I first met John Reidy about ten years ago when he approached me about a radio talk show idea he had called Pop Autopsy. I was familiar with John’s work as Editor of the Denver underground ‘zine, the Hooligan, and was anxious to hear a “demo” of the show.  At the time I had an Internet radio station and was always on the lookout for good talent.  John definitely has talent. The demo was a bit rough, but it was a no-brainer to give him a slot on the station.

Pop Autopsy Intro: Pop Autopsy Intro

John had the only talk show on the now defunct Alpha Radio. At every show he had a room full of people, five or six guests at a time, and would lay to waste any-and-all pop culture figures. It was quite entertaining.  My favorite segment of Pop Autopsy was the movie reviews based on the trailer.  I loved that.  They were spot-on with every review, all based on nothing more than a 2 minute trailer.

South Stands Denver Fancast

John recently started a new radio venture at South Stands Denver.  And it’s very good.  John hosts a podcast every week with Colin Daniel and producer Aaron X (who also produced Pop Autopsy).  It is a Denver Sports podcast, or as they call it… the Fancast.  Most of the talk so far has been dominated by the up-and-down season of the Denver Broncos, but they also discuss other Denver area sports teams like the Nuggets, Avalanche, Rockies, DU Pioneers, and CSU Rams.  It is the only area sports podcast that despises the Colorado Buffaloes, which earns them extra points in my book.

In addition to the sports talk, they delve into pop culture.  Perhaps my favorite segment of the South Stands Denver Fancast is “Raiders Fan or ICP Fan”.  I have learned it is very difficult to tell apart a Juggalo from a Raiders fan.  I also enjoy the conversation about commercials.  Local Yokel is always fun, too.   They came up with my favorite new sports nickname recently, which is BM “The Turd” for Brandon Marshall.   It’s a clever, entertaining show and one of the few podcasts I listen to every week.

South Stands Denver posted their 18th show this week which features the fantasy football guru, Cecil Lamey from Footballguys.com and 9News.  Surprisingly, there wasn’t much fantasy football talk.  But that’s what I like about the Fancast.  I find my self laughing out loud (the kids do the LOL) while driving to work.  By the way, the South Stands Denver Fancast is available for download at iTunes.  The only trick is that they break up the podcast into two segments, so you must manually add the second segment to download the entire show.  Here is a link to the latest show:

1st half of the Fancast:  Part One

2nd half of the Fancast: Part Two

I must add that the Fancast is not appropriate for all ages.  The language can be a little rough.  The topics can also can be a bit suspect, especially the talk about what happens to young men in prison.  But hey, it is certainly not your average sports podcast.  Give it a listen!

Well, this is fun!  I have been using WordPress with other sites I own and thought it was time to do something over here at scott stafford [dot] com.   It will give me a chance to experiment with different plugins and themes while discussing randomness, music, videos, TV shows, films, family outings and more.

I have a horrible, yet awesome, addiction to live music recordings.  This includes demos, b-sides, soundboard recordings and such.  I will post some of my favorites here.  I am also contemplating the unearthing of the long, lost Wesley Willis recordings I recorded back in 2001.  There’s some good stuff in there that the people need hear.  I have been singing Wesley’s “Rock the Vote” on a daily basis recently, but sadly only a handful of people have ever heard this masterpiece.

OK, I’ll try to make a few posts a week, but no promises.  You can follow the links on the sidebar to Picasa pictures and Twitter updates, as well.