Radio Free Calamity

MOVED

2006-03-15T20:10:00.000-08:00

WE HAVE MOVED TO RADIOFREECALAMITY.COM. THANKS FOR LISTENING!

March 3

2006-03-03T13:39:00.000-08:00

Cruzette's sick. Much croaking ensues.
p.s. Check out Silent's new blog at silent-rfc.greatestjournal.com.

February 24 - Happy Anniversary RFC!

2006-02-24T14:19:00.000-08:00

One year anniversary show! In this episode, we explain all the big changes that are happening to RFC because of joining the Foursevens Podcast Network. From now on you can find us at radiofreecalamity.com. Don’t forget to sign up at the forums (foursevens.com/forums) and introduce yourself!

February 17: Sleepover Edition

2006-02-18T10:15:00.000-08:00

Featuring recurring guest Brett Stonesfield and new guest Ivana Humpalot. Enjoy the insanity!

February 10

2006-02-10T16:27:00.000-08:00

Silent's Gastrointestinal Adventure

February 3

2006-02-03T14:31:00.000-08:00

About 8 minutes of stupidity. Reminder: RFC’s one-year anniversary is coming up on the 25th. Let us know if you have any input on the special episode we’re going to do.

January 27 - show 76

2006-01-27T13:37:00.000-08:00

We chat with Brett about “long-distance non-relationships,” Canadian politics, and much more.

January 20

2006-01-20T13:31:00.000-08:00

A brief talk with Brett Stonesfield and we banter about random things.

January 6

2006-01-06T15:48:00.000-08:00

Special guest: the Prince of Puck.

2006-01-04T21:13:00.000-08:00

Hey guys,
Click here to see our cat singing!
-Cruzette

December 31

2005-12-31T13:45:00.000-08:00

Summary of Christmas & Hanukkah presents; review of The Kafka Show and The Producers; songs on Cruzette's keyboard...

Happy Holidays! - Show 72

2005-12-25T06:00:00.000-08:00

Happy holidays to all our listeners! We sing some seasonal songs and talk about some of the presents we got.

Leaving for a little while

2005-12-23T18:48:00.000-08:00

Hey RFC listeners!
This is Cruzette. I just wanted to tell you all that we're really tired from all the holiday preparation and probably won't get to do a show til next Friday (Dec. 30). Sorry for any inconvenience this causes.
Click here to listen to us performing Uh-merica (originally by Regina Spektor).

December 16

2005-12-16T14:08:00.000-08:00

Mom went to L.A. and we are resultingly disgruntled at having to get up so early... and more.

December 9

2005-12-09T15:04:00.000-08:00

Review of Simple Plan concert; feedback against some negative comments we got from a particular podcast, etc.

Dec. 2

2005-12-02T14:16:00.000-08:00

Since half our listeners say they like the sibling rivalry fights and the other half say they hate them, I'm putting this up. It's completely full of these fights, so only download it if you like those.

November 25

2005-11-25T21:48:00.000-08:00

Cruzette plays a song at the beginning, and then we banter about approximately 57.32 subjects.

November 18

2005-11-18T13:27:00.000-08:00

A listener mentioned us on Much On Demand; Cruzette’s Homeroom Teacher Rant; Silent’s review of Bullet in a Bible, and much more

October 30

2005-10-30T12:18:00.000-08:00

Silent isn’t around, so this show is just Cruzette and recurring guest Brett Stonesfield talking about Halloween.

October 21

2005-10-28T20:50:00.000-07:00

We're back! Silent talks about a movie he saw & liked. We discuss the statistics of our recent Music Special. We got Simple Plan tickets! and much much more...

2005-10-23T13:29:00.000-07:00

We have been doing shows, but Odeo is having some kind of problem where we can't upload MP3s. (It goes to "upload starting" and just stays there.) RFC is hiatus'ing for a while.

Sorry.

2005-10-16T19:50:00.000-07:00

Silent's been sick, I've had 10 million assignments due, and our grandma's health is still not completely stable. We'll do a show soon.

Music special - show 64

2005-10-05T20:17:00.000-07:00

We play some of our original songs, as well as 3 covers.
SETLIST
Demo Intro
Don't Drag Me Down
Tru-Tru
Mr. Scale
Split-Screen Sadness (John Mayer cover)
Random Plight, Midnight
Temple of Life (very early Avril Lavigne cover)
Silent's drum solo
Cruzette's guitar solo - Blackbird (Beatles cover)

Website!

2005-10-04T14:00:00.000-07:00

Hi,
The official RFC website is now up, after many hours of designing and scripting. Thanks very much to Trevor M. for making the header for us.

October 2 - show 63

2005-10-02T15:31:00.000-07:00

Halloween, Grandma’s surgery, Into The Woods, Billy Crystal, UH-merica…
Fill out the survey!

UPDATE!

2005-09-28T18:02:00.000-07:00

Update update update!!
Just in the nick of time, Odeo has released the beta version of the Create portion of its website.
Therefore, we now have an RSS feed:
http://odeo.com/channel/32390/rss
Please change your subscriptions to reflect this alteration.
Thanks much,
Cruz
P.S. Please don't forget to fill out the listener survey if you haven't already - that special episode is just longing to get in your ears!!

September 26 - Show 62

2005-09-26T13:44:00.000-07:00

We tell you all about the very important survey we would like all our listeners to fill out. If you complete it (it's only 6 questions!), you will receive a link to a special episode of RFC available only to survey participants.
We also ask for your prayers and good thoughts for our grandma, who is going in for surgery tomorrow. Thank you!
BTW, I've been trying to set up an RSS feed but I keep getting this error: "Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet." If anyone happens to know what's wrong, please e-mail us.

We're back!

2005-09-25T19:03:00.000-07:00

Sorry for our extended absence. We were having some major technical difficulties but we've basically got them sorted out now. 2 shows for your listening pleasure:
September 4
September 15
I'm going to try to set up an RSS feed sometime this week. In the meantime, if you know of any free, dependable service that generates working RSS feeds, please let us know. Thanks muchly.

August 30 - show 59

2005-09-02T15:07:00.000-07:00

[NOTE] Scroll down - the August 29 show's mp3 link now works, thanks to hosting by Chris Future. Thank you!![/NOTE]
We're PAWDcasting from our basement (that will make sense after you've listened to the whole thing). Since we're not in our usual location, things might sound slightly off-kilter. Cruzette got a paid singing gig! We thank Tod Maffin for being the first to call our voicemail line and leave us a message (it's 206-339-4271 if you want to do the same). We discuss The Multiple Sclerosis Podcast. As a finale, we spend a ridiculous amount of time talking about some of the javascripts on our blog (look over to the right), and Cruzette tells some stories from various sleazy tabloids.

August 29

2005-08-29T14:53:00.000-07:00

Finally! Sorry for the wait. In this show, we opinionate on the VMAs, Gwen Stefani, microphone-moving noises, and more.
EDIT: The MP3 link here actually works now! Thanks so much times infinity to Chris Future for hosting. Unfortunately, for a little while the RSS feed will be completely obsolete; if you want to listen you'll have to download from the blog. Sorry!

Argghh.

2005-08-23T23:01:00.000-07:00

Hi,
I don't know what's going on, but when I e-mail the shows to the blipmedia server, they just disappear. (We've done 2 since the last one.)
In other news, WE HAVE A VOICE MAIL LINE! Please call 206-339-4271 and leave us a message. (It deactivates if there's no action for 30 days, so get crackin', yo.)

Hiatus #2

2005-08-14T09:27:00.000-07:00

We're leaving on another week of vacation now. I submitted our August 13 show; no idea when it will post.
Please check out the following links:
The Multiple Sclerosis Podcast (produced by Kim and Tod Maffin)
Our new domain (it's not up yet, but it will propagate soon)
If you could, please leave us comments and e-mails to welcome us back. Thank you! :)

August 8 - show 57

2005-08-10T13:32:00.000-07:00

Please disregard everything I say in this show about the mirror links, for they are no longer there. We rage about people who wear socks with sandals (I believe for the 2nd time). We discuss new & upcoming body mods, plus some more old-fashioned ones that we'd like to get.

August 5

2005-08-07T13:10:00.000-07:00

Finally. Here it is. We need you to e-mail us your embarrassing moments so we can read them anonymously on the show! (By the way, I have no clue how to privatize comments on entries on Blogspot. We may have to do this through LJ if no one wants to e-mail.) As a starter to this event, we confess some of our most embarrassing moments.
At the end of this episode, we humiliate ourselves (see the embarrassment theme here?) by attempting to play 2 or 3 different songs and finding that they all sound idiotic.

August 2

2005-08-04T08:54:00.000-07:00

This show is one of the stupidest we've ever done, but I don't know, maybe somebody out there will like it. Keep in mind that before recording this episode, Cruzette had not slept for 21 hours or so, and Silent had only woken up 10 minutes before. It makes for a combination that is, shall we say, interesting.
And I'm sorry I posted this so late. Insomnia = not a responsible podcasterette.

July 29 - show 54

2005-07-30T08:00:00.000-07:00

A relaxed show. Our mother tells a story about one of the times she interviewed Bill Murray, which we discuss over peanut butter and honey sandwiches. (I'm sorry that we ate during the show, but it was 4:30 and we hadn't eaten anything yet.) Cruzette got glasses, Silent wants to learn guitar, and more.

July 24

2005-07-24T17:10:00.000-07:00

Back from vacation! We tell tales of our week in Port Carling (freakishly small town in Ontario), we each confess another secret and more.

July 11

2005-07-24T12:55:00.000-07:00

Finally, the July 11th show posted! Here it is.
In this show, among other things, we introduce a new segment where one host leaves while the other confesses (like when Silent told you about his secret dream last episode).

News!!

2005-07-23T10:59:00.000-07:00

Hey all -
We're back, as you can see, and we have a piece of very interesting news to tell you.
Jennifer at kiss-my-kitty dot com held a hosting contest that just recently finished up. She was offering a domain name and hosting for a year. Guess what? WE WON! (Us plus four other people.)
So, radiofreecalamity.com will hopefully be up and running pretty soon.
Does anyone know how we might go about projecting our Blogspot page onto the front page of our domain? (Like Mr. X and Just Julie do) If you could e-mail us or leave a comment to let us know, that would be great.

Thanks for being so patient, guys! We'll hopefully have a show out today or tomorrow, and we also have an unreleased episode from July 11th that didn't get posted due to our stupid computer, so that should be up soon too.

Bonus audio

2005-07-16T09:04:00.000-07:00

Hey.
To compensate for us being away this week, we've released 2 audio files. (I can't link to them here at the moment because Rizzn.net hasn't acknowledged them yet, but they'll be on the RSS feed in a little while. They are:
1. A freestyle rap by Cruzette
2. An adorably rhythmic promo by Silent

See you in a week!

Hiatus

2005-07-15T18:44:00.000-07:00

Hi. We're going on vacation for a week and will be back next Saturday. If you have friends who listen but who don't read the blog, please tell them.
BTW, we did a show on July 11 but it was on a different computer than usual, and said computer is having some issues right now. Hopefully that show will be up a day or two after we get back. Sorry for the inconvenience.

July 8

2005-07-08T14:07:00.000-07:00

Please be aware of two things - 1, the show is hosted on my SiteSled account right now because there was some technical difficulties in uploading it to the RSS feed. 2, This show is a bit over half an hour so it will most likely take longer than usual to download.

Silent tells you all a "secret dream" that I'm not supposed to know about. If you have any comments that you're going to e-mail us about it, make sure to put SILENT ONLY in the subject line so I will know not to read it. We also discuss Live 8, terrorism in London, chubby German boys, amusing Simpsons moments and much, much more.

June 30

2005-06-30T13:17:00.000-07:00

Sorry, guys, this show got posted 3 times on the RSS feed because Gmail told me the e-mail had failed to send, when, apparently, it hadn't.
This show is about a Dawn and Drew dream, Menticulture, fossils that smell of raspberry, Cruzette as a future webmistress, and trying to lose the "aboot."

June 28

2005-06-28T13:48:00.000-07:00

Silent called me something really rude, so I'm a bit offended throughout this show. We apologize for being lazy asses and talk about some other stuff.

Um... yeah.

2005-06-27T19:12:00.000-07:00

Hi guys, this is Cruzette. I just wanted to apologize for the fact that we've been slacking off lately. Silent has been getting a lot of headaches because of the weird Toronto weather, and I've been really stressed out what with the end of school and everything. Hopefully we'll have a show up soon. Sorry!

June 20

2005-06-20T19:17:00.000-07:00

We talk about events in our lives (amusing younger relatives, school field trip, guinea pigs, etc.) and later try to talk through a disagreement, hug and make up. Definitely some "aww" moments here. Sorry.

June 17

2005-06-17T20:32:00.000-07:00

A silly, laid-back show where we talk mostly about news (Michael Jackson, Tom & Katie, etc).

June 15

2005-06-15T15:16:00.000-07:00

Guest-starring my friend Jamie. We discuss dreams for the future, little brothers and Green Day (AH-GAIN, sorry), and nostalgiate on The Good Old Days.

June 12

2005-06-13T09:59:00.000-07:00

Silent has a band practice today... we discuss the fact that he stole his band's name from the title of my old band's song

The girl who co-wrote the aforementioned song with me will be coming over on Wednesday and will be a special guest

Thanks very much to Sean for signing up for GreenZap on our referral code! (You can too by clicking that GreenZap button over there)

We play half of a loooong Silent recorded for his band (a cappella)... Click here to listen to the full thing

We debate about George Bush and capital punishment

Silent makes a verbal slip-up and I have to explain to him what a boner is

Silent sings a song he's been learning for his school's Medieval Festival

What's the most beautiful song you've ever heard

I express my rageful opinions on people who wear socks with sandals

Considering the possibilities of Jason Voorhees getting plastic surgery

Review of a hilarious comedian we saw last night, Mario Cantone

P.S. Excuse me, I'd like to retract my earlier statement about writing Mental Institution. The lyrics of the chorus of the song were written by Olivia H. and Emily D. However, the rest of the song was written by myself and the drummer of my ex-band. Thank you for your patience at this time.

June 9

2005-06-08T14:34:00.000-07:00

Don't forget to click on that Greenzap button and register (it's free, and beneficial to both of us!)

Purple Dot Com

Cruzette plays a song on the piano that's for her exam (don't worry, it's short), Play it Again by Christopher Norton

This show includes much moving of the mic, so be warned

It's still INSAAANELY hot here

We discuss Paris Hilton (ah-gain, I know)

The Silent Segment regarding favourite desserts, which leads to us telling a story about a favorite vacation spot

June 7

2005-06-07T15:43:00.000-07:00

Not really much to say about this show, besides this: If you want to get $25 in web cash while also giving us $5, click on that Greenzap button over there, and register. Thanks.

June 3

2005-06-03T19:59:00.000-07:00

We're the NUMBER ONE podcast at BlipMedia, with 762 requests a day!! Also, thanks muchly to anyone and everyone who has left us a vote and/or comment at PodcastAlley

Cruzette plays a "Tape Diary" she made when she was NINE!!

Silent's opinions on those punk people with lots of piercings who dye their hair odd colors

Should we have an RFC forum a la Dawn and Drew?

Silent has a bit of a cough, so watch out for parts that we forgot to compress!

Song - an a cappella piece of crap Cruzette recorded *bloody ages* ago called "Your Gaze"

June 2

2005-06-03T17:16:00.000-07:00

There should be one show where Silent does all the production

We revise and re-sign our official contract

Any ideas, strategies, techniques for asking parents for a cellphone

(Very) brief mention of the discovery of Deep Throat, Woodward and Bernstein's primary source on the Watergate scandal

Yet another tale of an outraged individual spotted in downtown Toronto (how many more could there possibly be?)

Silent expresses a "grossed-out"-ness at homosexuality and Cruzette freaks out

We do some digital DJ-ing, with a volume dial acting as our turntable. P.S. My favorite quote from this part: "Don't refer to them as them."

We attempt (and fail) to find a straight, simple answer to the question, "What is a fascist?"

Silent may be starting his own show in which he plays music he likes - stay tuned for details

May 29

2005-05-29T18:18:00.000-07:00

Silent gets pissed off at the stupid punks who "talk s**t about mah band"

Happy belated birthday to Robin!

What do you foresee happening in the future?

We read an e-mail from Robert

Green Day ringtone

Is a credit card required to open a "digital tip jar"?

Silent turns a pick-up line into diss

"Eating the Questions" segment hosted by Poison

May 26

2005-05-26T14:29:00.000-07:00

We use background music throughout the show - John Coltrane, James Rudderham, Ellen Weller, Marc Jordan

We filmed a soap commercial as part of a media project

Discussion on "love at first sight" - myth or possibility?

What's the deal with guys not wanting to be affectionate with each other? (By the way, I realize that it's basically because they're afraid of being accused of homosexuality. I neglected to mention that because it seemed obvious at the time. The part I have trouble understanding is, why don't people accuse women of homosexuality when they do the affectionate stuff?)

A short review of House of Wax (SPOILERS!)

Cruzette expresses her amusement at Point: What's Your Point on Jay Leno

What should we name my iPod's lover, my Logic3 i-Station? Let us know!

Appraisal for the wonderful Windows Movie Maker

A few minutes away from the end, Silent doesn't feel well and leaves

Cruzette gives you all her podcast recommendations, as well as a great source for finding new shows (the DigitalPodcast daily newsletter)

Podcasts mentioned: Dawn and Drew Show, My Urban Eyes, Geek Fu Action Grip, How to Do Stuff, Fox in the City, Illinoise

May 22

2005-05-23T07:06:00.000-07:00

Silent got real drums! You can hear them (along with Cruzette's guitar) in the opening and closing themes

We tell a story about the restaurant we went to during our trip to Bracebridge

We've been working on recording some of our songs but it's not going too well

A failed attempt to play one of Cruzette's original songs "Mr. Scale," followed by a slightly more successful attempt to play "Split-Screen Sadness," a John Mayer cover (you can tell Silent needs to work on his timing a little)

The Silent Segment (featuring background music provided by Cruzette)

What is your all-time favorite song?

Stay tuned after the theme for a display of Silent's inability to use his diaphragm

Here are some thanks we forgot to make in the show: Thank you to Sean for the awesome songs and to Trevor for the truly stylin' header (look up if you haven't seen it).

To all RFC listeners

2005-05-21T05:30:00.000-07:00

The hosts of RFC are going away on a weekend-long trip and will be back late Sunday. Hopefully, we will be able to do a show sometime on Monday. Thanks for your patience.
[end transmission]

May 18

2005-05-18T16:38:00.000-07:00

Silent tells the story of a local car accident

Shoutouts to new listeners

"Desert Island" game where we have to choose what 3 (fill in the blank) we would bring if we were stranded on a desert island

We got a response to our discussion on nicotine!

We're going to be featured on the BlipMedia podcasting page

Cruzette reads her poem for the school yearbook

How can you stop fidgeting?

We talk with my friends Audrey, Barbie & Daisy about marijuana and gay marriage

May 17

2005-05-17T13:40:00.000-07:00

Our dad went to New York this weekend & we talk about the presents we got

The social effects of Heelies - do they make you a cool dude or a geek supreme?

A message to any listeners who are smokers

Short review of Everybody Loves Raymond finale

What clothes would you want to wear when you get buried?

At the end, Cruzette plays/sings her rendition of White Houses by Vanessa Carlton

May 13

2005-05-13T19:04:00.000-07:00

The MPThree link below is to the file on Rizzn.net, but for some reason it doesn't seem to be working. Luckily, we have alternate hosting (not much, but enough) at SiteSled. Click here for the (hopefully) working link. Thanks for your patience.

The computer crashed when I was 99.9% done the shownotes, therefore destroying them forever, so I'm too pissed off to write show notes. Sorry, guys. Maybe later.

May 11

2005-05-11T13:28:00.000-07:00

We're Podcast Outlaws now! (Thanks very much to Mr. X)

A brief talk & moment of silence for a friend of Cruzette's, John E. Govedas, who recently passed away

The Well-Documented Chronicles of Mr. Ass

An amusing tale regarding ringworms and typos

EDIT: Click here and check it out. It's the same old studio pic we had before, but with bonus labels! P.S. Sorry about the stupid fact that stupid Photobucket shrunk the pic so the labels are barely legible. They say (starting at the mic directly above the monitor and going clockwise) - "Logitech USB Desktop Mic - the mic we use," "Webcam mic upon which we used to record," "Caramilk wrapper," "Surface upon which theme is drummed," "Place where mic sits during show."

May 7

2005-05-07T16:13:00.000-07:00

Warning: Silent burps quite loudly in this cast at 1:04

If you could have any material object, what would it be?

Check out our rawkin' buttons up there

A bunch of other topics on which not much time is spent

May 5

2005-05-05T19:06:00.000-07:00

I bought The Da Vinci Code and review it

As a sort of tribute to Billie Joe Armstrong, Silent has gotten me to agree to do BJA-style makeup that he can wear to school

I read an amusing confession from one of my favorite sites, DailyConfession

Discussion: Do male poodles feel pressured to be female?

Apr 30 show

2005-05-01T19:03:00.000-07:00