No Agenda Episode 250, Gitmo Nation National Anthem
Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open the 250th episode of the No Agenda show from a temporary studio in San Francisco. The hosts introduce the "Gitmo Nation National Anthem," composed by Jeff Smith, and discuss its potential longevity in American culture. They also acknowledge "boots on the ground" listeners and the milestone of reaching a quarter-millennial episode count.
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00:00 Do they have some special privilege that makes them, that they can grope people? Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak. It's Sunday, November 7th, 2010. Time for your Gitmo Nation Media Assassination Episode 250. This is no agenda. Coming to you from the temporary Crackpot Command Center in San Francisco, in Gitmo Nation West, the People's Republic of the Bay Area. In the morning, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley, where it's raining, and of course we're late, I'm John C. Dvorak. It's Crackpot and Buzzkill!
00:40 In the morning to you, John. Is it morning still? It is, yes, barely. In the morning to all the human resources in the chatroom at noagendachat.net, all charged up and ready to go the way your government likes you. Go ahead. And all the ships at sea. And all boots on the ground. Oh, we have boots on the ground. Do we have any boots on the ground listening to us? We got boots on the ground, absolutely. It was requested that I say that. Oh, from somebody with boots on the ground? Yeah, we got boots on the ground, baby. How about that? Yeah, how about it? Hey, episode 250, John, congratulations on our quarter... quarter... what is that? The... something.
01:22 I'll look it up quarter millennial. No, I don't know what it is. It's something well. It's an opportunity missed. Yeah, we didn't do a promotion Yeah, who's in charge of promotions? I am yeah, so I can't count apparently no good job way to go That's okay. We got a 1212 promotion come I get there actually a promotion I 1212 like in 2012 that's your promotion Somebody came up with a good idea for a promotion which I should I could mention if you want to get right into it Yeah, sure When I but we we have some executive producers and one of them came up with a new donation meme He also contributed $250 all by check, but he's calls it the quad niner. It's a $99.99 donation and when received it requires Adam to declare niner niner niner niner
02:13 Okay, I mean it's a chore but I'm done for it. Niner niner niner niner. You didn't even do it right. You gotta have something you have to actually say it as though you were saying it. Can I tell you what the problem is? You can't say niner? Here's the problem. So I'm in San Francisco in the hotel room. We're set up on the mobile rig. Now if you recall, the mobile rig has everything built into the laptop, which means I have about a 20 to 30 millisecond delay on my voice from what I'm saying, what I'm hearing in my headphones. You with me?
02:50 That's terrible. Yeah, it is terrible. Well, you get used to it after a while, but it just takes, you know, it takes like five or six minutes of talking to get into it. So saying things like niner, niner, niner, niner. If I took my headphones off, niner, niner, niner, niner. See, I can say it easier, but it's like a cruel joke. This doesn't take place at the other No, because I've got the whole setup. I've got the external gear, but otherwise, you know, we then we don't have the processing You can't hear the jingles. You know, there's a whole bunch of stuff that doesn't work that way or You're gonna hear me with such an incredible delay that it also doesn't work So I'd rather take some of that burden on myself, which I I of course do as a good little slave to the show. I
03:36 Well, I like the idea so we'll add it to our Dvorak.org slash NA site. There was also... If anybody... just to hear you try to say it. Now of course you could cheat and just make a kind of a clip. No, I'll do it every single time. You just pop the clip every time. Pop, pop. Gee, he says it exactly the same every time. You know, we had another idea for... let me just find it here. Here it is. Another idea that one of our human resources slash producers putting together. It's a Knight of the No Agenda Roundtable Amazon wish list item. So he's actually built us a page which he's now finishing up. He's going to send it off to you to plug it into our donation site.
04:24 And there's a little button there if you want for Christmas, for the holidays, if you want a no agenda knighthood, you could add that to your Amazon wish list. Yeah, that's up and running. Didn't you hear what I just said? Yeah, I'm sorry. I was reading. You were clipping your nails. I know I wasn't. I was reading that, you know, I realized that Craig who sent us the 999 or ID, I'm scanning over his thing. I don't have his last name and I know it's on the check downstairs and I'm thinking, how can I ask Adam to just stall, rush downstairs and get a guy's name, but I'll do it later. Okay, anyway, so I wasn't listening. No, I think the idea is really good. It is a great idea I remember when it came in it was a great idea and then this and our friend is going to our producer is going to Give us the the page code the page code right perfect. All right How about thanking some of those boots on the grounds on the grounds? Foots on the boots the footsies the foots on the boots you have some executive producers today starting with Craig here from CKP creative
05:25 Who actually his his $250 donation is combined with the 99 9 or 9 or 9 or 9 or don't? That's Craig's Craig of CPK creative. Yeah, okay at CKP I'm sorry CKP Creative calm and he's looking to boost the copywriting side of his business. It could use some karma So give him some for this 250 You've got karma So I'll get, um, anyway, Craig, um, Craig, I'll get his last name later. Uh, yeah, I mean, who needs it? I mean, it's just like credit, man. How can you imagine seeing a CSI? I've got this huge long letter that he wrote and it just says Craig at the bottom. And you know, I gotta go back and get the check. Okay. All right. We'll put it in the show notes. Curiously, I actually made that point of doing that, but then
06:21 He's an associate executive producer. Our executive producer this week is Baron von Pelsmacher. Le Baron, okay. From Belgium. And he's completing his knighthood for his godson Peter and to celebrate the 250th episode, thank you very much, of Noah Djinn. I'm glad somebody noticed in the morning to you both. Yes, Baron and Baron Light. Scott Schoenberger Malibu $250 wait a minute wasn't Scott on didn't he? Support us last show did he I think so we may have a crossover. I'll look at a lot We have a crossover. We have a crossover stand by we have a crossover Anyway, that's it. That's our executive and the associate executive producers Craig Steven and possibly Scott
07:11 Craig with no last name, Steven, who is basically paying my rent. And possibly Scott. Oh, it's a great list. It's perfect. Well, we highly appreciate it. Craig of the... Eric will go look at the spreadsheet and see if he's duplicated his name. Craig of CKPCreative.com, we really appreciate your support, particularly the trouble you went through to send us a check for that. This is a big deal, and it'll be even a bigger deal when you have your last name and we'll put it in the credits for the show. In the show notes at noagendashow.com. Baron Von Pelsmacher, thank you once again. So I guess we have a knighthood coming today for his godchild? Actually, two. Two? Right? Yeah. Well, one of our $50 a month. Oh, finally paid off, right? Yeah, these just started coming in now. That's good.
08:04 but it will be for Peter, son of Baron von Pelsmacher. And Scott Schoenberger, we appreciate... We think we appreciate your donation. It's horrible, John. And it's almost as bad as the setup. Anyway, it's a real credit. Unlike Hollywood, we actually will vouch for you if someone calls you on it. All the rest of you out there, you need to go out and propagate the formula. It is very simple. It goes like this. Our formula is this. We go out, we hit people in the mouth. John I need the national anthem. I've been singing it all day. Do you know the words yet? Not yet I know them by heart and I and Jeff you're gonna sing it. Yes, the everyone should sing it. Are you kidding me the Jeff Smith? I have to say will go down in history as a brilliant man because you know how I
09:08 You know, throughout history, national anthems have been put together and some of them are just so incredibly impactful and powerful. This one, the Gitmo Nation National Anthem, is so incredibly good. It's put together so well and so smartly. that I concur with your assertion from a week ago that indeed in a hundred years from now children will be singing this at school. It's so clear to me now. Here we go! Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for your Gitmo Nation National Anthem! In the morning, Gitmo Nation, we are all charged up to be
09:50 Human resources and services in all lands and ships at sea From the east to west, down under the lowlands and beyond We are happy and distracted, slain with a hymn of nation song And I think the best part is when they do this at women's field hockey games in the future. Because of course this is what it'll have to be. We'll have to start slow before we get to baseball and football. And you'll have like Mary J. Blige or someone will be singing this. And when they get to the part, you know, we are happy and distracted slaves. Right?
