In this episode we are joined by Guy Williams Jr. (A.K.A. Boca) to talk about the weight of the world and the stupidity of an “Us Vs. Them” mentality.

Our world, or maybe just America’s society seems dead set on having people be at each other’s throats over everything.

From what soda you drink to what team you root for. The worst part is we seem to thrive and revel in those “better than them” moments. Guy is starting to realize what I realized a while ago…. at least concerning sports. That it is a pointless action that millions of Americans have been duped into caring about. The only reason professional sports  exists it to sell Toilet Paper and Cars.

We are….well you are….controlled at every turn of your life. You think you made the decision to buy this or that product yourself? Nope, control my friends. Built in from birth for brand recognition and ease of influence. You can fool yourself into believing that you aren’t one of the sheep and that your actions are totally autonimous, but reality is that your brainwashed and are just going along with the programming. Why else would one consume things that can harm you or use products designed to shorten life expectancy? Why else would the world seemingly be set up to keep hard working lower income people where they are while allowing lazy over privileged jagoffs to soar by leaps and bounds.

The funny thing is, the more time that passes the less secretive these “secret societies” become and that’s mainly due to

people being conditioned to not question and not raise alarms. I again point to a line from the Simpsons “You know, FOX turned into a hardcore porn channel so gradually that I barely even noticed” ~Marge Simpson

That’s how it goes though, they change things gradually over long spans of time untill you’re living in a society that is a shadow of it’s former self. All the while, we the people go about our daily routines. Bickering over parking spaces or who is gonna win the next DoucherBowl. The whole time, people suffer, starve and lose their homes. Please though, don’t let that bum you out, just change the channel. I am sure the Biggest Diva or How I Met Your Rapist is on somewhere.

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I apologize to both you the listener and to Mike Lombardo for the sound quality of this episode. I had a wire go bad on me and didn’t realize it till show time. The wire that comes off my main out on my board and goes into my computer, has been the same wire for the past 5 years. On top of that, it was a hand me down wire to begin with.

Mike Lombardo is a indie horror film maker from Pennsylvania, I met him at the recent horror convention here in Michigan. He was selling copies of his collection of shorts called Suburban Holocaust: Reel Splatter Volume 1.

I won’t lie to you, some of the shorts are pretty bad. Luckily my friends and I love bad horror, actually we love bad movies in general. We all sat down together and watched the DVD. The collective favorites were Demonstration of the Dead and Womb For Two.

For more about Mike and Reel Splatter follow the links below.

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John is a good friend, has been for some time now. So we figured we’d bring him out and spend 2 hours trying to embarrass and torment him. Ain’t we great friends?

This literally is a 2 hour ad for the insanity that is Darksyde, and a reason why you love it’s wacky cast and crew of societal skid-marks. Much those of us that populate Mad World Radio.

No if you’ll all excuse me, I think I am going to go become one with my sofa and or bed for a bout a week. Long weekend, with one more on the way!

I will post the names of the tracks and bands in a day or so. I have it all on my laptop and can’t retrieve it at the moment since it’s in for a repair.

Most of this episode was me not wanting to bother arguing with Isaac. I love the guy, but sometimes he just needs to pull out that preprograming and preconditioning from his ears and see the light.

He’s too quick to defend our institutions and sometimes it gets a little grating. I often joke to that he LOVES money and wants to marry it. All in good fun though, it’s just sometimes it gets tiring pointing out the discrepencies and being received with what feels like a kid sticking his fingers in his ears and saying “LALALA I’M NOT LISTENING!”

FYI, This will be the last Wake The Fuck Up for two weeks. We got a busy couple of weekends coming, so in the interest in self preservation and not wanting to spread myself too thin I decided to just take the nights off.  WTFU should return on the 13th.Don’t get me wrong I love the guy like family. I just sometimes don’t feel the need to stand my ground when it’s a losing battle. So we had off the white flag and skip merrily on our way to something nicer.

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Justin and Bones were out discussion their upcoming debut of FUBAR a sketch comedy group of their own creation. FUBAR stands for (F–ked Up Beyond All Recognition) and they plan on living up to the name. They explained a few of their sketch ideas and what they hope to accomplish.

Justin is also one of the comedians coming out for Mad World Radio: Acoustics & Absurdity and he has become a fast friend of MWR. Dude is funny, and you should all be paying close attention to him. He is gonna go far, at least I think so.

The header image for this entry is a picture of Justin as he showed up at my place.  Apparently the power dropped at his place in the middle of him shaving his head. I told him he could finish here, but I demanded photographic evidence for using my electricity. Oh and I shot video!

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In this episode we round out my involvement with a senior project of the young lady I am mentoring. Her project was about teen suicide and the bullying that often brings it about.

Now we all know me, being cynical and crass is like a second language to me. (Who are we kidding, it’s my primary language) So putting me in the ring with this topic is a bit tricky, but be assured that I do care it’s just the problem is much bigger than just hugging a teen and being an ear.

Just give it a listen and leave comments here for Laiken. We’ll be providing an email link to talk to her soon, please keep checking back.

Buy someone you know a “Black Journal” today 

We need to stop this crap of building a “Nerf Nation” and teach these kids a set of skills they can actually use. It’s time to toughen them up and stop molly coddling them. Life is tough and if we continue soften the future generations, they’ll ultimately get devoured by the world.

If you’d like to contact Laiken about helping or if you just need someone to talk to, you can reach her at Laikensmadworld@yahoo.com

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Be it due to the addition of children to your family unit or just the passing of time and inertia creeping in, life does just change. It’s not a bad thing, it is just a different thing.

Children

When children are born and as they grow you lose the semblance of your former lives, usually things get better not worse but the old ‘you’ as a couple are probably hard to find. You’ve switched a classy café lunch out for McDonalds Happy Meals and trips to see friends for trips to the zoo. Children enrich and enhance your life but it is important to retain some element of you.

Careers

Job responsibilities can also push couples apart, this doesn’t make them unhappy as a couple but again the dynamics change. Maybe your spouse travels a lot with work and so when he or she is home the last thing you feel like doing is going to a theme park or out to the cinema.

Social life

Most people tend to continue to pursue some form of a social life but it tends to be one member of the couple at a time, so girls’ nights outs and men having a day on the beers is a way you can seek release from the reality of today and relive a little bit of the former you.

Date Days and Nights

It is really important though to also make time for the old you, the you-two that you were before the baby or babies and or careers came along. Making appointments in each others’ diaries and planning time away from the routine of daily life is a must!

Make some really exciting plans, the things you love to do but maybe you don’t feel you should do due to costs or childcare. Book a sitter, whether it is for a couple of nights of just for a few hours in an evening make plans for who you can trust to watch your kids and choose someone who you know won’t be calling you every couple of hours.

What you do isn’t actually that important, it is the principle of spending some quality time together and remembering a bit about the old you. A day at a health spa can be both relaxing and rejuvenating and quite a sensual experience when enjoyed with the person you love especially if you haven’t enjoyed the experience together for a while. Providers frequently offer couple’s massages where you can be treated to a range of massage simultaneously. Afterwards enjoying a swim together, a light lunch or afternoon tea and reading books and magazines just to chill out makes for a really lovely day together.

Theme Park

Remembering your younger years might be fun by revisiting an old haunt, such as a theme park where you had a date once or where you simply always wanted to go. Cutting the ties of the pram or buggy and constant childcare co-ordination by hopping on and off roller coasters at your free will is quite liberating. Sharing a stick of candyfloss and warm freshly baked doughnuts is also great fun, taking you back and reminding you of memories to share and giggle over.

Rock and Roll Together

Another great way to spend time together is to get tickets to a band you both like. While you’re waiting for parcel force to deliver your tickets, picking up old CDs and reminisce over your favourite tunes. As the trend for bands to re-launch themselves and re-tour gets more popular there is a real possibility to go and see a band from your youth that you both really love. A great day and evening out together.

Think Theater

A trip to the cinema or theater is also a great way to share an evening. When you haven’t been to a theater in a few years there is something of a buzz the first time you go out to one again. The sheer fact that you are out as a couple after bed time is the first thrill, and the smells and familiarities of the foods available, ice cream, candy and so on it all adds up to a fantastic night out. Do your research and choose a film or production that you will both be interested in and enjoy.

Do Something Crazy!

If none of the above appeals, go crazy and do something you have never done before, a hot air balloon ride, a bungee jump, the possibilities are endless but make it fun and memorable and most of all make the most of each other.

In this episode I get to speak with Monster Man Cleve Hall. This interview was just plain awesome. The whole family has been watching his show on Syfy from the beginning. The show, for those who haven’t seen it, follows the FX work of Sota Productions‘ head mad genius Cleve Hall and his crew including daughters Constance and Elora along with his ex-wife Sonia as they make some of the coolest and creepiest creatures for Hollywood.  The show comes hot on the heels of Syfy’s hit show makeup FX show called Face Off.

I dig Monster Man more than Face Off though, mainly because I think the props and fabrications are more interesting than the paint jobs (though I understand that they are both equally important). I love the idea that a few old couch cushions and some plastic tubing can become a monster in mere hours.

In this interview we get some pretty big news dropped on us, but I won’t tell you what that news was or when to cue it up to. The interview with Cleve is about 40 mins, so just sit back listen and you should hear the exciting news. One is punctuated by my inner fanboy squealing with glee.

Monster Man is on the Syfy Channel Wednesday’s at 10 pm EST. This coming Wednesday is the season finale, but you can keep up with Cleve and the gang via his website and multiple social media connections. Link as always provided below.

Be sure you check out the show and let Syfy know/see we all want many more seasons. Hit the message boards and make some noise!

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Monster Man Website

Monster Man Show Page via Facebook

Cleve Hall Official Fan Page

Cleve Hall via Twitter

SyFy’s Monster Man Website

This popular dance class was actually borne out of a happy accident when Alberto Perez, its (accidental) founder, in the 1990s arrived at an aerobics class he was due to lead without his aerobics music tape.  He improvised with his personal mix tapes which happened to be in his bag and which were salsa and Latin American inspired, and Zumba® in some guise was born!

Today classes across the globe are regularly packed out , embracing the Latino spirit in a fun yet challenging exercise class mixing old and new music with modern contemporary and sexy moves.  Branded with the strapline ‘Join the Party!’, Zumba® is becoming a social experience as well as an exercise class and its infectious passion and high energy workouts lead to a lot of smiley and sweaty faces leaving the fitness club!

Zumba® Gold

Because a lot of Zumba®’s principles are about great music, fun and exercising it appeals to the older generation too. Dedicated classes aimed at the Golden Oldies wanting to exercise are proving popular. Lower impact dancing but with the same energy levels and exciting music are a great way for an older person (man or woman) to re establish a social life and keep fit and of course have a giggle which everyone knows is a great tonic for the heart!

Zumba® Kids and Zumba® Aqua

Zumba® is not just for the older person or confined to dry land. It can be enjoyed by children and the craze is also beginning to be seen as a pass time choice made by boys and girls as easily as ballet or soccer classes might be. It is also beginning to be taught in swimming pools. Much like aqua natal classes for the expectant mom are delivered by a coach on the side of the pool, a qualified instructor can deliver Zumba® in the pool. With the increased resistance the water offers this can give a really fantastic workout and double the giggles!

Night clubs

Organised events are also being made accessible across nightclubs where instructors lead a group of Zumba® lovers in the club who dance the night away. ‘Drunken Zumba®’ may not have been in Perez’s initial vision for the Zumba® brand, but where there is a need and demand there is certainly money to be made, both for the instructor and the associated club or bar. As its motto is about having a party, this type of approach does sit well and there is loads of fun being had and heartrates being increased as a result. It is also a great way in which to spread the Zumba® word, when people who haven’t seen the craze in action might decide to take it up and give it a go once they have seen it in all its glory. 

Zumba® Fashion

As Zumba® has increased in popularity it’s party goers are choosing to wear  Zumba® branded clothing from tops to trousers and even bangles to add to their experience.  With tassles flowing and bright eyecatching colours the fashion adds to the fun and excitement! Dancing shoes help to enhance the dancer’s experience adding to their flexibility and ability to keep up with the challenging moves.

Xbox and Nintendo Wii

The X Box and Wii are amongst the most popular gaming consoles available on the market at the moment.  They appeal to both men and women, however there are without doubt many more games and accessories aimed at men rather than women.

Since the rise in popularity of the craze though you can now buy Zumba® games for both of these consoles as well as DVD workouts which you can enjoy in the privacy of your own home. So now men who have pooled all their resources to get their hands on their console of choice, maybe even going as far as seeking help from pay day loan lenders are now having to share their gaming time with the Zumba® goer in their life!

However you choose to enjoy your Zumba®, enjoy it you should and if you haven’t tried it out for yourself yet it won’t be long and once you do you will never look back!

Bobby Bayn

Zach Stein

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Robert Louis

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