Podcast NYC: Pop Culture Rant #33

Back for the attack this week talking disease and disgraced celebrities. Plus Google continues to take over the desktop and news on the war in Iraq that you can't find anywhere else.

SHOW NOTES

• Lung Cancer, Celebrities and the Media
• Certain diseases only get attention when celebrities are afflicted
• Why should the public be any more upset over a celebrity dying from disease as opposed to a regular non-famous person?
  
• Smoking, Disease and Folks Who Smoke
• How did you get started?
• Stop now for heavens sake!
  
• Celebrity Screw Ups of the Week
• Courtney Love
  
• Eminem
• Madonna
• Dwight Gooden
• Victoria Gotti
  
• Google Shakes It Up Again
• They've added Google Talk, Google Earth, Google Video and Google Desktop in recent months
• Yahoo, AOL and MSN are probably having fits
• Can an Operating System be too far off?
  
• Get Your Iraq War Info Here
• http://michaelyon.blogspot.com
• http://www.mudvillegazette.com
  
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Podcast NYC: Pop Culture Rant #32

I owe and you owe so off to work we go. But not T.O. and some of the other spoiled professional sports athletes. Why is it so common that people making multi million dollar contracts are not "happy" and decide to either sit out or be a total nuisance? If you or I did that we'd be in the poor house. The bottom line is that some pro athletes need to stop crying and start playing. A little follow up on reality show madness with a new segment called Vincent Safuto's Two Cents. And I ask the age old question: Has Angelina Jolie ever made a "good" movie?

SHOW NOTES

• Intro
• No go for T.O.
  
• Reality TV Update
• Has Angelina Jolie ever made a good movie?
• Try watching Pushing Tin, Playing God, Gone in 60 Seconds or Taking Lives
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Podcast NYC: Pop Culture Rant #31

I'm baaaaaack! With lots to say and plenty of time to say it. It's a stripped down, no nonsense PCR. Forty five minutes chock full of rants on Rafael Palmeiro, aka Mr. Juice. It's not just about steroids, it's about vanity that's destroying our culture. More rants about TV and the entertainment industry. Even as reality shows galore fail, the networks and mainstream entertainment outlets still pump the same crap down our throats. And a story about a real nasty confrontation with a neighbor at my condo complex.

SHOW NOTES

• Intro
• Rafael Palmeiro's positive steroid test and subsequent denial
• The collapsing world of mainstream entertainment
• One crazy woman with a really big dog and a chest shaven, tattooed boyfriend/fiancee/whatever
• Sign Off