Radio Alabama

Moving to the south has been quite a culture shock for me. It’s warmer, people drive the speed limit, some people have accents, and most radio stations play all country music or cut their country music with some Christian music and priestly sermons. I’ll admit that I was a little discouraged at first and kept mainly to my ipod in the car, but a couple of weeks ago I found my radio station. Woof FM. The Wiregrass’s station for continuous soft rock and winning, and not only a station with great music and the occasional… ok… I haven’t heard this on the radio before, but it’s music I guess… and kinda catchy… song, but also a source of legitimate entertainment in news, figures of speech, and awesome finds. 

 Examples:

1. The 20K Giveaway. They call out cash card numbers all the time and you win $100. If you hear the woof woof howl and you are caller number 10, you win $100. If you listen to Woof FM at work, tell them so, and they show up and you are listening to Woof FM at work, you win a plush baby woof woof (a what?), $100 cash, and for you and your coworkers a gift basket from Woof FM and wait for it…. delicious food from McDonald's. (Wow. Slow claps please for the most over exaggerated description of McDonald's and an "awesome" prize.) Also, once you win any of these prizes you are entered into the drawing for the 20K Giveaway. Good times.

2. The other day, one of the news anchors for the radio told me that the place for me and my family to be this Tuesday night was IHOP. Free pancakes. Now isn’t it great that my radio station lets me know when and where there are FREE PANCAKES! It’s like college all over again. In Alabama.

3. Real news in Alabama is just awesome. Did you know that Alabama passed the “Saggy Pants Bill” in Montgomery County. Yes, that is what it is called and yes, it is now ILLEGAL to wear saggy pants that show your underwear because it is considered disrespectful. If you are a juvenile, you can be fined up to $100 and if you are an adult, you can be fined up to $150 for wearing saggy pants in public. This bill passed in the house 59-0. Freedom of expression, watch out! The Saggy Pants Police are out and they are hungry!

4. So this isn’t so Alabama specific, but Alanis Morissette redid her song Ironic. As we learned in my high school, the most ironic thing about the song Ironic is that most of it isn’t ironic at all and there are only two instances of actual irony. See here for a breakdown of why this is so. HOWEVER, in her new remake of the song, she added an ironic statement! “Meeting the man of my dreams and meeting his beautiful wife” has now become, “meeting the man of my dreams and meeting his beautiful husband.” LOVE THIS NEW VERSION. Ironic statements and support for gay marriage all in one fantastic line. You HAVE to check out this video and pay attention around 2:44. Also, I love the fact that my new radio station chose to play this version rather than the older more PC version.

 

99.7 Woof FM!

PS. All this talk about Alanis Morissette is really making me want to watch Dogma where she plays G-d. Handstands and all. LOVE KEVIN SMITH.