The Morning Brew Blog

Tuesday, February 21st...
 

Want some? Well get in line...
 

...right behind some sea lions! Shakira is not just enticing to HUMAN males...

And now, a farmer and some baby goats innocently goofing off...



But add just one element, and things take a very different turn...



FINALLY! The real issues are going to be discussed in Washington! The Million Mustache March!



Friday, February 17th...
 

This just in! Potheads are stupid!
 

If you are planning to smuggle 40 pounds of pot in your small airplane, there are certain things you want to make sure you have accounted for beforehand.
1.  Do you have enough gas?
2.  Do you have the correct coordinates?
3.  Are the fighter jets likely to scramble on you?

Sadly, these idiots didn't check off item number three...

Are you a hot young coed who is having trouble paying for your university expenses? Would you like to be telling the truth when you say you are "doing it to get through college?" We might have just the solution for you...



Thursday, February 16th...
 

Ladies, did you know that your cleavage is the root of the downfall of our society and, indeed, the world?? Well it is! Your male co-workers simply CANNOT get anything done with that incredible rack of yours strutting around the office all day! Thankfully, male advocates and pop psychologists have suggested that sexual harassment laws be changed so that men can sue women for dressing to suggestively in the office. Here's what you had to say about that...





Wednesday, February 15th...
 

Here it is, gentlemen! The newest Swimsuit Edition, featuring cover model Kate Upton. Is it just me, or does this picture look a little...off? Click to hear our take...


 

I'm Tony Bennett. Deal with it.
 

Tony Bennett's Racially Insensitive Comedy Show takes on a local story...

And finally, an unorthodox celebration of Valentine's Day...I'll spare you the photos.



Monday, February 13th...





Do you know about Adele? She is FABULOUS! She won six Grammy awards last night, and I am a HUGE fan of hers. Here we are talking about the difference between her and some of the other pop acts these days...



The only thing more entertaining than the actual awards show is the recounts of drunken afterparties. Here's Tony Bennett proving that as long as you have pleasant piano music playing while you talk, you can get away with saying just about anything...



Friday, February 10th...

 

Dramatization
 

Today we were joined in the studio by the head chef of Harth Restaurant  who brought with him a variety of hot peppers (which he grows right there in the building) ranging from jalapenos to the dreaded Ghost Pepper! If you don't know, the ghost pepper is the hottest pepper in the world. You practically have to be in a hazmat suit to even be around it. So naturally, we made Matt eat some. Here's what it sounds like when a grown man cries...

and here's what it looks like!

http://video214.com/play/eSxouihrIN3usKQVeJU52g/s/dark

Thursday, February 9th...

 

Phil laments that he wife's birthday is on Valentines Day. Does he have to buy her two gifts? The four state weighs in as he takes his wallet out! 

Wednesday, February 8th...

A local story has made national headlines. Nancy Grace has this report...



Tuesday, February 7th...

Today we talked about fights in the workplace. We heard about a doozie in our office yesterday and we wondered if we were the only ones with that sort of thing happening in our workplace. Based on your calls, we are not. Not by a long shot... 

The other topic we talked about today could have resulted in a fight in the workplace...right in the studio! There is a couple in Loudoun County who are going to court because their kids were habitually late for school. And by habitually, I mean about 150 times in the last two years. Outrageous! We asked if you thought the punishment should fall on the parents in situations like this, or if the courts should just stay out of things...



Monday, February 6th...
 

It's HANGOVER MONDAY! It's not that we had hangovers in the studio (well, I didn't...can't speak for Phil or Matt) but as the day after the Super Bowl we were all dragging our exhausted and nacho-cheesed butts out of bed today. What could we talk about today except what we saw on the screen last night?!? Here are some of your thoughts on the commercials, the halftime show, and oh yeah! The GAME!

Thursday, February 2nd...

So the groundhog tells us the weather 1 day out of the year, what do we need with them the rest of the year? The answer, at least in this area, is to eat them!

Have you ever heard the rumor that Bob Dylan was the first to get the Beatles into drugs? Ringo was on Conan last night and he addressed that very story...

Wednesday, February 1st...
 

BADASS!
 

I love it when the show takes on a life of its own! It all started with George Clooney talking about how they put nipples on his Batman suit, and ended with a debate about which superhero was the most badass! Here is some of that...

Have you noticed that there has been a barrage of political figures SINGING at speaking gigs recently? It's the strangest thing! We thought we'd pit them against each other in POLITICAL IDOL!



Tuesday, January 31st...

Bill Gates would like to get into your pants...Sir.
 

Well hello there.
 

It stands to reason, considering his work has done so much to keep men from being effective in the bedroom! Click to hear all about it...

Click to hear why someone needs to elect Phil to Congress immediately!



Friday, January 27th...

Today we spoke to MD State Senator Ron Young about his proposed legislation to keep employers from demanding access to an employees username and password so that they could monitor their social network pages. We had a hard time believing that ever actually happened, but he insisted that it does happen! Click to hear our interview...




Oh? You don't know what "cosplay" is either? Well, it's this...
 

Karen from accounting says "Meeeeeeow!" 

Here's one listener's account of how this sort of activity cost one of his "friends" their job...

Thursday, January 26th...
 

Hey! Get a load of what I'm going to promise these guys tonight!
 

Newt Gingrich: VISIONARY! Don't bother accusing him of being grandiose, because he knows he is and he EMBRACES it! He promises that, by the end of his second term as President in 2020 (presumptuous, but ok), we will have a fully-inhabitable base on the MOON! Welcome to the world of tomorrow! Click to hear more, plus what a few of you had to say about this...

Wednesday, January 25th...
 

What the hell is wrong with you?
 

Today we talked about everything from what part of your body is most painful to tattoo to whether men or women can better tolerate pain. It was not devoid of rants and raves...here's Phil's take on face tattoos...

Tuesday, January 24th...
 

What a gyp!

A hundred years ago, they thought we'd all be flying around in flying cars by now, but we all see how that turned out. Now futurologists are predicting what life will be 100 years from NOW. Click to hear what they think we'll do...

Monday, January 23rd...

The only thing harder to watch during last night's AFC Championship game than the missed field goal by the Ravens kicker was Stephen Tyler screeching through the National Anthem. Don't say I didn't warn you...




Thursday, January 19th...
 

He has 99 problems but the nice lady ain't one.

As you are a listener of 106.9 The Eagle, it's a distinct possibility that Jay-Z is not on your radar. Suffice it to say he, up to this point, may have been the world's top proponent of the B-word. NOT ANY MORE THOUGH! He has changed since becoming the father of a baby girl. We wondered if there were any ways that YOU have changed since becoming a parent. Here are a few of your answers...

Wednesday, January 18th...
 

SOPA? NOPA!
 

Have you noticed that you are having a harder time finding ways to do anything but work while at work today? Has your favorite website gone dark to protest something called SOPA? What the heck is that all about???

We asked you today what you thought about this SOPA business, here are a few of your thoughts...


 

Are you telling me that cooking with butter and bacon all the time isn't healthy? GET OUT!

Thursday, January 12th...

Are you a smoker? What if you couldn't get hired because of that? What if your boss made you take a nicotine test to make sure that you WEREN'T smoking? Would you feel discriminated against? Well one company in central PA is doing just that and you had some real opinions on the matter this morning!

Wednesday, January 11th...

Hail to the Chief?
 

This distinguished fellow is Vermin Supreme and he submits for your consideration his candidacy for President. His platforms are...unusual. See if he is the candidate for you...

The FCC is trying to decide if they should loosen or keep the same their rules for decency on television. Because he is the one voice we apparently want weighing in on stuff these days, Steven Tyler was reached for comment. You will NOT believe what he had to say about it!



There are some crimes best committed in warm months. Then there's this guy...



And on a final note, not San Francisco but SALT LAKE CITY was named the gayest city in the US by Advocate magazine. San Francisco demands a recount and would like to point out that the availability of nude yoga does not the gayest city make! Click HERE to learn more!

Tuesday, January 10th...

So...how do we feel about this:



This is the first single from Van Halen's new album; the first that they have done with DLR in about 20 years. We...are not thrilled. We look at it like this: Van Halen is like your letterman jacket from high school. You have amazing memories associated with it, and it represented a great time in your life, but you wouldn't try to wear it today. Van Halen's music from when they were VAN HALEN was amazing and deserves to be played forever. Let's not try and have them reinvent the wheel please.

Friday, January 6th...
 

Do NOT sit next to this man on an airplane and if you do find yourself in that position, do NOT ask him to switch seats...

It's a lesson that is all too often learned the hard way: always make sure your microphone is OFF before you start badmouthing the ones who write your checks...



Thursday, January 5th...
 

Bark Mitzvah!
 

Are you Jewish, have a dog and have too much money and would like to spend it on something for which the honoree will be unfazed? Why  not throw your dog a Bark Mitzvah! Click to hear more...

WVU put the BEAT DOWN on Clemson in the Orange Bowl last night! They tore them up 70-33 and we celebrated the victory this morning...

Wednesday, January 4th...
 

Could it be??
 

In the Marriage Corner today, we featured the unlikely duo of Maria and Arnold, who last time we checked had separated and were headed for divorce! Click to hear what the latest is...

I will not give you a picture for the story of the Mountain Dew vs. The Mouse because I love you. Click to hear the story...




And if that were not gross enough for you, how about this conversation about the grossest words in the English language...




After an extended vacation...Wednesday, December 28th...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Phil's wife accidentally washed his cellphone in the pocket of his pants (now WHOSE fault that is exactly is open to interpretation) and it's shot. He asked for your help in reviving it...

We wondered if there were any gifts that you received but didn't like on Christmas and got more than we bargained for from this guy...

Monday, December 19th...

In action!

This morning Phil was sick so I was all alone for my interview with Scott Devours. Poor me! ;)

Scott is, aside from being adorable, the drummer for Roger Daltry's Tommy tour these days (and has a lengthy wikipedia page from working with lots of other artists and bands!). He's in town for a show to benefit Join the Band on Wednesday Night. Click HERE to find out more about it and how you can see him in action along with the kids of the Frederick Rock School!

Click to hear my interview with Scott and another Scott from the Frederick Rock School...

Thursday, December 15th...

Happy Birthday!

Happy Don Johnson Day! The man, the myth and the legend all turn 62 today but I assure you his tan is as golden and glorious as the day he was born. Click to hear about other noteworthy holidays between today and the end of the year...

SCIENCE! Here is what nerds can accomplish when they work at something important...

Barbara Walters proves that 2011 is the Dark Age of the 21st century...

Wednesdsay, December 14th...

Pfffft! I didn't know!

Poor Mitt Romney! One of his campaign slogans was, shall we say, spoken for in the 1920s by the Klan. Oopsie daisies! Don't worry Mitt. You're not the first one...

Tuesday, December 13th...

Don't come near us! We all have a cold and you don't want it! Today we all sounded (and felt) like Carroll Creek smells and you helped us out with some of your home remedies for the cold/flu season...

How Festive!

We heard that these Christmas ornaments are causing a stir in Sweden. We talked about this and some of the other tackiest of Christmas decorations...

Wednesday, December 7th...

Face melting!

The Class of 2012 has been announced! Click to find out who will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...

What's greener? Real or fake Christmas trees? Click to hear the point of view of an actual tree farmer...

Monday, November 21st...

This is Anthony Hardwick. He works at Target in Nebraska (though not for long, I would imagine) and has created a petition to try to keep the executives at Target from starting their Black Friday sale at midnight on Thanksgiving. We wondered if you agreed with him that Thanksgiving should be about family, or if you thought he was just being a whiny little baby who didn't want to go to work. Here's what you said...