OMG I ATE DEER MEAT!!

Oh boy...PETA will be calling me on the Bone Phone any minute now. One of our Account Executives brought in a crock pot of venison chili for lunch today. I was reluctant to try it as I have never had deer meat, only a caribou burger once when vacationing in Canada's Northwest Territories. So I did what anyone would do, and forced my intern Regina to try it with me. Believe it or not, it was pretty tasty. I still feel bad about eating Bambi, but she was delicious.

FOO FIGHTERS REVEAL NEW ALBUM ARTWORK

Yesterday morning I premiered the new Foo Fighters song "Rope," from their upcoming new album Wasting Light, that will be out on April 12th. Today the band revealed the album art. It's kind of psychedelic. I think Dave is re-living his favorite bands from the 70's! Much has been said & anticipated about this album recorded in Dave's garage and produced by legendary Nirvana Nevermind producer Butch Vig. They should have called the album Dave's Garage! Can't wait to hear the rest of it. "Rope" grows on me every time I hear/play it.

MICHAEL VICK BLOWS OFF OPRAH!

I guess we won't get to hear Oprah shout, "MIIICHAEL VIIIIIIICK!" The Eagles QB bailed on Oprah! His interview was set to air next week on February, 24th, but Vick cancelled for "personal reasons." I don't blame him. Oprah, who is often pictured with her dogs on her O magazine, would have really grilled him on his dogfighting charges. To his credit, he is an amazing player and has been doing public service work with the Humane Society.

GOOD VALENTINE'S DAY KARMA!

Once I got home last night after working for Scotty on Valentine's Day, I had not one but two really nice surprises waiting for me in my mailbox. First, my sister & her husband sent me 2 beautiful bracelets,( pictured in my blog), and a nice card. Then I noticed the new Rolling Stone was in my mailbox...This was weird since I let my subscription expire about 2 years ago in an effort to save some $. After some texting & investigating, I confirmed that it was my ex-boyfriend who renewed the subscription for me. I thought that was really cool. He has some good karma coming to him for that nice gesture. No matter what happened or how it ended, we always had music in common, and still do. That's the power of music and friendship. Hope your Valentine's Days were also full of kindness & unexpected surprises. Love, CRASH

ED RENDELL IS BACK ON THE MARKET!

I didn't even have time to blog about the break-up of the White Stripes last week yet, when BAM- former PA Governor Ed Rendell & his wife, Federal Judge Marjorie Rendell, announced their separation after 40 years!! Call me psychic, but I saw this one coming. Much has been said of the recently slimmed down former cheese steak- loving Rendell. If I know anything, it's that when a guy suddenly gets in shape, it's because he is readying to put himself back on the market. Trust me on this. For more proof, it seems Rendell has been announcing a new job every day since leaving office. He announced a return to his Philly law firm recently and is entertaining numerous TV offers. Ed gives good TV. He famously lost his temper with Lesley Stahl recently on 60 Minutes. Maybe Ed is stockpiling job offers to pay for a divorce? This one could be costly as the other rumor around is that the former Governor has been spotted on several occasions with an attractive blonde he says is "just a friend," named Kirsten Snow who now works for the political action committee that oversees his campaign money from when he was Governor. Stay tuned...

SONY'S NO CUSTOMER SERVICE POLICY!

I started to notice the other day that the left side of my SONY MDR-V600 headphones were no longer lying flat on my ear the way they should. This makes it annoying everytime I put on my headphones now. It flaps out much like a dog's ear. It appears a screw or piece of the headphones must have come loose. If it weren't for Scotty "MacGyver's" quick thinking to use electrical/duct tape to hold them down, I would really be in trouble. I just purchased these headphones less than a year ago on 5/21/2010 thru Sonystyle.com. I still have all the paperwork. Unfortunately, they only come with a 90 day limited warranty and 30 day return policy, both of which have since expired. With a retail price of well over $100, you would expect more from a product in that price range. When I called SONY's so called customer service department, they said I would have to ship the item back to SONY which takes 3 weeks for them to determine if they can even repair the item and/or if they may replace the item with a "comparable," not necessarily even the same item! So basically I would have to be without headphones for at least 3 weeks with no guarantee I would ever receive working headphones. When I told Amber the customer service rep that a full-time DJ who works at least 8 hours a day/ 5 days a week working without headphones for 3 weeks is like a customer service rep working without a phone for 3 weeks, she was unfazed and unhelpful. A shipping label is all she could provide me. And she kept saying this particular SONY model of headphones dated back to 1992 and she thought that I was sold an old model? WHAT? I have had at least 5 pairs of these very same headphones over the years from SONY stores to Best Buy, to now Sonystyle.com, as do most of my co-workers, and they are exactly the same model. When I told Amber the SONY "no customer service" service rep that I would hate to have to BLOG about my POOR EXPERIENCE WITH SONY, again she was unfazed.