On Blue Shotgun Radio #21 Brian talks about:

• Birthday Steak trumps Trolley Dodgers & Utter Oddcast
• Indianapolis Water wants to raise our rates 20%
• No smoking at the Vogue for ticketed events
• The fall of Saturn
• Indianapolis Colts sign Kelvin Hayden to 5 year, $43M deal
• Butler (22-4) might not go to the NCAA tournment? What!?
• Ken Griffey, Jr. opts for Seattle (insert prodigal son headline here)
• Squirrel Dish segments on the way (Twitter)
  • Cajun Squirrel flavored potato chips
• Indie Music segments coming soon as well!

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On Blue Shotgun Radio #20 Brian talks about:

• Devour Downtown every Sunday in 2009 at St. Elmo’s and Harry & Izzy’s
• Girl Scout Cookies are safe
• Goodyear is cutting 5,000 more jobs
• California is laying off 10,000 employees
• AMD shareholders approve spinoff
• Facebook is trying to steal your soul!!!
• Seven Indiana television stations switch to Digital TV (DTV)
• February 2009 TV sucks…and so does Wednesday night TV
• Universal phone charger by 2012?
• Purdue beats Michigan State 72-54
• Hunter Smith to leave the Indianapolis Colts?
• When Chimps Attack!

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On Blue Shotgun Radio #16 Brian talks about:

• Indy storms and power at Target
• Layoffs: Panasonic cutting 10,000 jobs and getting out of televisions
• Retail sales were up 1% in January…that’s not saying much
• Joaquin Phoenix has either lost his mind, is on drugs or both…and David Letterman should have kicked him off of the set
• NCCA Football wants to make celebration penalties “live ball” fouls
• Miguel Tejada lied to Congress which isn’t OK…but why is it OK for Congress to lie to us?
• Ken Griffey, Jr. back to Seattle?
• There’s a Michael Phelps witch hunt going on in South Carolina. MAX “REWARD”: $700 and 30 days in jail.
• Daytona 500 (yawn) this weekend
• Roller Derby, White Castle & Valentines Day – What are your V-Day plans?
• Trolley Dodgers & Utter Oddcast recordings scheduled for tonight!
• The difference between a solo and conversational podcast: sanity.

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On Blue Shotgun Radio #13 Brian talks about:

• Digital TV pushed back to June 12th?
• Bank of America takes out full page ad in The Wall Street Journal
• Stimulus doesn’t mean you’re getting a check
• Job layoffs rant
• Indiana University beat Iowa, eyes set on the Final Four!
• Indiana Pacers are not going to the playoffs!
• David Beckham: The Big Bust
• Indiana Weather
• WATCH OUT FOR THE RAPTORS!

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On Blue Shotgun Radio #12 Brian talks about:

• Obama “Screwed Up”
• Bailout exec’s pay cap
• No terrorists in Indiana!
• Layoffs: Panasonic (15,000), PNC Financial (5,800), Huntington Bank (500), Pier 1 (125 stores & ~600 employees), Corning (3,500) & Time Warner Cable (1,250)
• Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger talks
• Baskin-Robbins to open 50 Indianapolis area stores
• Purdue loses to Ohio State in overtime
• Ohio State lineman, Alex Boone, Tazed in “drunken tirade”
• Lame Wednesday TV
• Followup: I-69 wreck
• Followup: Bus stop robberies
• Drive Thru Nightmares: credit card rung up as cash at McDonald’s
• Racial bias lawsuits are flying at the Indy Police Department (or whatever they are calling themselves these days)
• Naptown Roller Girls
• Voicemail: Judi Grove from Breast Impressions
• Finga Zinga Giveaway

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On Blue Shotgun Radio #11 Brian talks about:

• “I’m feeling much better”
• Pop-up snow storm in Indy
• I-69: The Interstate of Death
• Bobby Knight to Georgia?
• Michael Phelps and his bong
• Chuck in 3D
• Taken
• Macy’s lays off 7,000 employees
• Tom Daschle withdraws nomination for Secretary of Health & Human Services

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On Blue Shotgun Radio #8 Brian talks about:

• Is it a podcast?  Voicemail from Tee Morris.
• More job cuts: Starbucks, AOL, Boeing, Kodak, Ford Credit, SAP, Dell, Allstate, Target & ESPN
• Who is buying Circuit City and why?
• Obama thinks he’s still in Chicago
• Obama, where are our college football playoffs?
• Stimulus is passed…lets hand out trillions of dollars to everyone!
• Digital TV (DTV) is NOT delayed and is still February 17th…thank you Congress!!!
• USPS to cut a day of mail?  Maybe Saturday?
• 93-year old man freezing to death in Michigan
• 11 year old Mexican bull fighter
• Rahal-Letterman will not run the 2009 Indy Car Series, but probably will be at the Indy 500
• Mt. Dew Livewire & Rock Star are horrible

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On Blue Shotgun Radio #7 Brian talks about:

• Snow in Indy: Jude Redfield was right this time! 12.5″ of snow in Indianapolis overnight.
• Trash Day
• Snail mail delivery
• My neighbors’ snow blower
• Indianapolis Capital Improvements Board to be $43M in the hole next year?
• Indianapolis bus stop robberies
• New stimulus proposal: no money for zoos, aquariums, golf courses, swimming pools & casinos
• Starbucks & other coffee shops losing business during the recession
• Circuit City gift cards can be used at hhgregg until April 1st, 2009
• Microsoft release Internet Explorer (IE) 8 Release Candidate 1 (RC1)
• The Pope’s YouTube Channel
• Kim Manners of X-Files & Supernatural fame dead at 59 from lung cancer
• “Thriller” on Broadway?
• Purdue beats Wisconsin
• Big 10 gymnastics in HD!  Thank you Comcast!

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