Rendal's Ravings

Rendal's Ravings November 11, 2008 (Election Results, 60 Minutes E-Waste,Jake Roberts)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:04:46 GMT

Election Results 60 Minutes E-Waste Jake Roberts Eternal Dawn Played V's Televised Speech 1776-Momma Look Sharp

Rendal's Ravings November 4, 2008 (Election Day)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:53:22 GMT

Today's topic should be no surprise, its Election day. Thats about it, Elections and politics...And tV... Indecision 2008 Music Played
WWF-Ted "MIllion Dollar Man" Dibiase Eminem-MOSH (Explicit) Jihad Jerry and the Evildoers-The Time is Now Devo-Beautiful World

Rendal's Ravings October 28, 2008 (Online Murders, Hunter S Thompson, Mike Wallace, The Pickens Plan)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:00:46 GMT

Facebook Murders (Myspace Suicide & Maplestory "Murder") Hunter S Thompson & Writing The Pickens Plan The Mike Wallace Interview Frank Lloyd Wright Elenor Roosevelt Teach Peace Movies

Rendal's Ravings-October 14, 2008

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:51:48 GMT

OK another webcomic recommendation in Girl Genius. Today I talk about the Second Life area City of Lost Angels. I've been with it since September of 2006 and have seen lots of changes, especially with the CCS combat system. Some are good, some are bad, but it is starting to get to the point I'm wondering how much more good can I do. This isn't rant or a rave of CoLA, just me digesting stuff I was told this morning. The links I talk about are below. Forceme Silverspar's Review of the City of Lost Anges Review of the Zodiac Club

Rendal's Ravings October 7, 2008 (Bailout, Government Land Grab, Dreams, Flipside)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:06:36 GMT

OK again it is time to talk about the bailout...and much more apparently. I wander a bit today starting out talking about the economy, talking about making it look like a governmental land grab. then I shift to a dream I had some time ago dealing with Madison Lake, MN (and giving a shout out to Jerry Groebner), and talking about some of my life while living there. I also mention Montevideo, MN and a quick mention of a dream involved with that city as well. I end with giving praise to the webcomic Flipside as well as erotic fan fiction author Dimitri for both giving me much more from erotic stories than I could've hoped, a plot that overshadowed the eroticism.

Rendal's Ravings September 30, 2008 (Way to go Americans)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:08:15 GMT

WOOHOO! I have to admit I am impressed. I didn't think Americans had it in them to speak with one voice anymore but you did and it made me proud to be an American again. What am I talking about? The defeat of the 700 Billion dollar bailout bill. Yes yes the Democrats and Republicans can blame each other all they want but it was calls and e-mails from you that woke the house up to the facts that: A. We don't want this. B. This is an election year and only little more than a month away from voting, so pay attention if your up for re-election! I discuss a couple other things as well like the You Tube Oct.1 videos (re: Marshall Law) and even how I got really into politics due to 9/11, but the main point of this is the economy, my thoughts on it and my thanks to you all for standing up for yourselves. Bravo America...now Keep it up! Image found here:Super Stock Audio played: Uncle Jay Explains the News-September 22, 2008 Super News-Iraqi Bloopers

Rendal's Ravings September 9, 2008 (Just a quickie)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:57:00 GMT

Yeah I got caught off guard this week so nothing but a quick update on what I'm up to and a couple of comments on Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin Nyhm-Hard like Heroic

Rendal's Ravings September 2, 2008 (Video game addiction, Gustav and other bits)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:32:03 GMT

OK a couple of topics today, this is also a rare recorded show instead of live becaus someone asked me to DJ in second Life and with it starting at 11am there is no way it will be done by noon when I would normally do a show. OK first topic is Gustav and the feeling of New Orleans evacuees. I talk about about the article though most of my attention is on some scum who robbed a church voulenteer's home and killed one dog while blinding the other. Honestly is it so hard to see why some people want to hide their affiliation with the human race after shit like this? Second up is an article on Psychologically treating video game addicts. It is an interesting topic and I get into this one a bit being a long time addict myself starting WAY back with ATARI 2600 and now up to World of Warcraft. I also plug a new Podcast someone let me onto called Rinse/Repeat. If you have ever listened to Anime Round Table and Review then you will probably recognize the ladies in it Theresa and Rachel. It is wodnerfully fun to listen to and I recommend it highly, especially since it is just starting up :) The last thing I touch on is something in Reader's Digest. They periodically print bits of books and this month have posted a bit on a book called The Necklace by Cheryl Jarvis. I highly recommend reading this as it is a very fun thing to read over. As soon as I can I'll be buying the book :) Thats it for today, next week should be live again. Jimmy Buffett-Come Monday

Rendal's Ravings August 26, 2008 (Second life Kidapper and Barack Obama the feel good candidate?)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:32:38 GMT

I start off by talking about Second Life. It is in the news again and of course it can't be positive news. The latest bad press is on a 33 year old lady who went to kidnap an ex virtual boyfriend who is 52. Apparently dating in your own generation isn't cool anymore and now you have to date your parent's generation. Why can't these people just sleep with their folks and get it out of their system? At least then the craziness would be under one roof. In all seriousness this is a growing problem and it shouldn't be surprising honestly. The more popular online chat and dating becomes, the more you are going to run into stories like this. I feel sorry for the guy and the one victim who this article doesn't mention. the lady brought a dog with her and ended up tieing it up with duct tape to keep it quiet thinking the dog might alert the man. The second topic is Barack Obama. It is worrying me that lately McCain seems to be getting ahead of Obama in the polls. Is Barack a feel good candidate. Like wrestling does he only have star power while he is chasing the title? Some can capture the ring, others are at their best TRYING to capture it. Time will tell which one Barack Obama ends up being. Blind Melon-No Rain

Rendal's Ravings August 12, 2008 (Bernie Mac/Issac Hayes, Dark Humor and Reader's Digest)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:49:48 GMT

OK I start off today talking about school starting up again. The thing that confuses me about it is that it starts before Labor Day, which never happened when I was in school. I also chuckle about how when a Pizza Hut opened in Montevideo, MN we opened twice, once the day before thanksgiving and once the day after. I divert a bit and talk about a game on MySpace called Heroes, that I literally just found out about before the show. My character on there is called Rendal and is a Paladin. I don't know how to search for a character so you'll have to figure that one out for yourself :P Next up I mention the death's of both Bernie Mac and Issac Hayes, who died a day apart and just finished a movie together called Soul Men.This leads me to wondering how well qualified I am to even mention these two men since I know little of either, though the soul Men joke kicks off the topic for today... Today's topic is Dark humor. I didn't realize how tough this could be for a topic as once I start talking it goes from discussing what Dark humor is to what humor is which is a whole different problem. It ends up more with me wondering how dark my humor has gotten as I've grown older and worrying that it might get to bad at some point. The topic came up as in idea because the September 2008 Issue of Reader's Digest has an article on it. Which leads me to the closing topic of Reader's Digest's idea to put a McCain vs Obama article in the "Annual Humor Issue". It consists of both men answering questions sent in by the readers which is a good idea but could've been used to build around its own issue. Maybe that is just me thinking they missed out on something but you never know.

Rendal's Ravings August 5, 2008 (Dark Knight, Lonesome Dove and other stuff)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:22:20 GMT

Dark Knight partial review kicks off the movie as I don't want to spoil it for those who either A. are living under a rock, or B. can't afford/find time to go. I liked it. I think it helped cement the new direction in the franchise and hopefully they will keep Bale (minus the guttural batman voice) for future movies. Typecasting be damned he is good and so are the other regulars. Now there is one burr in my bonnet on this movie, comparisons. Heath vs Jack vs Cesar, Christian vs Michael vs Val vs George vs Adam...yadda yadda, though I'm surprised the battle of the Alfred's hasn't come up yet between Michael Caine and Michael Gough. Still two of the best actors in my mind to play the Joker and the Batman keep getting left out, those being Mark Hamill as the joker and Kevin Conroy as the batman. You didn't know they did those roles? Check out The Animated Series Credits, there are a lot of surprises in it. I ended up chuckling about long time voice actor Frank Welker and then going to a break. After the break things wound down a bit. I start by talking about an Ulmen Family Reunion out in Oregon my dad thinks I should goto. While I admit it would be interesting there are many problems. getting there and back, lodgings, money, already having a family I just can't leave...you get the idea. If mom and dad went as well, I could probably find a way to convince myself even on such short notice (its the 15-17 of august with this beign the fifth). We'll see... then I talk about the new DVD and Blu Ray release of Lonesome Dove which I consider to be one of the best movies ever made. Again a lot of stars in it and while in some cases that spells doom for a project, this one soared with it. Last up is what I'm guessing is an urban legend. apparently at the time Kurt Angle was a heel in the WWE, an actual Olympic event used his music and the crowd started chanting "You Suck" in the manner wrestling fans had been doing for a while. I can't find anything on the net mentioning it (though honestly looking up Olympic at this point is rather pointless), but that could mean I just haven't found it. Tony Bacala-Blaster vs Soundwave (LL Cool J Mix) WWE-Kurt Angle (Medal)

Rendal's Ravings July 29, 2008 (politics)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:22:44 GMT

today is politics and trying to figure out the political machine that runs it all. That and wondering...if the candidate is telling us a message, do we REALLY need to know that they approve a message they just got done telling us? Stephen Lynch-Beelz

Rendal's Ravings July 22, 2008 (Unconceiled weapons and Dark knight to Dark?)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:33:59 GMT

OK first off I have a few choice words to some idiots in Boise, Idaho who decided it would be a good idea to go into a public Zoo with guns holstered to their sides. I don't know how many hits to the head it took for them to think this was a good idea but apparently they did it just to prove they could. Good, now sit down and shut the fuck up. Second up are people who think the Dark Knight is to dark for kids? OK I realize that comic books are STILL seen as something kids steal flash lights for so they can read them under the covers but come on this is Batman. If they payed any attention to the Batman Begins movie they would've noticed things have taken a darker turn again. But hey why take responsibility when you can just bitch afterward right?

Rendal's Ravings-July 15, 2008 (Eugenics and Feedback)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:32:42 GMT

Short show again, talked a bit about feedback and then some of eugenics and the movie Endgame. Question for the show:If you could choose how you die (old age not an option) how would you choose? Endgame Website Endgame PT.1 on YouTube(Follow Related links for other parts) Zeromancer-Dr. Online

Rendal's Ravings July 8, 2008 (Disassociated)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:17:35 GMT

Today marks the first of what will probably be a stretch of shorter shows because I feel I have become to distant from the fandom of late, and a large part of that is thanks to the time I spend in City of Lost Angels on Second Life. I go on to explain what I do there, the formation of the Supernaturals group, who was in it at the start, who is in it now and the directions we are planning on going in if we can and a call out to the fandom to come on over and help us have fun with it. The link to the sim is here (warning it does load slow, both sim and web page :P):Lost Angels Sim SLURL. Look for me on there as Speyeder Farina or Rowan Valentine who is my Co-GM. The Livejournal entry I talk about that started all of this thinking is Here. The two Cons here in the state of Washington, that I'm aware of, are All Fur Fun and RainFurrest which is the one I talk about at the end of the show.

Rendal's Ravings July 2, 2008 (Ancient UFO's and Magic Mushrooms)

Matthew Ulmen — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:00:52 GMT

OK I start off by apologizing for the show being late. I start off by talking about one of two stories that I heard about on Coast to Coast AM. The first one deals with a UFO that was discovered by an archeological dig and is assumed to be between 150-200 million years old. I talk about his for a bit and the possibility for why they seem to buzz small towns and pick on cows so much capping it off with talking about the only experience I had with them in the mid 80's in Madison Lake, Minnesota. Played Insane Clown Possse-Dirt Ball OK next up is the other story I heard and that is concerning "magic mushrooms". According to an article in Scientific American, Dr. Roland Griffiths gave several volunteers a dose of psilocybin which is the active ingredient in magic mushrooms. It should be noted I'm talking about this as someone who has never smoked or drank. So when I say I would be curious in trying this sometime I would only out of curiosity. Played Bill Hicks-Shrooms Played Radio Sub Rosa-Vision of Love w/Bill Hicks (6.8 meg mp3) I close out the show by talking about perception and putting forth a bit of a challenge to Mr. Griffiths asking to see what the effects of the mushrooms would be in areas outside a lab. What would the effect be in nature? In the workplace? In a traffic jam? I don't know about you but I would love to see those results. And if he needs a volunteer I'm game to test it while on Second Life. Played Bill Hicks-It's Just a Ride

Rendal's Ravings-June 24, 2008 (George Carlin & Zeitgeist)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:23:24 GMT

Starting out by talking about being back on air and go into discussing the death of comedian George Carlin. I came upon him in the 80's and when I graduated found Carlin on Campus. It hurts to think he is gone now. He seemed to me to be one of the few comics who wasn't afraid to be serious while on stage if he had a point he wanted to get across. I do go off on KPQ in Wenatchee for not reading the seven dirty words on air. In the end I have to worry that maybe we have lost one of the few who had the courage to stand up for our right to use words the way we want to. After the break I try talking about a movie I saw this weekend called Zeitgeist. It is a conspiracy theory movie but ne I think is pretty well made. It deals with the history of dominating religion, governmental conspiracies and the one world government. George Carlin-7 Dirty words

Rendal's Ravings June 3, 2008 (Net neutrality, Music in hell, Second Life)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:57:46 GMT

I started off today talking about a response to my video on Net Neutrality and have me and Norvak talking about the pros and cons of some points of the issue. We also somehow get to talking about music and what some layers of hell would be playing. I honestly don't know how that happened, but it gave us a chuckle. Mentioned the case of Wisconsin Navy Vet Keith Roberts as well and how the ramifications of the case are disturbing. After the music break I try to start talking about Second Life and how they are preparing their 5 yeah anniversary but Stuff comes up at the apartment and basically ruins any ideas I had so I end the show. Video The Avalanches-Frontier Psychiatrist Music Bumper:Gnarls Barkley vs The Avalanches-Crazy Psychiatrist (Cheekyboy) Matthew-Jump Into A Frontiers Brain

Rendal's Ravings May 27, 2008 (the power of Words)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:56:39 GMT

OK its time for some bitching about words and their power. The case for class today is the word Nigger *GASP and over dramatic faint*. Yes I take this word for a reason as it seems to be one of the most volitle words left in the English language. It can have several meanings ("Fuck off Nigger (asshole)" or "What's up Nigger(homie/pal/acquaintance/etc)?") The only other word I can think of with this much variation is Fuck. Maybe thats why they are shunned so much is it is to easy to misjudge the meaning? I also talk about political Correctness and even symbols and the hold some of them seem to have on us (US Flag and Swastika). In short don't listen if hearing the word Nigger offends you because I say it quite a bit :P Music Bumper: Duran Duran-The Reflex Monty Python-The Definition of Fuck Kelly Williams-Ghetto Boy Re-Flex-The Politics of Dancing The Doors-The End

Rendal's Ravings May 20, 2008 (America, Driders and Role Play)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:07:22 GMT

OK a couple of odd topics for today. The first topic covered is how America has shifted from being a communal nation to one of individuals and the effect it is having on the communities. I mention two Minnesota towns as examples, Mankato and Elysian. After the break I talk a bit on how another problem lately with people is the stubbornness to accept new was of looking at things, We want everything to stay set in stone so we no longer have to learn. Ending the show is talk about Roleplay and how limits in it that some people set directly conflict with the RP they are trying to engage in. Bumper:The Verve-Bittersweet Symphony Neil Diamond-America Billy Joel-We Didn't start the fire Lola Pandora and the Spiders from Mars-God Bless TV

Rendal's Ravings May 6, 2008

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:24:57 GMT

Myanmar (aka Burma) struggles to recover from Cyclone The gas tax a bad idea Yup we bombed another one "D.C. Madam" Kills herself rather than go back to prison Two lumps strips Problems with static Problems being a pinyata Music Bumper:Bomb The Bass Featuring Benjamin Zephaniah & Sinead O'Connor-Empire Bruce Springstein-The Streets of Philidelphia Coldplay-Clocks

Rendal's Ravings April 29, 2008 (Blah)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:26:44 GMT

I tried, but one of the problems in doing a weekly show is that there are going to be some days where you just can't get the rhythm. so I'm being cheap and just posting the links mentioned in the train wreck of a show. tornadoes in Virginia Tax Rebates Holocaust Hero New Zealand Colossal Squid TSC Links TS Alliance Tuberous Sclerosis on wikipedia My TSC walk pledge site And last but not least:My you Tube account

Rendal's Ravings April 22, 2008 (Earth Day)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:18:19 GMT

OK today is Earth Day so lets talk about Pollution. We have WAY to much junk and at this point conventional means of disposal are a joke. So we need some UN conventional ways. How about dropping stuff in volcanoes or shooting stuff into the sun? After the break I continue taking about the planet and this time shifting focus to the seasons, specifically Winter. I talk about how it seems like we are loosing something when we go through the "winter months" and no snow shows up. And at some point I mention this pic, which I think is just uber pretty. Music the Epoxies-I Need More Time Billy Joel-We Didn't start the fire

Rendal's Ravings April 15, 2008 (John McCain's Economy and Barack Obama's truth)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:05:55 GMT

GAH...If it wasn't that politics as a whole didn't make me feel so stupid I wouldn't mind shows like this. First up we have Senator McCain's brilliant idea to help the economy by taking money out of it? Apparently he thinks what we shoudl do is set up a "tax holiday" on the gas tax during the one time of year that most of the income from this tax is generated, starting in Memorial Day and going until Labor day. Now while that would be good for families taking road trips the problem is he thinks this will cause a "tricle down" economical push. hmmm..trickle down economics...who thought of that again? AH yes...good old Ronnie. Second up we have yet more BS from the Democrats. Apparently people are taking issue to the fact Barack Obama did the unthinkable and gave his perception on how people live. I think more what they have issue with is if you look at what he said it doesn't sound like something a speech writer woudl put in. That is how a lot of politicians get away with being so blunt. They phrase it in a way that you think "Meh, he is just reading what they wrote for him. Maybe next time he tries this, if he is behind a podium he should look down? Bumper:Radio Sub Rosa-Vampyre Bomb The Bass Featuring Benjamin Zephaniah & Sinead O'Connor-Empire KMFDM-Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat 3)

Rendal's Ravings April 8, 2008 (Uncle Jay, Absolut and Missle shields)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:15:02 GMT

Ok I JUST squeeked it this week as I ended up Djing in CoLA 10-noon. It was lots of fun with 19 people at one point tuning in and lots of requests. It may end up being something I do everyweek though not on Tuesday >.> Next up I play the March 17th show of Uncle Jay Explains, that deals with hubris. It is quite a fun little videocast and I recommend it to anyone who needs a fun way to start the week as it comes out every Monday. Next up is the first major topic of the day. This deals with an Absolut Ad that ran in Mexico and depicted a historical map from pre-1848 where Mexico had control of a lot of land in what is now the US. What gets me is this was ONLY run in Mexico and people in the U.S. got the thing taken down. Why? Because the people of the U.S. can't stand the fact that this all wasn't laid out for them when the first settlers arrived. Next up is Russia vs the US, and no this isn't a retro news from the Cold War. Russia is getting pissed that the US is pushing ahead with their Missile Shield located in the Czech Republic and Poland. I can certainly sympathize with them, I know I wouldn't want some idiot to park a missle next door to me, I don't care if he thinks he has a good reason or not. But this is the US so we're just going to do it anyway :P. Music: ICP-The Dirtball Therion-Nightside of Eden

Rendal's Ravings April 1, 2008 (Stphen Colbert WoW card, Politics and the Killing fields)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:26:40 GMT

OK it is politics time again. This time I talk about a statement Bill Clinton made of someone telling him Don't you dare let her(Hillary) drop out. Don't listen to those people in Washington, they don't represent us. That statement depresses me because it shows that people seem to just be voting for party now (I'm a democrat/republican so I'm going to vote for X because they are democrat/republican!). That is stupid people. There are MANY better reasons to vote for people. Also talk about the Democrats becoming flustered with the election that seems to go on and on to the point the candidates are saying each wants the other to drop out. I also give a rundown of my presidential voting experience and my thoughts on how the Hillary/Barack race may end up helping them or hurting them where it comes to McCain as the Republicans have long since picked their representative. After the break I talk about the "Killing Fields" survivor dying. I will confess I have not read the story or seen the movie and all I know of this is what is in this article, but I think it is worth talking about as it is from a past we seem to have shut in the closet long ago. The last bit is talking about one of my favorite artists in Todd Lockwood. According to this article Todd was commissioned by Upper Deck Entertainment, The company who makes the World of Warcraft TCG, to make a special card for the game based on TV host Stephen Colbert. While Todd completed the picture (which can be seen as the graphic for this podcast), Someone on the Colbert side nixed it. The picture was subsequently leaked to the internet and has caught on quickly. Lockwood apparently is covered by the parody law and can sell this at conventions, though not on his website. I hope I can e-mail him and see about getting a copy, I think it is awesome. Music Counting Crows-Round Here Sonny and Cher-The Beat Goes On American Head Charge-Just So You Know

Rendal's Ravings March 25, 2008 (Oklahoma HB 2211, Religion in schools)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:50:28 GMT

This weeks show is short due to me having parent teacher conferences today. I talk about a bill apparently being looked at in the Oklahoma state legislature concerning religious views in school. Basically what I have learned from an article in the Edmond Sun is that This bill, while in addition to allowing student's to push their views on others if they hold any rank in the school by using their speech time to talk about their religion, also would allow them to give answers that are scholastically wrong in a test or class and still receive credit. The example given is some religions believe the Earth to be 6000 years old, while education believes it to be 4.65 billion. With this law the school would have to accept the 6000 answer or risk being sued. Look folks, we all have things we don't like to do or subjects we don't want to learn. Sit in the room, give t he answers your taught and keep your individuality for outside the school. The end of days won't come if everyone who believed in the 6000 year old theory puts down 4.65 billion on a test. there are much better fights to be fought, like...oh I don't know...maybe increasing funding in education so that teachers have better resources to do their jobs? This show brought to you by a neon green brain with eyeballs.

Rendal's Raving March 18, 2007 (atlanta tornado, Ferraro feedback, BEES, fuel efficient cars)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:28:15 GMT

OK the first story covered is the tornado that hit downtown Atlanta. It surprises me a bit to hear more often how Tornadoes are making it so far into towns like this even thinking that maybe downtown is the new trailer park to them? Next up is a follow up to the Geraldine Ferraro I talked about last week. A lot of people have left feedback on this (including one from my mom's hometown Elysian, MN) and i cover some of the things they brought up including how business must be laughing at the affirmative action pickle the media is in having to work with a woman and a black man. Also on Barack Obama channeling Martin luther king (why wouldn't he?) and how the republicans are doing the same with Regan. I also talk briefly about a fear I had of being compared to others, though I learned while it is often inevitable iot isn't always bad. Next we have....BEEES! Yes a truck tipped over spilling its load of 400 hives and some 8 million bees out on a highway in Sacremento, CA. I feel sorry for the people behind it. The closing topic is two cars that get...are you ready..hundreds of miles to the gallon of gas. One in fact gets 7,148 miles per gallon while another, that is planning to be out this year gets 330 miles per gallon. Wouldn't it be sweet if we could get all cars to those standards? Music: Bumper:Rage against the machine-Wake Up Little Jerry and the Monotones-Telephone rock The B-52's-Songs for a future generation (video edit)

Rendal's Ravings March 11, 2008 (Vatican, Water, Stds and Obama)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:18:31 GMT

Ok start off by apoligizing for not keeping up to date on things when it comes to the archives. Also warn that Rendal's Picks might not be live due to having to goto court. First off is New vatican sinful behaviours. I ramble a bit about this as honestly it was just thrown into the swhow because I found this a bit redundant. So over time we have found new ways to sin, way to keep up with the times Rome. Next up, Drugs in Drinking Water. While it may be news to some this doesn't shock me as much as WHAT drugs they are finding. Some of these I wouldn't take if they were prescribed and here I am drinking it? 1 in 4 teen girls has had a STD. This surprised me much less when I saw the age range was 14-19. Come on..18 and 19 you are quite experimental so should it be any surprise? I would love to know what those figures are if you went from 14-17. If THAT was still around 25% I would be worried, or even 1 in 6 (18%). Still it is an eye opener for some I'm sure. The two main topics this week deal with Barack Obama. The first being Geraldine Ferraro's comments. I don't know where this old bag gets off saying that Obama wouldn't have the success if he wasn't black but hey maybe she believes it. The same case could be made with Hillary Clinton being a woman but honestly the reason is simple. Barack and Hillary are riding high because they're DEMOCRAT. The Republicans screwed up big time and now the Democrats are having their day in the sun. So drop the race and gender already. Last is Obama being number 2. I don't like this idea and why is simple. He can do much more staying in the Senate if he looses the primary because then he will be able to use his charisma to help push Hillary's stuff through. That way he can give the naysayers on his experince the brush off. Feedback appreciated at:rendalsravings@yahoo.com Bumper:Natalie Merchant-Carnival Jerry Reed-The Legend Loe & The Nastys-My Oh My Alanis Morissette-Hand in My pocket

Rendal's Ravings February 26, 2008 (Break, Internet gender and bionics)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:12:01 GMT

First half of the show was spent catching people up on why there haven't been any live shows in a while (me on vacation and a week where I just was to frazzled to do it). Next up is a re-asking of the Question from the February 5 show. What would you play for a child if you knew the song would influence how they grew up. You can name two songs and it doesn't matter what they are. This is what YOU would play, not what is socially acceptable. Email me your choices at rendalsravings@yahoo.com. Then I discuss a thread in the CoLA forum (totally off topic section) that dealt with people posting their RL pics. I posted mine as Speyeder and talk about the surprise I got when people didn't freak out that a feminine herm was played by a guy. After the break I talk about a story that was on Yahoo this morning in that scientists now are working on developing a bionic contact lens that can zoom in and out, work in night vision, all the stuff straight out of sci-fi. I wonder since we already have "bionic" arms and I believe legs, if we really have much left before we can create en exoskeleton. Someone on the verge of death? No problem, just drop the brain in an exoskeleton. The obvious problem would be power and how to connect the brain to the power source without frying it. Also how would the five senses be dealt with? Touch and taste could be done with sensors of some kind. Hearing could be done with a microphone in each ear. Sight is already solved with the contact lens. that would leave smell. that I don't know but maybe someone is working on that too? Thats it for my show today, thanks for dropping by. Music Scatman John-Scatman's World Blessed Union of Souls-Brother My Brother Sctaman John-Scatman

Rendal's Ravings February 5, 2008 (Winter Travel, What would you play, The Revenge of Little Crow)

Matthew Ulmen — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:09:13 GMT

OK today starts off by talking about how the trip from Washington state to Minnestoa went and the problems that were caused by the weather. Remember kiddies if you are dumb like me and think traveling in winter is a push over then don't be surprised when it isn't :P. Next up I have question for you all. If you could play one song for a child that would influence them the rest of their life what would you play for them? You can send your ideas to RendalsRavings@yahoo.com or keep an eye Here for a youtube post with the same question. After that I start off by thinking I'm doomed to talk about politics but my dad comes in and we end up talking for almost an hour on his Civil War historical fiction novel The Revenge of Little Crow. We talk about the history of the Great Sioux Uprising and about the battle of Wood Lake as well as the presidential order that sentanced 38 indians to hanging in Mankato, MN, The biggest mass execution in US history. If you would like to check the book out on Lulu.com you can do so by Clicking Here, or Clicking Here to check out steve's other books incluing Toby Ryker and Deadwood Days, the second and third in the series started by Little Crow. Songs Scatman John-Scatman's World Blessed Union of Souls-Brother My Brother John Lennon-Imagine

Rendal's Ravings January 29, 2008 (Travel and Hypnosis on Second Life?)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:09:30 GMT

I talk today about my day so far and the fact I'm going on a trip back to Minnesota to visit my folks and that it is a test of sorts to see if I can still enjoy myself in a state I haven't lived in for almost 10 years. The second half of the show deals with something Inny Colo, who is a friend of mine in the City of Losy Angels on Second Life mentioned to me and that there is now supposedly a thing in SL that hypnotizes you in a way that you literally become your character. You don't change physically but your mind believes what is happening in the game is what is happening to you. This can be dangerous in my mind for various reasons. How would your body cope to changes from your biological form. How would it treat being a furry, or having a tail, tentacles, even being a different gender? Wouldn't that cause serious confusion in the body? And what happens in a combat sim? What if you end up being killed after being pumped full of lead. How would your body react to that? It is an insanely interesting idea, but I have to wonder if we're ready for it yet. Music Bumper:Kyuss-50 Million Year Trip Dream Theater-Metropolis

Rendal's Ravings January 22, 2008

Matthew Ulmen — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:19:06 GMT

I start briefly running down the show topics which today is RPG's and the evolution into MMORPG's. I start off first though By mentioning that yesterday (January 21) was Martin Luther King Jr Day and so I take my break early in order to play the I have a Dream speech in full (Just over 16 minutes). The RPG topic poked its head into my mind when I saw This Webcomic on RH Junior's Goblin hollow. It also helped that RP etiquette as far as response posts go had been brought up on the CoLA Forum. So I take some of the points from both and expand on it to what I hope is an interesting show. I close by mentioning XFire and having fun with it as a messanger and social site. Bumper Music:The Verve-Bittersweet Symphony

Rendal's Ravings January 15, 2008

Matthew Ulmen — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:09:17 GMT

This I forgot about because I have had a hell week. Most of what that entailed, including my debit card being stolen, is told here.

Rendal's Ravings January 8, 2008 (Politics, Nibiru and Sumerian Tablets)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:08:37 GMT

The first topic I bring up is politics along with a warning that this will probably be a popular topic for me for a while. I go into who I owuld vote for, both republican and Democrat and my thoughts on the politcs. I finish up politics after the break and go on to talk about youtube and some very interesting videos I've found that are nothing more than text videos that display a translation of Sumerian tablets that date thousands of years before the old testament. And thats about it. The Annunaki Clay Tablet Translations Bumper:Nine Inch Nails & Enigma-Sadness (Violent Mix) Alanis Morrissette-Still

Rendal's Ravings January 1, 2008 (Resolutions, Mating and The Longest...)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:07:59 GMT

OK since we are kicking off a new year with this show I figured the obvious topic would be Resolutions. I do say that I can see them doing some good but think often times we set our standards a bit to high for what we can accomplish. to this end I propose an idea. Anyone wanting to give up something for their resolution instead of starting on the new year wait until Lent. Lent for those who don't know is the time of year when people try to do without things, so it would seem like a good time to test that resolution. If afterward you don't think you can follow through you can at least have the pride in knowing you did it for a while. I go off on a tangent talking about a thread on the CoLA forum called If They Mated... looking at some of the pictures which I grant doesn't come off well on the air but I'm easily distracted. The ending has me wondering what the longest time at #1 for a song is which has me finding the the longest word in english before finding this site. Songs Played Bumper:The Cruxshadows-Deception Kansas-Dust In The wind The Verve-Bittersweet symphony Eddie Izzard-the stoned Olympics

Rendal's Ravings-December 25, 2007 (Christmas special)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:18:45 GMT

The Christams Special. This is the first attempted Simulcast of Rendal's Ravings broadcasting in both the Second life sim Lost angels and on the FBC. Bumper Music:Vince Guaraldi-Greensleeves Ray Stevens-Grandma Got Run over by a reindeer Weird Al Yankovich-The night Santa went crazy Boris Karloff-You're Mean one Mr. Grinch Burl Ives-Silver and Gold Royal Guardsman-Snoopy's Christmas Vince Guaraldi-Christmas Time is here (Vocal) Vince Guaraldi-Christmas Time is here (Instrumental) Coca Cola- Christmas Time is coming Jason Hayes-Shimmering Flats (Ambient) Gershon Kingsley-Popcorn Crazy Frog-Popcorn Beck-Loser (Fatboy Slim Remix)

Rendal's Ravings December 18, 2007 (Bad Weather Drivers, Mitchell Report, Chris Benoit & WWE and the U.S.A.)

Matthew Ulmen — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:16:27 GMT

Well it's officially winter here in Washington as we are covered in the white stuff. So starting off the show I talk about how people in snow, and bad rain, seem to forget how to drive. And when it isn't the other drives messing with you, usually this is the time the traffic lights play their little games. Next up I talk about the Public reaction to the Mitchell Report. I don't see what people don't get here as to why the public is so disinterested in the findings. DUH. The public isn't as stupid as you would believe. We know people are doing things stupid. You know what? That's their choice. Let them do it because they will anyway. Just let us tune in and root for our team. Next up in a similar vein is the continuing Chris Benoit drama with people STILL trying to figure out how the estate of the wrestler should be distributed based on...get this...who died first?? That and my continung disgust with WWE and the McMAhon's on their cowardly actions toward this whole situation including now The WWE basically dumping the family aside instead of saying "Yeah Chris Made us money, here why don't you have some." Jackoffs the whole place. And winding up the Show I talk about the USA and how we deserve the attacks we have been getting including 9/11. Why do I go off? because to me we are hypocrites. I got on this tangent when talking about Benoit brought up Phil Spector and O.J. Simpson and how Simpson's little emo ride ruined a already bad time in my life (My grandma died the same day). Then to how I hate 9/11, not because of the attack on the US, because it came on my parent's 30th wedding anniversary. So yeah lots of ranting here and some out right raving. If you STILL think the US is good then maybe the last couple minutes will get you thinking, I won't hold out hope though.