[aberdeenwriter]

I won't get in on the ground floor quite yet, but Howard's new reign as King of All Media begins
Monday 1/9/06 and for a guy who has never gotten too much Howie, this is a dream come true.

However, the radios that play the Sirius Network are a whole nother story. (see next post)

Here's a little info for you from www.howardstern.com

MONDAY'S HOWARD 100/101 SCHEDULE!!
by The Webmaster

The following is the schedule for Howard 100 and Howard 101 this coming Monday, January 9, 2006. (please note that this is not the regular weekday schedule).

HOWARD 100 [All Times Eastern]
6a - 11a: Howard Stern Show
11a - 12n: Wrap-Up Show with Gary Dell’Abate & Jon Hein
12n - 1p: Howard 100 News at Noon
1p - 6p: Howard 100 News
6p - 7p: Howard 100 News at 6
7p - 8p: Special Super Fan Roundtable
8p - 9p: Howard 100 News
9p - 2a: Howard Stern Show Replay

HOWARD 101 [All Times Pacific]
6a - 11a: Howard Stern Show
11a - 12n: Wrap-Up Show with Gary Dell’Abate & Jon Hein
12n - 1p: Howard 100 News at Noon
1p - 5p: Bubba The Love Sponge Show
5p - 6p: Howard 100 News at 6
6p - 7p: Special Super Fan Roundtable
7p - 12m: Howard 100 News

Bridge Ratings & Research: Over 1.4 Million To Follow Stern To Sirius

September 16, 2005
Bridge Ratings & Research has been tracking interest in subscriptions to satellite radio by listeners of the Howard Stern Show since the fall of 2004, and now the Glendale, California-based ratings and research company has put forth its first round of projected subscribers.

The company has been surveying 3,000 listeners in Stern markets Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis, Las Vegas, Syracuse, Baltimore and Detroit to determine their interest in subscribing to the service due to Howard's pending January 2006 exodus to Sirius.

Bridge Ratings President Dave Van Dyke explains, "It would appear now that Sirius satellite radio will boost its subscriber base by over three-quarters-of a-million in the fourth quarter as our panels indicate not only a high passion-index for Stern's show and want it for themselves, but many also intend to give Howard for the holidays. This quarter will be the tipping point as Sirius surpasses XM in quarterly subscriber count."

The estimates are based on interviews with core and secondary listeners and listeners who can no longer hear Stern in their market. Ten percent of those interviewed said it is "Very Likely" that they will move to Sirius between now and Stern's satellite debut, and also intend to give satellite subscriptions as holiday gifts, projecting to over 50,000 new subscriptions.

A month-by-month analysis running from October 2005 through January 2006 reveals that by February 2006, 1,484,400 current Howard Stern listeners will become new subscribers to Sirius Satellite Radio.

The monthly breakdown: October 2005 - 200,000; November 2005 - 300,000; December 2005 - 480,000; January 2006 - 504,400.

The company will continue to track this data on a weekly basis and provide updates on its Web site www.bridgeratings.com.

[aberdeenwriter]

I have a HUGE problem with the way the Sirius company sells their radios and receivers.

I HATE it, actually.

They make it so damned complicated (NEEDLESSLY SO) that I have cut off my nose (owww!) to spite my face. I have put off buying a unit and signing up for service because I want them to get the idea that people want to buy a COMPLETE unit or a COMPLETE system.

The way these brainiacs do it is to NEVER tell you boom, here is the radio. Nothing else needed. No. Instead, what they do is nickle-and-frikken-dime-you-to-distraction! Here's the cradle you must buy. Then there are speakers you can get. And none of that works without the main unit to plug into your docking station. And this one plugs into your cigarette lighter.'

I swear! If the rest of the electronics world took the same approach as Sirius and it's receiver mfgs (ahem, that is HOPEFULLY the abbreviation for manufacturers and NOT muthxxxxxxx) by comparison we'd all be amazed not that Apple was able to make the iPod so small and capacious but that it came in ONE SINGLE UNIT WITH NOTHING ELSE NEEDED (the iPod options truly ARE optional) to buy!!!

Then, just as I was beginning to think they'd come up with a portable unit that would measure up (after all, it was designed by Portal Player (!!!)) I was disappointed to read this review.

A Sirius (S50) disappointment
I was so excited after reading the Forbes article on the Sirius S50 a few weeks ago that I snapped one up. Then the backorder delays started. Then reports of RIAA-hobbling started to drift in. After using the device for nearly a week, I have to say my friend and neighbor Lance was right- it's a big disappointment.

The design is by PortalPlayer- the same company that reportedly makes parts of that um.. other popular portable music (and now video) player. The package includes a complete installation kit, a standard cigarette lighter power adapter, an FM adapter (for installation into your line), and the docking cradle. The first thing that hit me was the cheap plastic feel of the cradle. I expected it to be more substantive; the dial used for tuning felt loose. The weight of the device also leaves it feeling cheap- I had to check the box twice to make sure the battery wasn't floating around.

Speaking of the battery, a cryptic sheet in the install kit tells you to remove the plastic sheathing over the contacts on the device, but fails to mention you have to pry the backplate off the device, remove the battery, and then remove the plastic.

Next I activated the service and did a quick install in my car. The packaging was thoughtfully put together, but not at the vaunted Apple level. I put the antenna on my roof strung out the window and got a signal pretty easily. Activation was simple. The device has an announcement voice that announces station names as you switch, and a nice, easily readable display. They should however have put more thought into their UI design. From the time you first power on the device, the overloaded animation at boot creates a "tearing" effect on the screen as its hardware tries to keep up. Not a good sign on "second read". Nor is the cheesy heart icon used to designate favorites presets-er no... It's for recording. Overall the UI feels a bit 2002 for a device of this price.

Speaking of the recording feature. A big selling point is the ability to play/pause live record and schedule record your favorite programs. But unfortunately you cannot listen to one station and record another- ala TiVo or Media Center w/ dual tuners. So basically if you want to record a live program and not listen (defeating the purpose), you have to switch to another input. Apparently these and series of RIAA-induced changes are getting folks in an uproar. Here's a list of the hobbled features from Orbitcast:

Recordings are limited to a maximum of 1 hour each.
Only shows (yes, that's right only shows - not music) can be saved with a scheduled recording.
You can record individual songs - not schedule a recording - after the song ends, the recording stops.
Scheduled shows are limited to a maximum of 20 with a maximum of 2 hours per each recorded session.
If you attempt to schedule more than 20 recordings, you will be prompted to delete an existing scheduled recording or to discard the new recording schedule.
The final straw for me is the utter lack of FM repeaters in the Seattle Eastside. If I don't have clear line of sight, forget it. I can't schedule recordings with my car in the garage, and I'm not going to leave it outside in order to record.

But wait! It supports MP3 & WMA right? Sort of. You can transfer music using the My Sirius Studio software, limited support for WMP via manual sync of non-DRM'd content. Sirius Studio was about the worst performing player I've ever seen on import of my tracks and transfer to the device. Playlists do not import. Album art does not transfer either. No support for PlaysforSure subscription content. No support for podcasting unless I manually transfer. Big thumbs down.

Lastly, there are bugs. I've had to reboot the device five times in three days with a No S_RAM (sp?) error when cradled and started. I'm not sure what is going on there.

Don't get me wrong, I'm impressed by the Sirius service, but I cannot recommend this device as the way you enjoy it. Lance- you were dead on on this one in my opinion.

http://blog.seanalexander.com/PermaL...dd790adff.aspx

Sirius, all I want is the same options i would expect from a terrestrial radio, whether it be a walkman style, a boom box style, a home tabletop style, a component stereo style or a car/boat style unit...ALL IN ONE PACKAGE at least!

Don't make me have to become a frikken engineer to buy the damned thing and turn it on!

The only bad thing about your getting Howard Stern instead of XM getting him, is that XM seems to have their stuff together but because you have Howie you don't have to be as smart or as hungry. He has not only brought in enough new subscribers to MORE than offset (by a factor of 12 or more!) his contract with you -so he has already earned his money and you have a guaranteed profit! - but he has assured your survival.

In the marketplace where companies that make too many mistakes or whose mistakes are too big, or if they can't recover from those mistakes will just not survive, Howard Stern has guaranteed your survival for a few years, anyway! You could crap all over yourselves and STILL end up smelling like a rose simply because of Howard Stern's genius.

But Howie may retard your growth by making you feel complacent and less than eager to improve.

Well, if you don't get smart by the end of his current contract with you (reportedly between $250 - $500 Million) he can always go to XM! LOLOL

[Silky Voice of The Gorn]

Someone spike your coffee?
I went to sirius and the puchase/setup seemed pretty easy to me.

[production_coordinator]

I purchases Sirius for my GF. It took me 5 minutes to set the whole thing up in her car. Activation took 5 minutes on the phone (but I did have to call back as they spelled my name wrong).

It's rather simple IMHO.

[wdlove]

I have no plans to purchase a satellite radio.

I did see part of he interview with Howard Stern last evening on "20/20."

[euchomai]

Long live XM, die you perverse Sirius Radio. Howard is not worth it.

[Dark Helmet]

Howard Stern


zzzzz

[zerostar]

EDIT to add this: FIRST OFF, comparing any of the sirius units to an ipod is stupid, there isn't even an FM tuner built in. With the iPod you need to get your content from somewhere, with radio the contents comes to it, that is the whole point.

Compare sirius to FM, with FM you need a unit for your car, one for your house, and a portable. what is the big difference between them, at least with Sirius you only need a cradle (like the ipod has) for listening in your home, and you can use the same main unit if you want.

------

Being as I had a Sirius Ready alpine unit in my car, I went to crutchfield and plunked down $99 and had it up and running in 45 min. With the $50 MIR and the $10 promo it had it only cost me $39 for the unit. (Yes I ALREADY mailed in both rebates)

My wife (after hearing the Comedy channels and Martha Stewart and Channel 28 (great channel, BTW) looked up how much additional it would be to add a unit. It was like $6 or so. We went to Circuit City this time and picked up a radio for her, I installed it on her dash and she has an aux input in the front of her cd changer (for her ipod) all she does is plugin one or the other.

As for the home, I got a home antenna off ebay for a couple bucks, made a 12V power adapter for the radio and she can bring her unit inside, also got a stereo minijack to rca cable for the home stereo, bam good to go inside outside and in-between.

Also, I have my home stereo output optical audio to my G5 so I can use something like audio hijack to make a radio-tivo so I can listen to the shows I want to hear on my iPod later on.

[volcano]

I'll be too worked up/excited over the Apple announcements on January 9th that Howard Stern will be the last thing on my mind.

[Ratm]

r - +1

[Stogieman]

Originally Posted by volcano

I'll be too worked up/excited over the Apple announcements on January 9th that Howard Stern will be the last thing on my mind.

Steve's Keynote is on Tueday, Jan. 10th.

[aberdeenwriter]

Originally Posted by Silky Voice of The Gorn

Someone spike your coffee?
I went to sirius and the puchase/setup seemed pretty easy to me.

It's not the process as such that riles, it's the way the things are packaged.

Were you able to just buy a single package and get everything you need without BS and hassling with learning which thing does this and which thing you have to get with that thingamabob?!

And which unit did you look at or buy?

[aberdeenwriter]

Originally Posted by production_coordinator

I purchases Sirius for my GF. It took me 5 minutes to set the whole thing up in her car. Activation took 5 minutes on the phone (but I did have to call back as they spelled my name wrong).

It's rather simple IMHO.

Alright, after reading the first two responses, yours and Silky's, I'm starting to feel a cold air drafty feeling in my skull which suggests I may not have a brain up there.

I may be idiot.

Not sure. Must try read more.

[aberdeenwriter]

Originally Posted by wdlove

I have no plans to purchase a satellite radio.

I did see part of he interview with Howard Stern last evening on "20/20."

Awwww, man!!!! Why didn't you TELL me he was on 20/20?!? I caught his interview with Larry King but I was goofing off during 20/20 and could have easily caught it.

Durn it!

[aberdeenwriter]

Originally Posted by euchomai

Long live XM, die you perverse Sirius Radio. Howard is not worth it.

But we can agree there's nothing as cool as a baby seal club, yes?

What sports package does XM give you? I think Sirius hooks you up with NFL games, which is waaaaay cool!

[OldManMac]

The popularity of scum like Howard Stern, Jerry Springer, the National Enquirer, Desperate Housewives, etc., are excellent indicators of the moral decline of the U. S., and of the attendant decline in our power on the world stage.

[aberdeenwriter]

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

Howard Stern

zzzzz

I'm sorry you can't enjoy him. I am cursed with being able to appreciate a wide variety of entertainments. Rick Moranis is very funny. Loved him in Space Balls and Ghost Busters and SCTV.

It might help to think of Howard Stern as a 50 year old who was developmentally arrested and is stuck at age 16. He does silly, naughty things, enjoys bathroom humor, conducts superb guest interviews, lives the life 8 out of 10 guys (25 - 54 years old) would envy, makes a ton of money but you'd never know it by listening to him, he's very insecure and he's very honest and has very high morals as long as you aren't hung up on bodily functions.

He's a very bright guy and has achieved things no one else in the history of entertainment has.

Critically acclaimed books that sold a ton.

Critically acclaimed film that had great box office. The movie soundtrack sold very well and Howard performed in some of the cuts.

Profitable pay per view as well as nightly TV shows on E!

Most everything he's done successfully he was told no one can do that or no one has ever done that before. Then, after he did those things he spawned a legion of imitators.

I could go on but as I said, I just enjoy listening to him.

[aberdeenwriter]

Originally Posted by KarlG

The popularity of scum like Howard Stern, Jerry Springer, the National Enquirer, Desperate Housewives, etc., are excellent indicators of the moral decline of the U. S., and of the attendant decline in our power on the world stage.

I'm glad to see you are still here, KarlG, holding up this country's moral standards. Should we take your omission of gangsta rap and violent video games (i.e. GTA) and the drug references in popular culture to mean you approve of these but don't like Howie, Jerry, NatEnq, and the Housewives?

I don't think you could really (accurately) call ANY of the examples SCUM!

How do you define scum? Have you actually watched/listened to any of the examples long enough to get beyond a knee jerk reaction?

[aberdeenwriter]

Originally Posted by zerostar

EDIT to add this: FIRST OFF, comparing any of the sirius units to an ipod is stupid, there isn't even an FM tuner built in. With the iPod you need to get your content from somewhere, with radio the contents comes to it, that is the whole point.

Compare sirius to FM, with FM you need a unit for your car, one for your house, and a portable. what is the big difference between them, at least with Sirius you only need a cradle (like the ipod has) for listening in your home, and you can use the same main unit if you want.

------

Being as I had a Sirius Ready alpine unit in my car, I went to crutchfield and plunked down $99 and had it up and running in 45 min. With the $50 MIR and the $10 promo it had it only cost me $39 for the unit. (Yes I ALREADY mailed in both rebates)

My wife (after hearing the Comedy channels and Martha Stewart and Channel 28 (great channel, BTW) looked up how much additional it would be to add a unit. It was like $6 or so. We went to Circuit City this time and picked up a radio for her, I installed it on her dash and she has an aux input in the front of her cd changer (for her ipod) all she does is plugin one or the other.

As for the home, I got a home antenna off ebay for a couple bucks, made a 12V power adapter for the radio and she can bring her unit inside, also got a stereo minijack to rca cable for the home stereo, bam good to go inside outside and in-between.

Also, I have my home stereo output optical audio to my G5 so I can use something like audio hijack to make a radio-tivo so I can listen to the shows I want to hear on my iPod later on.

OK!!!

Now, THAT is what I'm talking about. get an antenna and make a 12 v adaptor then get the minijack to rca cable to hook up.

No, I guess me is idiot.

Are you gonna check out Howie on Monday morning?

[aberdeenwriter]

Originally Posted by volcano

I'll be too worked up/excited over the Apple announcements on January 9th that Howard Stern will be the last thing on my mind.

I like Death Cab For Cutie, too!

Oh, c'mon now...the LAST thing on your mind?

THE VERY L-A-S-T THING???

Somehow I doubt you could really force yourself to push Howie all the way to the very last place. You'd keep inviting him to the first place. That's part of his magic. You wonder what he's going to say next!

[aberdeenwriter]

Originally Posted by Stogieman

Steve's Keynote is on Tueday, Jan. 10th.

Ahhh! Even with Steve's Keynote scheduled for Tuesday, Sirius subscribers will be able to listen to Howie's East coast feed or his West coast feed or later again during the evening and/or can record it for later study, enjoyment, research or archiving.

[zerostar]

Originally Posted by aberdeenwriter

OK!!!
Are you gonna check out Howie on Monday morning?

Yes, I caught the 2 rehearsal shows as well, pretty good so-far.

[OldManMac]

Originally Posted by aberdeenwriter

I'm glad to see you are still here, KarlG, holding up this country's moral standards. Should we take your omission of gangsta rap and violent video games (i.e. GTA) and the drug references in popular culture to mean you approve of these but don't like Howie, Jerry, NatEnq, and the Housewives?

I don't think you could really (accurately) call ANY of the examples SCUM!

How do you define scum? Have you actually watched/listened to any of the examples long enough to get beyond a knee jerk reaction?

I'll gladly include gangsta rap, violent video games, and the drug references in popular culture to my list of the increasing amount of crap that passes for entertainment these days. All this stuff is for people who's brains are made of mush, and, in the case of Howard in particular, for men who have very tiny penises, who live their lives vicariously through Howard, who's just a more famous version of themselves. The only difference between Howard and his audience is that Howard's the one who's smart enough to fleece money out of his audience, and go laughing all the way to the bank, because, as you said in another reply here, he's really a sixteen year old in a man's body. That, in and of itself, should frighten anyone with a modicum of intelligence, realizing that we have so many little boys inside men's bodies, who still snicker over seeing a woman's breast, or the use of "dirty" words. There's this process that most people should go through as they age physically, and it should consist of not only physical maturation, but emotional and intellectual maturation as well. Unfortunately, as is evidenced by the popularity of most of today's "entertainment," it's quite obvious that far too many people are blissfully oblivious of the fact that they frequently look and act like idiots. But, that's just my knee-jerk reaction.

[aberdeenwriter]

Originally Posted by KarlG

I'll gladly include gangsta rap, violent video games, and the drug references in popular culture to my list of the increasing amount of crap that passes for entertainment these days. All this stuff is for people who's brains are made of mush, and, in the case of Howard in particular, for men who have very tiny penises, who live their lives vicariously through Howard, who's just a more famous version of themselves. The only difference between Howard and his audience is that Howard's the one who's smart enough to fleece money out of his audience, and go laughing all the way to the bank, because, as you said in another reply here, he's really a sixteen year old in a man's body. That, in and of itself, should frighten anyone with a modicum of intelligence, realizing that we have so many little boys inside men's bodies, who still snicker over seeing a woman's breast, or the use of "dirty" words. There's this process that most people should go through as they age physically, and it should consist of not only physical maturation, but emotional and intellectual maturation as well. Unfortunately, as is evidenced by the popularity of most of today's "entertainment," it's quite obvious that far too many people are blissfully oblivious of the fact that they frequently look and act like idiots. But, that's just my knee-jerk reaction.

Well, I hope to be around when you've given the matter a bit of thought. Thanks for your reply, off the cuff tho it may be.

[aberdeenwriter]

Originally Posted by zerostar

Yes, I caught the 2 rehearsal shows as well, pretty good so-far.

OH MAN! How cool was THAT?!!!

I can imagine just flipping channels and then suddenly a week before the scheduled debut... boom! There he is! LOLOLOL

You rock, dude!

[lngtones]

Originally Posted by KarlG

The popularity of scum like Howard Stern, Jerry Springer, the National Enquirer, Desperate Housewives, etc., are excellent indicators of the moral decline of the U. S., and of the attendant decline in our power on the world stage.

If you can't tell the differnece between Howard Stern and those other shows than YOU are worthless to society and are impeding evolution.

[alligator]

Howard Stern is a potty mouth.

[euchomai]

Originally Posted by aberdeenwriter

But we can agree there's nothing as cool as a baby seal club, yes?

What sports package does XM give you? I think Sirius hooks you up with NFL games, which is waaaaay cool!

AAC, Big 10 sports and MLBaseball is about all for sports. XM does have more actual "real" sports talk stations though I believe. (Fox Sports and Sporting News)

I love the talk stations on XM and the sound quality is better for music (IMO), less compressed sounding. No DJs constantly talking over your music is great too (Sirius does this a lot).

[aberdeenwriter]

Originally Posted by euchomai

AAC, Big 10 sports and MLBaseball is about all for sports. XM does have more actual "real" sports talk stations though I believe. (Fox Sports and Sporting News)

I love the talk stations on XM and the sound quality is better for music (IMO), less compressed sounding. No DJs constantly talking over your music is great too (Sirius does this a lot).

MLB is attractive to me but Howie trumps the other considerations.

2007 Prediction

XM & Sirius begin talks with mfrs to create dual system units.

[aberdeenwriter]

Originally Posted by alligator

Howard Stern is a potty mouth.

Hmmm, are you sure?

[OldManMac]

Originally Posted by lngtones

If you can't tell the differnece between Howard Stern and those other shows than YOU are worthless to society and are impeding evolution.

I see. So we should do more to promote adultery, family feuds on national tv, incest, wife swapping, foul language coming out of the mouths of children, etc., etc.? That must be part of the compassionate conservative Christian morals that I somehow missed. If that's evolution, then I'm damn glad I'm "impeding" it, and that I'm worthless to society. I guess I'll have to start having sex with family members, beating them up, swearing at my kids, and all that other wonderful stuff that I've shamefully missed out on over my 58 years on this planet. How could I have been so dumb? You're a trip.

[ironknee]

[aberdeenwriter]

Originally Posted by ironknee

I was wondering if and when you'd find our little thread after I saw your pic sig of Howie.

But, to tell the truth, you spurred the creation of this thread! HA!

And, yes, I admit I miss listening to him.

[ironknee]

hehe...been a fan since nbc

baba booy to you all

[DigitalEl]

Howard... Love him! Lookin' forward to Monday morning. For the past 2 weeks, Howard 100 News has been great. My first listen to that after setting up and activating my radio, which took all of 4 minutes online, left me laughing out loud at the absurdity of it all.

To the haters, simply keep your old fashioned, boring radios and leave the rest of us alone. I'm not asking -- let alone demanding -- that anyone else listen to the show. I enjoy it. To those that don't, that's fine too. Of course that's the difference. The moral police don't want it/can't handle it/whatever... And don't want you to either.

Hey, I don't wanna go to your church, but I don't care if you go. It really is that simple.

[keyser_soze]

Originally Posted by KarlG

I see. So we should do more to promote adultery, family feuds on national tv, incest, wife swapping, foul language coming out of the mouths of children, etc., etc.? That must be part of the compassionate conservative Christian morals that I somehow missed. If that's evolution, then I'm damn glad I'm "impeding" it, and that I'm worthless to society. I guess I'll have to start having sex with family members, beating them up, swearing at my kids, and all that other wonderful stuff that I've shamefully missed out on over my 58 years on this planet. How could I have been so dumb? You're a trip.

GO TO OPRAH! GO TO OPRAH! GO TO OPRAH!

[aberdeenwriter]

Hahaha! VH-1 is showing, "Private Parts!" I have intentionally not watched it much since I took my whole family to see it in the theater when it first came out, I want each viewing to be as close to the first time experience as possible.

It's going to be great. I can't wait to get myself hooked up! Maybe for my birthday the B-Day fairy will get me a lifetime subscription!

[Mallrat]

I'm having a good time.

I love football. 2 great days of playoffs. My team won today (pats)
I love Howard Stern. Ready to wake up at 6am to hear the revolution.
I love apple. Bring on Intel.

Sports, Talk, Computers... the things that might life worth living.

[Mallrat]

Less than 24 hours...

[NYK Ace]

just reading this thread made me realize how much ive been missing howard in the am


must resist urge to charge a new sirius receiver...

[NYK Ace]

and speaking of which, how does everyone have their receiver hooked up in their cars? through the FM transmitter or directly?
id love to see some setup pics if possible

[Silky Voice of The Gorn]

The two-hour second air check was funnier and more engaging than the last 5 years of the show combined.

Monday? CAN'T. EFFING. WAIT.

[zerostar]

Originally Posted by NYK Ace

and speaking of which, how does everyone have their receiver hooked up in their cars? through the FM transmitter or directly?
id love to see some setup pics if possible

I have both card direct connection, just because it sounds better and dosen't have static when you drive far (I drive almost 220 miles to and from work each day)

I will post pics of mine, one is just a alpine HU with a sirius tuner so nothing to see, the other is mounted on the dash with the wires all run under the AC vent, I hardwired the power to the car as well because I use the cig lighter for the ipod sometimes.

[zerostar]

Originally Posted by Silky Voice of The Gorn

The two-hour second air check was funnier and more engaging than the last 5 years of the show combined.

I was thinking to myself, wow they are being very reserved with the language and raunch, then they played the guy whose fantasy was to be a horse, I nearly drive of the road. hahahah

[volcano]

Originally Posted by aberdeenwriter

I like Death Cab For Cutie, too!

Oh, c'mon now...the LAST thing on your mind?

THE VERY L-A-S-T THING???

Somehow I doubt you could really force yourself to push Howie all the way to the very last place. You'd keep inviting him to the first place. That's part of his magic. You wonder what he's going to say next!

Actually, probably second to last. The very last person/thing on my mind would be... Yoko Ono? Zsa Zsa Gabor? Eh, I give up.

[production_coordinator]

I've got my setup all ready to work with my clock radio... I'll be up in time to have breakfast to the first half hour or so...

Wonder what the big news will be...

[DigitalEl]

speaking of which, how does everyone have their receiver hooked up in their cars? through the FM transmitter or directly?

I'm rollin' ghetto style right now. I just have the antenna jammed between the leading edge of the dashboard and the windshield. The player -- I bought the cheapest one -- is that Xact Visor model. I have it on the passenger side sun visor and plugged into the cigarette lighter. It's nasty... Wires everywhere in my newish car. One of these weekends, I'm gonna get around to getting it professionally installed.

With the home kit, I have the antenna -- which has to face northeast in my part of the country -- threaded out the window and running up to a shelf. That description makes it seem like a mess, but my home install is actually pretty neat. With both I use the FM transmitter and it blasts to every room in the house with no problem on 87.7.

[euchomai]

I honestly didn't know that grown men could get this excited about an old guy talking to strippers! Wow, I went into the wrong business. Guys acting like it is Christmas as a four year old all over again.

To each his own, I guess. Have fun!

[DigitalEl]

To each his own, indeed. If Fox News tells you the show is about "an old guy talking to strippers," that just must be true.

It's much more than that. You either get it or you don't.

I don't get the whole pissing on a thread thing. If you don't like Howard or aren't at all interested, why even comment?

[Mallrat]

People love to have opinions on these they know nothing about.

Calling Bush "stupid" is easy. Calling Kerry a "flip flopper" is easy. Calling Howard Stern "that pervert who loves lesbians" is easy. But for those of us who actually care and listen to the show, they know that's truly 20% of it.

Howard came off so well in all his interviews, maybe best on larry king. It was great. Even if you don't like him, doesn't he come off so much better than Bill O'Reilly comes off?

I just love when Howard is label so easily as this or that, even though, in reality he's nicer than most people in this world. More moral then people in this world.

It's so funny to me that people really think a man talking about going to the bathroom is somehow causing people pain. You've got to be kidding me.

Less than 6 hours away from what Howard calls and I agree, the best reality show on the planet.

What makes it great for me is learning about the people. Watching co-workers fight. Taking about pop culture. The fun interviews. Comedy bits. I love the sex talk and naked girls, but that is better on TV. It's just hearing that friendly voice that makes me feel alive and happy.

On 9/11 I was listening to Howard Stern and he made me feel safe.

If I could I'd buy everyone a Sirius radio to listen to this old guy talking about strippers and you'll soon realize that you love that hooked nosed Jew bastard too! (a reference in his show and I'm a Jew so bite me if you are offended!)

Ba Ba Booeey

-matt