Author Archive
08 Dec 2012
Cruise “Shits” Controversy!
Al Jazeera blooper of mispronouncing “cruise ships” as “cruise shits” during a news story about the impact of cruise ships on the historic city of Venice. Very funny!” />
08 Dec 2012
Maker’s Mark
A producer asked John C. Dvorak for a recommendation of a quality American Bourbon. John first recommended Maker's Mark as a "very good product" for something that is easily available. Then up-rec'd to Van Winkle bourbon. John further scoffed at Adam's suggestion of Jack Daniels.
02 Dec 2012
Being Elmo: A Puppeteers Journey
Near the end of NA 463, Adam brought up the recent controversy involving Elmo puppeteer, Kevin Clash.
26 Nov 2012
Thanksgiving Wine Tips
During the donation announcements, a producer asked John for thanksgiving dinner wine tips. John recommended a Beaujolais Villages from Jadot - a 2010-11 vintage is currently being sold at Costco or at wine.com. "Beaujolais goes perfect with turkey!" California Chardonnay also works great too.
26 Nov 2012
War Is a Racket
During NA 462, John Dvorak mentioned Smedley Butler and his book, War Is a Racket. John didn't quite get the title right, instead calling it War is Bunk, then Adam started coming up with humorous variations like War is Bogative...
23 Nov 2012
A Gitmo Nation Christmas Carol
No Agenda Show Producer Scott McKenzie has written another No Agenda inspired novel - this time, it's the holiday themed story, A Gitmo Nation Christmas Carol.
22 Nov 2012
Episodes
During a discussion on shooting movies and TV shows using "green screens", John Dvorak brought up the funny Showtime show, Episodes. Supposedly most of the show is shot with dropped in backgrounds.
17 Nov 2012
Saffron Rice
Afghani farmers began growing saffron to replace opium as a cash crop, but now the spice is suffering falling prices. The scam John Dvorak uncovered is that many spice merchants claim the saffron is from Iran, but it's really grown in Afghanistan and resold.
04 Nov 2012
Parallel 37 at the Ritz-Carlton
Adam and Micky are in SF to help out with their favorite charity event. This lead the long awaited reunion with John Dvorak at the remodeled Ritz-Carlton restaurant, Parallel 37. The first comments were that it’s has an updated decor from the previous Ritz-Carlton Dining Room. With the new restaurant design, The Ritz seems to
01 Nov 2012
Jack Daniels Unaged Tennessee Rye
Adam's Red Book prediction is that introduction of this product heralds moonshine as the next Big Thing.
27 Oct 2012
Frugal Gourmet
While discussing accused British pedophile and TV personality Jimmy Savile, John Dvorak mused about former PBS TV chef, pastor and cookbook author Jeff Smith, better known as the Frugal Gourmet in the 1990's.
24 Oct 2012
Escape Fire
While Adam and Micky were in DC, Adam got a call from his friend Wendell Potter who he recently met at the CUSP Conference in Chicago. Potter, who wrote Deadly Spin about the pharmaceutical "sickness industry" ...
20 Oct 2012
Bushido
While discussing the film Flowers of War, and the Japanese occupation of China, Dvorak recommended the book Bushido which said came out in the 1940's. There are many book with this title which translates to the Way of the Warrior
19 Oct 2012
Flowers of War
While Adam and Micky were in Los Angeles for her art show, Adam met a friend of theirs who is an architect in Beijing. Since he lived in China, Adam asked him why there are trumped up, government sponsored protests in China about the the disputed occupation of some islands by Japan.
17 Oct 2012
Revolution
During a discussion of the manipulation of the public and how Hollywood was later used for creating propaganda tools during WWII, new examples of TV shows and movies were discussed.
17 Oct 2012
Moonshine
During NA 447 Adam and John were debating whether NASCAR originated from bootleggers in the American South. Adam predicted that moonshine (homemade liquor) will be the new tequila (one for the Red Book!).
16 Oct 2012
RL Restaurant
RL Restaurant is Ralph Lauren's Chicago restaurant. Adam & Micky stopped there for a burger while they were in town for the CUSP Conference.
16 Oct 2012
Yolk
While Adam and Micky were in Chicago for the CUSP Conference, they reported having a nice breakfast at Yolk.
03 Oct 2012
X Factor
Adam is on a bit of a TV watching streak! He discussed the kickoff of the X Factor show which featured a girl contestant that cried while she was explaining how she was bullied which led to the judges being moved - even Simon Cowell was cried!
03 Oct 2012
The New Normal
Adam asks John, "be sure to watch the New Normal, so you can kill yourself!"