Hawaii Radio Listener Games

mercredi 29 mars 2017

Upon an unrelated discussion with a reader on my food blog blog recently, they brought up an early 80's radio station guessing game called "Sterling Silva, Private Defective". She didn't describe the details of the game, only that it was on a rock station, and was the precursor to "Uncle Tom's Treasure Hunt". I'm guessing it was KPOI with "Uncle" Tom Moffatt.

With that, I thought it would be fun to list all the listener games Hawaii radio deejays have promoted in the past and present.

Here's my submission:

“Men are Slime” – 93.9FM by Rory Wild, early 90s era: listeners (mostly women) would call in telling their worst stories about men treating them badly (mostly cheating or being lazy kinda’ stuff). The one who had the worst story usually won stuff like movie tickets. For two. lol
Hawaii Radio Listener Games

Taxes on Amazon goods sold in Hawaii

vendredi 17 mars 2017

SB
Quote:

“Amazon will begin collecting sales tax in the state of Hawaii beginning April 1, 2017,” the company wrote in a statement"....
Well, it is now almost history that when shopping online from Amazon, there is not sales tax added. That changes in a couple of months. Interestingly to the quote, we don't have "sales tax", we have "excise tax".
Taxes on Amazon goods sold in Hawaii

Kong: Skull Island

lundi 13 mars 2017

A friend and I attended the late afternoon 3-D presentation of Kong: Skull island at the Ward Theater.

The movie is set in 1973 and there are hints in the movie that it is part of the same universe as the 2014 Godzilla movie.

If you do go to this movie please stay past the credits, there is an additional scene at the end.
Kong: Skull Island

Moonlight

Attended the mid-afternoon showing of the movie Moonlight at the Ward Theater with a friend.

I suspect that if the Varsity Theater was still around this would be the type of film that would be shown there.
Moonlight

Streaming Audio

jeudi 9 mars 2017

What is your favorite streaming audio platform to listen to music, news, talk, podcasts or anything else? Do you prefer free audio platforms (usually ad supported) or paid subscription platforms (such as Apple Music and Spotify)?

The biggies in the industry seem to be:

Spotify - lots of music and albums to stream +social component. Free + subscription optional.

Pandora - music of all genres in a radio format. Free or subscription.

Apple Music - paid music streaming.

Amazon Prime / Amazon Music - paid streaming, commercial free. Lots of music. Added perks with Prime.

Google Play Music - subscription or free music streaming + free music storage for up to 50,000 of your MP3/AAC files to their servers.

Stitcher - Free Podcasts, music, online radio + premium content.

iHeart Radio - Free radio and music streaming + recently launched paid tier. They also have podcasts.

TunedIn Radio - Radio & music streaming, worldwide stations. Free and paid tiers.

Accuradio - Genre based music streaming.

LastFM - Music streaming, music, "scrobbling" free + paid premium tier.

8Tracks - Custom music playlists you build. Was mostly free but now mostly subscription based.

The61 - Lots of indie music here but not so sure if the platform is highly used as it was once before. They reverted back to their old design last year or so.

Audible - Audio books and other non-music content. Subscription only.

Most of the streaming services can be accessed through websites, Android and iOS devices, and OTT devices such as Roku and Apple TV.

I've tried all of them and use several in addition to listening to content the old fashioned way - MP3s/AAC through iTunes/iPod + computer devices... and the old standbys... CDs, vinyl records and tape.

I'm sure I also missed a few mainly because I haven't tried them.

What is your preferred method of streaming audio if you do at all?

For totally cost free alternative there is always traditional AM / FM radio.

I would put links in all of the above but I am sure we are all smart enough to know where to find these.
Streaming Audio

Perry Mason

vendredi 3 mars 2017

Lately I have been watching the original Perry Mason series on MeTV, which is aired on Monday thru Friday at 11:30 pm HST and at 9:00 am HST. I do know that the morning airing is from a different season than the late night airing.

Some episodes I remember when it was re-run on KGMB late night in the middle 1970's, but other episodes I haven't seen before.
Perry Mason

Shoe/Boot Fetish in superhero comics

mercredi 1 mars 2017

In the Superman comics (1994 and before), Clark Kent wore his day clothes over his Superman clothing which include a pair of red boots, these boots would be covered by Clark Kent's pants and shoes.

So this begs the question, does Superman have really small feet or does Clark Kent buy extra large and wide shoes?


For those of you who read Marvel comics, consider the case of Iron Man. In order to fly he has jets on the sole of his boots. This also begs the question where is the fuel stored in order for the jet boots to operate?


On the CW series Supergirl, Kara Danvers also wears street clothes over her Supergirl clothing, but if she wears a dress or skirt that goes above her knee how does she cover her red over the knee boots?
Shoe/Boot Fetish in superhero comics