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Josh T. @ Y-Rock On XPN

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About Me


Hello and welcome to my life. I remember it like it was yesterday, being a fetus was AWESOME! But then I was born and that’s where my problems began. My mom said I was born 40 because I looked like I was thinking really complex thoughts, and I think that was pretty accurate. While all the other babies were peeing and pooping in their diapers, I was too. But while soiling myself, I began my plans for domination of the radio industry.
Flash forward to 1997. I was freshman in art school, spending my days spinning pottery on the wheel. It’s something I’m pretty good at but I started realizing that I would never be able to make much of a living at it, so I decided it was time to get into a new career that would also keep me in the poorhouse...radio. Not that I knew anything about radio at the time, but I guess the folks at Y100 figured me for a quick learner because they hired me as an intern, and they regreted it for years because like a tick, once I’ve latched on to something, it’s stuck with me til I’ve sucked it dry.
I stayed at Y100 for almost 8 years doing airshifts, promotions, production, webdesign, and a little bit of everything else until, well, I guess I did suck it dry because we got kicked off the air! That sucked. But I wasn't about to let the spirit of Y100 die! On February 24th, 2005, the same day that Y100 went off the airwaves, I joined up with Jim McGuinn to start Y100Rocks.com, which has become Y-Rock On XPN.
Outside of my Y-Rock On XPN life...wait, do you hear crickets? No, wait a minute, I'm not that boring. I have a Golden Retriever named Samantha (i'll put up some pictures of her later). I like movies about superheroes. I probably watch too much TV, but there really is a lot of quality programming out there. I'm recollecting the toys that I threw out when I got "too old" for toys (turned out that was just a phase of false maturity that I was going through). I like to eat fine cuisine, although it doesn't show on me...believe it or not, I can pack it in when I'm hungry...good metabolism. I am a man of few vices, but I do love to gamble! I hate folding laundry as evidenced by the 4 foot high pile of t-shirts on my chair. I have a beard because shaving is annoying. That's enough about me for now.
Oh, and if you want to e-mail me, just send it to [email protected] . None of this MySpace messaging b.s. I promise that I will never check MySpace messages, but I will check my e-mail many times a day.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Not Frankenstein! That guy's got bolts in his neck! If he can take that sort of pain, how could I ever expect to hold my own against him?

Music:

I like it. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have spent the last 9 years working in Radio. Oh you want specifics. Ok - some favorites in alphabetical order as I scan through the ol' iTunes library:

A Perfect Circle, Audioslave, Ben Folds (Five), Cake, Catherine Wheel, Coldplay, Editors, Electric Six, Foo Fighters, Fountains of Wayne, Garbage, Gravity Kills, Guster, Hot Hot Heat, Interpol, Jimmy Eat World, Live, Muse, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Our Lady Peace, The Postal Service, The Prodigy, Silversun Pickups, Smashing Pumpkins, Snow Patrol, Stone Temple Pilots, The Strokes, Tool, Weezer, Wheatus

Movies:

Transformers, X-Men (1 & 2), Batman Begins, Spider-Man, The Matrix, Star Trek Movies, Ghostbusters, Anchorman, Spaceballs, Back To The Future Trilogy, Terminators, Fight Club, Seven, Pulp Fiction, Office Space, Fargo, The Ladykillers, Dirty Work, and more...

Television:

Seinfeld, 24, Lost, Alias, Star Treks (DS9 was the best), Curb Your Enthusiasm, Prison Break, Battlestar Galactica (new), Dexter, Smallville, The Office, South Park, Conan O'Brien, Veronica Mars, Arrested Development, House, Boston Legal, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live, Monk, Six Feet Under, Dark Angel, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Robot Chicken, etc...

Heroes:

Optimus Prime

My Blog

Best Stuff of 2007 in JTL-land

Since tomorrow is the last day of 2007, I thought I'd drop my year end best of lists on here.Top TV Shows of 20071. Lost2. Dexter3. 30 Rock4. Battlestar Galactica5. Curb Your Enthusiasm6. Veronica Mar...
Posted by Josh T. @ Y-Rock On XPN on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:03:00 PST

My Review of The Smashing Pumpkins "Zeitgeist"

..> I don't usually write our album reviews, but as the biggest Smashing Pumpkins fan of the Y-Rock crew, I felt it my duty to take a crack at the band's return after a seven year absence. Before w...
Posted by Josh T. @ Y-Rock On XPN on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:49:00 PST

Recipe for Kaiser Rolls

http://www.thefreshloaf.com/recipes/kaiserrolls
Posted by Josh T. @ Y-Rock On XPN on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:25:00 PST

Trent Reznor's Early Years

Trent Reznor's Early Years
Posted by Josh T. @ Y-Rock On XPN on Wed, 17 May 2006 02:24:00 PST

Brokeback To The Future

This is the next Lazy Sunday! Props to the people at chocolatecakecity.com for finding the subtle undertones between Marty McFly and Doc Brown and equating them with the year's most controversial f...
Posted by Josh T. @ Y-Rock On XPN on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:45:00 PST

Top of The Pops 2005

I am required by law to post a Top .... Albums of 2005 list. I just put .... instead of an actual number because I'm not sure how long I'll make this. 1) Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth 2) Coldpla...
Posted by Josh T. @ Y-Rock On XPN on Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:06:00 PST