Unicorns, Chocolate Long Johns, and the Bowling Report for March 31st.

We finished the 2007-08 bowling campaign in last place tonight at Mission Bowl. Its official. The other guys showed too much including substitute bowler Paul who pasted us with a 613 series. But nothing can ruin a great sports day here in Kansas City. The Royals won in extra innings (they're undefeated, Jackie) and the Jayhawks are in the Final Four. Next week we bowl again for fun. The standings are finished. The league has a meeting after the matches and prizes are awarded and last season's first place team buys donuts. We'll meet before we bowl if KU is in the finals. No sense missing the action for a couple of chocolate long johns and a five-way split of 50 dollars. I don't bowl for the money, or the donuts, in case you wondered.

Podcasters Take Note

Bob and Ray have the best podcast, especially if you were around the first time they recorded these. I was not, and either was the iPod or Adam Curry for that matter.

Al Jaffe Fold-ins

The New York Times produced an interactive gallery of Mad Magazine fold-ins, created originally by artist Al Jaffee. This concept can be rendered much more efficiently with today's computer design technology, but Jaffee didn't have the luxury of such software. He created his classic fold-in art pieces by hand. It's amazing he did it for all those years. I took it for granted when I bought Mad magazine back in the 70's. Thanks to Evanier for the link.

Rany on the Royals

Rany Jazayerli points out that while the Royals have sucked for a long time, the writers who covered them have not. Very nice.

Elvis in Cape Girardeau

Elvis played Cape Girardeau, MO back in '55 and this guy is looking for the concert poster.

KJHK Lore - AM Only

We student broadcasters enjoyed safe harbor during the 1980s. Safe harbor meant language content restrictions were lifted on programming between midnight and 6am. Songs, spoken word performances, and even station IDs were designated "AM Only" if they contained one of the seven dirty words. This is one reason the Monday Night Thrash program was on the air after midnight (lots of hardcore singles featured profanity) and another reason the KJHK MNT jock on duty on April 5th, 1988 felt empowered to go ahead and drop an F-bomb over the air for Mr. Billy Tubbs, following KU's tournament championship victory. But I digress. The "AM Only" honor system worked well for KJHK in the 80's, primarily when the artists did the cursing.

Here's something else nearly as old as profanity: People who make Wizard of Oz jokes when visiting Kansas. What these would-be mirth-makers forget is that Kansas natives won't think your Toto joke is top drawer. We've heard them before, from lots of traveling Travelinas, some better than others. Go ahead, make your funny, but please don't ask me if I've seen Toto or Dorothy. Yesterdays papers.

Today Little Hits posted a fabulous single from the Vancouver Complication, a collection of Canadian punk rock. Head over there and check out The Dishrags doing I Don't Love You. Joey Keithley, also on the compilation as part of D.O.A., helped get this time capsule re-released a few years ago, and long before that, during his first visit to Kansas, recorded this "AM Only" KJHK artist drop, complete with a better-than-average dig on Dorothy and Toto.

Ask A College Roommate

Q: Have you seen the HBO mini-series John Adams?

A: HBO? We don't even have cable.

This has been "Ask a college roommate".

The Bowling Report for March 24th

What's worse that seeing Amy Winehouse pose nude? Watching us bowl. We took another face down four game defeat tonight against a tough team. The good news for me: I bowled better every game. The bad news: all three games were under my average. I'd blame the lane conditions if I were a better bowler. Only two weeks left in the season.

Soup

The tournament is on. See you soon.

The Legendary Gymnasium Tape

The Architectural Dance Society blog posted links to highlights from a rare 1967 Velvet Underground concert. Those of you in the know probably already knew, but for those of us that are a little slow on the uptake these days, enjoy. Visit soon, the mp3s won't be posted forever.