Oh, Yes They Did! EPIC edition 11/17/08

Thanks to everyone who listened in tonight to "Oh, Yes They Did!" We got a record number of IMs (which basically means it was more than 2) so we were super excited. Here is the playlist in case you missed it:

1. Don't Dumb Down - The Rumble Strips
2. The Only Living Boy in New York - Simon and Garfunkle
3. New York City - T. Rex
4. It's Hard to Live in the City - Albert Hammond Jr.

Good lord! The most epic of Monday shows. As you may know, the ladies of OYTD spent the weekend in NYC tearin’ up the town. Candace hails from the city that never sleeps so they stayed at her place – hence all the reports from “my room” in our blipBack videos.

Now as you all know, we love us some Mark Ronson. Not only is he a fierce DJ and sick producer but he’s also extremely attractive, has an amazing wardrobe and a sexy British accent - the combination is an unbeatable ovary killer. Now we can't reveal all the details of the adventure (that will come in a later blog) What we can tell you is this: Valeria and I headed down to EVR on Friday and met two fellow lurkers (shout out to Sadie!)We made signs together to get his attention from the booth and it totally worked! We got to have our moment in the sun and be a part of the show for a hot second. We also got out picture cause y'all know - pics or it didn't happen. We also have audio proof. Check it out!


We just have to give a shout out to our girl Sadie – our fellow plate holder. We met her that night but we have a serious bond because of this experience. Our meeting was fate. We could have not completed our mission without 4 people to hold those plates.
Also big ups to Mark Ronson, Tennessee Thomas, Ricky Wilson, Charlie Waller, Blue Jemz and the whole EVR crew. Everyone was so gracious and nice –actually inviting us to be a part of the show for a hot second. EVR : Breaking hipster stereotypes one show at a time.

Now for what we all know YOU want to know about – Gold Medal Mel’s birthday party. Now I have to be honest when I say I was hella nervous before going to this. First of all, we knew we were going to be around swimmers so you KNOW you can’t be looking a fool. These people are in SHAPE. We were all so self conscious we were about to go buy ourselves some LZR Racers to wear underneath our clothes - smoothe that shiz out! Also, I was like GMM is a baller he ain’t gonna know who we are! Once we get to the party of course GMM is the first person I see but I’m too nervous to talk to him right away so we do a lap (no pun intended.) Of course like the idiot I am what do I do? I bump into GMM by accident – not how I wanted to introduce myself. But being the wonderful man he started to chat with us. Once we told him we were the girls from OYTD he said something along the lines of “let’s go to the back”- I thought either we’re going to be drugged and clubbed to death or something amazing is about to happen. We sit down with Mel and chat for a bit – the second we mention watching Lochte’s favorite film “The Notebook” before coming to the party, he whips out a camera because it’s “too good” not to have on film. Basically we were vlogging with the man himself. We have been catapulted into the blogosphere, y'all!

Now to who was AT the party. The two most important people we need to discuss are Matt Grevers and Erik Vendt. Matt Grevers was a gentle giant. He was an absolute sweetheart. Very sociable and talkative – definitely knows how to work it out where they walk, out there they run out there they stay all day in the sun. We sort of talked trash about Ricky Berens to him but it was all in good fun so he didn’t seem to mind. He was very gracious about taking a picture with us. We told him it was for our blog and he asked if we were going to write about his drunken antics - no no, none of that here (he wasn't actually drunk btw.) We also talked about how tall he was and asked if he was doing alright the the low ceilings. He said he was fine and we pointed out the fact that, being so tall, he could scope out the entire room just by turning around (“Oh I see that person over there in the northeast corner.) No grievances about Grevers but we MUST vent about Erik Vendt. Now I’m sure that Erik Vendt is really a nice guy on a normal day to day basis – from the videos and interviews I’ve seen of him this seems to be the case (even though he is the other man in the Phlochte bromance.) Mel’s lovely wife, Tiffany, informed us that he’s “shy” so maybe that’s why he was not pleased when Valeria started talking to him but he was giving off a vibe that was NOT cool. After just a few seconds of exposure to his bad-itude it became clear that Phelps’ love affair with Lochte developed because Vendt was probably an abusive boyfriend to our Phelpsicle. Mikey needs a man who can appreciate art of lil Wayne and the romance of ‘The Notebook.’ The kind of man who can openly admit he broke his ankle chasing his dog around. Sure Erik was probably sweet to Michael when cameras were around (as evidence by all post-swim hugging photos) but once he got a few drinks in him he’d be belligerent – putting Mikey down, telling him he doesn’t dress up for him anymore and maybe even saying "make me a sandwich, woman!" every now and again. No wonder Michael’s been slutting around on Lochte - he has trust issues because of his torrid affair with Vendt! Why do you think Michael started doing weights? SELF DEFENSE! I know you guys saw how ripped JLo got in "Enough" when her husband was beating her. Vendt is short but you should never underestimate a short man - They’ll go straight for the knees. We can't really blame Vendt for having a bad-itude. It must be difficult seeing your ex-lover cavorting around/hanging all over a delicious upgrade such as Lochte - heartbreak manifests itsself in interesting ways. We still got a picture - for you guys, for you! You should be thankful we did this because he was already very displeased with us and Mel pretty much had to blow a tranquilizer dart into his neck to get him to do it. Bless you Mel, bless you. (P.S. totally bitter about the fact that Vendt looks so cute in the picture. No wonder Phelps put up with his shenanigans for so long.) Check out Rudy Garcia-Tolson in our picture! He's a very accomplished athlete's whose gotten his fair share of medals at the Paralympics. He was very cool and chatted with Valeria for a bit. He also made us feel HELLA lazy when he told her he had run four miles that morning - we only watched "the Notebook." For those of you who are wondering, no, Lochte was not there. Of course he wasn't! Y'all know the boy is my unicorn - we can never be in the same room or the world will implode. Sorry to anyone who was at the party and wanted to see them some Lochte - you can blame me for that. And you know Phelps was up in NYC probably hanging out with some questionably attractive girls getting his drink on and eating Pizza (the kind he calls NY pizza but in actuality is just Pizza in NY.) As for bb Cullen, he was probably getting crunk with his boy Lochte. We can't hate him for that.

P.S. Y’all know we have been hating on Ricky Berens ever since he deleted us as facebook friends. Um… yeah no love for Mr. Berens. He shows up at the party with a “posse” of sorts, drank himself a soda and peaced. By the way, he was looking mad pale. I don’t know if it was the lighting or what but the Ricky I know is tan and delicious. This Ricky looked malnourished. He also looks like a total Bro. I can’t blame the kid, he does go to school in Texas so I’m sure that has something to do with his popped collar and Northface jacket. Basically he needed a spray tan and a new wardrobe. Also, I know he’s 19 but he looks like a BABY. Definitely cannot lust over bb Ricky anymore – he is a child. We should point out, however, that he was polite. Valeria accidentally bumped into him and he said sorry and “hello” to her. Can’t say the same for Mr. Vendt (feel the wrath!)

Do you want to kill yourself/drown your sorrows in a pint of Hagen Daaz? Listen to this. Later on in the night we got a chance to chat with Mel’s wife, Tiffany, and she told us about how they met. Apparently she met Mel through her ex boyfriend (scandalous!) They were friends for a little while and then they went to a film festival together in New York. The festival was a week – by the end of the week they were talking about when they were getting married and they were married two and a half months later. For those of you who are about to physically harm yourselves because you live a sad lonely life and that story just pushed you over the edge, just try and think happy thoughts - we'll get through this together. We are officially declaring Mel and Tiffany the love rivals of Barack and Michelle. Epic couples.

We had a great time and to top it all off, we got a shoutout on Mel's facebook!

No, Mel, we're the thankful ones!

We've come to a few conclusions thanks to our epic weekend. If you want things to happen you have to make them happen! We took our shot at meeting Mark Ronson and it worked out better than we could have ever imagined. Another conclusion we came to is that when you're being a lurker you cannot appear to be a lurker. When you're with famous people they already know they're famous! You can't be sweating them all night! Hence why we were chillin' with Mark's crew - we played it cool and thus appeared cool (even if we were freaking out on the inside.) Keep it real, guys!

P.S. Totally kicking myself because bb Cullen (aka Chocolate Love) was at a swim clinic on Saturday 2 blocks from my house. TWO BLOCKS! That's right kids, Cullen effing Jones was at Asphalt Green's Aqua Center and I was unaware. I used to go to Asphalt green all the time as a kid! I would illegally ride my bike around the running track while my dad played soccer with his South American cohorts. At least I can say I swam in the same pool as Cullen. We may have swam in the same pool about 9 years apart from each other, but it still happened!

P.P.S. check out a rough cut of GMM's promo for OYTD!

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Oh, Yes They Did! Post-Election Edition 11/5/08

Thanks to everyone who listened in tonight on this most historic of days. Here is the playlist in case you missed it:

1. Yes We Can - Will.I.Am
2. The Times They Are A Changing - Bob Dylan
3. Mister President - Amnesty
4. Burning for You - Blue Oyster Cult (for Bonnie)
5. Funky President - James Brown

Today was, of course, a special day for the ladies of OYTD. The B-Man was officially elected as the next President of the United States! Words cannot express how emotional and exciting this victory was not only for for us but for millions of Americans and people all over the world. We started off the show talking about where we were when we heard the news. Valeria was helping with news coverage for WEBN news so she was inundated with information the whole night. Even when she found out he won she wasn't emotional. It eventually hit her later in the evening and the tears came. Candace watched election coverage at home - flipping channels back and forth to see the electoral vote count. Her sister called to reassure her that he'd win but until CNN says its true - it ain't true! The instant CNN flashed on the screen that Obama won this chick cried like a little baby - for a long long time. Needless to say it was emotional for both the ladies of OYTD. Candace voted absentee and though Valeria is not eligible to vote yet she was doing her part all along spreading the word of the B-man; canvassing, working at phone banks and telling people about him (check our blog about volunteering.) So we'd just like to say thanks, America. You made a great choice!
Side note: According to their facebook profile pictures, as of November 5th 2008, a lot of my friends look exactly like Barack Obama! Interesting. Also, last night Cullen Jones' status message read "Cullen Jones bet it all on black." So did we, Cullen. So did we. The Obamas better invite Cullen over to the White House in 2009!

We had a very special guest on the show tonight. Mr. Jeff Penfield of Emerson's station WERS joined us for a segment we decided to call "A Male Perspective"

Objective: To gain insight into the male perspective on the perceived attractiveness of dudes we like
Procedure: Show Jeff pictures of said dudes and ask him who he thinks is hot, or hotter (depending on how many dudes)
Subjects: Jonas Brothers, Phlochte and Mark Ronson

First we showed Jeff a picture of the Jonas brothers and asked him to tell us which Jonas brother he thought was the most attractive. He took a while looking at the picture, I suspect because he was trying to decipher their ages so as not to come off as a pedophile. He said Nick looked too young (of course I have to disagree there) and eventually chose Kevin Jonas. We were both shocked and dismayed by this. He picked what most people would say is the ugliest of the 3 brothers. Even I, a fan of Nicholas Jonas can admit that Joe is simply beautiful! What are you thinking picking Kevin?! He liked the sideburns. I don't get it...

Next up was a clothed Michael Phelps - we were judging faces in this first round. Jeff was not too kind when judging our dear Phelpsicle. He said that Michael looked like Eli Manning and "kind of dumb." I'm not sure what it is is about Michael's face that exudes a lack of intelligence but I'm going to go ahead and say that it's that same thing that makes us girls say he's dorky and adorable (and the fact that Jeff is jealous!) He also didn't like his ears very much. Ouch, Jeff. That hit us right where it hurts. Next victim - a clothed Ryan Lochte. Apparently Lochte "looks even dumber" than Michael! Jeff said that he had a look on his face that suggested he was perhaps a bit cocky and thought he was special but was, in fact, "special ed." Now his opinion may have been skewed because Jeff was previously shown the "World According to Lochte" clip so perhaps his thoughts on Lochte's intelligence were influenced in some way... blame NBC not me. Oh yeah, and pretty sure Jeff is jealous! Just a side note, trying to find a picture of Ryan Lochte's face in my collection o' pictures made me feel particularly shallow because I realized that most of my pictures were well...not of his face.

Now in comparing Lochte and Phelps, Jeff revealed what most of us had already suspected - Lochte was, in Jeff's opinion, the more attractive man. Again, he was not feeling Phelpsicle's ears. If given the choice to hang out with one of the guys, our friend would rather chill with Phelps because he seemed like he could "hold a conversation." See Michael! You're good at lots of things! Swimming, eating... getting random dudes to say that they'd hang out with you if forced to choose between you and Lochte. Lots of things.

Now to the good stuff. We wanted to put Jeff - a straight male - in the most awkward position as possible. So of course, I made him compare their bodies. And what other picture to use than one from Men's Health Journal. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that this photo shoot was sponsored by Johnson and Johnson cause they look just about HOSED down with baby oil in some of those pictures. Anyway we showed him this picture and though he was visibly uncomfortable, he agreed to judge their bodies. Again, Lochte won out for having a better physique. Jeff didn't like Phelps' lanky frame (even though I do!) because he thought it looked awkward and that he'd be awkward at doing "things" (what "things" he would not say. What do you think he was talking about? I know what I was thinking!) Jeff thought Lochte's 6 pack (8 pack to be exact) was impressive. Want proof that men and women look at different things? Ask who had better thighs. When we asked Jeff this, he said he couldn't tell a difference. Oh Jeff, you silly silly boy. There is a world of difference!

Now of course we have to factor in the fact that Jeff is a boy and he doesn't understand the adorable factor us girls do. That is, when choosing pictures to show him we tried to be as objective as possible - not choosing pictures where they were making particularly "cute" faces that a boy's brain just wouldn't understand ie: Lochte's nose crinkling. A boy just could not appreciate how damn cute that is! Getting back to our study...

Last man up for judgment was Mark Ronson. To our surprise, Jeff was very fond of our boy Mark in his herringbone Jacket and Beatles haircut. He was much kinder to Mr. Ronson than to our swimmer boys. I distinctly remember him using the words "I'm feelin' this" at some point during the Mark Ronson viewing. He was less kind to the New York hipster version of our Mark Ronson. He despised the tousled locks that us ladies love so much. It seems that Jeff was very much into Ronson's mod style - yes to tailored suits, no to messy hair and scarves. Jeff likes a man of style - which could explain why he was so harsh on our swimmer boys cause lord knows they can't dress their way out of a paper bag. The clothes make the man.

On the topic of swimmers, we've gotten some complaints that we haven't been giving enough love to Garrett Weber-Gale. Now you all know that I have been quite bitter toward GWG since Phelpsicle was seen cavorting around with him at the White House when he should have been canoodling with his lover, Ryan Lochte. But I've decided to put that behind me and see what this young man is all about because after all, he is quite cute and was part of that fierce relay teem in Beijing. Unfortunately, I have yet another bone to pick with Mr. Garrett Weber-Gale! I recently viewed a couple of his cooking videos on youtube. I naively thought they'd be funny and interesting to watch but now I feel that he is seriously threatening my womanhood. I like to think that the ownership of ovaries and boobs are responsible for my intuition and god's way of saying that I should have some cooking skills. Call it sexist but I like cooking for people and I'm looking forward to cooking for my future family. Well, I was until I saw these videos. This dude is not joking around! He's serious when it comes to cooking! I could never deal with a dude that cooks better than I do, and definitely not at the degree he does! My little oven stuffer roaster would look like complete crap next to anything he made. He makes dishes I can't even pronounce let alone entertain the idea of attempting to cook. There are wood chips involved in some of them. Wood chips. He might as well punch me in the ovaries and then make a sandwich. He does make sandwiches by the way. With awesome ingredients I wouldn't even think of using. So thanks Garrett Weber-Gale. I'm sure you're super fertile and great at doing laundry, too. Check out this video of him making shrimp etouffee (and feel your ovaries shrink inside of you)

The cool thing about GWG (aside from the fact that he can shrink your ovaries through a computer screen) is that, unlike some of our other swimmer loves, he does seem to care about nutrition. Apparently Michael Phelps has not gotten this memo. I'm pretty sure he drinks a bottle of Crisco with breakfast every morning. But hey, different strokes for different folks. Hey, I said strokes - that's sort of like a swimming joke! Not really. Anyway, we hope once Michael Phelps stops swimming he starts thinking about nutrition like our friend Mr. Weber-Gale because we don't want him to end up like big fat fatty Ian Thorpe. He got fat since he retired! Hey, I'm no bathing beauty but I never was so I can say it. Thorpe was fierce and now he's just a big ol' fatty! As Valeria pointed out, he used to be the Thorpedo and now he's just a flotation device. Watch it Phelps. We know you're on the box but, stay off of those club crackers.

Or guest Jeff informed me that none other than Rap Star and OTL of Ryan Lochte, Lil Wayne currently has a blog on ESPN.com. Of course we absolutely love reading Reezy's blog on the air but he hasn't really written that many - so we're trying to stretch those puppies out. Today, we decided to read some of Weezy's blogs instead (being that lil Wayne is Reezy's favorite rapper and ultimate man crush, we didn't think he'd mind.) The theme music to Masterpiece Theater is reserved only for Lochte's genius writings, so we went for something a little different in a segment we like to call "Weezy's Blogs read to the sounds of Mark Mothersbaugh." During the segment Lil Wayne gave us insight into his first experience at a major league baseball game which, in his opinion, was "nothing short of amazing" and he told us what he thought of Jose Conseco: "I just like to replay the baseball bouncing off his head." Wise words from a wise man.

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Oh, Yes They Did! 10/29/08

Thanks to everyone who listened in tonight! Lots of great messages from you guys - we love that! Here is the playlist from tonight in case you missed it:

1. Maria - Blondie
2. Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
3. Surrender - Cheap Trick
4. I'm Into Something Good - Herman's Hermits
5. Starman - David Bowie
6. Don't Bring Me Down - ELO
7. See You At the Lights - 1990s
8. Children of the Revolution - T. Rex
9. Time - The Rumble Strips

We'd love to know what you think of our music selections. What you love/hate, what you want to hear more/less of. E-mail us at OhYesWECB@gmail.com and let us know!

Well tonight was, as always, fun filled and full of sass (precisely 50% less sass because our lady Valeria couldn't make it to the show and Candace was flying solo for the evening.) The first topic of discussion was a story put out by Page 6 of the New York Post claiming that Michael Phelps was paid a hefty 100,000 buckaroos to swim laps at some cougar's pool party. Now when I imagine this I think of a woman with really big hair, leathery, tanning bed skin and a botoxed face - but that's just me. Anyway considering the price tag, Candace thought that while, yes, this was a pretty ridiculous sum of money to pay Michael Phelps to do what he does anyway, it was a pretty sweet deal on the part of Michael Phelps because he's getting paid to do what he does anyway! If someone offered me $100,000 to drink Diet Coke and fall asleep in moving vehicles I'd sure as hell take it. Others were more critical. Michael K of D listed said "If you're going to pay that bitch 100 grand to do a few strokes he'd better do it naked and on top of you." Can't really argue with that...Whether or not this whole pool party story ts true, we can't be too sure. It was, after all, published in the New York Post and for those of you who don't know this is a "newspaper" written at a third grade reading level and chock full of spelling errors. If it is true, props to that lady because I don't know anyone who wouldn't want to have Michael Phelps as their poolboy.

Can you believe it's Halloween already? Wasn't it just August? Well around here on OTYD we like to keep the Olympic spirit alive. Apparently one of our listeners is dressing up like our man Reezy for Halloween! Sounds like a lot of fun. Just don't get drunk and do the backstroke on the dance floor. I'll bet Michael Phelps will be a popular Halloween costume this year because a) he's one of the most famous people in the universe right now and b) the costume would cost just about nothing because you'd be practically naked. We're in a recession, people! Make those costumes at home! For any of us who watch The Office we know how easy it is to make Olympic Medals out of yogurt lids so that's a start.
Speaking of finances, supposedly our Olympic peeps are not getting as many endorsement deals as expected because nobody has any dough. I guess that sucks, but Phelps doesn't seem to have a problem. Nobody can get a damn job and he's all over the place. He's got an endorsement deal with everybody. He's kind of like that kid on Halloween that hits up all the good houses first, gets all the good candy and all that's left for the other kids are the bags of pennies. Michael has all the candy and everyone else has pennies! Share the candy, Michael. You don't need all those Snickers. I'm sure Cullen Jones would like a delicious candy treat, too.

Getting back to the Reezy train, Candace did another theatrical reading from Ryan Lochte's blog. This entry was especially amusing because it contains the sentence "i know i know i am a dummy." His words, not mine. It also had plenty of "jeahs." Candace was complimented on her delivery of the phrase and felt compelled to share how it's really done, Reezy style. In this video, Lochte wins the perseverance award from the Golden Goggles. After giving what I'm sure is an unintentionally funny speech, he lets out a "JEAH!" with a passion and fervor rarely seen. Lochte makes his way to the stage at 2:00


Breaking news was revealed on today's show. Candace may have a gigantic crush on Cullen Jones. After some serious discussion about the swimmer on monday's show (and subsequent facebook stalking) her heart has grown fond of the boy from New Jersey - and being from New Jersey just makes him cuter. Not to take anything away from how significant his accomplishments are but he is a cutie pie! He has the most squeezable cheeks I have ever seen and unlike Reezy and Phelps, he has style. That's right! I know it's shocking that someone on the USMOST can dress well but he actually does. As my friend Ted would say, Cullen is splashin - no pun intended.

With the election only 6 days away there was no way a chance to talk about Obama could be passed up. Tonight Obama will broadcast a 30 minute "informercial" of sorts on several major networks including NBC, FOX, Univision and CBS. Now I don't know what the content of this thing will be but if it's anyting like a real infomercial, Candace is down. She revealed on the show that she absolutely loves infomercials - and she wasn't being ironic. She searched for "paid programming" on her channel guide at night. Her favorites include infomercials for knives, the Magic Bullet, The Showtime Rotisserie and all those music compilations. Maybe Obama will do a little "set it and forget it" action.

On the subject of Obama, one of the links in our blog is to the community "Obama Daily." This community uploads new photos of Obama... daily (get it?) Anyway, while surfing around this afternoon Candace discovered "Obama on the Road!" a collection of photos resembling Travelocity's "Roaming Gnome" in which an Obama action figure travels across California and takes pictures at interesting locations. The pictures are cute and sometimes, oddly touching. Check out the collection here.

Breaking News: Candace has a crush on TI and now he's going to jail. Why didn't anyone tell her about this? Also, why didn't anyone tell her that he has 6 children? That's a lot of kids! Now normally, I have pretty good judgment when it comes to men and I would say hey, that dude with 6 kids whose going to jail for possession of firearms... probably not for me. But TI is just so charming in interviews! In his interview with Tyra Banks he revealed that he has two 7 year old children that are NOT twins. "How is this possible?" you might ask. Well according to TI one child was born in March and one was born in June. Tyra responded by calling him a "playa playa" he quickly corrected her by saying he was simply "single single." Oh TI... I'll be your baby Mama.

Finally I'd like to address a serious problem. On ONTD_O someone posted this picture of MP that garnered some reactions that I was not pleased with. Ladies, PLEASE get a hold of yourselves! I know it's Michael Phelps but are you so blinded by your love that you cannot see how laughable this picture is?! I saw various comments claiming how "sexy" this picture was and how they were "drooling" over it. Um... are we looking at the same picture?! This straight up cheesy. It looks like a reject from a romance novel cover shoot. He has his pants unzipped, a crisp white button down (with cuffs so over sized it looks like he borrowed the shirt from his father) and a fan blasting it open and away from his chest. This may be the most un-sexy thing I have ever seen in my natural born life. This is the definition of "trying too hard." And why is he smiling at me? WHY?! Is he pleased with himself? Because he shouldn't be. I am horrified and embarrassed for him. I don't want to see any more pictures like this. You're better than this, Michael Fred!

Also, Candace announced that the ladies of OYTD are planning on attending Gold Medal Mel's birthday party and are super psyched about it! They're also planning on pulling a mission impossible and sneaking into the Golden Goggles - but this is far less likely to happen because a) Candace is afraid of authority and b) well.. doing that just sounds scary.

Shout out to Kevin and Khellie of "It's Your ECB" for having me on as their special guest today. Check out their show Wednesdays from 2-4pm. They have a guest DJ on every week!

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Oh, Yes They Did! 10/27/08

Thanks to everyone who listened in tonight! Shout out to Bonnie who IMed us! Here is the playlist for tonight's show in case you missed it:

1. Read My Mind - The Killers (In honor of Candace's concert/stalking experience)
2. I've Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
3. Randy Scouse Git - The Monkees
4. A Well Respected Man - The Kinks
5. Hounds of Love - The Futureheads

Ah, another lovely evening over at WECB. Candace told a personal anecdote of her concert experience from this past weekend (a rare treat on OYTD) She went to NYC this weekend to see her favorite band The Killers with some of her pals. They waited in line for over 7 hours just to see the boys - this is what we call dedication, people! But their wait did not go unrewarded as they did get to meet the band after the show. They waited outside a stage door of sorts and took pictures with 3 of the 4 band members as they left the venue. Candace gave Ronnie (the drummer and her favorite band member) a special t shirt as a gift to which he responses with "I'm gonna fuckin' where this. And when you see me wear it you're gonna be be like 'I fuckin' made that!'" Now... she didn't make the shirt but we think Ronnie might have had a few drinks before exiting the venue. Time will only tell if he does but it was awesome to say the least.

What would an episode of OYTD be without some talk of the USMOST? This time we got a little serious. We wondered why Cullen Jones hasn't gotten the props he so rightfully deserves. He is, of course, the second African American man to win a gold medal in swimming (and just the 3rd African American to make the US Olympic swim team!) I mean, we all know that Michael Phelps throws a big shadow but come on, that's an important accomplishment and people need to be talking to about it. It seems like Mr. Jones got screwed out some serious attention. Maybe he would have gotten some more press coverage if he had won an individual gold... or if he wasn't the slowest leg of that relay, or if they hadn't almost lost before Lezak killed at the end "keeping Michael Phelps' dream of 8 golds alive" but come on people! Cullen Jones will be in the history books! Sure Michael Phelps will be too, but there's a different kind of significance that Cullen Jones has and we just think that people need to pay more attention to that. I mean look at that swim team... one of these things is not like the others and it's Cullen Jones. He's bringing diversity to a sport that has little to none. Apparently, less than 2% of all registered swimmers in the US are minorities! We have to give it up to Cullen for doing his part to bring diversity to swimming. He established "The Cullen Jones Diversity Tour" this year and according to the website the program works to teach kids about "learning to swim, drowning prevention, swim team access, swimming as an alternate choice for athletic activities and excellence, health benefits of swimming, social environments that will foster friendships for a lifetime in swimming, increase self esteem and many other topics." Considering minorities are 4 times more likely to drown, we think this is pretty important. Hopefully now that Nike is out swimming he'll land a deal with Speedo. They could both definitely benefit from that partnership and we think we all need to see a little more of Cullen around here. Luckily, Johnson & Johnson recognized Cullen's marketability and used him in an adorable commercial. Some other Olympians were used too but... we don't really care about them. Check out Cullen's commercial as a part of their "Thanks, Mom" campaign.


Big news y'all! For those of you who are loyal to Ryan Lochte and are in the Facebook group Jeahmaica you may be pleased to know that that "His Majesty the King" Ryan Lochte may actually be Ryan Lochte. Just the other day we found out that Cullen Jones became friends with His Majesty the King proving (maybe) that this particular Ryan Lochte is not an impostor! That's right y'all, Ryan Lochte is actually in Jeahmaica reigning over all of you. All hail his Majesty!

Speaking of Ryan Lochte, we did yet another theatrical reading of his blog. This particular entry is one of my personal favorites because it mentions Mr. Jones and uses the phrase "BALLIN!" when speaking of his wardrobe. FYI while reading his blogs I stumbled upon an old entry in which he spells the word "weekend," w-e-e-k-a-n-d. Think about that for a second. I'm sure Ryan was a very special child considering in his famous story about "falling into swimming" he seems very proud of the fact that when slipping on ice, he didn't cry but laughed and splashed around in the water. Now I'm all for babies having a good temperament but it takes a very very special child to laugh when they're about to fall into an icy death.

Being that the election is so very close, we couldn't miss the opportunity to talk about our man Barack Obama. Valeria and Candace revealed that they like to have facebook wars in which they post videos of Barack Obama on eachother's walls. Not really a war per se but Barack always wins for being the most awesome/attractive/inspirational. In a recent video Valeria posted, Barack tells us about the last time he cried and it is nothing short of amazing.

First throwin' down for Michelle and now crying for bb Malia? I love you Barack!

We also talked about our man Michael Phelps who happens to be in a new commercial for Guitar Hero. Now lord knows the sight of Phelps in a dress shirt, pantless and smiling is enough to cause our ovaries to explode but has anyone noticed that a lot of these swimmers seem to be extremely awkward on dry land? I mean I know they spend a lot of time in the pool but good God! Supposedly Reezy tried to impress some girls by showing them his backstroke on the dancefloor. Really? On the dancefloor? I don't even understand how that would come up in conversation. Well I suppose if showing someone your Escalade could result in getting a BJ maybe he thought showing off his backstroke would get him a little somethin' somethin' but whose to say.

One of our girls IMed us and asked what we thought about Reezy's chest - did he or did he not wax it? Valeria seemed pretty sure that he did seeing as how he never as the stubble that would result from shaving. Candace remained unsure -is he just naturally hairless? She wasn't sure. We don't mind a little body hair here and there. For instance, when Phelpsicle isn't in serious racing mode he has a bit of hair and nobody's complaining cause boy is still lookin' fine. Plus he doesn't have much so he keeps it under wraps. Just enough for to be sexy not enough to be Sasquatch. Speaking of hair, we also talked about how we prefer the hair on their actual scalps. We both agreed that Reezy with short hair is magically delicious while Reezy with curly hair needs to be tamed a little. His $500 haircut was tasty but when left to his own devices it can get out of control (we have photographic evidence.) As for Phelps, Valeria feels that when it comes to Mikey, the less hair the better. Candace was torn - there's so many looks to choose from! Right now, his little one-inch tuft of hair he's rockin' is very endearing, especially when parted to the side. But for some strange reason she seems to enjoy when he has a Beatle-esque mop top. Can't really explain why; the heart wants what it wants.

In other news, Gold Medal Mel announced that GoldMedalMel.com would be launching soon. We're psyched!

P to the S we are trying to sneak into the Golden Goggles. And by sneak, I mean get press passes.

The Swimming Song

The ladies (and few gents) over at ONTD_Olympics never really cease to inspire these posts.

The other day in one of our infamous "off topic" posts, someone posed the question "which songs remind you of the Olympics?" Now usually for me, I make pretty strong associations between songs and events and sometimes with people. Usually what happens is this "event" of sorts will be going on and I'll just happen to be listening to a specific song on heavy rotation at the same time, thus the two become linked. This time, however, the song I associate most closely with the games was one that I had in my song library for a pretty long time and didn't make that connection until after the Olympics were actually over.

Allow me to explain. In preparation for our first show of "Oh, Yes They Did!" I wanted to, of course, discuss the games (being that the USMOST was basically my 24/7 for 8 days of the games and countless days following, it just seemed appropriate) but I also wanted to dedicate a song to the boys. Honestly, I thought all of the songs that NBC had chosen for the Olympics pretty much all sucked so... I definitely wouldn't be using any of those. Plus, I wanted to be a little more original and choose something of my own. We could, of course, go the comedic route (which we later did) and choose a song by Lil Wayne or Young Jeezy - two well known favorites of Phlochte - but for this show I wanted to play something that was a bit more serious. I mean we love to poke fun at our swimmer boys but all joking aside, watching them this summer made us all incredibly proud and even a bit emotional at times (not gonna lie, I totally cried when Phelps won his 8th gold medal) Though I could have lived without NBC playing Peter Gabriel's "Your Eyes" during a Phelpsian montage, I think the majority of us felt and knew that we were witnessing something pretty special. Hey, they make you wait four years - it better be special!

In my ongoing search to find the perfect song I looked to my own music library and low and behold - I found it. The song was sweet, a little sad and all about my favorite Olympic sport: Swimming. It was the first song we played on the show and I was very honored to learn that a listener was inspired to download it after hearing us play it. Even though it might make you a little sad and nostalgic for those two weeks in August I think it'll bring back some great memories too. For those of you who didn't hear it on the show, here is "The Swimming Song" by Loudon Wainwright III


Oh, and for those of you who are wondering. Loudon is Rufus' dad.

And P to the S, Cullen Jones will forever be my hero for being a proud member of the facebook group "That's What Those Frenchies Get;" a group dedicated to the fact that the USMOST destroyed the French in the 4x100 freestyle relay after Alain Bernard started talkin' some trash.

Oh, Yes They Did! 10/22/08

Thanks for everyone who listened in tonight. Here are the songs from this evening's playlist:

1. And She Was - Talking Heads
2. A-Punk - Vampire Weekend
3. What You Wanted (Sorry) - The Red Romance
4. Sweet Talkin' Woman - ELO
5. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey - The Beatles

Well tonight was a special edition of OTYD. Valeria couldn't make it, but we had a very special guest! Sarah McTeague, Candace's former radio partner and Phelps lover co-hosted the show. Sarah, at first, was very modest about her love for Michael Phelps - saying she liked his eyes, his dog, Herman, and the fact that he was... well Michael Phelps. But as Candace probed a bit more Sarah revealed what we had always suspected: she does, in fact, have a pulse and loves that swimmer body of his. Of course, we have to blame NBC for this. Not only did they produce multiple profiles of Phelpsicle - talking about his daily life, training schedule and eating habits - they profiled his body. Now you have to wonder what they were thinking when they decided to emphasize the fact that the man has "dinner plate" sized hands and gigantic feet. What are the ladies supposed to think when we hear something like that?! I have a feeling they didn't have any women in the editing booth when they were cutting this. Or maybe they only had women... who knows.

The ladies also discussed the new LZR Racer that the swimmers wore in beijing. Sure it's the fastest suit in the world, whatever % less drag and all that but what we were interested in is the fast that it flattens those boys out like crazy! I mean they are straight up looking like Ken dolls in those things. We worry about the potential for reproduction in the future. When the LZR was unveiled at Speedo's big fancy event, Golden boy Michael Phelps took center stage and stood with his arms and lets spread out Vitruvian Man style (even though we all know he's not by any means perfectly proportioned.) Now maybe it was the lights, maybe it was the fact that this suit is insanely thin and even tighter but there was a clear outline of certain.... areas. Perhaps some people were happy to see what the normal Speedo (barely) hides but I'd like to leave something to the imagination. Funnily enough, some genius out there in this world uploaded this picture to photobucket and did a little Perez Hilton style editing. Using their fantastic MS Paint skills they circled his junk, drew an arrow pointing to it and wrote "YEAH!" in big letters. If this wasn't funny enough, it was taken down by photobucket due to violation of service terms. Awesome.

It's no secret that Ryan is a master of the English language, as evidence by his blog on SwimRoom.com. He's even creating words of his own. As an homage to his literary skills, we premiered a segment on tonight's show called "An English Lesson from Ryan Lochte." The word of the day was "Rig"

Rig noun
rig·ging, rig mode noun:

1. chiefly athletic

• to hurt
• to die (in practice)
  
• to have a bad practice

Practices and dry land are killing me. We can say Ryan was in rig mode.

For those of you who have tuned into the show before you will know that we like to air theatrical readings of Lochte's blog because the content of his writings are sheer genius - so much so that we read them to theme tune of Masterpiece theater. This English lesson comes courtesy of this blog entry.

Now, knowing that Sarah is such a big Phelps Phan, Candace wondered how she might feel about trying a little Lochte Love. During the break Sarah was shown a few pictures of the Daytona wonder. Sarah concluded that Lochte, in all his glory, reminded her of the Greek God Adonis - a pretty good observation I would say. We concluded that he may look like Adonis but still talks like Spicoli - not sure where that leaves him. Like we said, sometimes the boys are beautiful but there's just not much going on upstairs. Light's off in the attic, y'all!

What do you guys think?

Sarah is a very fashionable lady so I had to ask what she thought of Phelp's fashion sense. His recent unveiling of a velour hoodie, paired with white track pants accent by his favorite flip flops was definitely not his greatest fashion moment. I do realize that having the torso of a man as tall as Shaq might pose some problems when shopping for clothes but there is NEVER an excuse to wear velour. EVER. Luckily, on today's TRL appearance phelps decided not only to wear shoes but to wear clothes that fully covered his lengthy frame and they were actually nice! Imagine our surprise when we saw him in jeans, a button down and a very stylish gray sweater. Lookin' good Michael Fred! Even though the shirt looks like it's made for what Sarah calls a "normal sized man," it looks like it's doing the trick. Seeing Phelpsicle look so cute on today's show made Candace feel guilty, y'all! She started out the Olympics as a Phelps girl; willing to sacrifice her body (and uterus) to give him all the swimmer babies he could ever want. But slowly after the games ended her heart was captured by none other than skittle-loving, slow talking Ryan Lochte. Sigh.. I guess this is what Phlochte is for.

Given the fact that TRL is a complete crap show, they put him through what they call "the Wringer" where they ask "tough" questions. And by tough I mean completely idiotic. MP was a good sport and extremely gracious during his time on the show so everyone out there so says he's a D-bag needs to back off! Live it up, Michael Fred!

Did y'all know that Candace went to TRL once? She sure did. Candace revealed that her friend knows someone who works at TRL and they both got to attend a taping when the Jonas Brothers were guest hosts. Now, you are all aware that Candace is a borderline pedophile because she loves Nick Jonas but what started out as an exciting OMGTHEJONASBROTHERS moment turned out to be a pretty bad experience. Once it became clear that she was just about the person in attendance over the age of 16 and the only one not wearing a tank top, flip flops with her skin spray tanned orange - the mood dropped. Plus TRL is mad boring to tape. But the Jonas Brothers are very cute in person!

By the way, our boy Michael Fred was voted 3rd most influential male according to AskMen.com. First our blog, now Askmen.com. Seems like Michael Fred is getting pretty comfortable with 3rd place.

P to the S, the infamous escalade makes a cameo in this video at 4:41 (right after Lochte rocks his tiny red Speedo at 4:17)


We need ideas for the next poll, guys! Let us know what we should do.

Oh, Yes They Did! 10/20/08

What a night! Thanks to everyone who listened in tonight to "Oh, Yes They Did!" Here are the songs from tonight's playlist:

1. Most Likely You'll Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine - Bob Dylan (Mark Ronson Remix)
2. Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
3. Womanizer - Britney Spears (by request)
4. Pumpkin Soup - Kate Nash

So it was another fun filled night for the ladies of "Oh, Yes They Did!" At the top of the show we were extremely excited to announce that none other than side-breathing Gold medalist Melvin Stewart tuned into our show last week and read our blog. That's right kids, Gold Medal Mel listened to our show! Not only that - we got a wall post in our Facebook group! Needless to say the ladies of OYTD freaked out for a considerable amount of time because, come on, who doesn't love GMM?!

As the show progressed we, of course, talked about our boy Reezy and our lovely friends over at ONTD_Olympics. One of the ladies over at the LJ community was lucky enough to meet our favorite skittle-loving swimmer over the weekend and let me tell you, boy was looking FINE in that parking lot photoshoot. And needless to say, he acted exactly how we suspected (can you say fist-pump?) In related LJ news Candace got a little something off her chest and reminded all the Debbie Downers out there that they need to just stop drinking the haterade and let her comment in peace!

We also did a very special theatrical reading of Ryan Lochte's blog accompanied by the theme music of Masterpiece Theater - because if Reezy is considered anything, it's a literary genius.

In addition we discussed the fact that, thanks to the video below, we discovered that certain... behaviors must run in the Lochte family. In the video, parents of Speedo sponsored athletes are asked to describe their kids and based on those descriptions, we (the viewers) are supposed to guess who they are. Most of the parents give us basic descriptions: how many Olympics they've been to, what strokes they swim. Sure, Papa Lochte does all that but he goes above and beyond when describing his boy - he very excitedly reveals to us that Ryan LOVES candy. And Mountain Dew. Why am I not surprised....? BTW Papa Lochte comes on at around 1:30


We also talked about Golden Boy Michael Phelps. Now we love Michael Fred as much as the next... Michael Fred lover but we have a bone to pick with him. He has been slutting it up with all the other swimmers and his pageant "girlfriend." I think it's pretty clear to all of us with eyes that Ryan completes his OTP so he really needs to get it together or else Ryan is going to find someone else to share his Skittle with. Someone else whose name starts with lil and ends with Wayne.

On the topic of Phelps' pageant girlfriend - apparently when they attended the Bowlmor party in NYC she was very upset by the fact that people were taking pictures of her. The ladies of OYTD were unamused by miss Nicole's reaction. First of all, nobody is taking pictures of you so relax. Second of all, if either one of us were dating MP we would have a professional photographer and lighting crew there to document every makeout session we had with Aquaman to make everyone who was mean to us in High School jealous. It's ok to brag, Nicole. Your boyfriend's face is on boxes of crackers and cereal - live it up.

Now, we all know Reezy and Phelpsicle are great swimmers -yeah yeah great - but one of the reasons we love watching them swim is the fact that they wear tiny Speedos (we love Speedos yes we do. We love Speedos. How bout you?) Candace is quite partial to Reezy's child sized red Speedo that he used to rock back in the day. Valeria likes his multicolored Flipturn Speedo because it accentuates the goods. Now, being the skeptic she is, Candace felt that it accentuated his junk because of its gaudy print. They always tell fat people not to wear bold prints because it makes them look fatter so... prints on your..ahem... personal areas...could have the same effect don't you think? Phelpsicle apparently wants to reproduce someday because his aren't near as tight as Reezy's but with those thighs... we're not complaining.

In general, we think the boys need some fashion tips. With bodies like that there is no reason on god's green earth why they should be hiding their hotness under baggy clothes and ugly hoodies that should die in a fire (ya'll know which one I'm talking about!) We enjoy the tailored look on our lovely swimmer boys - clothes that hug them in all the right areas. Ryan, as Valeria so lovingly refers, is a barrel chest. And though that sounds like a negative comment - it's not. It simply means he's got a muscular delicious chest that should not be hidden away from our loving gazes! We're big fans of the suit he wore when he hung out with Jay Z. BALLIN!

Embarrassingly enough, Candace and Valeria admitted that they enjoyed the Jonas Brothers' new music video for their song Lovebug. It reminds us of when people actually cared about how their music videos looked and spent a legitimate amount of time making them. Plus.. that 16 year old is mighty cute. Whatever! It's not illegal if you don't touch! The song is very summery and sweet (not that we're into the Jonas brothers or anything....) Check out the video below:


Thanks to our poll, Michael Phelps finally tasted the bitterness of defeat. For the first time in the life he didn't come in first place. Second? Nope. He came in 3rd place. That's right 3rd place. Reezy reigned supreme as your favorite Olympic swimmer (shocking!!!) and Phlochte came in second. That's right, Michael! How does it feel? How does it feel to win 8 gold medals, prove yourself as the best athlete in the world, have millions of adoring fans all over the globe and then lose in a poll voted on by a whopping 52 people on a blog run by 2 college students? STINGS DON'T IT?! We'll see how long those endorsement deals last now, Mikey! Eat all the Frosted Flakes you can now cause Tony the Tiger doesn't think you're so Grrrreat anymore!

In other news, lil Wayne is having a baby.

DON'T TELL RYAN!!!!!

Obviously lil Wayne has not been affected by the current Economic situation

Oh, Yes They Did! American Edition 10/15/08

Tonight we had another fabulous installment of "Oh Yes They Did!" on WECB. The theme for tonight's show was America. Here's the playlist in case you missed it:

1. Lil' Wayne - Got Money (Dedicated to Reezy)
2. 20th Century Boy - T. Rex
3. If You're Out There - John Legend
4. American Boy - Estelle
5. American Girl - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Where to start? We talked about a plethora of topics! For starters as you all know Valeria and Candace enjoy FB stalking Olympic swimmers. This week marked a milestone - Cullen Jones accepted Candace's friend request! Woot woot! This (almost) makes up for the fact that Ricky Berens made his profile super private and deleted all of us in the process (boo!) We forgive, Ricky, but we never forget.

We also talked about our favorite supercouple - Phlochte. The thought crossed our minds, however, that perhaps there is another occupying the heart of Mr. Ryan Lochte. Considering his insane fanboy behavior, grill wearing and incessant namedropping, could it be none other than Lil Wayne that Ryan loves the most? What do you guys think? Could Phlochte be threatened by a potential "Lil Reezy" super coupling? You decide. Or maybe they could just be a triple. Lil Wayne could be the chocolate fudge on their double scoop sundae.

Since tonight is the last presidential debate we talked about our favorite politician Mr. Barack Obama. There is this AMAZING video of Obama basically throwing down for his woman when the GOP is trying to talk smack about her. It's kind of sexy... not gonna lie about it.

Check out this picture. He's a good looking man! Just throwing it out there. Is it wrong to be attracted to a Presidential candidate? I guess not since JFK was gettin' with lots of chicks! Valeria and Candace are hoping that Obama will bring it in the debate tonight.

We also talked about how he's adorable because he actually knows who the Jonas Brothers are. His daughter, Malia, is a big fan and backstage at the DNC he talked about a bet he had going with her that she would FREAK OUT if she met Nick (who also happens to be Candace's favorite - gross.)

At the Democratic National Convention Michelle said she had a "surprise" for the girls. Malia very excitedly responded with "JONAS BROTHERS?!" alas it was not.... it was her father via satellite. Just as good some would say. The girls did, however, get to meet the famous brothers when their mother was interviewed on Ellen a few weeks later. Wonder who won that $5 bet Barack and Malia had going...

After talking about Obama we wondered about the political affiliation of our favorite swimmer boys. Candace and Valeria think (and hope) that Phelps is a democrat - even though we're not sure how being from Baltimore might influence his personal opinions. We found out that Reezy isn't even registered to vote. Can't say we were very surprised. We assumed that he had made plans to register but was too busy picking up his whip from the shop with its brand new "JEAH 7" license plate to do it. Oh well. Maybe in 2012. Maybe he could put his talents to good use and do some artwork for the Obama campaign. You know.. some of that "artists for Obama" type stuff. I hear his drawings are out of this world.

We were also told by a listener that if we really wanted to get a laugh we should look up his driving violations. We'll definitely have to look into that and report back.

On a personal note, Candace revealed she had a dream about Reezy. Apparently they were dating and she was the worst, most non-supportive girlfriend on the planet. He broke a world record, called her and she wasn't feelin' it. Needless to say our bb Reezy was PISSED. He went on a rant about how she was the first person he called and she didn't even care. Which leads us to wonder a) why was she such a bitch? and b) why wasn't she at the actual event? SKETCHY! Michael is obviously a much better girlfriend. Just goes to a show, us girls can't compete with Phlochte.

Check it out y'all

Valeria and I were very much into the Olympics this summer. One main reason for that: The US Men's Olympic Swim Team. I was never a big fan of the Speedo but I realized this was just because the only people I had ever seen in Speedos were about 90 pounds from their goal weight yet insisted on wearing the spandex wonders. The 2008 Olympics opened my eyes to the wonders of the Speedo and to the glorious men who wore them.

Michael Phelps (or as I like to call him, Phelpsicle) was by far the biggest hit at the Olympics but there is another swimmer who I have grown quite fond of in the past few weeks - Ryan Lochte.

To be honest I was so distracted by my obsession with Phelps' thighs, ungodly long torso and the near 5,000 NBC produced profiles on Phelps that were shown about every 5 minutes that I hadn't noticed Lochte during the Olympics (though I did remember him winning a gold in the 200m backstroke - so y'all know he's fierce.) I did, however, discover him shortly after the games thanks to the wonderful people over at ONTD_Olympics, the sheer genius that exists within the video below and the man who created it: Gold Medal Mel.

Gold Medal Mel, or Melvin Stewart, is a Gold Medalist from the 92 Olympics in Barcelona and is chock full of swimming knowledge and updates about what's going in swimming world. He made an amazing video in honor Mr. Lochte. GMM explains Lochte's appeal and, in the process, persuades non-believers to join the cult of the Lochtenator. It's just about one of my favorite things in the world.

It is with great pleasure that I present to you Lochte Love


If you liked this video, Gold Medal Mel has a plethora of youtube's for you to cruise. Check out his youtube channel for more great videos.

'Straight up outa the water with my Marc Jacob goggles'

Lochte approved.