Smile!...You're on Cops Candid Camera!

Heather said in the 'Big Dog News Bite' today that the Regina city police are going to have cameras installed in their cruisers this fall.

Awesome!!!

Here comes our 15 minutes of fame everybody! Woohoo!

Imagine...now we can look FORWARD to seeing the flashing lights in our rear view mirrors!...knowing that we're seconds away from lights, camera, ACTION!!!...I'm ready for my close up Mr. DeMille!

If we're lucky, our moment infront of the lens might look something like THIS!!!

Goodbye Michael.

Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, aged 50. The specific cause of death is yet to be determined. Before his death, Jackson had announced a 50 date sell-out 'This is it' comeback tour, in London England. Sadly, his last words on stage were eerily prophetic...

Listen.

It was a shock to most of us, but to those who were close to him, it was expected.

He was the living definition of the candle burning at both ends, his life was a life of extremes...extreme work ethic, extreme success, extreme scandal, extremely loved.

I watched as Kenny Rogers, a dear friend of Michael, broke up on CNN over the news...

Listen.


A true testament to Michael...he influenced us all...hey, I still have the thin red leather tie, silver jacket and mirrored sunglasses in my closet from 1982!

He was the seventh of nine children in the Jackson family, made his professional music debut at the age of 11 and never looked back...his accomplishments were truly impressive...

- He was one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame twice, he's had multiple Guiness World Records, including one for "Most Successful Entertainer of All Time"
-13 Grammy's
13 number one singles in his solo career-more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 music format.
- He's sold 750 million records worldwide.
^- Jackson's highly publicized personal life, coupled with his successful career made him a part of a part of pop culture for almost four decades.
-His 'Thriller' album was the highest grossing album of all time.

...and we can thank Michael for his vision...in the early 80's, music videos were little more than promotional tools used to showcase new music, until Michael did 'Thriller', 'Beat it' and 'Billie Jean', transporting the genre into less of a vehilce and more of an art form.

He single handidly saved the music industry in the 80's...a time when they were suffering one of the worst recessions ever, he came out with 'Thriller'...which was also the first release of an album on CD...groundbreaking stuff.

Sure, there's controversy, yes there are legal woes, massive debt, lawsuits, divorce and now the question of his kids and their future...but let's focus, just for today, on all the great things that he accomplished in his far too short a time with us.

Here now is a tribute to one of the greatest musical icons of all time.

A Tribute to Michael Jackson.

Dreaming about 'Stanley'!!!

Love this shot! By tradition, every player on the Stanley cup winning team gets one full day with the cup...and this is how Sidney Crosby spent his!

Pictures leaked on the internet this morning with shots of Sid the Kid literally 'dreaming' about the Stanley cup!

Imagine, you dream your whole life, as a kid growing up and into your adult life, of one day hoisting the cup over your head....and then one day your actually cuddling up next to it in bed!!!!!!

Life is good for the youngest Captain to ever recieve this honour! Sleep well Sid!

A dog is a diabetics best friend???

Came across this story this morning,

Dogs are being trained in Britain to warn diabetics when their blood sugar levels fall to dangerously low levels!!!
 
Are you kidding me???

I thought it was pretty freakin' amazing when I read that they were sniffing out certain cancer cells, and they've long been put to work in the hunt for illegal drugs and explosives, but now they're warning diabetics of potential hypoglycemic attacks?!

I guess they start to whine and bark and stuff...wow....dog's just got even cooler!

Joke of the Week!!!

Monday's are hard enough, so I've decided I'm going to help ease us into the work-week with.....

THE BIG DOG JOKE OF THE WEEK!!!

Start your week with a chuckle......hopefully.....more than likely a groan.....regardless, here's the first one!

TODAY'S JOKE OF THE WEEK!

A young nun who worked for a local home health care agency was out making her rounds when she ran out of gas. As luck would have it, there was a gas station just one block away. She walked to the station to borrow a can with enough gas to start the car and drive to the station for a fill up. The attendant regretfully told her that the only gas can he owned had just been loaned out, but if she would care to wait he was sure it would be back shortly. Since the nun was on the way to see a patient, she decided not to wait and walked back to her car. After looking through her car for something to carry to the station to fill with gas, she spotted a bedpan she was taking to the patient. Always resourceful, she carried it to the station, filled it with gasoline, and carried it back to her car. As she was pouring the gas into the tank of her car, two men watched her from across the street. One of them turned to the other and said: "I know that it is said that Jesus turned water into wine, but if that car starts, I'll go to church every Sunday for the rest of my life."

Thank-you!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe what Craig and Dean and Sammy and Randy and Holly and the gang have been able to accomplish in just two short years.....last night was the 2nd annual JDRF 'Chipping for a Cure' golf tourney at the Long Creek Golf club in Avonlea, Big Dog is very proud to help support JDRF in any and every way we can...they raised $10,000 more than last year, a total of $30,250!!!!!! Holy freakin' hybrid!!!!!

...and SOLD OUT!!!....ya wanna know what a room full of JDRF supporters sounds like? Click below to listen!

Click here!


Thanks to everyone for all your support, with successful events like this, it won't be long until insulin pumps and injections are just a thing of the past!

Taylor 'Rappin' with T-Pain!

If you missed it last night on the CMT Country music awards, here it is for you now!!!

BEST MUSIC VIDEO EVER!!!!!!!

Heather and I agree, Taylor totally stole the show with this!!!! She's the whole package, talented, beautiful, and a wicked sense of humour! LOVE IT!
 
Hilarious!!!!

Here's the link....
 
CLICK HERE

.....enjoy!

Letterman's apology...

 

Ok, last night, David Letterman apologized for a joke he made last Monday (June 8th) about Sarah Palin's daughter that outraged the Alaska governor and her husband and which Palin loudly and repeatedly protested for several days. This was actually the second time Letterman addressed the issue, after defending himself last Wednesday...if you missed it, basically Letterman had joked about a recent Yankee's game that Palin and her daughter attended...

Dave joked, "during the seventh inning, her daughter got knocked up by Alex Rodriguez."

Although it was Palin's 18-year-old, unwed daughter Bristol, who gave birth in December, that Letterman said he was referring to, her 14-year-old daughter Willow was actually with Palin at the game!

...oops....

I think one of the reasons Dave is apologizing for the second time is because there's going to be a HUGE 'Fire Dave' rally outside the Ed Sullivan theatre tonight where Letterman does his show!

Here's the apology from last night...

Apology #1

Apology #2

Apology #3


So here's the million dollar 'career ending' question... Do you think the Palins will accept Letterman's apology and move on? Do you think they should?

Let us know what you think!

Rockin' the Beer Gut!!!

This morning on 'A Dog's Life' we revealed the latest studies on what guys are looking for in the 'ideal' woman...and surprisingly, it's not the 'playboy' type or beauty queen....oh no no no, the majority of guys polled said that the 'average' shape of today's woman, 24-44 yrs of age, SHE'S the ideal woman!!!

That's right, stop killing yourself trying to look like that genetic freak on the cover of cosmo, we like you just the way you are!

....and so, for your listening pleasure, our homage to the average woman!

click to hear 'Rockin the Beer Gut'

(...the song is from a band called 'The Trailer Choir'...hilarious!!!)

The greatest 'fools' are found here!

Last night, I went to the Globe theatre to catch the first night of the 'General Fools Festival' at the Globe Theatre, If you've never seen them, the General Fools are an elite improvisational theatre troupe from Regina who travel the world with their own brand of Saskatchewan comedy!

I love what their doing here! They've decided to share their experiences with us by inviting improv troupes from around the world to perform here at the Globe for three nights!

Last night was hilarious! A fun kick-off to the event.

But their work doesn't stop there...what I admire about Regina's own 'General Fools' is how they promote themselves and their craft...and here's one of the ways their doing it...

It's called the 'improvmonologueproject.com, where they invite improv artists across the country to contribute....it's updated each week........funny!....check out this weeks!

If God had a cell phone!

Yesterday I was out at the Regina Chamber of Commerce golf tourney at the Royal Regina Golf club, great turnout for what 'turned out' to be not a bad day (nice work Chamber!)

While golfing, I noticed that one of the guys in my foursome had one of those metal bracelets on...you know the kind?....it looked like one of those metal bracelets that somehow cure joint pain?...but this one had an inscription on it...

I asked him what it was, and he told me is was his favorite passage from the bible...whenever life get's a little challenging, he simply has a glance at it, it's like his 'touch-stone'...

He was also pretty into his new iphone!...texting and playing with a few apps...

So I just put the two together...

Imagine if you will, if God had a cell phone, and texted you the Ten Commandments, it might look something like this:



1. no1 b4 me. srsly.

2. dnt wrshp pix/idols

3. no omg's

4. no wrk on w/end (sat 4 now; sun l8r)

5. pos ok - ur m&d r cool

6. dnt kill ppl

7. :-X only w/ m8

8. dnt steal

9. dnt lie re: bf

10. dnt ogle ur bf's m8. or ox. or dnkey. myob.




.....this is what happens when you give a dj a little time on his hands!!!....;)


Cheers!

Thank-you Regina for making Tim Horton's Camp Day a success!!!

Brad and Heather helping out our local Tim Horton's on Albert south for 'Camp Day'!...there's a REASON we're in radio!!!!!!! (don't know how they keep up that pace all day long!?!?)

Check out our latest 'Pet of the Week' video!

Move over 'Live Aid'...here comes 'Swine Aid'!!!

All kidding aside, the pork industry is literally 'circling the drain' right now...we are so freakin' close to losing our access to canadian staples like canadian pork, sausages and chops!!!

If the current trend continues, we'll be fryin' up our Sunday morning breakfast with bacon from God knows where, so buy 'Canadian' whenever possible everybody!!!

But never fear, the good Canadian pork producers are not giving up without a fight....hell hath no fury like a tone deaf pork producer scorned!!!

Tourism Saskatchewan's "guerilla" marketing campaign...LOVE IT!!!

It's something we've been saying for a while now...'Come to Saskatchewan, the newest 'HAVE' province!'...and with their funding doubled this year, it's easy to think that the hard working people at Tourism Saskatchewan might be tempted to sit back a bit on their laurels and enjoy the fruits of our prosperity....but OH NO!....not now, and certainly not during Tourism Awareness Week!

Instead, they've branched into 'guerilla' marketing, staging a 'SPONTANEOUS' march in downtown Calgary last month touting our provinces virtues....the whole thing was staged, but filmed and put on youtube to become one of the fastest 'viral' videos this month! Check it out, gotta love it!

What kids think of Beer!

I came across this this morning and it made me laugh out loud!....had to share...especially with the warmer weather already on the way!...

A handful of 7-year-old children were asked what they thought of beer:

• "I think beer must be good. My dad says the more beer he drinks the prettier my mom gets." --Tim
  
  
  
• "Beer makes my dad sleepy and we get to watch what we want on television when he is asleep, so beer is nice." --Melanie

• "My Mom and Dad both like beer. My Mom gets funny when she drinks it and takes her top off at parties, but Dad doesn't think this is very funny." --Grady

• "My Mom and Dad talk funny when they drink beer and the more they drink the more they give kisses to each other, which is a good thing." --Toby

• "My Dad gets funny on beer. He is funny. He also wets his pants sometimes, so he shouldn't have too much." --Sarah

• "My Dad loves beer. The more he drinks, the better he dances. One time he danced right into the pool." --Lilly

• "I don't like beer very much. Every time Dad drinks it, he burns the sausages on the barbecue and they taste disgusting." --Ethan

• "I give Dad's beer to the dog and he goes to sleep." --Shirley

The latest Pet of the Week Video!!!

Check out a few success stories on the latest Big Dog Pet of the Week Video...and make sure to click on the 'Big Dog Pet of the Week' link to see 'Mildred', our latest furry friend looking for a home!

Funnest wedding video EVER!!!!!

Well, we're almost into the peak of wedding season, so if you're heading down the aisle anytime soon, or if you just want a quick break, CHECK OUT THE FUNNEST WEDDING VIDEO EVER!!!!!

Brian & Eileen's Wedding Music Video. from LOCKDOWN projects on Vimeo.

Need help understanding your kid?...

Well, it was unavoidable...my oldest got a cell phone!!!

I dunno, I still think 11 is a little young for cellular use, but then again, it's nice to know she's accessable 24/7......at least right now!

But that's not what worries me....what worries me is that, while watching her excitedly text her best friend, I realized that I had NO idea what they were saying to each other!!!

It went something like this...

Emma: "...I got a cell!!!..."

Toni: "...OMG!..."

Emma: "...I know! PIP!..."

Toni: "...SWL!..."

Emma: "...LHO!..."

Toni: "...Uh oh, PSOS..."

Emma: "...RME!..."

Toni: "...CMB..."

Emma: "...ok, LYLC!..."

Toni: "...CUL..."


I stood there totally confused....and a little scared, it was like accidently stumbling across some secret society hand shake!

Thankfully I found a website that spells it all out, so if you're like me and need help understanding your kid just go to ...

www.noslang.com

Cheers!...SUITM!

Big Dog's Kid's Fund Kick-Off Video!

Our kick off of the Big Dog 92.7 Kid's Fund at the Cornwall Center was a HUGE success, thank-you Regina!

Happy Mother's Day from Taylor Swift!

Taylor Swift is celebrating Mother's Day with a special gift for fans and their moms! She is sharing her self-produced music video for her album cut, "The Best Day," online at bigmachinerecords.com/thebestday.

Basically, she's taken home movies of when she was little with her mom, and made an homage to her mother in the form of a music video....it is, in a word, powerful!!! A must see!

In addition to viewing the video, fans can send one of three e-cards to their own moms.

Swift says she wrote "The Best Day" as a special surprise for her mother as a way of saying thank you. click here to listen.

Swift says the video got an emotional reaction! click here to listen.


If you're looking for it, "The Best Day" is on Swift's current Fearless album.

Happy Mother's Day!

Big Dog 92.7 Kid's Fund Video!

We're very excited to launch our Big Dog 92.7 Kids Fund Campaign, raising funds to help our kids here in Regina around the clock, 365 days of the year!

Whether it's building a playground, upgrading a library or simply helping out with medical expenses, our goal is the same, to come to the aid of the kids in our city.

We're very proud to announce our first project is with the YWCA and the Y's Kids room. We're hoping to raise enough money to give this place a complete make-over, and create a fun, warm environment where kids who have experienced violence can seek refuge.

If you want to donate, any denomination is more than welcome, we invite you to call this number: 337-2855.

To get a look at the room now, watch the Big Dog video below.

What to do about the Swine Flu...

Dispelling the myths of Swine Flu:

Swine flu is a common respritory ailment in pigs, but this strain appears to be a subtype never before seen in pigs or humans.

When pigs catch it, they get quite sick, and while it doesn't usually spread to people, this strain does. you can catch it if someone coughs near you, or from touching a surface where droplets have landed, then touching your mouth or eyes, and although people are contagious before showing symptoms, they are most likely to spread the virus when they are coughing.

Dispelling the myth: You CAN'T catch it from eating pork, people working with pigs, however CAN catch it.

SYMPTOMS: Most common are fever, fatigue, lack of appetite and coughing, although some people develop a runny nose, sore throat, vomiting or diarrhea according to the CDC.

IMPORTANT: If you have any of these symptoms, STAY HOME. Avoid spreading your illness to other people...AND DON'T GET ON AN AIRPLANE. Call your doctor and ask about the best possible treatment, don't simply show up at a clinic or hospital that is unprepaired for your arrival.

HOW CAN YOU PROTECT YOURSELF? Wash your hands...the CDC says there isn't conclusive evidence that facemasks work.

Right now, there's no vaccine, against this strain, but they could create one quite quickly.

For the latest updates on the swine flu click here.

Daddy's little helper!

Well, it finally happened...one of those defining moments a father has with his son...an introduction into manhood that will serve him well for years to come........my little guy has discovered the joy of power tools!. (....sniff.......I'm so proud!....)

Witness the 'Gong Show' mug run with Brad and Heather!

Come on along and witness the 'gong-show' that is the Big Dog 92.7 Mug Run with Brad and Heather!