OK,
here's the deal. I went under the knife
this morning. All well, not
life-threatening. Thanks in advance for
your good wishes. Mrs. Plainsman has
ordered me not to email as I recuperate whilst drugged.
I don't think she cares if my blog work is narcotics-influenced. But I've got nothing to do except to listen to Dallas-Fort
Worth Sports Radio. So you may be
getting lots of little observations of varying coherence over the next few
hours.
And
right now, I'm listening to Ben and Skin's inaugural showgram.
I
haven't heard Ben and Skin since their weekend Ticket show. But it doesn't sound like the show I
remember.
These
guys are talking very fast, very animatedly.
I am recalling a much more relaxed presentation those several years ago. Haven't yet heard any Ironic Observation on
the Just Previous Ironic Observation.
I
missed the Derek Holland interview (and a brief clip sounded interesting, where
DH reports that he's still DH-like, even sang a little song), Now they're talking to Dirk and it's a real
nice conversation. Greggo can sneer at
their strategy of endearing themselves to athletes, but this is pretty good
stuff. I'm waiting for their actual sports
talk -- looks like one more segment with Dirk.
They’re
running CBS Sports Minutes reported by
Jim Rome.
Now
they’re talking to some old-timey-sounding sports guy but I missed who it is. [LATER: Mike Fisher.]
And
they’re rolling out DeMarcus Ware at 4:30. [LATER: Fun interview with him.]
Next
is a segment called “The Other Part of the Paper”—non-sports stories. Apparently some guy – they later identified
him as an intern -- named Brendan – they later identified him as Smith -- is
going to report on these stories, and I
can’t believe it but they managed to find yet a third guy that sounds just like
the two of them, especially now that they’re talking faster. They’re talking about a bobcat
sighting. Needs some fine-tuning. I'm resisting the thought that this may be Community Quick Hits.
Unusual
jazz piano trio background music, kind of nice.
In fact, all of the background music is quite unusual. I was so
intrigued by it, I found myself listening to the music and not the
talking.
I’ve
been listening for an hour and I haven’t heard an actual Ben and Skin
segment. I’ll tell you, I’m very
startled by the near-manic pace of the segments. Trying hard to have a goodo time. Opening-night jitters? Or a deliberate move to a new style of
broadcasting? I would appreciate if one
of you familiar with their more recent work would report on whether this is a
different sound for them.
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| You know . . . the show sounds just like this. |
Oh
oh. Oh oh. Someone
-- I have no idea who – said “My favorite segments are the one where all
four of us (B, S, KT, and Brendan Smith)
are talking.” Through my drug-induced
haze, I can’t tell if he was kidding. Confidential to Ben and Skin: I hope so.
Hmm. Looks like a fairish amount of rap flavoring.
OK,
here we go. Ranger talk. One
thing I can say about it is that it is definitely Ranger talk. I’m getting a Yahoo Sports Radio vibe.
I
want to get this posted and let you guys have your say. Small sample size but .
. . man, there is just not much distinctive about
the sound of this show. I’ll look
forward to a future shows when they’re not leaning on the interviews – four so
far -- wait, five, looks like they're going to wedge Jon Daniels in before 6 PM – and talking about putting the show together. (Or maybe the show will rely heavily on interviews all the time. That would be unfortunate.)
As I sign off, they’re playing the
intros they’ve created for Emily Jones, Tim Cowlishaw, and others.
And
– I swear – they all kinda sounded the same.
Hey, listen -- this show deserves a more thoughtful review than this. Really. I don't want to be down on these guys after one show, it's not fair and the opening show isn't going to be representative of the day-to-day performance. So take this drug-addled rambling for what it's worth.
WAIT: They're giving KT a shot for the next segment, can't sign off just yet. He teased news about Beyonce and Barbara Walters. I'm resisting the thought that this might be E-News.
Time
for more narcotics.
And to check in on The Hardline.
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