How about ... "The Citizen Journalist Report Too?"

It could be like Rightalk's CSI franchise.

"X of Spades"?

(/got nuffin')

American History X, you Nazi theocon, you.

Bill,

Hmmm... that's a possibility. It could be Citizen Journal Report: NY.

Or maybe Citizen Journal Report: The Funny One.

Just kidding.

But we will destroy you.

allah,

been there, done that, lived it, bought the t-shirt.

Wait - can Karol do comedy?

Did you get the tattoo, also?

You know which one I'm talking about. That tattoo.

Ace,

A name for what?

Am I always the last to know?

How about:

A X E

but it'll work better if designed successfully...make the center "X" dominant and the "A" on the left and the "E" on the RIGHT with different emphasis, statement.

Let me know if I can help. Be happy to.

MeTooThen,

The internet webcast show Alarming news and I are doing starting... May 10th.

(Pushed back a week... Karol and I are having "creative differences." Quite frankly she brings a poisonous attitude to the project and I hope to never work with her again.)

Train Wrex, with Ace and Karol

Wait - can Karol do comedy?

Bill, we're going to be colleagues of a sort... please don't serve up high hanging fastballs like this...

The Guys Get Pajamas

Nahhh... thanks. To be honest, I sorta hate that kinda thing-- the "pajama" thing, all the cutesy blogger stuff that becomes the rage for a week or two.

Ace,

Live-X,

The Real X,

X-Crew,

It's All X,

X-Force,

X-Troop,

Organ-X,

MeTooX,

X-Alarm,

X2X,

I'm Too Sexy for my X,

Live and Let X,

Crazy Blog X,

X-You!

VXWC (my favorite),

Do Not Feed the X,

And lastly for now (I'm late for dinner),

Don't Mess With the X!

MeTooThen,

Ummm, maybe you should check out some of the other fine threads I've got going here.

X-rated?

Nahhh... and I've tried puns on that, like X-Ranting, X-Raving, etc.

Citizen X

shit, I posted as "at april".... I'm so embarrassed.

"High hanging fastball"? Hm. Must be a role playing thing.

CURVEball, okay.

Sheesh.

Bill, we're going to be colleagues of a sort... please don't serve up high hanging fastballs like this...

Yeah, but the question is, who the Hell is going to bring the funny?

I've got it.

Okay, I don't have it. But I just suggested X-Static to Karol and Liz the producer.

fer pete's sake, a name for WHO? the new pope, "he who shall not be named", or thee?

must. know. who.

chix 'n dix

Outpost #31

X-Press

That's it dude.

Admit it...that's chunky.

Oh, that's my new catch phrase.

sentinel

What's the significance of the X, anyway? Or is it, like Ian Faith's cricket bat, simply a matter of affectation?

Ace,

LOL!

You didn't like VXWC?

And so it goes.

Crazy.Blog.Money.

I guess I'm not cut out for that world.

Sigh.

It's good to be the King.

What about X-posed, X-posure, or X-tarded - I mean, X-torted. Sorry.

Outpost #31

Now of course you know I'd love that, but I don't know if I could sell anyone on it.

U.S. Outpost #31 is better, plus it's what they say in the movie.

Ian's cricket bat. Nice reference, Allah.

"Dresses like an Australian's nightmare." No idea what that means, but I still laugh.

How about :

fuXion

it's pronounced like fusion you sick prick

sentinel

X-cetera

Go ahead, use it. I'm cool with that. What's mine is yours.

Jeff -- I'm not suggesting Ace's audience will be small, merely that his appeal might tend to be "selective."

I still like Radio Free Jesusland. Oh well.

I was thinking Radio Free Ace, but once again, I don't think the station will let an unknown dude stick his name into the title.

"What's the significance of the X, anyway? Or is it, like Ian Faith's cricket bat, simply a matter of affectation?"

1, I like it.

2, I have found that sometimes when you're "brainstorming" (I hate that word) it helps to narrow the possiblities down.

Element X?

AceXth

X-asserbait?

Xrapola?

St. Pius X?

X-Patriot?

Ya think Karol would mind X+Box?

Actually, I think X-Static was pretty cool.

Static: Of, relating to, or produced by random radio noise.

"X" is so mysterious and exciting! Like "X-Games" or the "X-Files," or "Mutant-X."

Wicked!

Red Statx

XX2 (x times 2)

Or "X-Men!"

Or XXX! So Vin Diesel can play you in the inevitable movie about your radio show!

WICKED SUPER AWESOME!!!!!

sorry, not XX2

Xx2

You're wrong, allah. ace will smash any and all competition. When he's funny -- everybody knows it. No confusion. No group consenus required.

X-SEX
ace of X-Spade

I have found that sometimes when you're "brainstorming" (I hate that word) it helps to narrow the possiblities down.

You mean you know it really sounds stupid when someone else comes up with the idea?

indeX
X-trapolation
deus eX machina
X-planations

After reading tall this crap all I can come up with is "FuxStyx". I blame it on the company.

I like StyXfan2005. But that's more of an online handle than a radio name, I guess.

Still. Kinda awesome.

How about "The Dark Side With Nat X!"

Or "X-travagant blog money?"

"Xianity Rocks!

X Marks the Spot ya old pirate. Harr! Avast!

Pandora's X-Box

X-Stream?

It is streaming audio, you know.

Bill,

I guess at this point the fascade of politeness falls.

As I've said, I'm hoping for something at least as sexy and grabby as "Citizen Journalist Report." Something like "Family-Sized Paper Towel Val-U-Pack."

Or, if you're nasty, you can call it

Pandora's Shaved BoXXX

"X-SEX"

A bit, um, on the nose. Might as well go with the old KISS classic (ahem) "Let's Put the X in Sex."

Bunch of X-static stuff from Google. (sorry)

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"Ya think Karol would mind X+Box?"

Hah. I don't think she'd mind, but there would be some embarassing debate as to who "Box" was.

Snowy,

Yeah, it's an old Hall & Oates (geek alert) album anyway.

And I've already decided it's too, how to I put this, gay.

How about "Poli-Wax"? That way I can clean the floors while you are pontificating. Your fans could wear mop heads. You could sport a wood plank. Think of the possibilities!

X-Mas Karols

Jon,

I think I like "fuxstyx" better.

Ace + Karol
XXX OOO

Forget the damn "X" go with "Hoist the Black Flag"

x-trovertet
x-tarded
x-tinguisher
x-wife
x-com

Which emphasizes: Putting an X in the name is probably a stupid idea!

Or...wait:

X-Wing

It´s like not right-wing, not left-wing, but some super special new wing!

Let me be honest. I don't mind stuff like "Black Flag Radio" and the like, but I think I am picking up the idea from Karol that she wants a "neutral" title, not one that skews towards me, you know?

X-planations with Ace & Karol

X-clamations with Ace & Karol

Seriously? No bite on the pirate thing? Hmm.
Mobius X (ya hafta get that umlat thingy over the o, of course)
X-Function
ParadoX
Quantum-X
X-Theory
X Squared
X Stream Gravity

X-clamations with Karol and Ace

May 10th - X-tant
May 11th - X-tinct

:)

Okay... maybe the x thing isn't working.

Although I do like "X-Stream" at this point.

>skews towards me, you know?

Alarming X

I guess at this point the fascade of politeness falls.

As I've said, I'm hoping for something at least as sexy and grabby as "Citizen Journalist Report." Something like "Family-Sized Paper Towel Val-U-Pack."

What you label a "fascade (sic)" I'd call passive-aggressive limp-wristed slaps. But hey, I'm honestly trying to help you out with the name. I mean, let's face it, "X" is such an enigmatic letter. It's like the Keyser Soze of the alphabet.

But why not just skip all this beating Around the bush and call it the"GOD I AM SUPER WICKED AWESOME ACE OF SPADES DEATH CARD MUTHAFUCKA WITH A HUGE COCK - NO REALLY - Show? (and Karol)"

I mean, "Citizen Journalist Report" is boring, but it was sort of a subtle play on Goldstein and Allah giving Hewitt, et al a hard time about the MASSIVE and UNSTOPPABLE power of blogs. You remember Allah, right? Gosh he was funny. Sort of a "rich man's Ace." Good times, good times.

Slice Like an X-ing Hammer

X-citable Ace (& Andy)

Sod off Swampy X

If you settle upon an "X" name, use ZZ Top's "Heard It On the X" as bumper music. (The song title refers to Mexican-border pirate radio stations.)

But why not just skip all this beating Around the bush and call it the"GOD I AM SUPER WICKED AWESOME ACE OF SPADES DEATH CARD MUTHAFUCKA WITH A HUGE COCK - NO REALLY - Show? (and Karol)"

I don't know if it would fit on a graphic.

Do we need to mention Karol?

Hey

Regeneration X

X-Lax ... The shit starts now.

Bonus! Two "X's"!!

Not to piss in your punchbowl, Ace, but f-ed up names with "X"es in them are a sure sign of balding pony-tailed wannabe hipsters trying to connect with the "youth" market. (Think the "Memphis Maniax" of the old XFL). I say embrace your inner geek and go with a D&D/StarWars/StarTrek inside joke.

"+6 spell of entertainment value"
"Red Uniforms"
"These Aren't the Bloggers You're Looking For"

of course, if you were on satellite radio, "Jedi Mind Fuck" would be a cool title (almost as cool as "The Squeakhole of Allah's Sister).

aXiom
X Space
Chaos X
Cartesian Coordinates with X & Y
CompleX Plane (or any number of things with CompleX - Function, Number, etc)
X-Manifolds
Cygnus X-1 (Black hole candidate)
X-ponential Power

X Tangent.

I guess I've got to agree with Bill here; the whole "X" thing is lame. You'll spend half the time pitching Clearasil and skateboards and the other half explaining to callers that it isn't a "Metal" show.

...That is unless you want to reach across multiple generations. In which case, I suggest the super bangin' name of .... "Preparation-X".

What's with the cheap shots directed towards allah? I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to hear him interviewed by ace and Karol.

Blo-X, pronounced; 'Blocks', or blow and let x be substititute for anything.

I'm a big fan of "The Guy's get Shirts"

Eh, I'm out of x's. How about "Got Gravitas?"

Not a big fan of the X stuff either. Read something, somewhere where an X in the title is a good marketing thing, but reminds me too much of that 'Extreme' tag add-on used to market soda to slacker, videogaming, parent's basement dwellers.

I do like the hostility out-and-frontness above between Ace and Bill though. That pleasant in front of the kids stuff doesn't belong on the intenet or the radio. Let it out. Ace, I believe he called you a 'poor man's Allah.' You just going to take that?

X-traordinary. As in "We're building a radio show of X-traordinary magnitude."

Shoutlier
Shout - energy
Outlier - Ace
Lier - what DUers will be writing

PanX Attack
Pan - criticize
Panic - Ace
Attack - In Sullivanian intemperance this was oh so important last week but you've abandoned it for the faddish 'X'

FuXXit
one for Ace, one for Karol

Lots of "Radio X" on Google

How about ---

Program X

I kinda like both Allah's "Train Wrex" and Ace's "X-Stream". Eh... Scratch the X-Stream (no offense Ace). It's a little TOO ambiguous.
In keeping with a pirate theme, there's the obvious "X Marx the Spot" Or maybe just "X-Marx".
I don't know... you're kinda limiting the possibilities by imposing such a tight restrixion on our ruminaxions. Lift the embargoe! Free the limitations on speech regarding the naming of your station!! Up with people! Wait... got away from myself. Ahem. I'm sure there are PLENTY of great naming possibilities that DON't involve the letter 'X'.
[/just saying]

Name:

Rightous Indignation

Ace, I believe he called you a 'poor man's Allah.' You just going to take that?

Ace is the 'People's Allah'.

Ace, it doesn't take a pussy grammar-troll to figure out that this "X" idea is thestupidest idea you've ever come up with in public on this blog.

I mean, even stupider than that whole Tom Selleck jag you went off on awhile back. And that was pretty goddamn dumb.

Seriously, your show does NOT need an "X" anywhere in the title.

Larry's right. A man wouldn't just lie down for that. Some flamin' is called for.

Off topic, but the creeps who brought us the Bush assassination t-shirts, the "Senator Santorum sodomzed me" dog t-shirts and worse are having a meet and greet in NYC May 3. Details are here.
They may appreciate commentary on their standards.
http://www.cafepress.com./cp/community/meetgreet

if X is good marketing, I say use it. every bit helps.

No "Program X" in my Google results.

No, not boring.

Original!

X Marks the Spot

Deus X Machina

X Patriot

X Raves

And for the Geek in us all, Racer X...

Later,
bbeck

Hmm. Lotsa people coming up with the "X Marks the Spot" there Ace.

off the x theme but: Strange Attractors
That was gonna be the name of my rock band, but I guess you can use it.

>The Citizen Journalist Report

The Citizen X Report

X Press

Gen X Asks Y

X The Question Already!

Are you sorry you asked for help yet, Ace?

Later,
bbeck

Yeah, X is a little too much forced-heat. Too porn, too motocross. People are going to be way let down when there's no sex chat and growling wrestlers.

Again, lower those expectations. Less snap and glitz. More beige.

One of the things I love about your site is when you rant and utterly deflate all the false debate surrounding some issue. When you get right to the crystal clear heart of the matter.

Cut the Nuance

A hidden danger of the whole "X" thing is that you will get the DL's of the world thinking your show is gonna be about glow-sticks and raves.

But is you insist on an "X" there are some options, I suppose.

Planet X. (Which is, IIRC the mythical/ undiscovered planet that gets blamed by some for mass extinctions on Earth).

The Phony X-press. (Let's be honest..you are exactly delivering news across thousands of miles of hostile "Injun Country")

X-Wingers. (InDC Bill could be your very own "Jar Jar Binks")

X-iled on Main Street. (Would give you some kick ass Stones tunes for bumper music).

Ace and Karol's X-Cellent Adventure

X-tinguish all hope, ye who listen here.

are=aren't in "Phony X-press" comment above.

X Is No Antecedent!

Well I think it's funny.

And hey, you can appeal to all your Power Puff Girls Fans with Chemical X.

Later,
bbeck

If you're stuck on X, I like Radio X-iles, or something riffin on exile, ala Jacks x-iled above.

X-Raydio

Ixtapa

The Mexican God of luv.

So, O.K., call it:

X NOT

X Not

If "X" whatever isn't cool/trendy (so some say) and there's the "do we have to mention Karol" restriction, just go with:

X Not

I'm not just sucking up to lauraw because I think it was her in that AoSHQ Tee-shirt the other day but let me say I like her 10:40 pm suggestion.

Cut the Nuance--works.

See, I watch The Apprentice. And I don't want to be fired. So I formed a focus group and sought out the opinions of the marketplace.

And the marketplace says "X is stupid."

So, okay, X is gone. It's an ex-idea.

I don't care for "static" as a word...too wordy..."stream" seems too Deanie...

X Not

...and you get "am, too," "are not! "am, too," "are not" thing.

On the other hand, "X Naught" is gay.

>Cut the Nuance--works.

X the Nuance

So, O.K., I read I am too late.

Are the preferences still including "static" and "family sized paper towels"?

ace, you watch "The Apprentice,"...so...how about:

"You're not fired!"

X the X, eh?

okaaaaaaay

Or, FIRE THIS!

Hi Birkel,
That was bbeck, and she looked nice I agree.

And thanks! I hope you still like my idea even though those weren't my knockers.

Hi Snowy, don't make a maniac outta me.

Cygnus X-1

The Wildcards, or Wildcard X

X-Amount of Dollars

X-Symmetry

Paint it Black

Theory of Everything

Tesseract, or TessereX

"X-Static"

Because I think it's time you named yourself after a shitty Hall & Oates album (from 1979, I think).

If he and Karol cut the nuance, the show will be nothing but sex.

But now I'm one pic short of lauraw's chest.

You'll forgive me if I'm not pleased with that li'l tid bit--or lack thereof.

Did like the idea anyway.

WizX
- wizard

MatriX
- an array of circuit elements (as diodes and transistors) for performing a specific function

Module X
- space vehicle
- a mathematical set that is a commutative group under addition and that is closed under multiplication which is distributive from the left or right or both by elements of a ring and for which a(bx) = (ab)x or (xb)a = x(ba) or both where a and b are elements of the ring and x belongs to the set

AleXiX
- Edmond Rostand - soldier, dramatist, plays were romantic and entertaining, providing an alternative to the naturalistic theatre.

FaradX
- Voltage

STX
- Signal transduction

X Galileo

ψ X
- wave

BAM!

Chicxulub

Pronounced "chich-a-loob," "chicks-a-lube" or "cheekshooloob".

Chicks-a-lube. Heh.

by me

bbeck and Enos Yorl,

You are on fuckin' fire!

Ace,

It's not too late, reconsider the X.

And rdbrewer,

Theory of Everything

Tesserex

Can I use those?

You know, in case I every want to get into the Crazy.Blog.Money world?

Just stream of consciousness here

Hunt the Liberals and Flay them Alive
Cut on the Bias
Strip it Down
The Unvarnished Sophisticate
Angering the Professors
Americans Don't Like Commies
Tinpot Bloviators

I like the suggestion X-Press.

"X-Press radio with Ace and Karol!!!!"

Also, Bill, did you know that Vin Diesel is gay? (not that theres anything wrong with that) but it's true. Isn't that wild? He so doesn't seem like it. Which, when you think about it WOULD make him the perfect guy to play ACE!

"Because I think it's time you named yourself after a shitty Hall & Oates album (from 1979, I think)."

"IntraVino" is good. So is Beauty on a Back Street.

Which, tho my memory may err, I think was actually on X-Static, and NOT on the album named Beauty on Back Street.

As to "Apprentice" referential bits, you could always take the grovelling tact and use:

"Please don't fire me!"

Or even, "Grovel"

I don't like the Apprentice but what I think, if you are using that as reference, ace, is that you should (therefore) let someone ELSE write the title and then accept whatever the decision is -- which is the premise for the show, right?

I still like
A X E
in certain dimensionally altered display, think you should go with that. Karol/others don't like it...so?

I mean, just use your own title and get it over with. Do what you want.

I like the idea of going with a Trek quote.

"Pure Energy with Carol and Ace"

Cut on the Bias

This is a great name, but, alas, it's so great someone else is already using it for their blog.

...And now, commentary from "Karol's Ace".

...Think of the theme song possibilities.

Toots, there is nothing new under the sun. Everything is derivative. If it weren't, life on the planet would be unable to replicate itself and all functions would cease.

Steal it. Like the wind.

X-Ray Vision

X-Post Facto, or Ex Post Facto

Electric Blanket

Nuclear Winter

Nuclear Family

Plutonium Cheese Doodle X

Yeah, I'm out too.

Let's be honest Ace,

You were dying to have someone suggest "ClimaXing with Ace and Karol" weren't you?

Thanx MeTooX! :-) I don't think the x thing is completely eXhausted yet tho. But some direction would be nice. Ace - are you liking ANY of this? Any preference for the number of words? Throw us a frickin' bone here!

X-Tra Gravity
X-Tra insert word here

TessereX has a ready-made logo.

T.O.E. b good. Damned good.

Have at it, MeTooX, unless Ace-man wants it.

Thundercats Ho!

Aces 'N' 8s
Blogger X
Young Bloggers in Love
Exiled in NY
Resistance is overrated
Chewing Gum, Kicking Ace
Liberator X

Guys...

I keep saying: Based on reader reaction to the whole "X" idea, I'm abandoning it.

You're just grinding metal at this point, as Reese said to Sarah Connor.

But thanks for all the suggestions... there is just too much resistance to the X name, and it sounds a little forced, I guess, a little too "too," so to speak.

Just an idea I had. Like many of my ideas, it was retarded.

Hey, you're a movie buff. Why not steal an idea from a movie title?

Blogfellas
Okay, that kind of sucks.

Liberal Kryptonite
Meh...O-Dub would think it's all about him.

Predator
Yeah, I just said it because it's on AMC right now.

Nobody Puts Us in a Corner
Heh. Sorry about that one.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet
Okay, that one's just a whim...

"Grinding Metal"..now that's a title!

On your first episode, you can invite Jesse James and those American Chopper guys. Sparks will fly I tell you!

Alllllrighty then. No x's.
Do you wanna go:
Science-geeky?
Math-geeky?
D&D-geeky?
Sci-fi-geeky?
Fantasy-geeky?
Hybrid? like math/d&d chimera: Strange Dice

So Paint It Black,

Theory of Everything, and

Electric Blanket Imbroglio

are back in! Yeah!

Okay, no more X stuff...

Rookies and Milk

Last Contact

The Eleventh Plague

Right Noise

Snack Food for Thought

I got these from Bad Puns R Us. They were rejects.

Later,
bbeck

LIGHTNING BOLT!

Hmm. More Imbroglio titles might be good. What a great word.

Maybe a 'The' title

The Tinfoil Report
The Blue Slant
The Clue
The Diversity Show

Out of the Blue State
How Not to Be French
Red Blooded Americans
Don't Fear Logic

Two In the Afternoon (but then the show is scheduled for 4, so it would confuse the morons in your audience)

Four O'Clock High

Internet Sweat

Sean Hannity's Only Competition

Current Jelly

Oh dear, I either need to drink more or drink less.

Later,
bbeck

The Last Nerve
Right Your Congressman

Homunculus and Termagant

heh

Current Jelly...ROCKS

Good one, wow

If you dropped Karol and took Willis on for a partner you could call it Ace and Spade's HQ.

But then, I never said that .. I just kinda, thought it, sorta.

How Not to Be French lol

The French Foreign Legion (without the French part)

Les Non-Miserables

Rive Gauche -- Literally!

The Vertebrate Hour

Surely I'm inspiring someone to come up with something GOOD.

Later,
bbeck

bbeck, enos yorl, and rdbrewer:

OK, it's official.

When the opportunity arises, I will buy all of you drinks until we get drunk and we roll under the table in vomit and oblivion.*

Or something like that.

Or not.

But, I will but the drinks.

Hey Ace,

How about Vomit and Oblivion?

Or, dare I say...

VOX

And no, Ace, you're idea wasn't retarded.

It was special.

Just sayin'

*Cribbed from Beckett

Muffled Screams with Karol and Ace.

The Dump Button with K and A.

Pitchforks and Torches with K and A

Thanks Laura, lol, but I'm not sure how many non-grocery shoppers would get it.

Later,
bbeck

lauraw,

My bad.

You too, then.

The Last Nerve

That one I like.

A lot.

Liberal Kryptonite
The Good, The Bad, & The Dangerous! (except there's only two of you - hmm)
Smart & Smarterer
Red Dusk
Night of the Living Bloggers
The Blog
Revenge of the Blogg! (the extra g is plural for blog)
Attack of the Killer Bloggers!
Blog or Die
Frankly my dear I don't give a blog!
I, Internetradio
God Emporer of Radio
It Takes a Blogger
The Tau of Conservativism
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Conservatism
Sanctuary
The Heretics of Radio
The Art of Conservatism

MeToo, anyone who quotes from one of my favorite movies of all time can buy me drinks ANY DAY.

Becket Rules...but don't get me started on the historically inaccurate armor.

Later,
bbeck

You could always go with the whole 'foreign language' dodge on the dirty words.

'Yob tvoyu mat
Very, very bad phrase in Russian.

Tina es mi puta sucia, sucia del blog.
Loose translation: Tina Brown is my dirty, dirty blog whore.

Busted Flush

So, O.K., since we're now discriminating against "X" (those who know me recognize sarcasm when it's written), how about:

"Y"

you know, "Y Ace" or
Karol and Ace: "Y"

Or, NO CHROMOSOMES!

Just think, we have the entire remaining alphabet to work with here...

random film references ensue:

MAXIMUS and SCIPPIO

It's a thought.

I've heard worse Russian phrases, Slublog.

Well, I'm disappointed to arrive after X is off the table, because I would have suggested

"Puddles of X"

...the rationale being that most readers will immediately associate "puddles of gravy" which leads to the blatant culinary reference - who doesn't like gravy? - but more importantly Wavy Gravy and the whole "Hog Farm" mileu: and what's more symbolic of blogger-radio than a busload of tripping practical jokesters?

But some other obvious Sixties references would include:

"Parnelli's Mission" (double-entendre: of course Parnelli's "mission" is to charge to the front, but "mission" also implies a religious outpost, e.g. "here, we worship speed and we also have women" - is there any better motto for the blogosphere?);

"Through the Badminton Racquet" (Get it? Romper Room - "I see Johnny and I see Becky and I see Bjorn..." clearly the reference is to checking one's referral logs); and

"F-You Troop" (no good reason, don't ask me why, I'm a big Larry Storch guy and always have been).

Well, good luck on naming your show and, whatever you do, please stay away from any use of the whole "Krakatoa, East of Nirvana"-type genre because we've got some things in the incubator right now.

I've heard worse Russian phrases, Slublog.

So have I, actually. Someone called me a...well, bad thing when I was in Bryansk. I walked out of a store and the guy almost hit me with his bike. And he had the audacity to call me a bad name.

But 'yob tvoyu maht' has such a nice ring to it.

American Chernobyl

Listen, guys, Homunculus and Termagant just rolls off the tongue. That's quality shit.

Viewpoint Imbroglio

Politics Imbroglio

*.imbroglio . . .
on-air
radio
soundwave

Hmm.

*.Imbroglio

("star dot imbroglio") Covers all possible guests and all types of entangled disagreements.

Rising Thermal

Rodeo Free New York

Sean Penn Is Not Smart

Hack and Slash?

It's one of my good friend Vadim's favourite phrases, Slublog.

But those Russians have fun ways of saying foul stuff. LOL!

But those Russians have fun ways of saying foul stuff. LOL!

I'm amazed at the casual profanity of the Russian language. Yob tvoyu is something they say when they want to insult someone or just stub their toe. It's a versatile phrase.

I use it at work, when I want to cuss but don't want anyone to know what I'm saying.

Heck, you could say "I don't want tea." in Russian and it could sound angry or obscene.

I love the language, but hate the grammar.

Tlelaxu Axlotl Tanks
The Litany Against Fear
Bene Gesserit Training
Kwisatz Haderach
The phrase Kwisatz Haderach קפיצת הדרך originally came from Hebrew (poss. originally Kfitsat or Kfitzat Haderech) and means "Jump ahead of the path", i.e. a significant breakthrough.
Dude, you've GOT to choose this!!

X Not X ?

Let's see....

Redshift Radio
Red Dawn Radio
The Wolverine Report
Black Mischief
Monkey Business
Double Trouble
Two Virgins

You've had, what, something like a thousand suggestions, and *none* of them are any damn good?

Amprasand and Exclamation Point

Particle Zoo and the Atom Smashers

Slublog,

Have you seen the website "Sovok of the Week" which is run by my buddy Vadim?

It's funny stuff. And all about Russians. Cheap, Scandalous Russians.

Birkel...I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the tip.

nomeX flamer

Sadly, can't come up with anything myself. Why not just Karol and Ace? Or 'The Week' with Karol and Ace? Seems most radio shows don't have a 'name' per se or just use the announcers names. It's not the 'Wacky cutsy name' show with Howard Stern. Just the Howard Stern show.

Glad you dropped the X thing, and if they say you have to have a name, just don't go too cutsy punny, please. While the CJR is boring, they probably grow embarrassed of it should the show continue. No funniness/novelty to wear off and change how you feel bout it.

Meant to say won't grow embarrassed, if not obvious.

This Is Your Brain

Net Soup

Primordial Soup

Tannhauser Gate

Subspace Anomaly

Strong and Electroweak

Slublog,

What do you think of the Sovok website?

Let me know at my website if not back here in the comments.

God fucking dammit, I already did this brainstorm shit once.

Hardwired
Sound Stage
The Mix
Cyberbeat
High Voltage
Bandwidth Overload
Backhaul
Airspace Violation
Transponder X
Alpha Channel
Black Flag Alarm
Unfiltered
All Hands on Deck
Rough Cut
SnapZoom
School of Hard Knocks
Velvet Hammer
Internal Combustion
Phasers on Kill
Heavens to Mergatroid
Take 2
Beauty and the Beast
Godzilla Radio
The Decompression Chamber
Magnetic Polarity
Pirate Radio
Johnny Fucknuts and the Mancunts
Smitty's Place

Standard Deviants - my final suggestion.
Ray does have a point though. The biggest radio shows are just the names of the personalities. It's the content of the program, not the name that makes/breaks the show. My $.02 anyway.
As long as we have www.ace.mu.nu I'm happy!

Free T-shirts

Reese told Ellen Ripley that she was "just grinding metal".

Easy to see the confusion -- same actor, in practically the same movie.

Right Now

ohhhhhh.... "Right Now" is really good.

I also like "Sound and Fury" which someone suggested earlier.

Reese told Ellen Ripley that she was "just grinding metal".

Easy to see the confusion -- same actor, in practically the same movie.

Right, damnit. Thanks. So it wasn't Reese, it was "Hicks." I couldn't really remember when that happened in Terminator; I thought that something was off about my recollection. Now I know why.

I'm not giving up.

Double Down
New York National
Coastal Transmission
Full Frontal Assault
On the Offense
Ground Game
Hard Right
A&K Express
The Mean Streets
The Source
Voice of Dissent
The Final Word
Right Cross

By the way:

I *AM* reading all these names, and I'm picking out some to suggest to Karol. There have been waaayyyy to many for me to comment on them all. But I appreciate all the suggestions and all the efforts to help me.

I've seen about a dozen or so likely contenders. I will take them all over to Karol, who will shoot all of them down.

But I will bring them over.

Karol is a big shooter-downer-without-coming-up-with-anything-elser, if you want to know the truth of it.

She has her eyes set on the Perfect Name She Wants To Marry, and she ignores a lot of worthy suitors that come along in the meantime.

'Screw You, Hippie' That's as good as I can do, ok? I suck at this stuff.

"I *AM* reading all these names, and I'm picking out some to suggest to Karol."

Is Smitty's Place in the running? That's my favorite. If Karol isn't into it, I can rework it a bit.

Smitty's World
Smitty Sez
What Would Smitty Do?
According to Smitty
In Da House with Smitty

Motherfuck! I just posted as April.

I see it happen all the time, I just never thought it'd be me.

Guess I thought I was invincible.

Ok, I posted a lot of dumb suggestions on the other thread, but here's an alternate tack:

Why not outsource the name-selection to Andrea Harris? She seems to come up with a new one for her blog every other week.

Actually, I like "Deus ex Machina", in a way. Esoteric but carries a sense of power. Then Again, I've always just had a thing for that phrase.

I usually wait until the story is done before I title it. Too bad you can't wait a few episodes to give it a title, see where the show is going ("The flushbowl report"? "Down the crapper with ace and carol"?) and get a feel for it before titling it.

How 'bout a rebel theme? Fits both the pirate and the gonzo feel, the latter of which you share. Not "Confederate" type rebel, think James Dean. (Heh. "Pundit without a clue"? "Cool Hand Blogger"?)

I don't have specifics, I guess, but it may be a good direction to think in...

Alarming Cowbell

Or, just anything with the word "Monkeys" in it. Monkeys are funny.

Up next, Kill Them and Loot Their Bodies with Karol and Ace.

(Maybe And Loot Their Bodies? or just Loot Their Bodies? )

I'm a big fan of this one, although...

Fellas, believe me, you're gonna want that Truth Pimp!

I don't know if you'd want to use this, since it's ripped off from P.J. O'Rourke (and probably copyrighted), but how about "Republican Party Reptiles"?

The only other thing I could think of was "Dance Party USA!" That'd throw the bastards off.

Well eXcuse me!

I sorta like "someone"'s idea but think maybe it'd be better to just go ahead and call it:

"I NEED MORE COWBELL"
or
"MORE COWBELL"

Please don't use a name/title with "cyber" in it, or "net" or anything related (like, say, "tech" or even "blog"). Those've already ground way down, just way past the floorboard.

I actually liked
XnotX

Maybe

ACE NOT ACE

I can't even remember if you said what the program is going to be about.

Not your father's boob-tube.

Karol and the guy who tried to pick up Jeff & Bill's producer.

Joannie Loves Chachi. (that one may be taken)

Wiffle Ball Bats and other Lethal Weapons, with Karol & Ace.

Would you believe us if we told you we WERE the last radio program on Earth?.

Zen and the Art of Irrelevance

Oh, and even though you've dropped the X thing, I've got to get in one of those too:

Pardon the Extrusion

I liked X-Stream. also thought of:

Political X-raydio.

AK Generation.

K & A.

The K & A Late Nite Show :-D

If I wasn't so tired of all the swearing you morons insist on spewing forth... Fn' Fire Radio

Misunderestimated.

A New York Hour

"Hack and Slash" was GREAT.

You know, Ace, it doesn't bode well for your on-air chemistry if you guys can't even come up with a name you can agree on. Sounds to me like you need to pick your 5 faves, she needs to pick hers, and then you draw one out of a hat.

OR, you pick your fave, she picks hers, and then you find a way to combine the two titles. The title may not end up making any sense to a casual observer...but you would avoid cliches and overly-cutesy-pooness.

Later,
bbeck

I've got it Ace! "The System of Dr. Tarr & Prof. Pheather" You've got the instant attraction of Edgar Allen Poe, and a built in theme song by the Allen Parson's Project!

Look, if she gets the final say, and keeps shooting stuff down, she should be the one wading through all these suggestions, not you.

Is this what the relationship with your co-host is going to be like?
You bringing choice bits to the Queen for her to reject or accept at her whim?

Ace, the Anka piece is funny, but it can also be inspiring.
You are the only important one on that stage.

Laura does kind of have a point, Ace. I mean, according to your story, you were the person approached for this show, and you were the person who suggested the co-host. I understand you don't want to be a jerk, but occasionally someone's got to have the final say.

Later,
bbeck

I might propose Hack and Slash, though I don't think Karol will like it, as she will want to know who the "Hack" is, if you follow my implication.

Considering the sexual innuendo, I don't know if you'd get Hack and Slash past the Right Talk people, lol.

Later,
bbeck

Better Than Static
Bandwidth Abuse
Differing Opinions
Opinion Arena
Old News

Heyyyyyyyyyy, 'hoist the black flag' is not bad at all.

Posted by Karol at April 22, 2005 10:27 AM

I found this in the top thread.
Look, she can't even post a comment in the right place. And then she wants a quote off your masthead, which would have saved us some time, don't you think?
Sheesh

enos yorl, bbeck, rdbrewer, and lauraw:

You guys are still on fire.

From whence comes such energy?

Sigh.

And Ace,

"The System of Dr. Tarr & Prof. Pheather" You've got the instant attraction of Edgar Allen Poe, and a built in theme song by the Allen Parson's Project!

Could be good.

No?

Just sayin'

How about
"X you"
Moron X
X Chromosome
X- the letter after W
X Me
X is on friggin fire
X slices like a hammer
Hammer X

nuber6:

LACES OUT!
NO WIRE HANGERS!
EXNAY ON THE EXNAYS.

Here's more:

Delusions of Grandeur
Uncle Fester & Morticia’s Big Bag O’ Fun
Gobsmack
I Spy With My Nether Eye (This comes with a built-in Geoffrey Chaucer / Robert Culp fan base)
Futurekill
Dig ‘Em’s Sugar Smacks
Cliffs of Insanity
Red Hot Sexy Pistols
Monkey Smack
Dead Monkeys
Burrito Cannons
Blood Rune
Wascally Wabbits
William Shatner’s Ghost
The Phantom Zone
The Fortress of Solitude
Quantum Flux
The Twilighty Show About that Zone
The Horizontal and the Vertical

From Monty, yesterday;

Monkey Cancer

Actually that's a pretty good band name

The Primordial Ooze
SubZero
Frodo’s Finger
Spicy Chalupas
Right Turn Only
Déjà Vu
Empty Hourglass
Liquid Visage
Sleestack Skulls
Rolling Bones
Ghost In the Machine
Alien Tadpoles
Poison Dart Frogs
Cracked Ice
On the Thin Ice (comes with built in theme song from Pink Floyd – very cool!)
Portal of Time
Variable Phase Warp Inducers

An angry mob of two.
Hey! I'm talking to you!

Ace of Spades and Karol of Hearts

Smash and Grab
The News in Spades
Right Wing Blitz
Disturbing the Peace

Bandwidth Blitzkrieg
Live Wire

Decide, damn you! DECIDE!!!!

I still like Current Jelly the best.

It's descriptive, flies under everybody's overworked 'hip n' edgy' radar, yet it is in fact clever without being cutesy-poo.

Low key, understated...pithy, even.
Its a winner.

Ummm... why? I don't even get that one.

Is it a play on, I don't know, Courant Jelly or something? How does that suggest politics or radio rather than, say, homemaking?

Goomba Goom

The best I got, what I'd call a political blog, radio show, etc. if I had one (and had to have a name now)...

I guess if you have to splain it, its no good eh.
Oh well.

Currant jelly is a tasty fruit jam.

That title kind of grabbed me because it would be like you are talking the events of the day and reducing them down, stew, stew, stew, stirring, stirring, adding pectin and sugar, canning them, putting them in your pantry, and later spreading them on a toasted bagel with a little peanut butter.

LOL, Laura, I was afraid some folks wouldn't get it, especially the GUYS.

Hey, if Ace doesn't want to appeal to the ladies in the audience....or the canners...

Later,
bbeck

Maybe even

Red Current Jelly

mmmmm one of my favorites, both sweet and tart at the same time. Like Ace. Like Ace and Karol.

or maybe

Red Current

sweet and tart, red and current

Ace, I think you found the new name yourself. "Grinding Metal" is a good offhand remark that works as a sci-fi reference for the A/V club types, a shop class for the motorheads, and a mental picture of 80's big hair metal for the rest of us.

.........or you could just be a typical man and let Karol call the show whatever she wants to call it. Your contribution could just be "Yes, Dear, I think that show name will go with those drapes."

Pair of Aces.

But you have to get Karol to rename. OK. "Pick an ace, you got three to chose from. Clubs is kick-ass, hearts aren't."

ace- two proven crowd pleasers-

On Notice

or

Let's Be Honest

and one untested name i'd like to introduce...

Something's Chafing

"Let's be honest" is pretty good. Catch phrase right in the title.

"red current" on the other hand--is this to be a communist show? Cause if not, the only other thing it brings to mind is...something I wish that it didn't.

Karol proposed "On Point." And she didn't realize it was military jargon, either.

So... since that's acceptable to me, and she likes it, that is the current contender.

What does everyone think?

On Point? I think of bird dogs, actually...when they scent birds they go "on point".

It's a little blah, frankly, but it'll work.

Dee Dub: [On Point? I think of bird dogs, actually...when they scent birds they go "on point".]

LOL

Just picture the photoshop, two dogs in such a pose with the respective human heads of the Aces... :-D

I have no idea what On Point in military jargon is... I wonder how many people do.

See Dub:["red current" on the other hand--is this to be a communist show? Cause if not, the only other thing it brings to mind is...something I wish that it didn't.]

I also made the communist connexion.

"Pair of Aces" was also nice.

Cedarford:[But you have to get Karol to rename. OK. "Pick an ace, you got three to chose from. Clubs is kick-ass, hearts aren't."]

If Karol were a homo, then clubs would go well, being a fruity symbol and so stupid. Ace of Spades and Karol of Diamonds reminds me of Madonna's Material Girl Video. or a program where we would hear about Vanna White's deep political notions of the world. Ace of Spades and Karol of Hearts is better. It does sound like a new TV Series pilot, though.. two detectives with conflicting personalities that are forced to work together until they finally realize... :-)

I like "On Target" better than "On Point."

On Point is good. I'll warn you: It's a phrase lawyers use every day and twice on Sunday.

Yah, On Point is military along with Take Point. On Point is also a phrase dancers use...so the name is just FABULOUS! lol.

Actually, Ace, if you guys finally found something that didn't make one of you cringe, then I'd go with it.

Later,
bbeck

I'm also going to try to sell her on "The Cutting Edge," a bit of a nod to the "slitting throats" of the Mencken quote.

"Grinding Metal" is cool, but then I'd get flack for the trying-to-be-too-cool problem. It's also obscure.

"Let's Be Honest" is kind of funny, but very inside.

"On Point is good. I'll warn you: It's a phrase lawyers use every day and twice on Sunday."

We could call it "At the End of the Day..."

Lawyers NEVER say that.

I like being on Tuesdays... I just realized I could sign off every week by saying See You Next Tuesday.

Lauraw:

Is this what the relationship with your co-host is going to be like? You bringing choice bits to the Queen for her to reject or accept at her whim?

Laura does kind of have a point, Ace.

Hmm.
Meat and Potatoes. You could be Meat.

I don't like On Point first and foremost because isn't mine. Second, the first thought that comes to mind is pheasant hunting in Kansas. What wonderful dogs. Anyway. And then the hated legal jargon. And, to a lesser extent, the chump who got in trouble and has to walk in front of the platoon through enemy infested dense overgrowth. Plus, the minute you get off point, your smartass guest is going to point that out. "This show isn't really on point, is it?" Followed by own-joke laughter. It will be funny the first time.

Oh yeah, and On Point is deep.

Not.

Other than that, it's great.

More new ones:
Ex Cathedra
Generic Talk Show
Point Blank
Misfiring Line
Take Five
Policy Wanks
Policy Wankers
Meme Busters
Proxy Pundits
Truth, Justice, and the American Way
Ace High Straight
Future Shock
Outside The Beltway
Pundits At Large
Ad Hoc Journalist
Delusions of Balance
BiasRemovalWizard™
Opinion³ (opinion cubed)
My Fellow American
Root Meaning Squared
Total Harmonic Distortion
Speak Your Mind
Morpheme Melting Pot
Politics Crucible
Barbarians At The Gate
Undistorted Mirror
Warped Space
Fish and Game
53 Miles West of Venus
Tinfoil Hat
Shock the Monkey
Sledgehammer
Suspicious Minds
Venusian Rectal Probes
Press the Meat (w/ no apologies to left-wing political hack Russert)
Will This Shit Get Me A Date And Maybe Put A Little More Macaroni and Cheese on the Table?

And my favorites in order:

Viewpoint Imbroglio
Sound and Fury
Net Soup
News Grinder
Tannhauser Gate
Theory of Everything
Sount, Fury, Idiot
Electric Blanket
Right Now
Right Cross
Double Down
Paint it Black
Pajamadeen
Right Turn
X-Wing
A Rising Thermal (catch a Rising Thermal)
More Cowbell
On Target


Funny how so many of mine made my favorites list.

And, of course, Homunculus and Termagant which cracks me up every fucking time. I smells me some cultural icon.

It would help a lot if you could reveal a little about the format or feel. More like Letterman? More like Dennis Miller? Will there be a rant/humor intro? Will you give the shtick a rest during real interviews (except for opportune moments). (Hopefully.) Play it straight with guests like that and maybe you'll get David Gergen.

You've probably already thought of this, but recurring bits over time would be good--in moderation. And quick regular bits too. Walter Concrete always sad, "And that's the way it is." (Yeah, and Captain Crunch really stays crunchy in milk.) You could do the Anka version: "That's just. the [bleeping]. way. it is." And get nice loud bleep sound. In fact, recall the outrageous buzzer sound in Kill Bill when Black Mamba said her real name. FIND AN OBNOXIOUS, LOUD BUZZER LIKE THAT! That way, whenever you want to drop the f-bomb, you can--by hitting that stupid-ass, loud, loading dock buzzer. (Sparingly.) Just tossing out ideas for examples, carefully structured recurring bits of absurd humor might include things like "the Canadian Love Minute," "French Hygiene Update," "The High Society Page" or "Cultural Effetes' Good Deeds of the Day.," or "News For Those Who Love White Wine," etc. You get the picture.

Partle Zoo and the Atom Smashers could be the show's putative band. Keep it bone dry, like you really have one. In fact, I volunteer to be Mr. Particle Zoo, kisser of host ass and all-round yes man. And dead-air nuker.

And I again recommend having your producer narrow topics with guests beforehand with broad, suggestive Q and A. That way, you have a list of ideas to discuss, not a script. In fact, I volunteer for that too. And for Exectuive Producer. And for staff writer. And check casher.

Indiscriminate Fish Kill
Biggus Dickus

and if you got another guy on the show, you could call it:

CoX and the BoX