JasonCable.com http://www.jasoncable.com the net's informative gay podcast & blog from pittsburgh Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:27:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en “America” Songs http://www.jasoncable.com/2008/07/03/america-songs/ http://www.jasoncable.com/2008/07/03/america-songs/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:27:40 +0000 jason http://www.jasoncable.com/?p=342 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "“America” Songs", url: "http://www.jasoncable.com/2008/07/03/america-songs/" });]]> For the hell of it I decided to search for all songs on my iPod with the word “America” in the title.  Call me patriotic.  Here’s what I found and it does disturb me somewhat.  You try this cute trick.  It’s really weird to see stuff from Elvis to Bernstein to Don McLean and “Miss Saigon.”

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  1. Doctors who look at me funny when I ask to get tested for HIV.  I’ve had several doctors poke and prod asking why I wanted tested for HIV.  It disgusts me.  What business is it of theirs?  Hey! at least I’m getting tested.  Don’t ask questions, just order the f-ing test.
  2. Prescription drug prices in the U.S.  C’mon… how can I go to Canada or Mexico and pay a fraction of the price for prescription drugs that I do in the U.S.?  Those greedy bastard drug companies are in collusion with the physicians and insurance companies to screw us all.  I take a long acting form of propranolol.  Before it became available in generic my insurance plan would only pay for Inderal LA which is more expensive than InnoPran XL (same thing, different brand, lasts longer).
  3. American automobiles.  In the 2 years that I’ve owned by Ford Escape I figure that Ford Motor Company has spent about $7,500+ in warranty repairs!  Can’t any American owned car manufacturer make a decent vehicle?
  4. While we’re on the subject of vehicles… if you have a big expensive car, hit the gas!  I hate nothing more than seeing people with $50K cars who are afraid to us the power in them.  Fine, go the speed limit, just get your ass off the line faster.
  5. If you purchase a vehicle, use it!  No one should be afraid of getting a vehicle wet.  Don’t buy a sports car (esp. with an automatic transmission) and don’t drive it!  ARGHHH.
  6. Windows Vista.  It’s a piece of steaming donkey doo.  They put lipstick on a pig and fattened it… a lot.  At least if you’re going to require gigabytes of RAM and at least 512MB of video RAM, limit the OS release to ONLY 64-bit processors.
  7. People who hate iTunes.  Do you know how many songs I’ve purchased for $0.99 each?  I don’t have to buy an entire album anymore!  And guess what?!?!?  The iTunes Music Store has millions of out-of-print recordings of esoteric songs that I just love.  Also, on the FairPlay DRM that Apple uses… I bought the song, so only I can listen to it.  Makes sense to me.  Even then you can burn it!
  8. People who don’t drive the speed limit.  In heavy rain, sleet, and/or snow you may want to drive below the speed limit, but in normal driving conditions at least GO THE SPEED LIMIT!
  9. Spammers.  Need I say more?
  10. People who don’t use condoms.  Please people, especially you straight people out there, protect yourselves!

P.S. New podcast once I get over this nasty cold.

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Yeah, a little off topic, but still an important message.

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P.S. The total download count for all shows combined has surpassed 250,000!

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A big thanks to Sirius OutQ’s Frank DeCaro!  He’s as genuine and funny in real life as he is on the radio.  I got to meet Frank, wearing his new silver shoes, and C.R. who gets hung up on on the radio show all the time.  Saturday night started with a few rain drops followed by a crazy downpour.  Luckily, I snuck into Images and had several drinks.  So, after 10pm sometime Frank DeCaro got on stage and started by singing his signature, “Pineapple Princess,” a song from the album Hawaiiannette by Annette Funicello.

Sunday was the parade, albeit only 25 minutes, it was pretty good.  Dozens of gay and gay friendly organizations were represented.  I had no idea there were so may in Pittsburgh.  I am truly sorry I missed it last year and will hopefully play a more active role in the pride celebration in the future.

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