dimland radio 4-12-14 show notes

The Rush City Saga

Well, not much of a saga, but it was the story of why I didn't do a show last week. My in-laws' house needs to be sold as my father-in-law can't live on his own. We have potential buyers, so Amy, Hayden, and I went up to do some cleaning to make it presentable. The people interested in buying are from the nearby church and they want to buy it for the church.

These church people are likely the sort that think the earth is only 6000 years-old. Their website (which I won't link to) tells of their Truth Project in which they give "lessons concerning science, evolution, and Darwin, and how we are programmed to believe many of the lies that the world tells us." Oh, well, as long as their check clears.

 

We'll be haggling on the price at this point. We get the best price we can for Dad and, hopefully, it will cover the price of the parking ticket we received during our Rush City visit. Thanks, Rush City.

Yes, But Who Created This Doofus?

Eight year-old Olivia McConnell is learning first hand about the truth of the old saying about not wanting to see how sausage and legislation are made. She suggested to the her Governor, her State Rep. and her State Senator that South Carolina (where she lives) adopt the Columbian mammoth as the official state fossil.
 

There was agreement all around and the bill was sailing through the SC state congress, until another State Senator decided it would be a good idea to make sure the legislation acknowledge that God created the mammoth on the sixth day. Sound of screeching brakes!

 

Can you guess which Party this doofus is from?

This Church Is Raking It In

 

Slow motion preacher Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas was robbed of one weekend's donations back in March. The take? Oh, just a mere $600,000! That's just one weekend! This guy is really raking it in for God. I'm in the wrong business, but I would need to believe in God as I believe Joel does.

This next guy, however...

Peter Popoff Is A Sack Of...

In 1986, James Randi exposed to the world that "faith healing" preacher Peter Popoff was using trickery to appear to be getting information about his desperate flock from God. Randi revealed on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson that the voice of God was really Popoff's wife using radio signals to give the the good preacher the information. Soon after being exposed Popoff's ministry declared bankruptcy.

Problem solved right? Nope. The money man is back. He's been back for some time, but I just saw one of his God will give you money infomercials the other night.

Popoff never comes out and asks viewers to send money, but he offers a free bit of "miracle spring water" and specially anointed packet with "instructions" on how to get God to send you supernatural money.

 

Turns out the packet has the pitch for sending Peter money, money, money, money, money.

Again, I'm in the wrong business, but I would need to lack things like scruples, morals, ethics. The things that I believe Popoff lacks.

Movie Recommendation: The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013)

 

Martin Scorsese's 'Goodfellas' of Wall Street made me feel conflicted. Was I supposed to be repulsed or envious of the characters in this film. Lots of sex, money, and lots and lots of drugs fill this movie. Great performances by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill keep you interested through this three hour epic. It's fascinating look at that world of Wall Street.

It's rated R and it is a hard R for sure.

Music heard on the show...

Dimland Radio opening theme song: 'Ram' by The Yoleus

First ad break bumpers: 'Myrrh' by The Church & 'Life's What You Make It' by Talk Talk
Second ad break bumpers: 'Raspberry Beret' by Prince & 'Always The Sun' by The Stranglers
Closing song: 'Angler's Treble Hook' by $5 Fiddle

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dimland radio 10-9-10 show notes

Halloween Awareness Month at Dimland Radio continues despite my having a heavy heart due to...

Yankees win. Again!


I don't believe in curses. Not at all. Still witnessing the total postseason ownership of the MN Twins that the NY Yankees enjoy is just depressing. Yep, the Bronx bombers swept my Twins out of the playoffs again.

A walk with my son

Last Sunday, my son, Hayden, and I went for a walk. It was a pleasant walk, but it would have been more pleasant had it not been for the discovery of some graffiti and a little something else. You can read my blog giving more details on this page. Just scroll down to 'Innocence dented (or a nice walk spoiled)'.

Chris Brown's Meet the Skeptics podcast featuring ME!

For the third week running I mentioned Chris Brown's podcast 'Meet the Skeptics'. Why? Well, because I am Chris's latest guest!

You can subscribe to 'Meet the Skeptics' through iTunes or listen to it here.

Ten Minute Topic with Chris Brown

Popoff pretending to heal the gullible back in the day.

Popoff today offering to heal the gullible of their much-needed money.

Speaking of Chris Brown, he and I have another skeptical conversation in our ongoing series of Ten Minute Topic. This week we talked about faithhealers. Centering mostly on the shennanigans of one Pastor Peter Popoff. We talked about how this could be one case in which people of faith and skeptics should be able to get together and voice our displeasure with likely frauds such as Popoff.

Vlad the Impaler

This is Halloween Awareness Month after all, so I thought I'd talk a little bit about 15th century Eastern European leader, Prince Vlad Draculya. Certainly the inspiration of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', Vlad has quite the reputation as being especially cruel what with all that impaling and such.

"Such a lovely morning for breakfast outdoors."

However, it is likely that the stories of his barbarity are exaggerated. Much of the tales of his impaling adventures originate from the German people he ruled who didn't like him.

You can learn more about Vlad here and watch a two versions of 'In Search of Dracula' on YouTube - here and here.

Nosferatu

Max Shreck as Count Orlok - How creepy!

In doing my research on Vlad the Impaler, I watched an episode of 'In Search of...' focusing on his legend. The show made use of several clips of the silent horror film classic 'Nosferatu'. So I took the opportunity to talk a bit about the film and the extremely creepy Max Shreck, who played the title role. Oh, man, he looked so cool as the vampire, Count Orlok.

I also mentioned the much more recent film 'Shadow of the Vampire' from 2000. It's an interesting take on the making of 'Nosferatu'. The twist was that Max Shreck really was a vampire.

You can get the original 'Nosferatu' and the 1979 version titled 'Nosferatu the Vampyre' on the Netflix. Both are well worth watching. And 'Shadow of the Vampire' is pretty good, too.

Dimland Radio Music Show Hour Radio Thing

I announced that I will being doing a monthly all music version of Dimland Radio! The first edition will be Saturday 10-16 at 11pm Central, midnight Eastern on ztalkradio.com. The catch is I can't archive the show, so if you ain't there as it happens, you won't ever hear it. Z Talk's license doesn't allow us to podcast a music show. I will be listing the songs played in the show notes, so you can see what you missed and maybe decide to catch it the next month.

Movie recommendation

I suggested that listeners watch the 1932 Universal horror classic, 'The Mummy' starring Boris Karloff. Karloff looks so crispy in the film you'd swear he could turn to dust at any moment. It is much different (and I think better) than the special effects ridden adventure versions of more recent years.

Put in your Netflix queue now.

Music heard on the show...

Dimland Radio opening theme song: 'Ahead' by Wire
First ad break bumpers: 'Rattle My Bones' The Suburbs & 'Scarecrow People' by XTC
Second ad break bumpers: 'Back In Flesh' Wall of Voodoo & 'Honeymoon Croon' by Bauhaus
Closing song: 'Angler's Treble Hook' by $5 Fiddle


That's it! See you next Saturday night for Dimland Radio 11 Central, midnight Eastern on www.ztalkradio.com You can also download my show from the Z Talk Show Archives page. You can email your questions and comments to drdim@dimland.com