[quote]harris447 wrote:
doogie wrote:
We haven’t been able to listen to Howard Stern down here since he said something bad about Selena.
Wasn’t his point about Selena that getting shot was good for her career
since no one had heard of her before that?[/quote]
I honestly don’t remember. I was in basic training at the time, so I misssed all of the nonsense down here when she died. If that is what he said, he’s 110% correct.
I do agree the FCC bashing hatrid did detract from the show a great deal. I literally only had a 5 minute window to listen to him in the mornings and a lot of the time it was about the FCC. But hopefully that is all behind him and he will start fresh!
regardless of what happens, the proven genius of stern is that he is still able to do what he wants to do, and he fought all the way for it. it takes some real serious stones to stay true to yourself and continue to break through when EVERYONE is trying to cut you down.
20 years ago there wasn’t even a market for what he does. stern is an original and stern is a winner. everyone else on radio today, and i mean everyone, are merely howard’s offspring, that definitely means o&a but also includes guys like rush. none of those guys would be able to do what they’re doing now if stern hadn’t cut the trail with his giant nuts. what he’s done is what makes it great to live in america.
and his genius is simply his vision - that he saw the future and made it happen. what stern’s detractor’s will never be able to take away is that they owe their existence to him -frickn ingrates. jeeez-s it’s embarassing. just like when winton was trying to bust on miles… milton-esque isn’t it ? the fact is nobody else on radio can be credited w/ creating an entire genre like he did. like him or not, he deserves that respect.
[quote]swivel wrote:
regardless of what happens, the proven genius of stern is that he is still able to do what he wants to do, and he fought all the way for it. it takes some real serious stones to stay true to yourself and continue to break through when EVERYONE is trying to cut you down.
20 years ago there wasn’t even a market for what he does. stern is an original and stern is a winner. everyone else on radio today, and i mean everyone, are merely howard’s offspring, that definitely means o&a but also includes guys like rush. none of those guys would be able to do what they’re doing now if stern hadn’t cut the trail with his giant nuts. what he’s done is what makes it great to live in america.
and his genius is simply his vision - that he saw the future and made it happen. what stern’s detractor’s will never be able to take away is that they owe their existence to him -frickn ingrates. jeeez-s it’s embarassing. just like when winton was trying to bust on miles… milton-esque isn’t it ? the fact is nobody else on radio can be credited w/ creating an entire genre like he did. like him or not, he deserves that respect.[/quote]
Well said.
Its like every athlete today owes Michael Jordan part of their salaries because he created sports marketing. If it wasnt for him athletes would ne be paid what they are endorsement wise. Not even close.
[quote]harris447 wrote:
doogie wrote:
We haven’t been able to listen to Howard Stern down here since he said something bad about Selena.
Wasn’t his point about Selena that getting shot was good for her career
since no one had heard of her before that?[/quote]
In Texas, especially in the hispanic communities that are avid tejano music fans, Selena was like royalty. There is a mexican food joint that I frequent which has a shrine built for her. Kinda disturbing.
[/quote]Mel Karmazin is an idiot and Howard’s lackey; that explains his assine contract.[/quote]
Mel was hired after Howard signed genius!
If anyone is interested you can get Sanyo sirius reciever (good for your car and home) for about $36. Go to marksfriggin.com (a stern fan site) and link to sirius website. Sanyo unit is $90 but they offer $50 rebate and because you linked trough that fan site you can use a 10% discount code from the site.
following copied from the site;
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Here’s one, $20!
I’m going to miss Howard Stern alot. His best stuff was early on, yea, but mostly because no one had ever done anything like that before.
Makes me hate the FCC more because they forced him off with their Victorian values and temper tantrums.
I like both O & A also. Man, when they came to New York…I remember listening to them and people calling up and going, “You guys fucking suck! Play Led Zeppelin!” “This is 102.7 right? Then shut the fuck up and play music! You guys suck!”. At one point, I remeber when the biggest celebrity that they could find that listened to their show was a guy who was a backup to “Grimace” in the old McDonald’s commercials…
Does anyone else still laugh when you hear “Ain’t Talkin Bout Love” come on the radio!??
Good find PGA200X
I think Sanyo CRSR-10 is a better model but if you are on the budget… One bad thing about Sirius is that their models are way behind XM models.
PS
Did anyone check out a trailer for Underdog Lady’s movie on www.artofmadness.com
[quote]truthandlife wrote:
PGA200X wrote:
The reason I said there are $500 million reasons why is…there is obviously a reason he got that money. If he’s “tired” he would NOT have been paid that. Just because you and your little friends think he’s tried doesnt mean he is. Fortunately the world doesnt revolve around you and your opinion.
You want to make a bet? Sirius made a huge gamble and the verdict is still out if it will pay off. See http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113460508768422856-b85FXOg1WZFZfV29N0AYmYoGe9A_20061214.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top
Will Enough People
‘Give’ Howard Stern
To Boost Sirius Sales? (12/14/05)
Excerpts:
But amid a crucial holiday season for Sirius, the fledgling satellite-radio provider faces a problem: Despite the hoopla surrounding Mr. Stern, rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. still has a 70% market share in satellite radio and is continuing to sign up far more customers.
But it will have disadvantages, too. Mr. Stern is bound to lose millions of listeners who don’t want to buy a satellite radio and shell out the $13 monthly subscription fee. And he won’t be able to draw on the years of old material, including celebrity interviews, that he’ll lose access to when he no longer works for Infinity.
Talkers, a trade publication, estimates Mr. Stern has eight million regular fans; other estimates are as high as 12 million. If one-quarter of them subscribe to Sirius this season – or convince someone to give it to them as a gift – that would give Sirius two million to three million new customers. Many analysts estimate that Sirius will pull in far fewer than that. Ms. Furukawa, the Citigroup analyst, predicts some 865,000 new subscribers for Sirius for the entire fourth quarter, compared with 980,000 for XM.
“Clearly, Stern is not the nuclear event that some anticipated, given the size of his contract and the press attention he’s received,” says Hugh Panero, chief executive of XM. “We expect our competitor to see improvements in certain markets where his show is popular.”
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A quarter of his fans buying Sirius units would be unheard of. There’s a biiiigg difference between listening to someone for free and buying a unit and a subscription for it.
Here is my overall take on Stern.
He did what he had to do, he was pretty loyal to infinity and clear channel but he just wasn’t able to stay there anymore. It made sense for him to move on.
Now he can do his anal ring toss and have high pitch shit in his studio all he wants.
As for my opinion of what he’s been for radio, he’s been a pioneer, a groundbreaker, someone that people have looked to to lead the way in pushing racey broadcasting.
Hell, the Frosty, Heidi, and Frank show coming out of LA used to do a sort of postgame report of Howards show, taking up an hour of their own airtime talking about someone elses show. That has to account for something.
Now, for the kind of entertainment that Howard will provide. I think it’s going to suck. He’s been squawking about anal ring toss for a year now and the build-up is such that I think his old bits are going to fall flat. The audience has become much more savvy while he’s thinking he can keep the audience with the same ol’ schtick.
Who knows, should be interesting. I drive GM vehicles, so I’m not going to be getting sirius anytime soon.
GAINER
[quote]TheZ-Man wrote:
Mel Karmazin is an idiot and Howard’s lackey; that explains his assine contract.
Mel was hired after Howard signed genius![/quote]
You are a fucking retard if you think one didn’t have to do with the other, it happened within less than a month of each other.
Also, don’t call me a “genius!” if you don’t know how to quote someone
Looks like what we have here are a bunch of different opinions.
If we could all sheaths are collective penii for a while and stop the “whooshing sound”, its pretty obvious that a bunch of you guys like Howard and a bunch of you dont. Imagine that. Absolutely no one is going to change their mind about the topic, lets get off the topic of how much he sucks or rules.
[quote]Lonnie123 wrote:
Looks like what we have here are a bunch of different opinions.
If we could all sheaths are collective penii for a while and stop the “whooshing sound”, its pretty obvious that a bunch of you guys like Howard and a bunch of you dont. Imagine that. Absolutely no one is going to change their mind about the topic, lets get off the topic of how much he sucks or rules.[/quote]
What would you prefer we talk about on this thread, oh leader of the sandbox?
[quote]TDog305 wrote:
TheZ-Man wrote:
Mel Karmazin is an idiot and Howard’s lackey; that explains his assine contract.
Mel was hired after Howard signed genius!
You are a fucking retard if you think one didn’t have to do with the other, it happened within less than a month of each other.
Also, don’t call me a “genius!” if you don’t know how to quote someone[/quote]
Good point…I guess I made an “assine” statement.