said...
"I understand you guys trying to save face concerning your venture, but I was under the impression Don was trying to make the "Nooklear Option" an "authentic talk show", yet on Toledo Talk, Kurt claims you're running a "hobby", Don."
However, you being the moron that you are tried to call us on something that don stated. Don stated...
"As I have clearly stated to Brian on several prior occasions, THIS IS A HOBBY."
I almost didn't comment on this because it was so easy. But I just needed to point out what a moron you are brian. Like shooting fish in a barrell.
Lisa - too bad your informative post has turned into a testosterone battle between a bunch of juveniles...kind of makes me wonder if I really want to listen...except that I'm a big fan of jr's so I'll probably tune in for that...so long as they stay on topic and don't deteriorate into "well my dad can beat up your dad" type of discussion...
(was actually thinking of a different description, but was trying to keep it pretty clean here...)
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Well, Kurt,
I guess we can add "poor reading comprehension" to the already lengthy list of Brian's deficiencies. Brian's postings are the sort of flaccid, incoherent nonsense we've all learned to expect from him.
The fact of the matter is, Brian has failed to demonstrate why he should be taken seriously in any area of subject matter. Brian asserts that we "don't know what we're talking about", but refuses to set out even the smallest aspect of his resume for examination. At this point, I feel safe in assuming this is because Brian has nothing to boast about. All hat and no cattle, as it were.
Second, it is the height of hypocrisy for Brian to lecture us about our "juvenile rantings" when HE started out on this thread referring to us as "assmonkeys", and has used similar language in the past. You want to talk about juvenile? Brian's still got his panties in a bunch over blog comments posted SIX MONTHS ago!!
As for the alleged need to defend our "venture", Brian has obviously failed to understand a word I've written here. There IS NO NEED to defend our show. It's not what any of us do for a living. We are not professional broadcasters. We've been doing the show for less than a year, with no prior radio experience, very limited time, and even more limited financial resources. We have no mentors to guide us through this process.
Given those clear and undisputed facts, no reasonable person should expect our show to be a runaway success at this point. But, of course, Brian does not care about facts, nor does he care about being reasonable. Brian is simply manifesting his only real skill, which is being a self-important asshole.
If at some future point Brian actually listens to some of our work, and wants to offer some serious constructive criticism about what we might do to put out a better show, I'd be more than willing to seriously consider his opinions. But to date, all he's done is bust my balls, while adding nothing of any real value to what we do. Given how Brian holds a petty grudge like no sane person I've ever encountered, I doubt that's ever going to change.
Maggie,
"The Nookular Option" is nothing at all like what you see happening here. Without exception, the interviews and phone calls are free of any hostility. Ask any of our past interview subjects.
This is a unique situation. I have never had problems with anyone in ANY online forum like I've had with Brian. Lord knows, in the past I've tried to make peace with Brian, but I am sick to death of how he still busts my balls despite my attempts to extend an olive branch.
Besides, it'd be a shame for you to miss our first traffic and weather updates...
Maggie,
Fear not, we will have a friendly, informative interview with JR. The reason for our reaction to Brian is just as Don said. He questions our ability, but has nothing to base his opinion on, nor has he offered us any reason to take him seriously. At this point, we're simply tired of the nonsense and we want to set the record straight so that others realize he's not worth taking seriously.
We interview both republicans and democrats, and people with all sorts of different viewpoints. All of our guests are treated with dignity and respect. We pride ourselves on it.
Maggie, I can't say I enjoy it when threads end up like this. Ironically they always seem to be the ones with the most comments though - lol.
I just try to stay out of it and hope they can manage to work it out for themselves and I don't intervene unless I have to.
This isn't what happens on the radio show though, I wouldn't get up that early to hear that happen.
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I'm sorry Lisa, I underestimated the depth of genius I'm dealing with.
I'm just tired of the hypocrocy these two/three exhibit and I felt with their censorship of the radio blog site that I'd exploit it here, seeing you were the first to post this topic. I just upgraded my computer and forgot to snatch the passwords to my posting names to blog with and am too lazy to get another one.
It's just that the "Oh, we're Progressive" crap is just frustrating when you see that they're not. Especially when the co-host heavily censored his "Progressive Toledo" site when he had it running. Remember, I called him on it before the site even "took off" and I was right then too. He "claims" he closed it because he's moving, yet it's been three weeks and he's still here. Do the math.
There's a difference between "It's just a radio talk show" and reality, and sometimes I wonder if someone forgets to throw the switch.
And it's ok to belittle me, the comments do not affect me in the least because not only do I know the source, I don't care.
Sometimes my confidence and self-assureness gets confused as arrogant by the weaker minds, and I will be a contributer when I see hypocrocy at work, I just need to re-compose my thoughts before typing and posting.
Those are my reasons for my purposeful, yet immature, antics.
I apologize to the readers of this site for wasting your time scrolling down needlessly while looking for concerns of the show.
Again, I apologize to you for the crap and I promise not to act like this again on your site.
BrianInVero
Brian, you don't have to apologize to me - none of you do - but thank you.
I know this doesn't have anything to do with me and maybe some day you guys will work it out. Maybe not but? I don't hold it against any of you.
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Sorry, Lisa Renee. If Brian had his own blog, I'm sure we'd write him directly, but that's not the case. We have allowed him to write on our blog, but since he doesn't actually listen (and never has listened) to our show and insults us anyway. He just doesn't have any meritous comments about us, positive or negative. I think he should listen to our show before he badmouths us. Then it would be fair.
I can understand disagreements and even denouncements that criticize our show once he's heard it, but insulting us for it's own sake is just hurtful.
Until then he's banned from writing on our site. We don't have to take his insults. He can listen to our show if he wants. Once he listens then I'll gladly take any abuse he wants to lay on us.
Jeremy - I'm not upset with any of you. I wish you guys wouldn't engage in the insult wars but? I know once it starts it's better to just let it run it's course.
I disagree with Brian on the quality of Nookular Option, I disagree with the way this type of insult thing starts and continues.
Yet, you all handled it yourselves and it is only words and you've kept to this thread.
I do however want to hear Morris soon.
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Nookular guys...I'll tune in to hear jr and I'm sure your show will be fine...I just couldn't resist the gentle (or not) teasing about the back and forth between y'all...
Personally, I find Brian interesting...I hope I find the same of you and your show!
"I underestimated the depth of genius I'm dealing with."
Finally, Brian says something we can all agree with.
"I'm just tired of the hypocrocy these two/three exhibit..."
I'm a hypocrite, Brian? Please explain.
"I felt with their censorship of the radio blog site that I'd exploit it here..."
Ummm...are you referring to "The Nookular Option" site? Censorship? I'm that blog's sole administrator, and I'm afraid I don't recall censoring you, Brian. As far as I know, you've commented on only one topic, which is available for review here. As you can see, your comments are still there, for anyone who cares. In fact, you invited me to censor you, which I declined to do.
I had actually thought of suggesting that we should take this over to our blog instead of brawling in Lisa Renee's forum. But then, you probably would have started shrieking that I was just trying to steer traffic over to my blog.
"There's a difference between "It's just a radio talk show" and reality, and sometimes I wonder if someone forgets to throw the switch."
Anybody know what this could possibly mean?
"...it's ok to belittle me..."
It's more than OK, man. I consider it a duty (and a guilty pleasure, like French silk pie).
"Sometimes my confidence and self-assureness gets confused as arrogant by the weaker minds..."
Ummmmm...OK. (snicker, snicker)
"I apologize to you for the crap and I promise not to act like this again on your site."
Brian, none of this has been crap. It's tremendous fun. However, the proper forum for our bickering is "The Nookular Option" blog. In all seriousness, if we do manage to get some action going on our blog, you've gotta drop by. It's worth it just to read the Jeremy's scathing responses. Good times.
BTW, if you are truly attempting to post on our site and are having problems doing so, e-mail me at nookularoption@yahoo.com and I'll see if there's anything I can do on my end. Honestly, I'm not putting up any barriers to keep you from posting.
Maggie,
I agree, Brian's a lot of fun. His antics get us fired up, with some entertaining results.
Believe it or not, in the past I've invited Brian to come on the show, but so far Mr. "confident and self-assured" has declined to take me up on that.
Don,
I promise, if I can get a signal on my phone from the beach, I will call in on Tuesday.
Some cell carriers have yet to get their towers replaced after the hurricane seasons and sometimes 20 feet make the difference on the strength of the signal.
As far as your site, I have an account, but for some reason it dosen't recognize the password I put in and since I got this really nice HP 7680, I've had to re-enter all my passwords to all my sites. It's just the password to the Bloggers.com sites I'm having issues with and am just too damn lazy to get another one going.
And yes, it's been fun. :)
BrianInVero
excuses, excuses, excuses... call in. we got what you're looking for. Be prepared... listen to the show so you have something to complain about.
oh brother...
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