REALITY ROUNDUP NOW ON PODCAST!
Yes everyone, I have finally joined the 21st Century. In addition to the "Reality Roundup" column that will appear periodically on the site, I will now be doing a weekly podcast. I would definitely like your feedback on this. You can either email me at steve@realitysteve.com, or even just write something in the comments section. This week's podcast focuses solely on Thursday night's interview that Matt Lauer did with Britney Spears. I had quite a few thoughts on the show, so I figured I'd talk about it. Little did I know I had diarrhea of the mouth and the podcast ends up being 20 minutes long. Click here to listen to this week's podcast. I'm still going to type a column as well on the interview between Matt and Britney, but it's going to be more of a condensed version of the podcast and it will be up tomorrow. Its basically going to be for those that don't want to hear my voice or maybe find me completely annoying. Hence the reason I want your feedback. Each new podcast will appear in a column, and also will be archived down the right hand column under my picture. So I hope you enjoy the first of many podcasts on www.realitysteve.com. Enjoy.
-Really, I was baffled by this whole interview. What point was Britney trying to make? Why did Matt go with the jeans, no socks, and loafers? And could he at least have shaved for us? He lost all credibility with me as a journalist on that interview alone. Maybe that’s why Katie Couric left his ass. Maybe she can’t work with guys who wear loafers with no socks. Embarrassing. And I think Matt going casual allowed Britney to do so as well. Had to have been. Why else would she wear a halter top that she was falling all out of? That was gross. “Slave 4 U” Britney can wear that halter top. Not Big Mama Britney. No thanks.
-Not only was her outfit appalling, the smacking away at her gum all night was a little much too. Can she be any more country? I tell you what, nothing says “class” more than chewing gum during a nationally televised interview. Especially in an interview where you’re begging people to leave you alone and stop talking about you. Why not just blow bubbles while you’re at it? Bubbles is very classy as well. I think she definitely would’ve earned points with her redneck followers if she could’ve pulled off a couple of those.
-So after realizing that neither of them were taking this interview seriously, Matt tried to come with the hard questions. Wasn’t happening. At first he asked “What incident do you think first turned the media against you?” Britney thought it was her relationship news. “Look at Jessica Simpson right now. They’re being so rude to her.” They are? Don’t they have a right to? Hell, she’s doinked Adam Levine, Johnny Knoxville, and Dane Cook since her divorce. Worry about strapping your kid in the car before start worrying about what’s happening with Jessica Simpson. She’s fine. And so is Ashlee. With her new nose and lips. And Joe Simpson is still a big perv.
-Matt asked Britney if she understands everyones questions about Kevin since, well, he did leave a 6 month pregnant girlfriend to start mooching off her. Britney’s response: “I didn’t even know until 2 months later.” Totally believable. I believe every word of that. Who wouldn’t? Britney may be a lot of things, but one thing you could always count on Britney for are her decisions when it comes to men. That’s right. Fred Durst, Justin (with the perm), that billie’ she married for 36 hours. Kevin. This woman doesn’t make mistakes when it comes to her men. We can jump all over Britney for a lot of mistakes she’s made, but not ones that come to the men she’s chosen. She’s a perfect ten there.
-Then they start talking about Kevin. Rumors that he’s out of the house, or when he is there, he’s living in the basement. Not true according to Britney. “He’s living here. He lives on the main floor. And he’s working very hard.” Really? At what? I never thought running up someone else credit cards could be that taxing on someone. Guess I was wrong. Maybe I should do that more often. That’s it. Next girl I date, Im stealing her credit card and going shopping on Rodeo Dr. Or the swap meet. One of the two.
-But here was my favorite part of the interview. Matt asked Britney, “What do you see in him? What makes you love him?” Britney‘s response? “He’s so simple. His simplicity.” Gee, and I thought the reason I didn’t like Kevin was because of his complexity and mysteriousness? He seemed like such a complicated person who made life so difficult for himself. It’s all clear now. Britney has assured us he‘s simple. Thank God. We can all take a deep breath. Kevin is a very simple person. Whew. That’s a relief.
-I don’t remember exactly what question Matt asked, but I do know Britney gave an answer of, “I have to believe I’m here for a reason”. What? Says who? Who are you, Superman? In all seriousness, there’s a part of me that does believe Britney is here for a reason. I just don’t know what that reason is. I mean, there’s gotta be a reason for why Britney is here, doesn‘t there? Doesn’t there? Outside of porn, of course. But I need early years Britney porn. Nothing post-baby. That can’t happen? Ok, then no, I can’t think of one reason why Britney is here.
-Dateline likes to do this with whatever subject they’re talking about. There’s always somewhere where you can vote or give an opinion. So their question was “Have the paparazzi gone too far?” Go to dateline.MSNBC.com. Please vote. And vote no. if they’ve gone too far, than US Weekly, In Touch, Star, People, the National Enquirer, and OK! magazine would all be out of business and I wouldn’t have any reading material when I get home from work on Fridays. And that would be a crying shame.
-The next column/pod cast will be up next week where we’ll be discussing such brilliant shows like “The Hills”, “RW/RR - Fresh Meat”, “RW: Key West”, and “Tuesday Night Book Club”. If you’re a woman, and you haven’t seen “Tuesday Night Book Club”, you’re missing out. I can’t imagine why you wouldn’t like it. This show also proves my theory that women are crazy by the way. CBS on Tuesday nights. Gotta watch it.
-Looks like it’s a hell of a lot harder to upload something on to itunes than I thought. Geez. I thought you just took your mp3 file and uploaded it. Uhhhh, not quite. When codes, and xml’s, and RSS files start getting involved, my brain starts to malfunction. So, still working on that. For the time being, I’m just gonna type the column and do a pod cast and put them on the site. Once I get the hang of this stuff, I’ll update you when you can download it off itunes. For now, you can listen/download it off here. Until next week…
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-Really, I was baffled by this whole interview. What point was Britney trying to make? Why did Matt go with the jeans, no socks, and loafers? And could he at least have shaved for us? He lost all credibility with me as a journalist on that interview alone. Maybe that’s why Katie Couric left his ass. Maybe she can’t work with guys who wear loafers with no socks. Embarrassing. And I think Matt going casual allowed Britney to do so as well. Had to have been. Why else would she wear a halter top that she was falling all out of? That was gross. “Slave 4 U” Britney can wear that halter top. Not Big Mama Britney. No thanks.
-Not only was her outfit appalling, the smacking away at her gum all night was a little much too. Can she be any more country? I tell you what, nothing says “class” more than chewing gum during a nationally televised interview. Especially in an interview where you’re begging people to leave you alone and stop talking about you. Why not just blow bubbles while you’re at it? Bubbles is very classy as well. I think she definitely would’ve earned points with her redneck followers if she could’ve pulled off a couple of those.
-So after realizing that neither of them were taking this interview seriously, Matt tried to come with the hard questions. Wasn’t happening. At first he asked “What incident do you think first turned the media against you?” Britney thought it was her relationship news. “Look at Jessica Simpson right now. They’re being so rude to her.” They are? Don’t they have a right to? Hell, she’s doinked Adam Levine, Johnny Knoxville, and Dane Cook since her divorce. Worry about strapping your kid in the car before start worrying about what’s happening with Jessica Simpson. She’s fine. And so is Ashlee. With her new nose and lips. And Joe Simpson is still a big perv.
-Matt asked Britney if she understands everyones questions about Kevin since, well, he did leave a 6 month pregnant girlfriend to start mooching off her. Britney’s response: “I didn’t even know until 2 months later.” Totally believable. I believe every word of that. Who wouldn’t? Britney may be a lot of things, but one thing you could always count on Britney for are her decisions when it comes to men. That’s right. Fred Durst, Justin (with the perm), that billie’ she married for 36 hours. Kevin. This woman doesn’t make mistakes when it comes to her men. We can jump all over Britney for a lot of mistakes she’s made, but not ones that come to the men she’s chosen. She’s a perfect ten there.
-Then they start talking about Kevin. Rumors that he’s out of the house, or when he is there, he’s living in the basement. Not true according to Britney. “He’s living here. He lives on the main floor. And he’s working very hard.” Really? At what? I never thought running up someone else credit cards could be that taxing on someone. Guess I was wrong. Maybe I should do that more often. That’s it. Next girl I date, Im stealing her credit card and going shopping on Rodeo Dr. Or the swap meet. One of the two.
-But here was my favorite part of the interview. Matt asked Britney, “What do you see in him? What makes you love him?” Britney‘s response? “He’s so simple. His simplicity.” Gee, and I thought the reason I didn’t like Kevin was because of his complexity and mysteriousness? He seemed like such a complicated person who made life so difficult for himself. It’s all clear now. Britney has assured us he‘s simple. Thank God. We can all take a deep breath. Kevin is a very simple person. Whew. That’s a relief.
-I don’t remember exactly what question Matt asked, but I do know Britney gave an answer of, “I have to believe I’m here for a reason”. What? Says who? Who are you, Superman? In all seriousness, there’s a part of me that does believe Britney is here for a reason. I just don’t know what that reason is. I mean, there’s gotta be a reason for why Britney is here, doesn‘t there? Doesn’t there? Outside of porn, of course. But I need early years Britney porn. Nothing post-baby. That can’t happen? Ok, then no, I can’t think of one reason why Britney is here.
-Dateline likes to do this with whatever subject they’re talking about. There’s always somewhere where you can vote or give an opinion. So their question was “Have the paparazzi gone too far?” Go to dateline.MSNBC.com. Please vote. And vote no. if they’ve gone too far, than US Weekly, In Touch, Star, People, the National Enquirer, and OK! magazine would all be out of business and I wouldn’t have any reading material when I get home from work on Fridays. And that would be a crying shame.
-The next column/pod cast will be up next week where we’ll be discussing such brilliant shows like “The Hills”, “RW/RR - Fresh Meat”, “RW: Key West”, and “Tuesday Night Book Club”. If you’re a woman, and you haven’t seen “Tuesday Night Book Club”, you’re missing out. I can’t imagine why you wouldn’t like it. This show also proves my theory that women are crazy by the way. CBS on Tuesday nights. Gotta watch it.
-Looks like it’s a hell of a lot harder to upload something on to itunes than I thought. Geez. I thought you just took your mp3 file and uploaded it. Uhhhh, not quite. When codes, and xml’s, and RSS files start getting involved, my brain starts to malfunction. So, still working on that. For the time being, I’m just gonna type the column and do a pod cast and put them on the site. Once I get the hang of this stuff, I’ll update you when you can download it off itunes. For now, you can listen/download it off here. Until next week…
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posted by reality steve at 8:34 PM
12 Comments:
Can't wait to read your column. I don't have an ipod and I have no clue how I would possibly access a podcast. I am no longer a cool kid. Style and trends have passed me by. Keep up the great writing.
You can hear it on your computer just click on the link and turn up the volume on your speakers. Its not just for ipods.
Did you know the "skinny" microphone that you refer to in your podcast was actually invented by Gene Rayburn (of "Match Game" fame). Uh huh, thought not. Well, now you know.
I like reading your column versus listening to the podcast.
I'm a little disappointed that the podcasts will be more detailed than the web version. I got rid of my home computer and only sneak in your column at work. I don't think they would understand me listening to the podcasts though.
Love you Steve! You're the best!
What's funny is, within seconds of listening to your podcast, the first thought that popped in my head was, "He has a great broadcasting voice!" I think the podcast is a great idea, I will definitely be listening. Keep up the great work!
I've been reading since the Aaron Helene debacle (Bach 2). It was wild to hear your voice after the hours I have spent reading your column. I like the column either way as long as I get it! You are a very talented writer and I do like your broadcasting voice too. Thanks for all your hard work...I know there is no paycheck but your stuff is hysterical and I look all the time for updates. Thanks!
Keep the podcasts coming, I really enjoy your writing and sometimes the casts are easier for me to listen to. Great job :)
The podcast was great! I am glad that you are just as random during your tangents as you are in your column. Don't they show people "jaywalking" during the opening credits of Melrose Place? or was that 9-0?
You are the best reality steve...you should have a radio call-in show where people can talk about reality shows with you!
I don't know how to use podcasts and really are not even sure what they are, but I enjoy that you included the link on your column so I and other tech-challenged folks can listen. Keep up the great work!
Your voice is not what I thought it would be. But I am so excited for the podcast!!!
Love your voice, it's pretty sexy...next time let us know what you're wearing. *blush*
The podcast is a great idea and I can't believe it's taken you this long to think of it.
You plan on spending any time on Big Brother this summer?
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