A Prank, SYG Style
 

Let's all call in to a radio talk show on the same day.

There's this talk radio station, WNIR in Akron, OH, near where I live. Weeknights, 9-11 PM EST, there's this slovenly stupid host Jim Isabella. Here's his fat face: http://www.wnir.com/page.php?page_id=111

Paranoid, homophobic, impossibly dumb.

Let's fuck with him.

I think it would hilarious if we could find a day that works for most people, and we all call in. Maybe you agree with him. Fine. Disagree? Even more fun.

I'd love to hear everyone's voice.

So we can recognize each other, callers should drop a SY reference. "Obama is such a liar. His promises are an empty page." You get the idea. If you get really stuck, just throw out "Lee is free!"


You can stream it here:

http://player.streamtheworld.com/_pl...allsign=WNIRFM

Here's the hotline:
1-800-669-4100


Lemme know who's game.

I'm game!

Is Akron in the Central or Eastern timezone?

Cool. Eastern.

Actually, I was hoping you'd be interested, Bytor Peltor, because you're not just another liberal (like me). Somehow I get the feeling that even if you agree with this guy on a point, you'll have much stronger reasons for supporting it.

I'm looking forward to hearing if you have a Texas accent.

Oh man this is gonna be so sweeet

Hahaha...sounds fun! Someone should record it lol.

I WANT I WANT I WANT, my voice is so cute

i don't know if i'll be able to join in, but this sounds very good.

^Too bad. You should try.



I'm pretty bad at organizing.

Would Wednesday be an okay day for people?

Are you a regular listener?

If so, does his show have a "theme day" or a day where certain topics are NOT discussed? This is the only thing I can think of that may sway the day we attempt this......if not, Wednesday is fine by me!

That would be fun if I can. Though kyary is that night...

I'm not a regular listener, but I don't think there are themes or rules. At the top, he usually mentions a bunch of topics (some perfectly innocent) but it's just a call-in show, and anyone's allowed to bring up whatever.

Anyway, he wouldn't be able to resist if certain topics were brought up.

I did listen a little last night. After a break he mentioned they were talking about marriage. But the next caller complained about Republicans who were so prejudiced against Mormons they didn't vote for Romney. The host went off for about five minutes.

He's actually pretty good about letting callers direct the flow of the show.

Obviously, the more of us who call in, the better this will be.

I dream of recording it and putting it up on soundcloud or something.

Wednesday

Wednesday will work for me!

I was thinking, should we each assign ourselves different SY phrases / lyrics / song titles to work into the call so those of us listening will know who is speaking?

Example
evollove - empty page
Bytor Peltor - Murray Street

I might work it in like this: "For those of us working down on Murray Street, we may no longer be able to afford basic necessities if food prices continue to rise."

"We're calling from Providence, Rhode Island, did you find your shit?"

:)

I've been very busy and unusually disorganized lately. Kinda dropped the ball on this.

But I hope there's still some enthusiasm.




This is a good idea, but due to me being so disorganized, I think just coming back to this thread and writing, "I was the one who said..." will work.


--So TONIGHT. 9 PM Eastern standard time

This number works too:

300-673-1234


Weirdly, Monday's show started at 8? Maybe something's changed. But it's certainly on til 11. Anyway, let's all call around 9 just to concentrate our calls.

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Okay, even if this isn't the best show broadcasting at the best time, I get the feeling it's still a good idea. So if tonight's try ends up sucking, by all means someone suggest another show on another day.

LOL. THIS!

Ya gotta watch the mota maan.

Can't Wait Omg

complete inhuman

i will just make horse sounds, is that ok?

they wont put you through. there's usually a producer or something putting you on hold until it's your turn to speak. you need to make it through the screening first to get to the host/live broadcast.

wow, they discriminate against horses? the fuck is that???

tell them you're a german calling about the ukraine

tell them SPRINGTIME IS WARTIME and putin is making a PEACE ATTACK! ALL EYES TO THE CRIME BOSS! BELLY FLOWERS!

I should have mentioned this:

I called awhile ago, so things might have changed, but:

It rings a bunch of times, like 6 or 7. A pre-recorded message comes on asking you not to mention brand names, profanity, etc. and to turn down your radio in the background.

No producer. You wait and listen to the show (on a slight delay), you hear a pause, then you're up.

the delay is so that the host can cut you off if he detects trolling or spamming or hears something like a "fuck you" (which can bring fcc fines). you need to lead him on without him noticing.

Good luck with this, I won't be around a phone tonite to help out. I did get on the G Gordon Liddy show once.

I JUST CAME HOME, how much time do i have left?

I was just ON :D


^^^this number is wrong: 330-673-1234 is the number that worked for me

When I called, I was automatically placed on hold and DIDN'T talk to a call screener......there was a tone and BAMM I was on the air.

Ahem: Its pronounced "Hotlanta" (hät/lan/tä)

That intro was awesome. I laughed very loud as you wove about six SY references into your call. And great job playing along with him. I got nervous when he asked what county you were from, but you pulled it off perfectly.


I was on about two calls later. "I think we're living in a daydream nation." Later in the call, I said "daydream nation" again. "Yeah, I think you coined something there." Too funny.

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Okay, so that was pretty lame. (And I was sure I copy and pasted the # from the website, so I don't know what's up with that.) The host was particularly boring last night, and anyway I had already done a poor job organizing things. I really do feel awful if I wasted anyone's evening.

But I still think it was a good enough concept, and if anyone has any suggestions for a better show to ransack, by all means let's do A Prank, SYG Style II.

is there a recording or something?

please please please!
(too much wine at and after neneh made me fall asleep rather quickly after i posted on here)

I sort of recorded it. I have a cheap mp3 player-thingie that can record radio. The reception was fine, but when I listened back to the recording it sounded like utter shit, as if I was driving through a tunnel or something. I don't know why that happened and I'm pretty pissed.

To be honest, I was caught completely off guard. Not only did I not speak with a call screner, but I was on hold maybe 30 seconds before going directly to air. I really didn't have an opportunity to "listen" to somehow chime in. I did hear him mention how colleges are whoring out our children and tried to go with that.

Before calling, I jotted down some song / album titles to try and work in. It didn't go anything like I planned......but oh well, it was fun :)

If a call creener would have answered asking me for my name and city, I was going to be Thurston from Kent.

lo-fi is good for my shitty internet! 22kbps mono = gold

Ugh. I'd like to give it a listen.

do share, evollove!

I recorded the whole show, so I'll extract BP and myself and upload tomorrow.

I'm telling you, it's not "audiophiles will be disappointed." It's more like, "It is unpleasant to try to hear the voices over the static. This isn't fun at all. Dammit."

Add in my stuttering and I'm sure I sounded something like hick-ish dork :eek:

Here you go.

BP's up first and the quality is fine. One minute in is a remarkable sentence chock full of SY references. Classic. At the six minute mark, I'm up and it sounds like shit. I must've bumped my device or something. Basically, I say "I think we're living in a daydream nation" and then I say a bunch of horrible homophobic things. Enjoy (?)

http://shareitapp.net/download.php?f...yg%20prank.mp3

that's nice work all.

If you're bored and have access to free phone calls, I would love for people to call the restaurant underneath my apt to demand they stop playing their loud music that harasses the residents and makes them sick. They need to take the speakers out of the walls and move them. Now they are in the ceiling against my floor. These people are real fucking phoney vegan assholes. Evening is the best time and you don't need to even listen to what they say, just tell them the music is too loud. Feel free to twit this or whatever, I'd love for them to get 100's of calls. They won't do anything until the State forces them, they have no honor or decency.

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