Darrin's Blog

Entangled Humpback whale south of Hilo

2011-02-04T22:00:00.005-10:00

Just got a note from a friend of mine, Dr. Jason Turner of the Kalakaua Marine Education Center at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. It's an alert for a humpback whale south of Hilo entangled in blue plastic. Helping to get the word out.

DC

Here's the note:

ENTANGLED WHALE ALERT! - We received a report of an Entangled
Humpback Whale, Friday, February 4th, South of Hilo and entangled in blue plastic.

We are asking everyone in the area to get the word out
to ocean users (fishermen, boaters, kayakers, etc.). If you see the
whale - do not try to entangle it yourself but stay with the animal
and radio in your position until help arrives - Hilo has a team of
volunteers with the training and equipment to help. Please call the
Hilo Stranding hotline at (808)756-5961 if you see the whale or have
any information.

It has been established that as many as 30% of the
Humpback whales that come to Hawai'i have been entangled in derelict fishing gear.

Dr. Jason Turner
Director - Kalakaua Marine Education Center
Hilo Marine Mammal Response Network, &
Hawaii Cetacean Rehabilitation Facility
Associate Professor
Department of Marine Science
University of Hawaii at Hilo
200 W. Kawili St.
Hilo, HI 96720
808-933-3114
www.foodweb.uhh.hawaii.edu
www.kmec.uhh.hawaii.edu
www.hmmrn.org
www.dolphinrehab.org

High waves batter fish & West Hawaii shores

2011-01-18T11:45:00.003-10:00

As an island-wide radio station employee (or "personality" as we like to be called), I work hard at making sure I know what's happening around the island. Although my base of operations is in Hilo, I use webcams, listeners and any resource available to see what's happening around this great Big 'isle of ours.

I wasn't quite aware of high the waves in West Hawaii were. Until I saw some video on Big Island Video News. MOMMY. We don't often get waves this side on the Big Island. Unless it's tsunami..then we have a whole other set of worries to concentrate on.

Here's the link: THIS IS THE LINK Be sure to check out this website often. They do great work!

Have a great one!

DC

Look at me. I'm on a Mac

2011-01-15T15:00:00.000-10:00

We're big Mac people now

2011-01-15T14:22:00.007-10:00

Back in 1999, we purchased our first computer. I was familiar with it's internet workings because I used one at work. I'll never forget sitting down with my wife and showing her how to get on the internet. She had no knowledge whatsoever. She pulled out a fresh yellow tablet of paper and dutifully wrote down the specific steps to getting online. SPECIFIC..like this:

1. Plug in the modem. (this was 1999)
2. Click on the big E button. (remember when we all used EXPLORER? ha ha ha..ah, memories )
3. Listen for the dial-up sound.
4. Create a hotmail account.
5. Join a slew of mother clubs on Yahoo

She took to it immediately and I felt quite smart explaining it to her.

FLASH FORWARD TO NOW: After more than a decade of using Windows, she just bought a Mac for the family this week. (Yes, I'm a kept man) My, how the tables have turned. She's quite familiar with a MAC because she'd used one at work. The closest I've come to Apple products is my iphone.

Last night she asked me to load the printer software and I (not kidding here) wasn't exactly sure where to stick the install disc in. Then the install didn't take. Then there was an error message. In frustration, I pushed the chair away from the computer and said 'YOU DO IT". She had no problem.

Mentally, I liken the change from Windows to Mac to suddenly learning to drive on the other side of the road. I keep right-clicking too. (My Twitter & Facebook friends say there's away to change that and I'll figure it out soon enough) That's the other thing; there are plenty of experts out there who'll gladly dispel their hints of Mac Wisdom. That is awesome.

Today it's a little better. I futzed around with iMovie and GarageBand. These are programs that I'm vaguely familiar with and I feel comfortable using. So much so that I made a quick video above..

(channeling Flounder from "Animal House") "This is gonna be great!"

DC

Colt Brennan accident

2010-11-19T13:56:00.003-10:00

Yoikes! Just heard that former UHH Quarterback Colt Brennan was in an auto accident here on the Big Island. (Kona-side) Happened around 9:30am this morning (HST)

Here's the story from KPUA.NET

Blog Blockage

2010-10-24T15:18:00.004-10:00

Focus. FOCUS.

I'm really trying to get back into blogging on a regular basis. I can't go for more than a few paragraphs before I get bored with what I write. Or I start to second guess what I've typed. Over analyzing every idea that comes down the pike.

(I'm amazed I made it this far)

So many things I can blame it on. Isn't that our first response? Blame it on something?

Twitter...Facebook..this whole 140 character mentality.. I would like to blame it on them but truth is, I really enjoy social networking. Maybe that's it. I'm spending all my energy on minutiae and not on forming complete and cohesive thoughts with carefully thought out solutions and observations.

That sounds like too much work. Am I just lazy?

PLUS. There's just SO MUCH BLOGGING out there...why add to the clutter?

What direction do I go with? Should I make it about my family life? Strictly the radio station? Both? Cool shows I've watched on television? Favorite recipes? I don't really have all that much to add, really. My life isn't all THAT interesting.

I've poked around the net to get some ideas on how to get re-energized. A blog makeover may be in the plans. Re-read old posts is another. Just keeping writing is another.

Just keep writing. Let's start off with that.

Just keep writing.

I am resisting the urge to delete everything I just wrote and start over again.

Just keeping writing...

DC

Shh... quick update.

2010-10-17T14:39:00.004-10:00

Hey everyone. I'm so embarrassed that I have a blog that I rarely update. My life is so full of mundane adventure that I cannot wait to share. So...I'm just gonna update this blog and start updating like a good boy.

Shhh.. Let's not make a big deal about this.

Have a great one!

DC

Highlights from the summer

2010-07-25T08:49:00.007-10:00

The Hawaii Carlson clan didn't go anywhere this summer. Saving up $$ for important stuff this fall. One, being Vanessa going back to school this fall. More on that later.But here are some highlights..

Noe turned 17 this summer. How did that happen so fast? As you can see, we celebrated the moment with a dignified family picture.

I stood in line for almost 7 hours for Vanessa and Noe to see "ECLIPSE". The things we do for love. Gotta keep the women in my life happy. And they were! Had GREAT seats to see the movie. Did I see the movie? Heck no. I heard it was good though.

Our dogs never fail to amuse us. This is Koa, trying to sleep in Lola's bed. Lola is a chihuahua, by the way.

So, while we didn't go many places (who can afford to?) we're saving up for bigger things. Noe will be a senior this fall. Devin starts his third year of college and Vanessa is also going back to school as well. She's been working in education nearly 9 years (as an Education Assistant and MORE) and finally decided to go all the way and become a teacher. Really stoked for her!

Then there's this TWILIGHT convention in Honolulu the gals will be attending..

More to come.

DC

And now...it's July

2010-07-25T08:43:00.003-10:00

Yee Gods. SLACKER! It's been a crazy summer so far and I had plenty of opportunities to put some fun stuff up here on the blog. However, I have an excuse. I'm LAZY!

I think I'm geared more towards the micro-blogging frame of mind. (Twitter, Facebook,) It's short and I can make updates fairly quickly. Here on the blog, I gotta spend some time and think about what I'm going to say. Who wants to do that?!

Have a great weekend, everyone. Almost the end of July. Where has the time gone?

Mahalo,

DC

Kamehameha Day....

2010-06-11T17:07:00.001-10:00

Listen!

Great commercial..

2010-05-27T17:46:00.002-10:00

I love great commercials. It's so hard to make a good one, yet some of the best are simple ones that convey a selling point in a creative way. This is one of those:

Hair Conditioner from Jonathan Gurvit on Vimeo.

Graduation speech.

2010-05-23T07:11:00.016-10:00

Last night I had the honor of giving the keynote address at Waiakea High school's graduation. I gotta tell ya, even though I talk into a microphone everyday, this is something completely different.

People say "Ah, but you do radio. Should be a snap, eh?"

Hardly.

Most times on my morning show, I'm winging it. There's always a basic structure but I enjoy flying by the seat of my pants. It's funner that way. I think the audience enjoys that too.

Seeing my audience doesn't bother me either. I also emcee a lot of events so I'm used to working with a crowd.

But this is a graduation speech, it's a whole different matter.

This isn't giving away lucky number door prizes. This is a historic day for these students and their whole families. To add to the pressure, there's a good chance the speech will be recorded for posterity so you want to make sure you have something to say. There would be no winging it.

Took me about two weekends in a row to write something I was satisfied with. What do I know? What could I tell these graduates about life? I'm still trying to figure it out myself.

My wife told me to just be myself. Don't try to be something you're not. Keep it simple and to the point. Relate to the graduates.

Oh, and try to be kinda funny.

No pressure there, right? As usual, she was absolutely right.

I just went with what I knew: do something you love and you'll never work a day in your life.

I've always wanted to do radio and I still enjoy going in everyday. Not a day goes by that I don't get excited about the next day's show. And all the other aspects of radio like making commercials and doing live events. It's still fun for me. So that was my basic premise for the speech.

Here's the funny part: if it's something you love, you'll work MUCH harder than you would a job that you hate to do.

I concluded by thanking the students on behalf of the parents for teaching us how to learn to LET GO. From pre-school to Intermediate school...from high school to Drivers Ed..it's all been about us learning to LET GO. And today is the ultimate LET GO event for them.

It's Sunday now and I am so relieved...

Again, mahalo to Waiakea High School for asking me to speak. It truly was an honor.

Congratulations, graduates!

DC

(DC is the morning man at B97-B93. He graduated from high school in 1983..back in the "Fast Times" era..)

Me and Vanessa. How did she end up with this goofball?

Just the facts....NOT.

2010-05-17T15:39:00.002-10:00

My buddy Chuck Rosetti challenged me and some of our friends (on Facebook) to "tell a story that most people wouldn't know bout you or would be surprised to hear."

I've done a lot of dumb things in my radio career. This is just one of many..

Back in the mid eighties when I was at KBIG, there was a report of Crash and Rescue units setting up at the Hilo Airport runway. I was immediately dispatched with a Two Way Unit to go and report live what was happening. I got to the area known as "Blue Lights" where several other gawkers were already there, wondering if we were gonna see an emergency landing. My heart was pounding in my chest. I got on the two-way and told the station that I was ready to go on.

This is where I should've stopped. I should've asked for some details. Plus,I wasn't even a newsman anyway.I was going on pure adrenalin. Parked next to me was a friend who shall go nameless. (Hi Darryl) He was as full of it as I was and started saying what he THOUGHT was going on.

"Looks like they've got an emergency landing situation. I've seen this before. The plane is probably flying around and dumping it's fuel. Stewardess is probably going over emergency procedures with the passengers." He sounded like he knew what he was talking about.

"DC here at Blue Lights. Right now...the plane is dumping it's fuel..probably... somewhere out beyond the Big Island. Maybe out far where no houses will get hit..with...um, fuel oil. Gas. We're being told that um.. .um..somethings wrong with the landing gear and that's why the emergency crews are being called out to be ready for the plane's ..um..imminent arrival. Stewardesses are explaining emergency procedures. That's all we know. Back to you at base."

About a minute after I made my report, our newsman Joe Ruble came over on the Two Way Unit:

"Civil Defense just called. It's a drill."

I just sat there in the station jeep with my mouth open. I looked over at Darryl and he was already digging out. I rolled up my windows and quickly drove off.

To this day, whenever I see Rodney Pacheco, we 'cry laugh' recalling this story.

I'm sure this is why I've never been asked to be a newsman.

DC

(DC is host of the B97-B93 morning show on the Big Island of Hawaii. He's afraid to fly but covers it up with non-stop chatter during takeoff)

Yo Mama!

2010-05-09T06:54:00.012-10:00

Happy Mother's Day to all moms out there! This would include all single moms, surrogate moms, step-moms, mother in laws and ...pet owners. (Sure, we'll wave them through. They clean up poop too)

My wife Vanessa continues to be an amazing mother to our two kids. (She'll say she has 3 kids, counting you know who) Nothing gets past her in this family; she truly is the CEO around here. When she's not happy...NOBODY IS HAPPY. Gotta admire that kind of power.

On a more superficial note, her awesome genes have given us two really good looking kids. For that I should also thank my mother in law Norma Flores too. (Thanks for the pancakes this morning, ma)

Also to my own mothers (I have two of them actually) and my sister Dawn. They live in Missouri and we're always in touch via Facebook. My other mom lives in Phoenix and is always in my thoughts and email spam box. (She likes to send lots of FORWARDS. Hi mom!)

These are the most important women on the planet to me and not a day goes by that they don't influence my thoughts, memories and decision to wear clean underwear.

Yo mamas! Happy Mother's Day...

DC

(PS: shout out to my step-sister Michelle too!)

(Darrin is host of the B97-B93 morning show and a real mama's boy. If you tease him, he'll tell his mom)

Tue, 27 Apr

2010-04-27T16:29:00.000-10:00

Not bored. Just boring...

2010-04-26T11:22:00.001-10:00

Today is one of those days where I feel completely boring. NOT BORED. I, myself feel boring. I’m actually yawning as I type this sentence. And now you’re yawning. And soon more will join in on the yawn fest.

I’m quoting Springsteen here when I say “Man, I’m just tired and bored with myself!”

I’ll snap out of it. I thought that by blogging about it I’d feel better.

I feel another yawn coming …

DC

(DC is the morning show host on B97-B93. He is really boring today)

My life as a Bob Seger song

2010-04-25T14:13:00.005-10:00

I love listening to Bob Seger songs. More than I ever did when I was younger. I'm assuming it has to do with being middle aged. Aren't most of his songs about that? Being middle aged and remembering your younger and leaner self? There's a part of me that listens to songs such as "Like A Rock" and I say to myself "Yeah, that's my song. He's singing about me."

I have to stop myself when I start doing that.

First off, I'm hardly rugged enough to be the character he so wonderfully describes in "Like a Rock".

I never stood there boiling in the sun. I would immediately find shade. I sunburned way too easily.

My hands were never steady and my walk was never quick and light. I was far too clumsy to possess such masculine confidence.

However, the part in "Like A Rock" that does get to me is the verse..

Twenty years now

Where'd they go?

Twenty years

I don't know

Sit and I wonder sometimes

Where they've gone

That I can relate to. Vanessa and I got married almost 21 years ago. The time has just flown by, although for her it seems much longer. Our son just turned 20 and is in college. Our sixteen year old daughter will be out of high school in just over a year. However, for me personally, when a song like "Like A Rock" comes on, I feel like I'm in a movie about my life and Seger is singing about me in the opening credits. (It's a screwball comedy)

But that's what I love about Bob Seger songs. Songs like "Night Moves" deftly capture that feeling of middle aged melancholy. Getting older. Remembering how we used to be.

And I can secretly pretend he's singing about a more macho version of me.

Say, did that thunder wake you guys up the other night?

DC

(DC is a disc jockey who rarely updates his blog. He can be heard singing Bob Seger songs off key and while dancing in his underwear)

Lost at Disneyland...

2010-04-25T10:50:00.032-10:00

My brother Chris got lost at Disneyland once.

This is a horrible nightmare for any parent and it's only funny now because (spoiler alert) ...we would later find him. Alive. With a giant balloon attached to his pants. (I'll explain later)

It happened on a trip we took to Disneyland with my mom Phylis. It was the summer of 1975 and my brothers Joe, Chris and I and step-sister Michelle were getting off the teacup ride. Chris, the youngest of us boys, ducked down into the crowd and was suddenly gone. Disappeared. I turned to Joe, who was still reeling from the ride, and said "Where'd Chris go?"

"I dunno. Did mom say when we were getting lunch?"

We found mom with but no Chris. We started looking everywhere. We scoured the perimeter of the teacup ride, stormed the Magic Castle, and finally ended up at the Lost and Found. By now, three hours had passed and mom, seven months pregnant with my brother Frankie, was beyond upset. By this point she began speculating out loud the fate of our lost little brother. The weird (and funny) thing was, she was so specific. And maybe a wee bit dramatic. We sat down on a bench as she went on...

"Another family probably picked him up and he's gone. GONE. We'll never see him again. They're probably driving off right now. They'll adopt him and that'll be it."

I looked at mom sitting there, pregnant and miserable, and tried imagining Chris with this new family. There is no way they'd keep him. The kid only eats cold cereal and PB&Js. Once they discover he blows his nose into his own blanket, they'll drop his butt off right back here in front of Disneyland.

But mom was on a roll...

"He's with his new family now, I just know it.. I'll bet they're leaving the park to get something to eat. Then they'll stop and at Sears and buy him new clothes. If we ever find your brother, he will have long forgotten about us. You boys better get used to it."

Suddenly a costumed Goofy was standing in front of us. I remember being bewildered by this sudden intrusion of Disney fantasy with our very real reality. He gave us a great big wave and threw his arms open wide. I looked around nervously and gave him an awkward smile before he was mercifully accosted by park goers wanting to take pictures with him.

Luckily, we were at the park with a lady that I only remember now as Jeannie. She and her husband lived in Pacific Palisades and we stayed with them for our vacation to California. Jeannie suggested maybe we should check the parking lot. Mom was still embellishing Chris' fate with this fictional new family when Jeannie quietly disappeared into the crowd, leaving us in front of the Lost and Found.

We sat there in the hot summer sun on that hard park bench for what seemed like an eternity. The man at the Lost and Found looked at us with concern from behind the counter. Costumed characters were now avoiding us. Parents and children stared.

I was nursing a huge lemonade when I noticed an over sized Mickey Mouse balloon attached to a string sailing high over the crowd of people. As it got closer, I saw Jeannie emerge through the masses. The string of the balloon was behind her and attached to...Chris! She was almost dragging him by the hand through the crowd. The balloon's string was yanking his pants upward. Were he any lighter, he'd be whisked away.

Immediately a wave of relief washed over us. We stood up and rushed over to them. Mom thanked Jeannie profusely and went to hug Chris, briefly tangling herself in the balloon string. Jeannie explained that she found Chris waiting by the car in Disneyland's vast parking lot. She said that happens a lot. Lost kids know that their family will eventually return to the car and just wait for them there. She said she bought the balloon and tied it to him explaining that if he got lost again, we'd be able to see him from a distance.

We were re-energized by the return of my prodigal little brother. After all was said and done, we returned to the rides and spent the rest of the day enjoying the park.

...all the while with that over sized Mickey Mouse balloon loomed over us.

(DC is a morning disc jockey at B97-B93 and is in no way a professional writer. But he admires those who are)

Happy Easter weekend...

2010-04-03T17:39:00.004-10:00

Here's wishing you a safe and wonderful Easter weekend! May your hollow chocolate bunny turn out to be (surprise) SOLID! Why do we settle for hollowed out bunnies anyway? The solids are much more satisfying.

Have a great one!

DC

Wednesday rambling....

2010-03-31T09:55:00.001-10:00

Listen!

Meet LOLA..

2010-01-31T09:28:00.009-10:00

When I woke up Friday morning, you would not have been able to convince me that we'd have another puppy to add to our brood by nightfall. It happened quite suddenly actually.

A co-worker brought a puppy to the radio station to give to another co-worker on Friday. By coincidence, my daughter Noe just happened to stop by the station to kill time before heading back home. (She was off because of Furlough Friday and driving my son to his college classes).

To make a long story short, a half hour later I was in a three text session with my wife, my daughter (she was home by now) and my co-worker. (I can reveal now that it's Yisa) Noe was so enamored by the puppy and wanted to know if Yisa had any more. She did. A female. And it was even cuter than the first dog she saw that morning.

An hour later I was driving home with a scampering new puppy in the passenger seat.

My son Devin, who has a knack for choosing names, said "Lola" the second he saw her and it felt just right. Our first dog's name was "Socket", a name he chose inspired by a video game character. To my knowledge there's no such "Lola" video character. There is, however, one who was a showgirl, another that gets what she wants and most famously, the cross-dresser from the Kinks classic tune.

Noe had been wanting one for awhile and had proven herself worthy as a canine caretaker. She sure got her test over the weekend. Lola was up almost every hour at night and full of energy. Despite the sleep deprivation, Noe and Vanessa just love her like crazy. She's just so impossibly cute.

We took Lola in for her first check-up Saturday morning and she's quite healthy, even at a mere 1.3 pounds and 6 weeks old. Having had a puppy with a heart defect in the past, we were quite relieved that her little pumper was ticking away marvelously. Got a shot and some worm medicine and we were off and running.

So as I type this, I reek of the sweet smell of puppy (er, rather..puppy milk). Our other two, Tucker and Koa are a mix of curiosity and suspicion about this little one. Tucker seems more interested in her food than anything else. Seems like I spend most of the time reassuring them that they are still loved. And to top it all off, we're watching "Marley", my brother in law Jeff's Pomeranian. Marley is like Tucker Lite...his mini-me of sorts. It's been a full house this weekend.

So many thanks to Yisa and her family's kind generosity.

More pics to come. You've been warned.

Aloha......DC

PS. BTW, that's my wife Vanessa with Lola in the above picture, taken on Saturday..

Pic of the Day

2010-01-21T09:59:00.005-10:00

We love our dogs here at New West Broadcasting. Today Bob Broley in sales brought in "Kiko" for us to meet. We all immediately began talking in that "googly-oogly" way that people do when conversing with dogs or small children.

Little does Kiko know, nor could his cranium comprehend the fact that this is his last picture before becoming the equivalent of a canine Eunuch. Yup, he's getting fixed.

On a completely unrelated note, dig that fancy purple coat on Bob. Very "Purple Rain"...

Have a great Thursday....

Two big shows in February...

2010-01-18T16:50:00.003-10:00

Almost forgot! Quick plug for the B97-B93 Bon Jovi Flyaway and Beach Boys concerts! Bon Jovi will be in Honolulu on Feb 12th and the Beach Boys will be here on the Big Island on Feb 14th. Hit up the B97-B93 website for all the details and sign-up locations.

Good luck!

DC

PS: Check out mty Sept 2008 blog entry of the Earth Wind and Fire concert at the Waikoloa Bowl..

MLK holiday..

2010-01-18T15:36:00.005-10:00

Finished work at the radio station today and stole away with Vanessa to go walking at Liliuokalani Gardens. Was a nice day and a lot of people were out. Coconut Island was jammed full of people.

There was a 3.8 magnitude earthquake on the Big Island just as we got there but we didn't feel it. Being the twitter rat that I am, I found out about it right away and started twittering for info. Then got the mobile update from Civil Defense and then forwarded that out to the station twitter streams. All while walking with my wife. Gotta love technology.

Happy Martin Luther King holiday!

Hope you had a good one today...

DC

62nd Annual HFSA Shinnenkai

2010-01-17T08:59:00.005-10:00

Last night I emcee'd the Hawaii Florists and Shippers Association 62nd Shinnenkai. These wonderfully friendly people have been punishing themselves yearly by having me be their emcee. (Since 1991, I think..) I've made some great friends here. For a guy who couldn't grow a dandelion, I have a treasure trove of friends in the florist industry.

Last night's event was at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel's Moku Ola room.

Every Shinnenkai ("new year gathering") follows the same basic format; welcoming of dignitaries and guests, the installation of new officers, a speech by HFSA President Eric Tanouye, and the giving away of a TON of prizes. (Pretty much everyone goes home with car full of flowers)

This year had the added bonus of slack key master Cyril Pahinui playing music. (pictured below)

While it's been a rough year economically for everyone, there was a palpable feeling of hope for the New Year.

Mahalo to HFSA once again and we'll see ya next year!

DC

PS. Just found a link to a Shinnenkai I blogged about 2 years ago.

Thick vog in Hilo this morning..

2010-01-17T08:24:00.004-10:00

Got up this morning and looked outside our window and was amazed at how foggy it was here in upper Waiakea-Uka. Then I could taste it.

It was VOG. ('volcanic-haze')

We bat around the phrase "wow, the vog is bad today" so often on the Big Island that it loses it's punch. Today, however, might be an exception. While Kailua-Kona and West Hawaii see thick vog on a regular basis, this might be the worst Hilo has seen in awhile. As soon as our family started to wake up, everyone was coughing. I could hear the paper boy in his car coughing as he dropped off our Tribune Herald.

This is the view from our front lawn. Doesn't do it justice but you can see up in the hills how we opaque the vog makes our landscape appear.

Have a good one and be safe today, especially if you're prone to asthma and other breathing problems..

DC

Eight years and still rocking...

2009-12-18T13:05:00.007-10:00

A listener reminded me yesterday that it was my 8th anniversary on the air at B97-B93. While I pride myself on remembering dates, this one slipped right by me. (Thanks, Ronnie!)

On a glorious morning on December 17th, 2001 I became a part of the New West team and never looked back. Changing jobs in the middle of December is kinda weird because it's right in the middle of the holidays. So, I was formally introduced to the staff... during the station Christmas party!

Intesting note: wife reminded me that the first song I played was "(Just like) Starting Over" by John Lennon.

Funny, this pic above was taken when I first started in 2001. I'm about 20 lbs lighter now. (okay, maybe 15) Gosh, the studio looked so clean back then...

We must be having fun because the time has flown!

Thanks to all of your who listen!

Aloha... DC

Return of the champ!

2009-12-14T12:44:00.003-10:00

BJ Penn stopped by the station this morning, fresh from his win Saturday night against Diego Sanchez in UFC 107's main event. BJ holds onto his lightweight title and can finally...FINALLY..concentrate on some serious Christmas shopping.

BJ looked great. No swelling or bruises around the eyes (or none that I saw). I thought it was really cool of him to stop by!

That's yours truly on the left. (just in case you weren't sure which one was which)

Aloha! DC

If I twittered in 1987....

2009-10-25T10:03:00.009-10:00

If I twittered back in 1987...

5. "Yo, Midland, Texas child care industry.. WTF???"

4. "How exactly does one catch their deluge in a paper cup?"

3. "Is it just me or does Robert Bork look like a fat Sam the Sham?"

2. "#mysecretcrush Fawn Hall. She can shred my documents ANYTIME!"

1. "Forget David and Maddie. When are DiPesto and Booger gonna do it?"

DC

Thought I'd something more to say....

2009-10-24T06:41:00.010-10:00

I was telling a friend yesterday that it's been over 17 years since I've been on the mainland. No joke. 1992 was the last time I roamed the continent with my wife looking for a good spot to watch the Disneyland Electrical Parade. This was before my daughter was even born. She's now sixteen and will answer any question you may have about GOSSIP GIRL.

Heck, I was still in my twenties. (I'm 44 now, since you had to ask...)

Where does the time go?

I have a few ideas. First place I always check is behind the couch. When I lose something (remote, keys, body part) I always check there first. Then I check the couch cushions. If time is going to go anywhere, it's usually the place where I spend most of mine.

It also ends up in songs. "Time" by Pink Floyd (hence the reference of today's title). "Time" by the Alan Parsons Project, where time keeps flowing like a river to the sea. Might wanna check there too. Be sure to catch it in the river before it heads out to sea because then you'll have to call on the Coast Guard and that will cost you big bucks, my friend. And imagine the look on their stoic faces when you try to describe what you're looking for.

Maybe the great Steve Miller summed it up best when he said that time keeps on "slipping, slipping, slipping...into the future". Which begs the question: why is the sidewalk to the future so darn slippery?

So in conclusion. Bake at 120 degrees and let cool on the counter. Those delicious snack cakes will be a joy to everyone in the family. Yum!

Have a great weekend...

DC

It's a Furlough Friday...

2009-10-23T13:52:00.001-10:00

Today marked the first Furlough Friday here in Hawaii. So with the familiar tune of Kimo Kahoano's "Aloha Friday Song", it's...the "Furlough Friday Song" from my show this morning....

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A smoking jacket and a pipe

2009-10-22T17:00:00.004-10:00

So today this listener comes in to claim a prize. Very nice lady with her daughter. When our front office guru asked what the prize was she said:

"I won a smoking jacket and a pipe on DC's show."

Say what?

I was summoned immediately. I had to think for a second. I had never given away such a prize. Did this listener accidentally show up at the wrong radio station? That happens a lot.

Then it dawned on me. She was an Aerosmith qualifier. One of many that I had on my show. After taking sooo many qualifers, you try to keep it interesting. When she qualified, I congratulated her and said that she was now "part of an elite club; people that are a step closer to winning those tickets."

I then started riffing on how elite it was. "Our club members get a smoking jacket and a pipe and can mingle with some of the other "elite" qualifiers in our special boardroom." We had a good laugh and that was it.

Apparently she thought I was serious. She came in to get her jacket and pipe.

Fortunately it all worked out. She was a very sweet lady who finally understood it was a joke. Even her daughter said "See ma!? I told you!"

Too funny...

DC

What's all that noise?

2009-10-20T12:41:00.001-10:00

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Who did it?

2009-10-18T08:13:00.006-10:00

I have this friend who has an interesting habit that I'm not brave enough to try.

Whenever there's a familiar song playing on a Musack system at a store he will walk up to a perfect stranger and ask "WHO DID IT?" They will look at him with a glance that's both curious and fearful and say "Um....I don't know?"

He'll reply with more enthusiasm than is necessary.. "Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose!" (or some group of that genre)

Because of my profession, I pride myself on my knowledge of classic pop/rock tunes from the past 40 years and nothing pleases me more than hearing a song in a store that's not always what you'd expect to hear. Awhile back I was at Longs Drugs and I heard "Poke Salad Annie" by Tony Joe White. I drove my wife nuts as I drummed along on the shopping cart, while offering up bits of trivia about both the singer AND song as we strolled through the cosmetics section.

My wife of 20 years then turns a weary eye to me and snap: "Stop it. You're not on the air".

I guess it's my profession and my love of pop tunes. But the next time you hear "Popcorn" by Hot Butter while strolling through Safeway, I hope you'll think of me.

Every time I think of you! The Babys! 1978...

My poor wife.

DC

Let the Choco-Holidays begin....

2009-10-18T07:47:00.003-10:00

My name is Darrin. I am a chocoholic.

You say (HI DARRIN)...

Earlier this week my mother-in-law bought some Halloween candy and set it out on the counter for us to sample. She then said "Don't eat it all". Sadly, those words sailed right past me and in the past few days I've consumed nearly my weight in M&Ms. This begins the "choco-holidays" whereas from now til Valentines Day there will be a ridiculous amount of delicious candies taunting me from the counter. I am powerless against them. I can't walk by the counter without grabbing a fistful of M&Ms. I will then find ANY excuse to walk by the counter: shush a barking dog, answer the door, fend off an attacking robot..

Sigh....

Whu?? Is that the wind blowing against the sliding door? Better go check it out.

DC

KWXX Ho'olaule'a

2009-09-27T18:04:00.002-10:00

Here's some video destined for KWXX.com. Some behind the scenes stuff of how we put this whole shabang together. This is more of a piece of me and my co-workers enjoying the ultra-close access to the stage, although I may pay for it later in life with hearing damage. The event was fun and we had a great time doing it. Mahalo to everyone who was there for the fun!

DC

16th Annual KWXX Ho'olaule'a

2009-09-21T20:04:00.004-10:00

Here we go. Sixteen years? Wow. Well, for me it'll be my eighth Ho'olaule'a. Wow. (There I go using that word again). That pretty much describes this event. Three big stages of island entertainment and a sea of humanity in downtown Hilo. It's quite an event. It all starts at 5pm on Saturday September 26th and goes to around 10pm.

Look for some of us B97-B93'rs running around and helping. I'll also do my usual behind the scenes videos too.

Hope to see you there!

DC

Meet-up (Tweet-up) at Big Island Pizza

2009-09-12T19:01:00.001-10:00

Sept 11, 2001

2009-09-11T17:12:00.007-10:00

Today is the anniversary of 911. A day is seared in our collective memory. I remember the difficulty in getting ready to do my show that morning. I was actually in Kailua-Kona getting ready to broadcast from Borders for the entire week. My on-air partner Israel Gonzales (now at LAVA 105) and I knew that it wasn't going to be a typical day of frivolous morning show wackiness. That wouldn't have been appropriate.

All we could do was listen to the news reports, watch the television coverage and take phone calls and talk about how we felt. It was such a numbing shock. As soon as the show was over, we got out of there and headed home to our families in Hilo. You just wanted to be close to loved ones.

Now here it is eight years later. May we never forget those who didn't get the opportunity to go home to their loved ones.

DC

READ MY BLOG ENTRY ABOUT 911 from SEPT 11, 2006

Island Naturals now open..

2009-09-10T16:44:00.004-10:00

Vanessa and I stopped by Island Naturals new store in the Hilo Shopping Center this afternoon. Wow, looks amazing! They moved from their former location by Borders in Hilo after months of refurbishing the Hilo Shopping Center location.

I gotta tell ya, they really transformed the central part of the HSC. Dare I say it looks...younger? I had twittered that we were "Stopping by the new Island Market and Deli in the Hilo Shopping Center. Very nice.."

Minutes later one of my friends twittered back .." Did you say "new" and "hilo shopping center" in the same sentence?" You betcha..

That's Vanessa (right) in the picture this afternoon.

Job well done to Russell Ruderman and his crew. Looks great!

DC

12 seconds with the Beatles...

2009-09-10T14:40:00.000-10:00

12 seconds w/the Beatles on 12seconds.tv

12 seconds with Captain Dave

2009-09-09T17:06:00.000-10:00

12 sec with Captain Dave on 12seconds.tv

Luana Busby-Neff stopped by...

2009-09-09T13:51:00.002-10:00

I'm a voice geek. I try to identify voiceover stars on radio and television ads. Here in the islands, Luana Busby-Neff is one of those great local voices. She's done countless projects, but I think most people have heard her voice in Hawaiian Style Band songs, in particular "Love and Honesty". It's her voice doing the Hawaiian narration about 3 and half minutes into the song.

She used the New West Broadcasting studios to record her part for an upcoming television project and I was lucky enough to engineer it!

DC

One week..

2009-09-09T05:03:00.002-10:00

It's been one week since my seizure. That sure went fast. Well, sure, when you're half out of it for at least 2 of those days, time will fly. Today I go see my Dr and check my Phenytoin levels. Hopefully they're up where they should be. Plus, I want to see how persuasive I can be to get him to change me back to Dilantin. We'll see how that goes.

Happy 9/9/09 everyone! Anybody gonna get the Beatles Rockband or collect any of the remastered CD's? It's a great day to be a Beatle freak!

Have a great Wednesday!

DC

Back on the air...

2009-09-08T11:01:00.003-10:00

WOW. It was a blast doing the show live today with B97B93 now streaming. Now, I'm sure a lot of my radio brothers and sisters out there are used to the idea of streaming online, and may even take it a bit for granted. We, at long last, are broadcasting live online. Be sure to check it out if you haven't already. It's a personal thrill for me because my family, cousins, classmates, etc can now listen to my show and it was great hearing from them on my Facebook and Twitter page. I even gave a shout out to my mom listening in Missouri. Did a request for some classmates. It was great!

You gotta remember, a lot of them have never heard me on the air since I moved to Hawaii back in 1985. Some weren't even born!

So it's a new era and I'm thrilled that we're finally online...

DC

2009-09-07T20:29:00.001-10:00

Testing my mobile blogger. I think it works. I am the slowest texter in the world. Have a great nite! DC

Happy Labor Day

2009-09-07T12:28:00.002-10:00

HAPPY LABOR DAY! I went in and did my show this morning, albeit a light one. I just wanted to get back into practice again. It's funny how rusty one feels after having such a sporadic on-air schedule as of late. Felt good to be back in the studio and see those phones light up when we hit the air. Call it an ego stroke, but it sure felt good hearing from the listeners.

Today was also the first day I was on with B97-B93 was streaming. It was a thrill to know that all my old friends on the mainland and Oahu can listen, PLUS my folks can hear my show now. I know streaming online isn't anything new, but it's something we at KNWB haven't done before. While I'm thinking more globally when I'm on the air, I still want to make sure to reflect the Big Island and all the stuff going on here in Hilo and Kona. There's lots coming up to talk about; the KWXX Ho'olaule'a, the Ironman World Championship, just to name a few.

Enjoy your Labor Day holiday!

Aloha! DC

Happy Labor Day weekend

2009-09-06T16:28:00.006-10:00

I figured I'd plunk down a few lines on the blog as I relax on this lazy Sunday afternoon. Sure hope you're having a great Labor Day Weekend. I went down earlier to the station to do part of my "Cruise Sunday" show. Felt good to be back in the studio. Just wanted to get back on the air and get back into the swing of things.

This has been such a bizarre few weeks. Three days off from being sick last week and then my seizure kept me home Thursday and Friday this week. I'm just glad to be back to relatively normal and am excited to get back to work.

Last night Vanessa, Noe and I went to Cole Hatayama's first birthday party at the Sangha Hall in Hilo. I took the picture of the three off us above. Devin went to hang with some of his friends, that's why he isn't in the pic. He's 19 years old now and has his own social life going on.

I'm very proud of how brave he was when he came home and found me having my seizure this week. He called 911 and stayed with me until the paramedics arrived. Vanessa and I were really proud of him and referred to him as our "hero". Well done, my boy.

I hope all of you have a great rest of your Labor Day weekend. Most morning shows take Labor Day off but I'm going in tomorrow LIVE. Really itching to get back on the air. We just started streaming B97-B93 so be sure to listen when you get a chance. I'm on weekdays from 6am to 10am.

Take care!

DC

Dilantin vs Phenytoin

2009-09-05T11:17:00.003-10:00

The more I read about my "generic" drug situation, the more I realize these insurance companies are taking awful risks with patients lives. In my case, I was switched from the anticonvulsant Dilantin to it's generic version Phenytoin. Here's the confusing part: "dilantin" IS "phenytoin", Dilantin is the brand name of the original drug approved by the FDA. So in the eyes of the insurance company it's the same drug.

Unfortunately, I'm reading countless stories about people switching and having seizures shortly thereafter, just like me.

Generic drugs, especially in the case of dilantin and phenytoin, are NOT identical. They have the same active ingredient but are not always formulated the same. Generic phenytoin is not absorbed from the digestive system into the blood in the same way as Dilantin capsules. Because of the way the liver metabolizes Dilantin, the mechanism of drug absorption affects the blood level.

With generic phenytoin the blood level can vary significantly throughout the day causing either side effects or rendering it ineffective in preventing seizures. This means you may have to take more total generic drug several times a day, thus increasing the cost. Many insurance companies recognize this problem and allow exceptions to their generic only rules for Dilantin.

That's the case with me. With dilantin I was taking 400mg a day and it kept the seizures at bay. Now with the phenytoin I'm up to 600mg a day, 200 in the morning, 400 in the late afternoon. It's gonna cost more. Tuesday I'll go get my blood checked to see what my levels are up to what they should be.

I just know that when I run out of meds "earlier" than I would've at 400mg a day, the insurance companies flag me for going thru my medication too fast, whey they're the ones who put me in the predicament in the first place!

I want my dilantin back!

The seizure..

2009-09-04T13:39:00.015-10:00

Thanks everyone for all your well wishes. It's Friday afternoon and I'm finally feeling better. In case you don't know, I had another seizure this week. Wednesday September 2nd, I came home to an empty house. I was literally letting Tucker out of his kennel when I suddenly got "the rush". It's that horrible feeling that you're gonna have a seizure. It's similar to the dizzy feeling when you stand up too fast but it doesn't go away. I remember standing up and trying to focus hard on not passing out and started to go towards the front door That's all I remember.

Fortunately Devin was also on his way home and found me behind the couch with my eyes open and mumbling. He called 911 and said I started to get up and try to take my shirt off. He finally had to literally tackle me to keep me from going out the sliding door in my BVDs. I was very proud of the way he handled everything. He stayed with me until the paramedics got there. I don't remember any of it.

Next thing I remember were the paramedics putting me into the wagon and looking at me to see if I was coming to. They took me into emergency and Vanessa joined me when they gave her the OK to come in. I ended up with some bruising, twisted ankle and one helluva headache.

The reason? For ages, I have been taking the anti seizure drug Dilantin and two weeks ago HMSA made me switch to something called Phenytoin through something called Informed Rx. Well, the problem is: it takes MORE Phenytoin to match the effect of the Dilantin. After 2 weeks I was underdosed. My usual blood level of Dilantin is .13. When I was in the emergency room my level was .6. I'm still kinda pissed about the whole thing, because I wasn't told anything by HMSA.

I'm just glad I wasn't driving. Devin was just a few minutes behind me and got home soon after my seizure started. Dr. Shikuma has upped my dosage of Phenytoin from 400 to 600mg a day and go in to Clinical Labs Tuesday to check my levels. I'm feeling much better and am anxious to get back to work.

Seizures are few and far between, if at all, if I take my medication.

My first seizure was in August of 1980 when I was in high school. I had another in 1982 and after a week of tests in the hospital, I was prescribed Dilantin. (thanks for the reminder, mom) Then I had another ON THE PLANE when I moved to Hawaii in 1985. Then again in 1987 when I forgot to take it for a few days. Then I went until 2002 before I had another one. Again, I went for a few days forgetting to take it.

It's something I live with and as long as I'm taking my meds, I'm fine. I just want to thank everyone on my twitter and facebook pages for all your great messages. I really appreciate it. When I sick my phone was constantly going off.

Big thanks to my boss Chris Leonard for being great during this whole thing, including my being sick last week. Thanks, boss. And to my radio family at New West Broadcasting. Miss you guys..

And of course, my amazing wife Vanessa, and the two young adults I'm glad to be the father of..Devin and Noe for always being strong no matter what and putting up with me..

Thanks ALL of you!

DC

Tucker the Cushion Diving dog

2009-08-31T20:00:00.000-10:00

Breach!

Cushion diving dog. on 12seconds.tv

Felicia now down to Category 1...but still

2009-08-08T07:16:00.004-10:00

Woke up this morning to check on Hurricane Felicia. As we hoped, she's been downgraded to Category 1, but still...90 mph winds. By the time she reaches our shores, will probably be a Tropical Depression and will need lots of attention. Flooding is a big concern now and residents are being encouraged to be prepared.

Still...gotta keep our eye on her, just in case she starts to shoot lasers out of her eye!

In other news, I'm getting a haircut today.

DC

Watching Felicia...trying not to stare

2009-08-07T18:20:00.004-10:00

Hey gang... we're keeping our eye on Hurricane Felicia. It's raining fairly hard outside. When that happens it's easy to assume it's from the storm, even though she's still a good 1115 miles east of Hilo. (..a "heckuva long ways to walk"..)

There's a "back and forth" of Felicia gaining strength, losing strength, forming an eye, collapsing an eye, getting up, going into the kitchen and forgetting what she went in for, etc. It all makes you realize that while we have the most amazing technology at our disposal, it's still hard to figure out exactly how long to stick our coffee in the microwave to heat it back up.

The general consensus is that she will eventually lose strength as she moves into cooler waters. I predict that's where she'll get all whiny and complain about how cold it is.

We'll keep you updated! Have a great weekend...

DC

Farrah and Michael....

2009-06-25T20:19:00.008-10:00

MAY 1977: it's the last day of school at Wilson Elementary in Davenport, Iowa. Mrs. Davis, my sixth grade teacher, is reaching into a box full of names and pulls out a piece of paper. She clears her throat and reads "Darrin Carson".

My name. I couldn't freakin' believe it. I never win anything.

The prize? The now famous Farrah Fawcett poster (above). What I remember most about that poster is the "nipple" (again...above).

What I also remember most is that I knew my parents were NEVER gonna let me hang that poster in my room. It was considered racy back then. Especially for a 12 year old Christian boy. I was right. I never got to hang it up in my room. Oddly enough, a poster of Farrah's then husband Lee Majors as the "Six Million Dollar man" adorned my wall instead. I was a huge fan of that show.

That memory came to mind immediately when I heard that Farrah Fawcett had passed away after her 3 year battle with cancer this morning. I feel fortunate to have come of age during her era. She was so stunningly beautiful. Just seeing that poster brings back that silly memory. Cracks me up every time I think about it.

FAST FORWARD TO SEPTEMBER 1983: What I enjoyed most about Michael Jackson? Those videos. Before Michael, we had cheap Flock Of Seagulls videos with lots of aluminum foil and bad special effects. I can clearly recall when "Thriller" debuted on MTV, it was like a film premiere. Directed by John Landis, no less. It wasn't just a video. It was mini-movie. Why, even the video of the "making" of the THRILLER video sold in the millions. Those videos were EVENTS.

When it was finally confirmed that he died, I didn't think first of a video. Instead I thought about the time when Michael Jackson seemed to defy the laws of physics when he demonstrated the "moonwalk" on the 25th Anniversary Motown Special from 1983.

I notice tonight MTV is actually playing his videos. That's quite a tribute to his far reaching influence on music.

Thanks for the memories, Farrah and Michael.

PS: hey NICK AT NIGHT? Where's the non-stop Charlie's Angel's marathon?

Time for ice cream.

DC

The Big 20

2009-06-15T05:14:00.002-10:00

Vanessa and I make 20 years together today. Can't believe it. TWENTY YEARS. Time flies by too fast. Up above is the video from our wedding, shot by my brother-in-law. It's late eighties video technology so it's kinda bumpy. We were married live on the radio at the Mo'oheau Bandstand in downtown Hilo on June 15th, 1989.

Happy anniversary, babe... Love you,

DC

Lazy sunday...

2009-06-14T08:16:00.001-10:00

I just don't keep up with the blog like I should. I'm so micro-blog centric (twitter, facebook, myspace) that I don't think I can form a full paragraph anymore. At least one longer that 140 characters.

Have a great weekend. Tomorrow is Vanessa and I's 20th anniversary! Wow. Twenty years. Where'd they go? Twenty years, I don't know. (Thank you, Bob Seger)

DC

I read a lot of Dr. Suess as a kid

2009-05-28T20:07:00.001-10:00

Vog from Space....

2009-05-26T13:43:00.005-10:00

Sounds like a SCI-FI movie, huh? VOG FROM SPACE!

This photo is taken from NASA'S "Image of the Day". "Vog" is the volcanic smog caused by the Sulfur dioxide emissions from Halemaʻumaʻu vent. Here's the text from the website itself..

"This image, taken by the crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis (after completing the capture of the Hubble Space Telescope), shows volcanic plumes from Kilauea rising up from three locations: Halema‘uma‘u Crater, Pu‘u ‘O‘o Crater, and from along the coastline where lava flows from the East Rift zone were entering the ocean."

Check it out! Here's a link to the site. VOG FROM SPACE

DC

Today is Tuesday. Not Monday

2009-05-26T13:07:00.002-10:00

These 4 day weeks get me every time. Even though I worked yesterday Memorial Day, I'm still referring to today as Monday. Today is Tuesday. TUESDAY.

I figure if I blog about it then it'll settle in. Maybe.

TUESDAY. That should do it.

DC

Happy Memorial Day!

2009-05-25T07:12:00.003-10:00

Doing my show this morning ("live" as opposed to "memorex") and wishing you and yours a Happy Memorial Day. Thinking a lot about our deployed and women today and the sacrifices made so that we can be free. Freedom is such a privelege and very humbling when you think of the sacrifices made so that we can do just that. Live free.

Thank a veteran. I know it's not Veteran's Day but tell them how much you appreciate what they've done. Tell a service-person how much you appreciate them.

Okay..back to my show. Blogging during my show. Tsk!

Aloha...

DC

Pain in the....

2009-05-24T07:36:00.004-10:00

Oy. I threw my back out yesterday. The weird thing about pulling your back out is that it's usually for doing the most mundane thing. I would like to say I pulled my back out while doing something manly like hanging sheet rock while building my a den in my house. Or leaping heroically in front of a car to push an innocent bystander out of the way of an out of control car.

No, I threw my back out reaching down for a sponge. I was doing some house cleaning yesterday and I reached down to get a sponge to clean the bathroom. (Yes, my wife has me trained well) That was it. Now I'm walking around like Redd Foxx in Sanford and Son.

Getting back to heroic: not only did I finish cleaning said bathroom but I also vacuumed the entire house.

I guess that's manly enough for me.

DC

Finally saw Star Trek

2009-05-24T07:07:00.003-10:00

Last night Vanessa and I saw Star Trek. While I knew I'd like it (I haven't heard a single bad review) I was still blown away. So many little treats for the longtime Star Trek fan. While I knew Zachary Quinto was dead ringer for Spock, I was even more impressed with Karl Urban's portrayal of Dr. McCoy. He not only looked like "Bones" he acted like him. (Along with the obligatory "Dammit Jim" line) Simon Pegg's Scotty was great too, my only complaint is that he came in too late in the movie.

Spock and Uhura? (spoiler) I liked the "thing" they had going. My theory is that daddy had a thing for "earth girls" and apparently so does Spock. (After all, aren't "Earth Girls Easy"? Sorry, couldn't resist.)

Gonna be hard to top that one this summer, although watching the trailers, we have a big summer of big movies. Can't wait..

Have a great weekend,

DC

Mokulele Airlines

2009-05-17T12:58:00.003-10:00

On Friday May 1st, I had the pleasure of flying on Mokulele Airlines for their inaugural service from Hilo to Honolulu. Yeah, sorry it took so long to get these on the blog but I'm generally a very lazy person. I enjoy flying, although I'll admit I'm a very nervous passenger. Enjoy the videos!

Flying Mokulele Airlines. Don't spill the water!

Landing in Honolulu to applause..

Landing in Hilo. We're back!

SNL: Return of Celebrity Jeopardy

2009-05-17T12:56:00.002-10:00

One of my favorite bits from SNL returned last night when Will Farrell was guest host. Tom Hanks has a hilarious bit as...himself. Chock full of Sean Connery goodness courtesy of Darrel Hammond. You will never see the words "Catch These Men" ever the same again. Enjoy!

DC

Show notes April 15th.

2009-04-15T12:42:00.004-10:00

TODAY'S BRAINBUSTER:

Today is TAX DAY! Here's a clip from a movie that has a "tax quote". Can you tell us the movie?

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ANSWER: This must've been too easy because our listeners knew right off that was BRUCE WILLIS in "ARMAGEDDON" Happy Tax Day!

TIMELINE CONTEST

The events all happened in the month of April. What was the year?

The first handheld cellular phone call is made by Martin Cooper, who conceived the phone, inNew York City.

The World Trade Center officially opens in New York City with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees becomes the first designated hitter in Major League Baseball.

Federal Express officially begins operations, with the launch of 14 small aircraft from Memphis International Airport. On that night, Federal Express delivers 186 packages to 25 U.S. cities from Rochester, New York, to Miami, Florida.

Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aides H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and others have resigned.

Paul McCartney's first television special, James Paul McCartney, airs on television. The special includes performances by McCartney and Wings.

TOP SONGS WERE:

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
Sing – Carpenters

This month in the year.....

1973

Have a great Tax Day! DC

Show notes April 15th.

2009-04-15T12:42:00.001-10:00

Contest answers.. April 14th

2009-04-14T12:17:00.003-10:00

TODAY'S BRAINBUSTER:

Even though it takes intensive training to do this job, 60% of men believe they could do it without any training ...

A: Fly a commercial airplane!

TIMELINE

These events all occurred in April of what year?

The U.S. government seizes the Irving, CA Lincoln Savings and Loan Association; Charles Keating (for whom the Keating Five were named -- John McCain among them) eventually goes to jail, as part of the massive 1980s Savings and Loan Crisis which costs U.S. taxpayers nearly $200 billion in bailouts, and many people their life savings.[1]

Trisha Meili is attacked while jogging in New York City's Central Park; as her identity remains secret for years, she becomes known as the "Central Park Jogger."

A gun turret explodes on the U.S. battleship Iowa, killing 47 crew members.

Students begin protesting in Tiananmen Square.

One-handed pitcher Jim Abbott makes his major-league debut with the California Angels, without spending a single day in the minor leagues. He went on to a 12-12 record for the season.

The New Mickey Mouse Club premieres on Disney Channel The fourth season introduced viewers to JC Chasez andGolden Globe winning television actress Keri Russell. The sixth season featured Grammy Award winning singers Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears;

TOP 3 SONGS..

She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young cannibals
Like a Prayer - Madonna
Funky Cold Medina - Tone Loc

This month in the year....

1989

Have a great Tuesday! DC

Show notes for Monday April 13th

2009-04-13T12:49:00.004-10:00

Hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. I'm still coming down from my sugar rush of chocolate. While my kids are teenagers, they still like to make color eggs for fun (pic). Our family had a nice Sunday brunch at Uncle Billy's and then went home and had a wonderful day of sloth.

Today starts Merrie Monarch Week here on the Big Island! Visit the official site to see the latest activities each day of the festival.

MERRIE MONARCH OFFICIAL SITE

Now...onto the contest answers!

BRAINBUSTER:

QUESTION: The majority of people surveyed agree Dad is a better choice than Mom when it comes to teaching this. What is it?

ANSWER? Teaching kids to drive!

TIMELINE

These events all happened this month in what year?

-The U.S. nuclear submarine Thresher sinks 220 miles east of Cape Cod; all 129 crewmen die.

-Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth and others are arrested in a Birmingham protest for "parading without a permit". Martin Luther King, Jr. issues his Letter from Birmingham Jail.

-Buddy Rogers becomes the first WWWF Champion. World Wide Wrestling Federation.

-The 35th Academy Awards ceremony is held hosted by Frank Sinatra. Best picture: Lawrence of Arabia. Best Actor Gregory PeckTo Kill A Mockingbird, Best Actress Ann Bancroft in The Miracle Worker

-General Hospital (created by Frank and Doris Hursley) and The Doctors premiere on the same day, the former on ABC (1963-present) and the latter on NBC (1963-1982).

TOP SONGS:
He’s So Fine - The Chiffons
Can’t Get Used to Losing You - Andy Williams
South Street - The Orlons

This month in the year......

1963

Have a great Monday! DC

Show notes Good Friday April 10th

2009-04-10T13:01:00.002-10:00

Hope everyone has a great Easter weekend! Although a lot of people had GOOD FRIDAY off, the phones were still buzzing.

Some of the contests on the show today.

BRAINBUSTER:

76% of people prefer to eat WHAT part of the Chocolate Easter Bunny first?

ANSWERS: The ears.

TIMELINE:

These events all happened this month in what year?

-Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
-The Eurovision Song Contest 1976 is won by Brotherhood of Man, representing the United Kingdom, with their song Save Your Kisses for Me.
-James Callaghan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
-The punk rock group The Ramones release their first self-titled album.

-New at the movies, Walter Matthau and Tatum O’Neil in the BAD NEWS BEARS and Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman in ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN

-Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels makes on on-air offer to pay The Beatles $3,000 to reunite on the show. Lennon andMcCartney were apparently watching the show together in New York and considered walking down to the studio to accept the check.

TOP SONGS WERE:

Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor
Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers
Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale

All this month in the year.....

1976

Happy Easter! DC

Show notes Thursday April 9th

2009-04-09T10:22:00.004-10:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KE'ALA: Ke'ala Kawaauhau celebrates his big birthday today. Ke'ala is half of the Kat & Ke'ala morning team on our sister station KWXX and as King Don 1 of the group SUDDEN RUSH. Happy birthday, big man! The veggies were provided by our friends from Kamehameha Canoe Club (Thanks Gwen, John & Joy!)

Today had such a Friday vibe. I think it's because tomorrow is Good Friday and a lot of people (including schools) have the day off. Kenyan Beals stopped by let us know about tomorrow night's ASTRO-TALK at the University of Hawaii-Hilo featuring Dr. Michael West on "Astronomy In Chile". We then got some scoops on ASTRODAY, fast approaching on May 2nd.

CONTEST ACTION! Here are the answers to some of today's contests...

BRAINBUSTER:

Until the age of 12, boys and girls do this equally as much. What are they doing?

ANSWER? Crying. By the age of 18, girls cry 4 times as much as boys!

TIMELINE:

All these events happened in April. What was the year?

-These U.S. President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.

-The 56th Academy Awards, hosted by Jack Lemmon, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, with Terms of Endearment winning Best Picture.

-British comedian Tommy Cooper suffers a massive heart attack and dies while live on TV.

-Masters Tournament - Ben Crenshaw

TOP SONGS:

Footloose - Kenny Loggins
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) - Phil Collins
Hello - Lionel Richie

ALL IN THE YEAR.....

1984

Have a great Thursday! DC

Wednesday's Show notes

2009-04-08T13:08:00.002-10:00

BLAST FROM THE PAST: One of my listeners gave me this album awhile back. Although I've only been in Hawaii since 1985, I've become a quick study on Hawaii radio in the rock and roll era. This album came out sometime in the late fifties. (Ritchie Valens "Donna" is on it) Great piece of Hawaii radio history and I'm surprised this listener didn't want to hold onto it. On the back cover are pictures of the K-POI "Poi boys" Tom Moffatt, Fred Kiemel, Bob Lowrie, Tom Rounds, Jack Kellner and Dave Donnelly.

NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT:

Thanks to Linda fro Kona, one of my Facebook friends who sent me this interesting fact:

There's an interesting fact that I was made aware of last night.
At the time of 4:05:06 on July 8th of this year will be
04-05-06-07-08-09

Never to be had again.

(Insert dramatic music)

ON WITH THE CONTESTS!

BRAINBUSTER:

A recent survey asked "If you could blow something up, what would it be?" The number one answer was our computers. What came in second?

ANSWER? Our credit cards

TIMELINE

These events all happened this month in what year?

Six Day War (approach): Israeli fighters shoot down 7 Syrian MIG-21s.

The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) takes its maiden flight.

The 39th Academy Awards ceremony is held. Best picture A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS

Large demonstrations are held against the Vietnam War in New York City and San Francisco.

Soyuz 1: Vladimir Komarov becomes the first Soviet cosmonaut to die, when the parachute of his space capsule fails during re-entry.

in Houston, Texas, boxer Muhammad Ali refuses military service.

On TV FLIPPER ends it’s 3 year run on NBC.

TOP SONGS?

Happy Together - The Turtles
Somethin’ Stupid - Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra
Bernadette - Four Tops

All this week in the year...

1967

Have a great one!

DC

Tuesday April 7th show notes

2009-04-07T11:55:00.004-10:00

THIRTY FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY: The day my father Donald "Don" Carlson married Patricia "Patty" Stock in holy mackerl-mony at the Buffalo Baptist Church in Buffalo, Iowa.

Thirty five years ago today. That just blows my mind.

Mom "Pat" sent me the picture you see here this morning and I spent a good 5 solid minutes just looking at it and recalling all the details from that day. Dad looking so snazzy with his ever-cool 70's sideburns. Mom with her Pocahontas length hair. (Don't they look like they just stepped off the set of "Life on Mars"? LOL)

That's my father's brother (my uncle..duh) Howard standing in the background. He was the preacher at Buffalo Baptist Church and married mom and dad. Those classic wooden pews, the wood paneling on the walls, all these small details take me right back to that day.

Great job, you guys. Love you both so much. Happy thirty-fifth anniversary.

Okay: now for the contests!

BRAINBUSTER

According to a new study, having one of these adds 7 hours of housework to the average woman's week. Any idea?

ANSWER: a husband. (I wonder if mom knew that when she walking down the aisle with dad?)

TIMELINE

These events all happened this month in what year?

-The Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Columbia (John Young, Robert Crippen) launches on the STS-1 mission, returning to EarthonApril 14.

-Daylight saving time is introduced in the USSR.

-Larry Holmes defeats Trevor Berbick by a unanimous decision to retain the WBC heavyweight title.

-Tom Watson wins the Masters.Tournament.

-Van Halen's lead guitarist Eddie Van Halen marries One Day at a Time actress Valerie Bertinelli.

-Top movie at the box office is NINE TO FIVE.

-The rock band Yes splits up (regrouping in 1983).

TOP SONGS?

Kiss on My List - Daryl Hall & John Oates
Just the Two of Us - Grover Washington, Jr./Bill Withers
Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Sheena Easton

All this month in what year?

1981.

Have a great one! DC

Monday's April 6th notes and canoe madness

2009-04-06T09:57:00.005-10:00

IMUA! Yesterday we had a blast at the Kamehameha Canoe Club's 26th Annual Business Canoe Races. That's my buddy G. Gruz and I working the announcer stand during yesterday's races. My boss Chris Leonard snapped this one. I just posted the winners on theB-97 site and now I've posted them below too. Thanks to everyone who came down. We finished by around 5pm and were all able to be home before it got dark. Gotta give it up to the Kamehameha Canoe Club for their precision and teamwork for making the event go as smoothly and quickly as it could.

Here are the results!

Business Women

1. Hawaii Volcano National Park Team #2

2. HCCC Team #2

3. Pohakuloa Team #3

4. Big Island Tropical

Business Men

1. Mehau Fencing

2. RK Audio

3. Friends of Billy Kenoi

4. Glover

Business Mix

1. Crossfit Big Island

2. Hawaii Volcano National Park Black

3. American Savings Team #4

4. RK Audio 3

Intermediate Women

1. Braddah Pops 1

2. Big Island Tropical #4

3. Hilo Medical Center #5

4. Big Island Granite and Stone #2

Intermediate Men

1. Big Island Tropical #3

2. Hawaii Volcano National Park #5

3. Faya Mon

4. Ka Umeke Ka'eo #1

Intermediate Mix

1. Na Pua No'eau Makawalu

2. Big Island Tropical #5

3. Kawamoto Store #3

4. Yamada #3

Youth Mix

1. Big Island Granite and Stone #3

2. Kamehameha CC

Open Women

1. Jill Dawrs Chiropractic

2. Hawaii Teamsters #3

3. Braddah Pops #2

Open Men

1. Lehua Physical Therapy

2. Hoekahi Paddling Company

3. Hilo Medical Center #7

4. University of Hawaii-Hilo

Open Mix

1. Penhall Concrete Coring

2. Big Island Tropical #6

3. Headline News Hair Design

Senior Men's Masters

1. C&A Generators

2. Kamehameha Kupuna

Mahalo to all the teams who participated! Be sure to visit the Kamehameha Canoe Club site for more pics soon.

Was a little bit tired this morning but managed to keep the energy up for the show.

Here are the contests...

BRAINBUSTER

In the last 5 years, dog owners have named their dog after this food item, more than any other. What is it?

Answers we got? STEAK, COCOA and PRETZEL. The actual name?

OREO

TIMELINE

These following events happened in April of what year?

-President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, banning cigarette television advertisements in theUnited States, starting on January 1, 1971.

-American Motors Corporation introduces the Gremlin.

-Apollo program: Apollo 13 (Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, Jack Swigert) is launched toward the Moon. An oxygen tank in the Apollo 13 spacecraft explodes, forcing the crew to abort the mission and return in 4 days.

The first Earth Day is celebrated in the U.S.

-The Milwaukee Brewers play their first ever game as the Brewers at Milwaukee County Stadium, after the team had relocated fromSeattle.

-Masters Tournament - Billy Casper

-Paul McCartney announces that the Beatles have disbanded, while at the same press conference, announcing the release of his first solo album.

Top 3 songs were:

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Let It Be - The Beatles
Instant Karma (We All Shine On) - John Ono Lennon

This month in the year.....

1970!

Have a great Monday, everyone!

DC

Show notes Aloha Friday April 3rd

2009-04-03T13:28:00.007-10:00

The weekend is here! Be sure to join us at Hilo Bayfront on Sunday for the 26th Annual Kamehameha Canoe Business Canoe Regatta. Check my twitpics and twitter stream for the latest on that day.

This pic above was taken last year while I was announcing up in the stands.

And that's G Cruz of KWXX and I doing last year's regatta. You'll see us again this year!

Okay..on with the contests..

BRAINBUSTER:

1 in 3 people will forget to put this on this morning.

Forget to put on what?

ANSWER? Deodorant

TIMELINE:

-Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.

-The Last Emperor (directed by Bernardo Bertolucci) wins nine Oscars.

-Former pop singer Sonny Bono is elected mayor of Palm Springs, California.

-In the Geneva Accords, the Soviet Union commits itself to withdrawal of its forces fromA fghanistan.

-Aloha Flight 243 loses several yards of its upper fuselage while in flight, killing 1 person.

-Celine Dion wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland with the song Ne partez pas sans moi.

TOP 3 SONGS:

Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean
Out of the Blue - Debbie Gibson
Devil Inside – INXS

All during the month of APRIL in the year...

1988

Today's Shownotes April 2nd

2009-04-02T13:18:00.002-10:00

Hey everyone! Gotta late start on updating the blog so I'll just keep it quick. Contests only!

Oh, and by the way, that image is of the phone in the studio.

BRAINBUSTER:

Many of us do this every day but only 10% of us finish doing it. What is it?

ANSWER? A CROSSWORD PUZZLE (Some answers we got: eat breakfast, read the paper, exercise...)

TIMELINE:

All this happened in the month of April. What was the year?

-Luna 10 enters orbit around the Moon.

-United States president Lyndon Johnson signs the 1966 Uniform Time Act, dealing with daylight saving time.

-Uniform daylight saving time is first observed in most parts of North America.

-Haile Selassie visits Jamaica for the first time, meeting with Rastafarian leaders.

-World Welterweight Champion Emile Griffith won a 15 round unanimous decision over Dick Tiger to also become the World Middleweight Champion.

TOP SONGS?

The Ballad of the Green Berets - SSgt Barry Sadler
(You’re My) Soul and Inspiration - The Righteous Brothers
Daydream - The Lovin’ Spoonful

All this month in the year.....

(drum roll please)

1966

Have a great Thursday!

DC

Show notes for Wednesday April 1st

2009-04-01T10:07:00.005-10:00

That's Pepe Romero in the photo above. If you've ever been to a concert on the Big Island, there's a good chance you'll see him behind the sound board. Pepe and I go way back to the days of CJ's Nightclub here in Hilo. When I moved out here in 1985, I spent nearly every weekend there. We did lots of radio promotions as well and Pep was the main guy along with Lon and Creighton.

Pepe stopped by my show to talk about a concert coming up Friday at the Volcanoes Naniloa Resort. It's a fundraiser and charity drive for the Food Basket. Pepe's recently formed motorcycle club "Juz-Us" along with his CJ's Promotions are hosting this 1st annual event. Featuring some incredible island entertainment, in particular Na Hoku Hanohano & Grammy winner Cyril Pahinui, son of the late great Ki Ho'alu legend Gabby Pahinui. Also with him will be the award winning Sonny Lim and Gabby's grandson Kunia Galdera. Da Guava Sisters will also entertain, it's gonna be a crazy fun night all for a worthy cause.

For more info, head to the JUZ-US MOTORCYCLE CLUB website..

CONTESTS ON THE SHOW:

BRAINBUSTER:

What is the only U.S. state that is home to three cities with populations exceeding one million persons>

ANSWER: CALIFORNIA? Nope. NEW YORK? Nuh-uh. It's TEXAS. Yep and those 3 cities are Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio.

TIMELINE CONTEST:

The following happened in the month of April. What year?

The 50th Academy Awards are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, Californiawith Annie Hall winning Best Picture.

U.S. President Jimmy Carter decides to postpone production of the neutron bomb - a weapon which kills people with radiation but leaves buildings relatively intact.

Volkswagen becomes the second (after Rolls-Royce) non-American automobile manufacturer to open a plant in the United States, commencing production of the Rabbit, the North American version of the Volkswagen Golf, in New Stanton, Pennsylvania with a unionized (UAW) workforce (the plant closes in 1992.)

The One Love Peace Concert is held at National Heroes Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. Bob Marley unites 2 opposing political leaders at this concert, bringing peace to the civil war-ridden streets of the city.

Holocaust, starring James Woods and Meryl Streep first aired on NBC.

The Blues Brothers make their first appearance on Saturday Night Live. The duo of Jake & Elwood Blues (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) was introduced by Paul Shaffer (as Don Kirshner) and performed "Hey Bartender".

Top songs are...

Love Is) Thicker Than Water - Andy Gibb
Night Fever - Bee Gees
Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton

This month in the year....

1978

Try not to get fooled today! Aloha!

DC

Show notes Tuesday March 31st

2009-03-31T09:59:00.003-10:00

Another fun show today. TWOFER-TUESDAY is usually a request-fest and there were no shortages of great and interesting requests. (Sorry I couldn't do that 1910 Fruitgum Co. two-fer request, Ricky)

BRAINBUSTER: I'm already starting to jones for some football so I kicked out a football question. As of 2007, only three quarterbacks have beaten every team in the NFL (the 31 other teams, not including their own). Who are they?

ANSWER(s): Lee Loeffler was the first caller and nailed the answer: Brett Favre Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. Coincidently, they did it within a week of each other! Thanks, Lee..you smart buggah you..

TIMELINE:

The following all happened this month (March). What was the year?

The 58th Academy Awards are held in Los Angeles, California, with Out of Africa winning Best Picture.

An article in the New York Times charges that Kurt Waldheim, former United Nations Secretary General and candidate for president ofAustria, may have been involved in Nazi war crimes during World War II.

The Japanese Suisei probe flies by Halley's Comet, studying its UV hydrogen corona and solar wind.

Marvin Hagler retained the World Middleweight Championship with an 11th round knockout of John Mugabi.

Perfect Strangers premieres on ABC

Top movies were Crocodile Dundee and Hannah & Her Sisters, written and directed by Woody Allen and stars Mia Farrow as Hannah, with Barbara Hershey and Dianne Wiest as her sisters.

Sammy Hagar performs his first concert as the lead singer of Van Halen.

Top songs were Falco's ROCK ME AMADEUS, Mike & the Mechanics ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE and the Pet Shop Boys WEST END GIRLS.

All this month in the year...

1986

Thanks to listener Marvin, who alerted us to the new Gene Simmons Dr. Pepper commercial. KISS!!! SMOOTH!!!

Enjoy..have a great Tuesday. DC

Show notes Monday March 30th

2009-03-30T10:11:00.003-10:00

TODAY'S BRAINBUSTER:

Florida has more of these than any other state, while Hawaii has none...what is it?

ANSWER? Billboards..

TODAY'S TIMELINE CONTEST:

These events happened this month in what year?

Watergate scandal: Seven former White House officials are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.

Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.

A Japanese World War II soldier, Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda, surrenders in the Philippines.

Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a 5-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.

Top movies are Blazing Saddles and The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams which would later become a series on NBC .

TOP SONGS?

Dark Lady - Cher
Sunshine on My Shoulders - John Denver
Mockingbird - Carly Simon & James Taylor

All happened in the month of March in the year....

Slash jams "Sweet Child Of Mine" with students

2009-03-29T11:35:00.001-10:00

The Making of the KWXX Ho'olaule'a Pt 1

2009-03-29T07:36:00.003-10:00

The 16th Annual KWXX Ho'olaule'a is still six months away, but will be here before we know it. For your Sunday viewing pleasure, my "Behind the Scenes" look at the construction of last year's show.

To see more, go to KWXX.com

Have a great weekend! DC

Show notes, Friday March 27th

2009-03-27T10:34:00.004-10:00

ALOHA FRIDAY: Howzit everyone!? We got through another week. Here comes the last weekend in March.

JAYS ISLAND TAPAS: That young man you see here in the picture is Jason from Jay's Island Tapas. He was on "Savor the Flavor Friday" on my show on B97-B93. You can find them on Kilauea Avenue across from the Hilo Judiciary Complex. (The former Kaiko'o Mall) Jay's is actually in the former Nichols Pub location.(Which was the former Da Store). Jason is always good fun to have on the show. Born and raised in Hilo, 89 grad of Hilo High and now living his dream by owning his own establishment. Check it out when you get a chance!

ON A RELATED NOTE: Speaking of the Hilo Judiciary Complex (former Kaiko'o Mall),it will officially open Monday after four years of construction. PACIFIC BUSINESS NEWS has the details...

JOURNEY CONCERT is this Sunday night! Show starts at 7pm at the Waikoloa Bowl. Outstanding venue to see a concert. The sound is truly incredible. Now as of 11am Friday morning (as I type this..) tickets are still available. Get them at Big Island Surf-Prince Kuhio Plaza and Waimea, CD Wizard in Hilo, Persimmon in the Queen's Marketplace, A'ama Surf and Sport in Kona or online at Waikoloa Nights.com or Ticketmaster.com. Check back for updates.

Okay...CONTESTS from the show..

BRAINBUSTER:

Everyone has heard of this, but only 10% of us have ever eaten it. Any idea?

CAVIAR! Never tried it myself.

TIMELINE:

These events happened in the month of March. How about the year?

-Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat is published.

-The United States Congress approves the Eisenhower Doctrine. The Eisenhower Doctrine required Congress to yield its traditional war-making power to the president.

-22-year-old Elvis Presley buys Graceland on 3734 Bellevue Boulevard (Highway 51 South) for $100,000. He and his family move from the house on 1034 Audubon Drive.

-Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, the team's only musical written especially for television, is telecast live and in color by CBS, starring Julie Andrews in the title role.

-The 29th Academy Awards ceremony is held. Best picture AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. Best actor Yul Brynner in THE KING AND I and Best actress Ingrid Bergman in ANASTASIA

TOP SONGS:
Young Love - Tab Hunter
Round and Round - Perry Como
Little Darlin’ - The Diamonds

This month in the year....

wait for it...

1957

Have a great weekend! DC

Show notes Thursday March 26th

2009-03-26T10:14:00.007-10:00

The JOURNEY concert is this weekend and you can almost feel the excitement building!

(Wait. There it is again. Did you feel it?)

The Oahu concert was huge last night and according to my twitter friends who saw the show on Oahu, the band totally rocked. (Totally?) Three encores! Well, Sunday night is the night for us here on the Big Island: Waikoloa Bowl, show starts at 7pm.

You can get tickets still at Big Island Surf-Prince Kuhio Plaza and Waimea, CD Wizard in Hilo, Persimmon in the Queen's Marketplace, A'ama Surf and Sport in Kona or online at Waikoloa Nights.com or Ticketmaster.com

Oh, and we also announced our winner of the JOURNEY WEEKEND GETAWAY. Congratulations to Janette Farnsworth of Kailua-Kona! She gets two VIP tickets to the concert, a two night stay at the Castle Hali'i Kai at Waikoloa and dinner for two at the fabulous Sansei Restaurant. Talk about a weekend you won't forget!

BY THE WAY: Happy Prince Kuhio Day today!

TODAY'S BRAINBUSTER:

According to a survey of dentists, this is the most irritating thing a patient can do while in the dentist's chair. What is it?

Answers that were called in: sneezing, complaining, spitting, crying ..

Actual answer?

TALKING ON THEIR CELL PHONE

Me and my dentist, Dr. Donn Ouye. Great guy who doesn't mind my cell phone TOO much.

TODAY'S TIMELINE:

THESE EVENTS ALL TOOK PLACE DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH. WHAT WAS THE YEAR?

-Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut (he is eventually released on December 4, 1991).

-Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and de factoleader of the Soviet Union.

-The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS, used since then to screen all blood donations in the United States.

-The 57th Academy Awards are held at in Los Angeles, California with Amadeus winning Best Picture.

-WrestleMania debuts at Madison Square Garden.

-Mike Tyson makes his professional debut in Albany, New York, a match which he wins by a first round knockout.

-Top movies are THE BREAKFAST CLUB and THE LAST DRAGON.

TOP SONGS WERE:

Can’t Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
The Heat is On - Glenn Frey
Material Girl – Madonna

All this month in the year....

1985

Take it easy, will ya? Thanks for listening! DC

Show notes Wednesday March 25th

2009-03-25T10:39:00.002-10:00

Howzit!? Today is an earmark day for a couple of reasons. (By the way, what does earmark mean anyway?) Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Mauna Loa eruption, which threatened Hilo back in 1984. I wasn't living in Hawaii yet, but I certainly heard about it in the news. I recall seeing pictures of a wall of lava and thinking "they're toast", not realizing that the Big Island IS a big island and nobody was toast. However, at the time even Hilo was sweating it a little bit. A finger of lava crept close to the upper Kaumana area but thankfully didn't go any further.

BTW, the picture above was taken about an hour ago by my daughter & she sent it to my phone. It's Spring Break and the family is taking a quick Kona Costco trip.

Then a year to the day later I arrived in Hawaii. March 25th, 1985. Thank you, Hawaii for putting up with me. And thank you for being so good to me too. Maybe in another blog entry I can break down the adventure that was me moving here. In a nutshell, I had a seizure on the plane and ended up at Queen's hospital in my first night here in the 50th state and neither my family or the people picking me up here knew where I was. Good times!

Long story for another blog entry for sure.

BRAINBUSTER QUESTION:

- American women will spend 60 million dollars this year damage to their bodies caused by what?

Answers that were called in: the sun, age, makeup, childbirth, tattoo removal, sports injuries. The actual answer?

HIGH HEELS

TIMELINE CONTEST:

These events occurred this month in the year.....?

-Time, Inc. and Warner Communications announce plans for a merger, forming Time Warner.

-Iran breaks off diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom over Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.

-A strike forces financially troubled Eastern Air Lines into bankruptcy.

-Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Alaska's Prince William Sound the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (11 million gallons) of oil after running aground.

-The 61st Academy Awards are held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, with Rain Man winning Best Picture.

-Cops premieres on FOX, which shows footage shot in real life situations with US police officers. Also Quantum Leap premiers on NBC.

-New at the movies THE BURBS with Tom Hanks and HEATHERS starring WInona Ryder.

TOP 3 SONGS WERE:

The Living Years - Mike & The Mechanics
Eternal Flame - Bangles
Girl You Know It’s True - Milli Vanilli

This week in the year....

1989

Have a great Wednesday!

DC

Show notes: Tuesday March 24th

2009-03-24T10:04:00.003-10:00

Wearing the UH sweater that my father-in-law gave me. For some reason people like to buy him clothes that are too big. Who does he pass the savings onto? Yep, his favorite (and only) son-in-law. It was kinda cool early this morning. Now I'm regretting not wearing a shirt underneath it because it's starting to warm up and I could've taken it off. Just hope my deodorant holds up.

Today was Two-fer Tuesday so I always go heavy on the phones and try and get as many requests as I can. Whew! While that certainly is fun, it can also be a bit draining.

Today's contests:

BRAINBUSTER:

According to child psychologists, it is estimated that each day, 3500 5th graders do this. Do what?

Some answers we had were: picking their nose (LOL), forget to do their homework, skip school, do the pledge of allegiance.

ANSWER: Fall in love. Or have a crush on someone.

TIMELINE

These events all occurred in the month of March. What was the year?

-Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 3,200 Civil rights activists in the third march from Selma, Alabama to the capitol in Montgomery.

-Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9, which is the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.

-Gemini 3: NASA launches the United States' first 2-person crew (Gus Grissom, John Young) into Earth orbit.

Newborns include actress Sarah Jessica Parker.

-New at the movies, Julie Andrews in THE SOUND OF MUSIC and THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD.

TOP TV SHOWS are Bonanza, Gomer Pyle USMC & the Lucy Show..

TOP SONGS ARE….

My Girl - The Temptations
The Jolly Green Giant - The Kingsmen
Eight Days a Week - The Beatles

This month in the year....

..1965

The year I was birth'd!

TOMORROW:

I'll celebrate 24 years living on the Big Island. WOW. Time keeps on slipping...slipping..

CLIP OF THE DAY: the rapping flight attendant, yo!

Have a great Tuesday!

DC

Here he comes to save the day...

2009-03-23T20:39:00.002-10:00

My daughter Noe and I were walking the dogs Tucker and Koa. I ran ahead and called to Tucker to come running to me and I captured this with my mobile phone.

DC

Show notes: Monday March 23rd

2009-03-23T10:12:00.004-10:00

Just some random notes from my show this morning..

25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MAUNA LOA ERUPTION: This Wednesday marks the 25th anniversary of Mauna Loa's eruption that threatened Hilo. Quite a scary time and some listeners shared their stories on the show.

BRAINBUSTER QUESTION: more than half of us say we never use these anymore, but we get new ones each year. What it is?

Answer? PHONE BOOKS. Hey, I use mine. Especially when I do my toe raises. Builds strong calves.

TODAY'S TIMELINE:

These events occurred in the month of March. What was the year?

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried in New Jersey.

Patty Hearst is found guilty of armed robbery of a San Francisco bank.

The Toronto Blue Jays are created.

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom sends the first royal e-mail.

The New Jersey Supreme Court rules that coma patient Karen Ann Quinlan can be disconnected from her ventilator. She remains comatose and dies nine years later.

Newborns include future NFL QB Peyton Manning.

At the box office, it's Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson in "The Missouri Breaks" and Robert DeNiro in "Taxi Driver".

Kiss release Destroyer, their best-selling album ever, continuing their popularity through the 1970s.

This month in the year...

(drum roll)

1976

Remember Walter Cronkite's Bicentennial Minutes on CBS during 76? Here: check out the last one featuring then-President Gerald Ford..

Have a great Monday! DC

This weekend I.....

2009-03-22T17:48:00.004-10:00

...broadened my horizons this weekend by having a "flaming Hawaiian". That's a pizza, by the way.

...helped to cheer on runners with my wife at the Big Island Marathon. I got a little TOO into it at times. I unwittingly cheered a lady walking her dog.

...finally walked OUR dogs. The rain stopped long enough.

...am warming up to "Twilight" a little bit. My wife and kids love the books and the movie. And you gotta agree: that Edward is some kind of hot.

...made a concentrated effort to update the blog.

Have a great week!

DC

Camoflauge. Future Geico commercial?

2009-03-22T16:53:00.001-10:00

VIDEO of Fedex Cargo Jet Crashing in Tokyo, Japan

2009-03-22T16:48:00.002-10:00

I've always have had of a love/fear of aviation. (Okay, I'm a nervous flier. There I said it) So whenever a plane crashes it immediately gets my attention. I saw this clip this afternoon as I was falling asleep in front of the TV and it jarred me awake. Sad to discover that the pilot and co-pilot did not survive.

DC

Happy St. Patrick's Day

2009-03-17T09:51:00.003-10:00

I had no idea I had a green aloha shirt in my closet. It smells a bit musty but on radio NOBODY CAN HEAR YOU SMELL. (Okay, that made no sense at all)

Hope everyone has a great St. Patrick's Day today! May that shamrock growing in your backyard not be confiscated!

Aloha~

DC

Check 1...check 1...we're back!

2009-03-16T11:07:00.001-10:00

Amazing how fast a vacation goes by, huh? However, it was great getting back on the air this morning. Funny little thing I've always noticed when I go back to work on the air: I start losing my voice about halfway through the show. I'm not sure if it's from the excited, nervous energy of being back or the fact that my voice hasn't "exercised" in a week. Anyways, I'm back with half a voice but rested and ready to go.

The picture above is of the addition on the house that's being built. It's really coming along nice. It was framed last week and the plumbing installed this weekend. Up next is electrical. Very exciting! BTW, I stayed home last week to be around for the builders since Mom and Pops Flores were in Vegas.

Okay, back to work. Time to make some commercials.

Aloha!

DC

Seeing sound waves..

2009-03-15T08:28:00.001-10:00

Seeing Sound Waves from John Huntington on Vimeo.

Last day of my break

2009-03-13T14:02:00.003-10:00

Last day of my break. Having breakfast in the car with my daughter. Recorded on my Samsung SGH-A737 mobile phone.

Crazy people I work with

2009-03-13T13:58:00.002-10:00

I must be missing work already. Here's me and some of my work gang doing "production". Enjoy! DC

Show Prep Brain...

2009-03-10T11:27:00.003-10:00

Seems like relaxing and enjoying this vacation is gonna be tougher than I thought. While it's great to have a few days off, somebody has to tell my brain to quit show prepping! Normally my antennae is always on for things to talk about on my show: trivia, stuff on TV, Hilo happenings, etc. However, since I didn't have a show to do this morning, my brain is already getting backlogged with ideas with no place to expend it. Some of it I've uploaded to my facebook page just so I have a place to put it, but that's only to fool my brain into thinking it's being consumed.

Already I've gotten a couple of contest ideas and grabbed some trivia from something I saw an ESPN TV commercial. I don't dare turn on the radio. That'll only make me want to jump back on the air!

While I'm glad that I'm so "tuned", I think I may have to find something to break the routine. Problem is...I don't really want to unplug!

DC

Vacation...all I ever wanted

2009-03-10T06:29:00.002-10:00

Hey gang! Taking a few days off from the show. Will be back on Monday the 16th. Going to drive Noe to school later this morning and brave the morning traffic. Rarely do I get this opportunity.

Hilo's been getting drenched these past few days. This morning isn't too bad. Seems like it's more sporadic and not the constant downpour that we had this weekend. Still too wet to do anything outdoors-y like wash the car. (Is that a bad thing?)

Anyways...have a good one. Will be posting more here to the blog this week.

Alohaz!

DC

Paul Harvey....good bye

2009-02-28T16:38:00.010-10:00

Just heard that radio legend Paul Harvey died. Sad to know that a voice I grew up listening to has been silenced. Each morning while growing up in Loveland, Colorado, dad would have the radio on KLMO (Longmont-Boulder) and we'd listen. It was a very important part of our morning routine.

My brothers and I would sit half-awake at the breakfast counter quietly eating our bowl of Alpha-Bits while listening to his "News and Comment".

The biggest events of our youth we heard firsthand from Paul:

Ronald Reagan's defeat of Jimmy Carter.
John Lennon's murder.
The Iran Hostage Crisis.
The U.S. hockey team beating the Russians.
Lee divorcing Farrah.

I was wondering if he had influenced me in any way in my own broadcasting career? I think he did. Technically, one big influence was the way he'd seamlessly work his sponsors into his report. He could go from a story about the Ayatollah to the wonders of Nuetrogena Norwegian Formula Hand cream before you even realized there was a transition. Whenever I'm working a sponsor "read" into my show, I subconsciously flash to Paul. He was the master at that.

Most of all, he was one of many announcers who made me fall in love with radio and inspired me to want to be in this business.

By the way, do they still make Alpha-Bits?

DC

Couple days off...

2009-01-16T21:42:00.002-10:00

ALL I WANT IS A COUPLE DAYS OFF. Remember that Huey Lewis song? Not one of his greast of hits but the song was playing in my head today. Gonna take a few days off from work to just chill. I don't take too many holidays off. For one, we can't really afford to fly anywhere. And two...I really enjoy my job. However, sometimes you just gotta stop and relax and I'll do just that.

I may even sleep in til 5am. Yay!

Where's the "Go" button?

2009-01-11T07:44:00.005-10:00

If you scroll back a few pages (or a year and a half in real time) you'll see when Devin took his Driver's Test. This week, Noe boldly stepped up to the plate. She'd been studying the Hawaii Drivers manual for a few days and announced to her mother that she was ready to take the test. So on Friday January 9th, Vanessa took her to take the test and ..she passed! Meanwhile, I'm at the radio station and get a text from Vanessa that says "Plz come down now 2 sign papers".

"Now?" I text back.

"Ur daughter doesn't want to wait. Plz hurry".

Indeed Noe passed her written drivers test, has a Drivers Permit and can drive as long as a licensed adult is with her. She wasted no time in wanting to start practicing.

(Poink. A grey hair just sprouted)

So yesterday, as tradition dictates, we went to an empty University of Hawaii-Hilo parking lot and let her get her motor running. It went fairly well as you'll see in this video below. By the way, the above statement regarding the "go" button are the exact words Noe said when sitting in the drivers seat. She was kidding, of course. (I hope)

Grey hair makes one look distinguished, right? Okay, just checking..

DC

KWXX Ho'olaule'a aftermath

2008-10-03T20:55:00.007-10:00

Omigosh, did an entire week just go by? The KWXX Ho'olaule'a was a HYOOOOOOGE (um..huge) success and incredibly fun. This year, the station armed me with two Flip video cameras and gave me the charge of documenting the "making" of this gargantuan event. I was in my element. I've been doing this sort of thing with tape recorders since i was a kid. After a few days of recuperation after such a mammoth undertaking, G Cruz has started to assemble some of that footage. Posted on the KWXX.com website are several performances by the island music acts that graced our stages and the first of several "making of" segments by yours truly.

Watch them all when you get a chance. I don't know how much will be included on my segments when it's all finally put together, but I captured A LOT of backstage fun, not just during the show, but before and waaay after around 2am when we were cleaning up.

Here are a few pics taken from my mobile phone...

Again...find it all at KWXX.COM

Next weekend....The Ford Ironman! (cue Black Sabbath)

DC