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Damn Radio Activity

Written by Alan Bellows on 13 April 2007

If you live in the Miami area and you own one of those fancy new AM radio receiver sets, you’re in luck. I’ll be doing a short interview on Sports Talk 790 AM The Ticket today at about 6:15pm Eastern Time. It’s guaranteed to modulate your amplitude.

For those lacking in Miami proximity and/or AM radios, I hope to get my mitts on an MP3 copy of the interview to post here. Update: Here’s the MP3. I’m a scientist!

The articles that came up:
The Great Taste of Human Flesh, Without the Guilt
Alien Hand Syndrome
Giant Carnivorous Centipedes
The Terrifying Toothpick Fish

Alan Bellows is the founder, designer, and managing editor of DamnInteresting.com, and he is perpetually behind schedule.
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#1 justjim1 13 April 2007 at 04:34 am

Yes get the mp3… make a damned interesting listen!


#2 J.K. 13 April 2007 at 05:32 am

Have fun, if you can’t maybe a transcript as I’d love to hear the insights off this one.


#3 lostindustrial 13 April 2007 at 07:03 am

are you talking regular am or that new fangled digital am?


#4 Stead311 13 April 2007 at 07:28 am

Alan I can’t wait to hear that sweet bedroom voice that goes with all that logic.


#5 sulkykid 13 April 2007 at 08:30 am

Sports Talk ???


#6 TheDanLeBatardShow 13 April 2007 at 08:46 am

I’m the Executive Producer of The Dan LeBatard Show, which is the show Alan will be appearing on today. Dan LeBatard is a writer for the Miami Herald and a contributor to ESPN… but our radio show is very “pop culture” and not just sports. We’ve been talking about the dreaded toothpick fish all week on the show, and we’re hoping Alan will make our listeners cringe even more. You can hear the interview live as it happens on http://www.790theticket.com; and the interview will also be posted to our audio archives later that day.


#7 rev.felix 13 April 2007 at 09:49 am

Now you’ll have all sorts of fan girls chaseing you saying “[sexiness]You can modulate my amplitude anytime, baby.[/sexiness]“

Some guys get all the luck. ;)


#8 Xiphos 13 April 2007 at 10:09 am

Or to hear it live online . . .

http://radiotime.com/station/s_27285/The_TICKET_790.aspx

I’d imagine it wouldn’t be too hard to record it while it streams.


#9 nagumi 13 April 2007 at 03:28 pm

YOU WERE GREAT! Were you jogging?

Great closer!


#10 Alan Bellows 13 April 2007 at 03:45 pm

nagumi said: “YOU WERE GREAT! Were you jogging?”

Thanks! I am incapable of speaking on the phone without pacing. I call it “alien feet syndrome.”


#11 davida 13 April 2007 at 04:05 pm

Nice. Loved it. Scientist…if they only knew….whoa…my hand just slapped me and is starting to unbutton my shirt.


#12 another viewpoint 13 April 2007 at 05:27 pm

…Holy ionospheric transmissions, Batman…
Alan Bellows has gone sub-orbital!

Pretty Damn Interesting Alan…
Keep up the good (no great) work!


#13 Tink 13 April 2007 at 09:09 pm

WOW! WOW! WOW! TOOO DAMN COOOL! Now we can “hear” your voice while reading the articles. Damn Interesting! ~~` Love ya, love ya, love ya like a rock! You rock us like the rock of ages; Oh Alan!`~~

(Thanks to Paul Simon too)


#14 Illustrator 13 April 2007 at 10:27 pm

Great stuff! I’m incapable of thinkng about giant
centipedes without pacing, a hundred feet at a time,
to and fro, there and back…

Thank-you a hundred times.


#15 r35p3kt 13 April 2007 at 11:24 pm

Next time you go on radio, remember to breathe :P


#16 fvngvs 14 April 2007 at 04:47 am

Aaargh!

He did talk about those d*** fish!

No more, no more!

[exits stage left, gibbering]


#17 GigsTaggart 15 April 2007 at 03:16 pm

That’s pretty cool. I have the same problem you do with that sort of public speaking. I can deal with groups, even pretty large groups OK, but speaking on something broadcast like that sometimes gets the nerves going. It’s a hard one to break out of, just need lots of practice, and remember, sometimes less is more! If you stop talking, it puts the onus on the other guy to think fast and come up with something to say. Better him than you!


#18 Stead311 15 April 2007 at 09:01 pm

Alan, even though it was just you and your phone I bet it feels like you were talking in front of about 1,000 people. You did a good job anyhow! We’re all proud of you here at the Damn Interesting family.

…and with that…. GET BACK TO WORK. =)


#19 ti83 16 April 2007 at 12:46 pm

Awesome! You rock, Alan. And you sound pretty geeky–don’t worry, it’s a good thing.


#20 Bill Koch 16 April 2007 at 01:46 pm

Wow, AM radio. You’re making it big time! :P


#21 sh0cktopus 16 April 2007 at 05:17 pm

That was cool, just to put a voice to the face and the writing. I think the radio host asked if you were nervous, because he himself was. He probably thinks you’re in some top-secret government lab and your voice is shaking because you know some horrible secret. Too bad he didn’t ask you some more interesting questions instead of just making you explain articles that he hadn’t even read yet. That’s like if I bought a music magazine to read an interview with my favorite band, and the interviewer just asked, “What are the song titles of the album that came out 6 months ago?” and “What are the lyrics to the lead single that came out a year ago?” Read the liner notes, dumbass! I want to get some insight into the mind and motivations of a person whom I admire and respect. That’s all.


#22 Stead311 16 April 2007 at 06:28 pm

sh0cktopus said: I want to get some insight into the mind and motivations of a person whom I admire and respect. That’s all.”

I couldnt have said it better myself.


#23 c. m. edge 19 April 2007 at 10:56 am

Am I the only one who first read that as “Damn Radioactivity”?


#24 rev.felix 23 April 2007 at 11:01 pm

c. m. edge said: “Am I the only one who first read that as “Damn Radioactivity”?”

Probably not. Alan, do you glow in the dark?


#25 Marisa Brook 25 April 2007 at 10:45 pm

rev.felix said: “Alan, do you glow in the dark?”

Only after he’s been up all night writing an article, I believe…


#26 benavidesandres 08 May 2007 at 09:48 am

davida said: “Nice. Loved it. Scientist…if they only knew….whoa…my hand just slapped me and is starting to unbutton my shirt.”

yeah what happened next?
your hands unzipped your pants?


#27 benavidesandres 08 May 2007 at 09:49 am

benavidesandres said: “yeah what happened next?

your hands unzipped your pants?”

thats not what i really meant


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