Welcome to ROX

Yo, big props to Ian Cognito for unearthing this little snippet from Howard Stern's show of April 19th, 1994.

— by B | link

When ROX #85 debuted on the internet, we sent out press releases every which way, and we got quite a bit of coverage, from Time magazine to local media outlets.

I'm not sure exactly how it happened, but Xy and I ended up on a drive-time radio show in St. Louis, where we were taking a vacation and visiting our friend LoJo.

I'm sure glad we hung on to the audio from that encounter. I think it's worth a listen, not because of our lame attempts at humor, but for what it reveals about how people viewed the internet and the web back in 1995. Times sure have changed.

By the way, did you know that in St. Louis the term "Hoosier" means "white trash?"

— by B | link

I promised some fans I'd post an update about ROX #96, so here goes. This one seems to have stalled out indefinitely in post-production. I feel pretty bad about it. We shot all the necessary video over a year ago. I was all set to edit, but kept running into technical problems. It wasn't just one problem, but like three different problems, all of which combined to really take the wind out of my sails. My daughter had just been born, and when I didn't get the technical issues resolved right away, time started slipping away. Now she's a toddler, and much more of a handful than when she was a newborn baby, so time is even more difficult to come by. It's been so long that I don't even clearly remember what the technical problems were in the first place. These frustrations gave birth to our podcast, which is online at nightcap.rox.com. I still hope to get ROX #96 done some day... I just don't know when.

— by B | link

While doing some of our own mental housecleaning myself and two others decided an episode of J&B on the rox was in order.

Like all things J&B there is no meaning to the madness leading us to this episode but we were happy with it.

Highlights include MoonBoy's reference to the hi and low's of the drag queen experience (as my friend Nikita was watching and felt very special to have heard her name on such a distinctly potable (haha)show such as this). Bullwinkle's is long gone now, however it is always to joy to see the rich history of B-ton.

Particle butthead is an asshole. A BIG one. Speaking as a woman (it's not Oz anymore...it's Sarah) XY is awesome. Though J&B are most certainly could run a show by themselves, XY brings a much needed feminine presence to this otherwise slightly masculine program. XY is no Yoko. she's a delight. End of story.

Oz here, perhaps we've done a bit too much housecleaning, so in summation: As with all J&B the same old shit is a thin veil covering insightful commentary into local and worldly issues of meaning.

— by Oz | link

Way too many great moments and lines to list here. I just watched it again for about the millionth time (unstoned, since I gave up the maryjane years ago), and boy did that there po-po chief ever have egg on his face the day after this originally aired....

— by W. Owen | link

And yet another bad hair day of mine preserved for all eternity.

I love how Java Madness has its own IMDB entry now.

— by W. Owen | link

No, ROX hasn't gone into hibernation completely. Please check out J&B's new podcast.

— by B | link

ROX regrets to report that our friend Dr. Dale A. Collins has passed on. According to Vince Renstrom, Dale died in his sleep on September 3, 2008, two days shy of his 43rd birthday. He will be missed.

— by B | link